AT&T to allow unlocking of out-of-contract iPhones

AT&T to allow unlocking of out-of-contract iPhones


AT&T to allow unlocking of out-of-contract iPhones

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 03:00 PM PDT

Paid up? Then you're good to go on Easter Sunday

Beginning this Sunday, AT&T will let some customers to unlock their iPhones, thus allowing them to use another carrier's service – provided, of course, that the carrier's network is compatible with the newly unlocked iPhone.…

MPAA boss: 'SOPA isn’t dead yet'

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 12:53 PM PDT

House debates CISPA – SOPA on steroids

Former senator and current head of the Motion Picture Ass. of America Chris Dodd hopes to resurrect the reviled SOPA anti-piracy legislation in another form, but it appears the US House of Representatives is beating him to it a new bill that makes SOPA look sensible.…

Apple flooded with iPad 3 wireless connection complaints

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 12:42 PM PDT

Fractious fanbois fume at fondleslab FAIL

A tsunami of complaints about Apple's "The new iPad" – aka the iPad 3 – are filling Cupertino's discussion forums, claiming that the 3G and 4G connectivity of Apple's überpopular fondleslab is bollixed.…

Sergey Brin creates spectacle with Project Glass prototypes

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 10:43 AM PDT

Charity event snap shows lightweight design

Sergey Brin has been showing off Google's prototype Project Glass augmented-reality spectacles at a charity event in San Francisco.…

US job creation stalls in March

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 10:32 AM PDT

Or does it?

The US economy lost a bit of momentum in March, if you gauge it by job creation, falling well short of the needed 200,000-plus net new jobs that are needed just to keep up with population growth, and well below any level necessary to make a dent in the unemployment rate.…

The iPad 3 would make me so horny...

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 04:00 AM PDT

...if it wasn't so sucky

Something for the Weekend, Sir?  In my Dad's generation, middle-aged men of means would buy new cars at the end of every July because that's when new licence plates came out. Their old cars would be traded in as part-exchange, sold to third parties through classified ads, or passed magnanimously to relatives.…

Facebook: 'Outrageous, wanton, reckless, callous, disgraceful, wilful'

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 03:30 AM PDT

Plus: 'Aah! My Eyes!' (new Visual Studio)

QuotW  This was the week when 70,000 stalkers/just friendly guys were left without a a way to cyber-search out the ladies.…

Windows 3.1 rebooted: Microsoft's DOS destroyer turns 20

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 03:04 AM PDT

Memory errors, files flung - how did Redmond win?

Yes it crashed a lot. It crashed less than its predecessor though, and kept Microsoft on the path to desktop domination. This was Windows 3.1, released on 6 April 1992, nearly two years after Windows 3.0 was pushed out in May 1990.…

Hacktivist 'Hardcore Charlie' claims China military hack

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 02:00 AM PDT

Anonymous-affiliated hacker exposes alleged US army docs

A hacker affiliated to hacktivist group Anonymous and dubbed Hardcore Charlie claims to have broken into the IT systems of a Chinese military contractor and exposed documents related to the US war effort in Afghanistan.…

APAC IT spend to grow THREE TIMES faster than rest of the world

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 12:00 AM PDT

But report highlights digital divide in the region

Asia Pacific is powering ahead of the rest of the world and driving a recovery in global IT spending forecast to total $3.7 trillion (£2.3tr) in 2012, according to the latest data from Gartner.…

HTC One X Android smartphone

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 11:00 PM PDT

Quad-core corker

Review  HTC messed up in 2011 by releasing too many similar handsets. There was nothing actually wrong with phones likes the Sensation, Sensation XL, Sensation XE or Incredible S but equally none of them had me itching to upgrade my Desire HD ahead of schedule.…

China blames web for gun smuggling crims

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 10:38 PM PDT

State tries to justify even greater online snooping

The Chinese authorities are blaming the world wide web and multinational delivery companies for a rise in gun smuggling into the People's Republic.…

NASA reviews nine astrophysics missions, loves 'em all

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:48 PM PDT

Kepler, Swift, Fermi, Spitzer extended – 'There are no clunkers here'

NASA has published its biannual Senior Review of Operating Missions, and the news is good for space-science buffs: all nine missions reviewed will receive continued funding, including the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope, which are identified as "the two most important missions in this Senior Review."…

Zuckerberg escapes scrutiny in Facebook ownership case

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:07 PM PDT

Ceglia wins time for experts to examine his claims

Paul Ceglia, who is claiming ownership of half of social-networking giant Facebook, won't get to cross-examine CEO Mark Zuckerberg or examine his computer records, a court ruled on Wednesday – but he has bought himself some time to get in expert witnesses.…

Apple's stock price swells above stuttering Google

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 04:20 PM PDT

Somewhere, Steve Jobs is smiling

There used to be a running joke – and perhaps one with more than a little truth to it – that one of the reasons the late Steve Jobs didn't split Apple's fast-rising stock was that he wanted to someday see it pass Google in per-share price.…

Sophos shutters partner portal after hack attack

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:45 PM PDT

Suspicious software found on security firm's servers

Sophos has shut down its portal for partners after finding two software packages on its servers designed to allow access to them – and possibly to user data stored there, as well.…

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