* Posts by Joel Osborn

8 publicly visible posts • joined 25 Jun 2007

Next iPhone to sport thinner, lighter casing, says paper

Joel Osborn

oh take one

They're wafer thin.

The Microsoft mobile reboot needs rebooting

Joel Osborn

Intro music toooooo loooooooooooong

That intro to the podcast is way too long, especially with no voice over introduction.

Microsoft lays virtualisation beta egg

Joel Osborn
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Not for everyone

Companies wanting to use this have to have an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft. You can't just buy it off the shelf or even with a Select Agreement.

More's the pity. We could have used this. We'll have to look at other vendor's solutions for this.

Viagra spam shop live on Twitter for a month

Joel Osborn
FAIL

Not spam

I'm with the other coupla posters who are crying foul on this article. I do not see the harm in what this company is doing. Only folks following them will see their tweets.

Ipso facto, not spam.

Microsoft killing free XP support next week

Joel Osborn
Stop

Support contines until 2014

Would you guys quit it with the headlines about XP support going away? Every time you publish one of those, I have to calm all my managers down saying that the hotifx support continues for another 5 years.

Thank you very much.

School-dodging Mexican lad glues self to bed

Joel Osborn
Stop

The left the telivision on?

What kind of parent would have rewarded that behavior be leaving the television on?

I would have switched it off (as mentioned by Anonymous Coward above) or switched to C--SPAN or some such.

Thieves swipe biker's prosthetic hand

Joel Osborn

He won't get away.

He can't outrun the long arm of the law.

Dell cleans up crapware

Joel Osborn

Third party solution

The best solution I've found is the PC-Decrapifier.

You can find it at http://www.pcdecrapifier.com

No, I am not making this up.