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I agree that it looks so much like a backpedalling exercise at this point in time that I can see a lot of users hanging on to their Windows 7 until EOL has been reached. Windows 10 may be a welcome change for the poor users of Windows 8.x but not so much on seasoned users of Windows 7. MS will...

The whole "update" from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 was a shambles. It wasn't available from Windows Update but from the Windows App stores. It was called Windows 8.1 instead of "Service Pack 1". It made very little visual difference between 8 and 8.1, that dreadful Metro interface was still there...

If you're unlucky enough to have acquired copy protected CDs during the heyday of the record industry paranoia of digital music piracy (circa 2001 through to 2005), you wouldn't be able to simply use WMP or iTunes to rip them to your fave digital format. I clearly remember being able to rip...

... until Christophe Lambert spoke his lines. I can't wait to hear the Tetris dialogs.

Thanks for the link and the tips. Moving to NAS has been on my radar as of late, I'm just weighting on the expense of transferring all my data onto a safer repository and what is the best approach to access it from our many devices. Cheers !

I think it all has to do with "ownership" of the media. To me, CDs are the physical proof that said music and/or band existed. I have quite a few records that would be very hard to source online nowadays but at least I can prove they existed and still enjoy them. The key issue I have with...

I think the "all digital" trend that sweeps some parts of the world will meet pockets of resistance, either because of cultural reasons or because of technological gaps. Japan may just be one of these places where the local approach to all things musical does not fit the "standard" that is...

So has Ireland for that matter, with 2 stores in Dublin. Hardly a huge network but against all odds in the music market they're talking about expanding ?!?

The idea that people would find it harder to maintain friendships without Facebook is really disconcerting. I have heard this argument many times from Facebook addicts and not-so-regular users alike. It does make it sound like "Hotel California" a bit... There are other ways than Facebook to...

Politicians who are lobbied by major shareholders so as to keep their profits, share prices and dividents high are unlikely to reform the tax system and close these loopholes. Corporations do what their shareholders tell them to do, using every possible tricks in the books to lower the monies...

Fragmentation is both the best and the worse thing about Linux. Great for developers, power users and tinkers but an absolute maze for the average user who only wants to get stuff done using 3 or 4 applications that just work out of the box and to get the odd automatic update/upgrade. If there...

Usually the 1st release of a Microsoft OS gets the bad press and subsequent service packs fix the mess. So depending on which service pack people happen to use, they will have different opinions of how truly good or bad they find it. Nobody talks about Windows 98 vanilla but usually mention 98SE...

I'm sorry but we'll have to agree to disagree here. My limited exposure to Windows 8.1 has made me consider starting a new hobby called "laptop throwing". I've had my fair share of Windows use since 98SE and I've played around with various Linux distros and with BeOS when it existed. Windows...

The hype in IT publications surrounding XP doomsday has been quite staggering lately... I'm not dismissing the potential risks involved in running an OS permanently connected to the Internet by technology challenged users and organisations pass its end of life date... I just doubt that the users...

Actually I wasn't really asked by my heterosexual parents about being born, I just had to deal with the fait accompli. I suspect children born to or raised by gay parents will suffer the same fate.

Last time I checked, nobody's imposed a ban on thinking differently in France: you're still entitled to express your views against gay marriage and to demonstrate in the streets (if you get the usual paperwork sorted with la prefecture of course). Similarly people who feel Eich's views are...

@Sufinsil, JonTD, Stuka87, afidel, oojohnboyoo Most of my comments about itemisation etc... relate to pre-patch 2.0 experience indeed. So just short of 10,000 elite kills on softcore. I have only ever found 2 set items while levelling my 5 softcore characters and all 5-6 legendary items I found...

The itemisation in Diablo 3 really sucked initially and I have a feeling loot 2.0 will not change that. From my short playing experience since the 2.0 patch, the drops are more relevant to your class but that's about the only change worth mentioning. Diablo 2 was all about finding some cool...

I really can't see how they could entice players to keep playing without the promise for higher powers. If there is one thing Blizzard do right is proposing new zones with more challenges and stronger opponents. At least subscription numbers increase slightly when a new expansion gets released...

This post sums it up for me. MMO players see time spent in-game as the ultimate currency and proof of their (and others') worth. As soon as another player gets to achieve something that didn't take as much time, they feel that they got conned. Regardless of how much fun they themselves had...