Way, way, way too late to be relevant. If the EU was actually on the ball, they'd be taking a long hard look at Silverlight and whether they are trying to use the same trick to force Silverlight on us all. *shudder*
To be honest, I've all but given up on conventional music radio, and while Radio 6* seems like the best of a bad bunch, its still really not *that* great. Instead I opt for a range of internet based radio stations while at work, and Radio 4 at home. I stopped listening to Radio 1 shortly after the late, great John Peel passed away (rest his soul etc.) and the way his slot was cannibalized by people that had little knowledge for music, or at best a very narrow minded view. I had hoped that Annie Nightingale would replace him, but instead we got the insipid Lemacq and a load of no-names. Fortunately internet radio has grown to fill the gap.
* A quick scan of the schedule revealed the usual Indie selection plus a dance and a metal show. I'd love a decent New Wave show, or a show that for the darker side of electronic and industrial music. Oh, and a dodgy old goth show. /hides
As some who has moved from using Visual Studio 2003/Subversion to Visual Studio 2010/Team Foundation Server, I have to say that the current Beta is shocking. Really, really shocking. Opening a XAML file can take minutes, and there is 50/50 chance it will crash VS2010. The screen frequently corrupts completely - just a collection of random pixels as if they were writing directly to video memory (!), perhaps in an attempt to improve performance. Despite this, it is slooooooow. The integration with TFS is slow, and inconsistent, though I suspect that's as much the brain dead design of TFS (Off line working? Forget it!). Not a problem with VS, but why can I not access source control functionality from with Explorer?
The current VS2010 beta is slow and crash prone - more like an alpha than a beta - and TFS is a world of fail 'by design' forcing you to be on-line with the server to check things out. We learnt that was a crap idea over a decade ago, MS, please, get with the program!
I don't mean to say that we shouldn't be looking at higher level languages for these kind of applications, but doing so in the belief that this will solve all, or even many of our security problems is to bury our heads in the sand.
If you think fixing security bugs is as simple as using a different language, I'm afraid you are mistaken. Its perfectly possible, easy in fact, to write insecure programs that leak memory in C#/Java/whatever.
The only way to fix the problem is to write secure code in whatever language you are using.
Incidentally, garbage collection is possible in C++...
But lets not be complacent - its not impossible to chain this exploit with a local root exploit. Given the size of the Linux market right now, I'd say its highly unlikely this would ever get done. If Linux does get a large enough market share for all these kind of exploits to become profitable I shall be installing a *BSD...
I really don't get the whole smart phone thing. These phones are necessarily larger and heavier and offer lots of functionality that I just don't see myself needing. A better option would be a small, light *PHONE* and a small netbook I can take with me on those occasions where I do need a small, basic computer.
To all those people saying that we'll all need Office 2k10 because everyone else has it... well, I feel there's an inverse snow ball effect here - there was a reluctance to upgrade to 2k7, and if anything a greater reluctance to upgrade to 2k10. And herein lies the problem: the snow ball effect that MS has relied on in previous years simply isn't gaining momentum. Indeed, it may end up being a case that those people with Office 2k10 need to keep their old 2k3 installation to be compatible with the 80% that have stepped off the upgrade tread mill.
Clients on Office 2007? Not that I've noticed... and if you do decide to export to PDF, just download one of the many free PDF virtual printers and get on with it, no need to dick around with 'one machine licensed with acrobat'.
I hate Labour as much as the next guy (well, maybe not as much as the people who screech LIEBOUR!!!11!! at every opportunity), but I honestly think that the Conservatives would have done the same. Same policies, but a smarter suit. A bit like Tony Blair 10 years ago, really.
The SSH exploit affected windows too, assuming you had applications or services installed that used OpenSSH. Its one of those things that is kind of part of the OS, but isn't...
I couldn't help noticing the article linked has a big fat 'Enable DEP' button that claims to turn DEP on, via the web browser. Surely, its only a matter of time before some miscreant works out a way to *disable* it via the web browser...
...on Windows, MS Office and associated licenses? I'd wager a fair packet could be saved by switching to OpenOffice, even if they stick to the same OS. And I'd be a *very* disgruntled tax payer if I learnt my tax cash was being spent on pointless upgrades of XP/Office 2003 to Windows 7/Office 2010!
As has already been pointed out, the ID cards scheme should appear near the top of the scrap heap...
While I certainly applaud Google's actions here, its worth pointing out that China's economic model is capitalist too with most (all?) of the state industries sold off some years ago. The people that bought them already ran them, so no-one really noticed much difference...
I have, and do use Office 2007 on a daily basis at work. Do I find any features that I would miss in 2003? Nope.
> Have you seen any of the new PPT graphics?
Meh, I've no interest in presentations, but yeah, maybe there are some cool pictures in powerpoint.
> Inline editing power
No idea what this is.
> Document collaboration
Tried this, and it didn't work - not because the technology was broken, but because this didn't turn out to be an efficient way of working. The whole thing felt like there were four people at the steering wheel and we went back to the traditional review process. In any case, OpenOffice supports collaboration so its not a show stopper if you want to move away from MS Office.
> sharepoint integration
*shudder*
> document signing
Ummm... there are any number of simple, free ways to sign a document (*any* document) and I don't see why this should be part of an office suite. Should be at OS level.
> native PDF conversion
Again, any number of free solutions (e.g. PDF virtual printers) that allow you to do this for *any* document, not just Office documents. Again, this should be at the OS level, not part of the office suite.
> new power added to Outlook
Is that why the damn thing takes 5 minutes to start? I don't see any 'new power' either, but god knows, I can't find jack sh*t in the new ribbon bar interface...
> It's now possible to practically write applications inside of excel
Oh, shit... Its bad enough with people cobbling together database apps in Access, and now the accounts team can do the same with Excel?
All hands to the pumps 'cos if they really are writing data management apps in Excel we are in deeper shit than I thought.
Just because something is new, doesn't mean that it is better. Otherwise everyone would already be using my new design for a car with four steering wheels and rear facing seats with the 'ultimate' cruise control option.
What I don't get is what is so wonderful about Office 2007/2010 that justifies investing minimum 3 man-years (it doesn't say how many people were working...) of effort? At even low salary levels, how can you justify spending ~£100K* on something with no apparent benefits?
OK, this is probably chump change for large organisations like banks... hang on a second...
...you've got to ask, why are they doing it at all? What new features are they getting in 2007/2010 that's worth that much pain? Just stick 2007, it still works!
Well, I sort of agree with you in that I think cloud computing is a bad idea, but the fact remains the business *are* moving their data into the cloud. I'm just glad that although our company operates a growing business of HR software 'in the cloud', our HR data is kept internal.
I was forced to upgrade to VS2010 a couple of weeks ago... I hoped I would be able to open a XAML or XML file without crashing the whole thing. Sadly, if anything the latest VS2010 is even less stable than 2008. OK, so its a beta, but this is pretty bad. And, yes, it takes up to a minute before it crashes, so I guess there are 'performance' issues. And on top of all that I can't get rid of the tabs (I'm a developer for fucks sake, I don't need or want a telly-tuby UI, I want as many lines of code on my screen as possible!). The one useful new feature - multi-monitor support - is badly thought out: Ctrl+Tab becomes useless as the damn 'full screen code window' has an always on top flag! Fail, fail, fail.
How many times has the "five 9s" MS/.Net platform failed so far? Three times? Or are there more that I'm not aware of? And that in the space of, what, 3 years? Considering MS/Accenture were treating this as a flagship installation to show the world how great their respective platforms are, this is a pretty poor show.
But which party do we vote for to get rid of all this crap? None of the major ones even talk about it, and I can see these kind of policies appealing to Tory core vote so I'd be surprised if they rolled them back. Labour won't undo what they did themselves, and the Liberals... who knows what they are thinking, if anything!
"Fausto Ibarra, Microsoft director of product management for SQL Server, said the advantage of Microsoft over Oracle and Sun is you get choice of hardware"
Heh? Oracle runs on x86, x86_64, Power5/6, Sparc (+maybe MIPS? Not sure if this was dropped). SQL Server support x86/x86_64. This is just plain bull shit.
While I am completely shocked and dismayed by this, I don't think the Tories would have done much different. Our political system is so stuffed now that we get to choose the colour of their tie but the LaboraTory policies remained the same ill thought out centre right policies that have been screwing us over for the last 30 years.
A pint to drown my increasing despair that we're going to vote for another centre right parliamentary dictatorship come spring next year.
Have to bring you up on the whole payroll thing... Both SAP and PeopleSoft run just fine on Linux. I'm more of a PeopleSoft expert and I can tell you that its certified on Red Hat and Novell SuSE (and AIX and HP-UX and, of course, Windows). Client side... well its all browser based, so more or less platform agnostic.
In any case - the whole point is these applications are moving off-site into service providers. No longer will businesses have to maintain large complex applications like PeopleSoft or SAP themselves. This will be especially true of smaller business that don't have the expertise, money or inclination to be running HR applications. They want to focus on their core business and out-source the maintenance of the HR software 'to the cloud'. And that maybe Microsoft's undoing - in the next year or so I see old Windows servers being replaced by online services rather than newer hardware/software.
But why should I get excited about it, or bother upgrading? There is nothing in the new features list that makes me want to upgrade. The last time that happened was with Windows 2000 (the move to NT kernel was definitely a good one), though XP had a few worthwhile features too. And seriously, if they must dick around with the user interface, please, at least leave a way for us to get back to the tried, tested and very user friendly Windows 2000/XP interface.
...and apart from an obscene amount of roadworks, I've not seen any sign of this fast broadband. I guess I have to be a BT Broadband customer to benefit. And they are more than welcome to stick a big ugly box outside of my ugly little box flat.
I seriously wonder if you've even installed Ubuntu 9.04, let alone tried installing OpenOffice on it. All the Ubuntu distributions I've tried have OpenOffice installed out of the box, so to speak. And if it wasn't, installing it does not require any terminal-foo - there is a very functional GUI that allows you to manage your applications that is a bit like an on-line store where you can buy applications - except all the applications are free.
Perhaps as Apple and Microsoft move more towards the on-line integrated application store, people will grok how the Linux installation process works. At the moment I think users are going to, for example, the OpenOffice web site and looking for something to download instead of going to the package manager.
A black helicopter because I can't help thinking comments like this are being paid for...
A quick google revealed that there are at least two customised builds of Firefox that already support lock down via Active Directory. One is a by a company called Frontmotion and another is called FirefoxADM (though this looks like its been abandoned). I can't say I've ever used them as its not something that interests me, but it seems Firefox can be managed in a similar way to IE8.
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Ocular Sinister
I've said it before... → #
Posted Wednesday 3rd March 2010 15:29 GMT
In LibDems back copyright takedowns
...but I'll say it again... Don't vote for the big 2 and a half if you actually want change...
Ocular Sinister
Silverlight... → #
Posted Monday 1st March 2010 14:42 GMT
In Microsoft spits out 'browser choice' update to appease EC antitrust probe
Way, way, way too late to be relevant. If the EU was actually on the ball, they'd be taking a long hard look at Silverlight and whether they are trying to use the same trick to force Silverlight on us all. *shudder*
Ocular Sinister
Re: Radio 6 → #
Posted Friday 26th February 2010 16:32 GMT
In BBC to cull radio stations, halve websites in painful biz review
To be honest, I've all but given up on conventional music radio, and while Radio 6* seems like the best of a bad bunch, its still really not *that* great. Instead I opt for a range of internet based radio stations while at work, and Radio 4 at home. I stopped listening to Radio 1 shortly after the late, great John Peel passed away (rest his soul etc.) and the way his slot was cannibalized by people that had little knowledge for music, or at best a very narrow minded view. I had hoped that Annie Nightingale would replace him, but instead we got the insipid Lemacq and a load of no-names. Fortunately internet radio has grown to fill the gap.
* A quick scan of the schedule revealed the usual Indie selection plus a dance and a metal show. I'd love a decent New Wave show, or a show that for the darker side of electronic and industrial music. Oh, and a dodgy old goth show. /hides
Ocular Sinister
Awful, buggy and slow → #
Posted Thursday 25th February 2010 10:43 GMT
In Visual Studio 2010 - chunky but has a great personality
As some who has moved from using Visual Studio 2003/Subversion to Visual Studio 2010/Team Foundation Server, I have to say that the current Beta is shocking. Really, really shocking. Opening a XAML file can take minutes, and there is 50/50 chance it will crash VS2010. The screen frequently corrupts completely - just a collection of random pixels as if they were writing directly to video memory (!), perhaps in an attempt to improve performance. Despite this, it is slooooooow. The integration with TFS is slow, and inconsistent, though I suspect that's as much the brain dead design of TFS (Off line working? Forget it!). Not a problem with VS, but why can I not access source control functionality from with Explorer?
The current VS2010 beta is slow and crash prone - more like an alpha than a beta - and TFS is a world of fail 'by design' forcing you to be on-line with the server to check things out. We learnt that was a crap idea over a decade ago, MS, please, get with the program!
Ocular Sinister
Just to clarify... → # ↑
Posted Friday 19th February 2010 14:29 GMT
In Attack code for Firefox zero-day goes wild, says researcher
I don't mean to say that we shouldn't be looking at higher level languages for these kind of applications, but doing so in the belief that this will solve all, or even many of our security problems is to bury our heads in the sand.
Ocular Sinister
Its not that simple → # ↑
Posted Friday 19th February 2010 12:14 GMT
In Attack code for Firefox zero-day goes wild, says researcher
If you think fixing security bugs is as simple as using a different language, I'm afraid you are mistaken. Its perfectly possible, easy in fact, to write insecure programs that leak memory in C#/Java/whatever.
The only way to fix the problem is to write secure code in whatever language you are using.
Incidentally, garbage collection is possible in C++...
Ocular Sinister
A good point... → # ↑
Posted Friday 19th February 2010 12:11 GMT
In Attack code for Firefox zero-day goes wild, says researcher
But lets not be complacent - its not impossible to chain this exploit with a local root exploit. Given the size of the Linux market right now, I'd say its highly unlikely this would ever get done. If Linux does get a large enough market share for all these kind of exploits to become profitable I shall be installing a *BSD...
Ocular Sinister
Exactly - It's a bloody phone! → # ↑
Posted Tuesday 16th February 2010 10:41 GMT
In Microsoft re-tiles mobile platform for Windows 7 era
I really don't get the whole smart phone thing. These phones are necessarily larger and heavier and offer lots of functionality that I just don't see myself needing. A better option would be a small, light *PHONE* and a small netbook I can take with me on those occasions where I do need a small, basic computer.
Ocular Sinister
What a waste of money → #
Posted Tuesday 16th February 2010 01:19 GMT
In Westminster politicos told to grasp Vista nettle
Seriously, we are allegedly bankrupt and we're wasting money on nonsense like this? *sigh*
Ocular Sinister
They could just cut and paste this → # ↑
Posted Thursday 11th February 2010 10:39 GMT
In Microsoft erases Windows 8 optimism
http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.4/
Ocular Sinister
Reverse snow ball effect → #
Posted Monday 25th January 2010 15:45 GMT
In Bloated Office 2010 kicks dirt in face of old computers
To all those people saying that we'll all need Office 2k10 because everyone else has it... well, I feel there's an inverse snow ball effect here - there was a reluctance to upgrade to 2k7, and if anything a greater reluctance to upgrade to 2k10. And herein lies the problem: the snow ball effect that MS has relied on in previous years simply isn't gaining momentum. Indeed, it may end up being a case that those people with Office 2k10 need to keep their old 2k3 installation to be compatible with the 80% that have stepped off the upgrade tread mill.
Ocular Sinister
Clients on Office 2007? → # ↑
Posted Monday 25th January 2010 15:43 GMT
In Bloated Office 2010 kicks dirt in face of old computers
Clients on Office 2007? Not that I've noticed... and if you do decide to export to PDF, just download one of the many free PDF virtual printers and get on with it, no need to dick around with 'one machine licensed with acrobat'.
Ocular Sinister
And the Torries would do differently? → # ↑
Posted Thursday 21st January 2010 18:36 GMT
In MPs frozen out of super-secret copyright talks
I hate Labour as much as the next guy (well, maybe not as much as the people who screech LIEBOUR!!!11!! at every opportunity), but I honestly think that the Conservatives would have done the same. Same policies, but a smarter suit. A bit like Tony Blair 10 years ago, really.
Ocular Sinister
If my memory serves me well... → # ↑
Posted Wednesday 20th January 2010 10:27 GMT
In Windows plagued by 17-year-old privilege escalation bug
The SSH exploit affected windows too, assuming you had applications or services installed that used OpenSSH. Its one of those things that is kind of part of the OS, but isn't...
Ocular Sinister
They can enable DEP via the web browser?! → #
Posted Tuesday 19th January 2010 14:51 GMT
In MS spins IE security disaster into Windows 7 upgrade opportunity
I couldn't help noticing the article linked has a big fat 'Enable DEP' button that claims to turn DEP on, via the web browser. Surely, its only a matter of time before some miscreant works out a way to *disable* it via the web browser...
Ocular Sinister
How much money is the government spending... → #
Posted Tuesday 19th January 2010 13:21 GMT
In Darling forces ministers to draw up spending hit lists
...on Windows, MS Office and associated licenses? I'd wager a fair packet could be saved by switching to OpenOffice, even if they stick to the same OS. And I'd be a *very* disgruntled tax payer if I learnt my tax cash was being spent on pointless upgrades of XP/Office 2003 to Windows 7/Office 2010!
As has already been pointed out, the ID cards scheme should appear near the top of the scrap heap...
Ocular Sinister
Stupid typo... → # ↑
Posted Wednesday 13th January 2010 14:27 GMT
In Microsoft Office 2007 migration aches foreshadow 2010
*doh!*.. I actually meant 2003!
Ocular Sinister
Which capitalist? → # ↑
Posted Wednesday 13th January 2010 11:11 GMT
In Google may exit China after 'highly targeted' attack
While I certainly applaud Google's actions here, its worth pointing out that China's economic model is capitalist too with most (all?) of the state industries sold off some years ago. The people that bought them already ran them, so no-one really noticed much difference...
Ocular Sinister
I have a confesion.... → # ↑
Posted Tuesday 12th January 2010 16:04 GMT
In Microsoft Office 2007 migration aches foreshadow 2010
I have, and do use Office 2007 on a daily basis at work. Do I find any features that I would miss in 2003? Nope.
> Have you seen any of the new PPT graphics?
Meh, I've no interest in presentations, but yeah, maybe there are some cool pictures in powerpoint.
> Inline editing power
No idea what this is.
> Document collaboration
Tried this, and it didn't work - not because the technology was broken, but because this didn't turn out to be an efficient way of working. The whole thing felt like there were four people at the steering wheel and we went back to the traditional review process. In any case, OpenOffice supports collaboration so its not a show stopper if you want to move away from MS Office.
> sharepoint integration
*shudder*
> document signing
Ummm... there are any number of simple, free ways to sign a document (*any* document) and I don't see why this should be part of an office suite. Should be at OS level.
> native PDF conversion
Again, any number of free solutions (e.g. PDF virtual printers) that allow you to do this for *any* document, not just Office documents. Again, this should be at the OS level, not part of the office suite.
> new power added to Outlook
Is that why the damn thing takes 5 minutes to start? I don't see any 'new power' either, but god knows, I can't find jack sh*t in the new ribbon bar interface...
> It's now possible to practically write applications inside of excel
Oh, shit... Its bad enough with people cobbling together database apps in Access, and now the accounts team can do the same with Excel?
All hands to the pumps 'cos if they really are writing data management apps in Excel we are in deeper shit than I thought.
Ocular Sinister
Shiny new! → # ↑
Posted Tuesday 12th January 2010 13:10 GMT
In Microsoft Office 2007 migration aches foreshadow 2010
> Why don't we go back to an abacus and a slate?
Just because something is new, doesn't mean that it is better. Otherwise everyone would already be using my new design for a car with four steering wheels and rear facing seats with the 'ultimate' cruise control option.
What I don't get is what is so wonderful about Office 2007/2010 that justifies investing minimum 3 man-years (it doesn't say how many people were working...) of effort? At even low salary levels, how can you justify spending ~£100K* on something with no apparent benefits?
OK, this is probably chump change for large organisations like banks... hang on a second...
Ocular Sinister
If migrating is Office 2007 is such a pain... → #
Posted Tuesday 12th January 2010 10:41 GMT
In Microsoft Office 2007 migration aches foreshadow 2010
...you've got to ask, why are they doing it at all? What new features are they getting in 2007/2010 that's worth that much pain? Just stick 2007, it still works!
Ocular Sinister
Yes, they do → # ↑
Posted Thursday 31st December 2009 14:47 GMT
In Welcome to the out-of-control decade
Well, I sort of agree with you in that I think cloud computing is a bad idea, but the fact remains the business *are* moving their data into the cloud. I'm just glad that although our company operates a growing business of HR software 'in the cloud', our HR data is kept internal.
Ocular Sinister
Performance? Lets fix the crashes first! → #
Posted Monday 21st December 2009 05:50 GMT
In Microsoft delays Visual Studio 2010 launch
I was forced to upgrade to VS2010 a couple of weeks ago... I hoped I would be able to open a XAML or XML file without crashing the whole thing. Sadly, if anything the latest VS2010 is even less stable than 2008. OK, so its a beta, but this is pretty bad. And, yes, it takes up to a minute before it crashes, so I guess there are 'performance' issues. And on top of all that I can't get rid of the tabs (I'm a developer for fucks sake, I don't need or want a telly-tuby UI, I want as many lines of code on my screen as possible!). The one useful new feature - multi-monitor support - is badly thought out: Ctrl+Tab becomes useless as the damn 'full screen code window' has an always on top flag! Fail, fail, fail.
Ocular Sinister
So how many times... → #
Posted Thursday 26th November 2009 13:58 GMT
In London's stock exchange crashes again
How many times has the "five 9s" MS/.Net platform failed so far? Three times? Or are there more that I'm not aware of? And that in the space of, what, 3 years? Considering MS/Accenture were treating this as a flagship installation to show the world how great their respective platforms are, this is a pretty poor show.
Ocular Sinister
But which party do we vote for...? → #
Posted Tuesday 24th November 2009 14:06 GMT
In UK jails schizophrenic for refusal to decrypt files
But which party do we vote for to get rid of all this crap? None of the major ones even talk about it, and I can see these kind of policies appealing to Tory core vote so I'd be surprised if they rolled them back. Labour won't undo what they did themselves, and the Liberals... who knows what they are thinking, if anything!
Time to vote for a 'little' party I think...
Ocular Sinister
More choice of hardware?! → #
Posted Wednesday 4th November 2009 01:07 GMT
In Microsoft's SQL Server gets appliance of iron
"Fausto Ibarra, Microsoft director of product management for SQL Server, said the advantage of Microsoft over Oracle and Sun is you get choice of hardware"
Heh? Oracle runs on x86, x86_64, Power5/6, Sparc (+maybe MIPS? Not sure if this was dropped). SQL Server support x86/x86_64. This is just plain bull shit.
Ocular Sinister
Tories would be better? → #
Posted Monday 2nd November 2009 13:57 GMT
In Scientists flee Home Office after adviser sacking
While I am completely shocked and dismayed by this, I don't think the Tories would have done much different. Our political system is so stuffed now that we get to choose the colour of their tie but the LaboraTory policies remained the same ill thought out centre right policies that have been screwing us over for the last 30 years.
A pint to drown my increasing despair that we're going to vote for another centre right parliamentary dictatorship come spring next year.
Ocular Sinister
@Alan Bourke → #
Posted Monday 26th October 2009 09:56 GMT
In Windows 7 - the Reg reader verdict
Have to bring you up on the whole payroll thing... Both SAP and PeopleSoft run just fine on Linux. I'm more of a PeopleSoft expert and I can tell you that its certified on Red Hat and Novell SuSE (and AIX and HP-UX and, of course, Windows). Client side... well its all browser based, so more or less platform agnostic.
In any case - the whole point is these applications are moving off-site into service providers. No longer will businesses have to maintain large complex applications like PeopleSoft or SAP themselves. This will be especially true of smaller business that don't have the expertise, money or inclination to be running HR applications. They want to focus on their core business and out-source the maintenance of the HR software 'to the cloud'. And that maybe Microsoft's undoing - in the next year or so I see old Windows servers being replaced by online services rather than newer hardware/software.
Ocular Sinister
Yeah, I got it - It Doesn't Suck → #
Posted Wednesday 21st October 2009 20:40 GMT
In Windows 7 - the Reg reader verdict
But why should I get excited about it, or bother upgrading? There is nothing in the new features list that makes me want to upgrade. The last time that happened was with Windows 2000 (the move to NT kernel was definitely a good one), though XP had a few worthwhile features too. And seriously, if they must dick around with the user interface, please, at least leave a way for us to get back to the tried, tested and very user friendly Windows 2000/XP interface.
Ocular Sinister
Does anyone still use MS Messenger? → #
Posted Wednesday 2nd September 2009 14:29 GMT
In MS warns of forced Messenger update
I haven't used it for years, I thought everyone had moved on to GTalk and then Facebook chat... Meh, whatever.
Ocular Sinister
I live in Muswell Hill.... → #
Posted Friday 7th August 2009 12:33 GMT
In BT's giant new faster broadband boxes blocked
...and apart from an obscene amount of roadworks, I've not seen any sign of this fast broadband. I guess I have to be a BT Broadband customer to benefit. And they are more than welcome to stick a big ugly box outside of my ugly little box flat.
Ocular Sinister
@George → #
Posted Wednesday 3rd June 2009 12:01 GMT
In Xandros - the Linux company that isn't
I seriously wonder if you've even installed Ubuntu 9.04, let alone tried installing OpenOffice on it. All the Ubuntu distributions I've tried have OpenOffice installed out of the box, so to speak. And if it wasn't, installing it does not require any terminal-foo - there is a very functional GUI that allows you to manage your applications that is a bit like an on-line store where you can buy applications - except all the applications are free.
Perhaps as Apple and Microsoft move more towards the on-line integrated application store, people will grok how the Linux installation process works. At the moment I think users are going to, for example, the OpenOffice web site and looking for something to download instead of going to the package manager.
A black helicopter because I can't help thinking comments like this are being paid for...
Ocular Sinister
@mechBgon → #
Posted Friday 29th August 2008 13:09 GMT
In Internet Explorer - now with 35% less FAIL
A quick google revealed that there are at least two customised builds of Firefox that already support lock down via Active Directory. One is a by a company called Frontmotion and another is called FirefoxADM (though this looks like its been abandoned). I can't say I've ever used them as its not something that interests me, but it seems Firefox can be managed in a similar way to IE8.