90% of AU net users want 'do not track' |
- 90% of AU net users want 'do not track'
- Cambridge boffins build laser 'unprinter' to burn pages clean
- Shuttleworth: Ubuntu rockets up at enterprises
- Nekkid Tech: The Social Enterprise
- Super-boffin Stephen Hawking to star in <cite>Big Bang Theory</cite>
- HP revamps server support for Gen8 iron
- Seafaring robots shatter unmanned crossing record
- HTC slaps Ice Cream Sandwich on 16 handsets
- Apple iPad sales slip as cheap Android tablet tsunami looms
- American pies are cooling on the windowsill ahead of Pi Day
- EMC climbs software storage cash mountain, taunts rivals below
- Lightsquared cries dyslexic Havoc, unleashes 'gods of law'
- NASA's 5-rocket mission to blast off tonight
- Android to pwn iPad market share by 2016
- Competition officials snap on fresh glove after 4-year Sky Movies probe
- BBC links Iran to cyber-war against Persian telly service
- Why Windows 8 server is a game-changer
- Euro Android devs: Google's hanging on to our pay
- Apple hands iPad screen contract to rival Samsung
- EC: Apple claimed Motorola demanded ALL ITS PATENTS
- Tesco blunder prices 64GB 4G iPad at 50 quid
- Encyclopaedia Britannica nukes print edition, goes digital-only
- TV market stalls as LCD sales slow
- Android clobbers Siri in Japanese... and English
- FTC subpoenas Apple in Google antitrust case
- Cameron denies personal Trident missile firing iPad app
- Ten... FireWire 800 hard drives
- Toshiba outs 'world's fastest' SDXC card
- Thunderbolt to go optical in 2012, says Intel
- Ex-Google man laments Larry Page's 'single corporate-mandated focus'
- Xbox Live glitch resets players' scores
- UK kids' art project is 'biggest copyright blag ever' – photographer
- Samsung staffer says 7.85in 'iPad Mini' in the works
- Death Star SUCKS PLASMA FROM SUN in NASA riddle vid
- Paper pictures failed hostage rescue with Call of Duty shot
- Walmart offers $2 digital copies of your DVDs
- LOHAN's fantastical flying truss takes to the air
- Waking Mars
- Underwater Greek volcano brewing Lara Croft style earthquake
- 4G hobonet stunt was riddled with flaws, doomed to ridicule
- Pub landlady's footie sat-TV battle moves law's goal posts
- Euro wonks lay SMACKDOWN on draft data protection rules
- EU runs to WTO again over China's mineral hoarding
- Lav-less Indians can't get enough of their mobiles
- Apple slams hard-up Proview for conning the courts
- Galaxies to get the Pluto treatment?
- Three millionth Aussie LinkedIn today
- Optus hits LTE switch in Newcastle
- AU Optronics convicted of price-fixing
- Chip forecast upped by Gartner
| 90% of AU net users want 'do not track' Posted: 14 Mar 2012 03:03 PM PDT Punters do care about privacy says Queensland University studyAustralian Internet users are turned off by overly-intrusive personal data collection, according to a study conducted by Queensland University, and we want more information about how information is collected and used.… |
| Cambridge boffins build laser 'unprinter' to burn pages clean Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:13 PM PDT Works with standard paper and tonersA team of scientists from the University of Cambridge has published plans for a laser "unprinter", which vaporizes toner used in printing to leave a clean sheet of paper.… |
| Shuttleworth: Ubuntu rockets up at enterprises Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:15 PM PDT Canonical looks for a higher OpenStack upliftIf data presented in a in a blog post by Ubuntu project founder and "benevolent dictator" Mark Shuttleworth is any indication, then Canonical's Ubuntu variant of the Debian strain of Linux is waxing on public web services while Red Hat's Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is waning.… |
| Nekkid Tech: The Social Enterprise Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:07 PM PDT To explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations...Podcast This week, Greg Knieriemen and trusty sidekicks Ed Saipetch (@edasi) and Sarah Vela (@orchid8) host guest Tom Petrocelli (@tompetrocelli), analyst for the Enterprise Strategy Group.… |
| Super-boffin Stephen Hawking to star in <cite>Big Bang Theory</cite> Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:25 AM PDT UK prof to drop in on Dr Sheldon CooperBritish boffinry supremo Stephen Hawking will guest star in US hit comedy show The Big Bang Theory next month.…
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| HP revamps server support for Gen8 iron Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:01 AM PDT Ninjas replaced by big red BatphoneTwenty-first century cloudy infrastructure doesn't require the traditional break-fix maintenance of 20th century server and storage infrastructure. And so Hewlett-Packard's Technology Services division is rejigging its support services to reflect what customers actually need – and will pay for.… |
| Seafaring robots shatter unmanned crossing record Posted: 14 Mar 2012 10:31 AM PDT Gosling's machines plough onFour ocean-going robots from James Gosling's employer Liquid Robotics have succeeded in securing a Guinness world record.… |
| HTC slaps Ice Cream Sandwich on 16 handsets Posted: 14 Mar 2012 10:10 AM PDT Droid and Desire to get upgrade, Flyer owners left outHTC has started updating its devices with the next wave of Android - version 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich - but only sixteen devices are in line for the upgrade.… |
| Apple iPad sales slip as cheap Android tablet tsunami looms Posted: 14 Mar 2012 10:05 AM PDT But top earner Cupertino to stay flooded with cash for YEARSApple's iPad share of the fondleslab market slipped slightly in the last quarter from 61.5 per cent to 54.6 per cent. But with the demand for tablets booming and Apple selling 15.4 million units in the last quarter of 2011, it's unlikely anyone will shed tears over these results in Cupertino.… |
| American pies are cooling on the windowsill ahead of Pi Day Posted: 14 Mar 2012 10:04 AM PDT Time to celebrate with your inner circle!Today in the US, home of the crazily backward (if you're not American) date arrangement, it's Pi day because its March 14 or 3.14.…
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| EMC climbs software storage cash mountain, taunts rivals below Posted: 14 Mar 2012 09:44 AM PDT Sleepwalking Symantec trips up in 2011 Q4 salesIDC reports that storage software sales boomed in Q4 2011, reaching an all-time record of almost $3.8bn. Full-year revenue hit a record high of $14.16bn.… |
| Lightsquared cries dyslexic Havoc, unleashes 'gods of law' Posted: 14 Mar 2012 09:36 AM PDT These Godzilla lawyers will crumple the FCC like paper cups!LightSquared has hired two top litigators in what appears to be a prelude to a all out war over the FCC's decision to block deployment of its 4G network.… |
| NASA's 5-rocket mission to blast off tonight Posted: 14 Mar 2012 09:22 AM PDT Cloudy jet stream test will be webcast liveTonight's the night for NASA's five rockets in five minutes plan, providing the skies stay clear, with the first launch scheduled for sometime between midnight and 1.30am EST (5am to 6.30am on 15 March GMT).… |
| Android to pwn iPad market share by 2016 Posted: 14 Mar 2012 09:04 AM PDT Microsoft no bother to eitherAndroid isn't going to overtake iOS until 2015, but at least Apple doesn't have to worry about Microsoft, RIM and others.… |
| Competition officials snap on fresh glove after 4-year Sky Movies probe Posted: 14 Mar 2012 09:03 AM PDT Netflix, LOVEFiLM and unbundling give 'crats a reality checkThe UK Competition Commission's four-year probe into Sky Movies has shifted gear, with the agency acknowledging that the market has changed significantly since it produced its interim judgment last summer.…
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| BBC links Iran to cyber-war against Persian telly service Posted: 14 Mar 2012 08:27 AM PDT 'Jammed satellite link, phone lines and networks'The BBC is linking a "sophisticated cyber-attack" against its Persian service to intimidation from the Iranian authorities.… |
| Why Windows 8 server is a game-changer Posted: 14 Mar 2012 08:02 AM PDT More than just a few tweaks...Sysadmin blog Windows Server "8" beta is out, and everyone reading this should sit up and take notice. This isn't a boring iteration on a previous server operating system wherein a few tweaks have been achieved and nothing really changes. Server 8 - along with the suite of associated 2012-ish server applications - is nothing short of a complete redefinition of the server landscape.… |
| Euro Android devs: Google's hanging on to our pay Posted: 14 Mar 2012 07:27 AM PDT Still waiting for February paycheckAndroid developers across Europe are up in arms as Google hasn't processed their March payments, which should have arrived more than a week ago.… |
| Apple hands iPad screen contract to rival Samsung Posted: 14 Mar 2012 06:51 AM PDT Sharp not up to scratch in churning out its own designApple has handed the manufacturing deal for iPad screens to its patent spat rival – Samsung – after LG Display and Sharp failed to deliver on the ultra-high-res screens needed for the new tablet.… |
| EC: Apple claimed Motorola demanded ALL ITS PATENTS Posted: 14 Mar 2012 06:43 AM PDT Euro wonks say it wouldn't hand over standards-essential stuff without 'emMotorola Mobility said it would only hand over licences for its standards-essential patents to Apple if the fruity firm licensed all of its patent portfolio in return, Apple apparently revealed to the European Commission.…
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| Tesco blunder prices 64GB 4G iPad at 50 quid Posted: 14 Mar 2012 06:21 AM PDT Buyers' orders spikedTesco tantalised online shoppers yesterday after a pricing error left punters thinking they'd snapped up Apple's latest iPad for just £50.… |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica nukes print edition, goes digital-only Posted: 14 Mar 2012 06:16 AM PDT Citation not neededEncyclopaedia Britannica is ending its hefty 32-volume print run after 244 years as it shifts its business entirely over to the digital publishing market.… |
| TV market stalls as LCD sales slow Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:57 AM PDT Brakes on in the demand cycleWorld TV shipments slipped last year - for the first time since 2004, said market watcher NPD DisplaySearch - presenting a picture of a business that's stalling.… |
| Android clobbers Siri in Japanese... and English Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:47 AM PDT Apple babe smacked down by DoCoMo's Syabette ConcierApple's attempts to get its natural-language assistant to speak Japanese haven't gone down well locally, getting itself trounced by the Android-based Syabette Concier.… |
| FTC subpoenas Apple in Google antitrust case Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:28 AM PDT US watchdog to grill Cupertino on mobile search deal with Choc FactoryApple has reportedly been subpoenaed by the US Federal Trade Commission, which has asked Cupertino to explain how the Chocolate Factory's search engine is slotted into the iPhone and iPad.… |
| Cameron denies personal Trident missile firing iPad app Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:14 AM PDT UK PM will not be getting The Button onna fondleslabPrime Minister David Cameron has denied that he will be getting a personalised iPad app for firing Trident missiles styled after his beloved Angry Birds game.… |
| Ten... FireWire 800 hard drives Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT i.Linked inProduct round-up FireWire interfacing has been around since the mid-1990s and, as far as Apple is concerned, looks set to be ousted by its new Thunderbolt technology in due course. However, it still features on most new Macs, is available for PCs and remains popular in desktop audio and video environments. It's also a convenient option for shifting data around with legacy kit too. Indeed, FireWire's sustained data rates are better than USB 2.0 making it ideal for backups and file transfers.… |
| Toshiba outs 'world's fastest' SDXC card Posted: 14 Mar 2012 04:52 AM PDT Enter ExceriaToshiba will release what it claims is the world's fastest SD card this summer.…
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| Thunderbolt to go optical in 2012, says Intel Posted: 14 Mar 2012 04:46 AM PDT Up to a point, Lord CopperOptical Thunderbolt cabling will become available this year, Intel, the chip maker behind the high-speed bus technology, has said.… |
| Ex-Google man laments Larry Page's 'single corporate-mandated focus' Posted: 14 Mar 2012 04:44 AM PDT That ads+faces conundrum turns sour at Chocolate FactoryA software engineer who has bounced between Microsoft and Google over the past few years is very disappointed indeed with his one-time boss Larry Page.… |
| Xbox Live glitch resets players' scores Posted: 14 Mar 2012 04:27 AM PDT Microsoft probes problemMicrosoft is investigating grumbles from across the Xbox community that players' Achievements and Gamerscores have been wiped.… |
| UK kids' art project is 'biggest copyright blag ever' – photographer Posted: 14 Mar 2012 04:14 AM PDT Today's lesson: give up your rightsUpdated A nationwide school arts project that commercialises children's artwork has been branded "the biggest blag in the history of the UK".… |
| Samsung staffer says 7.85in 'iPad Mini' in the works Posted: 14 Mar 2012 04:03 AM PDT Korean firm's better-than-IPS LCD tech to be usedApple is indeed making a 7.85in 'iPad Mini' an executive from Samsung - of all companies - has claimed.… |
| Death Star SUCKS PLASMA FROM SUN in NASA riddle vid Posted: 14 Mar 2012 03:58 AM PDT Solar belch sparks refuelling UFO, black hole conspiraciesVid Keen-eyed skywatchers have spotted a mysterious object emerging from the Sun that, according to the tinfoil-hatted YouTube majority, can only be a UFO, a small black hole, a world-destroying weapon or maybe a new planet.… |
| Paper pictures failed hostage rescue with Call of Duty shot Posted: 14 Mar 2012 03:42 AM PDT Fair game?The Sunday Times' use of a Call of Duty character to illustrate an article about a real-life military operation has left bloggers up in arms. Some claim the use of such an image is not ethically right.… |
| Walmart offers $2 digital copies of your DVDs Posted: 14 Mar 2012 03:29 AM PDT HD will cost you moreUS retail giant Walmart is to offer punters digital copies of each of their DVDs and Blu-rays for $2 (£1.27) a pop.… |
| LOHAN's fantastical flying truss takes to the air Posted: 14 Mar 2012 03:22 AM PDT Experimental structure last seen heading for AfricaVideo We're pleased to report that last weekend the Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) fantastical flying truss finally got off the ground, and we've got some video of the test for your viewing pleasure.… |
| Posted: 14 Mar 2012 03:00 AM PDT Cerebral sci-fi gamingiGamer An exquisitely mature and thought-provoking iOS adventure, Waking Mars is a love letter to late-1970s and early-1980s sci-fi films such as Silent Running, Solaris and Alien.… |
| Underwater Greek volcano brewing Lara Croft style earthquake Posted: 14 Mar 2012 02:30 AM PDT IT angle? No. Angelina Jolie flooded temple angle? Yes.Angelina-Jolie-inna-wetsuit related news on the science wires this morning, as boffins in America announce that the underwater volcano off the shore of the famous, beautiful Greek island of Santorini is showing signs of trouble coming.…
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| 4G hobonet stunt was riddled with flaws, doomed to ridicule Posted: 14 Mar 2012 02:30 AM PDT Surely we can do better than penniless Wi-Fi porters?Comment People have criticised the the Homeless Hotspots concept for reducing homeless people to moving bits of network infrastructure, but the idea has some practical flaws too.… |
| Pub landlady's footie sat-TV battle moves law's goal posts Posted: 14 Mar 2012 02:01 AM PDT High Court quashes conviction after Prem League rowAnalysis The pub landlady who was fined for screening FA Premier League (FAPL) football matches using a foreign satellite decoder has had her criminal conviction overturned by the High Court.… |
| Euro wonks lay SMACKDOWN on draft data protection rules Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:03 AM PDT Little love for proposed privacy regulationDAPIX is the Working Party on Information Exchange and Data Protection, where delegations of civil servants from the European Union's member states discuss the Commission's Data Protection Regulation.… |
| EU runs to WTO again over China's mineral hoarding Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:35 AM PDT Protests throttled supply for tech-friendly rare earthsThe European Union has joined the United States and Japan in complaining to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over China's continued export restrictions on a range of rare earths which are vital to the production of hi-tech kit.… |
| Lav-less Indians can't get enough of their mobiles Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:11 AM PDT Indoor toilets are a luxury for many, not so their phonesIndia's rapid technological ascent in the 21st century appears to have left the nation wanting in a few basic areas after the country's newly released 2011 Census revealed that more households own a mobile phone than an indoor toilet.…
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| Apple slams hard-up Proview for conning the courts Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:48 PM PDT Fruity missive claims ailing monitor biz misled customersApple has decided to up the ante on trademark dispute foe and failed Asian monitor vendor Proview, accusing the firm of misleading the courts and of trying to milk the iPad maker for more money in order to pay off its creditors.… |
| Galaxies to get the Pluto treatment? Posted: 13 Mar 2012 09:04 PM PDT Galactic status on the line for newly-found star groupsScience has no standard definition of a galaxy, and a good one is needed because recent observations have found objects in space that "challenge traditional notions of both galaxies and star clusters."… |
| Three millionth Aussie LinkedIn today Posted: 13 Mar 2012 08:42 PM PDT Thank you note shows off people finder betaLinkedIn has emailed its Australian members to let them know that, as of today, they are one of three million local users.… |
| Optus hits LTE switch in Newcastle Posted: 13 Mar 2012 07:09 PM PDT Puts Huawei on LTE leader boardHuawei Australia is inching closer to securing the national tender for Optus' LTE rollout following its placement as technology partner for the commercial rollout of an LTE network in Newcastle and surrounding areas.… |
| AU Optronics convicted of price-fixing Posted: 13 Mar 2012 07:01 PM PDT Two execs guilty says San Francisco courtFederal jurors in San Francisco have written the latest chapter in the ongoing AU Optronics LCD price-fixing case, delivering a guilty verdict on the company and two of its executives.…
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| Chip forecast upped by Gartner Posted: 13 Mar 2012 05:41 PM PDT On the rebound after inventory glutThe market watching wizards at Gartner have taken another gaze in the crystal ball, and after some buffing and polishing have decided that the outlook for the semiconductor industry in 2012 is a bit better than they had expected as 2011 came to a close.… |
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