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- NASA study identifies the ‘low hanging fruit’ in climate change
- Telstra Int adds a German PoP, gets closer to Asia
- Crossley cops two-year suspension
- Red Hat RHEV 3.0 to launch this Wednesday?
- News Ltd gets deeper into Arabia
- Wikipedia to shut down Wednesday in SOPA protest
- Data-digesting cloud colossus touted by Fujitsu
- Former US CIO Kundra joins Salesforce.com
- Motorola repels US import ban bid by Apple
- Israel's stock exchange site knackered by hackers
- Tape lives on: Sony to squeeze out LTO-6
- Child labour, lost wages uncloaked by Apple factories audit
- SOPA bins DNS blocking after White House wades in
- Experts: We're stuck with passwords – and maybe they're best
- Sony teases DotSwitch multi-screen tech
- Amazon floats free Windows Server clouds
- Nokia flogs 350 vital mobile phone patents
- Groupon: IPO rumble mutated us into Wolverine
- Formula 1 revs engines through Virgin Media
- Stop this energy smart meter 'fiasco', UK.gov urged
- The Sons of Khan and the Pascal Spring
- Keeping score in the public sector
- Virgin Media takes itself in hand after punter-package tickle whoopsie
- Lovefilm lengthens UK content collection
- Skype is coming to Windows Phone - really
- HTC Explorer budget smartphone
- Flog secondhand MP3s at your peril - law guru
- <i>Angry Brides</i> lob stilettos in dowry shakedown takedown
- Five things that knocked CES 2012 for six
- Apple iPad 3 to sport LTE '4G'
- Big Data in Context
- Google MORTIFIED by Mocality's 'scalped data' claims
- Pollution-gobbling molecules in global warming SMACKDOWN
- Apple touts touch-free perspective-powered 3D tech
- Zappos coughs to HUGE data breach
- MS, Intel challenged over Windows 8 tablet prices
- Golden booty-shakin' bug named after pop diva Beyoncé
- Flash drive meltdown fingered in Swedish IT blackout
- Hospital gopher fined for prying into ex's family records
| NASA study identifies the ‘low hanging fruit’ in climate change Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:12 PM PST Rocket scientists say warming reduction isn't rocket scienceA group led by NASA and Columbia University has published a study claiming that an immediate focus on two non-CO2 pollutants – soot and methane – will help address climate change in the short term while international geopolitics wends its way through the Byzantine politics needed to get a global agreement.… |
| Telstra Int adds a German PoP, gets closer to Asia Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:30 PM PST All set for trans-Mongolian linkTelstra International has invested in a new low latency telecommunications route from Europe to Asia in addition to provisioning a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Frankfurt.… |
| Crossley cops two-year suspension Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:00 PM PST Tribunal slaps down ACS:Law pirate-botheringAndrew Crossley of bankrupt practice ACS:Law has received a two-year suspension from the Solicitors' Regulatory Tribunal over the techniques he used to pursue alleged file-sharers.… |
| Red Hat RHEV 3.0 to launch this Wednesday? Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:57 PM PST We're virtually sure...Commercial Linux and Java development tool distributor Red Hat has big aspirations in the server virtualization and cloud computing arenas, and it looks like the company is getting ready to bust out the 3.0 version of its Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization hypervisor – RHEV for short.… |
| News Ltd gets deeper into Arabia Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:30 PM PST Snares stake in Middle East media empire MobyNews Corp has further embedded itself in the Middle East media market taking a strategic stake in Dubai-based media, content and technology player, the Moby Group.… |
| Wikipedia to shut down Wednesday in SOPA protest Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:16 PM PST Anger grows against online-piracy billWikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has announced that the "encyclopedia anyone can edit" will go dark this Wednesday in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act, aka SOPA, that's dividing Washington DC – not to mention pitting online content providers against ISPs, search-engine sites, civil libertarians, and others.… |
| Data-digesting cloud colossus touted by Fujitsu Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:11 AM PST Gulps chunks of info sniffed from punters, rivals, sensorsBeing online to serve your customers is not enough anymore. You have to spy on your customers and prospective clients, as well as anyone else you can get data on, and mash it all up to do big data analytics to drive more revenues and profits.… |
| Former US CIO Kundra joins Salesforce.com Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:47 AM PST Cloud champion to head up emerging marketsCloudy CRM software supplier Salesforce.com has hired Vivek Kundra, the first CIO for the US government, to be its executive vice president of emerging markets.… |
| Motorola repels US import ban bid by Apple Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:37 AM PST No evidence of patent infringement, for now, says ITCThe US International Trade Commission has been unable to find evidence that Motorola is infringing Apple's patents, so has declined Cupertino's filing for an import ban, though the fight continues.… |
| Israel's stock exchange site knackered by hackers Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:02 AM PST Cyberwar breaks out in the Middle EastThe website of Israel's main stock exchange was floored by a denial-of-service attack on Monday. Israeli airline El Al has also come under attack by hackers, but its website remains running despite the assault.… |
| Tape lives on: Sony to squeeze out LTO-6 Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:32 AM PST Storage world still loves the reelsCES 2012 Tape is not dead: Sony, which has stopped developing its proprietary AIT/Super AIT tape media, has signed up for an LTO-6 licence agreement.… |
| Child labour, lost wages uncloaked by Apple factories audit Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:01 AM PST $3.6bn handed out to underpaid iMakersApple has for the first time released a complete list of its suppliers [PDF], publishing the names of 156 companies who make the parts for everything from Macbook screens to iPad covers.… |
| SOPA bins DNS blocking after White House wades in Posted: 16 Jan 2012 07:32 AM PST Come up with something better, Obama's three czars pleadThe sponsor of the anti-piracy bill SOPA has agreed to drop DNS blocking of websites from the proposed legislation after a joint statement from leading White House officials.… |
| Experts: We're stuck with passwords – and maybe they're best Posted: 16 Jan 2012 07:02 AM PST 20 years of alternatives have failedLate last year IBM reckoned biometrics would finally replace the password within the next five years. The prediction was part of a series that also speculated that the digital divide would cease to exist and that mind-reading technology would become a possibility. But, at least on the subject of passwords, new research from Microsoft's Cormac Herley and computer science professor Paul van Oorschot explains why, despite the tech industry's best attempts, this is not the case.… |
| Sony teases DotSwitch multi-screen tech Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:54 AM PST Flip instantly from telly to tablet?Sony left fans drooling today with a video-clip that teases an upcoming feature called "Dot Switch".… |
| Amazon floats free Windows Server clouds Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:32 AM PST Compute and storage honey for .NET beesAmazon is giving Windows shops a taste of Microsoft's Windows server for free in the cloud.… |
| Nokia flogs 350 vital mobile phone patents Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:01 AM PST Buyer Sisvel is throwing a 4G patent pool party - all invitedPatent licensing outfit Sisvel has acquired 450 patents from Nokia, 350 of which are essential for mobile telephony, but despite appearances this is no desperate attempt to borrow cash from the future.… |
| Groupon: IPO rumble mutated us into Wolverine Posted: 16 Jan 2012 05:43 AM PST X-Men wannabe CEO explains SEC showdown on tellyVid Groupon's 31-year-old CEO and founder Andrew Mason went on CBS chat show 60 Minutes to explain why Groupon misreported its profits in the months before its flotation on the stock exchange.… |
| Formula 1 revs engines through Virgin Media Posted: 16 Jan 2012 05:41 AM PST Smiles for Sky Sports subscribersVirgin Media has announced that Sky Sports' new Formula 1 channel will be available this March for those subscribed to the Sky Sports package already offered.… |
| Stop this energy smart meter 'fiasco', UK.gov urged Posted: 16 Jan 2012 05:22 AM PST Miliband's mandatory kill switches criticisedSo-called 'smart meters' are under renewed attack – this time from MPs and Which? magazine, which has recommended a halt to the programme.… |
| The Sons of Khan and the Pascal Spring Posted: 16 Jan 2012 05:02 AM PST How Embarcadero made Delphi as groovy as a Lumia phone. Um...Stob [We last heard from the Sons of Khan in 2010. The scriptures continue - Ed.]… |
| Keeping score in the public sector Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:44 AM PST Share and share alike peopleHardly a day goes by without news coverage around whether some public sector organisation or other is delivering against expectations, making the best use of funding, or otherwise performing adequately.… |
| Virgin Media takes itself in hand after punter-package tickle whoopsie Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:32 AM PST Apologises for 'gremlins', promises doubles all roundUpdated An email that arrived in the inboxes of an unspecified number of Virgin Media customers on Friday that promised "faster broadband, for less" was embarrassingly pulled by the telco just hours later.… |
| Lovefilm lengthens UK content collection Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:23 AM PST ABC TV shows brought to BlightyAmazon struck a deal with Disney this week that'll see ABC TV content available on demand to Lovefilm subscribers.… |
| Skype is coming to Windows Phone - really Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:14 AM PST And the XBox. And Win 8. Telcos, start your gripingSkype has again promised to slip its eponymous telephony application into Windows Phone handsets real soon - while integrating with Facebook and working out what people might actually pay for.… |
| HTC Explorer budget smartphone Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:00 AM PST The Android for noobsReview The latest from startlingly prolific smart phone manufacturer HTC won't be top of the list for mobile aficionados. It's a basic entry-level Android with middling specs though these are still probably a cut above its bog-standard price. But for smartphone newbies, what it offers may prove to be more than enough.… |
| Flog secondhand MP3s at your peril - law guru Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:44 AM PST Upstart startup sued for reselling music filesOpinion Redigi, an American startup company, has found itself in trouble for selling legally downloaded digital music tracks secondhand. Last week it was on the receiving end of a copyright infringement suit in the US.… |
| <i>Angry Brides</i> lob stilettos in dowry shakedown takedown Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:32 AM PST Bad boy bridegrooms battered in game against banned traditionIndian matchmaking service Shaadi.com has launched a new game based on the immensely popular Angry Birds that aims to highlight the unfair and illegal practice of demanding dowries in South Asian countries.… |
| Five things that knocked CES 2012 for six Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:17 AM PST The bits of gear you'll be hearing about this yearAnd now, after worn-out CES 2012 attendees and exhibitors have stumbled off home in a daze, Wireless Watch presents the five themes that stood out at the week-long celebration of consumerism that you ought to know about.… |
| Apple iPad 3 to sport LTE '4G' Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:04 AM PST Quad-core CPU tooApple's upcoming iPad 3 will incorporate LTE connectivity, it has been claimed.… |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:00 AM PST Beyond the relational databaseBig Data is an 'umbrella' term that is commonly used to refer to a number of advanced data storage, access and analytics technologies aimed at handling high volume and/or fast moving data in a variety of scenarios. These typically involve low signal-to-noise ratios, such as social media sentiment monitoring, or log file analysis, to mention just a couple. If you listen to the PR folks, it's the next 'big thing' in IT, but does it really warrant the relatively high level of media attention and coverage it is currently receiving?… |
| Google MORTIFIED by Mocality's 'scalped data' claims Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:43 AM PST Says soz to Kenyan startupGoogle issued an apology to Mocality late on Friday after the startup's CEO uncovered evidence that employees working for Mountain View had lied about their biz relationship with the Kenyan biz.… |
| Pollution-gobbling molecules in global warming SMACKDOWN Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:17 AM PST Boffins: Newly observed particles scrub our filthy airElusive pollution-busting molecules are scrubbing our planet's atmosphere at a much faster rate than first imagined, according to gas-bothering boffins.… |
| Apple touts touch-free perspective-powered 3D tech Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:11 AM PST Patent potentialApple patents aren't always an indicator of the tech just around the corner, but it doesn't stop the rumour mill latching onto them as evidence of such.… |
| Zappos coughs to HUGE data breach Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:06 AM PST Up to 24 million users zappwn3dOnline shoe and apparel outlet Zappos.com has apologised over a massive data breach that exposed the personal details of millions.… |
| MS, Intel challenged over Windows 8 tablet prices Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:53 AM PST Manufacturer moles fling FUDThe message from Taiwan's computer manufacturers: lower the price of Windows 8 tablet components and software or the devices will be so expensive that consumers won't want them.… |
| Golden booty-shakin' bug named after pop diva Beyoncé Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:32 AM PST That ass is flyHot pic American popular music luminary Beyoncé has had a species of horse fly named after her in honour of the one-time Destiny Child singer's celebrated bottom.… |
| Flash drive meltdown fingered in Swedish IT blackout Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:01 AM PST Tieto's EMC VNX5700 array sparked 5-day disarray - new claimTieto's five-day outage disaster started with multiple failures of its EMC VNX5700 array's FAST Cache, according to a Finnish source close to the matter.… |
| Hospital gopher fined for prying into ex's family records Posted: 16 Jan 2012 12:02 AM PST Court dishes out £1,500 bill for data breachA former healthcare assistant at Royal Liverpool university hospital has been fined £500 and been ordered to pay £1,000 towards prosecution costs after she unlawfully accessed the medical records of five members of her ex-husband's family.… |
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