So?

it's not like the kerfuffle over browsers or media players after all.

It's for protecting users of their operating systems. Their patches, Windows Defender and their Malicious Software Removal Tool have been doing this for a while already, I have no issue with MS taking more steps to do this.

Have been running Security Essentials for several months and love the lack of bloat that Symantec et al seem to offer these days.

any breaks in clouds...

just uncovered clouds at higher altitudes

Good for the Beeb...

for sticking to their guns. Apart from the iPlayer software download, what service would Microsoft provide to justify the requirement for users to pay their online multiplayer tax?

Seems faster?

Si: "The reason Win 7 seems faster to everyone is because most people now have dual or quad core CPUs and 2GB+ of RAM. "

Bollocks.

In my case I've moved from Vista on a quad core pc to.....Windows 7 on a quad core pc. No change of hardware whatsoever...and it definitely is faster.

Unelected?

@ Lord Meddlesome

"As noted by other posters, this man was twice thrown out of positions of power within the British Parliament WHICH HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAD IN THE FIRST PLACE - he has NEVER been voted into office by the Electorate, but Blair gave him public office anyway. TWICE. The second time was a few months after the [EXPLETIVE DELETED] was removed for getting caught doing things he shouldn't."

Erm....he was the MP for Hartlepool between 1992 and 2004 - which counts as being elected when he had those positions at least in my book!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mandelson#Offices_held

Personally I think

that a Warhammer-based film would be far more interesting.

Good choice...

and before anyone wibbles about her being too young - Sarah Sutton (Nyssa - 4th/5th Doctor's companion) & Deborah Watling (Victoria - 2nd Doctor) were 19 and Wendy Padbury (Zoe - 2nd Doctor) was 21 when they became companions

worst...article...ever

since the last apple vs microsoft shitwar anyway

Wow

Eye testing and spectacle manufacturing company says we won't be able to see things very well unless we get an eye test and buy new spectacles. Who'd have thought it?

Call me an old fart

but I'd rather have an ELO one.

Led Zeppelin+

Led Zep without Robert Plant and John Bonham? That'd be like Queen without Freddie Mercury and John Deacon.

Re: That God it is real

"Apart from being disadvantaged by looking like Robbie Contrane the poor guy is also being labelled a burglar too!"

damn right, he's just a property transfer agent trying to make a living.

Although I have it for the 360...

for this sort of game, I prefer to play sat at a desk for some sort reason. I have a Medusa 5.1 Home headset which does a pretty good job of surround sound and having big over-ear "cans" reduces the noise of the PC's fans rather well.

Racing, Guitar Hero/Rock Band and platform games on the other hand are best played on a console on a 100" projector screen.

strangely about 6 months ago

I found that http access was sub-0.5Mbit/sec, while almost every other port was unhindered.

This resulted in me contacting the tech support (in India naturally) and was made to go through the hoops such as disconnecting my router/modem and connecting it at the master socket etc. How this would fix a problem that only seemed to be occurring with a single port, I had no bloody idea!

I emailed support again and specifically stated that it was only http traffic that was being slow for me.

I received the following response...

"Please be informed that Port 80 is meant only for the FTP files upload."

I couldn't wait until my 12 months lock-in was over and I was able to move ISP!

re: @ac

but i rather like My Name Is Earl

Have investigators tried

Searching Panamanian websites for him yet?

I'll get my canoe.

User IDs

I'm sure User IDs themselves can be used to identify a heck of a lot of people, especially if they're the name of the actual user and/or used for other services as well as YouTube such as blogs etc.

i've heard that

Kevin Warwick is bitterly disappointed that he wasn't given the role of Davros.

The Price Isn't Right

The prices for those TV packages are only for the first 3 months. After that, they double in price.

I see no mention of a computer

I'd have expected to see

Computer - £4000

So they can get a tri-SLI 8800GTX setup from Alienware to help them keep in touch with their constituents at (second) home.

make one

...that could carry video (composite - though component would be nice) as well as audio and I'd be interested.

About time

There's a serious lack of fibre entering the sewers due to the unhealth British diet these days.

Will only entertain offers from very high-end experts in brain chemistry eh?

Definitely no Paris Hilton angle here then.

Better "cock rock"....

than the "music" of a certain someone.

Hmm

Anyone who wants a copy of Treasure Island Dizzy send me a C15 tape and a stamped SAE.

it's also annoying

that BBC News seems to regularly have a story that's just a gratuitous advert for a program on that evening such as Panorama.

Buy Exit Only

there'll be cake