Siu Lun

Old news now. But you can already try and get a running version of Google Chrome OS booting from your USB stick.

You should try it out. Admire, and plan for the eventuality that Google Chrome OS will power lots of low-end and borderline between mobile and laptop devices.

Go Go Go!

The USB booting Google OS image is brought to you by: Hexxeh

WARNING to all entrepreneurs and small business owners and in general, the people of Hong Kong who needs broadband and phone services.

Do not EVER get broadband or phone line from PCCW.

They’re an evil company that is out to only cheat you out of as much money as possible.

Story:
I’m closing down my office after a few months of operations as I’m joining a multi-national company. I phoned to ask for my contract to be terminated.

THEN they informed me that those ‘free gifts’ they give out they’ll charge me for it.

There is a whole lot of wrongs with that.

1) I’ve never signed anything to agree to that term.
2) Their terms specifically states that any ‘outstanding’ free gifts would be forfeited in case of early termination. But does not mention you have to pay for any free gifts already sent.
3) One of the free gift they’ve given to me was due to the fact that they’ve messed up my plans and my installation date had to be rearranged so I had no business broadband in the office (which is critical to the running of my company) at a later date.

Now they want me to pay for it? I feel utterly cheated and it is absolutely wrong to force free gifts to others but then charge for it later. Reminds me of some those ‘beauty centre’ scam that was on the news a few months ago.

I’ve got no issues with paying for the rest of the contract to terminate (though I’m very unhappy with that as it is) but they charge ‘on-top’ of that for early termination? WTF. How much free money are they getting with people doing that?

I will _NEVER_ use PCCW or netvigator again. They’re dishonest, untrustworthy and overall crooked.

Take a read at the most ridiculous example of why software patents need to banned

The web community world wide seriously has to stand up against this. Granted, these ridiculous patents is limited to the US, but what patents that are on the web doesn’t affect everyone? The web itself knows no boundaries of location.

What they’ve done is seemingly patented an architure of how the web works in modern days back in 2002. If I remember correctly AJAX did come about in or around 2002 officially but I suppose what’s interesting is that according to wikipedia, the land of wrong information. The term AJAX was ‘coined’ by a certain individual in 2005 yet in that patent it seems to have used the term (not entirely sure, but the reports around the web is using this term in relation to the patent)

Anyway though, I can’t understand why Flash is also infringing the patent, is it because of it’s ability to interact with javascript? ’cause I’m pretty sure Flash has been around since 1996.