Golden arm-slab Watch is positively cheap next to real wristcandy, allegedly
When Apple unveiled its vaporware wrist-tablet Watch, fanbois braced themselves for a bit of sticker shock.…
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Canonical pushes LXD, its new mysterious drug for Linux containers
We take the hype out of Ubuntu maker’s non-hypervisor hypervisor
Analysis Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, says it’s working on a new “virtualization experience” based on container technologies – but just how it will operate remains something of a mystery.…
Old hat: Fedora 21 beta late than never… and could be best ever
An alternative to mobile-obsessed Ubuntu
Review As has become regrettably typical for the Fedora project, the first Fedora 21 beta is well behind schedule. According to the current schedule on the Fedora wiki, the final version will arrive about a month late, on 9 December. That is if nothing goes wrong during the beta testing phase that’s just started.…
OpenSUSE 13.2: Have your gecko and eat your rolling distro too
New development model, new distro, same class
Review The great green gecko-wielding distro has undergone a major update with its latest release, openSUSE 13.2.…
Microsoft improves Azure SQL Server cloud service, simultaneously makes it worse
SQL Server compatibility better, reporting as a service chopped
Microsoft has announced improvements to its Azure SQL Database service, which offers a managed SQL Server database with patching and operating system maintenance handled automatically by the cloud service.…
Microsoft Office for tablets goes freemium, arrives on iPhone and Android
Office 365 subscription still needed for ‘full experience’
Microsoft Office’s iPad apps have been well received since their first release in March this year – other than the annoyance of needing a suitable Office 365 subscription to use the apps for more than just viewing documents.…
Apple brings down hammer on WireLurker OS X, iOS malware
Control servers go dark as crypto-cert revoked
It appears the WireLurker malware threatening Macs, iPads and iPhones has, for now, been partially neutralized.…
Rich techbro CEOs told to SLEEP ROUGH before slamming the poor
‘The biggest problem isn’t Ebola or ISIS — it’s income inequality’
The US congresswoman who represents some of the wealthiest areas of Silicon Valley has challenged technology moneybags to get some perspective on life – by sleeping rough or living off state handouts.…
Russia to ban iCloud.. to PROTECT iPhone fiddlers’ pics ‘n’ sh*t
State secrets: This is local data for local people
The Kremlin is set to ban Apple’s iCloud as part of plans to throw up a new iron curtain around Russia’s digital communications.…
Eye laser surgery campaigner burned by Facebook takedown
Are you really judge, jury, and executioner, Zuck, or just plain dumb?
+Comment Imagine fighting a big UK company for years for the simple right to campaign fairly online against an under-regulated industry. You go on to win a dispute resolution case probed by Nominet to keep your perfectly legitimate gripe website alive. You also successfully defend yourself against the firm’s strong-armed appeals. Then picture the moment when your campaign is trashed by the likes of Facebook and Twitter, after they kill painstakingly built up pages with little explanation for the sudden take-downs.…