Windows 10 will ship with two-pronged browser – report
Microsoft has been working on a new scheme to strip away some of the legacy bloat that has burdened its Internet Explorer web browser, sources claimed.…
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Kim Dotcom vows to KILL SKYPE with encrypted MegaChat
Claims new service will end NSA mass surveillance
Megaupload maestro Kim Dotcom says he will soon unveil an encrypted video calling and chat service that he claims will mark “the end of NSA mass surveillance.”…
Key to Windows mobe app sales? Er, LOW MEMORY, of course
… and maybe get a few people to BUY the unloved tile-tastic things?
Microsoft is imploring developers to keep an eye on memory budgets when coding for the Windows Phone.…
Google’s Gmail staggers to feet in China as access partially restored
Webmail hit a wall, but not our Great Firewall, says PRC
Access to Gmail in China appears to have at least been partially restored, after Google’s web addresses were blocked over the weekend.…
For the love of Bong! He’s Chief Contract Killer Evangelist… for WHAT NOW?
Post-Web-2-point-oh give me a break…
Comment We’re in one of those phases of the tech biz where imitation equals innovation, if you add excremental incremental changes and a personable plonker to spokesperson The Coming Revolution.…
‘Great Firewall’ FINGERED after Gmail block hits China – report
Chinese clients? Better pick another webmail
Large numbers of Google’s Gmail web addresses were blocked in China over the weekend.…
When algorithms ATTACK: Facebook sez soz for tacky ‘Year in Review’ FAIL
It’s been really SH*TTY, thanks for being a part of it!
Facebook has apologised to a bloke who moaned about the free-content ad network’s recent “Year in Review” feature, after the firm’s clumsy algorithms tastelessly inserted painful, personal highlights from 2014.…
The Reg festive dating app guide, Pt. 2: The FEMALE perspective
One lovely chap took me bin-diving
Feature There’s no need to be home alone this Christmas. In part one we looked at the male perspective and in this second and final part, Lucy Orr reveals all about the online dating game.…
Open Source’s 2014: MS ‘cancer’ embrace, NASDAQ listings, and a quiet dog
Embarrassment, shame, and coming late can be good things… right?
Ho hum. Another year, another slew of open source announcements that prove the once-maligned development methodology is now so mainstream as to be tedious. Running most of the world’s most powerful supercomputers? Been there, done that. Giving retailers the ability to deliver highly customized paper coupons to consumers based on warehouse inventory nearby? So 2013!…
Devuan rebels hope to deliver Debian fork in 2015
343 people on the mailing list, €3,473 in cash and systemd replacement under way
Devuan, the Debian spin-off that will not include systemd has posted its first progress report.…