Фотосервис Instagram полностью заблокировал возможность просмотра своих фотографий в Twitter. Теперь пользователю для того, чтобы увидеть фотографию из Instagram, нужно перейти по ссылке на сайт фотосервиса. Глава фотосервиса объяснил, что это было сделано для привлечения внимания пользователей к веб-версии Instagram. …
Председатель Госдумы Сергей Нарышкин завел личный блог. “Я не планирую давать какие-либо официальные заявления и комментарии. Буду просто делиться с вами тем, как вижу сегодняшний день, за что у меня болит или радуется душа, и, наверное, о том, каким бы я хотел видеть наше общее будущее”, – написал он в …
В городе Саянск Иркутской области задержан подозреваемый в проведении хакерских атак на сайты крупных московских организаций. По версии следствия, мужчина осуществлял атаки за деньги. Задержанный признал вину, раскрыл свои схемы и показал полицейским переписку на закрытых форумах. …
Written by: Sam Varghese | Published in: Open Source The founder of the Free Software Foundation, Richard M. Stallman, has slammed Ubuntu over its provision of Amazon search results for a regular search, prompting Canonical’s community manager, Jono Bacon, to hit back, accusing him of spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt …
Featured | Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: Mobility Microsoft has started letting other retailers sell its Surface RT tablet in China and France, with at least wider US retail availability to start “within days”, with “phase two” set to see the same for January 2013’s release of Microsoft’s …
Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: Fuzzy Logic John McAfee, once famous for anti-virus software, is now famous for being on the run from the authorities in Belize wanting to question him in relation a body with a bullet in the head at his compound, with his capture in …
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: Space Called the “Black Marble” when in darkness, the Earth is magnificently photographed by a NASA/NOAA satellite after the Sun has set, showing the lights of humanity at night. As one NOAA scientist remarks, “Unlike humans, the Earth never sleeps.” …
Written by: Mike Bantick | Published in: Games A modern nostalgic driven romp is always welcome and this reimagining of a classic whilst bordering on camp silliness at times delivers the XCOM strategy game play we have been craving for a long time. …
Featured | Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: Mobility Although Samsung has started rolling out a Jelly Bean 4.1.2 update to owners of international, unlocked GSIII models, those who have a carrier-based model, such as the Telstra version I currently have, are still waiting – unless you’re on Vodafone. …
Written by: Mike Bantick | Published in: Entertainment Ten years since RockStar Game’s classic Grand Theft Auto Vice City hit the shelves and it is time to relive the decade old decadent fun, this time for the touch generation. For iOS device holders all is good, but for the increasing …
Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: Regulation The ITU has been accused of ignoring input from non-government bodies to its World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12), now underway in Dubai. WCIT12 is a gathering of representatives of the ITU’s 193 member governments being held to redraft the 25 year …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Technology Initial projections of the adoption rate of NFC (Near Field Communications) have been scaled back, largely because of Apple’s failure to adopt the technology in its iPhone 5. …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Technology CIOs in Asia Pacific are now allowing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) computing, but they still have manay concerns. …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Deals Listed Australian carrier Vocus Communications has announced it will acquire Ipera Communications, a fibre and data centre operator in the Hunter region of NSW. …
Featured | Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: Entertainment The busy televisual beavers at Foxtel have certainly been busy this year, recently having added Foxtel Go iPad streaming for iQ customers, and now revamping its movie offerings with more high-def, ad-break free movies. …
Featured | Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: Mobility With the iPad mini once nothing more than an expectation and a rumour, there was some disappointment that its late 2012 arrival came without a Retina display, and while some think Retina’s not due until 2014, one piece of evidence …
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: Technology A boost in technology spending by insurers in the Asia Pacific region next year is expected to increase spending on technology by eight percent to around US$18.2 billion, pushed up by “aggressive” spending, particularly in China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia. …
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: Market Melbourne-headquartered software and services company PelicanCorp and not-for-profit group, Dial Before You Dig, have launched a joint venture to introduce the Corridor Access Request (CAR) service to local government in Australia. …
An EMC executive said customers should have a sense of urgency about deploying IT as a service via a cloud infrastructure, but not everyone at the data storage company’s user forum agreed with him. …
The U.S. Patent Office has delivered a ‘non-final’ rejection of a Verizon patent application for a controversial technology that would serve targeted ads to TV viewers based on what they’re doing or saying in front of their sets. …
Apple has the money, talent and resources to build a highly automated factory in the U.S. that turns out products that are potentially cost competitive with those it now makes in China. …
Apple’s iPad and iPad Mini took top honors in a pair of tablet battery shootouts conducted by consumer watchdogs in the U.S. and the U.K. …
IBM plans to issue fixes early next week for glitches that have hit Notes users who upgraded to the latest version of Google's Android OS. …
Security researchers have identified a botnet controlled by its creators over the Tor anonymity network. It's likely that other botnet operators will adopt this approach, according to the team from vulnerability assessment and penetration testing firm Rapid7. …
German consumer organizations are suing Facebook because the social network keeps sharing personal data with third-party app makers without getting explicit consent from users. …
Cisco Systems plans to expand its services business over the next several years, seeing a more important role for itself in a world of connected machines and devices. read more