Android app sales skimpy, sluggish, slack, scanty... |
- Android app sales skimpy, sluggish, slack, scanty...
- Intel switches ARM stance from 'No' to 'Maybe'
- Honda security breach exposes 283,000 customers
- Data, not software, paves the road to riches
- iOS dev nemesis Lodsys pressures Android coders too?
- Bind DNS resolver purged of critical DoS bug
- Feds break up Chinese-US counterfeit Cisco ring
- BT, TalkTalk seek leave to appeal DEA ruling
- SwiftKey plunders social networks for style
- Lockheed Martin suspends remote access after network 'intrusion'
- Go Daddy 'negligent' in handing over ownership of accounts
- Star Wars fanboys to restore Tatooine Homestead
- Microsoft gets five bucks for every HTC Android phone
- Endeavour 'nauts wrap last ever shuttle crew spacewalk
- Vatican crackdown at Rome's Playboy Mansion-style monastery
- Skype pushes out Windows update following massive login glitch
- Zuckerberg labels Ceglia lawsuit a 'brazen, outrageous fraud'
- CIX conferencing system is bought out – again
- Waking to check mail? You're not alone
- Submarine seized by pirates turns up in Vegas pawnshop
- SeeSaw video-on-demand service to close
- Google Chrome OS: Too secure to need security?
- Dirt 3
- Rackspace cloud prepared for WAR, but Google AE chokes
- Nokia will get own Windows shop window
- Rural areas win UK.gov broadband upgrade, but some miss out
- Chicago lawyer deploys distractionary dumplings
- Boffins tail bees with tiny radio tags
- A bit about Bitlocker
- ICO: Knowing your rights is a priority in new strategy
- Bloke drives with knees while manipulating two mobes
- German boffins win prize for 'MP3 for phones'
- ARM-based MacBook Air test sample spied
- Utilities turn in blacklisted carbon emission credits
- Naked cyclist streaks through Suffolk village
- Nokia: regular WinPho handset releases through 2012
- HTC to stop locking smartphone bootloader code
- Fujitsu embiggens Eternus
- Google accused of stealing PayPal's mobile payment secrets
- <i>Total Recall</i> rehash – exit Martians, enter Jessica Biel
- Mio Spirit 687 satnav
- Amazon opens online Macware store
- NBN Co details satellite offering for country folk
- Server biz bouncing back to boom times
- Take that, content. APIs get own delivery network
- Insider data theft costs Bank of America $10m
- Kiwi carrier heads to court over split
- BlueStacks lets Android apps frolic on PCs
| Android app sales skimpy, sluggish, slack, scanty... Posted: 27 May 2011 01:03 PM PDT Want profits? Build iPhone appsAndroid-based smartphones may have passed the iPhone in terms of market share, but developers of Android apps aren't profiting from that rise. iPhone users buy far more apps.… |
| Intel switches ARM stance from 'No' to 'Maybe' Posted: 27 May 2011 01:01 PM PDT New wrinkle in Apple-Samsung spatTen days ago, Intel CEO Paul Otellini told US investors that Chipzilla wouldn't use its new 22nm Tri-Gate process technology to build chips based on an ARM core. At a UK investors confab this Thursday, CFO Stacey Smith hedged on Otellini's emphatic "No".… |
| Honda security breach exposes 283,000 customers Posted: 27 May 2011 12:55 PM PDT 2nd data leak in 6 monthsHonda's Canadian division has suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of 283,000 customers, according to its website and published media reports.… |
| Data, not software, paves the road to riches Posted: 27 May 2011 10:44 AM PDT Open source: A pauper's gameOpen...and Shut For those who believe software is a quick road to riches, think again.… |
| iOS dev nemesis Lodsys pressures Android coders too? Posted: 27 May 2011 10:27 AM PDT In-app payment fight spreadsLodysys – the patent holder that has pressured iOS app developers to turn over revenue from in-app payments – is taking aim at Android app developers as well, according to a post on Google's Android discussion list.… |
| Bind DNS resolver purged of critical DoS bug Posted: 27 May 2011 10:24 AM PDT Query domain, server goes boomMakers of the internet's most widely used domain name resolution software have patched a vulnerability that allowed attackers to crash many systems that run the program.… |
| Feds break up Chinese-US counterfeit Cisco ring Posted: 27 May 2011 08:31 AM PDT Female mastermind stripped of Porsches, houses, freedomFederal lawmen have announced success in breaking up a "sophisticated scheme to import and sell counterfeit Cisco-branded computer networking equipment" in the USA, masterminded by a Virginia woman who made millions from the scam.… |
| BT, TalkTalk seek leave to appeal DEA ruling Posted: 27 May 2011 07:59 AM PDT Plan to challenge 4 of the 5 points addressed by High CourtBT and TalkTalk are seeking leave to appeal a ruling on four points relating to their challenge to the Digital Economy Act, after their legal gambit against it failed last month.… |
| SwiftKey plunders social networks for style Posted: 27 May 2011 07:54 AM PDT Working out what you were trying to sayThe latest version of mobile-keyboard SwiftKey will sample your Tweets and Facebook updates and work out what kind of writer you are to better guess what you're trying to say.… |
| Lockheed Martin suspends remote access after network 'intrusion' Posted: 27 May 2011 07:41 AM PDT InsecureID for hacked defence contractorLockheed Martin has reportedly suspended remote access to email and corporate apps following the discover of a network intrusion that may be linked to the high-profile breach against RSA earlier this year.… |
| Go Daddy 'negligent' in handing over ownership of accounts Posted: 27 May 2011 07:28 AM PDT US judges say domain registrar's conduct 'caused concern'Companies that register the names of websites can be held responsible for wrongly transferring their ownership, a US appeals court has ruled.… |
| Star Wars fanboys to restore Tatooine Homestead Posted: 27 May 2011 07:24 AM PDT Preservers of historyLast year a bunch of Star Wars fanbois went on a pilgrimage to the Lars homestead on Tatooine - or rather the part of Tunisia in which George Lucas shot the movies.… |
| Microsoft gets five bucks for every HTC Android phone Posted: 27 May 2011 07:19 AM PDT Analyst spills royalty payment beansBuy an HTC smartphone and $5 of what you spent on it goes to Microsoft - even if you've just bought an Android device.… |
| Endeavour 'nauts wrap last ever shuttle crew spacewalk Posted: 27 May 2011 06:17 AM PDT End of an era at the ISSMission specialists Greg Chamitoff and Mike Fincke earlier today wrapped the fourth and final spacewalk of Endeavour's STS-134 mission to the ISS – the last ever EVA by space shuttle crew members.… |
| Vatican crackdown at Rome's Playboy Mansion-style monastery Posted: 27 May 2011 05:14 AM PDT Lapdancing nuns, 'lifestyle irregularities' uncoveredA controversial monastery in Rome – the scene of performances by lap-dancing nuns and "lifestyles that were probably not in keeping with that of a monk" – has been closed down on the orders of the Pope.… |
| Skype pushes out Windows update following massive login glitch Posted: 27 May 2011 05:11 AM PDT Trying to connect you...Skype has published an update that provides an easy way for users to log back into the system following a software glitch that resulted in the VoIP service hanging up on users on Thursday.… |
| Zuckerberg labels Ceglia lawsuit a 'brazen, outrageous fraud' Posted: 27 May 2011 05:06 AM PDT Boydroid's Facebook status remains the sameMark Zuckerberg has asked a federal court in New York to throw out a lawsuit filed against him, because – according to the Facebook boss – the case is a "brazen and outrageous fraud on the court".… |
| CIX conferencing system is bought out – again Posted: 27 May 2011 05:03 AM PDT |
| Waking to check mail? You're not alone Posted: 27 May 2011 04:58 AM PDT One in three can't make it through the nightOne in three mobile workers wake regularly during the night to check their email, while 40 per cent will interrupt a meeting to answer a call.… |
| Submarine seized by pirates turns up in Vegas pawnshop Posted: 27 May 2011 04:56 AM PDT Cops baffled: Underwater buccaneers plague California coast?A stolen submarine has been returned to its wealthy Californian owner after it was pawned in Las Vegas, according to reports. Investigating plods are baffled and the seagoing freebooters who originally pirated the sub remain at large.… |
| SeeSaw video-on-demand service to close Posted: 27 May 2011 04:51 AM PDT Arqiva fails to find a buyer, internal email revealsArqiva is closing down its online video-on-demand service, SeeSaw.… |
| Google Chrome OS: Too secure to need security? Posted: 27 May 2011 04:49 AM PDT Confident anti-virus-less chocolateers may be repeating Apple's mistakesA leading security researcher has warned that Google risks repeating Apple's mistakes on security with its new Chrome OS.… |
| Posted: 27 May 2011 04:11 AM PDT Rally ho!Review The fact that rally is a niche market, even among petrolheads, perhaps goes someway to explaining why Codemaster's Dirt franchise strives to rein in the time challenge aspects of the sport – instead favouring racing, albeit in a way which retains the drifting and suicidal cornering of the motorsport. Codemasters: good decision.… |
| Rackspace cloud prepared for WAR, but Google AE chokes Posted: 27 May 2011 04:00 AM PDT Cloud providers leave Damon frowning over mirrorsWAR on the Cloud, Part 3 I'm moving mirrors of my busy-ish website from my hand-crafted dedicated colo solution into the cloud to try to get geographically closer to my global user-base, reduce latency and improve perceived performance, save money, and hopefully make administration easier.… |
| Nokia will get own Windows shop window Posted: 27 May 2011 03:45 AM PDT But still backing Symbian until 2016Nokia will be selling Windows Phone applications from its own marketplace, with Symbian applications sharing space on the Nokia store shelves until 2016 at the least.… |
| Rural areas win UK.gov broadband upgrade, but some miss out Posted: 27 May 2011 03:41 AM PDT Three councils given £50m from £530m BDUK piggy bankThe government has divvied up £50m of its £530m rural broadband cash to councils in Wiltshire, Norfolk and Devon and Somerset, in its final wave of pilots.… |
| Chicago lawyer deploys distractionary dumplings Posted: 27 May 2011 03:15 AM PDT Court opponent objects to busty 'paralegal'A couple of Chicago lawyers are engaged in an unseemly scrap over a busty paralegal, which one claims the other is using in court as a jubular distraction.… |
| Boffins tail bees with tiny radio tags Posted: 27 May 2011 03:14 AM PDT How long is a beeline?Bees with radio tags glued onto their backs have been busily demonstrating just how long it takes them to get home, and how much easier it is to travel west.… |
| Posted: 27 May 2011 03:00 AM PDT Encryption, Windows and youEncryption is the staple weapon of the security business. As old as war itself, it scrambles data to conceal it from those not meant to see it.… |
| ICO: Knowing your rights is a priority in new strategy Posted: 27 May 2011 02:41 AM PDT Consults with public on how to maximise its impact as a regulatorThere should be a high level of awareness in organisations of their obligations to protect customers' personal information, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said.… |
| Bloke drives with knees while manipulating two mobes Posted: 27 May 2011 02:37 AM PDT Hefty fine likely for Norfolk prestidigitatorA Norfolk man is potentially facing "six points on his licence and thousands of pounds in fines" after cops nabbed him allegedly driving with his knees while manipulating two mobile phones.… |
| German boffins win prize for 'MP3 for phones' Posted: 27 May 2011 02:35 AM PDT iPhone, iPad FaceTime tech now obsoleteRemorseless German boffins are patting themselves on the back after winning a prize for their efforts developing "MP3 for phone calls".… |
| ARM-based MacBook Air test sample spied Posted: 27 May 2011 02:25 AM PDT Tablaptop inbound?It's not proof that Apple has plans to produce and sell such a machine, but the Mac maker certainly seems to have been exploring the possibility of offering a MacBook Air laptop based not on an Intel but an ARM processor.… |
| Utilities turn in blacklisted carbon emission credits Posted: 27 May 2011 02:06 AM PDT More fallout from high profile cyber-heists that shut registries across EuropeMore prominent power generation outfits have surrendered stolen carbon emission permits after realising that they had inadvertently purchased illicit goods.… |
| Naked cyclist streaks through Suffolk village Posted: 27 May 2011 02:01 AM PDT 'Fun' two-wheeled wheeze ends in conditional dischargeA Suffolk man has discovered to his cost that the courts do not consider cycling naked through sleepy villages a "fun" activity for a Monday afternoon.… |
| Nokia: regular WinPho handset releases through 2012 Posted: 27 May 2011 01:51 AM PDT New kit every 2-3 monthsNokia could be punching out Windows Phone handsets at the rate or one every two months, the company has said.… |
| HTC to stop locking smartphone bootloader code Posted: 27 May 2011 01:08 AM PDT OS tweaking to be made easierSmartphone maker HTC has pledged to stop locking down its handsets' bootloader code, a move that makes it easier to install complete custom operating system releases.… |
| Posted: 27 May 2011 01:07 AM PDT Mmm, thin provisioningIn a revamp of its Eternus drive arrays, Fujitsu has come out with the second generation – the S2 versions – of its twin controller DX60, DX80, and DX90 entry-level drive arrays, as well as its DX400 mid-range array.… |
| Google accused of stealing PayPal's mobile payment secrets Posted: 26 May 2011 11:01 PM PDT Exec defected for Google 'while brokering Android pact for PayPal'PayPal has sued Google and two Google executives who defected from PayPal to help the search giant's push into mobile payments. The suit was filed in California on Thursday, the same day Google unveiled its mobile payments system in New York.… |
| <i>Total Recall</i> rehash – exit Martians, enter Jessica Biel Posted: 26 May 2011 11:00 PM PDT Hollywood Can Re-imagine It for You WholesaleThose film fans among you who were sitting in darkened rooms, trembling at the prospect of Hollywood's re-imagining of Paul Verhoeven's 1990 sci-fi romp Total Recall, should rest assured that things look promising for the latest interpretation of Philip K Dick's We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.… |
| Posted: 26 May 2011 11:00 PM PDT Vocal performanceReview The 687 sits at the top of Mio's new range of Spirit satnavs and is a good illustration of exactly how much navigational kit you can expect to get for £150 these days. For your money you get a 5in, 480 x 272 screen, voice command, Bluetooth, road maps of 44 European countries, free TMC traffic data and some rather handy navigational niceties.… |
| Amazon opens online Macware store Posted: 26 May 2011 08:57 PM PDT 'Come, ye Apple refugees, and find refuge herein'Amazon has opened a shelter for Mac software developers who either can't or don't want to sell their apps in Apple's Mac OS X Mac App Store: the logically named Mac Download Store.… |
| NBN Co details satellite offering for country folk Posted: 26 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT Call for more service providersAustralian broadband customers in regional areas will have to pass a service qualification test in order to use the NBN Co's Interim Satellite Service.… |
| Server biz bouncing back to boom times Posted: 26 May 2011 04:54 PM PDT Oracle, Cisco, others party like it's 2008Server makers got good news from IDC earlier this week, and now the box counters at Gartner are providing tidings of good first-quarter cheer.… |
| Take that, content. APIs get own delivery network Posted: 26 May 2011 04:31 PM PDT Apigee on the edgeApigee – a company dedicated to improving the use of APIs across the interwebs – has unveiled an API delivery network designed to grease API calls in much the same way a CDN smooths the transfer of images and other net content.… |
| Insider data theft costs Bank of America $10m Posted: 26 May 2011 04:29 PM PDT Bank details for 300 purloinedA Bank of America insider who stole customers' personally identifiable information and gave it to identity thieves has cost the bank $10 million in losses, according to media reports.… |
| Kiwi carrier heads to court over split Posted: 26 May 2011 04:00 PM PDT Competition watchdog not happyTelecom New Zealand has attracted the wrath of competition watchdog, the Commerce Commission over the carrier's plans to structurally separate.… |
| BlueStacks lets Android apps frolic on PCs Posted: 26 May 2011 03:03 PM PDT iPhone apps? Er, noA startup called BlueStacks has come out of stealth mode with shiny new venture funding and an eponymous product that lets Android apps run on PCs.… |
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