RIM extends management software to iOS, Android |
- RIM extends management software to iOS, Android
- IBM's DB2 database update does time travel, gets graphic
- Facebook: Server management systems 'a big headache'
- Google pockets card payment biz, slips it into Wallet
- EMC shoots mystery virtual weapon into cloud next week
- Facebook accused of 'wanton' use of Canadian woman's pics
- Citrix champions CloudStack, throws OpenStack under a bus
- Phonedeck pushes out web 'n' mobe app for Android
- iPad app that lets mute kids speak menaced by patent lawsuit
- Facebook logins easily slurped from iOS, Android kit
- G-Cloud rep: We'll mop up data breach flood with red tape
- Star's guts turned INSIDE OUT in supernova mega-blast
- How to manage IT like a (service) pro
- Motorola Mobility in double Euro probe over patent warfare
- Foxconn staffer lets slip iPhone 5 ship date
- James Murdoch QUITS BSkyB chairmanship
- LOHAN checks into REHAB chamber
- Motorola refreshes Razr with huge battery boost
- Sony diagnoses Xperia S screen jaundice
- Sony to bring Google TV to Europe
- Teen hacker suspect Ryan Cleary in the clink for bail breach
- Virgin Media tightens throttle on hardcore hogs
- Regulator probes Groupon as shares tumble
- Canon reaches for stars with DSLR refresh
- 'Leap year' bug drives TomTom satnav users up the wall
- Home Sec: Web snoop law will snare PAEDOS, TERRORISTS
- Game of Thrones Blu-ray disc set
- Apple to take shine off glossy iMacs, say moles
- Hitachi GST lays 4TB Easter egg
- O2 Wi-Fi slips into McDonalds, steals The Cloud's lunch
- Sky joins BBC for Olympics coverage
- Samsung to spank $7bn on China chip fab
- New Intel flash hardness performs faster for less
- Email cock-up blamed in Check Point domain expiry snafu
- ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. - Humans begin artificial CO2 emissions
- Runtastic Push Up
- Vid storage biz Object Matrix gets over tape hate
- EU plans tougher punishment for hackers – and their bosses
- Cable-cutting rogue engineer caused ultra fast broadband havoc
- Success-hungry Valley needs code, not cash
- Sumo Logic slings log file ops into the clouds
- Chinese shoppers lead way in global e-commerce stakes
- Google ads 'misleading and deceptive'
- Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 Android media player
- Fujitsu says sayonara to Toshiba in bid to take on Apple
- Oz launches DNSChanger testing site
- Microsoft makes Top 20 list of Linux kernel contributors
- Samsung forging ARM server chips?
- Busted in the US? 'Drop your trousers, sir'
- SQL Server 2012 on sale … now!
| RIM extends management software to iOS, Android Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:31 PM PDT Releases 'BlackBerry Mobile Fusion' in bid to stay |
| IBM's DB2 database update does time travel, gets graphic Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:56 AM PDT 'Continuous data ingest' gorges on bits, compression crunches 'emWith the launch of DB2 10.1, Big Blue is adding a slew of new features that make DB2 more useful for modern, big-data workloads.… |
| Facebook: Server management systems 'a big headache' Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:27 AM PDT Open Compute Project goal: stripped and minimalistCollaboration Summit 2012 Amir Michael, manager of systems engineering at Facebook and a key player in the company's Open Compute Project (OCP), used his opening keynote at the sixth annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit to decry the current state of server-management code.… |
| Google pockets card payment biz, slips it into Wallet Posted: 03 Apr 2012 11:04 AM PDT Token effort - or strategic brainwave?Google has bought payment processor TxVia to beef up its Wallet offering, putting scalable payment and token management into the Chocolate Factory's hands.… |
| EMC shoots mystery virtual weapon into cloud next week Posted: 03 Apr 2012 10:01 AM PDT Miracle-cream-slathered tool spurts on 12 AprilEMC's VSPEX emerged out of the Hopkinton void on Friday. Now EMC has an event scheduled for 12 April that looks a lot like a VSPEX launch.… |
| Facebook accused of 'wanton' use of Canadian woman's pics Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:33 AM PDT You signed up for this ... bitchA Canadian woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Facebook in the Supreme Court of British Columbia for "wanton, reckless and callous" use of her photo and profile in the social network's ads.… |
| Citrix champions CloudStack, throws OpenStack under a bus Posted: 03 Apr 2012 09:04 AM PDT 'Project Olympus is dead' - fabric rivalry beginsIf you have been wondering how Citrix Systems was going to juggle two different cloud fabrics in its product line – its own open-source CloudStack and a commercialized variant of the similarly open-source OpenStack project started by NASA and Rackspace Hosting – you can stop wondering.… |
| Phonedeck pushes out web 'n' mobe app for Android Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:33 AM PDT Reach into the cloud to get to your pocketPhonedeck's promises to integrate an Android phone with a desktop computer though PIM synchronisation could yet prove its downfall.… |
| iPad app that lets mute kids speak menaced by patent lawsuit Posted: 03 Apr 2012 08:02 AM PDT Hardware that makes the 'slab look cheap and flexibleA company that makes specialist talking tablet computers for speech-disabled children has mounted a patent lawsuit which seems set to kill off an iPad app that does the same thing for a tenth of the price. The firm is making no commitment to provide replacement affordable software for consumer devices.… |
| Facebook logins easily slurped from iOS, Android kit Posted: 03 Apr 2012 07:39 AM PDT Team Zuck working on slapping crypto into mobile appExclusive Facebook's iOS and Android clients don't encrypt users' logon credentials, leaving them languishing in a folder accessible to other apps or USB connections.… |
| G-Cloud rep: We'll mop up data breach flood with red tape Posted: 03 Apr 2012 07:17 AM PDT Security accreditation is vital, says MoJ ICT managerThe government is speaking out about "myths and confusion" surrounding its plans for security accreditation on G-Cloud.… |
| Star's guts turned INSIDE OUT in supernova mega-blast Posted: 03 Apr 2012 07:01 AM PDT Young Cas A star spews stellar innardsPics An X-ray study of Cassiopeia A, one of the youngest exploded stars in our galaxy, has found that it not only blew up, but also ripped its insides out in the process.… |
| How to manage IT like a (service) pro Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:36 AM PDT Can corporate IT learn from managed service providers?Live broadcast On April 17th at 10:00 BST, we've got a live broadcast featuring a service management workshop.… |
| Motorola Mobility in double Euro probe over patent warfare Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:27 AM PDT Apple, Microsoft trigger antitrust investigationThe European Commission's anti-competition division has opened two formal investigations into Motorola Mobility after complaints from Apple and Microsoft about how it uses its patents against them.… |
| Foxconn staffer lets slip iPhone 5 ship date Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:12 AM PDT Hiring thousands of workers to assemble handsetsiPhone 5 rumours picked up a couple of notches today after a Foxconn recruiter let slip that the manufacturer is hiring staff for the next-gen Apple phone's production.… |
| James Murdoch QUITS BSkyB chairmanship Posted: 03 Apr 2012 06:02 AM PDT Remains as non-exec board memberBSkyB chairman James Murdoch is reportedly stepping down from his role.… |
| LOHAN checks into REHAB chamber Posted: 03 Apr 2012 05:42 AM PDT Shed-built hypobaric rig hewn from living steelHot on the heels of the first test of the improvised vacuum pump for our Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) Rocketry Experimental High Altitude Barosimulator (REHAB) experiment, we're pleased to report that we've put together the shed-built hypobaric chamber which will form the centrepiece of our explosive tomfoolery.… |
| Motorola refreshes Razr with huge battery boost Posted: 03 Apr 2012 05:32 AM PDT Talk for over 17 hoursMotorola extended the battery life of its newly-designed Razr handset, releasing the Razr Maxx, a jazzed-up version of smartphone with more than 17 hours' talk time.… |
| Sony diagnoses Xperia S screen jaundice Posted: 03 Apr 2012 05:30 AM PDT Users blue over yellow displaySony admitted that tis flagship smartphone, the Xperia S, has display issues after reports surfaced that the screen goes yellow when the device gets too warm.… |
| Sony to bring Google TV to Europe Posted: 03 Apr 2012 05:23 AM PDT £167 set-top setting for ad giant's content storeGoogle TV will be coming to Europe this September, two years after the little loved web telly service was launched in the States.… |
| Teen hacker suspect Ryan Cleary in the clink for bail breach Posted: 03 Apr 2012 05:19 AM PDT LulzSec accused broke the offline ruleTeenage LulzSec suspect Ryan Cleary is back behind bars after breaching his bail conditions by going online, it has emerged.… |
| Virgin Media tightens throttle on hardcore hogs Posted: 03 Apr 2012 05:02 AM PDT Bust the limit, lose half your downlink speedVirgin Media has introduced new throttling "trigger levels" for customers who make heavy use of its network.… |
| Regulator probes Groupon as shares tumble Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:39 AM PDT SEC looking into daily deal site's accounting snafuDaily deals site Groupon has seen its stocks tumble nearly 17 per cent, after mistakes in its fourth quarter results announcement forced the firm to issue a revision over the weekend.… |
| Canon reaches for stars with DSLR refresh Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:38 AM PDT Aimed at astrosnappersCanon sent its latest DSLR into orbit today with the launch of the EOS 60Da, a high-res snapper designed for astrophotography.… |
| 'Leap year' bug drives TomTom satnav users up the wall Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:21 AM PDT GPS fix failTomTom's satnavs have been caught out by a "leap year bug" this week which has caused the company's GPS receivers to suddenly stop working, driving users crazy.… |
| Home Sec: Web snoop law will snare PAEDOS, TERRORISTS Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:13 AM PDT May asks Blighty to 'think of the children'The Home Secretary has defended her department's decision to resurrect net-snooping plans that were abandoned by the previous Labour government in 2009.… |
| Game of Thrones Blu-ray disc set Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:00 AM PDT The greatest fantasy TV show ever made?Review Historically, TV generally doesn't do 'epic fantasy' well: Merlin, Robin of Sherwood, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. All noble efforts, but ultimately flawed in vision and execution. Heck, outside of Jackson's Rings trilogy, even the movies often fail to get the genre right.… |
| Apple to take shine off glossy iMacs, say moles Posted: 03 Apr 2012 03:43 AM PDT Adding anti-reflection techYour iMac's screen to shiny for you? The next version of the Apple desktop will have a reflection resistant coating applied to its ('retina'?) display, it has been claimed.… |
| Hitachi GST lays 4TB Easter egg Posted: 03 Apr 2012 03:39 AM PDT Highest capacity enterprise driveHitachi GST has laid a nice Easter egg: a 4TB enterprise disk drive and a first at this capacity level. It's HGST's second 4TB product.… |
| O2 Wi-Fi slips into McDonalds, steals The Cloud's lunch Posted: 03 Apr 2012 03:21 AM PDT Snatched just in time for the OlympicsO2 continues to expand its free Wi-Fi offering, this time donning a hairnet to push into 1,200 McDonalds hotspots which will become O2 branded just in time for the London Olympics.… |
| Sky joins BBC for Olympics coverage Posted: 03 Apr 2012 03:12 AM PDT 24 sports channels inboundSky is celebrating the London Olympics through two dozen new BBC channels, dedicated to live coverage of the event.… |
| Samsung to spank $7bn on China chip fab Posted: 03 Apr 2012 03:01 AM PDT Splashes cash to build flash stashChip behemoth Samsung has decided to sink $7bn into its first memory factory in China, which will build NAND products.… |
| New Intel flash hardness performs faster for less Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:44 AM PDT 330-series SSD is cheap as chipsIntel has a new budget 330-series solid-state drive (SSD) coming on Friday, 13 April, according to Amazon and other online bazaars, and it almost doubles the current 320 SSD's performance.… |
| Email cock-up blamed in Check Point domain expiry snafu Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:26 AM PDT Renewal alert 'sent to wrong address'Check Point has downplayed the significance of a domain renewal mix-up that resulted in its home page being replaced by a holding page for a brief period on Monday.… |
| ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. - Humans begin artificial CO2 emissions Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:05 AM PDT 'Could be an essential part of what makes us human'Fossil-furtling boffins have announced that the human race was burning things - and irresponsibly releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere - fully a million years ago, some 300,000 years earlier than had been thought.… |
| Posted: 03 Apr 2012 02:00 AM PDT Push, fat boy, pushAndroid App of the Week Those of you with six-packs, biceps of iron and a physique from a eugenicist's wet dream can stop reading now. For the rest of us, who have been planning to "get fit" next week, next month or next year, Runtastic's Push Up app may be just what's needed to whet our blunted purpose.… |
| Vid storage biz Object Matrix gets over tape hate Posted: 03 Apr 2012 01:32 AM PDT 2003: Tape, boo! 2012: Tape, you're all rightAnother object storage supplier is embracing tape. It's Object Matrix and it's following in the footsteps of HDS.… |
| EU plans tougher punishment for hackers – and their bosses Posted: 03 Apr 2012 01:02 AM PDT Biz could be criminally liable if it 'profits' from employees' cyber attacksThe European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee overwhelmingly voted to approve proposals to criminalise certain activity relating to cyber attacks last week. The proposals contain plans to make specified "legal persons" within companies liable for certain offences.… |
| Cable-cutting rogue engineer caused ultra fast broadband havoc Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:46 AM PDT Ex-SingTel employee given 15 monthsA former SingTel engineer took revenge on the Singaporean telco giant after being given the sack by sabotaging fibre optic cables on a staggering 600 separate occasions.… |
| Success-hungry Valley needs code, not cash Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:27 AM PDT When a VC's A round 'ain't enoughOpen... and Shut When someone makes the bold claim that 90 per cent of the startups TechCrunch hypes are dead and buried within six months, you'd expect Silicon Valley to be in uproar. Surprisingly, though, the collective response seems to be, "Sounds about right." While I don't think the data support the claim, it is true that a large percentage of technology start ups fail.… |
| Sumo Logic slings log file ops into the clouds Posted: 03 Apr 2012 12:02 AM PDT Meet me at the Chatsubo bar for a big data bashSumo Logic CTO and co-founder Christian Beedgen sports a Chatsubo Bar banner on his t-shirt. When you meet a startup guy wearing a Neuromancer t-shirt you know the product is going to be a dreadful self-indulgent failure or an extremely cool resource that delivers the goods. Sumo Logic's Log Management and Analytics Service is the latter.… |
| Chinese shoppers lead way in global e-commerce stakes Posted: 02 Apr 2012 11:17 PM PDT Can't get enough of that online stuffShoppers in China are twice as prolific online as those in the UK and US but retailers are struggling to keep up with the growing sophistication of their multi-channel purchasing behaviour, PricewaterhouseCoopers has found.… |
| Google ads 'misleading and deceptive' Posted: 02 Apr 2012 11:16 PM PDT Oz court: Advertiser keyword grabs ARE Google's faultAustralia's Federal Court has found that some Google ads are misleading and deceptive, overturning a previous ruling that the search giant is not responsible for dodgy ads its advertisers create.… |
| Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 Android media player Posted: 02 Apr 2012 11:00 PM PDT Small tablet or big PMP?Review I reviewed Samsung's first Android media player just over a year ago and frankly thought it was awful. I'm sure I wasn't alone. Undaunted, Samsung tried again with a new device packing a larger screen, faster CPU and bigger battery but only costing £40 more.… |
| Fujitsu says sayonara to Toshiba in bid to take on Apple Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:28 PM PDT Japanese electronics giant still struggling internationallyJapanese computing giant Fujitsu has bought out Toshiba's share of the firms' joint mobile venture, to give it a clear crack at unseating Apple, which only recently jumped into top spot in the land of the rising sun.… |
| Oz launches DNSChanger testing site Posted: 02 Apr 2012 06:24 PM PDT Government service advises of connection-preventing malware infectionsAustralia's government has created a website which detects the presence, or otherwise, of DNSChanger, a nasty piece of malware which the sites says "... changes a user's Domain Name System (DNS) settings, enabling criminals to direct unsuspecting internet users to fraudulent websites and otherwise interfere with their web browsing."… |
| Microsoft makes Top 20 list of Linux kernel contributors Posted: 02 Apr 2012 06:15 PM PDT Linux Foundation reports most key developers are paidThe Linux Foundation has released its annual report on the state of the software, and reports that Microsoft has made it into the Top 20 of companies that sponsor development of the Linux kernel – quite a change for the operating system Steve Ballmer used to dismiss as a cancer.… |
| Samsung forging ARM server chips? Posted: 02 Apr 2012 06:04 PM PDT Maybe so, maybe notThe Wall Street Journal has played a variant of "connect the dots" using LinkedIn profiles of chip techies formerly at AMD and now working at Samsung Electronics across town in Austin, Texas, and has come to the conclusion that Samsung is getting ready to jump into the server-processor market with derivatives of the ARM RISC processor.… |
| Busted in the US? 'Drop your trousers, sir' Posted: 02 Apr 2012 05:53 PM PDT Supremes allow strip search for any offense – nuns tooAgain displaying their infinite law-and-order wisdom, the US Supreme Court has ruled that anyone arrested for any offense, however innocuous, can be strip-searched, even if there's no suspicion that they are concealing contraband.… |
| SQL Server 2012 on sale … now! Posted: 02 Apr 2012 05:43 PM PDT New licensing arrangements may cost you moreMicrosoft has shoved SQL Server 2012 down the slipway in a very modern way – with a blog post and a virtual launch event. If you want to play with it, go get a freebie here.… |
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