High tech toilets receive big prizes from Bill Gates |
- High tech toilets receive big prizes from Bill Gates
- Buffett no longer Intel Inside
- RIP Harry Harrison: Stainless Steel Rat scurries no more
- HotLink extends SuperVisor virty control freak to EC2, CloudStack
- Speaking in Tech: The rock'n'roll lifestyle of VMware vNerds
- First tranche of Windows 8 released via MSDN and TechNet
- Rackspace rolls up OpenStack for private clouds
- Google shifts more of Postini into Apps platform
- Samsung to fight iPad with stylus, windows
- Text-and-drive teens ratted on by AT&T mobe tech
- VMware lets you take vClouds out for a spin
- Sony evolves PlayStation Suite, makes Vita a PS3 controller
- Apple's lone wolf approach to security will bite it in the rear
- YouTube video has NOT killed radio's star
- All hard drive arrays will mutate into flashy faster hybrids
- Nokia CEO: No shift from Windows Phone
- Shops 'mislead punters' over phone contract prices
- SanDisk goes hard for soft VMware server caches
- $1bn for Instagram? Knock yourself out, Facebook - UK watchdog
- Oracle slaps surprise patch over database server hole
- Samsung's Wang was up 22 hours a day, had no time to copy Apple
- UK tiny-phone-mast biz Ubiquisys wolfs down $19m pie
- Few 'Likes' for Facebook from hedge-fund moneybags
- Goldeneye
- Toshiba pulls out of Windows RT tablet push
- Microsoft, Adobe throw fire blanket over blaze of security flaws
- Microsoft halts new apps on Windows Phone Marketplace
- Hong Kong plods turn RoboCop with strap-on vid cams
- Councils wave £34m cheque for phones, broadband, IT stuff
- Bank-raid Trojan jury-rigged to pwn 'major airport's network'
- 'Kill switch' flaw found in top web weapon, victims sigh with relief
- Fraudsters nick BILLIONS from China's e-commerce Wild West
- Ten... apps to install on your Nexus 7 first
- Korean boffins discover secret to quick-charge batteries
- Malaysian websites go dark to protest Evidence Act
- Mining boom sparks IT jobs rush
- Cloud support brings WikiLeaks back online
- Office 2013 to eat own file-format dog food
- Australian Police want in-house social network
- Don’t waste time hiding NBN POI locations
- Storming quarter sees Apple reassert tablet dominance
- '$199' Surface tablets: So crazy it might work, or just crazy?
| High tech toilets receive big prizes from Bill Gates Posted: 15 Aug 2012 02:23 PM PDT Futuristic facilities meet his challengeOn Tuesday, Bill Gates devoted much of his day to the toilet.… |
| Buffett no longer Intel Inside Posted: 15 Aug 2012 01:24 PM PDT Still owns $13bn stake in Big BlueWarren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha and one of the world's richest men, has dumped his Intel stock, setting tongues a-wagging around the tech world that he might know something the rest of us don't.… |
| RIP Harry Harrison: Stainless Steel Rat scurries no more Posted: 15 Aug 2012 12:33 PM PDT Hopefully he won't become Soylent GreenObituary It's been a bad summer for SF. In June, Ray Bradbury slipped the surly bonds of Earth, and now legendary icon Harry Harrison has passed away at age 87.… |
| HotLink extends SuperVisor virty control freak to EC2, CloudStack Posted: 15 Aug 2012 12:10 PM PDT OpenStack freakage when enough of you askHotLink, the startup server virtualization management tool maker that came out of stealth mode a year ago, is reaching out from private clouds into public clouds with a new product called HotLink Hybrid Express.… |
| Speaking in Tech: The rock'n'roll lifestyle of VMware vNerds Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:28 AM PDT From screaming at the cloud to screaming babies on flights |
| First tranche of Windows 8 released via MSDN and TechNet Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:18 AM PDT Just not the most interesting versionsThe first version of Windows 8 RTM code is now available those who have a MSDN or TechNet subscription.… |
| Rackspace rolls up OpenStack for private clouds Posted: 15 Aug 2012 09:32 AM PDT Just don't call it a distroAmazon doesn't believe in private clouds, only public clouds and when you get down to it, only its own Amazon Web Services. Rackspace Hosting, which has supported other people's apps for a lot longer than AWS, believes in public clouds just as much as Amazon - enough to start the OpenStack cloud controller project and use the code in its own public cloud.… |
| Google shifts more of Postini into Apps platform Posted: 15 Aug 2012 08:56 AM PDT Last stages of assimilationThe days of there being such a thing as a Postini reseller are numbered, as Google has announced yet more integration of the email and archiving group into the Chocolate Factory's Apps package.… |
| Samsung to fight iPad with stylus, windows Posted: 15 Aug 2012 08:55 AM PDT Galaxy Note 10.1 = personal productivity powerhouse?Samsung today pledged to "completely redefine mobile computing" - by bringing back the peripheral we thought was lost, the stylus.… |
| Text-and-drive teens ratted on by AT&T mobe tech Posted: 15 Aug 2012 08:50 AM PDT Warning! Your kid is going 60MPH - but not for much longerVid US telco AT&T is urging staff and customers to pledge never to text and drive - and is willing to rat on teenagers that break that promise.… |
| VMware lets you take vClouds out for a spin Posted: 15 Aug 2012 08:28 AM PDT Try and buy in the skyVMware wants to make it easier for cloudy infrastructure builders to see how its vCloud stack of software runs their applications, but it doesn't want to be in the cloud business itself.… |
| Sony evolves PlayStation Suite, makes Vita a PS3 controller Posted: 15 Aug 2012 07:56 AM PDT Mobile manoeuvresSony has detailed plans for the evolution of PlayStation Suite, as well as announcing a Vita update that'll see the handheld become a PS3 controller.… |
| Apple's lone wolf approach to security will bite it in the rear Posted: 15 Aug 2012 07:52 AM PDT Everything's fine, can't hear you from the top of my cash mountainOpen... and Shut Apple may have minimal market share in desktop computers, but it has dominated the smartphone and tablet markets for years without any significant hacker exploits. Is Apple impervious to hackers, or is it just a matter of time before its luck runs out?… |
| YouTube video has NOT killed radio's star Posted: 15 Aug 2012 07:26 AM PDT Teens value analog-era music tipstersUnfashionable and neglected, radio is still vital to how people discover music.… |
| All hard drive arrays will mutate into flashy faster hybrids Posted: 15 Aug 2012 06:45 AM PDT El Reg storage hacks stare at crystal ballsBlocks and Files All hard drive storage arrays will become flash hybrids, with non-volatile memory fitted internally or bolted on externally. These mutants will fight all-flash arrays with better data management and server flash cache integration.… |
| Nokia CEO: No shift from Windows Phone Posted: 15 Aug 2012 06:22 AM PDT Will not turn backNokia's CEO has insisted the Finnish phone giant's future lies with Windows Phone and no other OS.… |
| Shops 'mislead punters' over phone contract prices Posted: 15 Aug 2012 06:01 AM PDT Survey shows sellers think costs can't changeMany phone shop staff deceive customers over the potential for price rises during the length of contracts, it has been alleged.… |
| SanDisk goes hard for soft VMware server caches Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:42 AM PDT Forget cameras, the real action is speeding up virty machinesSanDisk is touting a VMware server cache that could accelerate applications three to five times and increase the number of virtual machines a host can support by 100 to 200 per cent.… |
| $1bn for Instagram? Knock yourself out, Facebook - UK watchdog Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:15 AM PDT Funnily enough, no one here will mindThe UK's merger and acquisitions regulator has cleared Facebook to snaffle up photo filter Instagram. Imagine the sighs of relief at the social network when the watchdog ruled that the $1bn acquisition won't affect competition.… |
| Oracle slaps surprise patch over database server hole Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:49 AM PDT Went to Black Hat and all we got was this lousy security flawOracle has broken its regular quarterly patch update cycle with a fix for a security flaw publicised at last month's Black Hat conference.… |
| Samsung's Wang was up 22 hours a day, had no time to copy Apple Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:29 AM PDT Sleep-deprived designer denies ripping off iPhone iconsSamsung fired its opening salvo against Apple's allegation that the South Korean giant ripped off the iPhone design, and claimed it worked its arse off to develop its own gadgets. At the two tech titans' ongoing patent trial in the US yesterday, Sammy also argued that Apple's iProducts are not unique.… |
| UK tiny-phone-mast biz Ubiquisys wolfs down $19m pie Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:21 AM PDT The future is small but cash to get there is bigUbiquisys, the Swindon-based company responsible for the tiniest of mobile base stations, has raised another $19m in VC cash, bringing the total to almost $86m.… |
| Few 'Likes' for Facebook from hedge-fund moneybags Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:11 AM PDT Don't short our stock... bitchMajor US hedge funds are steering clear of Facebook stock, according to their second quarter filings yesterday.… |
| Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:00 AM PDT You only live twice?Antique Code Show Playing Goldeneye always felt more like an event rather than a gaming session. Four controllers and a 20in telly – it seemed huge at the time, believe me – headshotting friends had never been such fun. I have always had a soft spot for commies but playing Pierce Brosnan – wreaking havoc on Eastern Europe in Goldeneye – made me come over all Red Dawn. I sincerely felt like 007, this game always made me feel more RPG rather than FPS.… |
| Toshiba pulls out of Windows RT tablet push Posted: 15 Aug 2012 03:55 AM PDT Can't get the parts, apparentlyToshiba today backtracked on its decision to produce Windows RT tablets. It blamed the move on a delay in receiving key components.… |
| Microsoft, Adobe throw fire blanket over blaze of security flaws Posted: 15 Aug 2012 03:32 AM PDT Patch Tuesday - just in time for Exploit FridayMicrosoft has fixed 26 security flaws, at least five of which are critical, in its software. At least one of the holes is being actively exploited by hackers to compromise Windows computers.… |
| Microsoft halts new apps on Windows Phone Marketplace Posted: 15 Aug 2012 02:44 AM PDT Security certificate cock-up knackers downloadsMicrosoft has temporarily halted the publication of new apps for Windows Phones following a problem with its digital security certificates.… |
| Hong Kong plods turn RoboCop with strap-on vid cams Posted: 15 Aug 2012 02:01 AM PDT Dead or alive, you're filming with meHong Kong police have angered human rights groups and taken one small step to full automation by revealing their intent to trial new portable video camera technology attached to their uniforms to film the public.… |
| Councils wave £34m cheque for phones, broadband, IT stuff Posted: 15 Aug 2012 01:42 AM PDT Ladies and gentlemen, start your biddingThe Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation has issued tenders worth a total of up to £34m on behalf of Warwickshire county and Cambridge city councils.… |
| Bank-raid Trojan jury-rigged to pwn 'major airport's network' Posted: 15 Aug 2012 01:19 AM PDT Intruder alertA Trojan has targeted airport workers logging into their employer's private network, security researchers have claimed.… |
| 'Kill switch' flaw found in top web weapon, victims sigh with relief Posted: 15 Aug 2012 01:02 AM PDT Turn the tables on DDoSersSecurity researchers have discovered a vulnerability in a top DDoS attack tool that provides a handy means to neutralise onslaughts.… |
| Fraudsters nick BILLIONS from China's e-commerce Wild West Posted: 15 Aug 2012 12:27 AM PDT Almost one third of punters hit in 2011China's burgeoning e-commerce industry has been remorselessly exploited by internet fraudsters to the tune of 30 billion yuan (£3bn) over the past 12 months despite police efforts to clamp down on dodgy sites.… |
| Ten... apps to install on your Nexus 7 first Posted: 15 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Take your media tablet beyond GoogleProduct Round-up Once you've prised your Nexus 7 out of the box, watched your free copy of Transformers: Dark of the Moon (surely "binned it immediately" - Ed) and spent a few hours playing Dead Trigger the time is ripe to start thinking about the first third-party apps that will help you really get the most from your shiny new piece of Google tech.… |
| Korean boffins discover secret to quick-charge batteries Posted: 14 Aug 2012 09:13 PM PDT Electric car-makers get a boostSouth Korean boffins say they have found a way to cut battery charging times for electric cars from hours down to just minutes.… |
| Malaysian websites go dark to protest Evidence Act Posted: 14 Aug 2012 08:47 PM PDT Retweet at your own riskMany Malaysian websites took on a sombre hue yesterday, as operators blacked them out to protest proposed amendments to the nation's Evidence Act that would remove the presumption of innocence for some online activities.… |
| Mining boom sparks IT jobs rush Posted: 14 Aug 2012 08:23 PM PDT Jobs fire up for wireless mines on land, massive LANs on offshore rigsAustralia's mining and resources boom is driving demand for IT workers, as new, lucrative tenders see vendors and miners alike start work on new projects.… |
| Cloud support brings WikiLeaks back online Posted: 14 Aug 2012 05:32 PM PDT We're working on it says AntiLeaksAfter being taken out for ten days by a DDoS attack the WikiLeaks site is back online, thanks to some cloudy support from CloudFlare.… |
| Office 2013 to eat own file-format dog food Posted: 14 Aug 2012 05:31 PM PDT Microsoft decides to support its own spec at lastWith the upcoming release of Office 2013, Microsoft is finally offering full support for the Open XML document standard, a format that Redmond itself created and has been promoting for nearly seven years.… |
| Australian Police want in-house social network Posted: 14 Aug 2012 04:34 PM PDT Let's call it "Pintarrest", shall we?The Police Force in the Australian state of New South Wales wants to build its very own social network.… |
| Don’t waste time hiding NBN POI locations Posted: 14 Aug 2012 04:09 PM PDT 'Natsec' too big for its boots?Since it was only a Tweet, I don't know whether it's true that the ACCC's consultation on relocating some NBN points of interconnect was, or was not, based on national security concerns expressed by the Attorney-General's department.… |
| Storming quarter sees Apple reassert tablet dominance Posted: 14 Aug 2012 03:33 PM PDT Seven out of ten tablet owners prefer an iPadApple's market share boomed in the second quarter of the year, with Cupertino accounting for 69.6 per cent of all tablets shipped globally… |
| '$199' Surface tablets: So crazy it might work, or just crazy? Posted: 14 Aug 2012 03:33 PM PDT New sketchy Microsoft rumour riles PC makersIf the latest Redmond rumors are to be believed, Microsoft's ARM-based Surface tablet models could arrive priced as low as $199, positioning them as heavyweights in the burgeoning low-cost tablet category.… |
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