Cheapskate Aussie net-shoppers safe from GST for now |
- Cheapskate Aussie net-shoppers safe from GST for now
- Optus gets dibs on new BlackBerry Torch and Bold
- New customers drive Teradata to new heights
- Exploit writer spills beans on secret iPhone function
- Microsoft skewers Google's anti-Android conspiracy claim
- Apple eyes phallic iPhone, iPod charger
- SMART unveils smarter, faster, fatter SSDs
- Amazon virtual private clouds go global
- Pierre Cardin joins tablet trend
- Xiotech becomes banking apps bottleneck-buster
- Sony S1 and S2 screenshots leaked
- Cybercrooks exploit interest in <i>Harry Potter</i> ebook site
- The curse of Google?: Android licensees fail to cash in
- Google failing to pay Android developers
- PS Vita due in 2012 says Sony
- Death haunts government petitions site
- Government seeks public views on open data, PDC
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 due next week
- Music biz now runs on Viagra<sup>®</sup>, not cocaine
- Anonymous unsheathes new, potent attack weapon
- Paul McCartney's ex-wife makes phone-hacking claim
- Dell floats Cloud Hadoop clusters
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet
- Rogue character space tripped Scottish exam results
- Home Office denies reports of e-Borders closure
- NASA Legonauts set for Jupiter voyage
- ICO tells public sector to respond to Twitter
- Brits love their phones, but spend less than ten years ago
- Zuck's sister leaves Facebook to start new venture
- Mobile app malware menace grows
- Facebook facial recognition tech 'violates' German privacy law
- Do you keep your job when your IT is in the cloud?
- Digital copyright: Not much action, lots of talking shops
- Björk Biophilia
- No PS4 or Xbox 720 before 2014
- VMware backs down on vSphere 5 virtual memory tax
- Microsoft to pay $250,000 for hot new security defenses
- Boffins deduce chip's crypto just by looking at it
- Ultra stealthy spy malware not so stealthy after all
- Ex-NetRatings CEO's daughter freed from collar 'bomb'
- Hobbyist killed by home-made hovercraft
- Google claims 'bogus patent' conspiracy against Android
- Turnbull lays out alternative architecture
| Cheapskate Aussie net-shoppers safe from GST for now Posted: 04 Aug 2011 03:09 PM PDT Productivity Commission also whacks the infamous 'Apple tax'Australia's Productivity Commission has released its report into the Australian retail industry, and finds that while this country's 10% goods and service tax should apply to low-value international purchases made over the Internet, collection would be too expensive.… |
| Optus gets dibs on new BlackBerry Torch and Bold Posted: 04 Aug 2011 03:07 PM PDT iPhone killers set to hit in SeptemberOptus has pipped rivals to the post in being the first to offer two new BlackBerry smartphones to the Australian market.… |
| New customers drive Teradata to new heights Posted: 04 Aug 2011 01:57 PM PDT Big data opportunity a big unknownWhen announcing its financial performance for its most recent quarter, data-warehousing pioneer Teradata proved that it's continuing to do well despite heavy pressure from IBM, Oracle, EMC, and HP – and also, like its rivals, that its still trying to figure out just how large of an opportunity business analytics on unstructured data can be.… |
| Exploit writer spills beans on secret iPhone function Posted: 04 Aug 2011 01:23 PM PDT iOS debugger of no use to anyone ... except hackersBlack Hat Independent security consultant Stefan Esser made waves earlier this year when a technique he developed for hacking iPhones was adopted by JailbreakMe and other mainstream jailbreaking services.… |
| Microsoft skewers Google's anti-Android conspiracy claim Posted: 04 Aug 2011 12:31 PM PDT Email shows Google declined joint bid for Novell patentsUpdated Microsoft has hit back at Google's claim that Redmond teamed with Apple and Oracle in some sort of patent conspiracy against Android, revealing that it offered Google the opportunity to join a bid for Novell's patent portfolio, and producing an email in which a Google general counsel declines the offer.… |
| Apple eyes phallic iPhone, iPod charger Posted: 04 Aug 2011 12:16 PM PDT Wrap your 'buds around this electro-stiffyApple has filed a patent application that describes a kludgey inductive battery-charging system, then adds – almost as an afterthought – a short description of a second, acoustically driven charger.… |
| SMART unveils smarter, faster, fatter SSDs Posted: 04 Aug 2011 12:11 PM PDT 'How much for the 1.6TB baby? We're not saying'Move over Violin, OCZ, Seagate, Intel, et al. SMART Modular Technologies is crowing that it's now number one in the notebook-format flash drive space, having just introduced its new Optimus solid state drive, which it calls "the world's fastest multi-level cell and highest capacity SAS SSD."… |
| Amazon virtual private clouds go global Posted: 04 Aug 2011 10:25 AM PDT Adds real private links and identity managementOnline retailing giant and cloud-computing pioneer Amazon is rolling out its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) service to its data centers around the world. At the same time, it's giving customers dedicated private links into the cloudy infrastructure from their own premises, as well as an identity-management front end for the clouds that integrates with existing systems running at brick-and-mortar data centers.… |
| Pierre Cardin joins tablet trend Posted: 04 Aug 2011 09:19 AM PDT Fashionista fondleslabPierre Cardin's entry in to the fondleslab fray is yet another indication of just how in vogue tablets are these days.… |
| Xiotech becomes banking apps bottleneck-buster Posted: 04 Aug 2011 08:29 AM PDT Palms some cash, changes stanceAll change, all change. Xiotech has gained new funding, a new marketing officer, changed its marketing, has benchmarks coming and is setting up a European infrastructure.… |
| Sony S1 and S2 screenshots leaked Posted: 04 Aug 2011 08:00 AM PDT Fondleslab features laid bareWith Sony's anticipated S1 and S2 tablets preparing for an autumn release, the company has been busy readying support documents, some of which went public prematurely this week.… |
| Cybercrooks exploit interest in <i>Harry Potter</i> ebook site Posted: 04 Aug 2011 07:08 AM PDT Muggles muggedMalware-slingers are tapping into the buzz around a new Harry Potter site to mount a variety of scams designed to either defraud, infect or otherwise con would-be victims.… |
| The curse of Google?: Android licensees fail to cash in Posted: 04 Aug 2011 06:21 AM PDT Brand-slut buyers have no loyaltyGoogle's Android is now in almost half the world's smartphones – but licensees are finding that quod eos nutrit eos destruit – or what nourishes them destroys them.… |
| Google failing to pay Android developers Posted: 04 Aug 2011 06:08 AM PDT Just wait patiently and you'll get your pennies... probablySome Android developers aren't getting the money they should, with revenue from web-based sales never finding its way into their accounts because of a problem that's lasted months.… |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2011 06:00 AM PDT In Japan for Christmas thoughSony has disappointed millions of eager gamers by announcing the PlayStation Vita will not be available in Europe or the US in 2011.… |
| Death haunts government petitions site Posted: 04 Aug 2011 05:13 AM PDT Bring me the head of the sysadminThe Coalition government's epetitions site has limped online this lunchtime but is struggling to stay up.… |
| Government seeks public views on open data, PDC Posted: 04 Aug 2011 05:10 AM PDT When the words open, public and data collideCabinet Office minister Francis Maude launched two separate consultations on open data in government and the planned Public Data Corporation (PDC) this morning.… |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 due next week Posted: 04 Aug 2011 04:50 AM PDT Fondleslab frenzyWith Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 launched today in select stores and reviewed here, attention has shifted to its smaller 8.9in brother, which could be in our hands as early as next week.… |
| Music biz now runs on Viagra<sup>®</sup>, not cocaine Posted: 04 Aug 2011 04:29 AM PDT Wrinklie revenue shameThe UK music business shrank almost 5 per cent last year, with lower concert revenues as fewer major acts played stadiums. So reckons the annual economic survey conducted by the Performing Right Society (PRS), which pegs the UK music industry's income at £3.75bn this year.… |
| Anonymous unsheathes new, potent attack weapon Posted: 04 Aug 2011 04:17 AM PDT Better DDoS attacks aheadMembers of Anonymous are developing a new attack tool as an alternative to the LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon) DDoS utility.… |
| Paul McCartney's ex-wife makes phone-hacking claim Posted: 04 Aug 2011 04:02 AM PDT Heather Mills says journo admitted voicemail snoop in 2001The former wife of Paul McCartney has alleged that a senior journalist working at Mirror Group Newspapers intercepted voicemails left for her by the Beatles star.… |
| Dell floats Cloud Hadoop clusters Posted: 04 Aug 2011 04:00 AM PDT Stuffed elephant rides PowerEdge ironDell might not own a lot of systems or middleware software a la IBM, Oracle, and Hewlett-Packard, but it wants to sell configured stacks tuned for specific work just like its rivals in the systems racket.… |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet Posted: 04 Aug 2011 03:54 AM PDT Bigger, better, thinner, lighterReview 10.1? The impression I get with the naming of this much-anticipated grown-up version of last year's Galaxy Tab is that it has psychological hangups about (ahem) 'size'. I imagine it loitering down the pub, boasting of its prowess: "It's not just TEN inches, Al, it's TEN-point-ONE!" It wants to be the Spinal Tap of Android Tablets, with Nigel Tufnel asserting that other 10in tablets only go up to, well, 10.… |
| Rogue character space tripped Scottish exam results Posted: 04 Aug 2011 03:33 AM PDT AQL caught out by Excel trying to be cleverA rogue space in the date field caused almost 30,000 Scottish students to get their exam results a day early, as Excel versions clashed and human checking fell down.… |
| Home Office denies reports of e-Borders closure Posted: 04 Aug 2011 03:17 AM PDT Not chucked out in public cutsThe Home Office has said that reports of the e-Borders programme being closed are incorrect and that it is still up and running.… |
| NASA Legonauts set for Jupiter voyage Posted: 04 Aug 2011 03:15 AM PDT |
| ICO tells public sector to respond to Twitter Posted: 04 Aug 2011 03:14 AM PDT Tweeted FoI requests now valid...The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has told public authorities with Twitter accounts that they must respond to freedom of information (FoI) requests made via the micro-blogging site.… |
| Brits love their phones, but spend less than ten years ago Posted: 04 Aug 2011 02:43 AM PDT More services, for the same moneyOfcom's annual report on the state of the UK communications market shows we are all doing more with our phones and tellies but we're not spending any more doing it.… |
| Zuck's sister leaves Facebook to start new venture Posted: 04 Aug 2011 02:16 AM PDT Randi calls it quits to build Web2.0 marketing powerhouseMark Zuckerberg's big sister Randi, who also happens to be Facebook's marketing director, is leaving her brother's company after a six-year tenure.… |
| Mobile app malware menace grows Posted: 04 Aug 2011 01:48 AM PDT Android users at front line of attackThe number of apps on mobile marketplaces contaminated with malware grew from 80 to 400 during the first half of 2011, according to a study by Lookout Mobile Security.… |
| Facebook facial recognition tech 'violates' German privacy law Posted: 04 Aug 2011 01:46 AM PDT Social network dismisses Hamburg's data protection claimsFacebook has rejected claims that its facial recognition technology violates German and EU privacy laws.… |
| Do you keep your job when your IT is in the cloud? Posted: 04 Aug 2011 12:44 AM PDT Very probably yesVideo Imagine for a moment that your IT department uses cloud services for storage. And apps. And security. And development. So what do you do now?… |
| Digital copyright: Not much action, lots of talking shops Posted: 04 Aug 2011 12:00 AM PDT A technocrat's fix to a market problemGames, music and movie industries are putting a brave face on this week's deluge of official IP announcements, while anti-copyright campaigners will be delighted a chunk of legislation passed by elected MPs has been struck down by a quango.… |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2011 11:00 PM PDT Violently appy?iOS App of the Week Yeah, I know – the moment you let a bunch of musos loose with new technology they start to come up with waffle like "an extraordinary multimedia exploration of the universe and its physical forces" – when all you've really got is a bunch of songs and some fancy graphics.… |
| No PS4 or Xbox 720 before 2014 Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:00 PM PDT Gamers 'happy' with current tech, apparentlyThe rumour mill about next-gen consoles has been in full swing for a while now, with little sign of slowing.… |
| VMware backs down on vSphere 5 virtual memory tax Posted: 03 Aug 2011 09:49 PM PDT Big Blue monopoly lessonVMware has adjusted the price of its upcoming vSphere 5 hypervisor, responding to criticism from customers.… |
| Microsoft to pay $250,000 for hot new security defenses Posted: 03 Aug 2011 09:37 PM PDT In search of new ideasMicrosoft is offering more than $250,000 to researchers who develop new security defenses to protect Windows users against attacks that exploit software bugs.… |
| Boffins deduce chip's crypto just by looking at it Posted: 03 Aug 2011 09:35 PM PDT Smartcard hacking enters script-kiddie phaseBlack Hat Hackers have released tools that unlock the software stored on heavily fortified chips so researchers can independently assess their security and spot weaknesses.… |
| Ultra stealthy spy malware not so stealthy after all Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT APT and the tell-tale error messageA researcher has discovered a flaw in software used to spy on government agencies and contractors that can alert security personnel that their networks have been infiltrated by the otherwise hard-to-detect programs.… |
| Ex-NetRatings CEO's daughter freed from collar 'bomb' Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT Device defused after ten-hour ordealNew South Wales police have worked for ten hours, with calls to the Australian Federal Police and bomb disposal experts in the UK, to free a Sydney girl from what was believed to be an explosive.… |
| Hobbyist killed by home-made hovercraft Posted: 03 Aug 2011 04:00 PM PDT Don't try this. Anywhere.A 40-year-old New Zealand man has been killed by a blade from a home-made hovercraft.… |
| Google claims 'bogus patent' conspiracy against Android Posted: 03 Aug 2011 03:41 PM PDT Apple, Microsoft, and Oracle in 'hostile, organized campaign'Google chief legal officer David Drummond has claimed that Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, and other companies have waged a "hostile, organized campaign" against Google's Android operating system using "bogus patents".… |
| Turnbull lays out alternative architecture Posted: 03 Aug 2011 03:33 PM PDT Keep the cable nets, seek local build bidsAustralia's opposition communications spokesperson Malcolm Turnbull has outlined further details of his proposed model for the Australian broadband market.… |
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