Curiosity spins its wheels and shoots up the Martian landscape |
- Curiosity spins its wheels and shoots up the Martian landscape
- T-Mobile USA: Our new unlimited data plan is actually unlimited
- Bogus Android markets seized in FBI software crackdown
- Google screams into top Opera soprano gig - again
- Windows 7 hotspot hacker turns to software bonding
- New nuclear fuel source would power human race until 5000AD
- Apple TV: Rubbish, you don't like documentaries – I'll just flick to porn
- Superworm Crisis eats Macs, VMware and - shock - Windows
- Ubisoft: 'Vast majority of PC gamers are PIRATES'
- Ofcom vows to smooth out ISP complaint complaints
- SkyTap embeds Cloud Foundry in app dev cloud
- Apple's patent insanity infects Silicon Valley
- OpenStacker stuffs free Moxie on USB
- AMD snubs hackers' tiny package, will fix raided blog
- Everything Everywhere to be Nothing Nowhere in rebrand
- It's not just crap PC sales: Dell's storage revs are also slipping
- Doctor Who to hit small screen on 1 September
- Boffins zapped '2,000 bugs' from Curiosity's 2 MILLION lines of code
- Nikon snaps first Android-based camera crown
- Councils launch eight spying ops on Brits A DAY using RIPA
- Patch Tuesday deja vu: Adobe patches Flash ... again
- LOHAN turns up the heat on <i>Vulture 2</i> motor
- Everything Everywhere flogs 4G hand-me-downs to Three
- NASA: WE'VE FOUND Four-toed NON-HUMAN FOOTPRINTS
- Curiosity preps for first Martian road trip
- Apple's Cupertino comrades conspire to capture Russia
- UK.gov's minimum booze price dream demolished
- City strokes modest firms, promises to spaff a few million on IT
- Speaking in Tech: Can you sell technology without having AWESOME HAIR?
- Facebook ordered to unmask anonymous trolls by beak
- WikiLeaks' secrets weren't, says former MI5 chief
- Ten... Androids for under 100 quid
- Foxconn certified as good employer, rights groups disagree
- Behold: China's robot noodle army!
- Google facing irrelevance in China
- Don't bother with Big Data – listen to customers instead
- D-Wave goes public with 81-qubit protein modeling
- Apple, Samsung blast away in patent case closing arguments
- The problem with Foxtel’s call for NBN copyright cops
- Rackspace lands in Australia
- The Oatmeal hits $850,000 goal for Tesla museum
- Dell expects slow Windows 8 demand in enterprise
- Greens launch anti-TPP Internationale
- Sex rating Facebook page publishers jailed
| Curiosity spins its wheels and shoots up the Martian landscape Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:23 PM PDT NASA renames touchdown point 'Bradbury's Landing'Pics The driving team at NASA has taken Curiosity out for its first spin around the landing site ahead of its first road trip, as well as shooting up the area with a laser to get the initial readings about what exactly it is trundling across.… |
| T-Mobile USA: Our new unlimited data plan is actually unlimited Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:47 PM PDT Carrier compensates for iPhone-less inadequacyWireless carrier T-Mobile has what it describes as a "bold" new feature in store for its upcoming unlimited data plan: This time, it's actually going to be unlimited.… |
| Bogus Android markets seized in FBI software crackdown Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:20 AM PDT 'You wouldn't steal an Android app...'The US Department of Justice reports that three domains selling stolen Android applications have been seized in a combined operation by the FBI and international police.… |
| Google screams into top Opera soprano gig - again Posted: 22 Aug 2012 09:01 AM PDT Norwegians seal two-year search deal for browserGoogle will continue to serve as the default search engine for Opera Software's web browser for another two years, the Norway-based company confirmed today.… |
| Windows 7 hotspot hacker turns to software bonding Posted: 22 Aug 2012 08:38 AM PDT Wi-Fi, 4G, wired, whatever you've got – borged into one powerful streamThe company responsible for hacking a Wi-Fi hotspot into Windows 7 is turning its hand to software bonding, promising tens of megabits over the slowest of cellular connections.… |
| New nuclear fuel source would power human race until 5000AD Posted: 22 Aug 2012 08:13 AM PDT Fission not just safe and affordable: sustainable tooSince the Fukushima meltdown - as a result of which, not a single person is set to be measurably harmed by radiation - we know that nuclear power is safe. New discoveries by US scientists have now shown it's sustainable as well.… |
| Apple TV: Rubbish, you don't like documentaries – I'll just flick to porn Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:59 AM PDT Cupertino awarded patent on intuitive channel-switchingFed up of having to pick up the remote controls to change channel when something boring comes on? Apple has just patented a broadcast device that will know - in advance - whether you're going to be interested in that nature documentary, and will change to something better so you don't have to.… |
| Superworm Crisis eats Macs, VMware and - shock - Windows Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:33 AM PDT Don't panic, don't panic - OK, panic! Panic!Security watchers have discovered a virus strain that compromises VMware virtual machines as well as infecting Mac OS X and Windows computers and Windows Mobile devices. It demonstrates previously unseen capabilities in the process.… |
| Ubisoft: 'Vast majority of PC gamers are PIRATES' Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:57 AM PDT Free-to-play inevitable?Ubisoft reckons just one in ten PC gamers legitimately source games, using the figure as justification for a move towards more free-to-play and web browser-based titles.… |
| Ofcom vows to smooth out ISP complaint complaints Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:28 AM PDT 'Inconsistencies' found in dispute handlingPissed-off punters can now benefit from what communications watchdog Ofcom has described as "an improved experience" when complaining about mobiles, landlines and broadband.… |
| SkyTap embeds Cloud Foundry in app dev cloud Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:01 AM PDT Imports and exports from private VMware virty serversThe floating application development laboratory called SkyTap is burrowing deeper into the VMware fold and making itself more useful to coders by supporting the Cloud Foundry framework on its eponymous dev and test cloud. The company, funded in part by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is also firing up new templates for SkyTap that allow for n-tier applications running in VMs created for VMware's ESXi hypervisor to be moved more easily between the SkyTap app dev cloud and private infrastructure or other production-grade VMware clouds.… |
| Apple's patent insanity infects Silicon Valley Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:43 AM PDT Patent trolls go nuclearOpen ... and Shut Spotting a patent troll used to be easy. They were the ones who sold lawsuits, not products. Companies like Intellectual Ventures picked up the title "patent troll" from critics as they went beyond buying and licensing patents to suing companies like Dell and Hewlett-Packard over claimed violations.… |
| OpenStacker stuffs free Moxie on USB Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:22 AM PDT Piston Cloud repackages OpenStack for devsThe people who stuffed an enterprise-ready version of the OpenStack cloud onto a USB stick have devised a cut-down freebie edition to get you started.… |
| AMD snubs hackers' tiny package, will fix raided blog Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:01 AM PDT As perps turn fire on Philips' websitesAMD hopes to heave its blog back online soon after hackers broke into the site.… |
| Everything Everywhere to be Nothing Nowhere in rebrand Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:46 AM PDT Reg readers! Suggest new name for mobile telco NOWEverything Everywhere will change its identity before the end of 2012 - but will NOT merge its Orange and T-Mobile brands, which will continue to confuse punters indefinitely.… |
| It's not just crap PC sales: Dell's storage revs are also slipping Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:33 AM PDT Slump hits across the boardHas the spark has gone out? Despite acquisitions Dell's storage revenues have been declining for over a year. The effort to develop synergies between the products hasn't delivered the sales goods yet. Is it time for a re-think?… |
| Doctor Who to hit small screen on 1 September Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:16 AM PDT Time Lord countdown to Series 7 beginsThe latest instalment of Doctor Who, which will feature Amy Pond's "heartbreaking" exit, is set to air in the UK on BBC1 on 1 September.… |
| Boffins zapped '2,000 bugs' from Curiosity's 2 MILLION lines of code Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:00 AM PDT Billion-dollar laser-firing nuke tank - what could go wrong?With a $2.5bn price tag, a 350-million mile journey and 2 million lines of C and some C++ code, the only bugs NASA wants its Curiosity rover to find are those possibly beneath the Martian surface.… |
| Nikon snaps first Android-based camera crown Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:53 AM PDT All it needs now is a phoneNikon today unveiled its first Android-based point-and-shoot camera, the Coolpix S800C.… |
| Councils launch eight spying ops on Brits A DAY using RIPA Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:44 AM PDT Law designed for spooks, used against smokersBlighty's councils are conducting an average of eight wiretaps or covert surveillance operations A DAY using laws intended to regulate serious crime investigations.… |
| Patch Tuesday deja vu: Adobe patches Flash ... again Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:28 AM PDT Double-take for IT adminsAdobe yesterday released a Flash Player update just one week after its patch Tuesday release, providing a bit of extra hassle for admins for the second Tuesday in a row.… |
| LOHAN turns up the heat on <i>Vulture 2</i> motor Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:17 AM PDT Space-grade toaster to keep spaceplane engine warmWe know you lot like a nice bit of kit, so you'll certainly enjoy the latest piece of high-tech gadgetry to turn up at the SPB's mountaintop headquarters.… |
| Everything Everywhere flogs 4G hand-me-downs to Three Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:02 AM PDT But what's this? 'Do not open until September 2013'Everything Everywhere has flogged its excess 1800MHz radio spectrum to rival mobile operator Three with one rather important condition. The sale briefly raised the possibility of the UK having competing 4G networks this year until EE crushed that dream by failing to relinquish the bands until September 2013.… |
| NASA: WE'VE FOUND Four-toed NON-HUMAN FOOTPRINTS Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:42 AM PDT 'Photos taken on Earth', insists amateur scientistUS space agency NASA, one of the few organisations with probe craft operating beyond Earth orbit (for instance upon the surface of Mars and above planets and moons still further-flung) has stunned the world by releasing photos of a huge, four-toed footprint dating from more than 100 million years ago.… |
| Curiosity preps for first Martian road trip Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:25 AM PDT Rover gets ready to roll three metres from landing siteNASA's Mars rover Curiosity has wiggled its four corner wheels for the first time to get ready for its first drive across the surface of the Red Planet.… |
| Apple's Cupertino comrades conspire to capture Russia Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:02 AM PDT 'Direct sales invasion mulled'Apple is beefing up its presence in Russia, according to rumours in the Russian financial daily Kommersant.… |
| UK.gov's minimum booze price dream demolished Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:41 AM PDT Economists sink case, addicts will always sink casesEconomists at the Office of Fair Trading have quietly demolished the UK government's case for minimum alcohol pricing.… |
| City strokes modest firms, promises to spaff a few million on IT Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:23 AM PDT There, there. Your time will come, soon, ishBristol City Council has announced changes to its ICT strategy aimed at ensuring that within the next three years 25 per cent of its annual technology budget will be spent with local SMEs.… |
| Speaking in Tech: Can you sell technology without having AWESOME HAIR? Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:02 AM PDT We chat about this and other erm, storage and virtualisation puzzlers... |
| Facebook ordered to unmask anonymous trolls by beak Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:32 AM PDT We've axed web pests' accounts... bitchFacebook was given 24 hours to supply a court in Northern Ireland with the email addresses of account holders who used the site to post abusive messages about a Belfast company, according to press reports.… |
| WikiLeaks' secrets weren't, says former MI5 chief Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:25 AM PDT Dame Stella Rimington wants pollies' TXTs on the recordWikiLeaks' revelations of the "secrets" of global diplomacy weren't that secret, says Dame Stella Rimington, novelist and former Director general of MI5.… |
| Ten... Androids for under 100 quid Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Call for changeProduct Round-up It feels like yesterday smartphones were a luxury only afforded to those with sexy salaries, but as high-end devices push their predecessors down a peg – these yesterday's men are there for the taking for those on a shoestring.… |
| Foxconn certified as good employer, rights groups disagree Posted: 21 Aug 2012 11:27 PM PDT Labour organisations want other Apple suppliers investigatedThe Fair Labor Association (FLA) has claimed Apple supplier Foxconn is ahead of schedule with a remediation plan in place at three factories to improve working conditions, but labour groups have warned that major issues still exist throughout Apple's supply chain.… |
| Behold: China's robot noodle army! Posted: 21 Aug 2012 11:17 PM PDT Coming soon to a restaurant near you?Former chef Cui Runguan has created an army of noodle-slicing robots that he hopes will staff restaurants across China.… |
| Google facing irrelevance in China Posted: 21 Aug 2012 08:25 PM PDT Local rival Qihoo drops Google from popular portalGoogle's key local partner Qihoo dropped has dropped the text ad giant from its popular portal site and promptly replaced it with its own newly launched service.… |
| Don't bother with Big Data – listen to customers instead Posted: 21 Aug 2012 07:39 PM PDT Analytics has a role, says telco innovator, but better insights come from your earsDabbling with big data won't produce insights into how to improve a business as rapidly as listening to customers' interactions with a business, according to Michael Ossipoff, the Director of Capability and Innovation and Australia's dominant telco, Telstra.… |
| D-Wave goes public with 81-qubit protein modeling Posted: 21 Aug 2012 06:00 PM PDT All together now: 'It's quantum, innit?'D-Wave – whose claims to have a working quantum computer have been met with skepticism and major contracts in equal measure – has published a paper in Nature in which it demonstrates the application of quantum annealing to protein folding analysis.… |
| Apple, Samsung blast away in patent case closing arguments Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:35 PM PDT Jury decision 'could change the way competition works' in USThey're done. Apple and Samsung have each given their closing arguments in the epic patent trial over whether the South Korean mobile maker infringed on Cupertino's iPhone patents. For the nine members of the jury, however, the next phase of the ordeal has only just begun.… |
| The problem with Foxtel’s call for NBN copyright cops Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:27 PM PDT Destroy the network to save the contentKim Williams of Foxtel has become the latest high-profile executive to demonstrate a complete misapprehension of what the NBN is.… |
| Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:20 PM PDT Takes hall in Digital Realty's local bit barnRackspace will take possession of one data hall in Digital Realty's new Sydney data centre, and pack it full of kit to serve Australian customers.… |
| The Oatmeal hits $850,000 goal for Tesla museum Posted: 21 Aug 2012 05:18 PM PDT Crowdsourcing brings in the bucks, againCartoonist Matthew Inman, creator of The Oatmeal, is proving to be something of a fundraising machine with the success of his latest project, raising $850,000 to set up a museum honoring the great scientist Nikola Tesla.… |
| Dell expects slow Windows 8 demand in enterprise Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:21 PM PDT Surface won't be more than 2% of marketMicrosoft is betting big that Windows 8 will revive its flagging fortunes, but the feedback from Dell is that the new operating system will be a consumer release, and it's not expecting too much impact from Redmond's Surface tablets either.… |
| Greens launch anti-TPP Internationale Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:08 PM PDT Oz, Canada, New Zealand strike cross-border coalition against ACTA-like trade pactThe increasingly-unpopular Trans-Pacific Partnership – saviour of all that's right and good in American IP protection or, if you prefer, a mandate for the US to extend its plain-silly intellectual property regimes to pastures new – is under renewed pressure from Green parties in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.… |
| Sex rating Facebook page publishers jailed Posted: 21 Aug 2012 03:30 PM PDT 'Root rates' deemed offensive by Australian courtTwo men who erected a Facebook page which allowed users to rate the sexual prowess of women have been jailed.… |
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