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Reply to Norway bans iTunes store, cuts nose, spites face in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

"Europe's obsession with media playing technologies developed in the United States (as seen with its millions in fines against Microsoft) seems confined to media player." Is this tongue in cheek ? I really doubt its some kind of anti-american stunt by us pesky europeans (I'm a european citizen and i live in the UK , yes that country that is a US war ally in Iraq and Afganistan ,The UK is part of the EU) I mean us europeans just have a tendency to write to our elected politician

Reply to Digital Music Sales Soar in 2006 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Yes and lets remember the whole "home taping is killing music" When i was teenager i had huge collection of albums on tape that friends had copyed for me , just like i would copy any new original albums i bought for friends, so correct me if i'm wrong did the music industry go into recession in the 80s/90s ? LOL As usual the people with no artistic input into art be it music or image are usually the ones that defend their ability to take a "cut".The real truth is the RIAA will have a real m

Reply to Touring Windows Vista - Part 3: Controls, Apps & Games in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

Uh, the DVD writing? What about the DVD writing ? I've backed up a couple of store bought DVDs onto dvd-r for taking on holiday using the same software tools I used in XP. The only DRM that is in Vista is there for a reason, to allow MS to support IPTV & Cable cards,big holywood content providers demand it and finally my MCE can do what it s

Reply to Will we become a Paperless Society? in Internet WinCustomize Forums

No kidding?! You learn something new everyday! Maybe people can stop smoking it then....or maybe they'll make it legal? Yeah....and pigs will fly!! Well George Washington had fields full of it but then maybe he was just some yokel nut job ! Paper is made from trees and people have been

Is your Internet experience worse since the asian earthquake ? in Internet WinCustomize Forums

Just thought I'd post this and see if anyone else has noticed the various missing web sites and general slow down since the undersea earthquake in Tawian. I'm based in Edinburgh,Scotland and was surprised that it affected us ! just goes to show how much of the worlds web storage is in the far east.

Reply to Will we become a Paperless Society? in Internet WinCustomize Forums

Considering that the timber lobby has kept Cannabis illegal since the 60s (Hemp makes 3X mkore paper than trees)I would doubt there team of lobbists will stand for a paperless society.

Reply to Core 2 Quads are Coming! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I think when hypertransport 3 arrives with L3 shared memory Intel will be sorry they only have a performance lead due to their larger manufacturing ability so that they can be talking about moving 45nm when AMD have yet to make 65nm. Why is AMD a cop out ? a smaller company started by ex-Intel employees that designed a better chip and proved a worthy David to Goli

Reply to Windows Vista Installed.....Finally! in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

From running Vista on my laptop (Turion ml52 X2/1GBram/GeF6150) and my desktop (Athlon3000+/1GBram/GeF6600)I've found it to be alot smoother and runs much nicer. So much that I have only used XP for playing games (display drivers are better and i need to overclock my 6600 to get nicer graphics)

Reply to BBC Teams Up With Azureus To Distribute Shows in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Great news and only possible because the BBC is funded by the people of Britain through the TV license. You really can't beat the documentaries, comedy and the total lack of ads !

Reply to New GUI For OS X Leopard? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I really hope they make a lovely new design , but glass ? GLASS? isnt Aero glass ? ok dark glassy surfaces still I'm sure the GUI will look excellent. And don't forget Core Animation will be a part of Leopard so it may have numerious more tricks up its sleeve than Vista.

Reply to Desktop Themes Come to the Mac in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I think the statement "That's not a knife....THIS is a knife....." describes the difference between Shapeshifter and Windowblinds.And for all the calls of " Mac have been skinning for years" not on an Intel system with Rosetta so yes this is a resonably new system. Why are Mac users so touchy ? oh no wait its all the extra money they pay for core 2 duo machines compared to PCs <img src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Wink.gif" border=0 ALI

Reply to Apple Mac's Aren't Too Shabby Anymore in Macintosh WinCustomize Forums

The new intel macs can dual boot OSX and Windows so buy one and if you miss any windows apps just get an OEM copy of xp installed with Apples Boot Camp software.

Reply to Reuters Report Claims Intel to Acquire NVIDIA in Industry WinCustomize Forums

The problem is that Intel are the worlds largest maker of graphics chips regardless of which end of the market they dominate, nvidia and ati also make integrated chips and AMD could buy ati because of their small size and low market share and because THEY DON'T MAKE GRAPHICS CHIPS! Intel does so it IS anti-competitive for them to buy Nvidia , I see where you're coming from BakerStreet with the amount of dodgy mergers that have happened but this one will not and it looks just like a story leaked

Reply to E-Mail Spam on the Rise in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

i think its time spammers were labeled as "terrorists" then Bush can set the military on them

Reply to AMD-ATI to Offer CPU/GPU Combo in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I doubt any problems will arrise with drivers for intel/ati products as AMD will still make money if you add an ATI card to your intel setup and AMD have said they will continue to support and create ATI graphics products. The whole fusion idea is surely very interesting especially from a customization point of view , it could add some very interesting graphic and even physics abilitys to the average desktop , i can't wait to see how stardoc

Reply to Set those clocks back in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Not just the US , the UK too has daylight saving, bring on the winter ! Here in Scotland autumn (Fall) has yet to start all the trees are fully leafy and its surprisingly warm mmmmmmmm global warming is ruining my love of snow

Reply to Ebay, bite me, you racist company in Internet WinCustomize Forums

Even if this isn't a scam (and it really looks like one) I don't see why its racist ?! If the federal government has decided to grab the assets of a criminal it shouldnt be hard to prove that you are not the same person. Although that is why this stinks of phishing as Paypal would need to associate you with the other Jesus, by address or bank account, the federal government can't just pick a criminals name and grab anything from everyone with the

Reply to Reuters Report Claims Intel to Acquire NVIDIA in Industry WinCustomize Forums

i doubt competition rules would allow the worlds bigget graphics maker(Intel as in extreme graphics) to puchase it's next biggest competitor

Reply to EU Taking on Intel? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I doubt any number of corporations could bankrupt the EU, do you have any idea the kind of numbers that memeber states turn over ? France,Germany,Holland,Italy,Swizerland,Ireland and Great Britain to name a few ! If Intel has acted uncompetitively then they should pay the price, AMD and Intel are both American Corporations so why all the anti-EU , Pro USA ranting I have no idea !! AMD might be in good shape now but I'm sure the lawsuits being bro

Reply to Symantec Says MS Is Withholding Vista Tech in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

just to make sure that Microsoft onecare demos get installed instead ?

Reply to US Attorney General to ISPs: You Must Spy in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Again, if you are doing no wrong, there's nothing to be afraid of. Whatever happened to the land of the free and innocent until proven guilty ? people have a right to privacy and if anyone thinks that the US governement watching the internet will make the country safer is in a dream land.

Reply to eDonkey: Another P2P System Caves to Recording Industry in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

the real point is that you can never stop file sharing but you can shoot down the big easy programs that give people an illusion of legality , just like home copying , its frowned upon but is overlooked because you arrest the guy on the street corner selling movies and music just to line his pocket. Its disgusting to see the likes of Windowblinds appear with cracks on download sites when it only costs $19.99

Reply to Surprise automatic installation of WB skin in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I think the problem being described here has nothing to do with WB , it's the auto download feature of your chosen web browser, untick the "do this automatically from now on" to get the save or open prompt. As for automatically applying the skin , it is very easy to click that bubble by accident as a .wba file has no way of auto installing without user intervention

Reply to Exploding Batteries: Dell Blames Sony in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Everyone keeps talking about Sony going down, when ? the rootkit has been and gone, the battery problems will only hurt their OEM battery sales and if anyone thinks the PS3 is going to sink then you obviously have yet to see the price difference between PS3s and HD-DVD players , in the UK its like £50 (around $100) small price for HD games as well as HD movies on your

Reply to Microsoft Unveils the "Zune" in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Hmmmm this device is supposedly designed by microsoft yet it looks very similar to the new 2G Toshiba Gigabeat (who are manufacturing the Zune for microsoft) check it out, what do you all think ? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/_assets/images/press/PMC/gigabeat_w.jpg