First full landing site and color pictures back from Mars |
- First full landing site and color pictures back from Mars
- Office for ARM will lack features, report claims
- AMD launches 4 teraflops FirePro graphics at Nvidia Keplers
- Cloud backup drama: Mozy kicks Carbonite after ASA's had a go
- British radio telescope genius Sir Bernard Lovell dies
- Russian rocket DITCHES two satellites after booster bungle
- Gemalto gets NFC gig: Singapore punters will all bonk the same way
- Doctor Who to unwrap new sidekick in Christmas TV special
- Apple: Samsung was in 'crisis' over our iPhone awesomeness
- Amazon exploited by hacker in scribe's epic Apple iCloud pwn
- HP yanks 2-week-old VMware server crown from Cisco
- YouTube app wrenched from next Apple iPhones, iPads
- Facebook touts gambling to 'responsible' Brits
- Bill Gates, Harry Evans and the smearing of a computer legend
- Apple and Google go head-to-head over Kodak patent sale
- Microsoft Surface slate: Acer, resellers predict a riot
- Virident lures Web2.0 biz punters with refreshed server flash card
- Tesco helps high flyers avoid actual shops
- Samsung fingered in child labour allegations at China plant
- Microsoft's Office 2013 app-maker cloud drenches developers
- Copyright bot boots NASA rover vid off YouTube
- Devon NHS trust left data of 1,373 staff online for MONTHS
- Black helicopters circle Street View car crash
- Cameron: We'll turn NHS patients into real-time drugs lab rats
- Microsoft upping Office 365 fees for resellers AGAIN
- Using copyright to avoid Freedom of Info law? Ha, ha, NICE try!
- WD's 2TB Green giant can't jam hardness into standard slot
- HSBC brands EVERY Apple iPhone 'an insecure PC'
- Ten... console games you may have missed
- Why women won't apply for IT jobs
- FaceTime in the dock
- Alleged Anon arrested for planning gov DDoS attacks
- Curiosity needs OS upgrade before getting down to science
- Cheap laser could help save expensive aircraft
- Rackspace hints at big Oz investment
- Iran’s ‘domestic Internet’ schedule slips
- France backs away from Hadopi
- Microsoft opens app store for Office 2013
| First full landing site and color pictures back from Mars Posted: 07 Aug 2012 01:55 PM PDT Now leave Mohawk Guy aloneNASA is firing up a new camera on the Curiosity rover, offering the first color pictures of the landing site, while another pass by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has given a more detailed look at the landing area and its debris on the Martian surface.… |
| Office for ARM will lack features, report claims Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:45 PM PDT Macros, developer tools yankedSources close to Microsoft have claim that the version of Office 2013 that ships for Redmond's Surface tablet and other ARM systems will be missing features from the build for rival Intel-based Windows machines.… |
| AMD launches 4 teraflops FirePro graphics at Nvidia Keplers Posted: 07 Aug 2012 10:26 AM PDT Piledriver cores debut in CPU-GPU hybridsAMDevices is keeping the heat on rival Nvidia in the workstation graphics market with the launch of four FirePro graphics cards, topping out at 4 teraflops of floating point oomph, and two CPU-GPU hybrids based on the new "Piledriver" Opteron cores and bear the FirePro rather than the Fusion APU brand used for consumer gear.… |
| Cloud backup drama: Mozy kicks Carbonite after ASA's had a go Posted: 07 Aug 2012 10:02 AM PDT Ad body smacked it for 'unlimited' claims, but what is Mozy on about?Cloud backup service vendor Carbonite recently had its knuckles rapped by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority for misleading punters by saying its cloud backup service is "unlimited". Now EMC-backed Mozy, a Carbonite competitor which doesn't offer unlimited backup data amounts, has waded in to the fray.… |
| British radio telescope genius Sir Bernard Lovell dies Posted: 07 Aug 2012 09:33 AM PDT Scientist the Soviets tried to kill was 98Sir Bernard Lovell - the brilliant British physicist whose inventions observed cosmic rays and ended up on the front lines of the Cold War - has died at the age of 98.… |
| Russian rocket DITCHES two satellites after booster bungle Posted: 07 Aug 2012 08:35 AM PDT Cargo dropped in space after burn-boost orbit ballsupRussian space agency Roscosmos has suspended use of its Proton-M rocket carriers with Briz-M boosters after one of them failed to put two satellites into orbit late yesterday.… |
| Gemalto gets NFC gig: Singapore punters will all bonk the same way Posted: 07 Aug 2012 08:05 AM PDT Rest of world still struggling to agree on standard platformOperators, banks and loyalty schemes in Singapore can now use a common API to interact using short-range radio tech Near Field Communications, while in Europe similar schemes continue to flounder.… |
| Doctor Who to unwrap new sidekick in Christmas TV special Posted: 07 Aug 2012 07:33 AM PDT Richard E Grant to star in Jenna-Louise Coleman's debut epA ghostly tweet has arrived from the outer reaches of Gallifrey - OK, more like the BBC canteen in Cardiff: Richard E Grant will star in this year's Doctor Who Christmas special in which fans will see the Time Lord's newest companion for the first time.… |
| Apple: Samsung was in 'crisis' over our iPhone awesomeness Posted: 07 Aug 2012 07:02 AM PDT 'As if!' say the South KoreansApple has told a court that its iPhone put Samsung into a right tizzy and that's why the South Korean giant had to go and copy all its stuff.… |
| Amazon exploited by hacker in scribe's epic Apple iCloud pwn Posted: 07 Aug 2012 06:34 AM PDT Address and 4 digits was all fast-talking fraudster neededUnfortunate journo Mat Honan has said the demolition of his digital life by a hacker started with a call to Amazon customer support.… |
| HP yanks 2-week-old VMware server crown from Cisco Posted: 07 Aug 2012 06:02 AM PDT Flash-boosted ProLiant beats down rivals in benchmark testHard on the heels of Cisco bragging about a flash-assisted VMmark win, HP has kicked it into touch with a better score using a flash-boosted ProLiant server.… |
| YouTube app wrenched from next Apple iPhones, iPads Posted: 07 Aug 2012 05:42 AM PDT Prefers a 3D map of Brum for iOS 6YouTube has been unceremoniously dumped from iOS 6, the latest beta version of Apple's mobile operating system reveals.… |
| Facebook touts gambling to 'responsible' Brits Posted: 07 Aug 2012 05:17 AM PDT One arm bandits are go... bitchFacebook has - for the first time - opened up its network to gamblers wanting to play online via the service in the UK. The first gambling application on the social network was added this morning.… |
| Bill Gates, Harry Evans and the smearing of a computer legend Posted: 07 Aug 2012 05:03 AM PDT Source code of DOS, CP/M diff'ed, expert miffedThe roots of Microsoft's success in using a clone of Gary Kildall's CP/M operating system are well-known and supported by a court ruling five years ago. But that hasn't stopped a software consultant from making claims that could smear Kildall and the late computer pioneer's legacy.… |
| Apple and Google go head-to-head over Kodak patent sale Posted: 07 Aug 2012 04:47 AM PDT Tech firms draw battle lines in IP auctionApple and Google have joined rival investor groups hoping to bag Kodak's 1,100-strong patent portfolio. The groups are offering warm-up bids of between $150m and $250m – though Kodak reckons the patents could eventually haul in up to $2.6bn.… |
| Microsoft Surface slate: Acer, resellers predict a riot Posted: 07 Aug 2012 04:29 AM PDT Who the hell does Ballmer think he is? Apple?Microsoft has scored two own goals by getting into the hardware game with Surface, the software giant's design for a laptop that thinks it's a tablet: long-standing PC manufacturers are alienated, and there is growing disquiet in the channel over Redmond's decision to sell the lap slab direct.… |
| Virident lures Web2.0 biz punters with refreshed server flash card Posted: 07 Aug 2012 04:17 AM PDT App acceleration with the Gen 2 FlashMax cardVirident is on its third annual refresh of its app-accelerating server flash card and is full of discreet excitement about what backers Intel, Cisco and a secret but major IT supplier are doing with its FlashMax 2 product.… |
| Tesco helps high flyers avoid actual shops Posted: 07 Aug 2012 04:02 AM PDT Bored airport punters can pluck fruit from 'virtual fridges' for deliveryUK grocery giant Tesco has devised a new way to ensure people don't actually have to enter its many stores – by setting up a glowing virtual shop slab at the airport.… |
| Samsung fingered in child labour allegations at China plant Posted: 07 Aug 2012 03:47 AM PDT Report: Workers' rights group claims abuses at manufacturing partner factorySamsung has become the latest big name tech brand accused of allowing widespread labour rights violations, after a new report claimed that Chinese manufacturing partner HEG is exploiting child workers as young as 14 at its Guangdong plant.… |
| Microsoft's Office 2013 app-maker cloud drenches developers Posted: 07 Aug 2012 03:32 AM PDT Visual Basic macros are dead! Long live JavaScript macros!Review It was in 1994 that Microsoft declared Office a development platform, and released the Office Developer's Kit 1.0 for coders to turn out useful utilities.… |
| Copyright bot boots NASA rover vid off YouTube Posted: 07 Aug 2012 03:16 AM PDT Space agency's copyright-free vid triggers infringement flagYouTube was a bit keen in the prosecution of copyright laws during NASA's victorious Curiosity rover landing yesterday morning, booting the first video excerpt of the livestream off its site for infringing a news service.… |
| Devon NHS trust left data of 1,373 staff online for MONTHS Posted: 07 Aug 2012 03:06 AM PDT Must cough £175k for opening employees to ID fraud, ICO sniffsA painful £175,000 fine has been slapped on a health trust in Torquay, Devon, after it published sensitive details of nearly 1,400 employees on its website.… |
| Black helicopters circle Street View car crash Posted: 07 Aug 2012 02:35 AM PDT India prang 'a hoax', insists GoogleGoogle has told El Reg that the video allegedly showing a crashed Street View spymobile in northern India is a hoax.… |
| Cameron: We'll turn NHS patients into real-time drugs lab rats Posted: 07 Aug 2012 02:02 AM PDT Unless they remember to opt-outPrime minister David Cameron said his government is launching a consultation on changing the NHS constitution so that the "default setting" is for patients' data to be used for research unless the patient opts out.… |
| Microsoft upping Office 365 fees for resellers AGAIN Posted: 07 Aug 2012 01:43 AM PDT Here a wedge of cash, please sell our cloud stuffMicrosoft is once again plumping up the cheques it dishes out to channel folk across the globe as a sweetener to dealers as they try to push its Office 365 cloud services to customers.… |
| Using copyright to avoid Freedom of Info law? Ha, ha, NICE try! Posted: 07 Aug 2012 01:21 AM PDT You're exempt* anyway, sniffs ICOPublic bodies that disclose copyright-protected information in order to comply with a request under freedom of information (FOI) laws are not guilty of copyright infringement, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said.… |
| WD's 2TB Green giant can't jam hardness into standard slot Posted: 07 Aug 2012 01:02 AM PDT Little big boyWD has added a 2TB Green small form factor drive to its line-up.… |
| HSBC brands EVERY Apple iPhone 'an insecure PC' Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:31 AM PDT iOS app urges fanbois to pull on some protectionHSBC's iPhone app for online business banking warns customers that their reassuringly expensive Apple mobiles are in fact PCs - and insecure ones at that.… |
| Ten... console games you may have missed Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Playing for keepsProduct Round-up Although the release schedule for console games hasn't been quite as unenventful as its PC counterparts, Q2 has been pretty quiet with the majority of top titles shelved to swamp the autumn setlist.… |
| Why women won't apply for IT jobs Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:12 PM PDT If they're not a perfect fit, they may not throw hat into ringWomen won't apply for IT jobs unless they are certain they meet every single criterion for the gig, according to John Ridge, Executive Director of the Australian Computer Society Foundation Trust Fund (ACSF).… |
| Posted: 06 Aug 2012 10:50 PM PDT Taiwanese man claims he invented Apple's tech to save call costsIt looks like Apple's set for yet another court room showdown in China after a Taiwanese man claimed that the fruity toy maker infringed one of the patents he owns with its FaceTime video calling technology.… |
| Alleged Anon arrested for planning gov DDoS attacks Posted: 06 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT 21-year-old could face five years in a Hong Kong slammerHong Kong police have arrested a 21-year-old man after he apparently bragged on Facebook of his intent to disrupt several government web sites.… |
| Curiosity needs OS upgrade before getting down to science Posted: 06 Aug 2012 06:44 PM PDT New software release on the way to wimpy martian computerCuriosity Mars mission The Curiosity Rover will upgrade its operating system before getting down to serious science, NASA said today.… |
| Cheap laser could help save expensive aircraft Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:38 PM PDT UNSW pitches ice-proof alternative to conventional airspeed monitorsThe Pitot tube is ubiquitous on aircraft because it offers a cheap, reliable and accurate way to measure airspeed. But the device is also vulnerable to icing, which is why a group from the University of New South Wales wants now wants to supplement the airspeed indicator with lasers.… |
| Rackspace hints at big Oz investment Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:18 PM PDT Welcome, but no cure for Australia's "cloud cringe"Rackspace has hinted strongly at the announcement of a local data centre, with Australia/New Zealand Country Manager Mark Randall promising the company's "most significant investment" in Australia will be revealed on August 22nd.… |
| Iran’s ‘domestic Internet’ schedule slips Posted: 06 Aug 2012 04:05 PM PDT Government ministries to unplug 'next month'Iran's leader Ayatollah Khamenei had best make the most of his time on Twitter and Instagram, since the country's telecommunications minister is doggedly pressing ahead with his program to cut the country off from the Internet. In the fullness of time, as Sir Humphrey Appleby would have put it.… |
| Posted: 06 Aug 2012 03:59 PM PDT Anti-piracy group is 'unwieldy, uneconomic and ultimately ineffective'The French government is counting the cost of having copyright enforcement shifted from the corporate to the public sector – and it's not pleased at what it sees.… |
| Microsoft opens app store for Office 2013 Posted: 06 Aug 2012 03:27 PM PDT Web-based add-onsWith the next version of its business productivity suite already in public preview, Microsoft has launched a beta version of the Office Store, a marketplace for developers to distribute web-based add-ons for Office and SharePoint.… |
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