Early verdict on Intel Ultrabook™ push: FAIL |
- Early verdict on Intel Ultrabook™ push: FAIL
- Microsoft hatches Bing Fund incubator for startups
- AMD slips modest speed bump into 'Abu Dhabi' Opterons
- Viasat lands NBN Co satellite tender
- Toshiba, LG pop $571m to end LCD price fixing suit – want some?
- Oatmealer rubs Operation Bear Love cash in troll's face
- Big Blue uncloaks multitalented 40GbE RackSwitch
- Google sued over mobile Chrome by patent firm
- Russia hands out 4G licences in an instant
- SAP trousers €1bn quarter in software sales, fumbles profit
- Move over Raspberry Pi, give kids a Radio Ham Pi - minister
- VeloBit beats big boys with SSD caching software – indie benchmarker
- Rovio chucks up Angry Birds successor, hopes it will fly
- Mountains of unsold tech? Ha ha, we're not falling for THAT again!
- NASA launches iPhone spaceship app in 3D SPAAAAACE!
- Asteroid miners to strap 'scopes to new Virgin Galactic rocket
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM for iPad and Android hits 6-month delay
- Indian software pirating suspect faces US extradition
- Apple MacBook Pro 13in
- Yahoo! hack! leaks! 453,000! unencrypted passwords!
- Instagram bug 'exposed' hipsters' private photos to strangers
- LOHAN to brew thermite for hot ignition action
- BBC mulls seizing the wheel of Local TV
- Religious wars brewing in ICANN gTLD expansion
- O2's titsup network struggles to find its feet
- Japanese IT glitch leaves foreigners' ID cards incomplete
- Tosh spins up faster, longer-lasting head-turner for big biz
- Expert: BA doesn't need permission to google your face
- WD sees red, flogs NAS niche drives to SOHO punters
- Web snooping bill an 'odious shopping list of new gov powers'
- Huawei US bags defence biz strategist as new CSO
- UK.gov's cost-cutting 'shared services' went £500m OVER BUDGET
- Pure Contour 200i Air wireless music system
- Foxconn trumps Apple to sit pretty on Fortune 500
- Vodafone NZ swoops on TelstraClear
- Microsoft offers beta of Windows Server 2012 Essentials
- Hubble finds fifth moon orbiting Pluto
- Disable Gadgets NOW says Redmond
- Dwarf galaxy conundrum untangled
- Telco industry slapped with new consumer rules
- VMware cranks Zimbra collabware up to 8.0
| Early verdict on Intel Ultrabook™ push: FAIL Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:50 PM PDT Analyst's analysis: MacBook Air handily outpaces svelte competitorsIntel's much-ballyhooed ultrabook effort is not working out quite as well as Chipzilla had hoped, with global sales of the thin and light laptops falling well behind expectations.… |
| Microsoft hatches Bing Fund incubator for startups Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:43 PM PDT With luck, entrepreneurs can be as successful as the Bing boyzAfter weeks of dropping hints, Microsoft has finally taken the wraps off the Bing Fund, its new incubator for startup companies – and its website is already accepting applications, should you be in need of cash.… |
| AMD slips modest speed bump into 'Abu Dhabi' Opterons Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:36 PM PDT But just what's inside those 'Piledriver' cores?Abu Dhabi, the Middle Eastern country that created the investment vehicle that bought the foundry business from AMD, is likely a bigger deal to the future of the chip maker than the forthcoming "Abu Dhabi" Opteron processors, especially if you look at those CPUs' clock speeds.… |
| Viasat lands NBN Co satellite tender Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:22 PM PDT Hundreds of new jobs and satellite dishes set to followIn a move sure to spark another round of Australian supplier angst, US corporate and military satellite provider ViaSat Inc has secured NBN Co's coveted regional satellite tender, valued at an initial $AU280 million.…
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| Toshiba, LG pop $571m to end LCD price fixing suit – want some? Posted: 12 Jul 2012 12:19 PM PDT 'We did nothing wrong, but take the money anyway'Toshiba, LG Display, and AUO Optronics are the latest companies to settle in the ongoing LCD price-fixing drama, and their combined $571m payout will put cash in the pockets of American flat-panel buyers.… |
| Oatmealer rubs Operation Bear Love cash in troll's face Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:34 AM PDT Overmatched FunnyJunk lawyer yanks legal actionThe strange saga of the Oatmeal creator and the litigious troll has come to an end, with the public display of $211,223.04 arranged in a large FU.… |
| Big Blue uncloaks multitalented 40GbE RackSwitch Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:47 AM PDT Aggregating east-west trafficIBM wants to be a player in networking, and that means getting 40 Gigabit Ethernet switches out the door to compete with those from Cisco Systems, Mellanox Technologies, Dell, HP, and others.… |
| Google sued over mobile Chrome by patent firm Posted: 12 Jul 2012 09:35 AM PDT Smart, simplified navigation system fingeredGoogle's mobile Chrome browser is facing its first patent suit in a Texas court.… |
| Russia hands out 4G licences in an instant Posted: 12 Jul 2012 09:04 AM PDT See, Ofcom, it can be doneThe Russian regulator has skipped over all that auction nonsense to award 4G licences to the four network operators, denying licences to three others, but then Russia has had 4G for years.…
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| SAP trousers €1bn quarter in software sales, fumbles profit Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:28 AM PDT Prelims are best ever but net income can't keep upBusiness is so good at software industry bellwether SAP that it felt compelled to pre-announce its financial results for its fiscal Q2. In the past three months, SAP broke €1bn in new software licence sales for the first time and posted its best second quarter ever.… |
| Move over Raspberry Pi, give kids a Radio Ham Pi - minister Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:01 AM PDT Hobbyists spark an interest in electronicsSchoolchildren should be given simple radio kits to build so they can learn basic electronics, communications minister Ed Vaizey said yesterday.… |
| VeloBit beats big boys with SSD caching software – indie benchmarker Posted: 12 Jul 2012 07:02 AM PDT But can flashy start-up bag a deal with a server flash supplier?Two-year-old SSD software company VeloBit's HyperCache product can make Fusion-io flash run four times faster than SanDisk caching software, at least according to an independent benchmarker.… |
| Rovio chucks up Angry Birds successor, hopes it will fly Posted: 12 Jul 2012 06:33 AM PDT Flogging bought-in talent's Amazing Alex for 64pRovio has launched its follow-up to mobile gaming phenomenon Angry Birds, but this time even Android users will have to cough up to play.… |
| Mountains of unsold tech? Ha ha, we're not falling for THAT again! Posted: 12 Jul 2012 06:03 AM PDT Sales freeze lets Lenovo close in on HP's top spotGlobal PC sales stagnated in Q2 as distributors and retailers - cautious of rising inventory levels - bought conservatively.…
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| NASA launches iPhone spaceship app in 3D SPAAAAACE! Posted: 12 Jul 2012 05:22 AM PDT Augmented reality puts Curiosity on a sheet of foolscap...NASA has released an app that allows would-be rocket scientists get up close and personal with the agency's spacecraft.… |
| Asteroid miners to strap 'scopes to new Virgin Galactic rocket Posted: 12 Jul 2012 05:02 AM PDT Rock diggers want to cash in on SPAAAACEWashington-based Planetary Resources is pursuing the dream of mining near-Earth asteroids, signing a deal with the UK's Virgin Galactic for payload services.… |
| Microsoft Dynamics CRM for iPad and Android hits 6-month delay Posted: 12 Jul 2012 04:41 AM PDT Mobe support moves from Q2 to Q4Mobile support for Microsoft's Dynamics CRM suite has been delayed until the end of 2012.… |
| Indian software pirating suspect faces US extradition Posted: 12 Jul 2012 04:17 AM PDT FBI indicted Mumbai man in 2010An alleged software counterfeiter from India faces possible US extradition.… |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2012 04:00 AM PDT Simply the best? Um…Review Shock horror – Apple laptop in so-so review scandal. The latest MacBook Pro with Retina Display may be setting a new standard at the top of the range, however, this modest update for the standard 13in MacBook Pro looks rather like it's resting on its laurels.… |
| Yahoo! hack! leaks! 453,000! unencrypted passwords! Posted: 12 Jul 2012 03:48 AM PDT UNION ALL SELECT here, we, go, again FROM passwordsA Yahoo! service has apparently succumbed to a simple database attack that leaked 453,000 unencrypted account passwords online.…
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| Instagram bug 'exposed' hipsters' private photos to strangers Posted: 12 Jul 2012 03:33 AM PDT Privacy flap at Facebook-acquired firm shockerA just-patched vulnerability in Instagram potentially exposed hipsters' private photos and more to strangers.… |
| LOHAN to brew thermite for hot ignition action Posted: 12 Jul 2012 03:18 AM PDT Come on baby light my fire...The first rocket motor tests in our magnificent Rocketry Experimental High Altitude Barosimulator (REHAB) rig went with a whimper rather than a bang earlier this week, as both solid propellants failed to ignite.… |
| BBC mulls seizing the wheel of Local TV Posted: 12 Jul 2012 03:04 AM PDT Auntie in line to get £25m from... the BBCThe BBC is considering a bid for control of the Local TV multiplex, putting the national broadcaster in line for £25m from the pockets of the, er, national broadcaster.… |
| Religious wars brewing in ICANN gTLD expansion Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:47 AM PDT Plus: Christian group vents rage over 'brain-rewiring' smutReligious convictions are emerging as the key battle line in the massive domain name expansion currently in progress at internet addressing overlord ICANN.… |
| O2's titsup network struggles to find its feet Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:28 AM PDT Have you tried switching it off and on again?O2's mobile network is struggling to its feet after a 19-hour outage left thousands of customers unable to make or receive calls. This morning 2G should be working again but 3G remains patchy.…
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| Japanese IT glitch leaves foreigners' ID cards incomplete Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:17 AM PDT Issued without signatureA computer error has been blamed after countless foreign residents in Japan received new ID cards this week without the key addition of an electronic signature designed to prevent counterfeiting.… |
| Tosh spins up faster, longer-lasting head-turner for big biz Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:02 AM PDT Double-jointed petite holds 900GBOn the day WD saw red, Toshiba went faster with a 10,500rpm model of its enterprise-grade small-form factor disk drive and bumped capacity to 900GB.… |
| Expert: BA doesn't need permission to google your face Posted: 12 Jul 2012 01:41 AM PDT It's all legit, so don't forget to smile for the cameraBritish Airways (BA) may not need passengers' consent in order to identify them using images available on the internet, an expert has said.… |
| WD sees red, flogs NAS niche drives to SOHO punters Posted: 12 Jul 2012 01:22 AM PDT Colour-coded brandingUpdated WD has spotted a NAS niche in the SOHO (small office/home office) market and introduced its Red drive specifically for such customers, simultaneously bringing colour-code branding to the fore, ahead of its Caviar and Scorpio brands.… |
| Web snooping bill an 'odious shopping list of new gov powers' Posted: 12 Jul 2012 01:06 AM PDT Spooks 'looking for a pin, creating field of haystacks' says David DavisTory backbencher David Davis has described the government's draft communications surveillance law as an "odious shopping list" of new powers demanded by the Home Office.…
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| Huawei US bags defence biz strategist as new CSO Posted: 12 Jul 2012 12:54 AM PDT Donald Purdy takes on tough roleHuawei has appointed a former strategist for a US defence contractor as its new chief security officer, in what could be seen as an attempt to allay Congress concerns that the firm poses a national security risk.… |
| UK.gov's cost-cutting 'shared services' went £500m OVER BUDGET Posted: 12 Jul 2012 12:28 AM PDT Five centres cost MORE than the expected savingsThe Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has found that five government shared services centres cost a total of £1.4bn to set up, £500m more than expected, and in some cases cost more than the expected saving.… |
| Pure Contour 200i Air wireless music system Posted: 12 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT There's more to this than just AirPlayReview Sometimes, the only way to appreciate what a new technology or product can do for you is to actually try it. So when Pure dropped by the office and left a Contour 200i Air – its latest AirPlay savvy wireless music system – I felt dutybound to use it.… |
| Foxconn trumps Apple to sit pretty on Fortune 500 Posted: 11 Jul 2012 08:34 PM PDT But Apple's profits will take some beatingContract manufacturer Foxconn managed to steal a march on its illustrious partner Apple this week after it was ranked several places higher than the fruity toy maker in the latest Fortune Global 500 rankings, with a whopping $117.5bn (£75.7bn) in revenues.… |
| Vodafone NZ swoops on TelstraClear Posted: 11 Jul 2012 06:57 PM PDT Goes full service for AUD$660mTelstra is shedding its struggling investment in New Zealand, TelstraClear, for $NZ840 million ($AU660 million) to rival Vodafone New Zealand.… |
| Microsoft offers beta of Windows Server 2012 Essentials Posted: 11 Jul 2012 04:49 PM PDT Small Business Server it ain'tMicrosoft made the beta release of Windows Server 2012 Essentials available for download Wednesday, but some customers are already miffed about the changes the new product brings.…
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| Hubble finds fifth moon orbiting Pluto Posted: 11 Jul 2012 04:42 PM PDT New orbiter for the planet that isn'tThe Hubble Space Telescope has found yet another moon orbiting what used to be the last planet in the Solar System.… |
| Disable Gadgets NOW says Redmond Posted: 11 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT Remote execution vulnMicrosoft has advised Vista and Windows 7 users to put Gadgets and the Windows Sidebar to the sword, following the revelation of yet-to-be-detailed remote code execution vulnerabilities in the features.… |
| Dwarf galaxy conundrum untangled Posted: 11 Jul 2012 04:03 PM PDT Electron energy puzzler resolvedAn ANU scientist has produced a model for electron energies in distant gas clouds, based on measurements taken within the solar system – and along the way may have resolved a long-standing controversy in astrophyics.… |
| Telco industry slapped with new consumer rules Posted: 11 Jul 2012 03:41 PM PDT Watchdog to stamp out bill shock and shonky tacticsThe long-awaited telecommunications consumer protection (TCP) code, designed to push Australian telcos to clean up their terrible track record, has been adopted by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.… |
| VMware cranks Zimbra collabware up to 8.0 Posted: 11 Jul 2012 03:17 PM PDT 'It's down to Microsoft, Google, and us'Maybe Yahoo! should have held onto Zimbra instead of selling it off to VMware two and a half years ago. But for the sake of users of the email and collaboration tool that Yahoo paid a stunning $350m to acquire in September 2007, it is probably best that Zimbra ended up inside VMware, which is playing for keeps on the desktop as well as in the data center these days.…
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