August 2016 – Homo Ludditus

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The most annoying bug in Outlook 2016

August 29, 2016 The most annoying bug in Outlook 20162016-08-29T12:26:24+01:00 Technical

Microsoft is the most annoying pest that overtook our planet: the amount of bugs in their Office suite is appalling. Here you have a description of the most…

Why Telekom.de mobile phone contracts should be forbidden by law

August 14, 2016 Why Telekom.de mobile phone contracts should be forbidden by law2016-08-20T11:28:22+01:00 Technical

Like most if not all mobile phone contracts, this one I'm using was signed with for a minimum mandatory period of 2 years. When I moved here, what…

The Verdict on Wiko Robby—Weeks Later

August 10, 2016 The Verdict on Wiko Robby—Weeks Later2017-01-31T16:01:38+01:00 Technical

It's time that I draw some conclusions with regards to my experience with Wiko Robby. Maybe someone from Wiko will read this, but I won't bother to write…

The Hyperloop is snake oil

August 4, 2016 The Hyperloop is snake oil2016-08-10T21:49:13+01:00 Technical

I promise I won't start a blog with thousands of quick posts a year–I'm done with that for some years now. This is a one-shot feature meant to…

Low-RAM Marshmallow—One Week Later

August 2, 2016 Low-RAM Marshmallow—One Week Later2017-01-31T16:02:32+01:00 Technical

After one week with Wiko Robby, it's time for an updated report. Yes, living with 1 GB of RAM is perfectly acceptable once you're not a gamer. Yet,…

Béranger on 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)Webroot, indeed. I was forgetting it. It's a sort of a maverick, and I don't know what to think of
HAL on 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)> NO ANTIVIRUS is light enough to match that feeling Even something like Webroot ?
Béranger on 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)Vous êtes preneur, vous dites? But I don't investigate anymore, I'm tired of all such crap. Back to CCAV 2
HAL on 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)> on my wife’s laptop, Kaspersky just showed signs that it “forgot” about a couple of exceptions. I have to
Béranger on 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)Kaspersky: indeed, it's about those two successive warnings. F-Secure seems to have been switched from Bitdefender to Avira's signatures. Panda
HAL on 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)Quelles merdes tous ces produits ! F-Secure, Panda, Nod32... ? Sinon, Linux. C’est gratuit et ne nécessite aucune de ces
Béranger on 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)I've just uninstalled Bitdefender 2019. It lasted on my laptop only 10 days. Beyond the discovered failure into protecting the
Béranger on 24 h with Huorong, a week with Comodo 12, a year with Bitdefender 2019 (or not)I just found a failure in Bitdefender 2019! (Update at the end of the post.) This endangers my sticking to
Béranger on Choosing the right poisonDa, Rossmann e un fel de dm. Ceaiurile din RO (gen Fares, Dacia Plant, etc.) nu-s testate de nimeni. Vreo
gicu on Choosing the right poisonCand ai timp sa scrii atat de multe? De ceaiurile din RO stii ceva? Unele din marcile pe care le