Chocolate Factory ditches the bits in the bottom of the box |
- Chocolate Factory ditches the bits in the bottom of the box
- Take a look at atom’s shadow
- RIM boss denies cratering Canucks are in 'a death spiral'
- Activists unite, declare 'Internet Freedom'
- Bad generator and bugs take out Amazon cloud
- Intel comes out swinging against $1.3bn European fine
- EU rejects Oracle secondhand software licence grab
- 'That new Google button was our idea', claims lawsuit
- iPhone spontaneously combusts on CCTV
- Twitter: This year so far we have ratted out 948 users to the US govt
- Dying Kodak doesn't have to leave its jewels to Apple, says court
- VMware snatches cloud-furtling biz from the very jaws of Dell
- Tablets to outship laptops in 2016 SHOCK
- Chinese toothpaste biz wants £50k from Apple over 'Snow Leopard'
- Google+ takes on a location element as it pushes deeper into iPhone
- Capita publicity to show only UK staff - some of whom are being let go
- So, that vast IT disaster you may have caused? Come in, sit down
- Analyst fears iPhone 5 power pack to prompt launch postponement
- Brit anti-terror hotline hacker teen pleads guilty
- What is the Nokia Secret Plan if Windows 8 isn't Windows gr8?
- ITC denies Apple an emergency ban on ALL HTC PHONES
- CANNIBAL! Apple's 7.85in iPad will EAT 9.7in iPad sales
- US federal boffins insist that mermaids DON'T exist
- Microsoft takes a $6.2bn bath with aQuantive web ads write-down
- Apple's UK smartphone lead shrinks
- ICANN's overlordship of the internet confirmed again by US gov
- Samsung fails to get Galaxy Tab ban in US lifted pending appeal
- Puny US particle punisher finds strong evidence for God particle
- Google Chrome serves up only emptiness, for many users
- Forget internet fridges and Big Data. Where's my internet fish tank?
- NHS trust spunks £67m on e-patient records, Twitter, Facebook
- ISP CAN cut off pirates with 'three strike' rule, says Irish beak
- Indian navy computers stormed by malware-ridden USBs
- Brummie popstrels crowdsource their visual appearance
- RBS customers still suffering tech issues at Virgin One Account
- Ofcom: PhonepayPlus to regulate PayForIt but not operator billing
- Doctors must be trained to avoid web blab blunders, says group
- 'Young people don't want to become like us', say IT pros
- LG 55LM960V 55in Smart TV
- NEC Australia buys local ICT biz
- China's internet wunderkind in the dock over alleged fraud
- Telstra invests in IPscape
- Microsoft names Zeus ringleaders and notifies FBI
- Microsoft sets the price for a Windows 8 upgrade at $40
- Mozilla's 'Boot to Gecko' morphs into Firefox OS
- Fermilab scientists give their data one last squeeze
| Chocolate Factory ditches the bits in the bottom of the box Posted: 03 Jul 2012 03:21 PM PDT Spring cleaning time againThe sun is setting on another bunch of unloved, forgotten, or obsolete Google servifes in the Chocolate Factory's rolling sweep of stuff that doesn't warrant even minimal support.… |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2012 02:34 PM PDT Griffith University boffins 'see' ytterbiumThis image is special, according to Griffith University: it's the first time anyone's captured the shadow of a single ytterbium atom, at optical wavelengths (images of single atoms are much easier to capture using scanning electron microscopes).…
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| RIM boss denies cratering Canucks are in 'a death spiral' Posted: 03 Jul 2012 01:42 PM PDT If only Apple and Google would get their boots off his throatRIM CEO Thorsten Heins has insisted that the troubled phone maker is not in "a death spiral" and will emerge successfully from its current travails.… |
| Activists unite, declare 'Internet Freedom' Posted: 03 Jul 2012 01:09 PM PDT Cue the endless debateAnticipating the American Independence Day on July 4, a group of organizations and individuals have banded together in support of a manifesto they're calling the Declaration of Internet Freedom.… |
| Bad generator and bugs take out Amazon cloud Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:52 PM PDT From failover to falloverAmazon Web Services battened down the hatches and called in extra troops ahead of the vicious thunderstorms that ripped through the Ohio valley and across Virginia and Maryland on Friday night.… |
| Intel comes out swinging against $1.3bn European fine Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:43 PM PDT Derides evidence as 'profoundly inadequate'Intel is petitioning the EU's General Court to overthrow the massive fine imposed upon it by the European Commission back in 2009, saying that the case against it was fatally flawed from the get-go.… |
| EU rejects Oracle secondhand software licence grab Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:05 PM PDT Oracle internet argument rejectedAn attempt by Oracle to stop the sale of secondhand licences on software downloaded over the internet was rejected today by the community's highest court.…
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| 'That new Google button was our idea', claims lawsuit Posted: 03 Jul 2012 10:04 AM PDT Most people looking at our site were in Mountain ViewGoogle has reportedly been slapped with a lawsuit from a New York-based startup that claimed a video sharing feature added to YouTube and Google+ was similar to the one it pitched to the company in 2011.… |
| iPhone spontaneously combusts on CCTV Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:36 AM PDT Apple takes the heatWe all know iPhones are hot property - as their owners generally tell you. However, when one blows up in your pocket, you know its probably time to stop bragging.… |
| Twitter: This year so far we have ratted out 948 users to the US govt Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:18 AM PDT They are so sinister compared to us who know you allThe US government demands more data from Twitter than any other nation, the micro-blogging website has revealed.… |
| Dying Kodak doesn't have to leave its jewels to Apple, says court Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:03 AM PDT Attempt to clear out grandma's sideboard stymiedFailed camera biz Eastman Kodak says it has been given permission by the bankruptcy court to sell patents that Apple claims it owns.… |
| VMware snatches cloud-furtling biz from the very jaws of Dell Posted: 03 Jul 2012 08:45 AM PDT When you need to flip down that non-standard hypervisorIt looks like Dell was too distracted with its acquisition of Quest Software in the past several months to notice VMware sniffing around one of its key software partners. The server virtualization juggernaut and cloud plumbing wannabe has snapped up DynamicOps, a maker of management software for clouds and virtual desktop infrastructure.… |
| Tablets to outship laptops in 2016 SHOCK Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:49 AM PDT Ultrabooks encouraging sales - but not enough to beat the 'padsMore tablet market bullishness, this time from research company NPD DisplaySearch. World+Dog will buy more tablets than notebooks from 2016 onwards.… |
| Chinese toothpaste biz wants £50k from Apple over 'Snow Leopard' Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:48 AM PDT We will xue your bao offApple may have finally settled its long-running IPAD beef with Proview, but the shiny toy maker is heading for yet another trademark showdown with a Chinese firm, this time over the Snow Leopard name.…
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| Google+ takes on a location element as it pushes deeper into iPhone Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:02 AM PDT Choc Factory keen to keep a tentacle touching the fanboiGoogle has pushed its social network Google Plus deeper into the iPhone and given it a location element, launching the Google + Local app yesterday. Google is wriggling itself into more crevices on the iPhone before the axe falls on Google Maps in September, when Apple will introduce their own maps app in iOS 6.… |
| Capita publicity to show only UK staff - some of whom are being let go Posted: 03 Jul 2012 05:57 AM PDT Indian office won't feature in marketing brochureCapita IT Services is forging ahead with immortalising redundancy-threatened UK staff in a series of publicity photos. But there is one department the company isn't sending a lensman along to: its service desk in India.… |
| So, that vast IT disaster you may have caused? Come in, sit down Posted: 03 Jul 2012 05:00 AM PDT You won't be forced to dig your own graveThe RBS computer fiasco gives me an excuse to write about a sideline I have in interrogating IT professionals who are suspected of doing bad things.… |
| Analyst fears iPhone 5 power pack to prompt launch postponement Posted: 03 Jul 2012 04:46 AM PDT Battery production troubles allegedApple's handset battery supplier is struggling to produce the high volume of units required for an iPhone 5 launch, moles claim. The issue could see the smartphone's debut delayed.… |
| Brit anti-terror hotline hacker teen pleads guilty Posted: 03 Jul 2012 04:27 AM PDT TeaMp0isoN lad also snaffled Blair contact list off GMailA teenage computer crook faces prison after admitting hacking offences, including breaking into former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's electronic address and phone book.… |
| What is the Nokia Secret Plan if Windows 8 isn't Windows gr8? Posted: 03 Jul 2012 03:58 AM PDT So secret, even Elop doesn't know about itNokia's new chairman says the company has an alternative strategy prepared, in case Microsoft's new version of Windows Phone doesn't live up to expectations. Except he won't say what it is.… |
| ITC denies Apple an emergency ban on ALL HTC PHONES Posted: 03 Jul 2012 03:44 AM PDT Just one letter separates ITC and HTC. Coincidence?US regulator the International Trade Commission has denied Apple's attempt to get an emergency ban on all HTC mobes.…
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| CANNIBAL! Apple's 7.85in iPad will EAT 9.7in iPad sales Posted: 03 Jul 2012 03:39 AM PDT But not enough to prevent Cupertino beanfeast, says analystApple's much-rumoured 'iPad Mini' will eat into sales of the larger model, but it's still going to lead to a massive increase in sales of the platform - if Apple releases such a gadget at all.… |
| US federal boffins insist that mermaids DON'T exist Posted: 03 Jul 2012 03:32 AM PDT Aha! They must have something to hide!The US's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been obliged to issue a statement clarifying that "no evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found", in the face of a tidal wave of citizens calling to demand the truth about mermaids.… |
| Microsoft takes a $6.2bn bath with aQuantive web ads write-down Posted: 03 Jul 2012 03:21 AM PDT Theres no baby in this horribly expensive waterMicrosoft has taken a $6.2bn hit by writing down the value of aQuantive - the mega acquisition Steve Ballmer boasted would transform his company into an online advertising biz.… |
| Apple's UK smartphone lead shrinks Posted: 03 Jul 2012 03:07 AM PDT Samsung marketing cash, iPhone 5 rumours take their tollWhile Apple's iPhone 4S is still the UK's most popular smartphone, accounting for one in five of all those sold last month - sales are slipping.… |
| ICANN's overlordship of the internet confirmed again by US gov Posted: 03 Jul 2012 03:02 AM PDT The king is, erm, still alive. Long live the king!ICANN has had its powers over internet domain names, IP addresses and protocol numbers renewed by the US Department of Commerce.… |
| Samsung fails to get Galaxy Tab ban in US lifted pending appeal Posted: 03 Jul 2012 02:44 AM PDT Fruitsters favourite in fondleslab fisticuffsSamsung has been denied a stay on the preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US.… |
| Puny US particle punisher finds strong evidence for God particle Posted: 03 Jul 2012 02:30 AM PDT Attempt to mow LHC's grass ahead of Thursday's Big RevealThe US particle collider Tevatron has jumped in just ahead of the Large Hadron Collider's results announcement this week to say that their machine has found the "strongest indication to date" of the God particle.…
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| Google Chrome serves up only emptiness, for many users Posted: 03 Jul 2012 02:13 AM PDT Attempt to show people the true value of the web?The latest version of Google's Chrome web browser is firing duds by serving up blank search results pages.… |
| Forget internet fridges and Big Data. Where's my internet fish tank? Posted: 03 Jul 2012 02:00 AM PDT Trevor means an actual tank with fish, hereSysadmin blog The Cloud is a great new way to store and access data, and Big Data is all about leafing through this stuff so you can figure out how to "target your audience" more accurately, almost always with advertising. These are the buzzwords of the now. Lost in all the hype is why we advertise stuff in the first place: we have something to sell that we believe others wish to buy.… |
| NHS trust spunks £67m on e-patient records, Twitter, Facebook Posted: 03 Jul 2012 01:44 AM PDT Dear @Patient3312 don't forget your enema is today lolWest Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS trust is planning to invest £67m in an information management and technology (IM&T) strategy over the next five years.… |
| ISP CAN cut off pirates with 'three strike' rule, says Irish beak Posted: 03 Jul 2012 01:29 AM PDT Arrgh! Me pipe's been slashed off, ye scurvy law-dogsFour music record companies have won a court order in Ireland overturning a ban placed on an anti-piracy policy operated by the country's largest internet service provider (ISP).… |
| Indian navy computers stormed by malware-ridden USBs Posted: 03 Jul 2012 01:24 AM PDT China suspected of cyber skulduggeryThe Indian navy has been left licking its wounds after suspected Chinese hackers managed to lift classified data from maximum security, non-internet connected PCs via malware hidden on USB drives.…
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| Brummie popstrels crowdsource their visual appearance Posted: 03 Jul 2012 01:14 AM PDT You've heard of designed by committee? Next levelA pop group that doesn't know what it should look like has asked the Hive Mind™ for help.… |
| RBS customers still suffering tech issues at Virgin One Account Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:39 AM PDT Statement's all wrong, but the balance is right, honestCustomers of the Virgin One Account's online bank service may be shocked to see that they have paid all their bills twice this month. But they shouldn't worry say RBS group - owners of the One Account brand - bank balances are still correct and the transactions are just showing up duplicate on online statements.… |
| Ofcom: PhonepayPlus to regulate PayForIt but not operator billing Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:19 AM PDT Maybe later when it gets renamed OpCashRakePayments made using the mobile PayForIt platform will henceforth be regulated by PhonepayPlus, but only a little bit, the governing regulator has decided.… |
| Doctors must be trained to avoid web blab blunders, says group Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:01 AM PDT Put down the smartphone, stethoscope boyA stray tweet could bring the whole medical profession into disrepute, a body that advises doctors on legal and ethical issues has warned.… |
| 'Young people don't want to become like us', say IT pros Posted: 02 Jul 2012 11:30 PM PDT But we're actually straight from the fridge, daddioA third of IT professionals say their jobs appear geeky and boring, according to a study into why tech careers are not particularly popular with da yoof.…
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2012 11:00 PM PDT Olympic champion?Review The 55-inch LM960V is nothing if not formidable. LG has packed its new flagship LED with every digital doodah it can muster, and at £2,700, has priced it uncharacteristically high. This, the brand is clearly saying, is a telly to challenge the best there is – it's worth paying through the nose for. In some ways, it's right.… |
| NEC Australia buys local ICT biz Posted: 02 Jul 2012 10:15 PM PDT Gets some govt tractionNEC Australia has significantly bolstered up its local ICT presence after completing the acquisition of local IT solutions provider CSG's Technology Solutions business.… |
| China's internet wunderkind in the dock over alleged fraud Posted: 02 Jul 2012 10:00 PM PDT Hacktivist group Anonymous says it exaggerated user numbersChinese internet darling Qihoo 360 Technology has been accused by the research arm of hacktivist group Anonymous of deliberately overstating the volume of traffic to its site in order to attract advertisers, allegations which if true could see it kicked off the New York Stock Exchange.… |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2012 09:38 PM PDT Shiff keeps start-ups in businessTelstra's Applications & Ventures GMD Deena Shiff is rolling out the acquisitions, revealing that the carrier has taken a stake in Australian contact centre application start up IPscape.… |
| Microsoft names Zeus ringleaders and notifies FBI Posted: 02 Jul 2012 06:32 PM PDT The Feds can find them in a UK jailMicrosoft has named two individuals who it says are the leaders behind the Zeus botnet and has passed on its dossier on them to the FBI.… |
| Microsoft sets the price for a Windows 8 upgrade at $40 Posted: 02 Jul 2012 05:30 PM PDT Offer extends through January 2013For all those customers who can't wait to enjoy Windows 8's Metro UI, Microsoft has announced pricing and availability of an upgrade package for users of previous versions of Windows.…
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| Mozilla's 'Boot to Gecko' morphs into Firefox OS Posted: 02 Jul 2012 04:07 PM PDT Debut of new mobile OS: Brazil 2013Mozilla has announced details of its forthcoming mobile OS built on web technologies, henceforth to be known as Firefox OS and aimed at the "billions of users" who will soon flood the shallow end of the feature pool.… |
| Fermilab scientists give their data one last squeeze Posted: 02 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT Tevatron tantalizes ahead of CERN's big dayJust ahead of this week's scheduled press conference by CERN, at which LHC researchers are due to announce the result of their latest data analysis, Fermilab scientists have put a narrower value on the possible Higgs Boson mass.… |
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