'Maybe we'll just call them 'Surface-like devices'

'Maybe we'll just call them 'Surface-like devices'


'Maybe we'll just call them 'Surface-like devices'

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 04:02 AM PDT

Plus: Boffins get excited over the 'heaviest boson ever found'

Quotw  This was the week when a few patent skirmishes came to head as Samsung failed to get a stay on the bans Apple won on both the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the US. Meanwhile, in the UK, a judge ruled HTC had not infringed on four of Apple's patents – and added that three of them were invalid anyway. Oh, and Apple emptied its pockets of loose change to pay Proview a paltry (in fruity firm terms) $60m for the trademark to the name IPAD.…

Security firm in Tor Project 'mass surveillance' row responds

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 02:02 AM PDT

'We accept or reject, we do not store'

Cyberoam has responded to warnings that its security device open up traffic to inspection by third-parties.…

Ten... budget inkjet printers

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Bargain basement all-in-ones

Product Round-up  As money continues to be tight, buying a new all-in-one often takes a back seat. However, if an old machine has died, or a son or daughter needs something to print coursework, you may be forced to flex a card. On the up side, you could be surprised at some of the bargains which are available in the inkjet market.…

Open source incest: GPL forked by its coauthor

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 05:35 PM PDT

Will licensing licentiousness rile Free Softies?

One of the principal authors of version 3 of the Gnu General Public License (GPL) has spun off his own version of the license without the participation of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), in a move that could ruffle feathers in the often-cantankerous free software community.…

Revealed at last: Universe's intergalactic dark matter skeleton

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 03:55 PM PDT

Boffins' first glimpse of the structural framework of our universe

Higgs, Schmiggs... When that infinitesimal speck was sucking up all the journalistic oxygen on Independence Day, another momentous scientific discovery was also being announced: the first observation of filaments of dark matter, the stuff that forms the "skeleton" of our universe.…

Mozilla shoots down Thunderbird, hatches new release model

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 03:53 PM PDT

'This bird's not dead, it's just pining for the fjords'

Mozilla has announced a new plan for the ongoing development of its Thunderbird email client that it says will provide for a stable product and continued opportunity for innovation…

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