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Fri, 30 Sep 2016 07:39:12 GMT
Claims bendy battery won't burn, is ideal for credit-card-sized gadgets
Panasonic says it's built a bendy Lithium-Ion battery safe enough to be built into “Card devices, devices attached to the human body, smart clothing [and] wristband wearable devices.”…
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 07:02:04 GMT
Oi, where's my retro games console?
Retro Computers, the biz behind the Sinclair-compatible ZX Spectrum Vega+ handheld console, is rebutting claims by critics that the gizmo will not be ready in time for its target launch date.…
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 06:39:06 GMT
Why wait for North Korea to nuke Seoul? Sammy's gear will take care of the job at this rate
Samsung's bad month gets worse as the South Korean electronics giant warns that some of its washing machines may halt and catch fire.…
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 06:03:04 GMT
Pika-achoo!
An American hospital is behind one of 72 complaints lodged with a US watchdog over Pokémon Go – the game in which people with nothing better to do with their lives try to track down virtual animals using smartphones.…
Wed, 28 Sep 2016 23:59:09 GMT
From super cheap $30 to hefty $130
Roku has updated and expanded its line of streaming media boxes to cover both ends of the market.…
Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:44:57 GMT
Firmware fix coming soon to clean up Inc's ink stink
HP Inc is trying to spin its way out of the mess it created when it decided it would be a fantastic idea to brick unofficial and refilled printer cartridges.…
Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:06:26 GMT
Switches to licensing 'secure Android' and apps
Here’s your chance to design your own BlackBerry. BlackBerry today ended its 17-year adventure as a phone-maker with CEO John Chen announcing “a new strategic direction focussed on licensing our secure device software and the BlackBerry brand.”…
Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:02:07 GMT
Raw materials will be open and multi-source
While HP Inc is getting a lot of flack over its DRM lockdown on 2D printing consumables, in the 3D world the company wants to address that it won't be setting the prices on consumables.…
Wed, 28 Sep 2016 02:28:31 GMT
3.5mm audio jacks are in big trouble now as one cable to rule them all standard signed off
The USB implementers forum has loosed “USB Audio Device Class 3.0” onto the breathlessly-waiting world.…
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:10:57 GMT
Only one in ten demanding cash, we're told
Just over three weeks after announcing a global Galaxy Note 7 recall, Samsung says six out of ten owners in the US and South Korea have returned their potentially exploding phablets.…
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:03:04 GMT
Another initiative targets developers of smart doorbells and other gizmos
Linaro, the collaborative engineering effort focused around Linux for ARM-based devices, has spawned a new working group to develop open reference platforms for connected products, with an inevitable eye on the Internet of Things (IoT).…
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 07:01:12 GMT
Dead-flesh keyboard not included
Ageing fans of 1980s home computer games will soon be able to get their hands on Sir Clive Sinclair’s rebooted ZX Spectrum device, which is now set to be launched in October and available just in time for Christmas.…
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 21:33:33 GMT
Founder's funding of Trump trolls sparks backlash
A number of game developers have decided to end their support of the Oculus virtual reality headset over reports that its founder Palmer Luckey is actively funding "Trump trolls."…
Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:32:15 GMT
Utopian dreams of the concept's creators blur into crappy reality
Life in a London firm is tough: it’s full of jewel heists, flying bullets and car chases. Well, this was the case during my last foray into Virtual Reality.…
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 20:09:34 GMT
Fatality – wait, no, what? That's the other game
A fresh update for Capcom's Street Fighter V for PCs includes a knock-out move: a secret rootkit that gives any installed application kernel-level privileges.…
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 08:03:04 GMT
An Apple user with muscular dystrophy writes
Opinion Apple describes their sexy new iPhone 7 and iOS 10 operating system as the most advanced yet. Well, they say that every year, don't they?…
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 10:01:36 GMT
This is the end, beautiful friend, the end
Could BlackBerry be any less involved in the phone business that it is today? A year ago it designed its own phones that ran its own, home-grown platform. Today it rebadges other people’s designs and the phones run Android. Actually, yes, it could – see below for details*.…
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:02:11 GMT
In the phablet, the silent phablet, the LiOn sleeps tonight
Explainer It has been a bad month for Samsung. Following the release of the dual-curved, 5.7 inch-screen, water-resistant Galaxy Note 7 phablet, the number of fires have increased thanks to its reportedly explosive battery.…
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 05:58:13 GMT
Customised CPUs are doing things software just can't do on commodity kit
After being pronounced dead this past February - in Nature, no less - Moore’s Law seems to be having a very weird afterlife. Within the space of the last thirty days we've seen:…
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 03:53:12 GMT
Analyst says Galaxy Note 7 will fire up the mobile biometrics market
ABI Research analyst Marina Lu has picked iris scanning as "one of the safest" means to secure user identities on smartphones.…
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 01:24:38 GMT
Software that detects government tests, where have we heard that before?
The idiot box is smarter than it seems: a spat has broken out between America's Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Consumer Technology Association about the energy consumption of televisions.…
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 17:52:11 GMT
Cupertino giant told to cough up equivalent of a rounding error on its financial sheets
Apple has been found guilty of patent infringement and told to pay $3m in damages.…
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 15:18:18 GMT
It's a driver cockup, not a feature
Lenovo has denied locking its Signature Edition PCs exclusively to Windows 10 under orders from Microsoft.…
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:38:29 GMT
We're not making this up, it's a real product
Someone with far more time and money than sense has developed a “real flame smart candle” that can be controlled over Bluetooth. No, really.…
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 05:15:56 GMT
Here comes your fully-licenced street-legal retrogasm
German retro enthusiast Jens Schönfeld of Individual Computers is about to start manufacturing new Commodore 64 cases from the classic home computer company's original injection moulds.…
Tue, 20 Sep 2016 04:58:06 GMT
Find yourself a Famicom and brush up on ancient syntax to finish the game in minutes
A 30-year-old bug in the iconic Nintendo game Legend of Zelda allows players to finish the game in minutes. A video posted to YouTube shows that, beneath what looks to be a fun game glitch, there is a fascinating bit of code manipulation in 6502 Assembly:…
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 21:09:45 GMT
Software timebomb blasts ersatz Officejet Pro supplies
A Dutch ink seller is accusing HP Inc of deliberately programming its printers to reject refurbished cartridges with a covert firmware update.…
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 20:13:31 GMT
Prickly car company has long history of lashing out
An increasingly bitter fight between Tesla and its former autopilot partner Mobileye is raising questions over the electric car company's honesty.…
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 16:31:12 GMT
Replacement programme for UK and Ireland
Got a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and live in the UK or Ireland? Not switched it on lately after reading those reports about exploding devices? Fret ye not, for Samsung today announced an exchange programme, whereby you get a replacement “phablet” courtesy of the provider you bought it from.…
Sun, 18 Sep 2016 03:02:30 GMT
Teardown reveals chips in new iThings, confirms love struggle in Cupertino
Analysis Love rat Apple two-times its long-suffering squeeze Qualcomm with dishy Intel – and it's going to keep the baby but only let some of us see it.…
Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:05:04 GMT
El Reg gets nautical with ASV Global
RotM As the pace of automation gathers speed – from the Internet of Things to factory floors – there's a lot going on quietly but efficiently in robot boats, in particular, with Portchester-based ASV Global.…
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 23:28:09 GMT
Buyers leave overnight lines as no Plus or Jet Black models on sale at the Sydney store we like to stalk
Peak Apple iPhone fanbois have iVaporated: The Register has visited the same suburban Apple Store we always stalk visit on iPhone launch day and found just thirty people queueing.…
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 23:05:37 GMT
iPhone 6, 6+ and SE fans told to stay away from software update for now
Updated Don't install Apple's new iOS 10 on your iPhone 6, 6+ or SE, warns T-Mobile US, or you'll suffer knackered connectivity.…
Wed, 14 Sep 2016 04:47:14 GMT
Animal rights group wants input into design of Farming Simulator 17
Protests about video games usually call for less violence. But People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has called for more violence - and more graphic violence – in the forthcoming Farming Simulator 17.…
Tue, 13 Sep 2016 07:44:13 GMT
Is our innovation stale, asks pres at PC giant? No 'f*****g way' says a shopper
HP Inc GPC '16 HP Inc has launched a new sales tactic to take on Apple - hijacking worshippers of expensive iThings as soon as they step outside the altar of dreams to compare Macs with its slim and light PCs.…
Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:31:06 GMT
Google Play services need constant location info
Google, it seems, is very, very interested in knowing where you are at all times.…
Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:33:10 GMT
Serious playtime for suits – but not you, gamers
Review At $3,000 Microsoft’s Hololens isn’t going to be in too many gamers’ Christmas stockings this year, being more of a chance for corporates to work out the business case for augmented reality.…
Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:02:06 GMT
Trolling or typo? Take a look-see
Microsoft may have just confirmed a Surface Phone via a cryptic tweet. Laura Janet Baker appeared to confirm the long-rumoured flagship via a double negative. It could be the end of the silly season; judge for yourself.…
Fri, 09 Sep 2016 12:38:06 GMT
Europe's biggest consumer tech company is back and wants you to wear it
Interview Yesterday TomTom announced seven new consumer products (eight if you count the two SatNav units) with four fitness and three navigation products, its highest High Street profile for some years.…
Fri, 09 Sep 2016 09:11:11 GMT
There is no place I can hide, there is no place I can go
Something for the Weekend, Sir? In the future, I will keep a vibrator in my shoes.…
Fri, 09 Sep 2016 06:21:06 GMT
Phlaming phablet should not be used in the sky says US Federal Aviation Administration
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has taken the unusual step of issuing a warning about Samsung's flaming phablet, the Galaxy Note 7.…
Fri, 09 Sep 2016 06:01:07 GMT
As US watchdog warns: Don't fly with one of these in your pocket
Samsung's ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 is once again being blamed for causing a serious fire.…
Fri, 09 Sep 2016 02:30:06 GMT
Shake your tail feather or Redmond wrist-job will dip into your pocket
Microsoft-backed academics have developed a internet-of-things wristband that will send donations to charity when exercise runs are missed.…
Thu, 08 Sep 2016 12:03:12 GMT
Humble Pi most successful British 'puter in history
Raspberry Pi has sold over 10 million units and has announced today a new Raspberry Pi Starter Kit to celebrate its achievements.…
Thu, 08 Sep 2016 11:06:25 GMT
Behold the ... er, most cat-friendly smartphone of all time
Analysis Analyst outfit CCS Insight issued a report about the innovation crisis in smartphones this week – and Apple has done little to address this with an iPhone update quickly labelled as incremental.…
Thu, 08 Sep 2016 07:24:37 GMT
Whaddaya mean no new products? Colors are products too
Smart home poster child Nest has responded to criticism about a lack of new products by... releasing its thermostat in three new colors.…
Thu, 08 Sep 2016 02:29:29 GMT
It's 'macOS' from now on. Oh and watch out for scratches on the Darth Vader Black iPhone 7
Amid all the glamour and excitement of the the iPhone 7 launch, Apple snuck out a few other nuggets, some of them a little unhappy.…
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 21:39:58 GMT
Finally – an iPhone we can use, er, in the shower?
Apple held court in San Francisco on Tuesday to announce updates for the iPhone and Apple Watch lines.…
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 17:17:09 GMT
Too hot to handle, too rubbery for banks
Refund checks promised by Intel after recalling its ill-fated wrist-burning Basis smartwatches are bouncing for some unlucky punters.…
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:37:09 GMT
Firemen were unable to approach the wreck due to electricity hazard
The driver of a Tesla Model S electric car has reportedly died in a crash in the Netherlands this morning – and firefighters on the scene were nervous about being electrocuted as they fought the fire.…
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