Article Mistake corrections

[DJ...]

Golden Age for TV beckons

Paragraph 5:

But radical changes are taking place in how people get their TV fix and the battle on to entertain fragmenting audiences wherever they are, be it on the internet, mobile devices like mobile phones and gaming consoles or even the good old TV in the sitting room.

The word "on" is not necessary...

 

[malec]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/General/5556.html

Last paragraph, Mark Goott is not the MD at Core

 

[rpm]

Thanks Malec - fixed

 

[rwenzori]

If USB flash drives were cars

Ever baught a USB flash drive

"Bought"

Then you get the cute and cuddly VW Beatle like USB flash drives

That would be "Beetle".

campusses

"campuses"

The Toyota Corrola of USB flash drives.

"Corolla"

In short, don’t trust that USB 2.o sticker.

"2.0"

 

[chiskop]

Vodacom vs MTN

par 10: "This type of punished..." should be punishment.

last par: "...feels that it is appropriate..." should be not appropriate.

 

[DjStyles]

Music ’n boots always sell well

Music ’n boots always sell well

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=140040

Apple added the means to make this music portable, with the ultra-slick, can’t-live-without-one iPods.

 

[rpm]

Thanks Chiskop - fixed.

DJStyles - it makes sense to me as it is.

 

[ajax]

Vodacom vs. MTN

This sentence just does not make sense, maybe I am reading it wrong?
"According to the breach in the current matter is the only breach of an existing ruling in the last 12 months."

 

[rpm]

Thanks Ajax - fixed

 

[ajax]

OpenOffice fans down site
This morning the OpenOffice.org website is still
There are 2 spaces between "website" and "is"

EDIT: the 2 spaces does not seem to show in my post

 

[aott]

Cloud computing

I'm fairly sure that the cloud comp article is factually incorrect about the storage space provided by dropbox. afaik its: beta testers->2gb, non-beta after launch ->1gb.

There was talk of dropping the limit to 1GB on launch. Right now DropBox offers 2GB to users.

 

[ajax]

Clickjacking hijacks all browsers
and until just two days there was no fix
-> until just two days ago there was no fix

turning off all extension
-> extensions

but this both impractical
-> this is both ...

monitors a users actions
-> monitors a user's actions
or
-> monitors users' actions
the latter fits the rest of the sentence where plural is used

 

[rpm]

Thanks Ajax - fixed

 

[ajax]

Top Ten Strategic Technologies for 2009

per cent
-> %

only with a few classes of function have appliances prevailed
-> appliances have prevailed only with a few classes of function

converge, resulting in
-> drop the comma

 

[Mux]

Your next drive will be solid
The sentence under SSD reads:

And they are already quicker than traditional dries which have to spin their disks at thousands of revolutions per second to stay in the game.

should probably read: drives.

 

[rpm]

Hi Mux

Thanks for this - please PM you name and shirt size to Cara

 

[Zenabi]

Free games with Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 console (R2, 699.99 ERP) and Xbox 360 Elite (R3, 499.99) Christmas offers pair the consoles and with two games: “LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures” and “Kung Fu Panda”.

It looks like the "and" needs to be removed.

 

[Shake&Bake]

Free games with Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 console (R2, 699.99 ERP) and Xbox 360 Elite (R3, 499.99) Christmas offers pair the consoles and with two games: “LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures” and “Kung Fu Panda”.

I think the "Pro" is missing there

Should be:

The Xbox 360 Pro console (R2, 699.99 ERP) and Xbox 360 Elite (R3, 499.99)

Yeah?

 

[rwenzori]

New offering from Neotel

Neotel and Samsung Networking bring SME offering to market – promises to cut costs

Well, kind of a sub-headline, so maybe OK. What is the subject of the verb "promises"? If "Neotel and Samsung Networking", then it should be "promise" to keep the plural subject with the plural form of the verb.

Why not just write:

"Neotel and Samsung Networking bring an SME offering to market and promise to cut costs."

or

"Neotel and Samsung Networking bring an SME offering to market that promises to cut costs."

with minimal additional capital expenditure requirement.

Either "with a minimal additional capital expenditure requirement" or "with minimal additional capital expenditure required."

Charles Enslin makes one slightly grating error, but let it pass since he is quoted.

 

[DJ...]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Hardware/5611.html

Heading:

Your next drive will be solid

Factually incorrect...