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Tue, 19 Sep 2017 19:25:03 GMT
Apps are gonna break. Plus of course, Apple always screws up the first iteration
Apple's latest iOS version is out today – iOS 11 – but before you rush into updating, you'll want to check that it doesn't destroy any of your favorite apps.…
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:44:41 GMT
You want more competition, America? Here's another all-powerful telco monolith
Sprint and T‑Mobile US are in talks to create a third major US wireless carrier.…
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 07:31:34 GMT
It's stylish, but the stylus doesn't add a lot
First fondle Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 is everything you'd expect in a premium handset, but the stylus doesn't appear to add huge value.…
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 02:15:16 GMT
Screens-on-a-stalk and replaceable HDD and RAM may not a revolution make
All-in-one PCs look pretty and make for tidy desks but don't often feature in business settings because bonding a monitor and a computer reduces maintenance options.…
Mon, 18 Sep 2017 02:48:57 GMT
Jabra's Evolve 80 will hush your office, but the red warning ring is mere bling
Ears-on test The Register's Sydney eyrie will soon be demolished, so Vulture South needs a new office and we're probably going to nestle into a shared workspace.…
Fri, 15 Sep 2017 21:51:59 GMT
'Free speech' Twitter alternative alleges antitrust foul
A social network that fancies itself a "free speech" competitor to Twitter is suing Google after its app was removed from the Play Store.…
Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:07:13 GMT
One home at a time
With Apple playing catchup to Samsung, the big phone story of the year belongs to Essential. And the big story with Essential isn't really the phone.…
Fri, 15 Sep 2017 13:25:13 GMT
Caveat emptor: It's not what you think
While Apple was making the iPhone less dependent on a Mac or PC, this week, it was tying its Watch even closer to the iPhone - contrary to what Apple's marketing material wants you to think.…
Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:02:06 GMT
Sounds like a good idea but looks can be deceptive
Something for the Weekend, Sir? Right. Right. Right. No, left. I said LEFT! Oh for the love of humanity, swipe left now! My eyes! Sorry, no, I mean "My EARS!"…
Wed, 13 Sep 2017 23:44:53 GMT
Nope, not over the securities fraud, or the drug price hike
Martin Shkreli, the obnoxious smirking hedge fund manager nicknamed Pharma Bro, is going to jail after a series of Facebook posts convinced a judge that he's a menace to society.…
Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:49:12 GMT
Claims of sweat resistance and durability are lies, litigious customers contend
Apple pitches its Powerbeats headphones to the public with images of celebrated athletes and ad copy insisting that the devices are durable and sweat resistant.…
Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:53:39 GMT
Samsung has little to fear
Comment You may or may not know that the phrase "industrial revolution" was coined by a Frenchman.…
Wed, 13 Sep 2017 04:58:06 GMT
Crack a Galaxy or bash Bixby and score US$20K to $200K
Samsung's mobile limb has become the latest major vendor to launch a bug bounty program, and within its tight rules, it offers a tasty maximum prize of US$200,000.…
Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:42:18 GMT
Steve Jobs Theater fittingly opens with cult-like showcasing of overpriced gear
Apple has summoned friendly press to its new Cupertino campus to christen the Steve Jobs Theater with the introduction of a new set of products to hit the shelves this Fall.…
Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:30:33 GMT
But holds out hope that self-driving cars, smart homes and VR can change that
Mobile World Congress It may not be happy about it, but the mobile industry has begrudgingly accepted that tech giants Apple, Google and Facebook are driving its industry.…
Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:36:58 GMT
We've got a little listicle... of missing, must-have features
Apple's new iPhone will be packed with new features you didn't know you needed. It almost certainly won't be getting features it absolutely does need. We made a list of what Apple needs to do, but won't.…
Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:29:08 GMT
Any point turning up? Not now
Apple apparently deploys resources comparable to the security apparatus of a repressive Cold War Balkan state to try to prevent leaks. To very little effect. And with magnificent irony, it seems to have itself to blame for the biggest leak of all.…
Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:00:09 GMT
Clamshell QWERTY has a few unique tricks
World Exclusive Last week Gemini, the venture that re-invents the Psion 5 design for the 21st century, took delivery of pre-production units. Planet Computing invited us to see how the project is progressing.…
Mon, 11 Sep 2017 05:31:11 GMT
Chipzilla thinks fast short-range wireless is good for VR, where desks are always tidy
Intel has issued “Product Change Notifications” for several WiGig products it used to make wireless laptop docks.…
Sat, 09 Sep 2017 07:25:11 GMT
Fascinating detail on how people move around the system
The people in charge of the London Underground transport have released a report [PDF] in their month-long tracking trial of Tube users – and the results are fascinating.…
Fri, 08 Sep 2017 20:58:13 GMT
Nothing at all wrong with this
China's version of Twitter, Sina Weibo, has warned its 340 million users they have until next Friday to verify their accounts using their real names.…
Fri, 08 Sep 2017 08:11:07 GMT
If someone filmed it, it must be real
Something for the Weekend, Sir? I'm on deadline for two concurrent articles and another client has asked me to rebuild their app with a new welcome screen by tomorrow morning, which is also when I shall be training a classroom of delegates how to use spectrophotometers to create custom-calibrated ICC profiles.…
Thu, 07 Sep 2017 22:01:58 GMT
Android 8.0 bug runs internet traffic over LTE rather than Wi-Fi
The latest version of Android, version 8.0 aka Oreo, contains an unfortunate bug that causes phones to burn through their monthly mobile data allowances.…
Thu, 07 Sep 2017 10:21:13 GMT
All we want is life beyond the iPhoneDome…
Huawei surpassed Apple for two months running this summer to be the world’s no 2 phone brand by volume behind Samsung, according to box counters Counterpoint Research.…
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 21:24:35 GMT
Tell me again why slower internet is a good thing?
America's comms watchdog has extended a comment period on a proposal to downgrade the definition of broadband to a slower speed.…
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:44:31 GMT
Exciting new problem for microblogging giant to completely ignore
Updated Twitter has silently, and without warning, deleted reams of lists users have spent months curating. These lists are used by journalists, activists, and loads of other people, to organize and manage twits they follow and aggregate their tweets, links, photos, and videos.…
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:37:10 GMT
Roach motel
Analysis A year ago, Facebook was denying that it was a media company. No way, not ever. Not us! Then it said it was "not a traditional media company". But quite soon, it could be the media company that you never leave.…
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 06:57:08 GMT
That Windows-Store-apps-only plan doesn't seem to be going down well with Surface buyers
Microsoft has quietly extended a free upgrade offer that will allow some buyers of Windows 10 S to move to Windows 10 Pro, a move that suggests buyers aren't entirely happy with the cut-down version of Windows restriction on running apps sourced from beyond Microsoft's own Store.…
Tue, 05 Sep 2017 16:15:07 GMT
Google's new landfill strategy
It's 16 months since Google declared Android One not dead, so it's time to declare it not dead all over again.…
Mon, 04 Sep 2017 11:44:07 GMT
Anniversary special brings back much-loved features
The long-awaited "retro" Thinkpad will be based on the guts of a contemporary T470 laptop, Lenovo's business workhorse, according to a German certification site.…
Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:34:04 GMT
Just don’t call us cloners
IFA The mainstay of Microsoft's boutique Surface range faces tougher competition as rivals sharpen their act.…
Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:03:12 GMT
Blame SatNad, not NYPD, for the mobile blues
Comment Back in the day, the old IBM was famous for never breaking a promise to customers. For example, when IBM bought Lotus it was to honour a commitment to provide customers with office group productivity software that its own teams of programmers couldn't keep. IBM kept Token Ring and OS/2 customers happy long after the products were obsoleted.…
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 16:01:12 GMT
'Don't think of it as a watch'
IFA Samsung has put its smartwatch on a diet in a bid to maintain dwindling market interest in the once-hot device category.…
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:01:06 GMT
Compact revived with flagship CPU
IFA Sony has been saving its powder for the giant IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, where it's finally updated its phone range. Having used March's MWC event as more of a demo showcase, it's been a long wait for punters loyal to the Sony brand.…
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 12:33:11 GMT
'Key European markets'? C'mon, just tell us already
LG today duly unveiled the strongest contender this year to swipe Samsung's Android crown – but still won't say if it's committed to releasing the phone in the UK.…
Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:41:06 GMT
L-ion kings to cough up profits – it's the circuit, er, circle of life
Three battery manufacturers agreed to settle a lawsuit that claimed they conspired to fix the price of lithium-ion battery cells for more than a decade.…
Mon, 28 Aug 2017 23:20:16 GMT
Android takes market share crown, but ~5% of buyers don't care for smartphones
Vendors shipped 2.16 million mobile phones in Australia during 2017's second quarter, 100,000 of which were feature phones.…
Mon, 28 Aug 2017 18:48:31 GMT
Bonkers buy-up by bungling billionairess
The New York Police Department will scrap 36,000 smartphones, thanks to a monumental purchasing cock-up by a billionaire's daughter.…
Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:40:07 GMT
If you can get it running and figure out the keyboard, it's impressive
Hands-on When my kids were very little, they'd do something a tiny bit naughty and I'd wiggle my index finger as if to threaten a tickle for their naughtiness. They'd then make a great show of running away shrieking. And now I've discovered that finger has another power, namely making a premium laptop look bad.…
Fri, 25 Aug 2017 22:38:04 GMT
We have the technology, we just don't use it
Ad blocking may prompt fearful publishers to seek help from consultancies, but it isn't actually interfering with the delivery of ads on mobile devices.…
Fri, 25 Aug 2017 21:28:10 GMT
Court rules chip designer has right to view letters behind royalties abuse claim
America's trade watchdog has been ordered to provide copies of the letters that led to its antitrust probe into California chip designer Qualcomm.…
Fri, 25 Aug 2017 07:31:07 GMT
Surfaces, iPad Pro and their ilk will do okay, bad news for all other form factors
Analyst firm IDC has issued a forecast for PC sales from 2016 to 2021, and the news is bad: shipments slipping from 2016's 435.1 million units to 398.3 million in 2021, for five-year compound annual growth rate of -1.7 per cent.…
Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:16:32 GMT
On the plus side, at least they didn't explode
Owners of Samsung smart TVs say their swish sets are basically unusable after a bungled firmware update.…
Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:08:57 GMT
Still some money to be had in desktops and printers, it seems
HP Inc continues to thrive in the PC and printer markets to the tune of double-digit revenue growth.…
Wed, 23 Aug 2017 19:15:21 GMT
FCC urged to end Big Cable's exclusive deals with flats
A group of small ISPs is asking America's broadband watchdog to ban exclusivity deals that lock apartment buildings to a single broadband provider.…
Tue, 22 Aug 2017 07:31:09 GMT
Emerging markets are where it's at
Following a rocky year of recalls and other exciting events, Gartner has found that phone-slinger Samsung could be doing quite well.…
Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:01:09 GMT
Hello? Yes, I want a fondleslab that does things like a workstation, please
Intel has wheeled out its 8th Generation Core processors, a refresh of its Core i5 and i7 chips, and their base specs wouldn’t look out of place in a desktop PC circa 2012.…
Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:43:05 GMT
Why not?
Europeans, once so smug about the global success of GSM, have had to get used to advanced mobile networks and devices arriving in the US first.…
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:26:34 GMT
Telco's TV biz accused of false advertising by trade watchdog
America's trade watchdog is seeking $3.95bn in damages from AT&T over allegations of dodgy marketing by its DirecTV wing.…
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:55:11 GMT
Gaming star strikes
Atari has sued Nestle, accusing it of "blatantly" impinging on its intellectual property by featuring the 1970s video game Breakout in a Kit Kat ad without its permission.…
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