Archive for June 13th, 2009
Tempted by the ‘S’?
Ok, Personally I don’t think there’s an overwhelming reason to get the new iPhone.
OK it’s faster, has better GPS, a compass, voice commands and more memory but apart from that, what has it got to offer us right?
But what about you dear reader, are you tempted by the toys, the machismo, the tethering?
Damn, the tethering – OK but apart from the tethering, it’s faster, has better GPS, a compass, voice commands and more memory what has it got to offer?
“It’s got a better camera……”
Express your apathy on our exciting poll below:
Are you tempted to buy an iPhone G3 S?
- Yep (75%, 3 Votes)
- Nope (25%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 4
Loading ...Trojan
Apparently the word Trojan is associated with a number of different things not just the inhabitants of the city of Troy, a computer malware infestation or a brand of condom in the USA.
But it is a strange quirk of fate that these last two should come together in some small way in the news that some new malware is masquerading as a missing software component when browsing the most popular of website genre’s, the internet porn site.
As this article in Information Week points out the Trojan (called OSX/Jahlav-C apparently) prompts the user to install an Active X component to view a movie, this should of course be a give-away as Active X is a Microsoft technology and is not normally associated with the Mac platform however in the heat of lust driven furvor you guys (yes you – you know who you are) should beware not enter your admin password when prompted no matter how big they are or whatever she is doing with that legume.
Let’s be careful out there.
Monopoly money
I don’t normally have much of a problem with single source supply. It allows a distributor/seller to specialise and concentrate on the product, however when that exclusivity turns into a monopoly because the product is popular, there is always the danger the supplier will use that monopoly to squeeze their customers’ last shekel from their hands, just because they can.
This is bad for the customer of course but also for the manufacturer because the product gets a bad name which results in reduced sales of ‘it’ and by association the manufacturer’s subsequent products.
Where monopolies are concerned they don’t come much bigger or longer standing than AT&T in the US and O2 in the UK.