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Microsoft drops Win7 deadline for XP and Vista holdouts
Microsoft is giving users of Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional software extra time to put off their migration to Windows 7.…
Apple app police anoint un-Flash code translation
Though Steve Jobs has banned code translation on the iPhone and the iPad, the Apple App Store police continue to accept applications built with Unity3D and Appcelerator's Titatnium, two dev kits that convert code from languages not explicitly approved by Jobs.…
Why Microsoft took its cloud private
Analysis Tongues were wagging that Microsoft was set to announce a cloudy infrastructure and data center partnership with Japanese server maker Fujitsu sometime this week. And it turns out that what Microsoft actually did at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Washington, DC on Monday was tap Dell, HP, and Fujitsu to deliver private or hosted versions of Microsoft's Windows Azure platform appliance.…
Gulf spill to annihilate all earthlings, says seer
Within the next six months, according to at least one man, the world may come to an end. And he blames the Brits.…
Microsoft's earthbound server chums fluff Redmond cloud
Windows allies Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Fujitsu will be the first to implement and sell hosted clouds running Microsoft's Azure outside of Redmond data centers.…
Google fashions Android dev kit for dummies (from Scratch)
Google has unveiled an experimental tool that lets non-developers develop applications for Android phones. This Google Labs project is known as App Inventor for Android, and it's based on platforms built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, including Scratch, the well-known visual web app builder designed for non-programmers as young as eight years old.…
<i>Consumer Reports</i>: 'We were wrong about the iPhone 4'
One of — if not the — most respected product-testing labs has reversed its original positive opinion of the iPhone 4, citing results of its comprehensive testing of the Jobsian handheld's pesky antenna.…
MP3tunes offers tuneful truce to Apple and Google
Online music-service provider MP3tunes has launched a new service that allows Apple and Google devices to play well together — well, play music, at least.…
Crackdown 2
Review The original Crackdown was something of a surprise hit. It didn't come as a surprise that people bought the game in droves – the inclusion of the Halo 3 Beta key ensured Crackdown was always going to fly from the shelves. What surprised many people is that a solid, enjoyable action game was bundled with the Beta key– and one that quickly gained a dedicated cult fanbase.…
Apple quietly extends first-gen Time Capsule warranty
Apple has tacitly extended the warranty period on Time Capsule hard drive-equipped wireless routers released between February and June 2008.…
Ballmer: Windows Mobile lost a 'whole generation'
Steve Ballmer has delivered a mea culpa to Microsoft's partners for its slip-ups against Apple and Google on tablets and smart phones.…
Drive suppliers hit capacity increase difficulties
Hard disk drive suppliers are looking to add platters to increase capacity because of the expensive and difficult transition to next-generation recording technology.…
Distie thief gets 14 months despite CPS 'incompetence'
A former Ingram Micro worker received a 14-month sentence for theft offences today, despite the actual offences happening four years ago.…
China gives Google nod of approval, renews licence
Google.cn’s website operator had its licence renewed late last week, a Beijing official confirmed yesterday.…
Aurora - a Microsoft cloud server for the small guy?
Microsoft has announced details of the next version of Small Business Server (SBS) - actually, make that two versions.…
Huawei could reorganize to win Sprint deal
Huawei is looking increasingly ready to make compromises to allay the security concerns of various governments. The Chinese supplier denies all allegations that it is closely connected to its country's intelligence services, but is nevertheless running into clearance obstacles in several key markets. The Indian government has vetoed some large deals that would have gone to Huawei, and now it may need to restructure in order to win its first significant foothold in the US.…
Iomega eGo Desktop USB 3.0 external HDD
Review As USB 3.0 emerges from its infancy and begins to take strides towards industry standardisation in 2011, more and more manufacturers are keen to launch products which demonstrate their ability to utilise the benefits of the newly revised interface.…
Intel boffins usher era of 'I know who you are' TV
Now this is scary: a TV remote control that knows who you are and can present what your prefer - or limit what you can watch - accordingly.…
Abu Hamza ruling clarifies McKinnon case
The Abu Hamza ruling may affect the Gary McKinnon case by removing one of the arguments against trying the self-admitted hacker in the UK, according to McKinnon's mum.…
It's not the end for stop and search
Comment Fears were growing today that the latest attempts by Home Secretary Teresa May to put policing back on a more sensitive, acceptable footing may yet backfire.…