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* Posts by Mark

19 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Apr 2007

Microsoft takes hard line on Win 7 hardware

Mark

RE: One Step Away...

Just like Apple then...

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Microsoft conjures imaginary 'Apple Tax'

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An Article written by a fanboi.

A google search for the exact phrase "Apple Tax" returns 489000 results.

It even has an urbandictionary reference - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Apple+Tax

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Busted! Conficker's tell-tale heart uncovered

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Go

Re: No resp.: xxxmachinexxx:445/tcp

@chronos - looks like you have a firewall turned on somewhere. This is a good thing.

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Microsoft 24 hours late with IE8 pwn protection

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IE8 Beta

How is a final release a beta?

I thought only google could get away with that!

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Conficker call-backs threaten to swamp legit domains

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Go

Ummmm

mark@beaker:~$ ping wnsux.com

ping: unknown host wnsux.com

mark@beaker:~$ ping www.wnsux.com

ping: unknown host www.wnsux.com

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Essex copper deluged after forwarding web hoax email

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Scopolamine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopolamine

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Unofficial fix issued for Vista networking flaw

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Linux

Vista UAC

Vista UAC will protect against this. Unless someone is foolish enough to turn it off.

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Database Trojan infests pro-Tibet websites

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Stop

RE: More Interesting

I would hazard a guess that the Chinese put it there.

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Home Sec: British rings to be tightened against intrusion

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Joke

Let's build a wall

Let's build a wall around England and fill it with water.

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Microsoft Office Online falls into Halloween time vortex

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Gates Halo

Captain Pedantic Pants

GMT doesn't start or end anytime soon!

However British (and Irish) Summer Time starts in March and ends in October of each year.

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Panic in smartphoneland

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Heart

Here it is

http://www.android.com/

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Garmin trumps TomTom bid for TeleAtlas

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@Anonymous Coward

Go on then!

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Eurostar inaugurates UK high-speed track

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RE: doesn't add up

What you're missing, is the length of the channel tunnel, and the 250 odd kilometers in France.

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Mark

RE: Only 20 minutes quicker!!

Taxi queues in Paris Nord??? Who gets the taxi in Paris? Use the goddamn metro...

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Woman smuggles live budgie into Irish prison

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Yep

They were all found in the same search.

Of the prison.

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Yahoo! puts! IM! online!

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Errrrrrrrrrrrr!

Yahoo! Webmessenger! has! been! around! for! years!

This is a new look version though...

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Google glitch loses user data

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Back Now

Complete with strange boxes around each gadget

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Google snubs St George - again

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Just shows .....

... that the world still hates the English!

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Dutch escort agency to service geek virgins

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Zoe Vialet the Sociology Student!

It would appear the after a quick google, the sociology student who setup this service, is far from just that! Zoe Vialet is her name by the way...

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