US sends factories to Asia, gets ozone in return |
- US sends factories to Asia, gets ozone in return
- IBM's Watson gets a job on Wall Street
- Righthaven stripped of rights
- Social networks breeding spatial junk
- Westpac drops tech roles
- Intel: The data center will be 'Xeon E5 Inside'
- User explosion squeezes Oz mobile upload speeds
- Android Market morphs into 'Google Play'
- FCC ponders: When is it OK to switch off networks?
- Nexsan flashes made-over cache creds
- Facebook IPO to stuff $2.5bn in California tax coffers
- Top Republican publishes full ACTA text for public look-see
- Microsoft and Apple should hit Amazon, not Google
- Toshiba outs monster tablet 'concept'
- AMD cuts loose GlobalFoundries stake
- Tingle factor aimed at game controllers
- LulzSec SMACKDOWN: Leader Sabu turned by feds last summer
- Venus BELCHES solar wind in shock weather explosion
- No joke: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 debuts on April Fools' Day
- Intel plugs both your sockets with 'Jaketown' Xeon E5-2600s
- 16 Sony Centres jump the tracks, liquidator hits the brakes
- Punters are the real losers in BT, TalkTalk copyright court blow
- Dabs warns staff: Your roles are 'at risk of redundancy'
- Why on Earth would you build a closed Android phone?
- In your face, rivals: Amazon cuts cloudy prices
- Apple wins access to Google, Motorola documents
- Workers can't escape Windows 8 Metro - Microsoft COO
- Western Digital slips solid hardness into EMC's eager slot
- Ereader sales to slump as punters snap up cheap slabs – report
- UK.gov holds summit to stop satnav-driven smash-ups
- FSF fandroids fight to 'free' Android from Google's forepaws
- Chunnel mobile available – but only while heading towards UK
- Eric Schmidt flicks INTERSTELLAR TOWEL at top tech fair
- Adobe lobs out Flash update to plug 3D security hole
- Apple pushes out Mac OS X update to fix Time Machine fail
- Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4
- Lego space shuttle hits 114,000ft
- Google ups max Android app size to 4GB
- Boffins, tourists threaten Antarctica with alien invasion
- Ford: kick your car to open the boot
- iPhone con man knifed to death in knock-off mobile brawl
- LOHAN is heading towards REHAB
- Samsung targets pockets with latest Galaxy blower
- BT, TalkTalk lose final appeal against Digital Economy Act
- China's first MOON rover slated for 2013 launch
- iOnRoad Augmented Driving
- Laptops dominate UK spending in personal computing kit
- Bletchley Park gets personal with new Alan Turing exhibition
- Big Brother refunds Facebook credits after vote crash blunder
- Google’s privacy policy: Incoherent and confusing
| US sends factories to Asia, gets ozone in return Posted: 06 Mar 2012 03:00 PM PST Choking on cheap consumer productsThe West's massive shift of manufacturing to Asian locations – which have a reputation for looser environmental standards – is having an unforeseen and unwanted outcome: some of the pollution offshored to Asia along with jobs and factories is returning to the West.… |
| IBM's Watson gets a job on Wall Street Posted: 06 Mar 2012 02:53 PM PST Citi looks for smart customer supportIBM has signed a deal with banking group Citi to use the data-analyzing abilities of the Watson supercomputer to help deal with its customers.…
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| Posted: 06 Mar 2012 02:30 PM PST Just another word for nothing left to loseThe corpse of copyright troll Righthaven may have given its last twitch, with a US judge relieving the company of the only thing it had to work with: copyright.… |
| Social networks breeding spatial junk Posted: 06 Mar 2012 02:25 PM PST Maps muddled by weak GPS, sloppy check-insNext time you check in with foursquare or Facebook, please stand right outside the venue, make sure your smartphone has a very good GPS signal and describe the location accurately.… |
| Posted: 06 Mar 2012 01:56 PM PST Tech sector gloomy, boardroom happyWestpac continues to slash jobs as part of its offshoring initiatives, revealing that it will cull a further 119 technology roles, most of which will be awarded to India's Infosys.… |
| Intel: The data center will be 'Xeon E5 Inside' Posted: 06 Mar 2012 01:52 PM PST Rack 'em and stack 'emDiane Bryant, Intel's former CIO and now general manager of the chip giant's Data Center and Connected Systems Group, has gone from installing Xeon servers to run the company, to hawking them to all of the other companies on the planet. And, of course, making sure that Intel engineers cook up the next-generation Xeons so customers will come back for more on Chipzilla's tick-tock schedule, just like clockwork.… |
| User explosion squeezes Oz mobile upload speeds Posted: 06 Mar 2012 01:20 PM PST Download speeds up, but at a costIf all things were equal, a change in mobile speeds should be reflected equally in both directions – but according to IDC, that's not what's happened in Australia.…
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| Android Market morphs into 'Google Play' Posted: 06 Mar 2012 01:04 PM PST One-stop entertainment shop (yeah, apps too)Google's Android Market is dead – long live the Google Play online store.… |
| FCC ponders: When is it OK to switch off networks? Posted: 06 Mar 2012 12:02 PM PST San Fran's subway axed mobe coverage during protestsThe FCC wants help deciding who should have the right to switch off mobile networks, and under what circumstances they should be permitted to exercise that right.… |
| Nexsan flashes made-over cache creds Posted: 06 Mar 2012 11:04 AM PST Cries FASTiersNexsan is has made over FASTiers – with flash cache-boosted NST Series unified iSCSI and NAS arrays – to compete with other tiered flash-HDD hybrid arrays from startups NexGen Storage, Nimble Storage, Starboard Systems and VMware-focused Tintri.… |
| Facebook IPO to stuff $2.5bn in California tax coffers Posted: 06 Mar 2012 11:01 AM PST Zuckerberg & Co. bail out Golden StateCalifornia state budget analysts report that Facebook's impending IPO will bring the state a tax windfall of nearly $2.5bn.… |
| Top Republican publishes full ACTA text for public look-see Posted: 06 Mar 2012 11:01 AM PST 'Secret negotiations not the American way'Republican congressman Darrell Issa of California has published the full text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), saying that the public has a right to know what their governments have been hiding from them.…
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| Microsoft and Apple should hit Amazon, not Google Posted: 06 Mar 2012 10:32 AM PST Ads, devs, hardware – Bezos has it allOpen ... and Shut Amazon is on a roll, and it's no longer just a question of dominating online retailing or public cloud computing. According to a Business Insider article, Amazon is already clearing more than $1bn each year in advertising revenue. This has Google scared. But it probably should have Apple scared, too.… |
| Toshiba outs monster tablet 'concept' Posted: 06 Mar 2012 10:10 AM PST Windows 8 13.3in fondleslab, anyone?Toshiba is tempting tablet fans with a couple of new concept models: a 7.7in design and a rather more outré 13.3in version.… |
| AMD cuts loose GlobalFoundries stake Posted: 06 Mar 2012 10:01 AM PST It's fabulous to be fablessAdvanced Micro Devices said last month that it was in the middle of renegotiating its wafer-supply agreement with its former foundry, which was spun out as GlobalFoundries and is now part of a much larger chip manufacturing operation. The deal is now done – and so is AMD's stake in GlobalFoundries itself.… |
| Tingle factor aimed at game controllers Posted: 06 Mar 2012 09:52 AM PST Feel the vibeA fresh take on vibrating videogame controllers has been pitched to console manufacturers, with a pad that features haptic feedback through the thumbsticks.… |
| LulzSec SMACKDOWN: Leader Sabu turned by feds last summer Posted: 06 Mar 2012 09:36 AM PST Suspects cuffed in Blighty, Ireland, USSuspects purported to be members of LulzSec have been rounded up on two continents. The international law enforcement operation was apparently aided by the infamous hacktivist group's alleged erstwhile leader, "Sabu", who secretly pled guilty to a battery of charges last August.… |
| Venus BELCHES solar wind in shock weather explosion Posted: 06 Mar 2012 09:14 AM PST ESA probe sniffs exposed planet's regurgitation traumaESA's Venus Express spacecraft has spotted the planet blowing back million-mile-per-hour solar winds in weather explosions similar to what happens outside Earth's magnetic shield.… |
| No joke: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 debuts on April Fools' Day Posted: 06 Mar 2012 09:07 AM PST Hadoop, Azure also look for more partnersAs expected Microsoft has released SQL Server 2012, formerly codenamed Denali, to manufacturers and will be making the final code available on April Fools' Day.…
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| Intel plugs both your sockets with 'Jaketown' Xeon E5-2600s Posted: 06 Mar 2012 09:00 AM PST Oof! Chipzilla unzips double bulge and gets its stuff outThe Xeon E5-2600, formerly known by the code-name "Jaketown" inside of Intel and "Sandy Bridge-EP" when Intel referred to it externally, is finally here for mainstream, two-socket servers.… |
| 16 Sony Centres jump the tracks, liquidator hits the brakes Posted: 06 Mar 2012 08:42 AM PST RSM Tenon appointed to flog what's leftRSM Tenon has been appointed to liquidate a batch of 16 Sony Centres that ran into insurmountable financial difficulties.… |
| Punters are the real losers in BT, TalkTalk copyright court blow Posted: 06 Mar 2012 08:23 AM PST We drill into DEA decision - and find nothing's changedAnalysis The British ISP industry has spent a small fortune of its customers' money fighting the people who would, in a saner world, be its business partners - only to suffer a crushing defeat. On Tuesday Lord Justice Richards threw out BT and TalkTalk's judicial review against the 2010 Digital Economy Act.… |
| Dabs warns staff: Your roles are 'at risk of redundancy' Posted: 06 Mar 2012 08:15 AM PST BT rings the changes at online reselling armDabs.com has notified a significant number of sales staff that their roles have been placed at risk of redundancy.… |
| Why on Earth would you build a closed Android phone? Posted: 06 Mar 2012 08:04 AM PST Hint: It has a 12-button keypad, panic button and a magnifying glassThis is the Doro 740, announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week and expected to ship in the summer.… |
| In your face, rivals: Amazon cuts cloudy prices Posted: 06 Mar 2012 07:43 AM PST Where have we seen this aggressive pricing tactic before?Amazon has once more cut the cost of its cloudy offerings to smack down its competition and continue on its path to fluffy domination.… |
| Apple wins access to Google, Motorola documents Posted: 06 Mar 2012 07:21 AM PST Thrusting through the proxy to strike homeA US judge has ruled that Apple should be allowed access to details about Google's acquisition of Motorola, despite the fact that Google isn't involved in the pending Apple/Motorola cases.…
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| Workers can't escape Windows 8 Metro - Microsoft COO Posted: 06 Mar 2012 07:01 AM PST CIOs reminded productivity soars when fun is eliminatedWindows 8 will help people work harder and faster, argues Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner, because the "immersive" Metro user interface removes all their distractions.… |
| Western Digital slips solid hardness into EMC's eager slot Posted: 06 Mar 2012 06:33 AM PST Will rope Hitachi GST into flash threesomeGetting ahead of ourselves by a few days, Western Digital is supplying solid-state disks to EMC for its VNX5500-F all-flash array. Of course, currently the chips are funnelled through its arms-length independent Hitachi GST subsidiary, but this is just a formality.… |
| Ereader sales to slump as punters snap up cheap slabs – report Posted: 06 Mar 2012 06:02 AM PST Ebooks now eaten on multi-function tabletsThe ereader market is heading towards a slump in 2012 as users increasingly consume digital content on their tablets, according to new research from Taiwanese IT news site Digitimes.… |
| UK.gov holds summit to stop satnav-driven smash-ups Posted: 06 Mar 2012 05:42 AM PST Councils and guide-makers need to be on the same |
| FSF fandroids fight to 'free' Android from Google's forepaws Posted: 06 Mar 2012 05:17 AM PST Punters urged to gain control of apps, privatesThe Free Software Foundation in Europe is taking a swipe at Android with a campaign to help punters wrestle their phones and data from Google's paws.…
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| Chunnel mobile available – but only while heading towards UK Posted: 06 Mar 2012 05:04 AM PST Blighty misses the Olympic boatChannel Tunnel passengers heading to the UK will get mobile coverage, but those heading abroad will remain incommunicado until the British operators get their act together.… |
| Eric Schmidt flicks INTERSTELLAR TOWEL at top tech fair Posted: 06 Mar 2012 04:41 AM PST Douglas Adams takes the rap for Google's mission creepGoogle chairman Eric Schmidt is a big fan of the work of Britain's beloved sci-fi writer Douglas Adams, who died nearly 11 years ago.… |
| Adobe lobs out Flash update to plug 3D security hole Posted: 06 Mar 2012 04:28 AM PST Two critical bugs spark patch rollout rushAdobe has released an out-of-schedule upgrade for its Flash Player software that tackles two serious vulnerabilities.… |
| Apple pushes out Mac OS X update to fix Time Machine fail Posted: 06 Mar 2012 04:14 AM PST Back-up restore flaw thorn in Lion's pawApple has released a supplemental update to Mac OS X Lion that fixes a problem with the Time Machine back-up system.… |
| Posted: 06 Mar 2012 04:00 AM PST Driving the world's first diesel electric hybrid |
| Lego space shuttle hits 114,000ft Posted: 06 Mar 2012 03:48 AM PST Germans show NASA how it's doneThose of you who are still mourning the end of the space shuttle programme should take heart that while NASA is currently grounded, we in Europe still have the Right Stuff:…
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| Google ups max Android app size to 4GB Posted: 06 Mar 2012 03:47 AM PST Capacity to play withGoogle has increased the capacity of its Android app packaging tech, giving developers up to 4GB in which to cram their smartphone and tablet software and associated resources.… |
| Boffins, tourists threaten Antarctica with alien invasion Posted: 06 Mar 2012 03:23 AM PST 'Worrying' risk of little green lifeforms settlingIce-loving boffins and tourists are wrecking the Antarctic by effectively busing in lifeforms alien to the cold continent, according to a new study.… |
| Ford: kick your car to open the boot Posted: 06 Mar 2012 03:17 AM PST Gesture recognition tech added to new Kuga |
| iPhone con man knifed to death in knock-off mobile brawl Posted: 06 Mar 2012 03:14 AM PST Fraudster got more than he bargained forA bloke was arrested after a brawl over a counterfeit Apple mobile led to the fatal stabbing of a con man.… |
| LOHAN is heading towards REHAB Posted: 06 Mar 2012 03:02 AM PST Garden shed vacuum chamber starts to shape upWe know you lot do wonder just what's afoot down at the Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) fabrication bunker, so we thought we've give you an update on progress on our garden-shed hypobaric chamber experiment.… |
| Samsung targets pockets with latest Galaxy blower Posted: 06 Mar 2012 02:49 AM PST Mobile means mobile, obviouslySamsung sent its latest Android into orbit today, announcing the Galaxy Pocket, a low-end handset said to be geared towards those who use their phone on the move.… |
| BT, TalkTalk lose final appeal against Digital Economy Act Posted: 06 Mar 2012 02:34 AM PST An expensive verdict for telcosUpdated BT and TalkTalk today lost their final appeal against the UK government's measures to stamp out illegal file-sharing online.…
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| China's first MOON rover slated for 2013 launch Posted: 06 Mar 2012 02:21 AM PST Roving robot will be part of third Chang'e missionChina's space boffins have hatched a plan to send their very first rover vehicle to the Moon in 2013, according to reports.… |
| Posted: 06 Mar 2012 02:00 AM PST A major contribution to road safety? |
| Laptops dominate UK spending in personal computing kit Posted: 06 Mar 2012 01:34 AM PST Tablets racing to catch upBrits bought more computer kit during the past Christmas and New Year period than they did in the same period a year before, market watcher GfK has revealed.… |
| Bletchley Park gets personal with new Alan Turing exhibition Posted: 06 Mar 2012 01:29 AM PST Steampunk speech-scrambler, a note to mum and moreLetters, academic work and personal belongings of wartime codebreaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing, including a letter to his mother explaining his role in the outcome of World War II, went on display at Bletchley Park on Monday.… |
| Big Brother refunds Facebook credits after vote crash blunder Posted: 06 Mar 2012 01:01 AM PST Deal with punters keeps Ofcom sweetOfcom has let Channel 5 off the hook after it agreed to let Big Brother viewers carry over surplus Facebook credits, or get a refund, if they were unable to vote in the show's evictions.… |
| Google’s privacy policy: Incoherent and confusing Posted: 06 Mar 2012 12:27 AM PST Separating 'personal info' from 'personal data' and 'sensitive personal info'...Comment: Google's new combined Privacy Policy (March 2012) has been widely criticised by privacy professionals and Data Protection Authorities (in particular the CNIL – the French Data Protection Authority). However, so far the reasons for this criticism have been made in general terms. Here is a more detailed explanation.… |
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