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- SpaceX and Bigelow sign deal for inflatable space stations in orbit
- Egenera runs virty tools on IBM BladeCenters
- GTC 2012: Not your average vendo-loveathon
- AppSense revs up user virt tools to 8.4
- Amnesty International UK site flung Gh0st RAT at surfers after hack
- Xyratex jumps out of drive drawers... onto converged racks
- BeyondTrust gobbles Code Red vuln firm eEye
- Rovio flies away from Angry Birds for all-new puzzler
- Whiptail flashes new kit, launches 72TB storage monster
- Using a Lenovo All-In-One? Grab a fire extinguisher!
- Samsung sheds light on low-cost WinPho blower
- RM dumps cash-bleeding ISIS Concepts onto ex-owner
- UK court rules Nokia infringed patent, Finns party on anyway
- Yahoo! CEO! didn't! even! read! his! own! CV!
- Sony stock slides to 30-year low after record loss
- Vote now for the worst movie NEVER made
- Swarm of investors crave 'more shares than Facebook is selling'
- Grab your L-plates, flying cars of sci-fi dreams have landed
- 7.85in 'iPad Mini' said to sport retina screen
- Third teen TeamPoison hack suspect quizzed by cyber-cops
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail on Blu-ray
- Colour Kindle incoming says mole
- Logica's UK order book crashes by 80 per cent
- Leica goes all out B&W for M-Monochrom camera
- 'Call Corporate Of Apple and tell them to stop there persuit!!'
- ISP kills off country-ban dodge after just 48 hours
- Ubuntu will hit the big time on Amazon: Here's how
- Knomo Folio iPad 3 case
- Wolfenstein 3D shoots onto web
- Disabled can't 'Go Compare' on price comparison websites
- Battle continues over LOHAN's mighty rod
- Europe must shift R&D from car gizmos to infrastructure, honks wonk
- Facebook tests paid post promotion
- MoJ opens wallet, offers £300m for desktop services
- North Korean GPS blocking sparks cyber war fears
- Zimbabwe's Mugabe welcomes Chinese tech investment
- Foxconn moves into e-distribution
- Ten... freeware gems for new PCs
- Government pledges tougher games sales law
- NBN Co keeps Aus unemployment down
- Megacorps accuse Chinese fab workers of pilfering designs
- Tonga gets hitched to Southern Cross
- Twin-track development plan for Intel's expansion into smartphones
- Shy Venus in rare Sun crossing next month
- Citrix snaps up Virtual Computer for VDI
- Study reveals high price of smut addiction
- Office 365 hard enough to penetrate US government
- Intel plans massive push around touchy-feely Ultrabooks
- Redmond revamp: Bing gets social bling
- Optus CEO: Our ads pay for TV, so let TV Now live
| SpaceX and Bigelow sign deal for inflatable space stations in orbit Posted: 11 May 2012 01:05 PM PDT Budget hotel mogul offering bubbles in spaceSpaceX has signed a partnership deal with Bigelow Aerospace (BA) to offer a taxi service to and from the inflatable habitats BA intends to put into orbit.… |
| Egenera runs virty tools on IBM BladeCenters Posted: 11 May 2012 12:09 PM PDT Control freak spans the Big Three in blades nowEgenera, the virtualized server infrastructure pioneer, has certified its PAN Manager control freakery to run on IBM's BladeCenter blade servers.… |
| GTC 2012: Not your average vendo-loveathon Posted: 11 May 2012 11:04 AM PDT Why I geek out for GTCHPC blog One of my very favorite industry events is coming up next week: the NVIDIA-organised GPU Technology Conference, aka GTC 2012. I've been in the tech industry for almost 20 years; roughly half that time was spent working for The Man in vendor firms, and the other half at my own boutique industry analyst firm. Not surprisingly, I've been to a lot of vendor-sponsored conferences. I've helped organise some and have had speaking slots at quite a few, so I know the drill.… |
| AppSense revs up user virt tools to 8.4 Posted: 11 May 2012 10:01 AM PDT Quick and easyAppSense figured out that managing users was a headache long before virtual desktop infrastructure became a possibility for enterprises. The company has spent the last decade evolving user management tools that spanned many different kinds of systems and application virtualization layers, such as the Citrix Presentation Server (now XenApp) and Microsoft App-V, as well as physical Windows servers. But as is the case with all software; it can always be made easier to use and faster to deploy as well as expanded into new areas of relevancy.… |
| Amnesty International UK site flung Gh0st RAT at surfers after hack Posted: 11 May 2012 09:28 AM PDT Do-gooders done forAmnesty International UK's website was hacked early this week in an assault ultimately geared towards planting malware onto the PCs of visiting surfers.… |
| Xyratex jumps out of drive drawers... onto converged racks Posted: 11 May 2012 09:03 AM PDT Puts money on supercomputing storage growthFollowing a slump in sales of its disk drive array drawers, Xyratex is moving into clustered and converged compute, storage and networking HPC racks, with Cray as a lead customer.… |
| BeyondTrust gobbles Code Red vuln firm eEye Posted: 11 May 2012 08:29 AM PDT IIS hole-plugger snapped upAccess control biz BeyondTrust has acquired vulnerability management vendor eEye Digital Security. The financial terms of the deal, announced on Thursday, were not disclosed.… |
| Rovio flies away from Angry Birds for all-new puzzler Posted: 11 May 2012 08:06 AM PDT No pigs or birds this timeWith Rovio's Angry Birds hitting the billion-download mark recently, the Finnish developer has turned its attention to its next mobile game, revealed this week as Amazing Alex.… |
| Whiptail flashes new kit, launches 72TB storage monster Posted: 11 May 2012 08:01 AM PDT Little and largeWhiptail, the flash array startup from Whippany, New Jersey, has boosted and renamed its XLR8r flash array, and launched a 72TB flash storage monster called INVICTA.… |
| Using a Lenovo All-In-One? Grab a fire extinguisher! Posted: 11 May 2012 07:39 AM PDT Recall of flame-risk ThinkCentres hits 188,000Lenovo is recalling another 15,000 All-In-One desktops due to concerns about over-heating and potential fire hazards, taking the tally to 188,000.… |
| Samsung sheds light on low-cost WinPho blower Posted: 11 May 2012 07:20 AM PDT Tile be backSamsung announced its latest offering based on the Windows Phone platform today, the Omnia M, a low-end alternative for those who want Microsoft's tile UI, but don't fancy one of Nokia's budget Lumia.… |
| RM dumps cash-bleeding ISIS Concepts onto ex-owner Posted: 11 May 2012 07:19 AM PDT Here, mate, you can have this one backRM has offloaded its loss-making classroom furniture biz ISIS Concepts to its former owner and current managing director Nick Topliss for £205,000.… |
| UK court rules Nokia infringed patent, Finns party on anyway Posted: 11 May 2012 07:03 AM PDT Loses 'priority call' appeal in battle against IPComA top UK court has ruled that Nokia's old 3G handsets infringed a telecoms patent owned by technology warehouse IPCom, which wants a ban on every mobile made by the Finns.… |
| Yahoo! CEO! didn't! even! read! his! own! CV! Posted: 11 May 2012 06:36 AM PDT CompSci degree gaffe dates back to PayPal daysYahoo! CEO Scott Thompson has said that the fuss over his CV and the computer science degree that never was is totally not his fault - because he never gave the web firm his résumé or told them what qualifications he had.… |
| Sony stock slides to 30-year low after record loss Posted: 11 May 2012 06:07 AM PDT Investors unsure tired corp can turn things aroundSony shares dropped to a 30-year low on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today after reporting a record loss of $5.7bn.… |
| Vote now for the worst movie NEVER made Posted: 11 May 2012 05:45 AM PDT The horror, the horror...Poll The moment has arrived for you, our beloved cinemagoing readers, to vote for the worst movie never made.… |
| Swarm of investors crave 'more shares than Facebook is selling' Posted: 11 May 2012 05:19 AM PDT Whose IPO is oversubscribed? Mine ... bitchFacebook's IPO is already oversubscribed with too many investors eyeing up more shares than those available, according to a well-placed source.… |
| Grab your L-plates, flying cars of sci-fi dreams have landed Posted: 11 May 2012 05:04 AM PDT But queues, no parking and dodgy drivers all sound very familiarFar from being a mere staple of science fiction, plenty of flying cars really do exist, we're told. But there's one problem: hardly anyone knows how to fly them.… |
| 7.85in 'iPad Mini' said to sport retina screen Posted: 11 May 2012 04:38 AM PDT Like the iPad 3, just smallerThe 7.85in iPad will sport a "retina" display after all, it has been claimed, but will still come in at $200-250 retail.… |
| Third teen TeamPoison hack suspect quizzed by cyber-cops Posted: 11 May 2012 04:21 AM PDT Lad cuffed in anti-terror hotline attack probeBritish cyber-cops have arrested a third suspected member of the infamous TeaMp0isoN hacker crew.… |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail on Blu-ray Posted: 11 May 2012 04:00 AM PDT Your father smelt of elderberriesReview Round and round we go the video format bush. First you recorded it off the telly. Then you bought it on VHS. Finally, you acquired a perfectly brilliant version on DVD. And now, finally again, Sony Pictures has found yet another way for you to part with your money for the love of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.… |
| Colour Kindle incoming says mole Posted: 11 May 2012 03:54 AM PDT E-book reader, not FireColour Kindle, anyone? Yes, we thought that would mean the arrival of the Kindle Fire over here, but the inevitable Taiwanese contract-manufacturer moles say, no, it's a colour e-ink device with a multi-touch sensor overlaying the display.… |
| Logica's UK order book crashes by 80 per cent Posted: 11 May 2012 03:42 AM PDT So sorry we did too well last yearLogica's UK outsourcing ordering book took a hammering in Q1, falling 80 per cent year-on-year – albeit against a strong 2011.… |
| Leica goes all out B&W for M-Monochrom camera Posted: 11 May 2012 03:37 AM PDT Large sensor and superzoom snappers tooLeica unveiled several camera models today, including the world's first digital rangefinder camera with a dedicated black and white sensor for monochrome photography, as well as a compact with a 20x optical zoom.… |
| 'Call Corporate Of Apple and tell them to stop there persuit!!' Posted: 11 May 2012 03:17 AM PDT Plus: 'Google knew it needed a licence'Quotw This was the week when the Oracle v Google trial over the Chocolate Factory's use of Java in the Android OS rumbled on, and the jury didn't help matters much.… |
| ISP kills off country-ban dodge after just 48 hours Posted: 11 May 2012 02:42 AM PDT Kiwi FYX wobbles on geo-block evasion for puntersA new ISP has withdrawn its "global mode" that allowed punters to evade country-based blocking of web content - just 48 hours after switching on the service.… |
| Ubuntu will hit the big time on Amazon: Here's how Posted: 11 May 2012 02:22 AM PDT Turning love for Linux into cold hard cashOpen ... and Shut The cloud is the new operating system, and Amazon owns the cloud. Big iron vendors like IBM and HP are feeling the heat as workloads itch to move off expensive mainframes into Amazon's public cloud. Even Microsoft, the once undisputed king of the operating system, is under siege as its Seattle neighbor embraces and extends .NET and SQL Server, making Amazon, not Microsoft, the one-stop shop for enterprise computing needs.… |
| Posted: 11 May 2012 02:00 AM PDT Padded sellAccessory of the Week Apple's magnetic Smart Cover is very clever, but it's far from perfect. For one thing, it doesn't protect the back of the iPad. And if you're anything like me and habitually leave your iPad on a kitchen counter or table, you'll have found that its not as immune from scratching as you might have thought.… |
| Wolfenstein 3D shoots onto web Posted: 11 May 2012 01:46 AM PDT Blast from the pastClassic proto first-person shooter Wolfenstein 3D is now free to play, courtesy of developer Bethesda.… |
| Disabled can't 'Go Compare' on price comparison websites Posted: 11 May 2012 01:27 AM PDT Charity: Accessibility issues breach equality lawsDisabled visitors to five of the UK's most popular price comparison websites are not being provided with sufficient tools to successfully use the sites, which is a breach of laws on discrimination, a charity has said.09 May 2012 Topics… |
| Battle continues over LOHAN's mighty rod Posted: 11 May 2012 01:00 AM PDT |
| Europe must shift R&D from car gizmos to infrastructure, honks wonk Posted: 11 May 2012 12:28 AM PDT Trying to constipate people's 'movements' is WRONGEurope needs to focus on infrastructure and intelligent transport systems, one of the EU's top transport policy wonks said today, introducing the 13th EU Hitachi Science & Technology Forum in London.… |
| Facebook tests paid post promotion Posted: 11 May 2012 12:06 AM PDT "Make sure friends see this" by handing over cashFacebook has been spotted trialling a service that allows users to pay a small fee, said to be US$2 dollars, to highlight posts to "Make sure friends see this."… |
| MoJ opens wallet, offers £300m for desktop services Posted: 11 May 2012 12:01 AM PDT Department's infrastructure and devices up for tenderThe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is planning to spend up to £300m on end user computing and desktop services as part of a future IT sourcing plan.… |
| North Korean GPS blocking sparks cyber war fears Posted: 10 May 2012 11:11 PM PDT Satnav stand-off as signal-stoppers slow ships, planesSouth Korea will lodge an official complaint with the UN over its reclusive neighbour after GPS-blocking by the North for over a week disrupted hundreds of flights, in what some officials are worried could be the first signs of a looming cyber war.… |
| Zimbabwe's Mugabe welcomes Chinese tech investment Posted: 10 May 2012 11:07 PM PDT Er, cheers Bob but keep it down, yeah?China's technology industry received an unexpected, and possibly unwelcome, piece of publicity on Thursday when Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe hailed the success of the "technology transfer" between the two countries.… |
| Foxconn moves into e-distribution Posted: 10 May 2012 11:05 PM PDT Apple supports move, will help with startup costsApple's controversial Chinese manufacturer Foxconn is moving into e-commerce distribution and opening new headquarters in Shanghai.… |
| Ten... freeware gems for new PCs Posted: 10 May 2012 11:00 PM PDT Something for nothing |
| Government pledges tougher games sales law Posted: 10 May 2012 10:00 PM PDT Disrespect Pegi, go to jailThe government is to toughen videogame sales regulations and introduce a legally enforceable 12 rating.… |
| NBN Co keeps Aus unemployment down Posted: 10 May 2012 09:31 PM PDT Corning opens new digs and is hiringCorning Cable Systems has unveiled a new manufacturing plant in Victoria which will create 400 new jobs as a result of securing a key National Broadband Network Co contract.… |
| Megacorps accuse Chinese fab workers of pilfering designs Posted: 10 May 2012 08:42 PM PDT Little being done to stop blueprints leakingMultinationals based in China are increasingly worried about their local workforce stealing valuable intellectual property but many are failing to act in a timely and proactive manner to combat information security threats, according to a panel of security experts.… |
| Tonga gets hitched to Southern Cross Posted: 10 May 2012 08:33 PM PDT Alca-Lu lays the cable for island nation broadband boostA new US$18 million undersea cable project connecting the Kingdom of Tonga and Fiji to Australia and the US is under construction following the awarding of the contract to Alcatel-Lucent.… |
| Twin-track development plan for Intel's expansion into smartphones Posted: 10 May 2012 07:26 PM PDT Android-optimization is key to beating AppleIntel is planning a two-pronged attack on the smartphone and tablet markets, with dual Atom lines going down to 14 nanometers and Android providing the special sauce to spur sales.… |
| Shy Venus in rare Sun crossing next month Posted: 10 May 2012 06:41 PM PDT Last chance to see until 2117 has exoplanet-spotters excitedVenus will pass across the face of the Sun just four weeks, the last chance for more than a century to observe our nearest planetary neighbour crossing our star's fiery surface.… |
| Citrix snaps up Virtual Computer for VDI Posted: 10 May 2012 06:11 PM PDT Project Avalon mashes up XenDesktop, CloudStackIt has been a busy week for desktop, server, and application virtualization juggernaut Citrix Systems, which is hosting its Synergy user conference in San Francisco this week.… |
| Study reveals high price of smut addiction Posted: 10 May 2012 06:03 PM PDT Severe social, relationship and legal problems hit habitual viewersHabitual viewers of smut often mess up their lives, according to preliminary analysis of a new study conducted by University of Sydney academics, who believe the problem is caused in part by the ubiquitous availability of online video nasties that viewers can watch anywhere, with many devices.… |
| Office 365 hard enough to penetrate US government Posted: 10 May 2012 05:29 PM PDT FISMA fulfilment fuels feud with GoogleMicrosoft's cloud productivity pack Office 365 has won an important certification from the US government, by ticking off all the to-do's on the list to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).… |
| Intel plans massive push around touchy-feely Ultrabooks Posted: 10 May 2012 03:40 PM PDT Biggest launch in nearly a decadeIntel is planning its biggest marketing campaign since the launch of Centrino in 2003 in an attempt to make Ultrabook laptops and tablet-hybrids more attractive to buyers.… |
| Redmond revamp: Bing gets social bling Posted: 10 May 2012 03:37 PM PDT All your friends are belong to usMicrosoft is taking yet-another swipe at Google, unveiling a revamped Bing that Redmond says will do a better job of separating social search from the main body of results.… |
| Optus CEO: Our ads pay for TV, so let TV Now live Posted: 10 May 2012 03:17 PM PDT Veiled threat or novel argument?Broadcasters should support, rather than opposing, Optus' TV Now service, the carrier's CEO believes, because Optus is a major TV advertiser.… |
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