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- Viacom's anti-Google copyright case rises from the dead
- Sky News admits two counts of computer hacking
- CSC, NHS extend jaw-jaw on disaster deal: 500 jobs go
- Gorging Dell crams Canadian legacy-app rebore outfit into cakehole
- Minecraft maker plots ultimate videogame for coders
- A month to go on Cookie Law: Will Google Analytics get a free pass?
- Apple has 7.85in 'iPad Mini' in its labs
- HP Labs chief Prith Banerjee departs
- Asda knocks out Kobo e-reader for £49
- 550,000-strong army of Mac zombies spreads across world
- IBM ramps up to catch up with undisclosed Netezza demand
- PLASMA GERM BLASTER GUN invented for cleaning skin
- Motorola brings 3G to Xoom tablets
- FCO splashes millions on Johnny Foreigner's energy 'awareness'
- California judge hauls in Samsung CEO, bigwigs for Apple to grill
- Google's Page: Dying Jobs called ME, I didn't call him
- UK top dog for home Wi-Fi usage... almost
- Fake cop Trojan 'detects offensive materials' on PCs, demands money
- Aliens Blu-ray disc set
- StorSimple in swerve towards biz data
- Apple and publisher pals hold up US and EU watchdogs
- Ofcom calls for end to 0800 charges on mobiles
- United Nations gifts NORTH KOREA with tech worth $50k
- Samsung rolls out ultra high-speed microSD cards
- Zanther Taposé
- LSI's Nytro bombshell blows roof off next-gen PCIe flash
- Lords give automatic smut censorship bill the once-over
- Apple tells staff to 'capture' iPad 3s with Wi-Fi troubles
- Sync 'n' share startups hawk safer BYOD file-sharing
- TfL tosses another $33m at CSC
- Anonymous turns its fire on China
- Asian recruiters on the prowl for IT managers
- Netgear Powerline Nano 500 Ethernet-over-mains adaptor
- Intel goes back to school with StudyBook tablet
- Sedna shrinks after new measurement
- Scientists plan 3D printable robots for the home
- Digital inbox players go postal over names
- Ice age end was accelerated by CO<sub>2</sub>
- SharePoint 2010 now supports Chrome, Firefox
- IT urine bandit fired and charged
- 'Super rogue wave' scuppers Lego pirate
- Twitter bulks up in Ireland
- The tech jobs headhunters just can't fill
- Feathered Tyrannosaurus uncovered in China
| Viacom's anti-Google copyright case rises from the dead Posted: 05 Apr 2012 01:09 PM PDT Appeals court: DCMA squabble can go forwardThe class-action lawsuit filed by Viacom, the English Premier League, and others against Google has risen from the dead, thanks to a reversal of lower court decisions by the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals.… |
| Sky News admits two counts of computer hacking Posted: 05 Apr 2012 11:51 AM PDT Brazens it out with public interest defenseSky News, which is partially owned by Rupert Murdoch's News International, has admitted that it twice authorized journalists to hack the email accounts of people it was researching for stories.… |
| CSC, NHS extend jaw-jaw on disaster deal: 500 jobs go Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:54 AM PDT Fail to reach deal over twitching corpse of LorenzoThe NHS and IT contractor CSC can't agree on the terms of their amputated contract so have pushed a decision on the deal back two months, leaving a temporary arrangement in place.… |
| Gorging Dell crams Canadian legacy-app rebore outfit into cakehole Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:27 AM PDT Belly-busting goliath on the MakeMichael Dell is on a binge. Not drinking, but buying software companies. Dell has made its second acquisition of the week aimed at legacy applications running on proprietary mainframe and minicomputers from IBM by snapping up Make Technologies. This is Dell's third acquisition this week, and the fifth in the past month.… |
| Minecraft maker plots ultimate videogame for coders Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:07 AM PDT Star techMinecraft designer Markus 'Notch' Persson has revealed Mojang's latest project, 0x10C, a Sci-Fi themed universe set billions of years in the future that allows gamers to code and share their own computer software.… |
| A month to go on Cookie Law: Will Google Analytics get a free pass? Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:00 AM PDT Slippery ICO can't be pinned in privacy mud-wrestleAnalysis Website operators in Blighty have been continuously perplexed by the upcoming enforcement of the EU's cookie law on 26 May.… |
| Apple has 7.85in 'iPad Mini' in its labs Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:45 AM PDT Multiple sources say so, claims bloggerWell-connected Apple blogger John Gruber reckons Cupertino's other tablet company - the iPad guys, not the ones working on Amazon's Kindle - are indeed messing around with 7.85in iPad prototypes.… |
| HP Labs chief Prith Banerjee departs Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:24 AM PDT 'Presided over demise of a once-great facility' - molePrith Banerjee, the head of HP Laboratories, has resigned for undisclosed reasons and is joining Zurich-based power and automation tech outfit ABB.… |
| Asda knocks out Kobo e-reader for £49 Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:11 AM PDT Cheap readsAsda has knocked the basic Kobo e-reader to just under 50 quid.… |
| 550,000-strong army of Mac zombies spreads across world Posted: 05 Apr 2012 06:52 AM PDT Infected machines, not blank-eyed shuffling fanboisThe Mac-specific Flashback Trojan created a zombie army of 550,000 Mac machines by exploiting a Java hole that Apple only patched on Tuesday, six weeks after Microsoft plugged it up on Windows machines.… |
| IBM ramps up to catch up with undisclosed Netezza demand Posted: 05 Apr 2012 06:30 AM PDT Running out of boxes was 'great'IBM has taken steps to ensure the growing demand for its Netezza data warehouse appliance doesn't mean that Big Blue runs out of boxes in 2012.… |
| PLASMA GERM BLASTER GUN invented for cleaning skin Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:57 AM PDT Set phaser to 'sterilise', Dr McCoyA handheld plasma blaster that can beam away 17 layers of bacteria could be used in medical emergencies to clean skin and wounds, said a physics boffin presenting the device in the Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics today.… |
| Motorola brings 3G to Xoom tablets Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:53 AM PDT Better mobilityMotorola improved the connectivity of its Xoom 2 range this week, with the launch of 3G compatible versions of its 10.1in and 8.2in tablets.… |
| FCO splashes millions on Johnny Foreigner's energy 'awareness' Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:28 AM PDT British Empire reborn – 'outdoor relief' for the climate classComment John Stuart Mill described the British Empire as "outdoor relief for the middle classes". The phrase "indoor relief", at the time, referred to the state-sponsored workhouse programme, which invented jobs for the poor to prevent them being idle. Mill was implying that the Empire was a gigantic job creation scheme.… |
| California judge hauls in Samsung CEO, bigwigs for Apple to grill Posted: 05 Apr 2012 04:58 AM PDT Koh Choi blow joy for Cupertino in patent tussleApple's lawyers have won the opportunity to give Samsung chief Gee Sung Choi the third degree in the US patent battle between the tech giants.… |
| Google's Page: Dying Jobs called ME, I didn't call him Posted: 05 Apr 2012 04:38 AM PDT Plus: Facebook don't bother me noneLarry Page has been back at the helm of Google for a year now, but so far his second tenure as the Chocolate Factory boss has been marred by his blinkered focus on overhauling the company to become much more of a social property online.… |
| UK top dog for home Wi-Fi usage... almost Posted: 05 Apr 2012 04:27 AM PDT Ahead of all... except South KoreaBritain is second only to South Korea when it comes to the proportion of homes that have their own wireless network, we learned today.… |
| Fake cop Trojan 'detects offensive materials' on PCs, demands money Posted: 05 Apr 2012 04:18 AM PDT Crooks exploit those embarrassing files we all haveSecurity firms are warning about a rash of police-themed ransomware attacks.… |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2012 04:00 AM PDT They mostly come out at night. Mostly.Review James Cameron is often credited with turning science fiction from a cult or B-movie genre into a one that earned not just big money but critical success too. The breakthrough film was Aliens and the year was 1986.… |
| StorSimple in swerve towards biz data Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:28 AM PDT Clouds hang around new boxes' back endsCloud storage gateway appliance StorSimple has changed direction, replaced its marketing head, and refreshed its product line.… |
| Apple and publisher pals hold up US and EU watchdogs Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:23 AM PDT Firms wriggle over ebook price-fixing probe settlementApple and two major publishing houses are holding out on settling the ebook price-fixing investigations from the US and Europe.… |
| Ofcom calls for end to 0800 charges on mobiles Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:02 AM PDT Freephone should be free, not 21p a minuteBrits calling freephone numbers for government helplines should be able to make those calls for free from their mobiles as well, Ofcom has said.… |
| United Nations gifts NORTH KOREA with tech worth $50k Posted: 05 Apr 2012 02:58 AM PDT A glimpse at Kim Jong-un's IT wish list...HPC blog The UN's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is looking to gift the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the bad Korea) with a little over $50k worth of hardware and peripherals, plus some training, with the goal of modernising North Korea's patent and trademark applications.… |
| Samsung rolls out ultra high-speed microSD cards Posted: 05 Apr 2012 02:22 AM PDT UHS-1 interfaceSamsung has launched a four times faster microSD card for tablets and LTE smartphones.… |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2012 02:00 AM PDT Ill-fated MS tablet tech comes to iPadiOS App of the Week Oh the irony. Microsoft cancelled plans for its Courier tablet when Apple launched the iPad, but the Courier's two-screen design has now found a home on the very device that killed it off, courtesy of Taposé from developer Zanther.… |
| LSI's Nytro bombshell blows roof off next-gen PCIe flash Posted: 05 Apr 2012 01:28 AM PDT Rebranding exercise gave us an eyefulLSI has launched its new Nytro rebranding and inadvertently pre-announced upcoming PCIe MLC flash cards.… |
| Lords give automatic smut censorship bill the once-over Posted: 05 Apr 2012 01:01 AM PDT Opt-in web filth law will keep you safe |
| Apple tells staff to 'capture' iPad 3s with Wi-Fi troubles Posted: 05 Apr 2012 12:50 AM PDT No-quibble replacements offeredApple is investigating the growing number of claims that the New iPad - aka the iPad 3 - suffers from weak Wi-Fi woes.… |
| Sync 'n' share startups hawk safer BYOD file-sharing Posted: 05 Apr 2012 12:35 AM PDT Like Dropbox, but with locks onDropbox file synchronisation and sharing is very popular but insecure. That's the cry from start-ups pushing their sync 'n' share products to business users.… |
| TfL tosses another $33m at CSC Posted: 05 Apr 2012 12:03 AM PDT Outsourcing extension tacks another 27 months onto contractTransport for London (TfL) has extended its outsourcing agreement with CSC.… |
| Anonymous turns its fire on China Posted: 04 Apr 2012 11:15 PM PDT Over 480 gov and biz sites hit by hacktivist blitzHacktivist group Anonymous has finally turned its attention to the People's Republic of China, claiming to have defaced more than 480 web sites over the past few days including government sites, whilst urging Chinese hackers to join its cause.… |
| Asian recruiters on the prowl for IT managers Posted: 04 Apr 2012 11:00 PM PDT Jobs market looking good for ex-pat prosThe technology jobs market in China, Hong Kong and Singapore is picking up in 2012 despite continued uncertainty for firms exporting to the US and Europe, with growing opportunities for ex-pat IT pros, according to recruiters.… |
| Netgear Powerline Nano 500 Ethernet-over-mains adaptor Posted: 04 Apr 2012 11:00 PM PDT Mains-line networkingReview When a vendor puts a colour-coded performance guide LED onto a powerline Ethernet product and admits that "best" throughput - the light is green, natch - is "greater than 80Mbps", you immediately realise how big a gap lies between the technology's reach and its grasp.… |
| Intel goes back to school with StudyBook tablet Posted: 04 Apr 2012 10:18 PM PDT Chipzilla getting down with the kidsIntel is set to follow-up on its Classmate PC for school kids with a tablet for the education market, currently dubbed the StudyBook.… |
| Sedna shrinks after new measurement Posted: 04 Apr 2012 07:27 PM PDT Trans-Neptunian object way smaller than Pluto may carry water iceDwarf planet wannabe Sedna is considerably smaller than previously assumed, according to a new study of Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs).… |
| Scientists plan 3D printable robots for the home Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:48 PM PDT Downloadable droids for every taskA team of academics has won a $10m grant for a five-year project to develop robots that can be designed and manufactured by anyone within 24 hours.… |
| Digital inbox players go postal over names Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:42 PM PDT Australia Post fails in court takedown of new rivalAustralia Post has failed to convince the Federal Court that aspirant rival Digital Post Australia has a dodgy name.… |
| Ice age end was accelerated by CO<sub>2</sub> Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:28 PM PDT Core study fingers culprit before 'big melt', not afterA new global study of ice core samples and underwater sediment suggests that rising atmospheric CO2 preceded the ending of the last Ice Age – not the other way around.… |
| SharePoint 2010 now supports Chrome, Firefox Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:17 PM PDT Latest versions of third-party browsers supported, but IE6 cast outMicrosoft has made a small-but-useful change to SharePoint 2010, as the popular collaboration suite now supports Firefox and, for the first time, Chrome.… |
| IT urine bandit fired and charged Posted: 04 Apr 2012 06:15 PM PDT Did that IT guy just pee on my chair? YesAn IT worker caught on camera urinating on the chairs of female colleagues has turned himself into local police and been charged with criminal offences.… |
| 'Super rogue wave' scuppers Lego pirate Posted: 04 Apr 2012 05:56 PM PDT Australian experiment shows how giant waves emergeVideo (.mov) Pity the poor Lego pirate in the video below: there he is, placidly riding over tiny waves, when a rogue wave arrives and upends his vessel.… |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2012 04:20 PM PDT Set to hit Europa with gustoTwitter is beefing up its fire power in its new international HQ Dublin and the supporting UK office.… |
| The tech jobs headhunters just can't fill Posted: 04 Apr 2012 04:15 PM PDT Project pipeline strong, but scarce skills and big pay packets frustrate employersRecuitment professionals just can't fill some jobs and sometimes it's your fault for wanting too much money.… |
| Feathered Tyrannosaurus uncovered in China Posted: 04 Apr 2012 03:42 PM PDT Try getting this one into the airChinese and Canadian paleontologists have announced a new find in the world of feathery dinosaurs: a ten-meter, 1½ ton distant relative of Tyrannosaurus Rex called Yutyrannus huali.… |
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