@kevinmchapman. The discussion here reflects the very significant number of users who really do like the traditional menu system and who wish to...
Er, no... It is an efficient means of finding the application/file/setting you need in one place. The icons are a simply a fallback for when you...
Isn't the provision of a text based search an admission by the developers that the mass of icons approach does not work? I don't need to use a...
"Unity and GNOME 3 both abandon the old text-based cascading menus in favour of a graphical icon-driven system."
Point truly missed. Both use a...
whs001 - Thank you, I'm glad you liked the article.
I absolutely agree with you on your first point. I should perhaps have made it clearer that...
If we allow corporate interest to dictate the way our government circumvents due process against foreign entities then we should accept the same...
I totally dislike pirating of works, I fear that artists will be deterred from creating works if they think that they are going to get ripped off....
How dare film makers, artists or anybody that invests in creativity stop us pirating their works for free. I want to be able to walk into my local...
@GrueMaster. I prefer horses for courses rather than one size fits all. I, and I suspect most other computer users, do not really wish to have...
The product that scares me every time I have to use it is the Office 2007 version of Excel.
The first bug that I found was applying the median...
Nice review and very informative. One thing I'd like to add (in reply to whs001's 1st question), the main reason to have the same interface from...
I'be been using Mint 12 since the RC came out, and I am far more happy with the Cinnamon, the Mate, and, yes (with extensions), theGnome 3...
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In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
For Gnome 2 die-hards, it is possible to add icons to the bottom panel (or top top panel, if you prefer) which provide the exact Gnome 2...
Your comments would seem pretty naive and immature. Your 'solution' appears to be, "gee, let's all just give in to the hackers and give them...
"Interesting thought ... If you installed Win7 as a dual boot on a machine that previously only had Linux, and it wrecked your Linux installation,...
This is an excellent summary of Ubuntu and Mint and the interface differences between them. Most such articles take a very partisan position for...
@ewallace. Not so clear. Anyone can obtain the text, for example from here http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/2379.
I support ACTA so long as it and...
Talkback
As part of the team responsible for the recent T-Virus “Outbreak” it’s with considerable mirth that we’ve watched the courageous “investigations” of Sophos, whose technicians “tracked down” the web site the messages came from – could they have spotted the URL clearly flagged at the bottom of each and every T-Virus message?
Cynics might also suggest that an opportunity to instil fear into mobile users about the possibility of viruses occurring on their phones may also be commercially handy for Sophos despite there being no documented evidence that a virus has ever been transmitted by SMS.
As for “unsolicited messages”, all T-Virus texts are forwarded to friends by friends in exactly the same way as used by Lycos, O2 and Yahoo amongst many others – by their definition all SMS is effectively “unsolicited” in that your friends don’t specifically ask you each time you send them a text message.
The final thing Sophos’ redoubtable technicians will have discovered is that their investigations will see them accumulating lots of points to win prizes such as PlayStation 2s, copies of the game and free Resident Evil branded merchandise. How nice!
Nick Gillett's response is typical & predictable from one of those whose arrogant manner one encounters far too often these days.
That they are bereft of incapable of any approaching compassion for alarmed users is also typical.
In truth they are so obsessed with their own perception of their own importance, that they are incapable of seeing little else.
Totally irresponsible behaviour would seem to be the 'norm' for such people!
Which of course does nothing to enhance the 'games' industry in the public perception.
So should draconian retribution befall the industry they will only have themselves to blame & the sooner it happens the better.
Anonymous attacks on my character aside, there was absolutely nothing in this campaign that has upset anyone but Sophos.
We run a lot of SMS and email campaigns (all opt-in and fully permission based with easy and well-flagged unsubscribe routes) and when consumers don't like what you send them, they let you know in short order.
We have had a few dozen consumers unsubscribe from this campaign, which with a database of 1,000s of individuals is a very, very small number - we have received no complaints at all. In addition we have checked with the ASA, who have not had any complaints either.
I understand that without fully investigating the mechanics of this campaign (which comply fully with the DMA, CAP code and all EU privacy laws relating to digital messaging) it may be possible to misinterpret them, but to launch such a bitter and slightly ungrammatical attack is, I believe, unwarranted.
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