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Roku rocks media streamers into UK Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:07:13 GMT BBC iPlayer on boardRoku has released its compact media streaming set-top boxes in the UK. With it comes BBC iPlayer support.…
Nevex stuffs software into TMS flash for 'world's fastest cache' Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:02:11 GMT CacheWorks twinned with RamSan server flash storageNevex, the Canadian supplier of flash and DRAM caching software for Windows, is working with Texas Memory Systems to super-charge its RamSan PCIe flash acceleration of app I/O.…
HTC Ice Cream Sandwich updates slip to late March Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:43:23 GMT And an even longer wait for some handsetsHTC smartphone owners: you should be getting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates at the end of next month - if you have an unlocked Sensation or Sensation XE.…
Malware devs embrace open-source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:42:04 GMT Blackhatters desperate for props from pals, says security firmCybercrooks have embraced the open-source model in the development of banking Trojans following the release of source code for the infamous ZeuS cybercrime toolkit last year.…
Secondhand MP3 shop can keep trading during EMI trial Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:22:10 GMT Redigi sued by music giant over copyright violationsRedigi has escaped a court injunction that would have prevented it trading throughout the duration of a court battle over alleged copyright infringement.… (image)
Tech! Tech! Teeeeech! Women want gadgets for Valentine's Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:15:51 GMT Girls more gizmo hungry than everForget roses and Roses: buy your over half - if female - some tech for Valentine's Day, now just four days away.…
Met thumbed through Oyster card data up to 22,000 times in 4 years Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:01:12 GMT Requests for info on passengers' movements up 15%The Metropolitan police has requested Oyster card data relating to citizens and other personal information from Transport for London (TfL) more than 22,000 times since 2008, according to figures published by the capital's transport authority.…
UK.gov: We really are going to start buying open-source from SMEs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:32:05 GMT Groundhog Day again already?Intellect 2012 Open source and open standards are the direction for UK government IT, the civil servant leading the government's technology change agenda has said.…
Red Hat fires Gluster thruster from Amazon's cluster Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:02:12 GMT Storage done virtuallyRed Hat is providing a Virtual Storage Appliance using Amazon cloud storage and claiming enterprise, scale-out NAS capability.…
LG DM2350D 23in passive 3D monitor and TV combo Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:08 GMT Gaming desktop telly, anyone?Review The DM2350D is the first 3D combination monitor/TV released by LG. Sharing the same passive FPR 3D panel technology as its Cinema 3D TV siblings, it’s presumably aimed at wannabe 3D PC gamers and those looking for a jack of all trades screen that’s easy to accommodate in student digs or wherever.…
Oracle tucks R stats language into database Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:59:07 GMT R-acle 11g, Quant EditionRelational database juggernaut Oracle has embedded the R programming language used by more than 2 million statisticians and quants the world over into its 11g relational database. Call it R-acle 11g, Quant Edition.…
Sinofsky shows off Windows 8 on ARM and Office15 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:46:35 GMT Microsoft aims for separate but equalWindows boss Stephen Sinofsky has ended months of speculation with the first (fairly) detailed drilldown into Windows 8 on ARM (WOA) platform, and says it should be ready for a simultaneous launch with its x86/64 counterpart.…
StreetView disappears Dutch office tower Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:09 GMT Because it’s Friday…It’s one of those wonderful discrepancies that happens when a site has to wait a year or so between visits from the Google StreetView photo-harvesters.… (image)
IBM does financing deals for Power, storage kit Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:41:13 GMT Low or no interest ratesIt's a new year and a new first quarter and a new and somewhat challenging economy in North America, and therefore IBM is offering financing deals in the United States and Canada.…
Elon Musk helps AsiaSat with new regional satellites Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:30:20 GMT Asia Pac enjoys a satellite bonanzaHong Kong satellite operator AsiaSat and space launch company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will launch two new communications satellites in 2014 servicing the Asia Pacific region.…
Teradata surfs big data wave in Q4 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:26:27 GMT Big data = big bucksData warehousing pioneer and big data playa Teradata has just turned in the best fourth quarter and full year in the company's 33 year history, thanks to the big data wave and a number of key acquisitions that the company that have moved it beyond its core data warehousing biz.…
Eolas falls at first hurdle in bid to tax browser apps Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:13:44 GMT Google grins at Adobe jury’s verdictA jury in Texas has ruled against Eolas Technologies in its patent battle to lay claim to the concept of in-browser applications and most plug-ins.…
Coming to a continent near you: America Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:00:07 GMT Also Asia, Europe and AfricaIt’s going to be a heck of a reunion: the Pangea supercontinent that broke up to create the atlas we know today will one day reform in the Northern hemisphere.… (image)
Hackett bookish after Internet sale Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:06:07 GMT Aus tech entrprenuers back new publishing houseInternode founder Simon Hackett is behind the launch of Australia’s newest cross-platform book publishing house, MidnightSun Publishing.…
Oracle inhales Taleo for $1.9bn Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:06:11 GMT Blows it onto the Fusion app cloudOnly two months ago, Taleo, the seller of online talent management software, was saying that it intended to remain independent despite the cloud software feeding frenzy. But today, Larry Ellison, CEO and co-founder of Oracle, made Taleo CEO Mike Gregoire an offer he couldn't refuse: $1.9bn.… (image)
FBI investigated Steve Jobs' reality distortion field, LSD use Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:55:48 GMT Sex, drugs and bomb threatsSteve Jobs' drug use, court cases and personality flaws were all investigated by the FBI, as a file released on Thursday reveals.…
What's in the box, Windows BOFH? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:03:08 GMT What lurks inside the Windows admin's toolkit...Sysadmin blog Windows is a powerful and complex Operating System (OS). As with any modern OS, it comes equipped with numerous features, utilities, and applications. But Windows' default tools are not always the best widget for the job at hand.…
AON: Give us cash, we'll emit 10TB holographic cube Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:19:11 GMT They do it with mirrorsAccess Optical Networks says it has developed a 1.2TB holographic storage cube that can transfer data at 155MB/sec and last longer than 50 years. Oh, and it's done using mirrors – but no smoke.…
Googorola's desire for iPhone royalties will upset Apple cart Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:37:09 GMT Moto patents at heart of latest fair licensing rowAnalysis Google's outline of how it will use Motorola Mobility's intellectual property – should regulators allow the buyout – has sparked fierce debate as pundits worry about how the smartphone patent wars will pan out.…
Kodak to kill off digital cameras Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:16:38 GMT End in sight for snappers, camcordersKodak is knocking its line of budget digital cameras on the head, part of its plan to revive the fortunes of the troubled firm.…
Hitachi GST pushes out boosted SSD Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:04:08 GMT Intel's new NANDHitachi GST has birthed a boosted Ultrastar SSD using Intel's latest 25nm NAND. Intel launched its own 520 just a few days ago.…
Appcelerator adds Titanium backend with Cocoafish buy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:29:12 GMT I like backends and I cannot lieMobile platform developer Appcelerator has completed its second purchase of the last year, snapping up Cocoafish to gets its APIs and server backend system.… (image)
Google will swap you a box of crisps for your web privacy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:02:02 GMT Or anything else from Amazon for $25 if you agree to be stalkedGoogle has revealed exactly how little cash it thinks a user who is willing to "sell" their data to the search giant is actually worth.…
Airport bomb Twitter joker in second fine appeal bid Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:43:07 GMT Judges deliberating whether or not to quash convictionPaul Chambers, the Twitter joker turned misdemeanour conviction martyr, returned to court on Wednesday to launch a second appeal against a conviction over a "threatening message" to blow Doncaster's Robin Hood Airport "sky high".…
Vodafone squirrels cash into Blighty nightly as Europe falters Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:17:05 GMT Spain, Italy disappointing - Turkey, India a pleasant surpriseVodafone's numbers for the tail-end of 2011 show the network doing pretty well, though it admitted husbanding cash back to the UK nightly just to be on the safe side.…
What downturn? Lenovo stuffs pockets with 54% extra profit Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:01:05 GMT World's number 2 PC maker buoyed by China performanceLenovo Group is one of the few PC makers still in the pink, beating market expectations with a fat third-quarter net profit.…
Ofcom: Make it easier for punters to switch ISPs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:41:15 GMT But could middleman plan jack up prices?Broadband and landline customers could soon find it a lot simpler to ditch one telco in favour of another, after Ofcom published its proposals on cutting the hassle out of switching providers for punters in the UK.…
Alibaba! suspends! shares! amid! Yahoo! stake! buzz! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:30:10 GMT Chinese biz counts readies to buy back web biz's shareAlibaba.com has suspended its shares on the Hong Kong market, pending news from its parent company Alibaba Group, which reportedly wants to buy back Yahoo!'s stake in the company.… (image)
Microsoft sets date for Windows 8 preview - at mobile shindig Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:16:11 GMT Barcelona, it was the first time that we metMicrosoft will unveil Windows 8 at Mobile World Congress, says an invitation sent out today.…
How Zuck wields power over Facebook for a few hundred bucks Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:01:08 GMT CEO's voting rights and package exposedMark Zuckerberg's effortless swagger into the business world got an airing in public yesterday when Facebook filed more documents to the US Securities and Exchange Commission ahead of the company going public in a few months' time.…
Ethernet standards for hyper-scale cloud networking Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:45:06 GMT Always just over the horizonWhat if the largest Ethernet networks we see today are just precursors, initial steps on the path to what's been called hyper-scale cloud networking?…
Ingram Micro CEO outlines growth plan as 2011 profits falter Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:33:13 GMT Weak Euro consumer biz and challenged Oz operation blamedIngram Micro's new chief exec has set out three strategic priorities as he gets to grips with the challenges facing the world's largest distributor and looks to bolster bottom line goodness.…
Groupon loses $42.7m in Q4, shares tumble Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:32:09 GMT Hang on to your coupons, we'll make a profit next quarterGroupon (GRPN) has posted a net loss of $42.7m for the last three months of 2011, disappointing Wall Street's expectation that the coupon-pushers would make a small profit. Groupon stocks closed the day at $24.58 but in after-hours trading stocks tumbled 15 per cent to $20.75 – suggesting that Groupon shareholders might want to brace themselves for a rocky ride when Thursday trading opens in New York.…
UK cops set up new £30m bases to nail cybercrooks Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:22:11 GMT They're proper champion e-bobbiesThe UK is to establish three regional policing e-crime hubs as part of efforts to boost the capability of British police to tackle the growing problem of cybercrime.… (image)
New sat data shows Himalayan glaciers hardly melting at all Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:01:06 GMT Results 'really were a surprise', say climate profsNew scientific analysis of satellite gravity measurements has shown that ice is melting from glaciers around the world much less quickly than had been thought. The new research is important as worldwide glacier melt is thought to be one of the main factors which could drive rising sea levels in future.…
Google Wallet PIN security cracked in seconds Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:39:05 GMT Luckily no one important is using itA researcher at website categoriser zvelo has discovered Google Wallet's PIN protection is open to a brute-force attack that takes seconds to complete. And Google is powerless to fix the problem, it seems.…
Royal astro-boffin to MPs: Stop thinking about headlines Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:17:05 GMT 'Nuclear biz is screwed, chill out about carcinogens'"In politics the urgent seems to trump the important," venerable astro-boffin Lord Martin Rees told a committee of MPs yesterday, saying that it there needed to be "bipartisan consensus on long-term issues" such as energy and the environment if Britain is to haul its sorry ass into the next century.…
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:11 GMT Hit and mythReview Like a mage's potion, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is based on a tried and tested formula: the essence of Fable II, a dash of Oblivion, the gizzards of God of War. And let's not forget the vital binding agent, of course: a liberal dose of Tolkien's legendarium.…
iPad 3 shell shots spied on web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:58:35 GMT Snaps point to bigger battery. PossiblySnaps are circulating Apple and iPad fansites revealing that the upcoming iPad 3 will hold a larger battery than its predecessor… probably.…
Google drive cloud to rain on Apple, Dropbox parade Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:39:08 GMT Web giant has our email and docs, might as well hand over everything elseNever one to miss out on an up-and-coming tech trend, Google is all set to launch its very own cloud storage service, competing with the likes of Dropbox, Microsoft and Apple.…
Asus posts patch for Prime random reboot bug Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:28:04 GMT Tablet's auto-restart glitch fixedAsus UK has posted a firmware update for its Android tablet, the Eee Pad Transformer Prime.…
Japan enlists foreign bloggers to revive tsunami-hit tourist biz Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:24:05 GMT Will 10 gaijin really make a difference?The Japanese government is trying to get foreign bloggers to do PR for it by inviting them to earthquake- and tsunami-hit areas to write compassionately about the progress being made in reconstructing the ravaged north-east of the country.… (image)
Life-size Portal gun to shoot onto shelves soon Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:07:17 GMT Hole in the wallDespite the fact they generally sit on the mantlepiece as a decorative reminder of where one's interest lies, replica weapons are a big business and gaming enthusiasts are an eager audience to target.…
Trustwave admits crafting SSL snooping certificate Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:03:09 GMT Allowing bosses to spy on staff was wrong, says security bizCertificate Authority Trustwave has revoked a digital certificate that allowed one of its clients to issue valid certificates for any server, thereby allowing one of its customers to intercept their employees' private email communication.…
HP hands in-house Android code to TouchPad tablet hackers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:49:07 GMT Developed as a WebOS fall-back plan?Top marks to HP for handing over an Android kernel it once coded for its TouchPad tablet to fondleslab hackers.… |
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