Partial victory for Oracle in Java case |
- Partial victory for Oracle in Java case
- 'ACTA is dead,' says Europe's digital doyenne
- Dinosaur flatulence may have warmed Earth
- Apple updates iOS, mum on Wi-Fi, battery fixes
- Fanbois froth as Apple claims 'iPhone5.com' rights
- US gov boffins achieve speeds FASTER THAN LIGHT
- Philips HMP2000 HD Media Player
- RIM’s Wake Up is a mini-manifesto
- WD My Book Thunderbolt Duo
- Indian callers could see bills DOUBLE after spectrum auction chaos
- US, Australia may share SmartGates
- ABC seeks help for digital content sharing plans
- China shoots for 800 million web users by 2015
- Evil plot to control souls via Wi-Fi thwarted
- Apple logging passwords in plain text
- Pirate island attracts more than 100 startup tenants
- Loose screw caused airplane iPhone ‘fire’
| Partial victory for Oracle in Java case Posted: 07 May 2012 02:08 PM PDT Google files for a mistrialAfter deliberating over the weekend the jury in the Oracle-v-Google trial over Java copyright has returned a partial victory for Larry Ellison's crew.… |
| 'ACTA is dead,' says Europe's digital doyenne Posted: 07 May 2012 01:45 PM PDT Until the next ACTA, that is...The European Commission's VP for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes has signaled that the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is dead, and the world's copyright industry will have to change to suit people, rather than vice versa.… |
| Dinosaur flatulence may have warmed Earth Posted: 07 May 2012 01:21 PM PDT Sauropod emissions blow away cows, came close to modern methane volumesGiant herbivorous dinosaurs may have emitted sufficient methane to warm the Mesozoic climate, according to a new paper in Current Biology.… |
| Apple updates iOS, mum on Wi-Fi, battery fixes Posted: 07 May 2012 01:17 PM PDT Don't upgrade your iDevice over iTunesApple has released an update to its iOS mobile operating system, version 5.1.1, which it claims remove some bugs and improves reliability of some options, but which does not address the wireless conductivity problems – well, at least not overtly – that have had some fanbois fuming.… |
| Fanbois froth as Apple claims 'iPhone5.com' rights Posted: 07 May 2012 11:13 AM PDT Time to rethink naming scheme, à la 'The new iPad'?Apple has filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Association against the owners of the domain name "iphone5.com", but devotees of the site to which that name links are not giving up without a fight.… |
| US gov boffins achieve speeds FASTER THAN LIGHT Posted: 07 May 2012 06:04 AM PDT 'Loophole' found in Special Theory of RelativityScientists working in a US government laboratory say they have managed to transmit a signal from point to point faster than the speed of light in a vacuum - in a development apparently violating the laws of physics.… |
| Philips HMP2000 HD Media Player Posted: 07 May 2012 04:00 AM PDT Jumping on the Netflix bandwagonReview Philips describes its new HMP2000 as a 'smart media box', along the lines of rivals such as the AppleTV and Western Digital's WDTV Live. However, it would probably be more accurate to describe it as a Netflix box, since Netflix is clearly its primary raison d'être.… |
| RIM’s Wake Up is a mini-manifesto Posted: 07 May 2012 01:19 AM PDT 'Do different', outside the middle, or somethingRIM's controversial attempt to Wake Up Australia to the wonders of its products has been revealed.… |
| Posted: 07 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT Fast file storeGeek Treat of the Week The My Book Thunderbolt Duo contains two Western Digital 2TB or 3TB Caviar Green drives in its now familiar hardback-style silver chassis.… |
| Indian callers could see bills DOUBLE after spectrum auction chaos Posted: 06 May 2012 11:48 PM PDT Operators in dire warning as government mulls proposalsMobile phone bills in India could double if the government agrees to new regulatory proposals for upcoming 2G spectrum auctions, the country's major operators have warned.… |
| US, Australia may share SmartGates Posted: 06 May 2012 09:01 PM PDT Information sharing experience leads to possible e-passport access for both nationsYears of experience sharing intelligence data about airline passengers has given the USAand Australia confidence to put the data to work as a queue-buster, after the nations announced they would explore expedited access to immigration services in their respective airports.… |
| ABC seeks help for digital content sharing plans Posted: 06 May 2012 07:35 PM PDT "End-to-end digital file based work-flows" sought across radio, TV, webThe Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is seeking " … business consultancy services for transition of file based content ...".… |
| China shoots for 800 million web users by 2015 Posted: 06 May 2012 06:32 PM PDT Half a BILLION is not enough, apparentlyThe Chinese government is hoping to close the country's digital divide further by bringing a whopping 800 million of its citizens online by 2015, according to its latest pronouncement.… |
| Evil plot to control souls via Wi-Fi thwarted Posted: 06 May 2012 04:46 PM PDT Ruckus 'apologises' for faith-based videoUS Wi-Fi vendor Ruckus Wireless has "apologised" for an evangelical ad campaign, branded 'Believe', in which a God-fearing preacher promises "WiFi you can put your faith in" and "the chance to connect to a greater power."… |
| Apple logging passwords in plain text Posted: 06 May 2012 04:35 PM PDT Lion debug 'feature' breaks securityA post to Cryptome is pointing the finger at Apple for logging plain-text passwords of users of "legacy" Filevault under Lion 10.7.3.… |
| Pirate island attracts more than 100 startup tenants Posted: 06 May 2012 04:30 PM PDT Green-card-free startup ship off closer to international watersOver 100 international tech companies have registered their interest in the floating geek city, Blueseed, which will be launched next year in international waters outside of Silicon Valley.… |
| Loose screw caused airplane iPhone ‘fire’ Posted: 06 May 2012 04:15 PM PDT Ham-fisted screen replacement fingeredWhen an iPhone started smoking on a regional flight last November, it was easily enough dealt with: the phone was put in the aisle and extinguished.… |
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