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And that is basically the problem with fads. Particularly to do with technology; a branch of our daily lives that has unfortunately fell a victim to the most asinine coverage. Siri, per se, isn't a bad technology. It's a cool technology. However many tech news websites and personal blogs fail...

Not (entirely) sold. I can imagine how a game can detect if it has been tampered with by simply reading the hashes of its own file structure, for instance. But a cunning use of assembly can alter the code that does the checking. This is after all, the basis of software cracking; detecting the...

I'd too question any voice recognition technology. Especially on a cellphone, when not even a supercomputer can produce good results, considering all the nuances of the human voice and speech. "Do you know the home address of my friend Miguel?" --- failed consistently on my friend's iPhone if...

Troublemaker! 10 lashes! Or worse, a serious answer! Macs definitely follow the same rules as PCs on this regard. So I would say, no. The iAnything might be what you are looking for. In any case a certain care must be taken on how we lead the argumentation based on general-purpose...

This was a real problem with the SimCity series, as Maxis started to incorporate both user requests for new features and their own vision of the game that did include the idea of a grand and detailed sim. It's no doubt that SimCity remains to this day the deluxe example of this genre, deserving...

Insane. I confess it confuses me. I've been doing Office installs since Windows 3.11. Not even once I remember having had issues. Much less persistent problems with this product. Some of these installations have even been unattended installations over the network to 10 or more machine...

/but he bumps into Marfig who asks "Now now, where do you think you are going?"

My Amstrad PC 1512 (bought sometime in 91 or 92) still works. Or at least it did an year ago when I was doing some cleanup on the attic. I didn't plug it into a monitor, but could hear the disk operating normally and the computer seemingly booting into DOS. It's keyboard still works too. I blind...

Check the board manual and your case wires. I believe front panel audio connection runs a cable that needs to go onto the board.

Civilization V: Game of the Year is also on sale for just a few more dollars. I think that's an equal amazing deal. EDIT: Took a closer look at this and it is indeed a awesome deal. Probably the beast for the day. Mind you these prices are in Euros: The GOTY edition is composed of: - All DLC...

That was nice to know. Thanks Rob. :) Never been much a fan of PopCap games myself. But the girls loved it. So they thank you too!

I feel like playing this again: (btw, so cute how we used to spell online)

"Anything for a buck!" -- That's what my good friend Ricardo would say in an approving tone, had he read read Ars Technica take on the Zeus botnet kit source code leak and possible consequences. I'm not going to link to it, because Press Inequities isn't about to promote bad press. Rather...

As you wish. I only tend to give advise once. And it's free.

No. Gizmodo didn't put it that way. Read it again. Also... I don't know if you realized yet but gizmodo isn't a very reputable source of information here or anywhere else. Feel free to contest me. Anyways, it would be great -- because you obviously have a strong interest on Apple products --...

LOL. And wait until universities get in and start doing their, hmm, studies so they can justify their grant money. Before you know it, it gets proven by a study that tablets help release more testosterone than PCs. :p No way. Can't agree with this :) The same thing could be said of my old...

Well, Wow! Orcs Must Die is on sale on Steam for $3 USD (and 2.74€) as part of the Autumn Sale offer that runs for the whole day. $3 for Orcs Must Die? This game is hugely fun. Go for it if you can. And I must tell you, shame on you if you take this steal!

So what to make of Canalys approach? I'm entirely not sure how happy Apple is about that. It's well known that market analysts often work as marketing consultants. Often their projections, advise or predictions work as a means to attempt to shape the markets, not study them. So anyone with two...

From a technical point of view, I think there should be no doubts that these devices are personal computers. As you well point out, Rob, the definition at Wikipedia isn't an invention. This is how PCs have been described since they first appeared. It's by no accident that entry on Wikipedia...

No I don't imply it.