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- Fedora's Lovelock Linux is beta ready
- People watch movies on <i>stuff</i>
- Man arrested in crackdown on pro-WikiLeaks DDoS spree
- Samsung threatens Apple in response to patent lawsuit
- Opsview beefs up Nagios system monitor
- Brussels threatens to name ISPs with 'doubtful' market practices
- Top IT sales guy leaves HP
- Music spending stops defying recession (and gravity)
- Smartphones eat games handhelds and cameras for lunch
- Wills and Kate to wed live on YouTube
- Modern-day ninja in epic battle with riot police, robot
- UN promises self-driving intelligent cars
- Rogue Twitter counter app punts survey scam
- Microsoft markets 'collection' of PCs to consider
- Angry Birds Magic up some NFC love
- Virgin Media Superhub customers still hitting big speed bump
- Acer announces shock slump in Q2 PC shipments
- US proposes online IDs for Americans
- Scottish news site hit by 'DDoS attack' in run-up to elections
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Android smartphone
- Dying quango says Britons oppressed by the Man
- Terrorists stamp on <i>Indy</i>'s Kate Middleton jelly bean
- Twitter eyes up its biggest client
- NASA funds commercial Shuttle-replacement spaceships
- Facebook forced to reinstate snogging men pic
- The best sci-fi film never made: Also-rans take a bow
- How to cut management overheads with VDI
- Apple-branded unicorn spotted at 3
- Flash cache exploit debuts in Amnesty attack
- Seagate sucks up Samsung storage biz
- Hunting of incredibly rare two-horned 'unicorns' forbidden
- Short domain land-rush coming to .uk
- Sony Ericsson still making money, to some surprise
- Lost records down even though breach incidents soared
- Touch Calendar
- Mother of all Win 7 rollouts: Microsoft eats own dog food
- Law Commissions call for new consumer compo law
- Dear Facebook: your privacy sucks
- BBC 'would not kill off the internet even if it could'
- NI Auditor: Data sharing could mean more dosh for pensioners
- Tron: Legacy 3D Blu-ray disc set
- Suit settled, PS3 hacker donates $10,000 to EFF
- Apple sues Samsung over Galaxy look-and-feel
- HP quietly revamps ProLiant SL hyperscale servers
- Lawsuit targeting RockYou data breach gets green light
- Microsoft's Word fight opens in US Supreme Court
- Apple smears Web2.0rhea across online support
| Fedora's Lovelock Linux is beta ready Posted: 19 Apr 2011 12:02 PM PDT Gives GNOME a big hugThe Fedora Project has released the first and only beta for their next Linux distro, fully embracing the GNOME desktop that rival Ubuntu will shuffle away from later this month.… Free Webcast: Making the decision on hosted apps - What's the risk and reward? |
| People watch movies on <i>stuff</i> Posted: 19 Apr 2011 11:52 AM PDT Streaming remains minority pursuitDigital downloads may be ever increasing in popularity, but physical discs reign supreme when it comes to movie viewing and expenditure. For now.… |
| Man arrested in crackdown on pro-WikiLeaks DDoS spree Posted: 19 Apr 2011 11:46 AM PDT And then there were sixPolice in the UK have arrested a 22-year-old county Cleveland man in their investigation into web attacks waged by the Anonymous hacking collective against companies accused of retaliating against WikiLeaks, The Telegraph reports.… |
| Samsung threatens Apple in response to patent lawsuit Posted: 19 Apr 2011 10:43 AM PDT 'You sue us, we'll sue you'Korean electronics giant Samsung has responded to Apple's patent-infringment lawsuit against them. As might be guessed, they're not happy – and they're considering legal retaliation.… |
| Opsview beefs up Nagios system monitor Posted: 19 Apr 2011 09:04 AM PDT Some REST APIs for the wickedOpsview has created a layer of open source software that wraps around and plugs into popular server monitoring tool Nagios, to fill in the features enterprise customers want.… |
| Brussels threatens to name ISPs with 'doubtful' market practices Posted: 19 Apr 2011 08:13 AM PDT ISPs: If you rip us off, Neelie Kroes will cut youThe European Union's digital agenda commissioner warned today that she would consider prohibiting "the blocking of lawful services or applications" if some ISPs are found to have "ripped off" consumers on connection speeds.… |
| Posted: 19 Apr 2011 07:51 AM PDT 'The time was right'IT industry juggernaut Hewlett-Packard is parting ways with Tom Hogan, its top sales person for IT products.… |
| Music spending stops defying recession (and gravity) Posted: 19 Apr 2011 07:48 AM PDT We've run out of wrinklies who can reformDespite a booming live concert and festival scene, consumer spending on music is down again, according to an economic analysis of "wallet share" - how much people actually fork out for the stuff.… Free Webcast: Making the decision on hosted apps - What's the risk and reward? |
| Smartphones eat games handhelds and cameras for lunch Posted: 19 Apr 2011 07:44 AM PDT Serial category killer?As iPhones and other smartphone devices increase in popularity, their foothold in the mobile gaming market strengthens. This looks like bad news for traditional handheld options we generally associate Nintendo and Sony with.… |
| Wills and Kate to wed live on YouTube Posted: 19 Apr 2011 07:36 AM PDT Gawd bless yer Web 2.0 highnessesThose of you hoping to escape the forthcoming nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton had better stick YouTube on your list of proscribed media, because the 29 April wedding will be streamed live on The Royal Channel.… |
| Modern-day ninja in epic battle with riot police, robot Posted: 19 Apr 2011 07:28 AM PDT Swordsman who laughed at bot, gas, baton rounds felled by TaserA man who was plainly an invincible ninja warrior or similar tangled with police in Maryland recently. The sword-wielding scofflaw successfully resisted ordinary meatbag cops, a police robot, gassing with a "chemical agent" and a volley of low-velocity cosh projectiles from a SWAT team before finally succumbing to the crippling electric current of a Taser stun weapon.… |
| UN promises self-driving intelligent cars Posted: 19 Apr 2011 07:17 AM PDT Only thing lacking is... standardsThe United Nations' ICT agency says that intelligent cars able to drive themselves could easily be built today - but they won't become available unless industry adopts global standards for the technologies underpinning them.… |
| Rogue Twitter counter app punts survey scam Posted: 19 Apr 2011 07:12 AM PDT #duhhhhA rogue application ultimately designed to punt a survey scam began spreading rapidly on Twitter on Tuesday.… |
| Microsoft markets 'collection' of PCs to consider Posted: 19 Apr 2011 05:54 AM PDT Thirty choicesMicrosoft UK has unveiled its first 'collection' of PCs, chosen by the company to suit lifestyles and budgets.… |
| Angry Birds Magic up some NFC love Posted: 19 Apr 2011 05:52 AM PDT Nokia finds a use for the C7 ...Nokia has finally discovered what Near Field Communications is for – unlocking new levels of Angry Birds by tapping Nokia handsets together.… Free Webcast: Making the decision on hosted apps - What's the risk and reward? |
| Virgin Media Superhub customers still hitting big speed bump Posted: 19 Apr 2011 05:49 AM PDT Firmware updates yet to fix glitchesIt's been nearly two months since our exclusive report about Virgin Media's Superhub router/modem combo boxes playing havoc with newly-upgraded customers' connections - but sadly for the telco there's still trouble at the mill.… |
| Acer announces shock slump in Q2 PC shipments Posted: 19 Apr 2011 05:47 AM PDT New prez, new problemsAcer has said its PC shipments will be down 10 per cent this quarter, highlighting the scale of the problems facing its new company president.… |
| US proposes online IDs for Americans Posted: 19 Apr 2011 05:31 AM PDT Obama administration moves ahead with plans for adoption of internet IDsThe US Government has published plans to create digital identities for Americans.… |
| Scottish news site hit by 'DDoS attack' in run-up to elections Posted: 19 Apr 2011 04:59 AM PDT Not happyPolitically-motivated hackers are thought to be behind a DDoS attack on alternative news site Newsnet Scotland, launched on Monday days before Scotland is due to vote in fiercely contested local elections.… |
| Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Android smartphone Posted: 19 Apr 2011 04:58 AM PDT The Playstation phone in all but nameReview The evolution of smartphones has introduced a divide between gaming capability and gaming playability. Powerful processors and operating systems allow increasingly complex gaming. But complex games demand complex controls. Finger swishing and prodding might suffice when flinging belligerent avians around the screen, but virtual thumbsticks and buttons largely fail to convey more rigorous controls into the hands of players.… |
| Dying quango says Britons oppressed by the Man Posted: 19 Apr 2011 04:53 AM PDT What did the Romans ever do for us?Britons are suffering under the yoke of the world's most oppressive copyright laws, says quango Consumer Focus. The taxpayer-funded fake charity, which is due to be abolished, agrees that the UK has the third worst "copyright regime" behind Chile and Jordan. Moldova is praised as the most admirable in the world.… |
| Terrorists stamp on <i>Indy</i>'s Kate Middleton jelly bean Posted: 19 Apr 2011 04:45 AM PDT Let's print this sh*t anyway, declares delightful URLIt's hats off today to whoever it was who discovered that you can stick any text into an Independent URL, as long as you leave the terminal numeric identifier, and then used the technique to stamp on the claim that Kate Middleton had manifested in a jelly bean.… Free Webcast: Making the decision on hosted apps - What's the risk and reward? |
| Twitter eyes up its biggest client Posted: 19 Apr 2011 04:42 AM PDT But it's not the only one courting TweetDeckTweetDeck, the discerning Twit's desktop client, is in discussions with Twitter about selling itself to the micro-blogging service for $50m, which could be small change to prevent the client turning into a competitor.… |
| NASA funds commercial Shuttle-replacement spaceships Posted: 19 Apr 2011 04:23 AM PDT Cheese capsule battles rivals for ISS ferry workNASA has chosen the companies which will receive cash in its second round of Commercial Crew Development contracts. The CCDev2 funding is intended to lead to viable commercial manned spacecraft, which NASA could then book seats on in order to keep the International Space Station crewed up in future.… |
| Facebook forced to reinstate snogging men pic Posted: 19 Apr 2011 04:23 AM PDT Had labelled kissing clothed chaps 'sexually suggestive'Overly prudish censorship by Facebook is in the firing line again today for giving offence to yet another large group of its users before being forced into a hasty retreat.… |
| The best sci-fi film never made: Also-rans take a bow Posted: 19 Apr 2011 04:04 AM PDT Some classic works, but they didn't make the cutWe're obliged to all those readers who took the time to throw over their nominations for the best sci-fi film never made, and we're delighted to report that we've whittled the contenders down to a final 50.… |
| How to cut management overheads with VDI Posted: 19 Apr 2011 04:00 AM PDT Not that easy, actually ...On the face of it, a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) should make desktop operating systems easier to manage. After all, if an organisation's desktops are all on one server, then they should theoretically be easier to reach and manipulate. But can desktop virtualisation really help to relieve the management burden?… Free Webcast: Making the decision on hosted apps - What's the risk and reward? |
| Apple-branded unicorn spotted at 3 Posted: 19 Apr 2011 03:55 AM PDT It's breeding season for white iPhonesIt's breeding season for white iPhone 4s, with the fabled unicorn of the smartphone world suddenly proliferating across UK providers.… |
| Flash cache exploit debuts in Amnesty attack Posted: 19 Apr 2011 03:26 AM PDT Cash from chaosMiscreants have deployed a subtle variant of the well established drive-by-download attack tactics against the website of human rights organisation Amnesty International.… |
| Seagate sucks up Samsung storage biz Posted: 19 Apr 2011 03:24 AM PDT Pays $1.375bn to boost market share to 40 per centSeagate is taking over Samsung's hard disk operation, in a deal that will give the Korean giant almost 10 per cent of the erstwhile storage market leader.… |
| Hunting of incredibly rare two-horned 'unicorns' forbidden Posted: 19 Apr 2011 02:25 AM PDT Only hillbilly hunters have ever seen one aliveVietnam is to set up a nature reserve for unfeasibly rare – possibly now extinct – two-horned "unicorns".… |
| Short domain land-rush coming to .uk Posted: 19 Apr 2011 02:20 AM PDT bj.me.uk could be yours for a tennerNominet is to make thousands of super-short .uk web addresses available for as little as £10 each in a "land rush", due to kick off next month.… Free Webcast: Making the decision on hosted apps - What's the risk and reward? |
| Sony Ericsson still making money, to some surprise Posted: 19 Apr 2011 02:11 AM PDT €11m in profit during 2011, thanks to GoogleThe explosion of Android handsets has kept Sony Ericsson in profit, to the surprise of the markets, which were expecting a significant loss for the first quarter of 2011.… |
| Lost records down even though breach incidents soared Posted: 19 Apr 2011 02:08 AM PDT Conflicting findings from Verizon report puzzle security watchersThe number of records lost to security breaches last year decreased dramatically, even though incidents of breaches actually increased.… |
| Posted: 19 Apr 2011 02:00 AM PDT Corking connected calendarAndroid App of the Week Google's cloudy calendar was the main reason I adopted Android as my mobile OS of choice so it's with no apologies that I'm selecting Touch Calendar as the one third-party app that Google really should license and install as part of the system. It's that good.… |
| Mother of all Win 7 rollouts: Microsoft eats own dog food Posted: 19 Apr 2011 02:00 AM PDT Rolling, rolling, rollingDesktop Globally, 190,000 Microsoft users received an OS upgrade recently from Microsoft Vista to Windows 7. It was a large and complex roll-out - but it certainly wasn't the logistical nightmare you might imagine, nor was it a heavily locked down, centrally managed operation. This is the story of how it happened for Microsoft's users here in the UK - some 2,000 people.… |
| Law Commissions call for new consumer compo law Posted: 19 Apr 2011 01:39 AM PDT Current regs lack bite, say lawyersA new law should be created giving consumers the right to take misleading and aggressive businesses to court, the Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission have said.… |
| Dear Facebook: your privacy sucks Posted: 19 Apr 2011 01:36 AM PDT Security not much chop either, says SophosSick of having its users ask what's wrong with Facebook privacy, security vendor Sophos has taken its concerns public in this open letter.… Free Webcast: Making the decision on hosted apps - What's the risk and reward? |
| BBC 'would not kill off the internet even if it could' Posted: 19 Apr 2011 01:28 AM PDT Beeb digi-lord's iPad fluffs Tweety slideshow sideshowW3C "I was a geek before geek was cool," declared the BBC's newly installed digital, future media, and technology director at yesterday's W3C event in Oxford.… |
| NI Auditor: Data sharing could mean more dosh for pensioners Posted: 19 Apr 2011 12:00 AM PDT Northern Ireland has so far found £14m in unclaimed oldsters' benefitsInitiatives including new technologies have helped identify £14m in unclaimed benefit entitlements for senior citizens in Northern Ireland, according to the Uptake of Benefits by Pensioners report by the province's audit office. But Kieran Donnelly, the chief auditor, has said that data sharing could help drive this figure up.… |
| Tron: Legacy 3D Blu-ray disc set Posted: 18 Apr 2011 11:00 PM PDT 2011's home cinema demo movie?Review The arrival of Tron: Legacy on 3D Blu-ray this week will comes as a blessed relief if you've been struggling to find content to play on your new 3D hardware. A year after the launch of 3D Blu-ray, there's still little more than a trickle of 3D animation aimed at younger film fans available. Finally, here's a movie you might actually want to watch with your mates.… |
| Suit settled, PS3 hacker donates $10,000 to EFF Posted: 18 Apr 2011 05:15 PM PDT Directs choice words at Sony 'goons'The hacker accused of violating US copyright law when he hacked the PlayStation 3 game console has donated $10,000 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation after Sony dropped the controversial lawsuit.… |
| Apple sues Samsung over Galaxy look-and-feel Posted: 18 Apr 2011 04:38 PM PDT The battle of 'rounded corners'Apple has sued Samsung for allegedly copying the iOS look-and-feel in its line of Galaxy smartphones and tablets.… |
| HP quietly revamps ProLiant SL hyperscale servers Posted: 18 Apr 2011 02:50 PM PDT 'We don't beat our chest'Dell makes a lot of noise about its bespoke servers cobbled together by its Data Center Solutions unit, and this gets under Hewlett-Packard's skin a bit considering that it is the largest shipper of servers in the world and it has its own quasi-custom, dense, energy-efficient servers aimed at hyperscale customers, too. So you might think that HP would make some noise about the new ProLiant SL machines at one of the recent press and analysts events it has hosted.… Free Webcast: Making the decision on hosted apps - What's the risk and reward? |
| Lawsuit targeting RockYou data breach gets green light Posted: 18 Apr 2011 02:21 PM PDT Personally identifiable info has inherent valueA federal judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed against social-media application developer RockYou for exposing the personally identifiable information of 32 million of its users, which the site stored unencrypted when it suffered a major security breach 16 months ago.… |
| Microsoft's Word fight opens in US Supreme Court Posted: 18 Apr 2011 02:02 PM PDT Argues for lowered burden of proofMicrosoft has tried to persuade judges in America's top court that those defending against patent litigation cases should be held to a lower burden of proof than at present.… |
| Apple smears Web2.0rhea across online support Posted: 18 Apr 2011 01:26 PM PDT Talk of future products forbiddenApple has moved its online support discussion forum into Web 2.0–land by inaugurating a new social-networking service called Apple Support Communities (ASC).… |
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