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"Opera Software did great work lobbying against software patents in the campaigns on the EU software patents directive. Thanks Opera!." - by H4x0r Jim Duggan (757476) on Friday March 19, @08:40AM (#31535908) Homepage

Opera CONSISTENTLY does great @ getting users the BEST SPEED and THE BEST SECURITY RATING (vs. known vulnerabilities) over time also... So, I agree, & say "Thanks Opera" for being consistently the FASTEST & SAFEST WEBBROWSER PROGRAM THERE IS, CONSISTENTLY OVER TIME, Bar-none!

IF you love speed online (fastest renderer around for webpage data AND scripting too, both YEARS ago -> http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#win , and last year too -> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm , is Opera 10.5.3315 (AND, also per the SunSpider benchmarks recently done this month no less, passing FireFox AND EVEN GOOGLE CHROME yet again -> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/gallery/features/356350/on-test-the-hidden-seven-browsers-in-the-windows-ballot/145087 (which Opera USUALLY owns javascript processing speeds too, but FF passed them BRIEFLY earlier this year is all, for once, in that area)) AND if you love security too!)

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SECUNIA WEB BROWSER PROGRAM SECURITY STATS AS OF THIS DATE:

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Opera 10.x:

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/26745/

Unpatched 0% (0 of 5 Secunia advisories)

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FireFox 3.6x:

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/28698/

Unpatched 0% (0 of 1 Secunia advisories - FIREFOX does make a good showing here too though... but, they've consistently over time had more than Opera, & more left unpatched too + for longer usually)

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Internet Explorer 8.x:

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/21625/

Unpatched 44% (4 of 9 Secunia advisories)

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"Read 'em & weep"...

Opera's CONSISTENTLY free of security vulnerabilities too, year-in & year-out... (or, moreso typically than the other 2 of the "big 3", that is) - and features?

Opera's got features most browsers need "bolted on" addons for, except Opera has them natively (as well as having a widgets addons set for it as well, IF you need that kind of thing (I really do not, it comes with all the features I like such as popup blocking, script blocks or accepts BY SITE (via its various .ini files it has) too & more, far more).

APK

P.S.=> So, in the end? For better SPEED online (both HTML/XHTML/XML + javascript processing) AND BETTER OVERALL SECURITY ONLINE? Go Opera... apk

"Ha, and you got tricked by a Opera or Chrome fanboy into replying. You know that's not going to make them change." - by zullnero (833754) on Thursday January 21, @04:01PM (#30851208) Homepage

Ok, then here are some FACTS for your to "mull over" then... ok?

NOW, as far as "SPEED & SECURITY" online, & Opera vs. FireFox vs. IE?? Ok:

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A.) For SPEED (& even in javascript for the LONGEST time, until FF's new engines took its place (until Opera 10.50 @ least, because that's gotten a decent "boost" in that area -> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/12/22/1911216 (not that it matters though, speeding up javascript is like asking to get infected by malscripted sites &/or adbanners faster imo @ least - that of a "POV" of PC security, mostly)):

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html

and

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cnetuk/crave/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm

AND

http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/

(Opera "rocked the planet" in those cases... bigtime (& ESPECIALLY ON THE MOST USED PLATFORM THERE IS, BAR-NONE, FOR PC-COMPUTING: Windows!))

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AND, for SECURITY also (less vulnerabilities present over time than IE or FF, per SECUNIA.COM stats):

INTERNET EXPLORER 8.x VULNERABILITIES STATS:(01/21/2010)

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/21625/?task=advisories

(UNPATCHED = 4-8 / 50% (though 1 of them, the "Critical 'Out-of-Band' Cumulative Update IS patched, as of about 1 hr. ago (go get it those of you that use MS OS' that is...)))

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FIREFOX 3.x VULNERABILITIES STATS:(01/21/2010)

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/25800/?task=statistics

(UNPATCHED = 0-6 / 0% (on this note, as you can see? FF had MORE advisories, over time as I noted, but... they've done a GREAT JOB in stopping that much (now, the same has to be said for their browser addons too, but that too, improves over time as well usually))

Most Critical Unpatched

There are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied..

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OPERA 10.x VULNERABILITIES STATS:(01/21/2010)

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/26745/?task=statistics

(UNPATCHED = 0-3 / 0% )

Most Critical Unpatched

There are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied..

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Opera ROCKS, period (or, do the stats above make me a liar? I think not...)!

Plus, Opera's been able to pass the "ACID TESTS" (ACID2 specfically) for compliance to web-based standards since version 6.x iirc, & it was (iirc) actually the FIRST BROWSER (not development kit) to do so, but when counting dev kits, it was 2nd... correct me if I am "off" here on this last point though, guys, & thanks.

APK

P.S.=> Opera has a BIG "share-of-market" on MOBILE DEVICES as well, & is big in EUROPE (though stats don't tend to show it, because like many others, I tend to "IDENTIFY AS IE" in Opera, so I get somewhat better "IE based" page renderings on SOME sites (this happens, too bad) & that's something others seem to overlook QUITE A BIT too)...

Once more, imo @ least? Well - Opera's great!

I.E.-> It took me away from being a FireFox user primarily in fact, because of it (& FF + IE have copied Opera's features RAMPANTLY over time (e.g.-> Tabbed Browsing anyone? As far as ADDONS also?? Heh, a LOT of what FF

"Firefox 3.6 does beat the newest Chrome on some Javascript benchmarks (and Chrome beats Firefox on others)." - by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 21, @03:06PM (#30850216)

LOL: WoW... when you come right down to it though, my man? That's hilarious... it really is!

(Especially in today's "over-plagued by javascript-based attacks" of the internet today!)

After all - Most attack that hit you USE javascript in malscripted webpages &/or malscripted adbanners, period (or via email attacks & malscripted .pdf files).

Facts ARE FACTS.

NOW, as far as "SPEED & SECURITY" online, & Opera vs. FireFox vs. IE?? Ok:

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A.) For SPEED (& even in javascript for the LONGEST time, until FF's new engines took its place (until Opera 10.50 @ least, because that's gotten a decent "boost" in that area -> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/12/22/1911216 (not that it matters though, speeding up javascript is like asking to get infected by malscripted sites &/or adbanners faster imo @ least - that of a "POV" of PC security, mostly)):

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html

and

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cnetuk/crave/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm

AND

http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/

(Opera "rocked the planet" in those cases... bigtime (& ESPECIALLY ON THE MOST USED PLATFORM THERE IS, BAR-NONE, FOR PC-COMPUTING: Windows!))

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AND, for SECURITY also (less vulnerabilities present over time than IE or FF, per SECUNIA.COM stats):

INTERNET EXPLORER 8.x VULNERABILITIES STATS:(01/21/2010)

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/21625/?task=advisories

(UNPATCHED = 4-8 / 50% (though 1 of them, the "Critical 'Out-of-Band' Cumulative Update IS patched, as of about 1 hr. ago (go get it those of you that use MS OS' that is...)))

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FIREFOX 3.x VULNERABILITIES STATS:(01/21/2010)

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/25800/?task=statistics

(UNPATCHED = 0-6 / 0% (on this note, as you can see? FF had MORE advisories, over time as I noted, but... they've done a GREAT JOB in stopping that much (now, the same has to be said for their browser addons too, but that too, improves over time as well usually))

Most Critical Unpatched

There are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied..

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OPERA 10.x VULNERABILITIES STATS:(01/21/2010)

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/26745/?task=statistics

(UNPATCHED = 0-3 / 0% )

Most Critical Unpatched

There are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied..

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Opera ROCKS, period (or, do the stats above make me a liar? I think not...)!

Plus, Opera's been able to pass the "ACID TESTS" (ACID2 specfically) for compliance to web-based standards since version 6.x iirc, & it was (iirc) actually the FIRST BROWSER (not development kit) to do so, but when counting dev kits, it was 2nd... correct me if I am "off" here on this last point though, guys, & thanks.

APK

P.S.=> Opera has a BIG "share-of-market" on MOBILE DEVICES as well, & is big in EUROPE (though stats don't tend to show it, because like many others, I tend to "IDENTIFY AS IE" in Opera, so I get somewhat better "IE based" page renderings on SOME sites (this happens, too bad) & that's something others s

"Whether you like it or not, Opera is *massive* in Europe and has a far greater market share than you'd like to believe." - by A Friendly Troll (1017492) on Tuesday January 19, @05:28PM (#30825616)

Per my subject-line above: Well, I BELIEVE YOU, & here are the reasons as to why:

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A.) For SPEED (& even in javascript for the LONGEST time, until FF's new engines took its place (until Opera 10.50 @ least, because that's gotten a decent "boost" in that area -> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/12/22/1911216 (not that it matters though, speeding up javascript is like asking to get infected by malscripted sites &/or adbanners faster imo @ least - that of a "POV" of PC security, mostly)):

http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html

and

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cnetuk/crave/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm

AND

http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/

(Opera "rocked the planet" in those cases... bigtime (& ESPECIALLY ON THE MOST USED PLATFORM THERE IS, BAR-NONE, FOR PC-COMPUTING: Windows!))

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AND, for SECURITY also (less vulnerabilities present over time than IE or FF, per SECUNIA.COM stats):

INTERNET EXPLORER 8.x VULNERABILITIES STATS:(01/21/2010)

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/21625/?task=advisories

(UNPATCHED = 4-8 / 50% (though 1 of them, the "Critical 'Out-of-Band' Cumulative Update IS patched, as of about 1 hr. ago (go get it those of you that use MS OS' that is...)))

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FIREFOX 3.x VULNERABILITIES STATS:(01/21/2010)

(UNPATCHED = 0-6 / 0% (on this note, as you can see? FF had MORE advisories, over time as I noted, but... they've done a GREAT JOB in stopping that much (now, the same has to be said for their browser addons too, but that too, improves over time as well usually))

Most Critical Unpatched

There are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied..

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OPERA 10.x VULNERABILITIES STATS:(01/21/2010)

http://secunia.com/advisories/product/26745/?task=statistics

(UNPATCHED = 0-3 / 0% )

Most Critical Unpatched

There are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied..

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Opera ROCKS, period (or, do the stats above make me a liar? I think not...) &, it's been able to pass the "ACID TESTS" for compliance to web-based standards since version 6.x iirc, & it was (iirc) actually the FIRST BROWSER (not development kit) to do so, but when counting dev kits, it was 2nd... correct me if I am "off" here on this last point though, guys, & thanks.

APK

P.S.=> Again though, I tend to believe you (& Opera has a BIG "share-of-market" on MOBILE DEVICES as well, which others seem to overlook QUITE A BIT too)... Once more, imo @ least? Well - Opera's great!

I.E.-> It took me away from being a FireFox user primarily in fact, because of it (& FF + IE have copied Opera's features RAMPANTLY over time (e.g.-> Tabbed Browsing anyone? As far as ADDONS also?? Heh, a LOT of what FF has in browser addons, Opera already has natively (minus the CPU usage + speed hits & security vulnerabilities that webbrowser addons introduce (more than potentially too, ala Greasemonkey having that before (as only 1 single example)))... apk

"Opera's built-in ad and JavaScript blocking isn't nearly as convenient as Adblock+ or NoScript." - by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12, @05:11PM (#30743544)

How difficult is right-clicking on a page, & using the popup menu items of EDIT SITE PREFERENCES to control cookies, frames, popups, scripts, or other content types, as well as the browser type you identify as?

(Couple those built-in features of Opera with a custom HOSTS file, which uses 0 cpu cycles (unlike browser add ons, which also have their share of security vulnerabities issues too @ times) since it is only a filter really! HOSTS files are also easily edited via any text editor like notepad.exe (or easily turned on/off by simply renaming the HOSTS file), and you have complete & easily controlled & edited access to most anything "web" online using a HOSTS file, AND on a "per-site" basis (& then your firewall + antivirus/antispyware combination does the rest pretty much)).

APK

P.S.=> Plus, generally, Opera has been found faster OVERALL than Mozilla/Firefox browsers (and even on Javascript processing, in the past, such as is shown here -> http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#win and did so again, even more recently (06.2009) here too -> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49302491,00.htm

However, afaik & lately, FF took the lead in javascript processing ONLY afaik, but has it? See, check this site's results on that note of javascript processing speeds also -> http://nontroppo.org/timer/kestrel_tests/ ...

Thus, Opera 10.50 MAY change that back to Opera taking the lead there once more IF ff took another "temporary lead" too!

Opera 10.5 is available here -> http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/index.dml/tag/10.5 for testing that on your own...

(Even though javascript is the "gateway" to most of what has been infecting people the past few years now more than older methods of infecting others online by malware makers/hackers-crackers etc. et al)... apk

I really liked the part where the guy championing the Newton slapped KO'd his opponent with a link. She had previously written an article citing "The iPhone is the worst phone in the world".

I'm sure they had great make up sex later on.

Actually it's only 8, because page 9 is a page of odd links to other digital products.

BTW, here's the results page.

Sorry, what?

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49303764-4,00.htm

These cables can only carry currents of up to 2.5A

WHAT? Where the hell did the author get this information?!

Here's a random picture that I found through Google, for those of you who don't know how European wall sockets look like: http://www.goodlogo.com/images/extended.info/b/bcc/wall_socket_NL_GE.jpg

Here's the miserable excuse for the British wall socket: http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j00PvutNFZDbIcQM/Socket-A091-.jpg

1) The European socket has a plastic outside cone for insulation. If the cable is partially unplugged, you cannot touch it with your fingers. The British version has nothing.

2) The European socket allows you to plug the cables upside down (which is extremely helpful in certain situations).

3) Contrary to how it's portrayed in the article, the European socket *does* have grounding. In fact, it has two grounding pins, top and bottom.

4) Some people have mentioned the size of the plugs themselves. Here's the one with the grounding http://www.advin.com/uv-eraser-plug-FE-W512.JPG and here's the one used for small appliances and gadgets http://www.tuxgraphics.org/electronics/powersockets/power_plug_euro.jpg

What a stupid article... Stupid British arrogance.

There have been several instances when viruses have found their way on to the ISS. How do you try to prevent this?

"Every week we uplink new virus definitions. We uplink and deploy them straight away, so we're running pretty much as up-to-date as we can get. If there ever was a virus, we can pop that computer off the network, isolate it and figure out what the problem is. Even if it needs a complete re-wipe, it's pretty easy to quarantine. But the way our IT is set up, there's a network on board, there's a network on the ground, and they're very isolated from viruses on the Internet."'

So if it is isolated from viruses on the Internet, why do you need Anti Virus software on the network ?

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49303203-7,00.htm it's only faster at shutting down - all other differences are hardly noticable

Actual context FTFA... Windows 7 feels faster than Windows XP and Vista, but it turns out that's not always the case -- sometimes, it's the slowest of the three operating systems. We tested four 32-bit Windows operating systems: Windows 7 RTM build 7600, Windows 7 Release Candidate build 7100, Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 and Windows XP SP3, all on an Inspiron Desktop 530 mini-tower running an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E4500 at 2.20GHz, with a 128MB Nvidia 8300 GS graphics card, 4GB of RAM and two 320GB SATA 7,200rpm hard drives. Source: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49303203-7,00.htm

..or does Minoru look like the mutant love-child of Number 5 from Short Circuit and Stewie from Family Guy?

I thought Safari was the fastest. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/0,39029471,49301219,00.htm

Try reading this post on CNET I've not read it, but it seems to be relevant.

You my friend are the copper top.

Photos: Japanese 'Buddha phone' launches, plays Nirvana is updated.

Update: One of our buddies from CNET Japan has pointed out this phone is actually only available in China, not Japan, as we previously said. Sorry for any confusion.

Apple has been in the tablet market longer than anyone. You can still get a Newton in the sub $150 range from EBay. According to a comparison with the Samsung Q1 UMPC, they still stand up against modern tablets.

That guy looks real fuckin' happy about it too. Blissful, I believe is the word.

I doubt that a jailbroken phone running any app should cause the screen to crack.

Well if Linux can cause the screen hinges to break I suppose anything's possible.

Have you looked at the pics? THey look like car stereo speakers mounted on a headset... once you get to the point where your headphones are approximately 1/3rd the size of your head, why bother with them at all?

It can be argued that OLPC started the netbook category, when ASUS and Intel saw the outpouring of support.

This is the only article I could find cited by Wikipedia supporting the widely-repeated claim that OLPC inspired the "netbook" market, and this is just speculation by one UK blogger. Yet it's cited as a source for a factual statement in Wikipedia article about the XO-1 filled with "citation needed" tags.

I'm not saying it isn't true, but it's kind of a broad and evangelistic claim and requires a little more research.

Thankfully, Gizmodo did an excellent series on the trials and triumphs of OLPC, including the "who invented the netbook" question. There's no clear answer, but it definitely appears that the OLPC woke up computer manufacturers to the fact that there was a large, untapped market out there for cheap "netbooks."

If you live in an apartment or in the city and have to park on the street, you really don't have a good way to plug a car in over night. I think I will patent a 'Charger Post'; insert credit card, open door and plug in car, lock door, next day insert card again to open door.

Like these, in London? (They're not actually free, there's a £200 yearly registration fee, but that's a bargain for parking in central London, where you'll be paying £5 an hour or more.)

I don't approve of the on-street ones though -- I'd rather they just removed the parking space. The street space in central London is far too valuable to be used only by a few people who can afford to leave a car there; a wider pavement (sidewalk) or a bike lane would benefit far more people.

People are morons... http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/natelanxon/0,139102300,49294457,00.htm

it's definitely not about buy the movie or not.

When the fastest Blu-ray player takes over 40 seconds to boot up (PS3 and others take over a minute) and some movies force previews and other crap onto you (this is after the player boots up)....one of the main purposes to "rip" is to bypass all these headaches.
(some of it will also be to set up a HTPC system that stores all...much like what Kaleidescape (Wiki) does for DVDs)
(my own player takes the amount of time that it takes for me to go to the bathroom and back...but I guess I can't really complain too much as I got the damn thing for free....o well)

anyways...I was under the impression that a PS3 can still rip blu-ray titles with easy (with any cell3 linux distro and a simple dd command)

To be honest, I find the difference in picture quality between SD Freeview (DVB-T) and SD Freesat (DVB-S) to be greater than that between SD Freesat and HD Freesat.

That's comparing a Freeview tuner built into the TV, and a Freesat set-top box connected to the same TV via HDMI. The compression that is applied to Freeview makes a huge negative impact on the picture quality.

I have a HP Pavilion DV6000 [google.co.uk], comes with pretty much everything. I bought it a few months ago for £400 (GBP). A Mac Mini costs £399 (GBP).

Did you post the right link? The one you gave brings up a few eBay/refurb listings for the DV6000 for which the going rate seems to be over £400 so you did really well to get a brand new one for that.

I'm assuming that you got a new one, because comparing the eBay/refurb/surplus price of a discontinued PC model* with the current RRP of a new Apple would be completely bloody stupid.

You can get refurb/second-hand Apples, too, you know... (and p-p-p-powerbooks, but we won't talk about that).

*This was all I could find quickly - which cost £700+ new - although it does sound like yours is a newer model.

Check out these pics. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/desktops/0,39029426,49299331,00.htm

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/desktops/0,39029426,49299331,00.htm Now it's most definately on that!

I did not see a link in the article to put it all one page. I understand the temptation to garner additional ad revenue for laying out the article this way, but I appreciate even more when they provide a "print this article" or "show on one page" link for those of us who. don't. like. interrupted. reading.

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Chapter 1) In the Beginning
Chapter 2) Wiring the Web
Chapter 3) All About Email
Chapter 4) Welcome to the Social
Chapter 5) Online Media
Chapter 6) Web Property
Chapter 7) Web 1.0
Chapter 8) Web 2.0
Chapter 9) Law and Order
Chapter 10) Most Epic Fails

They gave credit at the end to some of the notable mentions that didn't make the final list.

I did not see a link in the article to put it all one page. I understand the temptation to garner additional ad revenue for laying out the article this way, but I appreciate even more when they provide a "print this article" or "show on one page" link for those of us who. don't. like. interrupted. reading.

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Chapter 2) Wiring the Web
Chapter 3) All About Email
Chapter 4) Welcome to the Social
Chapter 5) Online Media
Chapter 6) Web Property
Chapter 7) Web 1.0
Chapter 8) Web 2.0
Chapter 9) Law and Order
Chapter 10) Most Epic Fails

They gave credit at the end to some of the notable mentions that didn't make the final list.

I did not see a link in the article to put it all one page. I understand the temptation to garner additional ad revenue for laying out the article this way, but I appreciate even more when they provide a "print this article" or "show on one page" link for those of us who. don't. like. interrupted. reading.

Here's a plug for the Firefox addon: Re-pagination. Just right click on the "Next" link at the top of the article and then select "Re-Pagination > All". Not perfect, but it gets the job done.

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Chapter 1) In the Beginning
Chapter 2) Wiring the Web
Chapter 3) All About Email
Chapter 4) Welcome to the Social
Chapter 5) Online Media
Chapter 6) Web Property
Chapter 7) Web 1.0
Chapter 8) Web 2.0
Chapter 9) Law and Order
Chapter 10) Most Epic Fails

They gave credit at the end to some of the notable mentions that didn't make the final list.

I did not see a link in the article to put it all one page. I understand the temptation to garner additional ad revenue for laying out the article this way, but I appreciate even more when they provide a "print this article" or "show on one page" link for those of us who. don't. like. interrupted. reading.

Here's a plug for the Firefox addon: Re-pagination. Just right click on the "Next" link at the top of the article and then select "Re-Pagination > All". Not perfect, but it gets the job done.

Alternatively, here are direct links to each of the pages in the article:

Chapter 1) In the Beginning
Chapter 2) Wiring the Web
Chapter 3) All About Email
Chapter 4) Welcome to the Social
Chapter 5) Online Media
Chapter 6) Web Property
Chapter 7) Web 1.0
Chapter 8) Web 2.0
Chapter 9) Law and Order
Chapter 10) Most Epic Fails

They gave credit at the end to some of the notable mentions that didn't make the final list.

I did not see a link in the article to put it all one page. I understand the temptation to garner additional ad revenue for laying out the article this way, but I appreciate even more when they provide a "print this article" or "show on one page" link for those of us who. don't. like. interrupted. reading.

Here's a plug for the Firefox addon: Re-pagination. Just right click on the "Next" link at the top of the article and then select "Re-Pagination > All". Not perfect, but it gets the job done.

Alternatively, here are direct links to each of the pages in the article:

Chapter 1) In the Beginning
Chapter 2) Wiring the Web
Chapter 3) All About Email
Chapter 4) Welcome to the Social
Chapter 5) Online Media
Chapter 6) Web Property
Chapter 7) Web 1.0
Chapter 8) Web 2.0
Chapter 9) Law and Order
Chapter 10) Most Epic Fails

They gave credit at the end to some of the notable mentions that didn't make the final list.

I did not see a link in the article to put it all one page. I understand the temptation to garner additional ad revenue for laying out the article this way, but I appreciate even more when they provide a "print this article" or "show on one page" link for those of us who. don't. like. interrupted. reading.

Here's a plug for the Firefox addon: Re-pagination. Just right click on the "Next" link at the top of the article and then select "Re-Pagination > All". Not perfect, but it gets the job done.

Alternatively, here are direct links to each of the pages in the article:

Chapter 1) In the Beginning
Chapter 2) Wiring the Web
Chapter 3) All About Email
Chapter 4) Welcome to the Social
Chapter 5) Online Media
Chapter 6) Web Property
Chapter 7) Web 1.0
Chapter 8) Web 2.0
Chapter 9) Law and Order
Chapter 10) Most Epic Fails

They gave credit at the end to some of the notable mentions that didn't make the final list.

I did not see a link in the article to put it all one page. I understand the temptation to garner additional ad revenue for laying out the article this way, but I appreciate even more when they provide a "print this article" or "show on one page" link for those of us who. don't. like. interrupted. reading.

Here's a plug for the Firefox addon: Re-pagination. Just right click on the "Next" link at the top of the article and then select "Re-Pagination > All". Not perfect, but it gets the job done.

Alternatively, here are direct links to each of the pages in the article:

Chapter 1) In the Beginning
Chapter 2) Wiring the Web
Chapter 3) All About Email
Chapter 4) Welcome to the Social
Chapter 5) Online Media
Chapter 6) Web Property
Chapter 7) Web 1.0
Chapter 8) Web 2.0
Chapter 9) Law and Order
Chapter 10) Most Epic Fails

They gave credit at the end to some of the notable mentions that didn't make the final list.

I did not see a link in the article to put it all one page. I understand the temptation to garner additional ad revenue for laying out the article this way, but I appreciate even more when they provide a "print this article" or "show on one page" link for those of us who. don't. like. interrupted. reading.

Here's a plug for the Firefox addon: Re-pagination. Just right click on the "Next" link at the top of the article and then select "Re-Pagination > All". Not perfect, but it gets the job done.

Alternatively, here are direct links to each of the pages in the article:

Chapter 1) In the Beginning
Chapter 2) Wiring the Web
Chapter 3) All About Email
Chapter 4) Welcome to the Social
Chapter 5) Online Media
Chapter 6) Web Property
Chapter 7) Web 1.0
Chapter 8) Web 2.0
Chapter 9) Law and Order
Chapter 10) Most Epic Fails

They gave credit at the end to some of the notable mentions that didn't make the final list.

I did not see a link in the article to put it all one page. I understand the temptation to garner additional ad revenue for laying out the article this way, but I appreciate even more when they provide a "print this article" or "show on one page" link for those of us who. don't. like. interrupted. reading.

Here's a plug for the Firefox addon: Re-pagination. Just right click on the "Next" link at the top of the article and then select "Re-Pagination > All". Not perfect, but it gets the job done.

Alternatively, here are direct links to each of the pages in the article:

Chapter 1) In the Beginning
Chapter 2) Wiring the Web
Chapter 3) All About Email
Chapter 4) Welcome to the Social
Chapter 5) Online Media
Chapter 6) Web Property
Chapter 7) Web 1.0
Chapter 8) Web 2.0
Chapter 9) Law and Order
Chapter 10) Most Epic Fails

They gave credit at the end to some of the notable mentions that didn't make the final list.

I did not see a link in the article to put it all one page. I understand the temptation to garner additional ad revenue for laying out the article this way, but I appreciate even more when they provide a "print this article" or "show on one page" link for those of us who. don't. like. interrupted. reading.

Here's a plug for the Firefox addon: Re-pagination. Just right click on the "Next" link at the top of the article and then select "Re-Pagination > All". Not perfect, but it gets the job done.

Alternatively, here are direct links to each of the pages in the article:

Chapter 1) In the Beginning
Chapter 2) Wiring the Web
Chapter 3) All About Email
Chapter 4) Welcome to the Social
Chapter 5) Online Media
Chapter 6) Web Property
Chapter 7) Web 1.0
Chapter 8) Web 2.0
Chapter 9) Law and Order
Chapter 10) Most Epic Fails

They gave credit at the end to some of the notable mentions that didn't make the final list.

I did not see a link in the article to put it all one page. I understand the temptation to garner additional ad revenue for laying out the article this way, but I appreciate even more when they provide a "print this article" or "show on one page" link for those of us who. don't. like. interrupted. reading.

Here's a plug for the Firefox addon: Re-pagination. Just right click on the "Next" link at the top of the article and then select "Re-Pagination > All". Not perfect, but it gets the job done.

Alternatively, here are direct links to each of the pages in the article:

Chapter 1) In the Beginning
Chapter 2) Wiring the Web
Chapter 3) All About Email
Chapter 4) Welcome to the Social
Chapter 5) Online Media
Chapter 6) Web Property
Chapter 7) Web 1.0
Chapter 8) Web 2.0
Chapter 9) Law and Order
Chapter 10) Most Epic Fails

They gave credit at the end to some of the notable mentions that didn't make the final list.

Let me see if I got this right Kane Kramer invented the digital-to-analog converter (DAC) in 1979 ..

toshiba has a prototype laptop with a normal intel CPU and one extra "lite" cell processor http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49295004,00.htm

A geek's wet dream if there ever was one.

Toshiba actually announced such a beast (albeit with less SPEs, wich might be a way to use slightly defective cell chips to increase the yields).
The only problem is that if this is only used in one machine, noone is going to bother writing applications for it.

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49297849-1,00.htm Here's the link to the first page...if you care.

Apparently it is better... http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49296534-5,00.htm

The speakers are now on the bottom.

I know nobody on Slashdot reads TFA, but jeez. Page 6 of TFA shows and describes the 8.9" Eee PC, which is exactly what your "good idea" proposes.

Bored with making MacBooks for Steve Jobs, one day Asus decided to create its own stylish laptop and flog it on the cheap. The result was the Eee PC -- a Linux-based ultraportable notebook that wowed consumers, shocked rival manufacturers and is slowly but surely revolutionising an industry.

But Asus is no longer alone. Since the Eee's launch, many of its rivals have begun to create similar alternatives -- each designed to pilfer a piece of the budget ultraportable pie. Some are trying to beat the Eee on price, some on specs, but they're all tiny and they're all camped out in the bargain basement. They're all real products, and a few are already available, so we've included links to our full reviews for those.

Asus Eee PC 701, £220
The Eee has racked up hundreds of thousands of sales in a relatively short space of time. It's portable, attractive, versatile and has completely flipped the laptop world on its head with a stupidly low price point.

In exchange for a touch over £200, the Eee provides a Pentium M 900MHz CPU, 512MB of RAM, Wi-Fi, a 7-inch 800x480-pixel display, and enough Linux software to keep you busy for weeks. It's awesome value.

Okay, the hype overshadowed the fact that it's rather slow, sometimes unreliable and nearly impossible to type on if you had grown-up fingers, but these are minor details. In the long run it'll be recognised as one of the decade's most important pieces of tech design. Its rivals -- including the Eee PC 901 -- will have a very hard time topping it.

Elonex One (aka GeCube Genie), £99
Let's kick things off with the Elonex One, which many geeks will also know as the GeCube Genie Jr. It's designed for school children, but will no doubt attract a much wider demographic thanks to its ludicrously low price.

The One is an attractive little unit that weighs in at 900g. Elonex says it's designed to be kid-proof in that it's shock resistant, has no moving parts and is very reliable. The main components are housed behind the 7-inch 800x480-pixel display. You get a 300MHz LNX Code 8 Mobile CPU -- no, we've never heard of it either -- 128MB of DDR2 memory and 1GB of flash memory. An enhanced version of the laptop, called the One Plus, ships with 256MB of RAM and 2GB of storage.

What else do you get for fewer than 10,000 pennies? Well, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi is standard, as is wired 10/100 Ethernet, two USB2.0 ports, built-in speakers, and the keyboard's removable so you can use the One like a tablet PC. The display isn't touch-sensitive, so you'll have to use a 'mouse emulator' -- aka nipple -- round the back. The whole thing runs on the Linux Linos 2.6.21 operating system, which comes with a variety of productivity, media and education software.

The One is never going to be the fastest computer in the world, and we're sceptical that it'll be without its problems, but you really can't go wrong for £99. It's available in pink, green, silver, white or black, and will be released in July 2008. Pre-order yours from the Elonex Web site now for a £10 deposit.

Packard Bell EasyNote XS (aka VIA Nanobook), £399
Originally the Everex Cloudbook, this petite laptop now goes by many different names: 'EasyNote XS', 'VIA Nanobook', and courtesy of some potty-mouthed Cravers: 'horrible pile of turd'. That last bit is very unfair -- the XS is pretty accomplished.

It's tiny: just 230x171x29mm and it weighs 950g. It uses a 7-inch display with an 800x480-pixel native resolution, a 1.2GHz VIA C7-M CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 30GB 2.5-inch hard drive, which

Bored with making MacBooks for Steve Jobs, one day Asus decided to create its own stylish laptop and flog it on the cheap. The result was the Eee PC -- a Linux-based ultraportable notebook that wowed consumers, shocked rival manufacturers and is slowly but surely revolutionising an industry.

But Asus is no longer alone. Since the Eee's launch, many of its rivals have begun to create similar alternatives -- each designed to pilfer a piece of the budget ultraportable pie. Some are trying to beat the Eee on price, some on specs, but they're all tiny and they're all camped out in the bargain basement. They're all real products, and a few are already available, so we've included links to our full reviews for those.

Asus Eee PC 701, £220
The Eee has racked up hundreds of thousands of sales in a relatively short space of time. It's portable, attractive, versatile and has completely flipped the laptop world on its head with a stupidly low price point.

In exchange for a touch over £200, the Eee provides a Pentium M 900MHz CPU, 512MB of RAM, Wi-Fi, a 7-inch 800x480-pixel display, and enough Linux software to keep you busy for weeks. It's awesome value.

Okay, the hype overshadowed the fact that it's rather slow, sometimes unreliable and nearly impossible to type on if you had grown-up fingers, but these are minor details. In the long run it'll be recognised as one of the decade's most important pieces of tech design. Its rivals -- including the Eee PC 901 -- will have a very hard time topping it.

Elonex One (aka GeCube Genie), £99
Let's kick things off with the Elonex One, which many geeks will also know as the GeCube Genie Jr. It's designed for school children, but will no doubt attract a much wider demographic thanks to its ludicrously low price.

The One is an attractive little unit that weighs in at 900g. Elonex says it's designed to be kid-proof in that it's shock resistant, has no moving parts and is very reliable. The main components are housed behind the 7-inch 800x480-pixel display. You get a 300MHz LNX Code 8 Mobile CPU -- no, we've never heard of it either -- 128MB of DDR2 memory and 1GB of flash memory. An enhanced version of the laptop, called the One Plus, ships with 256MB of RAM and 2GB of storage.

What else do you get for fewer than 10,000 pennies? Well, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi is standard, as is wired 10/100 Ethernet, two USB2.0 ports, built-in speakers, and the keyboard's removable so you can use the One like a tablet PC. The display isn't touch-sensitive, so you'll have to use a 'mouse emulator' -- aka nipple -- round the back. The whole thing runs on the Linux Linos 2.6.21 operating system, which comes with a variety of productivity, media and education software.

The One is never going to be the fastest computer in the world, and we're sceptical that it'll be without its problems, but you really can't go wrong for £99. It's available in pink, green, silver, white or black, and will be released in July 2008. Pre-order yours from the Elonex Web site now for a £10 deposit.

Packard Bell EasyNote XS (aka VIA Nanobook), £399
Originally the Everex Cloudbook, this petite laptop now goes by many different names: 'EasyNote XS', 'VIA Nanobook', and courtesy of some potty-mouthed Cravers: 'horrible pile of turd'. That last bit is very unfair -- the XS is pretty accomplished.

It's tiny: just 230x171x29mm and it weighs 950g. It uses a 7-inch display with an 800x480-pixel native resolution, a 1.2GHz VIA C7-M CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 30GB 2.5-inch hard drive, which

Bored with making MacBooks for Steve Jobs, one day Asus decided to create its own stylish laptop and flog it on the cheap. The result was the Eee PC -- a Linux-based ultraportable notebook that wowed consumers, shocked rival manufacturers and is slowly but surely revolutionising an industry.

But Asus is no longer alone. Since the Eee's launch, many of its rivals have begun to create similar alternatives -- each designed to pilfer a piece of the budget ultraportable pie. Some are trying to beat the Eee on price, some on specs, but they're all tiny and they're all camped out in the bargain basement. They're all real products, and a few are already available, so we've included links to our full reviews for those.

Asus Eee PC 701, £220
The Eee has racked up hundreds of thousands of sales in a relatively short space of time. It's portable, attractive, versatile and has completely flipped the laptop world on its head with a stupidly low price point.

In exchange for a touch over £200, the Eee provides a Pentium M 900MHz CPU, 512MB of RAM, Wi-Fi, a 7-inch 800x480-pixel display, and enough Linux software to keep you busy for weeks. It's awesome value.

Okay, the hype overshadowed the fact that it's rather slow, sometimes unreliable and nearly impossible to type on if you had grown-up fingers, but these are minor details. In the long run it'll be recognised as one of the decade's most important pieces of tech design. Its rivals -- including the Eee PC 901 -- will have a very hard time topping it.

Elonex One (aka GeCube Genie), £99
Let's kick things off with the Elonex One, which many geeks will also know as the GeCube Genie Jr. It's designed for school children, but will no doubt attract a much wider demographic thanks to its ludicrously low price.

The One is an attractive little unit that weighs in at 900g. Elonex says it's designed to be kid-proof in that it's shock resistant, has no moving parts and is very reliable. The main components are housed behind the 7-inch 800x480-pixel display. You get a 300MHz LNX Code 8 Mobile CPU -- no, we've never heard of it either -- 128MB of DDR2 memory and 1GB of flash memory. An enhanced version of the laptop, called the One Plus, ships with 256MB of RAM and 2GB of storage.

What else do you get for fewer than 10,000 pennies? Well, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi is standard, as is wired 10/100 Ethernet, two USB2.0 ports, built-in speakers, and the keyboard's removable so you can use the One like a tablet PC. The display isn't touch-sensitive, so you'll have to use a 'mouse emulator' -- aka nipple -- round the back. The whole thing runs on the Linux Linos 2.6.21 operating system, which comes with a variety of productivity, media and education software.

The One is never going to be the fastest computer in the world, and we're sceptical that it'll be without its problems, but you really can't go wrong for £99. It's available in pink, green, silver, white or black, and will be released in July 2008. Pre-order yours from the Elonex Web site now for a £10 deposit.

Packard Bell EasyNote XS (aka VIA Nanobook), £399
Originally the Everex Cloudbook, this petite laptop now goes by many different names: 'EasyNote XS', 'VIA Nanobook', and courtesy of some potty-mouthed Cravers: 'horrible pile of turd'. That last bit is very unfair -- the XS is pretty accomplished.

It's tiny: just 230x171x29mm and it weighs 950g. It uses a 7-inch display with an 800x480-pixel native resolution, a 1.2GHz VIA C7-M CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 30GB 2.5-inch hard drive, which

Check out the last picture:

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39029453,49295452-4,00.htm

I want one of those Boom buttons for my work keyboard. Maybe every time I hit it the whole building shudders under a big BOOM... Would be a fun way of getting rid of the loud people talking in the hallway in front of my door...

Here is a real review of the display http://crave.cnet.co.uk/monitors/0,39029456,49290999,00.htm Not quite so impressive...