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That's all very well, but seriously a "Pied Piper" icon was more of a priority than a blog one? This I do not understand.
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Seriously? They still haven't got a blog icon? [0] https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/455
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12y ago
As far as I'm aware under EU law electrical appliances such as washing machines are meant to last 6 years.
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12y ago
When someone explicitly says something is not dying, it makes me think it probably is...
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AdSense leak controversy heats up as Google denies favoritism, theft allegations
(zdnet.com)
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There's no name given of anyone involved, so nobody can be held accountable for this whether it's true or not.
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Reddit Demotes Technology Section to Punish Lazy Moderators
(time.com)
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13y ago
tl;dr: Occam’s Razor demands the simplest explanation and so it probably was a stowaway piece of gravel
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Microsoft corrects Windows XP/Security Essentials bug
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Sorry, XP isn't dead yet.
(theregister.co.uk)
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Microsoft launches Office Online for Free
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Seagate brings out 6TB HDD
(theregister.co.uk)
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Reports say Symantec, struggling to reverse a revenue slowdown
(theregister.co.uk)
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13y ago
I'm not sure how you can think that after the Apple Maps fiasco. >The Maps application has been featured on the iOS (then iPhone OS) operating system since the release of the first-generation iPhone on June 29, 2007, and was powered
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Mt. Gox boss Karpeles ordered to Dallas to face bankruptcy probe
(theregister.co.uk)
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Apps are great right now because they are better than most of the web apps. However, they aren't the future, because: - Web apps are always up-to-date, no updating necessary - Web apps are stored in the cloud, not on your device - Web
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This is all very well for retail customers, but it's much harder in enterprise. Fortunately, there's Windows POSReady 2009 which is essentially Windows XP under the hood as an absolute fallback as it's supported until 2019. A
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13y ago
Voice never came to the UK anyway...
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13y ago
Last I heard of Soulseek it was virus riddled and tracks were incorrectly named. What it needs is a layer of trust, but unfortunately that probably means accountability, which is often a no-go for Soulseek users.
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Two in five Brits cough up for CryptoLocker ransomware's demands
(theregister.co.uk)
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PC users: beware of CryptoLocker malware
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Microsoft asks pals to help kill UK gov's Open Document Format dream
(theregister.co.uk)
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Ftp.Microsoft.com is down
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13y ago
I don't think you mean Fraudulent. adjective 1. obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception. I think you mean "inaccurate".
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Net Neutrality was dead as soon as Google became an ISP. We all know where this is going.
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The most useful information I found on accessibility was this video, which really showed me how the blind use the web: "Victor Tsaran: An Introduction to Screen Readers"[1]. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izrC4
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Many of them are now open source too: * http://government.github.com/community/ For example: * https://github.com/hmrc Sure it's not everything yet, but it's progress. You can still reach the
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If bugs are an issue, why not get started and fix them? * https://github.com/alphagov/ * http://alphagov.github.io/ * https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2012/10/12/coding-in-the-ope
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Chromecast never hit the UK market, now I have an LG Smart TV with everything built in. They missed the boat for me.
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If your mother wanted to make her own website, what would you advise her? Would you tell her to learn HTML, CSS, PHP and Javascript from scratch or would you recommend Wordpress?
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