Southern Cross Cable ramps up network |
- Southern Cross Cable ramps up network
- Friends join Facebook's Open Compute project
- Datacom, Revera expanding NZ cloud
- AMD beats analysts' bets with profitable quarter
- Boeing 787 Dreamliner makes first commercial flight
- (At least) 4 web authentication authorities breached since June
- Apple sending sun-juiced iPads to rural Zimbabwe
- As iPhone 4S battery suckage spreads, fixes appear
- OpenLogic floats multi-language custom cloud service
- Europe is computer biz disaster zone, says Avnet
- Respect your BOFH or watch your small biz fail
- Google indoor Streetview images go live
- Scrambling for spectrum: What to do when we run out
- Machine translation cracks 18th century occult cipher
- Porsche finds top gear with BlackBerry design
- Cops find hackers' phone in <i>NOTW</i> office
- Acer execs play musical chairs
- Privacy warning as cops lean on domain registrars
- Google splurges $1.5bn on acquisitions in nine months
- Earth escapes obliteration by comet
- Google Maps API now costs $4 per 1,000 requests
- Groupon will replace 1 in 10 sales staff to ensure growth
- China Central TV comes to Freeview
- Google won't face Oracle in court until next year
- Price-slashing fails to ignite PlayBook sales
- Mozilla delivers Binged-up Firefox browser
- Virgin Media touts high-speed signups and TiVO
- Sony KDL-40HX723 40in LED 3D TV
- Nokia takes NFC phones to New York subway
- Hackers could have TAKEN OVER Amazon Web Services
- Telecom World tries to shake off its paper-pushing reputation
- Samsung gets fast-track appeal on Tab injunction
- Inside WD's flooded Thai factory
- Vlingo
- Sony and Ericsson divorce
- Credit card companies plan to <i>sell</i> your purchase data to advertisers
- Windows XP and iPod: A tale of two birthdays
- Cabinet Office on £2m digital talent hunt
- Insulin pump hack delivers fatal dosage over the air
- Orbitsound T12v3 spatial soundbar
- ASX down, blames glitch
- RIM faces legal action following service outages
- Consumer Watchdog lambasts Los Angeles over Google Apps
- UK wants our geeky army
- Super Micro revved up for impending Xeons, Opterons
- Why the FBI’s “new Internet” is a dumb idea
- Quickflix set to stream from next month
- ‘Want to be more secure? Don’t be stupid’ redux
- Citrix snaps up App-DNA for app migration
| Southern Cross Cable ramps up network Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:00 PM PDT Phase H looked after by CienaNew Zealand cable outfit Southern Cross Cable Networks has secured vendor Ciena for the expansion of its subsea cable network infrastructure.… |
| Friends join Facebook's Open Compute project Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:44 PM PDT What's not to like about open source hardware?Open Compute Summit Back in April, when Facebook opened up its Prineville, Oregon data center, it really opened it up.… |
| Datacom, Revera expanding NZ cloud Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:28 PM PDT Gummint contract spurs data centre buildsSydney-based data centre company Datacom is to build a data centre across the Tasman, after sharing a New Zealand government contract with IBM and Revera.… |
| AMD beats analysts' bets with profitable quarter Posted: 27 Oct 2011 01:56 PM PDT If only they had been able to bake more chipsAMD beat the Street when reporting its financial results for the third quarter of 2011, with earnings per share of 13¢ on revenues of $1.69bn.… |
| Boeing 787 Dreamliner makes first commercial flight Posted: 27 Oct 2011 01:55 PM PDT Airliner makes much-delayed safe landingThe first commercial flight of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner passenger jet has touched down safely and on time at Hong Kong, a little over three years after it was due to arrive.… |
| (At least) 4 web authentication authorities breached since June Posted: 27 Oct 2011 01:53 PM PDT SSL security chain as good a brokenAt least four web authentication authorities have reported being compromised in as many months, according to research from the Electronic Frontier Foundation that renews serious questions about a technology millions of websites rely on to remain secure.… |
| Apple sending sun-juiced iPads to rural Zimbabwe Posted: 27 Oct 2011 01:07 PM PDT To replace unused or stolen computersIf you want a solar-powered iPad 2 with a pico projector, get a job as a school teacher in Zimbabwe, where Apple has entered into a joint venture with the Mugabe government to supply such setups to rural schools.… |
| As iPhone 4S battery suckage spreads, fixes appear Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:42 PM PDT But not from AppleEver since the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 were released earlier this month, early adopters have flooded the web with complaints about reduced battery life and overheating handsets. But now a few solutions have emerged from multiple sources – but not from Apple, unfortunately.… |
| OpenLogic floats multi-language custom cloud service Posted: 27 Oct 2011 11:16 AM PDT CloudSwing promiscuous with platformsOpenLogic has launched a platform-as-a-service dubbed CloudSwing, which it is touting as the most flexible yet for the enterprise developer.… |
| Europe is computer biz disaster zone, says Avnet Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:53 AM PDT Blames EMEA econ woes as numbers crash into wallAvnet's top line growth stalled in Q1 largely due to the testing macroeconomic landscape in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) after seven consecutive quarters of increases.… |
| Respect your BOFH or watch your small biz fail Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:29 AM PDT Study says hierarchical position of IT important for success of SMEsSmall and medium manufacturing businesses that don't put IT high up in their strategy decisions are scuppering their chances of success, according to a new study.… |
| Google indoor Streetview images go live Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:01 AM PDT Merchants waggle their tools at innocent GooglersGoogle's cameras on sticks will be peering inside buildings starting from now as they start to incorporate the inside of shops and commercial properties onto Google Streetview.… |
| Scrambling for spectrum: What to do when we run out Posted: 27 Oct 2011 08:29 AM PDT Snatch it off the military or build more base stations?ITU Telecom World The lack of radio spectrum is probably the most debated subject amongst the delegates at the ITU's annual talking shop, with the military, emergency services and broadcast TV all in the firing line as punters want more data.… |
| Machine translation cracks 18th century occult cipher Posted: 27 Oct 2011 08:01 AM PDT Secret society members were thrilled by ... eye surgeryStatistical translation techniques have been successfully applied to decode an 18th century document written using an encryption scheme that has baffled scholars for decades.… |
| Porsche finds top gear with BlackBerry design Posted: 27 Oct 2011 07:45 AM PDT Custom RIM jobRIM gave BlackBerry a lap of honour this week, announcing the speedy arrival of a smartphone crafted collaboratively with Porsche Design.… |
| Cops find hackers' phone in <i>NOTW</i> office Posted: 27 Oct 2011 07:29 AM PDT Handset was codenamed 'The Hub'...Police have discovered the existence of a mobile phone known as "the Hub" which was used by News of The World journalists to hack over 1,000 voicemails between 2004 and 2006, according to The Independent.… |
| Acer execs play musical chairs Posted: 27 Oct 2011 07:01 AM PDT Who's sitting down with thump?Acer is shuffling the chairs on its exec deck with EMEA president Walter Deppeler moving to become chief marketing officer, and head of the China operations Oliver Ahrens replacing him.… |
| Privacy warning as cops lean on domain registrars Posted: 27 Oct 2011 06:29 AM PDT Mind-boggling delays lead to hasty fixes in DakarInternet policy experts have warned about possible threats to privacy and an increased risk of police domain name seizures after domain firms were pressured into overhauling how they do business.… |
| Google splurges $1.5bn on acquisitions in nine months Posted: 27 Oct 2011 06:01 AM PDT Not including the $12.5bn it'll spunk on MotorolaGoogle has managed to spend around $1.5bn on acquisitions in the last nine months, including $265m in the month of September alone, according to a regulatory filing.… |
| Earth escapes obliteration by comet Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:44 AM PDT Elenin breaks up into teeny bits and misses planetNASA has released another statement on Comet Elenin, the totally insignificant comet it keeps giving out statements about, to say that it has broken up into "smaller, even less significant, chunks of dust and ice".… |
| Google Maps API now costs $4 per 1,000 requests Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:29 AM PDT Devs will have to cough upApps and websites that use the Google Maps API will soon have to pay $4 per 1,000 visitors Google announced today.… |
| Groupon will replace 1 in 10 sales staff to ensure growth Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:16 AM PDT Repeat customers... Who needs 'em?Groupon CEO Andrew Mason has told potential IPO investors that the company will be replacing 10 per cent of its sales staff in a push to get better deals from merchants and continue to grow.… |
| China Central TV comes to Freeview Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:01 AM PDT It's broadcast, but not as you know itChina Central Television is coming to Freeview HD, but not as a broadcast television channel. It will have its own channel number, but it won't be broadcast in the UK or subject to UK broadcast rules.… |
| Google won't face Oracle in court until next year Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:50 AM PDT Judge proposes three-phase trial to deal with copyright and patent issuesThe Oracle v Google patent punch-up definitely won't be heard this year, according to a court filing.… |
| Price-slashing fails to ignite PlayBook sales Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:39 AM PDT Channel says fondleslab fever bypassing RIMRIM's little-loved fondleslab is failing to get the tills ringing, even after significant price cuts, channel partners have claimed.… |
| Mozilla delivers Binged-up Firefox browser Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:29 AM PDT Seeing the web through Microsoft's eyesMozilla has released a customised version of Firefox that defaults to Microsoft's Bing.… |
| Virgin Media touts high-speed signups and TiVO Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:14 AM PDT Squeezes nearly 2 extra quid a month from users in Q3Virgin Media claims half a million people now subscribe to its high speed 30 Mbit/s cable service, with 178,000 on the 50 Mbit/s or 100 Mbit/s plans. The company clawed back 6,300 broadband punters in the third quarter of 2011.… |
| Sony KDL-40HX723 40in LED 3D TV Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:00 AM PDT A better class of BraviaReview The KDL-40HX723 is a feature-heavy 40in Freeview HD TV from the posh end of Sony's 2011 catalogue. While it sells for a tad more than a looky-likey from the brand's bread and butter EX range, the premium is worth paying if you want to see what Sony's picture boffins are really capable of.… |
| Nokia takes NFC phones to New York subway Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:39 AM PDT If it ain't American, it ain't happeningDespite eschewing NFC payments in the rest of the world, Nokia will be testing a handset capable of paying for subway tickets in New York, and before the end of 2011.… |
| Hackers could have TAKEN OVER Amazon Web Services Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:19 AM PDT All Your Clouds are Belong to usSecurity researchers have unearthed a flaw in Amazon Web Services that created a possible mechanism for hackers to take over control of cloud-based systems and run administrative tasks.… |
| Telecom World tries to shake off its paper-pushing reputation Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:04 AM PDT UN still caught in Barcelona envyITU Telecom World ITU Telecom World is the UN's chance to push out the message that broadband internet is a human right, but the now-annual event is also pitching itself as a grown-up version of the increasingly infantile Mobile World Congress.… |
| Samsung gets fast-track appeal on Tab injunction Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:45 AM PDT Aussie court gives firm expedited hearing on Apple's fondleslab banSamsung Electronics has won court approval to fast-track its appeal against the ban on its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia.… |
| Inside WD's flooded Thai factory Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:29 AM PDT Hard drive maker is wet wet wet...There is an eerie calm inside Western Digital's flooded hard disk drive plant near Bangkok. It has been transformed into a silent lake.… |
| Posted: 27 Oct 2011 02:00 AM PDT Siri-ous competitioniOS App of the Week One of the standout features of the new iPhone 4S is the Siri voice-recognition assistant.… |
| Posted: 27 Oct 2011 01:38 AM PDT Sony gets the business, Ericsson the cash ...Sony is paying €1.05bn in cash to buy out its partner in mobile telephony, though it gets ongoing patent rights and ownership of some key intellectual property as security.… |
| Credit card companies plan to <i>sell</i> your purchase data to advertisers Posted: 27 Oct 2011 01:30 AM PDT Evil plot may end up buried in the T&Cs ...Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc are working on a system for delivering online behavioural adverts to consumers based on what they buy in shops, according to media reports.… |
| Windows XP and iPod: A tale of two birthdays Posted: 27 Oct 2011 01:01 AM PDT Unwanted versus unforgettableThis week is remarkable for two 10-year computing anniversaries: that of the Apple iPod and of Microsoft's Windows XP.… |
| Cabinet Office on £2m digital talent hunt Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:30 AM PDT 28 new hires to get the civil service up to speedThe government department charged with running the Civil Service is looking for developers to transform the public sector – and they're prepared to pay £2m to get the best.… |
| Insulin pump hack delivers fatal dosage over the air Posted: 26 Oct 2011 11:23 PM PDT Sugar Blues, James Bond styleIn a hack fitting of a James Bond movie, a security researcher has devised an attack that hijacks nearby insulin pumps so he can surreptitiously deliver fatal doses to diabetic patients who rely on them.… |
| Orbitsound T12v3 spatial soundbar Posted: 26 Oct 2011 11:00 PM PDT Flatscreen fortifierReview The popular Orbitsound T12 soundbar has reached its third version. Retailing for the same price as version two, the new edition looks the same externally but there are various improvements inside, including a better subwoofer speaker, higher quality components for the main speaker drivers and an extended volume range.… |
| Posted: 26 Oct 2011 06:07 PM PDT Traders curse screens, mark timeUnexplained "technical difficulties" have frozen the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) since shortly after 10am this morning, 27 October.… |
| RIM faces legal action following service outages Posted: 26 Oct 2011 06:02 PM PDT Canucks quick to class action suitRIM has been sued in its home country following the series of outages that hit customers throughout much of the world.… |
| Consumer Watchdog lambasts Los Angeles over Google Apps Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:30 PM PDT Unfortunately, the council meeting is next weekConsumer Watchdog president Jamie Court has given Los Angeles city council members an impassioned speech about the failings of its Google Apps contract, even though the meeting to discuss the issue has been moved to next week.… |
| Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:30 PM PDT Initiative launched to lure tech Aussies to UKAustralian ICT and digital media companies seeking to expand to the UK are being targeted via a new drive from UK Trade & Investment. The body has launched Go UK a business plan competition open to Australian and New Zealand businesses with an interest in crossing the pond.… |
| Super Micro revved up for impending Xeons, Opterons Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:13 PM PDT Old iron selling like hotcakesWhite-box server and motherboard maker Super Micro is champing at the bit for Intel and Advanced Micro Devices to get their next generation of server processors out of the fabs and into its hands.… |
| Why the FBI’s “new Internet” is a dumb idea Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:30 PM PDT Behaviour is the disease, insecurity is the symptomThe FBI's Shawn Henry says the world needs a second Internet for critical systems – apparently never having been told what a "private network" is when you don't prefix it with the word "virtual" – and the idea is taking off in other quarters.… |
| Quickflix set to stream from next month Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:00 PM PDT Finally press play on digitalAustralia's latest IPTV aspirant Quickflix will launch its online based digital streaming subscription service from November 10.… |
| ‘Want to be more secure? Don’t be stupid’ redux Posted: 26 Oct 2011 03:30 PM PDT SANS Institute violently agreesThe SANS Institute has endorsed the idea that Internet security is partly an IQ test, acknowledging Australia's Defense Signals Directorate for its work on how best to defend systems.… |
| Citrix snaps up App-DNA for app migration Posted: 26 Oct 2011 03:25 PM PDT Throws kit and caboodle into cloudsCitrix Systems has thrown a dizzying array of cloudy things at its partners and customers at the Synergy customer conference it is hosting in Barcelona, Spain this week, and like the cloud itself, the whole thing was a bit amorphous.… |
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