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And posting links is illegal in the US:

http://rt.com/usa/news/br...atfor-credit-barrett-751/

Anonymous-tied hacktivist faces prison for sharing link

Etc. etc.

Says a lot about how much time is being sent monitoring chat room conversations.

They must be really worried by some conversations on Steam chatrooms!

True - I agree SatNav does cause brain switch off - and I have even succumbed on a couple of occasions. Having said that anyone relying on mapping software that gets a street location wrong in a town can figure it out - when the town is 70km from where the map says it is a bit of a serious issue!!

With regards to the sign pointing the correct way we have a problem in my area with kids moving the pointers for fun. Not been so bad in recent years but a few years back you pretty much had to ignore many of the road signs and use a map if you aren't sure where you needed to turn!!!

New legislation planned by our 'democratic' government:

The plans in the draft bill include:

• Internet service providers having to store for a year all details of online communication in the UK - such as the time, duration, originator and recipient of a communication and the location of the device from which it was made.
• They would also be having to store for the first time all Britons' web browsing history and details of messages sent on social media, webmail, voice calls over the internet and gaming, in addition to emails and phone calls
• Police not having to seek permission to access details of these communications, if investigating a crime
• Police having to get a warrant from the home secretary to be able to see the actual content of any messages
• Four bodies having access to data: the police, the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, the intelligence agencies and HM Revenue and Customs

I don't think the government (Tory or Labour, take your pick) will be happy until everyone in this country has a GPS implant with wifi connectivity to all the devices you use in daily life!

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20676284 for full details.

Anyone know any good secure, quick anonymizer-type services that act by proxy?

By the way we already have the Digital Economy Act (passed in 2010) so this is anew level of snooping!

Hey who sent you my holiday video?

AFAIAC, if you're stupid enough to rely on SatNav you deserve everything that happens to you.

I think the confusion arises because if you buy a SatNav and it is as bad as Apple Maps you could prosecute the SatNav manufacturer for reckless endangerment! On the other hand Apple products are sold as hand held devices with a maps App - they don't actually claim to be a full SatNav capable device. Neither does Google Maps, incidentally, even though it is much better than Apple Maps.

On my Samsung I have Google Maps which you can use as a SatNav but when you use it it does warn that it is a product in beta stage of development and not guaranteed to work flawelessly.

Having said all that when will some Apple users grow a pair and form a class action against this lunacy!

If it weren't so worrying that would be very funny.

The question is, I suppose, how long before Apple are forced to withdraw the crappy mapping software?

Same here

OK - if this is the way we are going let's ban science from schools and universities and lock up all current chemistry graduates as they probably know how to make a bomb and therefore could potentially aid terrorists.

If the Telegraph statement is accurate an appeal should be pretty automatic - in British law 'intent' has to be present to allow a judge to convict. Given that the judge stated there was no intent the prison sentence (in fact the conviction)  should be thrown out easily.

Personally I think the judge should be locked up because he done more to encourage terrorism in that statement and sentence than the plaintiff!

Nice to make a couple of people happy but for future reference I think I will restrict any future titles I give away to people who are forum members with some period of involvement (say over 100 posts) rather than people who may have just signed up for a free game.

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A truly great and inspiring life.

See http://www.banguniverse.com/sirpatrickmoore/ for the official tribute page and a moving tribute from Brian May (of Queen fame) who was with him when he died.

Sir Patrick seemed to be a constant in my life - I am in my 50s now and he has always been there enthusing about science and sharing his zest for life.

Another star shines in the firmament tonight. RIP Patrick.

Oops - we both sent it!

I still have a Titan Quest key if anyone wants it

Can i have your spare key pls? My steam name is Magma Claw and my email is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Titan Quest sent

and now unsent!

Is Spybot still updated - the software has been at v. 1.6.2 for years

I am waiting for the prosecution in the EU given that it is included in Win8 and switched on as standard.

I suspect one of the reasons MS didn't do it earlier is because of all the anti-trust lawsuits they were facing - which makes it all the odder that the included it with Win8 ???

Yep - that's what MS seem to want!

Having said that the systems I have seen so far it is easy to revert to legacy BIOS mode and do what you like, but in theory a machine could be locked by the manufacturer without the option to disable.

If secure boot is on you cannot boot from an optical drive. Secure boot limits you to only booting from the Secure boot drive.

If anyone want a free copy of either Saints Row Third or Titan Quest I have spare Steam keys.

First to post a request I will PM them the key!

The only secure boot machines I have seen so far have had the option to turn it off and return to legacy BIOS mode.

But (still) what I disagree with is the FUD, and the spread of disinformation/assumptions by people who've never honestly tried to use the functionality.  It becomes less useful when you can't separate what you can do from what you can't, and what's right from what's wrong IMO.  There's enough wrong to concentrate on that other talking points don't have to be created.

Have they fixed the issues in the customer preview with using multiple monitors in 'Metro' mode?

I have three monitors and found it almost impossible to use with a mouse because it was really hard to hit the corners of the centre monitor and 'Metro' stuck to one screen.

Just to add - Windows 8 includes MSE as standard, there is no download. Really annoying that new machines come with it turned off and some adware (McAfee, Norton, Trend, Kaspersky) installed as a replacement.

Given the number of people I have seen ripped off by McAfee and Norton and their shoddy business practices (in particular ignoring auto renewal opt out) I would argue that they are fast becoming malware themselves.

One of the nice things with Stellarium is that you can drive suitably powered telescopes from a laptop.

Best solution for a media server would be simple JBOD - just turns any old bunch of disks into one apparently enormous disk.

I have had LastPass installed in Opera for at least 18 months. Not that I use Opera much - just don't like it!

Sorry I don't get the add - are MS actually saying IE9 was crap but IE10 is a little less crap?

How do we speed up IE9? Don't change IE 9 just disable ALL thirdparty (and MS) extensions !!!! Confuses the hell out of people I meet.

How do we speed up IE10 - just don't let people install extensions at all - just put up with all the missing features MS don't think you need!