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    Live testing of the new site design?

    i agree on makeing ads as PNG or jpg only, you need to tell your ad onwers to use PNG or Jpg (i use Opera so plugins is set to Load on Demand so no flash or Java unless i click on them, i have Way to many tabs open to have Flash enabled i run out of ram if i had flash auto loading) O2 Flash ads...
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    ASUS Rampage III Black Edition Motherboard Review @ [H]

    wifi 54g norm on avg is 2.5MB/s (what i norm see), it's the expected speed (N stuff can go up to 10MB/s but getting the right network card to match the router is the issue like the netgear N150 i can get 8.5MB/s avg if i am less then 2 meters from it 1 wall drops to around 4-6MB/s) the 2600K...
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    British Telecom Ordered to Blacklist Usenet Search Engine

    the thing is who would use usenet on BT with an 100GB cap (or 300gb on bt FTTC that only 2-5% users can get) you connection gets noobed to 0.5-1MB/s for 30 days when you hit it between 4pm and midnight (not to end of billing date) this currently only affects BT broadband, not BT wholesale...
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    Google Plus Deleting Accounts En Masse

    i would not care if i was booted form the Google+ much but they should be giveing warning and letting the user to change his name or disable google+, but the bigger issue is that some are getting more of an boot from google+ they are termination full google accounts, if they did that to me i...
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    Using Google+ For Spamming

    very easy to get your google account banned for doing that (all they need to do is add the check at there end for users doing that)
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    RIM to Discontinue Wi-Fi BlackBerry PlayBook?

    i agree with Solidstate89 comment, it be the wifi only model that be stop been sold, the GSM/CDMA version should still have wifi still debating what i should upgrade to BB torch 9800, 9780 or an windows 7 phone (limited to HTC 7 Mozart on orange uk at the moment as they removed the LG and...
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    Chromebooks Getting Lukewarm Acceptance

    why would you buy an $10 an month 3g dongle with 100MB limit (500MB-1GB is bad enough that we get in the UK) i prefer just not to have it at all you could hit that limit very fast unless you turned off flash and pictures (load text only on pages)
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    IE Wins Malware-Blocking Tests

    it does not block, it just gives you the warning just makes it annoying enough for normal users not to run the malware (does not stop auto install malware) you can still run it just it has 2 or more steps to do before you can run something IE thinks is bad
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    IE Wins Malware-Blocking Tests

    i seen the IE9 big warning box come up and its very affective warning box as you have to click the little arrow at the bottom to allow the file to be opened (your talking like 3-4 clicks to run an bad file) where as most other browsers its just an small genetic warning, but i still would not use...
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    Chromebooks Getting Lukewarm Acceptance

    they also seem to come with only 100MB of 3g access as well (that reviewers found only lasted 5 days i am guessing due to Chrome auto updates) very low should come with 500MB or 1gb
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    Opera Browser Staying in the Quick Release Browser Race

    i think opera has been fine once version 10 came i not had had that many crashes (norm due to the site any way) rendering web sites again from 10 none issue unless the web site maker makes it there problem to make the page Not work under opera (opera just reports it self as IE or Firefox via the...
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    Opera Browser Staying in the Quick Release Browser Race

    just wish they fix the tab stack bug when trying to clone an tab or make an new one (it puts the tab out side of the stacked tab when i told opera that i want new tabs to be placed next to Active it was fine in 11.11 they broke it in 11.50) other useful option to tick is show Full URL in...
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    Netflix Helps You Avoid Hitting Bandwidth Caps

    wish you fix the forums to work correctly on mobiles phones (page reloads when you cone out of the box you type in ) opera mini lost all my post I was making
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    Bandwidth Caps Around the World Compared To US

    in the uk BT broadband on option 3 (the unlimited package) is 150gb for ADSL/ADSL2+ for FTTC/FTTD BT broadband (limited role out) its 250gb its not unlimited as the site says and they charge you per GB after you go past the hidden limits and they traffic shape p2p an little and adobe flash...
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    Verizon Charges Man $600 for Software Update

    trigger post wrong. You can turn off international roaming and you will not incur any additional charges. setting data roaming to off or data off would of not resulted in data charges as Anything data related would of not worked due to no data I say his point stands data roaming...
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    Verizon Charges Man $600 for Software Update

    still he should of disabled roaming (should never be enabled any way it even warns you it cost you) i am sure Verizon and most networks send you an text when your roaming (t-mobile do) if he ignored it its his fault again it was only 30MB he downloaded/uploaded Total ($20.48/MB whats an...
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    Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps from the App Store

    that mentality is why you are wrong, the use of the app is to avoid time wasteing check points the DUI app is many for none drink drivers, just the app is called DUI (as thats what the check points are called) and some stupid government man mite be missing on some money if an very Unlikely...
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    Fake UPS Email Making the Rounds

    its not even legitimate email UPS, DHL would not send you emails any way (you get an tracking code that you can goto the web site to track the item) i remove all type of malware all the time this one below was annoying an little after cleaning an fake antivirus off his pc as i was on the...
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    Music Industry Sues ISP to Censor The Pirate Bay

    or more VPN company's be getting more subscribers
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    Senators Want DUI Checkpoint Apps Removed

    its still not an crime to avoid them (unless you are drunk) he did say "by prior knowledge" so he would of not been anywhere near the checkpoint anyway
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    U.S. Researchers Take on Spam Sites

    i am surprised banks do not do this all ready (paypal would get black listed quite quickly thought) this would limit fakeAV software a lot more
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    Senators Want DUI Checkpoint Apps Removed

    i just have that app just to get around (i work for an living so cant be bothered been stopped every time i go out) the name of the app seem that its for drunk drivers they could do with renaming it an little all the app does it makes it little bit easier to avoid them, for most drivers its...
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    Win 7's Infection Rates 5 Times Lower Than XP

    in most cases fake virus stuff been loaded onto systems is the fault of the user (apart form the google dishing out IE 0 day installs about an month ago just by using Google search and clicking on an link was auto installing fake av soft with no user prompts got some nice work out of that) and...
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    Symantec Patches Internet Security Suite 2011

    when was the last time you used it 2008 or older ?? 2009 and newer is an different product uses next to no ram (40mb or less when idle) and does not hog system resources(unless its dealing with an virus or doing idle scans/defrag when your not at the pc) there is Norton removal tool that...
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    Senate Bill Amounts to Death Penalty for Web Sites

    guess that means taking about http://torrentfreak.com/ would be illegal (seems like an china system to me are they taking over USA internet :) ) every one who wants to goto sites that even report p2p or illegal news (as they would like to call it) would get filtered out wounder if you can...
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    Whitehats Hack Chrome Browser

    this is how most exploits are shown (download calc and open it) so your talking crap your self
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    Funny Netflix Exit Survey Questions

    you now broke that rule :)
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    Using Depleted Uranium To Make Hard Drives?

    steve goofed on the link :) http://www.hardocp.com/news/2011/04/29/using_depleted_uranium_to_make_hard_drives63
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    Seized Sites Won't Be Auctioned Like Drug Dealers' Cars

    but really all they need is 1 server not that it costs that much to keep that up + paying for 70 domains they stole (if they are paying for them) i guess would be less then £1000 an year max {i guess the bandwidth to try to keep it up from flood attacks} (that the Firefox addon MAFIAA Fire can...
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    Norton 2012 Betas Released

    think most who talk bull about what they have not used for 4 years is talking out of there arse guess not many have used an 2009 norton or later product (or 360 3.0 or higher) they complete remade the code from the ground up so speed and protection works together, older versions below 2008...
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    Pay More To Reach Download Cap Even Faster

    dam you hit your cap in less then 2hrs 30 mins (if you could flat line the 50MB connection for that time) i do on avg 150gb some times 300gb in an month but i do not have any monthly download limits, but i do have daily p2p (on none encrypted peers) and Usenet throttler (seems to be...
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    Windows Update Will Push IE9; IE10 Will Snub Vista

    users with issues with it reset the browser (Internet options > last tab > reset > but leave the tick box unticked) that should remove all the crap setting that may be in there from IE8 older users of IE8 are Very confused with IE9 as the bookmark button is missing you need to enable the...
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    Battlefield 3 "My Life" Trailer

    BF BC2 was threaded (8 in my case with an I7 @ 3.8 but that's mostly only used at level start up for 2 seconds all of my cores are pegged, with HT off it takes 5-6 seconds to load the map) as BF3 will be usieng an improved version i would guess the same thing would happen
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    Parent Sues Apple for In-App Buying Policy

    what i find most annoying is Why do i have to link an credit card to apple account in the first place (you cant make or install any software until you make one) the main issue is that really even with an password
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    Cyber Criminals Rent Out Unsuspecting Owners' PCs

    i had windows 2000 server at home very long time ago (think it only had 80gb of space on that server as well :) hay that was big like 10 or more years ago) and some how it ended up been an dump site, was only on there for about 2 days but I had like 6 new Movies to watch lol {wonder if i still...
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    Xbox 360 Update Preview Discs Contain A Warning!

    i thought normally they ban the Xbox console if an game that's not been released yet (they assume its been copyes)
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    Skype 5.3 Improves Video to Mobile Calling

    they need to fix the mem use thought why does it need to use 100-140mb of ram (bad on low end system)
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    Laptops May Be Seized on Entry to U.S.

    only thing to do really is when you goto oz land (Australia) or USA make sure the put an new HDD and have remote access to the real data what i did with my dads laptop due to there broader Porn search order act thats really looking for child porn but they do not have an definition in there...
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    Most Fragmented Hard Drive EVER!

    if the disk gets less then 10-15% free space the ntfs driver can no longer keep the file system from falling into that state, what you posted is more user fault as you posted it had 3mb free space left i be surprised if the system was even working correctly due to lack of space cloning the...
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    Millions of Sites Hit with Mass-Injection Cyber Attack

    a lot of the new ones are not bad as its norm only 1 file to remove (norm does not require malwarebytes to be ran or combofix) but i have come across mess with the reg setting for exe files so you have to run the fake av with the program, some that are nasty that mess with system drivers (i have...
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