Oh dear, I've one of these chargers and had been using the software; went through the security adviser, notice I hadn't allowed the "run dll as app" in the firewall excemptions, so I'm 'probably' alright.
Have now uninstalled the software, and 'uninstalled' Energizer from my will buy from list, now reallocated to the 'buy from when after hell freezer over' list.
Its astonishing that a major manufacturer can be so lax to allow this to happen and to have allowed it to go on for so long. I hope some form of class action suit takes a chunk out of their profits, I'm assuming no govt. agency will have the balls to do anything about this.
What on earth is the point of making a phone that fails this badly in its primary task ie making calls as a mobile phone.
"Call quality was surprisingly poor, due for the most part to the speaker. If you crank it up full – and you'll need to, unless you have cat-like hearing powers – voices invariably sound a little muddied and there's a harshness to the tone that we haven't heard on a quality phone for a while"
I have a Geko 201, with older 2.50 firmware, tried it out today, date shows as 24 April 2008.
However I downloaded the test route, I rode today, onto the pc and reading them in GPS Tracker, the dates and times are all correct. Well a uniform hour out, but I think I haven't got it set corectly vis GMT and UTC.
So unless it starts acting up, I don't see this as an issue, I have a wristwatch/Calender for the correct date.
I wouldn't put much faith in those statistics on web browser use that you link to, as the site itself says:
"W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies. These people are more interested in using alternative browsers than the average user. The average user tends to use Internet Explorer, since it comes preinstalled with Windows. Most do not seek out other browsers.
These facts indicate that the browser figures above are not 100% realistic. Other web sites have statistics showing that Internet Explorer is used by at least 80% of the users.
Anyway, our data, collected from W3Schools' log-files, over a five year period, clearly shows the long and medium-term trends."
Personally, I blame the soviets; we knew where we stood with them. Life was so much easier then, now we have to go out and actively find/make up new enemies.
Is this another example of a manufacturer concentrating on blotting the specification sheet and forgetting the core function of a camera, taking good quality images ?
Surely this is too expensive at nearly twice the price of the original SCC format as 'defined' by Asus. Why not keep the netbook tag for the modestly priced devices and start review these things as mini-laptops, after all some of them have the prices to match.
Less to do with an economic downturn and more to do with this; how many of the games listed are new, rather than just another exercise in milking a franchise/series.
*Pirate because I'd guess a lot of people cant even be bothered to steal Gridiron 09 etc.
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armyknife
Better a meritocracy than titles → #
Posted Friday 19th March 2010 14:34 GMT
In Blunkett: 'The dog howls when I whip out my ID card!'
So his dog has a greater grasp of the 'rights of man' than he does, seems reasonable.
armyknife
Better a meritocracy than titles → #
Posted Friday 19th March 2010 14:33 GMT
In PayPal enables cash-by-slap
OK, I know this is rather out there, blue sky thinking, but I've had this real left-field idea:
Couldn't they just exchange a few notes or coins ?
edit:
on reflection it's a rubbish idea; not enough shinny white plastic involved.
armyknife
Better a meritocracy than titles → #
Posted Thursday 18th March 2010 15:20 GMT
In Energizer Duo software suffers backdoor Trojan bother
Oh dear, I've one of these chargers and had been using the software; went through the security adviser, notice I hadn't allowed the "run dll as app" in the firewall excemptions, so I'm 'probably' alright.
Have now uninstalled the software, and 'uninstalled' Energizer from my will buy from list, now reallocated to the 'buy from when after hell freezer over' list.
Its astonishing that a major manufacturer can be so lax to allow this to happen and to have allowed it to go on for so long. I hope some form of class action suit takes a chunk out of their profits, I'm assuming no govt. agency will have the balls to do anything about this.
armyknife
Better a meritocracy than titles → #
Posted Thursday 18th March 2010 00:07 GMT
In Desktop refresh cycles: How long is yours?
I replace my bicycles more often than the computer, is that what you were asking ?
armyknife
Better a meritocracy than titles → #
Posted Wednesday 17th March 2010 20:57 GMT
In LG InTouch Max GW620 Android smartphone
What on earth is the point of making a phone that fails this badly in its primary task ie making calls as a mobile phone.
"Call quality was surprisingly poor, due for the most part to the speaker. If you crank it up full – and you'll need to, unless you have cat-like hearing powers – voices invariably sound a little muddied and there's a harshness to the tone that we haven't heard on a quality phone for a while"
armyknife
Better a meritocracy than titles → #
Posted Friday 12th March 2010 22:14 GMT
In Y2.01K hits Garmin satnav
I have a Geko 201, with older 2.50 firmware, tried it out today, date shows as 24 April 2008.
However I downloaded the test route, I rode today, onto the pc and reading them in GPS Tracker, the dates and times are all correct. Well a uniform hour out, but I think I haven't got it set corectly vis GMT and UTC.
So unless it starts acting up, I don't see this as an issue, I have a wristwatch/Calender for the correct date.
armyknife
I'm on google streetview → #
Posted Friday 12th March 2010 00:44 GMT
In Blighty surrenders to Street View
I'm on it here:
http://tinyurl.com/yggox4m
I'm the guy on the small folding bike waving at the googlebox car.
Ironically my house in the same town isn't on view.
armyknife
Two Words → #
Posted Tuesday 9th March 2010 23:15 GMT
In It's official: Adobe Reader is world's most-exploited app
Foxit Reader
armyknife
Titles are for dukes and books and stuff. → #
Posted Thursday 25th February 2010 15:05 GMT
In Gmail Labs' experiments: What's in, what's out?
I'll shortly be closing my gmail account; the buzz auto-sign in did it for me.
armyknife
Hmm, what to watch this or 6 1/2 weeks ? → #
Posted Friday 15th January 2010 23:17 GMT
In World braces for Lindsay Lohan sex tape
Needs to be a 'celeb in desperate publicity stunt' icon/'smilie'
armyknife
Good grief, £650, the product class started off costing a third of that. → #
Posted Tuesday 12th January 2010 22:19 GMT
In Nokia Booklet 3G
Comment in the title.
armyknife
Aren't Codpay fabulously wealthy ? → #
Posted Monday 14th December 2009 18:51 GMT
In Coldplay flog kit on eBay
I thought these guys were fabulously wealthy, would they just quitely give away a small part of their wealth ?
Oh I forgot that doesn't return any publicity.
edit:
according to the beeb, each band member is worth £30million.
armyknife
I Want A Better World → #
Posted Monday 26th October 2009 22:21 GMT
In Reg readers take mobile makers to task
Therefore I'd like to see all mobiles implode at 5.59pm tomorrow, Tuesday 27th October; plenty enough warning if you ask me, hence hand grenade.
armyknife
Is that a 'Wiki' source I see → #
Posted Wednesday 15th July 2009 13:16 GMT
In MP asks UK.gov: Why are you still using IE6?
I wouldn't put much faith in those statistics on web browser use that you link to, as the site itself says:
"W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies. These people are more interested in using alternative browsers than the average user. The average user tends to use Internet Explorer, since it comes preinstalled with Windows. Most do not seek out other browsers.
These facts indicate that the browser figures above are not 100% realistic. Other web sites have statistics showing that Internet Explorer is used by at least 80% of the users.
Anyway, our data, collected from W3Schools' log-files, over a five year period, clearly shows the long and medium-term trends."
Hmm,
armyknife
Blame The Soviets → #
Posted Tuesday 30th June 2009 14:07 GMT
In Lockheed engineer: F-22 Raptor Stealth tech is 'defective'
Personally, I blame the soviets; we knew where we stood with them. Life was so much easier then, now we have to go out and actively find/make up new enemies.
armyknife
No EPOC/Symbian then. → #
Posted Tuesday 23rd June 2009 18:35 GMT
In Nokia to develop Intel-based pocket internet gadgets
So no chance of them doing an updated 5mx.
armyknife
Specification over core function → #
Posted Friday 19th June 2009 15:50 GMT
In Kodak EasyShare Z915
Is this another example of a manufacturer concentrating on blotting the specification sheet and forgetting the core function of a camera, taking good quality images ?
armyknife
The guy in the middle should have had one. → #
Posted Friday 19th June 2009 14:30 GMT
In iPod saves lightning-strike teen
If only our lord saviour had had one of these in AD34 ?
armyknife
Too expensive ? → #
Posted Wednesday 17th June 2009 13:02 GMT
In Samsung N120
Surely this is too expensive at nearly twice the price of the original SCC format as 'defined' by Asus. Why not keep the netbook tag for the modestly priced devices and start review these things as mini-laptops, after all some of them have the prices to match.
armyknife
The Answer is in the game's name → #
Posted Friday 12th June 2009 22:43 GMT
In Video game sales hit three-year low in US
Less to do with an economic downturn and more to do with this; how many of the games listed are new, rather than just another exercise in milking a franchise/series.
*Pirate because I'd guess a lot of people cant even be bothered to steal Gridiron 09 etc.
armyknife
Friends reunited ? → #
Posted Thursday 11th June 2009 14:49 GMT
In uSwitch up for sale
£210m for that website, they must have been bonkers and only now are they smelling the coffee; it will go the way of Friends reunited.
armyknife
colour me skeptical → #
Posted Wednesday 10th June 2009 20:13 GMT
In One millionth English 'word' is... Web 2.0
UberBollocks*
*have a coined a new word ?