Updated: 02:49 Fri, Jul 03 2009. (fresh!) |
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Hackintosh maker rises from the dead - (00:37:35 GMT)'When life gives you apples, make applesauce'Psystar, the Florida-based Hackintosher that's been giving Apple fits for over a year, refuses to die.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
DoJ confirms Googlebooks antitrust probe - (00:35:01 GMT)Orphan monopolyThe US Justice Department has confirmed its antitrust probe into Google's $125m book-scanning settlement with American authors and publishers, indicating that the ongoing investigation is an important one.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
Gamer embezzles virtual cash to settle real debts - (00:17:41 GMT)Eve Online banker does a runnerAs if high-profile investment scandals and the economic downturn weren't bad enough here on Earth, now folks have to deal with it outside our galaxy. Virtually, at least.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
Debian rejects open-source .NET threat claim - (00:13:24 GMT)Minority installDebian, the foundation of Ubuntu, has rejected claims that it's potentially holding Linux's future hostage to Microsoft by including an open-source implementation of .NET in its code.… The power of collaboration within unified communications |
Conviction overturned in MySpace suicide case - (00:11:08 GMT)Good news for net usersA federal judge on Thursday tentatively overturned convictions against a mother accused of using MySpace to bully a 13-year-old girl who went on to hang herself to death.… The power of collaboration within unified communications |
AT&T's iPhone 'iLaunch' sets record - (21:38:23 GMT)'Best-ever sales day'An internal AT&T memo leaked to MacDailyNews crows that "iLaunch day 2009" - yes, you read that correctly, "iLaunch" - set multiple Big Phone sales records.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
Google code cloud in six-hour blinkage - (21:35:37 GMT)App Engine stallsGoogle App Engine - the development and hosting cloud that serves up third-party apps and websites - was on the fritz for a good six hours this morning.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
iPhone crashing bug could lead to serious exploit - (21:30:49 GMT)More fun with SMSUpdated This story was updated to correct factual errors contained in an IDG News article that first reported the vulnerability.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
Iran ends text message blackout - (21:21:22 GMT)Three weeks after election dayIran's ban on SMS texting has been lifted for the first time since the country's disputed presidential election, according to reports.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
PC giants ship Chinese censorware anyway - (20:15:40 GMT)The porn filter that keeps you from typingThough the Chinese government has delayed plans to require the shipment of the highly-controversial Green Dam filtering app with all new PCs, several big-name PC manufacturers are shipping the thing anyway.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
Web 2.0 not liable for real-world assaults, says court - (20:12:41 GMT)Decency Act deflects MySpace suitsSocial networking sites like MySpace are not liable if underage users are sexually assaulted by people they meet on the website, a California appeals court has ruled.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
Apple patents karaoke lessons - (20:05:38 GMT)MaSfPRTFfK?!The US Patent and Trademark office today released a flurry of 22 Apple patent applications, the most earth-shaking of which may rid the world of one of nightlife's most maddening menaces: off-key karaoke singers.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
Dell cracks open EMEA PC services - (18:33:25 GMT)Stretches to non-Dell iron plus serversLooking for leverage and a few extra euros and pounds in EMEA, Dell has rolled out a set of modular services to help companies manage their PCs and - eventually - their servers.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
Speculation mounts over AVG plans for OS X client - (18:00:09 GMT)'Mac users have no antibodies'AVG bosses aren't saying much, but there's new evidence the anti-virus maker is seriously considering building an application for the Mac.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
Microsoft distances self from IE 8 puke ads - (17:51:43 GMT)Windows 7 family pack grounded?Apparently, puking about porn was too much for Microsoft's delicate sensibilities on Internet Explorer 8.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
<em>Grand Theft Auto IV</em> coming to the iPhone? - (17:02:03 GMT)Video teases gamersThe appearance of mysterious video has got the gaming world convinced that Grand Theft Auto IV is coming to... the iPhone.… |
UK DVD sales plunge... - (15:34:26 GMT)...and still massively outsell 'booming' Blu-rayBritons may be turning away from the DVD, but Blu-Ray Disc isn't replacing the decade-old format in consumers' affections.… |
Boomerang attack against AES better than blind chance - (15:33:06 GMT)Pesky algorithm not invulnerableCryptographic researchers have uncovered a chink in the armour of the widely used AES algorithm.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
US employers cut 467,000 jobs in June - (15:28:59 GMT)Back into the woods, not seeing it for treesThe US Department of Labor wanted to give out a little good news about the economy ahead of the July 4th holiday weekend in the States, but unfortunately that was not possible. The rate of job losses accelerated in the US in June, with 467,000 employees let go across all companies and industries excepting farming.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
Mrs Slocombe's pussy vanishes from Twitter - (14:59:04 GMT)Naughty memorial hashtag kiboshedEven in death, Mrs Slocombe’s pussy continues to excite controversy.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
Satanic blob beast menaces North Carolina - (14:31:15 GMT)Sewercam vid captures pulsating subterranean horrorThose of who who've just eaten or are generally of a nervous disposition are advised to look away now, because here is some sewercam footage captured under Raleigh, North Carolina, and which has been horrifying interweb citizens for the last couple of days:… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
Trading Standards calls for online knife sale ban - (14:06:55 GMT)Conscience pricked by underage web blade spreeTrading Standards is making a call for Government to block any sites attempting to sell underage products in the UK, after sending a bunch of kids out to pick up some sharps with not unpredictable results.… The power of collaboration within unified communications |
VirtenSys virtualises RAID controllers - (13:48:29 GMT)Storage controllers and disk drivesVirtenSys has enabled the sharing of LSI MegaRAID host bus adapters between servers connected to its IOV switch.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
Marie Curie voted top female boffin - (13:26:10 GMT)Scientifically radiant, New Scientist poll showsMarie Curie has topped a poll to name the most notable female scientist of all time, beating Brit biophysicist Rosalind Franklin into second spot.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
CPW and Vodafone finally make up - (13:10:54 GMT)Operator discovers who's wearing the trousersCustomers wanting a Vodafone contract will be able to get one at Carphone Warehouse from 7 July, signalling the end of a two-an-a-half-year experiment to see how much power network operators actually had.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
Seagate's SSD may be a bit late - (13:07:56 GMT)SoC problem makes for schedule jamAn investment bank briefing note says that Seagate has suffered a setback in its solid state drive (SSD) development project and may not ship product for testing until 2010, having previously said it will announce its enterprise SSD this year.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
Spam levels bounce back after botnet takedown - (13:02:33 GMT)Even botnets have backup nowSpam levels are returning to normal following the recent takedown of crime-friendly ISP 3FN, which temporarily interrupted the operation of a significant spam spewing botnet.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
Bing slips into bed with Twitter - (12:48:55 GMT)Little one says 'roll over'Microsoft has added Twitter messages to some search results in a desperate attempt to snatch some market share from Google following the launch of Bing last month.… The power of collaboration within unified communications |
Germans and Swiss snub DAB - (12:21:08 GMT)Still too costly, reckon broadcastersThe commercial radio industries in Germany and Switzerland have both rejected proposals that they should invest in developing the DAB digital radio system in their countries to replace existing FM/AM transmissions.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
'First-ever' flight of robotic ornithopter announced - (12:08:19 GMT)Prototype 'nano' bugging-bug drone gets another $2mVid Famous crazycraft company Aerovironment has won a $2.1m contract to further develop its robotic "Nano Air Vehicle" (NAV), which flies and hovers using flapping wings like a hummingbird. The company has also released a video of the innovative craft in test flights.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
Toshiba NB200 - (12:02:03 GMT)The right way to design a netbookReview What is it with Toshiba's designers? Their first netbook, the NB100, was a boxy, angular affair that looked like it had appeared out of a rip in time from 1995. Undoubtedly stung by such criticism, Toshiba's design team have gifted the company's follow up, the NB200, with a much sexier design... only to go and spoil it with a naff colour scheme.… |
Ofcom exempts wall-piercing tech - (11:36:12 GMT)Ultra Wide Band also to be allowed in carsOfcom has published new proposals for the use of Ultra Wideband equipment, updating the measures which were rushed through to prevent the flood of grey imports from the USA.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
Gmail turns into label junkie - (11:24:36 GMT)What folder are you wearing this season?Google has rejigged the labelling toolkit in Gmail to make it more accessible and interactive for users.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
Porsche bites back at e-car proponents - (11:23:04 GMT)Still several tech hurdles to overcome, says execLeccy Tech Porsche has criticised e-car makers for dangling what it claims are unrealistic visions and vaporware in front of the car-buying public.… |
Apple nixing Nvidia from 'Nehalem' Macs? - (11:19:44 GMT)Tough bargaining or faulty-GPU fallout suspectedApple won't be using Nvidia chippery in future machines, it has been claimed.… |
Facebook promises privacy settings to suit 'everyone' - (11:11:55 GMT)And kills off regional groupsSocial network Facebook is road testing new privacy settings to replace the various privacy limits currently required for different applications and content.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
ESA lifts world's largest telecoms satellite - (10:52:09 GMT)TerreStar 1 heads for orbitThe "heaviest and most powerful telecommunications satellite ever launched" was yesterday carried aloft atop an Ariane 5 ECA lifter from the European Space Agency's Korou spaceport in French Guiana.… The power of collaboration within unified communications |
China not demolishing Green Dam - (10:51:19 GMT)Censorware not going anywhere after allChina's controversial mandatory censorware has only been delayed rather than abandoned, according to state media.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
Air NZ rolls out naked safety vid - (10:31:41 GMT)Bare air derrieresAir New Zealand has rolled out a radical solution to the problem of self-loading cargo paying no attention whatsoever to its pre-flight safety briefings: Staff sporting nothing more than body paint and strategically-placed lifejackets...… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
Apple grapples with wave of filth - (10:28:35 GMT)Underage smut on the iPhone? Surely notApple has again been caught out by an app that delivers content from outside Cupertino's control - this time it's naked pics of girls puportedly as young as 15 using a social networking application.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
Petrol station robbers cuffed after running out of petrol - (09:48:11 GMT)Pennsylvania pair in major criminal failA couple of Pennsylvania master criminals who robbed a petrol station were cuffed after their getaway vehicle ran out of petrol a mile from the scene of the crime.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
Prof: People reject news which conflicts with beliefs - (09:47:19 GMT)Utter rubbish, according to open-minded observersIt's well known that people have a tendency to seek out information which confirms what they already believe. Beancurd-scoffing hippies read the Guardian; mindless bigoted reactionaries read the Daily Mail; people who feel that the IT industry would benefit from the involvement of Paris Hilton in some way read the Reg.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
Software firm goes after Google for internet invisibility cloak - (09:40:33 GMT)The more you ignore me, the closer I getA software company has sued Google not only for trade mark infringement in Google's AdWords advertising system but for making its website invisible to the Google search engine.… The power of collaboration within unified communications |
Users claim iPhone 3.0 GPS mis-map mishaps - (09:37:30 GMT)'Hi, luv. I'm under the sea, apparently.'iPhone owners have begun filling forums with grumbles that Apple’s latest firmware causes Google Maps to become more than a little inaccurate.… |
Russian's Bulgarian airbags burst mid-flight - (09:21:57 GMT)Airborne storm in an F-cupA Russian woman sporting a fine set of F-cup chesticles required urgent medical treatment when the Bulgarian airbags responsible for her enhanced assets burst during a flight to Los Angeles.… The power of collaboration within unified communications |
File data to balloon sixfold by 2012 - (09:02:41 GMT)Petabyte pandemoniumThe Enterprise Strategy Group is forcasting a sixfold growth in file archive capacity, from a little over 10,000PB in 2008 to 62,000PB in 2012.… |
Astronomers sniff intermediate mass black hole - (08:31:56 GMT)X-rays point to 500 solar mass 'middleweight'Astronomers from the University of Leicester and the CESR astrophysics lab in Toulouse reckon they've spotted an intermediate mass black hole - one of an elusive group of beasts weighing in between single star black holes and their supermassive cousins.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
Bidding war breaks out for T-Mobile UK - (08:30:39 GMT)Telefonica joins VodafoneAssorted mobile operators are lining up to bid for T-Mobile's UK business - or at least have a good look at its books.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
Ofcom decides on white-space parameters - (08:02:04 GMT)Location, location, location and a bit of sensingUK regulator Ofcom has been considering what restrictions to place on white-space-exploiting cognitive radios, and has concluded that a location-based database is the only way to be sure.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
Iomega eGo 320GB pocket external hard drive - (08:02:04 GMT)Pocket-flat backup bargain?Review Iomega has re-invented its eGo portable hard drives, opting for a 'value-added' theme: when you purchase the 'PS' (Protection Suite) edition of an eGo, you get a bundle of backup and data security software included, plus slimmer, ruggedised hardware and the promise of a three-year warranty.… |
