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The iPhone 4S, despite having a 4G chipset, wasn't compatible with the major providers here... http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/iphone-4s-will-not-work-on-australias-4g-networks/story-e6frgakx-1226158650126 IIRC, I don't believe Apple was fined, as they complied with the...

Correct, The iPhone7 lacks a 3.5mm headphone jack. Instead users are expected to use bluetooth headphones for audio. IIRC, Belkin already make a bluetooth to 3.5mm headphone adapter for those users. IIRC, Apple also own the primary manufacturer of bluetooth chipsets and has a slew of patents...

Some people are truly stupid... https://apple.slashdot.org/story/16/09/23/1932233/people-are-drilling-holes-into-their-iphone-7-to-make-a-headphone-jack

My thoughts as well. A number of years ago here in Oz, a few manufacturers got pulled up on the same sort of issue, and apparently standards dictate power output is measured at the flywheel, and not what is actually driven through to the wheels.

I have a feature request. Is it possible to have a user option that controls how YouTube video links are displayed. I think Dave mentioned that he prefers plain links but others prefer the embedded video. I know it's minor, but allowing the user to select their preferred method would be nice.

Just tried it on Android 4 with chrome and worked fine for me. Really like the new look and feel of the new site, and having a set of themes to choose from would be ideal. Both the awesome flat and dark theme look good. The mobile version works a lot better as well. You have my vote to...

Barring some sort of physical issue with the NIC, cable or switch, haven't seen that scenario myself. I guess things to check would be: Firewall settings. IP configuration including possible duplicate IP addresses. Rebuild the IP stack. Eg...

The first thing my wife just said that it looks like a butt plug and a pair of crack pipes...

Are you using home groups for the workgroup, or using legacy sharing? (I've seen instances similar with very poor transfer performance when using the home group feature. Removing and re-adding the desktop to the home group fixed most of the issues).

I agree. That's about the only reason to purchase their printer business.

Yes... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVnO-3M0HNA But being more serious, yes, there have been very isolated incidents of battery malfunction on iPhones...

[/COLOR]Based on what I've seen recently (at least in the Oz market) that is certainly the case... No longer do you have 2-3 models from 6-7 companies available, it's now pretty much only 1-2 models from 2-3 companies being sold in store... In our case, it's either Samsung, Lenovo or rebranded...

As a follow up to me earlier questions, we ended up getting two Lenovo Tab3 8's for the kids to replace their current HP Slate 7's. (I'm now using one of the HP's as my personal tablet). Trying to obtain an Asus Zenpad locally was next to impossible... Contacted Asus for a list of authorised...

This was my initial thought... Dave, have you contacted these guys: https://store.spartonre.com/ They do all sorts of cases, both IP54, IP56, Mil-Std and Marine-Std, including rack mountables.

Sorry, no idea...

Enable at least one of the assistant technologies, go here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade And follow the prompts... (YMMV as normal).

Thanks, I'll see if I can find a Zenpad somewhere in stock here in Oz, otherwise may see what (at really crappy exchange rate) the price would be for getting one shipped from Amazon (US). Most of the reports of the Lenovo Tab2 seem favourable in the market segment it's aimed at, so would expect...

New tablet time for one of the kids. (The micro USB connector needed for charging has worn, out of warranty and estimated repair including parts is over $100). Their current tablet is a HP Slate 7 Beats Special Edition ( http://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/5f7f2c58 ) The Lenovo Tab3 8...

+1, The Intel graphics drivers are top notch. (I have no issues with YouTube, etc on a Intel Atom N570 netbook, all video is handled by the GPU without issue). And the 850 Pro is a very good SSD. We have a few at work for testing, and they perform very well.

Also, FYI most Intel CPUs offer decent video codec acceleration support for things like HTML5 and Flash based video... so going for a dedicated GPU may not offer anything above what the integrated GPU offers if it's only video playback you're interested in. P4600 datasheet...

FYI, That SSD has an M.2 based form factor connector, and will need a PCIe adapter card to work with a regular PCIe x4 slot. Also, you'll need to ensure the BIOS of the T20 supports booting from M.2 based SSDs... (Most modern EFI based systems do, but you never know). eg...

I thought he was a civilian contractor for the CIA?

"Kubo and the two strings". Absolutely fantastic movie, great cinematography, great soundtrack... 10/10 from me... (A little scary in parts for the younger kids).

Windows 10 will continue to be a free upgrade for Win7/8.1 users for those users who use Assistive Technologies. (eg, on screen keyboard, text reader, magnifier, etc). https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade

Sorry for posting that article, I only scanned through it to see that it was mostly on topic... But the point remains, human evolution may have reached a point of stagnation due to our own ability to control our immediate environment, improvements in food supply and improvements in health...

Unfortunately large scale conflicts will no longer be factors in reduction of population, as most modern militaries are staffed by well educated volunteer based forces.

Started from: http://www.storageforum.net/forum/showthread.php/10725-Tesla-doomed?p=196716&viewfull=1#post196716 What mubs mentioned actually reminded me of this youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E

This has been studied quite a bit recently... Here's a blog post about this very issue. http://www.rooshv.com/the-theory-of-evolution-does-not-apply-to-modern-human-beings

In that case, I withdraw my recommendation. Sad to see the ProBooks decline from what they once were...

The HP ProBook 870 G3 with 1080p display and 6-cell battery should do what you are after... It also has a VGA connector for those older projectors... Newegg has the 870 G3 with 1080p display, but the 4-cell battery for $961.

Ignorance... In Oz, it's still a very heavy MS centric ecosystem, but there is a slow movement away from MS towards Apple and Cloud based OS-agnostic services...

Please be aware that Cortana and most of the telemetry can still be turned off in the Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 10. This only affects the Home/Professional editions. My guess, some of these moves may be attempt to get the SMB sector (which largely used Pro edn's) to migrate...

Well, the Australian Federal 2016 election has come and gone, with the Liberal/National Coalition remaining in power (by the thinnest of margins). So our NBN will continued to be implemented with 2nd rate technology, public education, social services and health systems* will have funding either...

Easy, it moves the issue to become someone else's problem. ergo reduce support costs, therefore increase profits.

UEFI will interact with the drives during POST, typically reading the partition table (MBR/GPT) and looking for EFI boot volumes. Couple of things that aren't mentioned, but I'll assume that you have done them: 1. Reflashed the BIOS to ensure a clean state. 2. Connected only one of the drives...

And that's going to be great for most users out there... not to mention ISVs when developing and supporting their products on Win10...

What'll be interesting in a few years time when people need to start working out which "Windows 10" they have, especially when it comes to things like drivers, OS extensions (DirectX, etc) as the core of the OS is updated. Or is this an admission by MS that the kernel itself is done and we'll...

And today's forecast for Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is a nice sunny 29C day.... (84.2F). A lot of people have headed to the local beaches to cool off... FYI, It's the middle of freakin winter and we should be having an expected temp of 21-23C (70-74F).

"Nvidia Titan X" has been announced: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10510/nvidia-announces-nvidia-titan-x-video-card-1200-available-august-2nd Note to be confused with the already released "GTX Titan X"

As per the listing details: 3x discs, cover and case of the movie Minions... I would expect to get what's listed on BB website as listed.

We have a few of these at work when working on mobiles: http://tritechforensics.com/store/product/digi-guard-signal-blocking-faraday-pouch-cell-phone-touch-screen/

Avast to purchase AVG... https://blog.avast.com/avast-and-avg-a-future-together Make of this as you will...

@Coug, sorry to hear about that, truly a tragic thing to happen.

They're not, the seats are getting smaller... (so they can fit more people on each flight). http://www.independenttraveler.com/travel-tips/travelers-ed/the-shrinking-airline-seat

FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_nanometer

Or use a function as the password generator: $ echo passphrase@slashdot.org | sha256sum | base64 -w 0 MjAzZGM4MDZmNTIyN2I4YTQ5YjYxZjQxMDBiZWJiYWVlOGE0ZDZmYTAyZGYxMmM3ZGY4YTgzMzE2NjA2MmM2OCAgLQo= That way you just need to remember the passphrase (which can be stored in plain) for each site...

It's down to the firmware, the firmware on SAS drives are typically geared to providing better random IO (and will typically have very mature TCQ implementations with larger buffers, and the OS drivers tend to be well tested as well), wheres as firmware on SATA drives are geared towards more...

Unfortunately all those models (as priced locally) all range between AU$899 and AU$1299. The Stylus 1s retails for ~AU$600. My apologies, I should have clarified, by class, I meant in both features and price range, for my case mid range compacts with zoom (AU$400-AU$650).

Thanks LM and SD. Just make an interesting point, all the other cameras in the same class and price category as the Stylus 1 (that had optical zoom greater than 5x) all use 1/2.3" sensors, whereas the Stylus 1 uses a 1/1.7" sensor. The only two cameras to not use a 1/2.3" (in this class) are...

To follow up on my own post, went to the local camera store today and looked the different models and options. Due to shortages in stock due to the issues in Japan related to the recent earth quakes (2 of the main sensor plants used by Sony, etc were damaged severely), the available range...