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  1. Re:Outlook out for 3 Days on Google Outage: Internet Traffic Plunges 40% · · Score: 1

    To Microsoft's credit, they publish reasonably interesting root-cause-analysis after each significant failure, where as Google seem to have a canned response (so far). Their response to the Outlook.com outage and their response to the recent Azure outage caused by an expired SSL certificate.

  2. Re:Digital image stabilization makes a comeback. on Nokia Lumia 1020 Video and Photo Shoot Preview · · Score: 1

    Messed up the tags: Nokia Rich Recording in Nokia Lumia 1020 [audio / video competitors comparison] @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKvbIqEO0i0

  3. Re:Digital image stabilization makes a comeback. on Nokia Lumia 1020 Video and Photo Shoot Preview · · Score: 1

    Lumia 920, 925 and 1020 have HAAC (High Amplitude Audio Capture) mics and I believe the 1020 has stereo HAAC. For a demonstration (a Nokia made one) against iPhone 5 and SGS4, check this out: Nokia Rich Recording in Nokia Lumia 1020 [audio / video competitors comparison]

  4. Re:Internet Explorer on Ask Slashdot: Most Secure Browser In an Age of Surveillance? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Rising are a Chinese company listed as an anti-virus partner by Microsoft.

  5. Dig even deeper.. on $200,000 Judgement Against Google In Mokbel Shots Case · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Mr Trkulja had incorrectly filled out a form for reporting offensive material by not including the URL of the content to which he objected."

    Hello, Google? Yes, you know that image, I want it taken down as it defames me. Just do it and don't ask me these frivolous questions

  6. Re:Clearly McDonald's isn't included ... on Fast-Food Logos Burned Into Pleasure Center of Children's Brains · · Score: 1

    The last time I ate at McDonald's, I ended up with projectile vomiting that lasted for three days. It was from McDonald's too as it was the only thing I had eaten that day and the previous that had the potential for contamination. (I was a poor student at the time and often skipped meals.) It is amazing how much strength your body can exert to empty your stomach quickly.

    For starters, you'd probably had a crappy diet being a poor student and skipping meals. I doubt McD's had anything to do with your reflux apart from the fact it was food. And I know it's hyperbole, but if you're projectile vomiting for 3 days, you need to go to hospital.

  7. Re:Fantastic first impressions on Microsoft Unveils Outlook.com, Hotmail's Successor · · Score: 1

    Totally agree. The OP is clearly a troll trying to incite Microsoft hatred by posing as a Microsoft shill. It's worked quite well.

  8. Re:Wind Electricity on Half of India Without Electricity As Power Grid Crisis Deepens · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Solar panels are abundant throughout Udaipur, a city in the affected state of Rajasthan. Rooftops are scattered with them here but I don't know or believe the rest of the country has them as widely installed.

  9. Re:VOIP on Microsoft Won't Say If Skype Is Secure Or Not. Time To Change? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a crypto nerd's worst nightmare: https://xkcd.com/538/

  10. Re:And it's mostly areas that have decent ADSL cov on Australian National Broadband Network Releases 3-Year Plan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm in a regional (not rural) district and every suburb here has ADSL2+ connectivity. If you can't get ADSL2+, you can still get the pricey ADSL1 8Mbit through Telstra or Telstra wholesaler.

    Even though I get 13Mbit~ at a good price, fibre is still very necessary as we're already starting to push the limits of what's available to us today. What I try and explain to people is that this is infrastructure that all communications will pass through for decades to come. It's one of the first times in my life where I can think of the Australian government really being ambitious with infrastructure development. The applications for this will be huge, it's much more than just triple-play. There's the possibility for telemedicine, telesurgery and of course, more telecommuting than ever before.

    In 6 months they'll be starting NBN roll-out in my neighbourhood, and I'll be able to get 100/40 for what I think is a reasonable price that will only fall in the years to come.

  11. Re:Transcript anyone? on Challenges of Setting Up a Security Conference · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Indian would be very hard to understand, considering it doesn't exist.

  12. Re:Account security on Scammers Work Around Two-Factor Authentication With Social Engineering · · Score: 1

    Wrong, the Commonwealth Bank (bank in TFA ) offer 2FA hardware tokens (à la SecureID) as an alternative to NetCode (the 2FA used in this instance). They offer this primarily to customers travelling overseas (and can't/don't want roaming) or those who are frequently out of coverage zones.It's free, too.

  13. Re:Too late on Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Developer Preview · · Score: 1

    No, they won't. When Android was catching up to iOS no money was made by anyone until critical mass was reached. Most users on mobile platforms do not pay for any applications which makes critical mass very important.

    Android vs Windows Phone free apps - A case study: Part II. Free apps are yielding great returns on WP7 because the market place is that much less saturated. Although WP7 is far from "critical mass", in 30 days WP7 revenue for this free app was $108.55 with 114,920 impressions vs. Android's $3.44 of revenue and 11,606 impressions. This is just one case study and there are a lot more. Decent money is being made now, even with 3-5% marketshare.

  14. Re:Karma at its finest on United Airlines Passengers Stranded By Computer Outage · · Score: 1

    Whoops!

  15. Karma at its finest on United Airlines Passengers Stranded By Computer Outage · · Score: 1

    Must be karma for booting a passenger off Flight 488 earlier in the week for wearing baggy pants. They must be too busy acting as fashion police than to be concerned with their IT infrastructure. Accompanying YouTube video to the above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOQI_FhKbw0

  16. Banks in Australia on Why UK Banks Don't Tweet · · Score: 1

    If UK folk are wondering, yes, banks in other countries do use Twitter to engage with their customers. In Australia the big-4 banks actively use Twitter and compete for followers - http://www.news.com.au/business/cba-westpac-anz-nab-compete-for-facebook-fans-twitter-followers/story-e6frfm1i-1226015116016

  17. Re:Australias net banking is actually damn good on Google Scares Aussie Banks · · Score: 3, Informative

    American here.

    Most banks offer at least 3 months - 1 year of your account(s) history through their online database. This is for a free checking account from my experience. Beyond that you can only get the document in paper and you have to pay for it.

    To put it into perspective - the Commonwealth Bank of Australia offer 7 years of statements online for free - even on fee-free accounts. They also allow you to search for previous transactions freely. They probably charge to print out a copy and send it to you, but with online statements going back that far and the ability to export to PDF and CSV - most people easily avoid the fee.

  18. Re:For only $500 Billion up front! on Tech CEOs Tell US Gov't How To Cut Deficit By $1 Trillion · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Spend $1 trillion to save $1 trillion. Then with the jobs created and income taxes to be paid, the gov't will still be ahead!

  19. Re:OK, they're integrated "properly", but... on AMD's Fusion CPU + GPU Will Ship This Year · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Should it be any accomplishment that a game released in November 2004 works on a latest-gen system? For that matter, my Radeon 9100 IGP (integrated) ran HL-2 'fine' back in 2004.

  20. Re:Cool. on Google Netbook Specs Leaked · · Score: 1

    I'd estimate the bloatware that manufacturers bundle with Windows based PCs will nearly off-set the cost of Windows licensing. I pick 'A'.

  21. Re:Yeah, great idea on India Hanging Up On 25 Million Cell Phones · · Score: 2, Informative

    This already happens in Australia - not just banning 'bogus' IMEI's, but IMEI's that aren't unique like the plethora of generic Chinese import phones. Since only "A-Tick" approved phones are allowed on our networks anyway (unless you're a tourist), people who get banned have little to stand on.

  22. Re:McAfee false-positive glitch fells PCs worldwid on Symantec Exec Warns Against Relying On Free Antivirus · · Score: 1

    Well, that explains why a significant amount of machines at work suspiciously fall apart this week. We had Windows core-files like uxtheme.dll go missing and a range of other BSODs. I actually have more faith in the upcoming Microsoft Security Essentials than I do with VSE at this point in time. It will surely be easier to administer across the domain than VSE is now.

  23. Re:BBC is reporting nine people not ten... on UK Gang Caught After $750K Online Music Fraud Scam · · Score: 1

    Wow, this changes everything!

  24. Re:Is that really enough? on Gates Foundation Funds "Altruistic Vaccine" · · Score: 1

    Well, it may not seem like a lot at first, but the Foundation is giving out $100,000 to over 81 different projects. Combined, it is a massive sum of money. You can read more about it here - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5275381/Bill-Gates-pours-thousands-into-unconventional-health-research.html