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- Ape sanctuary seeks funds for armed Robo Bonobo
- Verizon plans bandwidth-gobbling mobile video service
- Workers worry about pay cuts from Apple, Foxconn pact
- Storage upstart boasts of not losing a single customer...
- Visa and MasterCard warn of MASSIVE credit card data breach
- Avere moves from accelerating filers to building them
- Ravello Systems gets the KVM band back together
- Use the holy word of God to stay secure online, says bishop
- Sugar content now to be measured in Cadbury Creme Eggs
- Best Buy shuttering 50 stores, laying off staff in $800m cost slash
- Top Italian OPERA boffin steps down after faster-than-light mistake
- Apple pushes patents for 3D avatar authoring
- Micron settles with Oracle in chip price-fixing case
- TONIGHT, Let's ALL MAKE LOVE in SHOREDITCH
- Yahoo! finally! adds! Do! Not! Track! tool!
- Money mules are REAL victims of phishing, says Microsoft iconoclast
- Yes, Prime Minister to return after 24 years
- RIM insists it is not exiting consumer market - just 'refocusing'
- Capita poises axe over 1,000 staff - jobs headed to India
- Is it time to take the fight into the Clouds?
- Report: Facebook working to improve its 'search' technology
- Nvidia wants sub-£130 Tegra 3 tablets out this summer
- Vote now for the WORST movie EVER
- Google planning to brand and sell Android tablets
- Griffin Reserve Battery Case
- Apple products now found in half of all American dwellings
- LOHAN demonstrates impressive sucking skills
- £575m school IT bonanza showers Capita, RM, 16 others
- O2 launches On & On mobile tariff
- Disappearing bees mystery: Boffins finger regicide pesticides
- 'People expect privacy on Facebook and Twitter'
- Linux 'internet of things' gizmo ships
- Don't be alarmed - but 545,000 NHS patient files are going online
- Climate-change scepticism must be 'treated', says enviro-sociologist
- Drobo inks chumship with Acronis in virty cloud combo package
- Exploding dinosaur theory EXPLODED
- EMC eyeing XtremIO ... just a rumble on the jungle drums?
- Security guards brawl over world's biggest Apple Store
- Philips 42PFL7666 42in 3D LED Smart TV
- China's budget handset makers facing mass cull
- FLA, Apple and Foxconn shake on new deal for Chinese workers
- Quickflix hits New Zealand
- Balsillie bails as RIM reports terrible quarter
- Tweet to the archive
- Obama gets the big data bug
| Ape sanctuary seeks funds for armed Robo Bonobo Posted: 30 Mar 2012 02:04 PM PDT And you can talk to the animals…An ape sanctuary in the US has posted an unusual request on KickStarter, seeking funds to build a robot ape under its residents' control and to allow members of the public to talk to the primates.… |
| Verizon plans bandwidth-gobbling mobile video service Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:55 PM PDT 'Now, about that $3.6bn spectrum deal...'Verizon plans to launch a mobile-video service by the end of this year, a move that would put even more traffic onto its already overburdened network.… |
| Workers worry about pay cuts from Apple, Foxconn pact Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:44 AM PDT 'We are here to work and not to play'Labor-conditions activists and feel-good petitioners may be pleased with Apple's agreement with contract-manufacturing giant Foxconn to cut back on workers' overtime, but there's another affected class that's not as pleased with the outcome: the workers themselves.… |
| Storage upstart boasts of not losing a single customer... Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:26 AM PDT But hasn't sold a single box eitherAt a press briefing in startup Pure Storage's Mountain View HQ, CEO Scott Dietzen said: "We have yet to lose a customer engagement against any other flash vendor, including Violin Memory."…
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| Visa and MasterCard warn of MASSIVE credit card data breach Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:16 AM PDT Rumors swirl over size of snafuVisa and MasterCard have been quietly informing banking partners that a third-party supplier has suffered a major breach of security that could let the attacker clone users' cards.… |
| Avere moves from accelerating filers to building them Posted: 30 Mar 2012 10:01 AM PDT Diversifies across the standing-reproach-to-NetApp sectorAvere is moving from accelerating filers to building them, introducing its own Edge Filer plus filer migration and replication software too. It's starting to compete directly with EMC and NetApp NAS boxes.… |
| Ravello Systems gets the KVM band back together Posted: 30 Mar 2012 09:27 AM PDT Stealthy startup plots course to cloudsIt looks like the people behind Qumranet, who brought us the KVM hypervisor, are getting back together to cook up some new cloudy wares.… |
| Use the holy word of God to stay secure online, says bishop Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:59 AM PDT What he opens no one can shut, what he shuts no one can openA bishop in Blighty has suggested that passages from the Bible can be used to create memorable but hard to crack passwords.… |
| Sugar content now to be measured in Cadbury Creme Eggs Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:30 AM PDT 1 Coke = 2 choc-nugs packed with, well, whatever it isIt's evident that our beloved readers share our penchant for improbable and unorthodox units of measurement, because we've had a load of emails pointing us in the direction of XKCD, where the Cadbury Creme Egg has officially become the measure of how much sugar there is in a fizzy drink.…
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| Best Buy shuttering 50 stores, laying off staff in $800m cost slash Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:02 AM PDT Bloodied by retreat from EuropeMonths after beating a retreat from the UK struggling retailer Best Buy is to shutter 50 stores in the US as part of a multi-year $800m (£500m) cost reduction programme.… |
| Top Italian OPERA boffin steps down after faster-than-light mistake Posted: 30 Mar 2012 08:00 AM PDT Gran Sasso lab promises more neutrino experiments, thoughThe Italian boffin who led the OPERA experiment that reported neutrinos travelling faster than the speed of light has resigned today after the results were refuted by other scientists.… |
| Apple pushes patents for 3D avatar authoring Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:40 AM PDT iLike MiiApple is preparing to launch a 3D avatar app which could be a sign the Cupertino giant is ready to push its own gaming service.… |
| Micron settles with Oracle in chip price-fixing case Posted: 30 Mar 2012 07:29 AM PDT Takes a hefty DRAM from can of legal whup-assChipmaker Micron Technology has reached a settlement with Oracle in a lawsuit the company brought over the price of memory.… |
| TONIGHT, Let's ALL MAKE LOVE in SHOREDITCH Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:57 AM PDT Waxing philosophical ... with morphine and Thai hired help¡Bong! [It takes more than severe first-degree burns from a drug-related snowboard accident to keep our Tech Venture Capitalist down. This week finds him recuperating, and in a reflective mood - Ed]… |
| Yahoo! finally! adds! Do! Not! Track! tool! Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:26 AM PDT Don't slurp me, broYahoo! is to begin slotting in support for a Do Not Track header across its entire online estate just a few months after its erstwhile privacy wonk quit the firm in favour of a job at Google.… |
| Money mules are REAL victims of phishing, says Microsoft iconoclast Posted: 30 Mar 2012 06:02 AM PDT WHEN will someone think of the stolen cash handlers?Microsoft has somewhat controversially claimed that money mules are the ultimate victims of phishing emails, rather than the consumers or banks that cyber-crooks target in online banking scams.…
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| Yes, Prime Minister to return after 24 years Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:38 AM PDT The modern Sir Humphrey will be rather differentThe great satire of British bureaucracy, Yes, Prime Minister, is to return after 24 years away from our TV screens. The original scriptwriting duo of Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn has already turned in their first plot, says UKTV, which has has commissioned the show to be broadcast on UK Gold. The BBC originals, Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister ran from 1980 to 1988.… |
| RIM insists it is not exiting consumer market - just 'refocusing' Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:18 AM PDT Rioting hoodies can rely on usRIM has reassured shop-wrecking hoodies everywhere that it is not in fact planning to exit the consumer market - after a comment during the BlackBerry-maker's earnings call was misconstrued.… |
| Capita poises axe over 1,000 staff - jobs headed to India Posted: 30 Mar 2012 05:14 AM PDT As it lands huge UK.gov dealExclusive Capita IT Services (CITS) has told 1,000 staff they are at risk of redundancy and plans to offshore roles to India.… |
| Is it time to take the fight into the Clouds? Posted: 30 Mar 2012 04:58 AM PDT The years to come seem waste of breath, to server mindersRackspace Hosting has a vested interest in convincing IT shops that they don't need to own and operate their own servers and that they should leave it to the professionals with "fanatical support." And it looks like many companies are getting grumpy enough to give clouds a whirl.… |
| Report: Facebook working to improve its 'search' technology Posted: 30 Mar 2012 04:44 AM PDT People say 'search' when they mean advertising ... bitchFacebook is reportedly working on an overhaul to its clumsy search option.…
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| Nvidia wants sub-£130 Tegra 3 tablets out this summer Posted: 30 Mar 2012 04:34 AM PDT Working to make fondleslabs cheaperChip maker Nvidia this week promised it will bring the price of its Tegra 3 hardware down sufficiently to see Android tablets packing the chip hit price points as low as $199 (£125).… |
| Vote now for the WORST movie EVER Posted: 30 Mar 2012 04:30 AM PDT Cinematic roster of shame for your viewing displeasurePoll It's taken us more than a week, but we're finally ready to raise the curtain on the contenders for the worst movie ever title.… |
| Google planning to brand and sell Android tablets Posted: 30 Mar 2012 04:13 AM PDT Aims to park tanks on Cupertino lawn where allies failedGoogle is bypassing the channel to sell co-branded Android tablets directly via web shops.… |
| Posted: 30 Mar 2012 04:00 AM PDT Keep your iPhone topped upAccessory of the Week If you're anything like me and use your smartphone for everything from arguing on Twitter to watching the latest episode of Homeland on the train to work, you'll find yourself re-charging its battery daily.… |
| Apple products now found in half of all American dwellings Posted: 30 Mar 2012 03:46 AM PDT A few years ago it was just another snake cultOnce the nerdy niche player, Apple is now officially mainstream: the majority of American households own at least one device from Cupertino, according to a CNBC survey of gadget ownership.… |
| LOHAN demonstrates impressive sucking skills Posted: 30 Mar 2012 03:30 AM PDT REHAB joins the Eight Mile High club - but is it enough?This week really sucked down at the Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) headquarters as we put the vacuum pump for our Rocketry Experimental High Altitude Barosimulator (REHAB) experiment through its paces.… |
| £575m school IT bonanza showers Capita, RM, 16 others Posted: 30 Mar 2012 03:13 AM PDT Blighty's kids are truly in safe handsA Department for Education (DfE) framework agreement worth £575m has been awarded to 18 suppliers.… |
| O2 launches On & On mobile tariff Posted: 30 Mar 2012 03:08 AM PDT Telecoms ci comms ça?O2 announced On & On this morning, a new tariff that offers mobile users unlimited minutes, texts and a gig of data for £26 a month.… |
| Disappearing bees mystery: Boffins finger regicide pesticides Posted: 30 Mar 2012 03:02 AM PDT Buzz-buggers say neo-Nick O'Teen makes drones get lostBoffins investigating the ongoing mystery of disappearing bees have linked commonly used pesticides to their decline.…
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| 'People expect privacy on Facebook and Twitter' Posted: 30 Mar 2012 01:58 AM PDT 'Too posh to push? You haven't got the Right Stuff'QuotW This was the week when the competition over the new nano-SIM standard was heating up as Apple reportedly said it would waive its patent fees as long as its design was chosen.… |
| Linux 'internet of things' gizmo ships Posted: 30 Mar 2012 01:45 AM PDT Automate your (open source) worldNinja Blocks has begun shipping its eponymous Linux gadget designed to interact with sensors and automate your world.… |
| Don't be alarmed - but 545,000 NHS patient files are going online Posted: 30 Mar 2012 01:38 AM PDT Not to worry, probably been lost on a USB stick alreadyNHS Oxfordshire is to put the medical records of around 545,000 people online in an effort to give healthcare professionals faster access to patients' information.… |
| Climate-change scepticism must be 'treated', says enviro-sociologist Posted: 30 Mar 2012 01:18 AM PDT Dubious on warmo peril? You're the kind who'd own slavesScepticism regarding the need for immediate and massive action against carbon emissions is a sickness of societies and individuals which needs to be "treated", according to an Oregon-based professor of "sociology and environmental studies". Professor Kari Norgaard compares the struggle against climate scepticism to that against racism and slavery in the US South.… |
| Drobo inks chumship with Acronis in virty cloud combo package Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:57 AM PDT Also sells a petabyte in a single lunchtimeDrobo has made a hefty petabyte sale to an undisclosed single customer, and has announced a formal partnership with backup supplier Acronis.… |
| Exploding dinosaur theory EXPLODED Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:31 AM PDT Bone botherers blast belly-burst boffinryBone-bothering boffins have long theorised that sea-dwelling ichthyosaurs were prone to exploding because their skeletons are often found in a scattered pattern.…
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| EMC eyeing XtremIO ... just a rumble on the jungle drums? Posted: 30 Mar 2012 12:02 AM PDT Or it might be the sound of back-end ThunderIs EMC eyeing up flash array startup XtremIO, the one that's making extreme I/O claims about the all-flash array its developing?… |
| Security guards brawl over world's biggest Apple Store Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:50 PM PDT Caught on camera: shopping mall warsSecurity guards from rival shopping malls in the eastern Chinese city of Dalian have been caught on camera brawling after one group took offence to a wall of giant Apple billboards hastily erected to promote the arrival of a new fruity store in the city.… |
| Philips 42PFL7666 42in 3D LED Smart TV Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:00 PM PDT Passive aggressiveReview Philips spent much of 2011 on the periphery of the televisual market, bereft of Freeview HD tuners and dogged by confusion over its long-term ambitions, having off-loaded its TV business into a joint venture. But things are off to a better start in 2012.… |
| China's budget handset makers facing mass cull Posted: 29 Mar 2012 10:53 PM PDT Lenovo, ZTE and Huawei have the low end in their sightsChina's mobile phone market is set for a massive shake-up as hundreds of so-called 'white box' handset makers based in the country go bankrupt as a result of increasing competition at the low end of the market from established, big name domestic players such as Huawei, ZTE and Lenovo.… |
| FLA, Apple and Foxconn shake on new deal for Chinese workers Posted: 29 Mar 2012 10:52 PM PDT Critics argue some abuses are still being ignoredThe Fair Labor Association is claiming to have secure assurances from Apple and its supplier Foxconn that they will make sweeping changes to workers' pay and conditions at the latter's Chinese plants in line with the FLA's latest report, but critics have argued they don't go far enough.… |
| Posted: 29 Mar 2012 07:19 PM PDT Slingshot drops metering in supportAustralia movie streaming aspirant Quickflix has launched across the Tasman in New Zealand delivering on demand content to a range of connected devices.…
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| Balsillie bails as RIM reports terrible quarter Posted: 29 Mar 2012 04:44 PM PDT $125m loss prompts (another) management reshuffleFormer co-CEO of RIM Jim Balsillie is to leave RIM's board of directors, along with two other senior executives, after the company reported a thumping $125m loss for the last quarter.… |
| Posted: 29 Mar 2012 04:30 PM PDT Victoria state government proposes social media as public recordsVictoria's Public Records Office (PROV) flew this one mostly under the radar: it's seeking comment on a policy covering the archiving of public employees' use of social media.… |
| Posted: 29 Mar 2012 03:24 PM PDT Swings swags of simoleons at scienceSix US federal government agencies are putting more than $US200 million to try and wrap their heads around the dizzying world of "big data".… |
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