Verizon retreats on ‘convenience fee’ for online bill payment |
- Verizon retreats on ‘convenience fee’ for online bill payment
- Samoa takes day off to skip International Date Line
- Apple’s Siri gets sweary with British child
- UK cops disciplined, sacked, quit over Facebook misdeeds
- Will TWO next-gen iPads be unveiled at January's iWorld?
- Playboy model's complaints against HP chief Hurd laid bare by court
- Boffins drill into human language by terrifying chimps with vipers
- New Chinese space plans are all about security and strategy on Earth
- Stephen Hawking seeks geek to maintain his unique wheelchair
- Apple to appeal Italian warranty fine
- Well, burn my atomic-clock-powered new human renaissance platform
- The secret to getting rich in 2012: Open APIs
- UK's solar 'leccy cash slash ruled unlawful
- Sony NEX-C3 compact system camera
- EFF appeal win reopens NSA dragnet spying case
- Kaspersky claims ‘smoking code’ linking Stuxnet and Duqu
| Verizon retreats on ‘convenience fee’ for online bill payment Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:20 PM PST Public outcry causes backpedaling in 24 hoursVerizon Wireless has dropped plans to institute a $2 convenience fee for subscribers who pay their bills online or via phone calls.… |
| Samoa takes day off to skip International Date Line Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:47 PM PST Islands look to Asia for future growthSamoans have lost a day overnight, as the country jumped straight to 31 December by shifting to the opposite side of the International Date Line.… |
| Apple’s Siri gets sweary with British child Posted: 30 Dec 2011 09:28 AM PST Shut the f*** up, you ugly t***The mother of a 10-year-old boy in Coventry has been expressing her shock after a demonstration model of Apple's iPhone 4S swore at her son.… |
| UK cops disciplined, sacked, quit over Facebook misdeeds Posted: 30 Dec 2011 07:29 AM PST Plods boasted of thumping rioters, harassed exesEnglish and Welsh police are no more sensible than anyone else when it comes to being web2.0sluts, according to reports. Some 150 officers from forces south of the Scottish border have been disciplined for their antics on Facebook in the past four years, at least two were sacked, and a further seven are known to have resigned over online foolishnesses.… |
| Will TWO next-gen iPads be unveiled at January's iWorld? Posted: 30 Dec 2011 06:28 AM PST Rumour mill predicts high-end iPad 3 and mid-range twinApple will unveil not one but two iPad 3s on 23 January at the iWorld conference, according to a somewhat unlikely rumour breathlessly reported by gossip pumpers Digitimes.… |
| Playboy model's complaints against HP chief Hurd laid bare by court Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:32 AM PST 'Awkward' dinners, bank balance ATM boasts allegedThe dossier detailing sexual harassment allegations that sparked the exit of HP boss Mark Hurd has finally been published after a court ruled that it was only "mildly embarrassing".… |
| Boffins drill into human language by terrifying chimps with vipers Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:29 AM PST Primates holler only if friends are unaware of snakesChimps don't just blurt out whatever is on their mind - they consider who's listening, says an article published in Current Biology that could reveal an important stage in the development of language.… |
| New Chinese space plans are all about security and strategy on Earth Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:26 AM PST Nothing much to do with manned or deep space exploringAnalysis Chinese officials have published a new white paper detailing China's aspirations in space for coming years. Most media have chosen to focus on Beijing's vague aspirations toward deep-space and manned exploration, but in fact the concrete details given all point toward a primary emphasis on strategic advantage for China here on Earth.… |
| Stephen Hawking seeks geek to maintain his unique wheelchair Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:57 AM PST £25k for gadgeteer to keep custom robovoice ride rollingCould you repair and tweak superstar physicist Stephen Hawking's robot voice box and gadget-laden wheelchair? If you reckon yes, then the celebrated author and cosmologist wants to hear from you.… |
| Apple to appeal Italian warranty fine Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:21 AM PST Cupertino PR may be fired for speaking to el Reg, thoughApple will appeal against the fine imposed by the Italian regulator for failing to respect the legal warranty requirements, and (astonishingly) we know this because Apple told us.… |
| Well, burn my atomic-clock-powered new human renaissance platform Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:01 AM PST Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow! It's Quotes of the Year 2011"A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions," Proverbs 18:2 tells us. So thank goodness the Internet was invented. Here's our annual selection of barmy and brilliant things said in 2011 - this year's selection leans heavily towards the barmy.… |
| The secret to getting rich in 2012: Open APIs Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:31 AM PST Developers need to know the right lingoOpen ... and Shut If the last decade was all about open source, the next decade will be about open APIs. However, as with open source, APIs aren't necessarily a guarantee of billions in the bank. They're simply the ante for playing the technology game at scale. That scale will be determined by who gives developers the best access to data, and that access is a function of open APIs.… |
| UK's solar 'leccy cash slash ruled unlawful Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:02 AM PST Govt goes back to drawing board on feed-in tariff cutsCampaigning organisations and the solar industry have won their legal challenge to the Government's decision to reduce subsidies to businesses and homes which use solar panels to generate their own energy.… |
| Sony NEX-C3 compact system camera Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:00 PM PST Mirrorless marvelReview For years, early adopters have been saying that the mirrorless camera will see off the budget DSLR. Even Nikon, maker of the superb D3100, has entered the fray with the J1 and V1 compacts Arguably, it wasn't until Sony's NEX series appeared over a year ago that the somewhat DSLR-resistant mainstream consumer began to see the light. And now, with the arrival of the NEX-C3, Sony seems to have played a blinder.… |
| EFF appeal win reopens NSA dragnet spying case Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:23 PM PST San Francisco spying room will be investigatedThe Electric Frontier Foundation (EFF) has won its appeal to continue a case into massive warrantless wiretapping by the National Security Agency (NSA) using facilities within commercial exchanges.… |
| Kaspersky claims ‘smoking code’ linking Stuxnet and Duqu Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:54 PM PST Warns of three other unknown variantsResearchers at Kaspersky Lab are claiming to have found proof that the writers of the Stuxnet and Duqu malware are one and the same, and are warning of at least three new families of advanced malware potentially in circulation.… |
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