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UK Net users ripped off - Report

It's just as easy to pay high prices online as off, say a new generation of Internet comparison-shopping engines Read more

29 June, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Will Windows continue to be Windows?

...PowerShell. If you haven't seen PowerShell yet, it is a complete ripoff of the Unix-based shells that have been around for decades. Over... Read more

19 April, 2010

Sony Ericsson rethinks, remodels

...of anger-generating hipsters and set to music that was an outrageous ripoff of a certain Nirvana track I can't name in a family... Read more

16 February, 2009

Kraken, a really ugly beast, is new WHS flagship

...talk!!! No wonder the sniffer never caught a whiff of fish. To ripoff Harlan Ellison, "he has no mouth and he must scream!" Big Whoops... Read more

17 June, 2007

Lies, damned lies, and consultants

...they will, the day rates you have been paying Slime, Slime and Ripoff Inc? Ask yourself two questions: wouldn't it have been better to... Read more

5 August, 2002 by Eugene Lacey

Jail term for MP3 pirates predicted

Downloading MP3 using Napster or Gnutella? Ever thought what the inside of a cell looks like? Read more

16 May, 2000 by Richard Barry

Banned Napster users strike back

Despite what some believe was Napster's attempt to plant an ID in users' computers, Metallica files are back in play Read more

12 May, 2000 by Marilynn Wheeler

Consumers' Association says Vauxhall site is a "rip-off"

...Consumers' Association Friday, which slammed the car maker's plans as a "ripoff". Vauxhall announced Friday its intention to offer special .com rates on its... Read more

15 October, 1999 by Jane Wakefield
myBatteryLife - Battery Monitoring Tool 2.0

myBatteryLife - Battery Monitoring Tool 2.0

...to determine your remaining battery life. Don't be fooled by other ripoff apps that only use one hardware specification.******************************************Have you ever started watching... Read more

28 January, 2010

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

17 minutes ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

7 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

8 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

9 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

11 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

12 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

13 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

13 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

15 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

16 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

17 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

18 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

19 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

20 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

20 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

21 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

1 day ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

1 day ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry