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- Man admits to running $800,000 carder ring
- iPad accessorizer gets into Bernie Madoff's pants
- Google Chrome beta turns on native code machine
- IBM PC daddy: 'The PC era is over'
- Layar gets a Vision, and a revenue stream
- IPCC probes alleged Milly Dowler/NotW leak
- LightSquared blasts GPS naysayers in FCC letter
- Fujitsu staff vote on strikes
- iPhone 5 less than a month away
- Counter-Strike sequel aims for 2012 target
- iLuv iPad 2 case and Bluetooth keyboard
- Bloody Moon stuffs the Perseids
- Essex police charge BlackBerry user over inciting violent disorder
- Gary McKinnon support website defaced
- Icebergs measured in Manhattans: Official
- Star Wars fans offered Blu-ray deals and previews
- German court bans sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1, says Apple
- Twitter 'Stalker app' just a phishing scam
- Hey dumbo, Facebook <i>isn't</i> sharing telephone numbers
- Samsung plops out waterproof smartphone
- Jeff Bezos patents retro jets, and airbags, for telephones
- Neighbours cop an earful from screaming Swedish w*nker
- Mango release rumours leave Nokia behind
- Amazon web services back up and running
- LinkedIn U-turns to appease peeved users
- MySpace site glitch mistaken for hack attack
- Joe Public invited to hunt God particle
- Android respawn horror: Hacker says hackers' phones hacked
- Traumatic scenes for car geeks as forum falls over
- National police procurement hub goes live
- Google lands patent for, um, estimating shipment time
- Software maker fingered in Korean hackocalypse
- The IBM PC is 30 today
- MacBook Pro turns to golden Apple
- University rats on Sydney suburb
- DARPA drops another HTV-2
- Equinix opens 3rd data centre in Sydney
- Apple pictures iOS on your wall
| Man admits to running $800,000 carder ring Posted: 12 Aug 2011 11:17 AM PDT Cops to aggravated identity theftA Brooklyn man has pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft for his role in an operation that defrauded credit card issuers of almost $800,000 in bogus charges.… |
| iPad accessorizer gets into Bernie Madoff's pants Posted: 12 Aug 2011 11:06 AM PDT Own a bit of butt-hugging historyWealth and villainy are notorious aphrodisiacs, and a New York company is making it possible for you to get into the pants of one of the 21st century's highest-flying criminals.… |
| Google Chrome beta turns on native code machine Posted: 12 Aug 2011 10:58 AM PDT Native Client in the chuteWith its latest Chrome beta, Google has turned on Native Client, its rather bold effort to securely run native applications inside the browser.… |
| IBM PC daddy: 'The PC era is over' Posted: 12 Aug 2011 09:39 AM PDT Chucks own invention into vinyl record binOne of the dozen engineers who designed the original IBM PC, which celebrates its 30th anniversary on Friday, says that the reign of the personal computer is coming to an end.… |
| Layar gets a Vision, and a revenue stream Posted: 12 Aug 2011 08:28 AM PDT We could make some money!Augmented reality poster child Layar has found a way to make money, by recognising 3D objects and linking them to content which can be dropped into its altered version of reality.… |
| IPCC probes alleged Milly Dowler/NotW leak Posted: 12 Aug 2011 08:16 AM PDT Independent investigation is goThe Independent Police Complaints Commission has opened an investigation into allegations that a Surrey cop leaked information about the probe into Milly Dowler's murder in 2002 to the News of the World.… |
| LightSquared blasts GPS naysayers in FCC letter Posted: 12 Aug 2011 08:04 AM PDT Is GPS too important to be restricted by law?LightSquared, the US operator hoping to camp beside the GPS frequencies, has written to the FCC accusing the GPS industry of failing to comply with the Department of Defence standards.… |
| Posted: 12 Aug 2011 08:03 AM PDT Government contracts could be hitUnionised workers at Fujitsu are being balloted for strike action after they were refused below inflation pay rises.… |
| iPhone 5 less than a month away Posted: 12 Aug 2011 06:32 AM PDT Apple event hints at handsetApple fanbois and those sick of the constant updates will be pleased to know the Cupertino company is likely to end the perennial iPhone 5 speculation at its annual media event in less than a month.… |
| Counter-Strike sequel aims for 2012 target Posted: 12 Aug 2011 06:20 AM PDT Back with a bangFPS fans will no doubt be shooting off in excitement today after news broke that Valve is readying a new Counter-Strike game.… |
| iLuv iPad 2 case and Bluetooth keyboard Posted: 12 Aug 2011 06:04 AM PDT Winning combination?Accessory of the Week If you have an Apple iPad, the chances are you'll have some kind of accessory to protect it. While a Jiffy bag would do, you'll probably be inclined to consider something more enduring. Typing on a piece of glass has a few shortcomings too – not only the lack of tactile responsiveness but the fact that the virtual keyboard covers half the screen. iLuv's combination of keyboard and cover is an accessory that provides a stylish approach to these issues and has been revamped for the iPad 2.… |
| Bloody Moon stuffs the Perseids Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:50 AM PDT Annual meteor shower set to be a wash-outTonight is the night for the best view of the Perseids – the annual meteor shower caused by the debris trail of comet Swift-Tuttle.… |
| Essex police charge BlackBerry user over inciting violent disorder Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:41 AM PDT BBM lets England shakeEssex police have charged an 18-year-old woman from Clacton, after she allegedly sent a message via her BlackBerry device using its BBM service to incite others to commit thuggery during the England riots that gripped the country for four days.… |
| Gary McKinnon support website defaced Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:39 AM PDT Serial graffiti splasher TurkGuvenligi strikes againA support blog for alleged Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon had its domain name hijacked on Friday morning.… |
| Icebergs measured in Manhattans: Official Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:38 AM PDT Antarctic tsunami event spawns new standardIt's a well-known fact that volumes of water are described in terms of Olympic-sized swimming pools, while running H2O is quantified in elephants per second, but have you ever wondered just what is the official standard for large bodies of ice?… |
| Star Wars fans offered Blu-ray deals and previews Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:23 AM PDT Panasonic uses 'the force' to sell formatThe force was strong at London's O2 Arena this morning, with the first public preview of Star Wars in high definition on Blu-ray. The eagerly awaited discs, collected together as Star Wars: The Complete Saga, will go on sale September 12th, but visitors to this weekend's Empire Big Screen film festival have a chance to see(3PO) them early. The Empire Big Screen event runs Friday through Sunday (14 - 16 August).… |
| German court bans sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1, says Apple Posted: 12 Aug 2011 04:58 AM PDT Temporary ban on the sale of Samsung tablet in all but one EU countryA German court has issued a temporary ban on the sale of a Samsung digital product in every single EU member state with the exception of the Netherlands, according to media reports.… |
| Twitter 'Stalker app' just a phishing scam Posted: 12 Aug 2011 04:56 AM PDT A stalker, a phisher, a stealer o' beefA "Stalkers app" doing the rounds on Twitter is actually a phishing scam, security watchers warn.… |
| Hey dumbo, Facebook <i>isn't</i> sharing telephone numbers Posted: 12 Aug 2011 04:02 AM PDT Publish and be damned... bitchFacebook has been forced to stamp out a silly rumour doing the rounds on, well, Facebook, that wrongly suggests the company will share any user's telephone list with their contacts on the social network.… |
| Samsung plops out waterproof smartphone Posted: 12 Aug 2011 04:00 AM PDT Touch and flowIn preparation for a wet autumn, or perhaps to cater for those escaping the Blighty weather for sandy shores, Samsung has unveiled a waterproof smartphone with touchscreen capabilities.… |
| Jeff Bezos patents retro jets, and airbags, for telephones Posted: 12 Aug 2011 03:55 AM PDT Amazon man protecting your pocket techA patent filed by Jeff Bezos and Amazon VP Greg Heart suggests using a phone's accelerometer to detect when it is falling, and deploying tiny airbags to cushion the impact.… |
| Neighbours cop an earful from screaming Swedish w*nker Posted: 12 Aug 2011 03:52 AM PDT Malmö onanist 'moans louder than an animal'A Malmö man with a penchant for vociferous five-knuckle shuffling may have to put a sock in it after his traumatised neighbours reported him for really giving it some stick when cracking one off.… |
| Mango release rumours leave Nokia behind Posted: 12 Aug 2011 03:33 AM PDT 1 September release looking internationalIt might not be just the Japanese who get to use Windows Phone 7.5, codenamed Mango, next month, as an international rollout is now being rumoured.… |
| Amazon web services back up and running Posted: 12 Aug 2011 02:57 AM PDT But reasons for outage still being investigatedAmazon has finally resolved the lingering issues from the outage last weekend, but the root cause of the power failure has yet to be determined by energy provider ESB Networks.… |
| LinkedIn U-turns to appease peeved users Posted: 12 Aug 2011 02:54 AM PDT But privacy policy stays the sameLinkedIn has admitted that it screwed up with its latest tweak to the social-network-for-suits, after the company started using names and photos in third-party advertising.… |
| MySpace site glitch mistaken for hack attack Posted: 12 Aug 2011 02:39 AM PDT OMG! Must've been Anonymous. LOLAn error message on once dominant but now almost defunct social networking site MySpace early on Friday has been confused with a hack.… |
| Joe Public invited to hunt God particle Posted: 12 Aug 2011 02:37 AM PDT CERN needs your PC to help nail Higgs bosonThe atom-smashers down at CERN have invited Joe Public to lend some computing power to the search for the elusive Higgs boson – the "God particle" which theoretically gives mass to all other particles, but has to date proved elusive.… |
| Android respawn horror: Hacker says hackers' phones hacked Posted: 12 Aug 2011 02:17 AM PDT Defcon visitors see handsets being scopedClaims that both CDMA and 4G networks were compromised at the recent Defcon security event in Las Vegas have raised little surprise, but the vulnerability of handsets is hotly debated.… |
| Traumatic scenes for car geeks as forum falls over Posted: 12 Aug 2011 01:59 AM PDT Man made cake, spoke to wifeThere were fears of further outbreaks of violence on the streets yesterday when the UK's busiest motoring forum site, PistonHeads.com, disappeared offline.… |
| National police procurement hub goes live Posted: 12 Aug 2011 01:00 AM PDT Best laid plans of mice and NPIAThe National Police Procurement Hub goes live today with coppers in Lincolnshire the first to implement the "Amazon" styled e-commerce platform.… |
| Google lands patent for, um, estimating shipment time Posted: 11 Aug 2011 11:19 PM PDT 'Telling a customer when their goodies will arrive? We own that'Four months and nine days after April Fools' Day, Google was granted a patent for telling a customer when a product shipment will arrive.… |
| Software maker fingered in Korean hackocalypse Posted: 11 Aug 2011 11:18 PM PDT ESTsoft flub spawns nation's worst breachA devastating attack that exposed the personal information of 35 million South Koreans was perpetrated after hackers breached the security of popular software provider ESTsoft and planted malicious code on one of its update servers, it was widely reported Thursday.… |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2011 11:00 PM PDT On 12 August 1981, the world changedIBM announced its new machine, the 5150, on 12 August 1981. It was no ordinary launch: the 5150 wasn't the 'big iron' typical of Big Blue - it was a personal computer.… |
| MacBook Pro turns to golden Apple Posted: 11 Aug 2011 09:50 PM PDT 24-carat upgradeBling-centric ruffians and aspiring Del Boys will be pleased to know the Apple Macbook Pro is now available in 24-carat gold.… |
| University rats on Sydney suburb Posted: 11 Aug 2011 06:00 PM PDT Rodent reintroduction reverses ratbags' rampageMosman Council in Sydney, along with Sydney University and Taronga Zoo, hopes to drive out rats with more rats.… |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT To lose one is unfortunate, two looks like carelessnessWhether or not the truth is out there somewhere, a couple of American hypersonic aircraft certainly are.… |
| Equinix opens 3rd data centre in Sydney Posted: 11 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT More clouds to gather in Melbourne, Japan, India and ChinaData centre specialist Equinix has invested $65 million in its third Sydney based data centre, SY3.… |
| Apple pictures iOS on your wall Posted: 11 Aug 2011 04:41 PM PDT Tag team pico projectorsApple has filed a patent application for an entirely new type of user interface that combines pico projectors, inter-device communications, and gesture recognition.… |
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