California set to impose 'Amazon Tax' |
- California set to impose 'Amazon Tax'
- US state bans Netflix, Napster password sharing
- Microsoft eyes Ubuntu and Debian love on Hyper-V
- Apple strikes back with update blocking new scareware
- Brit rubbish-dump worms in space station science triumph
- Super Micro says MicroClouds will rain down in July
- Xperia Play gets new games boost
- Asus revamp adds tablet-phone dock
- Friendster password emails spark site hack fears
- Rapid TMS product revamp continues
- Chinese teen flogs kidney to buy iPad
- WW2 naval dazzle-camo 'could beat Taliban RPGs'
- Nokia: When pigeons fly home to roast
- Data encryption and the Cloud
- NATO members warned over Anonymous threat
- Gamers celebrate full return of PlayStation network
- HTC Sensation dual core Android smartphone
- 4G interference will knock out Freeview
- China goes on attack over Google phishing claims
- How to detect heart disease with a smartphone
- Gov 'skunkworks' to develop e-petitions system
- CaseBuddy case-friendly iPhone dock
- Government spending freeze kills off spring server sales
- BPI works out how to put PG stickers on downloads
- Britain mounted secret 2010 cyberwarfare attack on al-Q
- Sony lets slip NGP name change
- Francis Maude goes back 110 years for cybersecurity strategy
- Qualcomm confirms Windows 8 on ARM
- Tesco pricing cock-up provokes beer stampede
- Tragedy nurse's boyf fined over medical records abuse
- Russian computer programmer buries himself alive
- Napster
- Singing Duke set to Nukem dead
- Micron streaks away with PCIe flash
- Sinking Sun scuppers Oracle server figures
- Livescribe Echo Smartpen
- Here comes the zettabyte, says Cisco
- Dell digital guru escapes to Aussie bank
- Angry Birds creators swoop on animation studio
- Microsoft unveils Windows <strike>Phone 7</strike> 8
- NBN Co taps Ericsson, Silcar for billion dollar tenders
- Spear phishers target gov, military officials' Gmail accounts
| California set to impose 'Amazon Tax' Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:13 PM PDT Will the Golden State succeed where others failed?A California bill that would require Amazon and other online retailers to pay taxes to a state reeling in financial crisis took another step towards passage this week when it was approved by the state Assembly.… |
| US state bans Netflix, Napster password sharing Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:30 AM PDT Recording Industry Ass. of America triumphantIt's now illegal in Tennessee to share passwords for online content-subscription services such as Netflix, Napster, and SuperPass.… |
| Microsoft eyes Ubuntu and Debian love on Hyper-V Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:31 AM PDT Azure to run Linux?!Microsoft says that its Hyper-V virtualization stack may soon support the Ubuntu and Debian Linux distros as well as CentOS, Red Hat, and SuSE.… |
| Apple strikes back with update blocking new scareware Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:20 AM PDT 'The cat and mouse game has begun'Apple has updated Mac OS X to detect a piece of scareware that managed to bypass its malware-blocking measures.… |
| Brit rubbish-dump worms in space station science triumph Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:03 AM PDT Garbage-scoffing creatures prove zero G therapyAn international boffinry alliance, by means of sending a huge colony of worms found scoffing rotting vegetables in a Bristol rubbish dump on a trip to the International Space Station, has found a cure for the muscle wasting suffered by astronauts living in zero/micro gravity.… |
| Super Micro says MicroClouds will rain down in July Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:53 AM PDT Packs them in for micro server previewMotherboard and whitebox server maker Super Micro is showing off its first entry into the so-called micro server segment, called the MicroCloud, at the Computex 2011 trade show in Taipei, Taiwan this week. The company had been hinting back in April that the MicroClouds were in the works.… |
| Xperia Play gets new games boost Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:15 AM PDT Minecraft on the moveBored of your Sony Ericsson Xperia Play already? Not to worry, there's an influx of games heading this way soon.… |
| Asus revamp adds tablet-phone dock Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:49 AM PDT Fondleslab swallows smartphoneAsus has debuted of pile products at Computex this week. Highlights include a 3D tablet and the Padfone – a device which unites smartphones and tablets through a unique docking system.… |
| Friendster password emails spark site hack fears Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:14 AM PDT Blast from the social networking pastMultiple users have reported receiving spam emails containing their Friendster password in plain text.… |
| Rapid TMS product revamp continues Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:04 AM PDT It's the turn of the mid-rangeTMS is hurrying along flash product refresh road, and it's the turn of its mid-range to get a product using its new seventh generation controller, first seen in the PCIe-format RamSan-70.… |
| Chinese teen flogs kidney to buy iPad Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:17 AM PDT Fondleslab funding foolishnessA Chinese teenager desperate to get his hands on an iPad allegedly sold a kidney to raise some fondleslab funding.… |
| WW2 naval dazzle-camo 'could beat Taliban RPGs' Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:14 AM PDT Bristol trick-cyclists' comical claimBiologists and trick-cyclists at Bristol uni say they have performed experiments indicating that if British troops were to use the "dazzle camouflage" favoured for warships in the World Wars on their vehicles in Afghanistan, this would make them harder to hit with RPG anti-armour rockets, a favourite Taliban weapon.… |
| Nokia: When pigeons fly home to roast Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:09 AM PDT Don't blame Elop or Microsoft for Nokia's catastrophic fall from gracePundits this week are describing Nokia's fall from grace as one of the greatest corporate car-crashes of all time. But here's an unfashionable view. Nokia's problem is not Stephen Elop, or his strategy. Its problem is it didn't have Stephen Elop, or his strategy, in place two years ago.… |
| Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:53 AM PDT Not what it's cracked up to be |
| NATO members warned over Anonymous threat Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:40 AM PDT C for cracktivismNATO leaders have been warned that the Anonymous "hacktivist" collective might have the capability to threaten member states' security.… |
| Gamers celebrate full return of PlayStation network Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:01 AM PDT Store restoredThe PlayStation network is back in business, hip hip hooray.… |
| HTC Sensation dual core Android smartphone Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:00 AM PDT Twin-engined talkerReview HTC's latest high-ender is the first dual core device from the Taiwanese company and offers a huge screen, improved 8Mp camera, Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the latest HTC Sense user interface. The HTC Sensation is available from Vodafone only to begin with though, and the big red one isn't saying for how long…… |
| 4G interference will knock out Freeview Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:58 AM PDT Screens to go blank for 30,000 households?760,000 households risk losing Freeview when 4G telephony comes online, and even with mitigating techniques Ofcom reckons 30,000 households face a future without terrestrial broadcasting.… |
| China goes on attack over Google phishing claims Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:56 AM PDT School for |
| How to detect heart disease with a smartphone Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:41 AM PDT Finger on the iPulseScientists are touting a self-service heart monitor which transforms a smartphone into medical equipment, helping to diagnose cardio problems, while easing the fears of countless hypochondriacs.… |
| Gov 'skunkworks' to develop e-petitions system Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:35 AM PDT First of priorities for government IT devsThe government "skunkworks" team is aiming to develop an e-petitions system over the next few weeks as the first of its initial round projects.… |
| CaseBuddy case-friendly iPhone dock Posted: 02 Jun 2011 04:00 AM PDT From cradle to grave error?Txt Take Daily Product reviews in 140 characters...… |
| Government spending freeze kills off spring server sales Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:57 AM PDT Cloud shines in corporate worldThe UK server market is back in the doldrums with revenues tumbling 10 per cent in the first quarter and worryingly for resellers the short-term prognosis is anything but rosy, according to market researcher IDC.… |
| BPI works out how to put PG stickers on downloads Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:52 AM PDT Brings digital music back into the '80sThe BPI has invoked the spirit of Tipper Gore in its effort to warn parents and kids when downloads might be offensive to young ears and eyes.… |
| Britain mounted secret 2010 cyberwarfare attack on al-Q Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:41 AM PDT UK spooks struck as Yanks arguedBritish intelligence corrupted the debut issue of a glossy Jihadist magazine last year, creating confusion in the ranks of would-be mujahideen who tried to download a PDF copy of Inspire in the process, the Washington Post reports.… |
| Sony lets slip NGP name change Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:38 AM PDT Lovely VitaSony's next-gen handheld console, codenamed NGP, is to be launched as the PS Vita.… |
| Francis Maude goes back 110 years for cybersecurity strategy Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:51 AM PDT Net is like the roads of 1900: full of horse sh*tFrancis Maude kicked off his tenure as the UK's lead on Cyberspace Security by recalling the early days of motoring in the UK.… |
| Qualcomm confirms Windows 8 on ARM Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:49 AM PDT On tablets, for nowQualcomm is working with Microsoft to get Windows 8 working on its ARM-based processors.… |
| Tesco pricing cock-up provokes beer stampede Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:17 AM PDT Pandemonium as Scots battle for cut-price boozeScots with an eye for a bargain and a healthy thirst mobilised en masse yesterday to storm several Tesco stores after a pricing error offered boxes of beer at irresistable prices.… |
| Tragedy nurse's boyf fined over medical records abuse Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:08 AM PDT 'When greed and breach of trust meet'A man who worked for a firm of ambulance-chasers must pay more than £2000 in fines and costs after being convicted of illegally obtaining NHS patients' personal information and using it for commercial gain.… |
| Russian computer programmer buries himself alive Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:56 AM PDT Subterranean good luck ritual a very bad ideaA Russian computer programmer who believed that spending the night buried alive would bring him good luck didn't survive the subterranean ritual.… |
| Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:00 AM PDT Going for a songiOS App of the Week I've been a keen user of Spotify's free, ad-supported music streaming service ever since it first launched. However, Spotify is now starting to restrict its free service, and with big names like Apple, Google and Amazon lining up their own cloud-based services it looks as though subscriptions are the way forward – whether we like it or not.… |
| Singing Duke set to Nukem dead Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:45 AM PDT Shooting star gets groovyIn the build up to the game's release, we've seen all sorts of Duke Nukem hype, from videos of turds being slung around, to flash games with stripping page 3 models. Now, less than two weeks before launch, it turns out the Dukester may drop his hard-man look in favour of a melodic croon.… |
| Micron streaks away with PCIe flash Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:09 AM PDT Performance rocketThere's fast PCIe flash and then there's Micron's just-announced P320h PCIe flash.… |
| Sinking Sun scuppers Oracle server figures Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:00 AM PDT Oracle server sales tumble...againOracle's standing in the EMEA server space took another battering during Q1 as sales collapsed in a market that posted double-digit growth, underpinned by high-end and mid-range shipments supporting virtualisation and cloud deployments.… |
| Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:00 PM PDT The write stuffReview We all do it. Business meetings, lectures, interviews, whatever. As a TV writer and IT journalist I've spent a lifetime taking notes. But while you're scribbling, you're not listening. At best, you're missing nuances. Add an audio recorder and you can probably take fewer notes and listen better. But when you play back that audio you need somehow to co-ordinate it with your notes.… |
| Here comes the zettabyte, says Cisco Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:30 PM PDT 2015 the next big milestone, apparentlyThere will be more of them than us: Cisco has joined the clamour of voices predicting an explosion in machine-to-machine comms, saying that by 2015, there will be more than two Internet-connected devices for every person on Earth.… |
| Dell digital guru escapes to Aussie bank Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:00 PM PDT Commonwealth Bank updates with new CMOAustralia's Commonwealth Bank is looking to social media to help patch up its reputation in a year in which Australian banks have suffered IT failures, network crashes and security scares, and has tapped senior Dell executive Andy Lark as its new chief marketing officer.… |
| Angry Birds creators swoop on animation studio Posted: 01 Jun 2011 06:00 PM PDT Pig pummeller dreams of a Disneyesque futureThe creator of casual gaming phenomenon Angry Birds, Rovio Mobile, has swooped on fellow Finnish animation studio Kombo, for an undisclosed mix of cash and stock.… |
| Microsoft unveils Windows <strike>Phone 7</strike> 8 Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:51 PM PDT 'We copied ourselves. Not Apple'Microsoft has joined Hewlett-Packard in trying to drum up enthusiasm for their Apple-battling tablet operating systems at a fashionable West Coast tech event.… |
| NBN Co taps Ericsson, Silcar for billion dollar tenders Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:18 PM PDT Construction back on track as Quigley takes breakCarrier vendor Ericsson and construction company Silcar have been awarded two highly coveted and long anticipated National Broadband Network (NBN) tenders, signifying a turning point for the project.… |
| Spear phishers target gov, military officials' Gmail accounts Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT Google: 'Hundreds affected'Google has detected a targeted campaign to collect hundreds of personal Gmail passwords, many of them belonging to senior US government officials, Chinese political activists, military personnel, and journalists.… |
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