In the burbs, elections remain an offline affair |
- In the burbs, elections remain an offline affair
- Oracle pays off SEC to settle Indian channel bribery claims
- Apple lawyer: 'I promise I am not smoking crack'
- Google splashes out the cash for cunning cracks
- Best Buy, Target, Walmart, others to take on Google Wallet
- Saudi oil giant seals off network after mystery malware attack
- Tegile adds dash of disk to flash, hopes to taste cash
- Tokyo U gets second FX10 Sparc supercomputer
- Assange granted asylum by Ecuador after US refused to rule out charges
- Ofcom: 4G won't knock out granny's personal alarm
- Facebook shares hit all-time low
- Experts argue over whether shallow DNS gene pool hurts web infrastructure
- Virgin Media SuperHub 'upgrade' hangs up on IP phone punters
- Sony claims PSN attack is a hoax not a hack
- RamSan flash cram: IBM snaps up Texas Memory Systems
- Sony opens cover on latest e-Reader
- Did Mitt Romney really get 117,000 REAL Twitter followers in ONE DAY?
- Yang, bam, thank you ma'am: Lenovo supremo wallops rival biz
- CEO: NetApp revenues falling, but 'we aren't in a clampdown'
- Oracle plans to join Java hardware speed party
- Tech hacks should admit taking corporate coin, but don't start a witch hunt
- Apple seeks cable connection for set-top box
- RIM ramps up resolutions for BB10 range
- Undead galaxy cluster spews 700 zombie baby stars A YEAR
- Nokia hails hacks for New York Lumia WinPho gig
- Judge begs Apple, Samsung to get a room, or trial will end in tears
- Cabinet Office faces SME supplier backlash over Cloud Store
- Three extends data use with Sim-only tariff tweak
- Why gov labs presenting HPC tech ≠ officials wolfing overpriced sushi
- Optical Express 'ruined my life' gripe site lives on
- Windows 8: Microsoft's tablet-desktop still painful to swallow
- Biz chucks millions at anti-malware, but ignores shoulder surfers
- Deadly domino effect of extinction proved by boffins
- Sugar daddies bung Pure Storage $40m for Euro blitz
- Bitcoinica sued for $460,000 by 'out-of-pocket' punters
- Surfing far too tedious or terrifying, say Northern Irish women
- Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control review
- US appeal dismissed in Dotcom case
- APAC CIOs told to take the gloves off
- Boffins say Vodka Red Bulls make you <i>sensible</i>
- There's money in smarts for dumb phones
- Cray to plug Kepler GPUs into future Cascade supers
- Visual Studio 2012 arrives in MSDN downloads
- DVD plus nano-rods equals security, density: researchers
- HP to spin off webOS division as Gram stealth subsidiary
- Cisco turns in solid June quarter
- New MPEG format paves the way for UHDTV
- Hypersonic Waverider scramjet in epic wipeout
- Assange's fate to be revealed at high noon
| In the burbs, elections remain an offline affair Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:15 PM PDT NSW local government elections not mentioned on party websites, emails ignored, Facebook pages un-LikedAs the US Presidential elections get closer the business end of proceedings, technology-watchers know they will soon see all sorts of stories about how technology is pressed into service to win votes. We expect apps galore, tweets by the cloud-load and more abuses of the term "Big Data" than anyone should be forced to endure.… |
| Oracle pays off SEC to settle Indian channel bribery claims Posted: 16 Aug 2012 01:23 PM PDT Offers $2m for two years of dodgy dealingsThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has agreed to settle an outstanding action over inducements paid by Oracle India to secure government contracts.… |
| Apple lawyer: 'I promise I am not smoking crack' Posted: 16 Aug 2012 01:09 PM PDT Judge Koh not so sureJudge Lucy Koh has grown increasingly irritated with lawyers on both sides of the ongoing lawsuit between Apple and Samsung, but she hit a new boiling point on Thursday when Apple presented her a 75-page list of potential rebuttal witnesses for the four hours it has remaining in the trial.… |
| Google splashes out the cash for cunning cracks Posted: 16 Aug 2012 01:08 PM PDT Boosts bug bounties and offers $2m Pwnium purseGoogle's increasing the financial incentives for reporting vulnerabilities with an upgraded bug bounty scheme and a $2m purse for its latest Pwnium Chrome hacking contest, to be held in October.… |
| Best Buy, Target, Walmart, others to take on Google Wallet Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:31 PM PDT Big box retailers cozy up for mobile payment schemeIn a move that opens a new front in the ongoing bricks-and-mortar versus e-commerce struggle, a group of fifteen major retailers have joined forces to develop a new mobile payment system to challenge Google Wallet.… |
| Saudi oil giant seals off network after mystery malware attack Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:02 AM PDT Firm: 'Don't worry, world, the oil is oooo-kay'Saudi Arabian Oil Co (Saudi Aramco) shut down its computer network on Wednesday in response to a serious computer virus infection. The state-owned firm said the computer security incident is having no effect on oil production.… |
| Tegile adds dash of disk to flash, hopes to taste cash Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:33 AM PDT Cooks up hybrid arrays to undercut all-flash marketTegile has tossed out two more flash-boosted storage arrays into the market, chasing the hybrid dream that flash and disk is better than flash alone because you get cheap capacity and solid state speed.… |
| Tokyo U gets second FX10 Sparc supercomputer Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:03 AM PDT A workstation of sorts for K developersThe University of Tokyo has gone back to Fujitsu for a second helping of K supercomputer.… |
| Assange granted asylum by Ecuador after US refused to rule out charges Posted: 16 Aug 2012 09:24 AM PDT UK govt rolls its eyesWikileaker Julian Assange has been granted political asylum by Ecuador.… |
| Ofcom: 4G won't knock out granny's personal alarm Posted: 16 Aug 2012 09:04 AM PDT LTE's lack of power and spectral capacity will save herOfcom has been looking at how 4G networks will interfere with the short-range devices next door, and concludes that LTE handsets haven't the power or capacity to generate significant interference.… |
| Facebook shares hit all-time low Posted: 16 Aug 2012 08:48 AM PDT Jitters as first batch of extra stock leaves lock-outFacebook shares hit an all-time low in early trading today as the lock-out period ended for inside investors, freeing them to offload 270 million shares.… |
| Experts argue over whether shallow DNS gene pool hurts web infrastructure Posted: 16 Aug 2012 08:33 AM PDT Similar code base puts kissing cousins in a BINDExperts are split over whether a lack of 'genetic diversity' in the (Domain Name System) DNS infrastructure is leaving the internet at greater risk of attacks.… |
| Virgin Media SuperHub 'upgrade' hangs up on IP phone punters Posted: 16 Aug 2012 08:02 AM PDT Call Not ReceivedUsers of Virgin Media's top-of-the-range SuperHub kit have been peeved to find that the router-modem is blocking incoming calls to their internet phones. And looks like some firmware is to blame.… |
| Sony claims PSN attack is a hoax not a hack Posted: 16 Aug 2012 07:34 AM PDT Anonymous boshSony has denied claims allegedly made by Anonymous that the hactivist group breached the PlayStation Network and stole over 10m account details, despite nearly 3000 credentials being posted online as apparent proof.… |
| RamSan flash cram: IBM snaps up Texas Memory Systems Posted: 16 Aug 2012 07:29 AM PDT Big Blue loads up shopping trolley in Lone Star state as storage gets even flashierIBM is buying Texas Memory Systems, the supplier of RamSan solid state memory arrays and PCIe cards, for an undisclosed sum. The deal could set off a feeding frenzy as system-makers buy up flash companies.… |
| Sony opens cover on latest e-Reader Posted: 16 Aug 2012 07:27 AM PDT Tell the world what you're readingSony has updated its Reader e-book gadget, a revised version of last year's model with added 'advertise for publishers for free' social networking functionality to encourage Facebook chums to buy books.… |
| Did Mitt Romney really get 117,000 REAL Twitter followers in ONE DAY? Posted: 16 Aug 2012 07:04 AM PDT Researchers unpick booming black market for fake Twitter profilesA network of developers and merchants has grown to service the market for fake Twitter followers.… |
| Yang, bam, thank you ma'am: Lenovo supremo wallops rival biz Posted: 16 Aug 2012 06:28 AM PDT Who's shipping shed loads of gear? We areChinese PC juggernaut Lenovo showed no signs of the wheels coming off its sales: its fiscal Q1 turnover jumped more than a third and profit growth wasn't far behind.… |
| CEO: NetApp revenues falling, but 'we aren't in a clampdown' Posted: 16 Aug 2012 06:01 AM PDT Just arranging our operating expenses a littleThe brakes went on NetApp sales in its latest quarter with no growth and profits more than halved, but it is not seeing a downturn which could lead to potential restructuring.… |
| Oracle plans to join Java hardware speed party Posted: 16 Aug 2012 05:29 AM PDT GPU acceleration in OpenJDK worksFollowing in the footsteps of Microsoft, Mozilla, Google and Apple, Oracle is now turning to hardware acceleration to speed up Java by harnessing the emerging potential of the GPU.… |
| Tech hacks should admit taking corporate coin, but don't start a witch hunt Posted: 16 Aug 2012 05:02 AM PDT One man's shill is another man's fellow fanboiSysadmin blog Judge Alsup has required Google and Oracle to divulge a list of their paid shills - the bloggers and journos they've paid to comment on their copyright court showdown. This sets a major precedent, the consequences of which could echo throughout tech journalism. While there is a lot of blitting in the back buffers over this, I can't help but feel a lot like an outsider looking in.… |
| Apple seeks cable connection for set-top box Posted: 16 Aug 2012 04:53 AM PDT Building an audience for its own-brand telly?Apple is in talks with US cable TV companies about licensing the technology it would need to feed their services in through the back of its Apple TV set-top box.… |
| RIM ramps up resolutions for BB10 range Posted: 16 Aug 2012 04:38 AM PDT Hi-def timesResearch in Motion announced display resolutions for its upcoming BlackBerry 10 models this week, allowing developers to crack on immediately with app development.… |
| Undead galaxy cluster spews 700 zombie baby stars A YEAR Posted: 16 Aug 2012 04:19 AM PDT IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE!Astroboffins have spotted a galaxy cluster that's breaking all the cosmic rules, including coming back to life to spawn stars at an enormous rate.… |
| Nokia hails hacks for New York Lumia WinPho gig Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:57 AM PDT Nokia WoyldNokia and Microsoft have begun inviting hacks to a New York event scheduled for Wednesday, 5 September, the same day the Finnish phone giant's annual shindig, Nokia World, kicks of in Helsinki.… |
| Judge begs Apple, Samsung to get a room, or trial will end in tears Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:38 AM PDT Leave patent ruling in a jury's hands? You're having a laughJudge Lucy Koh has urged Apple and Samsung to kiss and make up, and end their bitter legal battles.… |
| Cabinet Office faces SME supplier backlash over Cloud Store Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:18 AM PDT But Maude's mouthpiece says it is breaking monopoly of integration giantsThe Cabinet Office reckons three-quarters of the contracts dished out on public sector IT services catalogue Cloud Store have gone to SMEs.… |
| Three extends data use with Sim-only tariff tweak Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:14 AM PDT Charges off with cheap choicesThree has refreshed its Sim-only pay-monthly contracts, with voice, text and data bundles starting from £6.90 per month and all-you-can-eat plans priced from £12.90.… |
| Why gov labs presenting HPC tech ≠ officials wolfing overpriced sushi Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:02 AM PDT US gov travel caps: Agency bods may have to skip supercomputing showsHPC blog Our buddy Rich Brueckner over at insideHPC broke some news this week when he published a story about new conference and travel spending restrictions that might radically scale back US government agency participation in HPC industry events like the upcoming SC12 conference in Salt Lake City this November.… |
| Optical Express 'ruined my life' gripe site lives on Posted: 16 Aug 2012 02:38 AM PDT Free speech rights trump cybersquatting chargesA gripe site for people who claim high street opticians Optical Express "ruined" their eyesight with botched LASIK surgery has been allowed to remain online, after a cybersquatting panel ruled that the owner has the right to free speech.… |
| Windows 8: Microsoft's tablet-desktop still painful to swallow Posted: 16 Aug 2012 02:26 AM PDT Hey, it could be worse - it's not Windows ME, OK?Review Microsoft's Windows 8 is now in the hands of developers and IT administrators subscribed to MSDN or TechNet. They are the first people other than close partners and fearless torrenters to try the final code.… |
| Biz chucks millions at anti-malware, but ignores shoulder surfers Posted: 16 Aug 2012 02:25 AM PDT Fred, could you eat your sandwich elsewhere? >Clickety, clackety< 'Transfer $100bn'Users who are otherwise careful to protect their information often fail to protect confidential information they display on computer screens from shoulder surfers.… |
| Deadly domino effect of extinction proved by boffins Posted: 16 Aug 2012 01:42 AM PDT One predator snuffs it and others follow in its wakeBoffins have proved a theory for the first time that the extinction of one animal has a domino effect on other species.… |
| Sugar daddies bung Pure Storage $40m for Euro blitz Posted: 16 Aug 2012 01:19 AM PDT Flash array firm getting aggressive stateside tooFlash array startup Pure Storage has pocketed a $40m (£25.5m) cash injection to fund international expansion, build sales and marketing, and boost lead-generation activities.… |
| Bitcoinica sued for $460,000 by 'out-of-pocket' punters Posted: 16 Aug 2012 01:01 AM PDT Virtual bank accused of holding onto dosh after heistThe operators of a website that earlier this year reported that a hacker had stolen units of virtual currency worth hundreds of thousands of pounds are being sued by four users that claim to be owed more than $460,000.… |
| Surfing far too tedious or terrifying, say Northern Irish women Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:27 AM PDT Won't someone think of the children? We have.Women in Northern Ireland are the least likely of all UK adults to have surfed the net, according to new stats on web usage in Blighty.… |
| Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote Control review Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Knob end?There comes a time in every Doctor Who nerd's life when he or she realises that all the money spent on merchandise and tat was wasted. How many Dalek and Tardis toys do you need sitting on your shelves, demanding to be dusted? Are you really going to read through all the scripts from the 2005 season, complete with RTD's annotations – especially when you have the DVDs too? And no, you are never going to fit into those 1970s Marks & Spencer Tom Baker Y-fronts again.… |
| US appeal dismissed in Dotcom case Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:21 PM PDT New Zealand judge upholds disclosure orderBREAKING The USA has suffered another rebuff in its attempts to extradite Kim Dotcom, with Judge Winkelmann of the High Court of New Zealand upholding a previous disclosure order made by Judge David Harvey.… |
| APAC CIOs told to take the gloves off Posted: 15 Aug 2012 09:37 PM PDT IDC warns skills shortage may hold them backAsia Pacific CIOs had better brush up their combat skills because they'll need to "hyper compete" in 2013 if they want to attract the best staff and innovate their way to success, according to analyst IDC.… |
| Boffins say Vodka Red Bulls make you <i>sensible</i> Posted: 15 Aug 2012 09:07 PM PDT Booze and caffeine cocktails reduce likelihood of risk-taking behaviourKnock back a Vodka Red Bull or three this Friday night and your may experience irritability, heart palpitations and find it hard to get to sleep.… |
| There's money in smarts for dumb phones Posted: 15 Aug 2012 08:12 PM PDT Eric Schmidt sends cash to apps-for-feature-phones pioneerAustralian mobile app platform developer BiNU has captured the interest and US$2 million in funding from Eric Schmidt's investment vehicle TomorrowVentures, former Seek founder and serial entrepreneur Paul Bassat and a number of US private investors.… |
| Cray to plug Kepler GPUs into future Cascade supers Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:30 PM PDT That didn't take a Tesla to figure outCray's next-generation "Cascade" supercomputer is based on a future Intel "Ivy Bridge" Xeon processors, and the company has just taken $140m from Chipzilla in exchange for the intellectual property and people associated with its "Gemini" and "Aries" supercomputer interconnects. So it was no surprise that Cray talked about using Intel's Xeon Phi x86 coprocessors in the future Cascade machines, which lash tens of thousands of those future Xeons together using the Aries interconnect.… |
| Visual Studio 2012 arrives in MSDN downloads Posted: 15 Aug 2012 05:07 PM PDT Some versions of VS Express still no-showsHot on the heels of the release of the Windows 8 RTM bits, Microsoft has made the final versions of Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 available for download for developers who can't wait to get started with the new OS.… |
| DVD plus nano-rods equals security, density: researchers Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:45 PM PDT A little light encryptionSwinburne and Taiwanese researchers have demonstrated technology that can use a single laser beam to create 3D polarization in nanomaterials.… |
| HP to spin off webOS division as Gram stealth subsidiary Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:21 PM PDT Mystery software venture to focus on webOS, Enyo, cloudThe Hewlett Packard global business division formerly known as Palm is in major upheaval yet again, as HP moves to spin off its webOS team into a new subsidiary, to be called Gram.… |
| Cisco turns in solid June quarter Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:19 PM PDT Jacks up dividend, buybacks despite cautious CEOsNetworking giant and server upstart Cisco Systems hit the numbers between the eyes in its fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 ended in June, growing profits faster than revenues.… |
| New MPEG format paves the way for UHDTV Posted: 15 Aug 2012 04:03 PM PDT 'HEVC' makes H.264 look bloated, no-glasses 3D standard on the way tooThe Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) has outlined a new video compression standard that will enable the broadcast and digital distribution of ultra high definition TV (UHDTV).… |
| Hypersonic Waverider scramjet in epic wipeout Posted: 15 Aug 2012 03:27 PM PDT London to NYC in 58 |
| Assange's fate to be revealed at high noon Posted: 15 Aug 2012 03:15 PM PDT Argy bargy outside embassy after UK 'threatened' to haul out WikileakerUpdated 1430 GMT Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño has reportedly told a press conference that Britain threatened to attack the nation's London Embassy if it did not hand over WikiLeaker Julian Assange.… |
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