It’s the thought that counts, Microsoft
Video Facebook and Microsoft’s Bing have worked together with the US Department of Justice to add AMBER alerts for missing children to their websites.…
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Babel fish ear-poo fun: Google unveils real-time translation
‘Eff, asterisk, asterisk, asterisk,’ it murmurs as Reg hack speaks
It’s a small, yellow, leech-like creature* that feeds on … no, wait, it’s Google’s new translation app.…
Google v Oracle: US Supreme Court turns to Obama in Java copyright war
Seeks ‘views of United States’ in code ownership case
The US Supreme Court hasn’t decided whether it will hear arguments in the long-running dispute between Google and Oracle over Java copyrights, and it has asked the Obama administration to weigh in before it makes up its mind.…
Apple Watch support spotted hiding out in iOS 8.2 beta
Integration tools spotted in latest builds
The latest iOS 8.2 beta build includes support for the Apple Watch, we’re told, signaling the expensive wristputer is looming. The smartwatch requires an iPhone nearby to work, hence the need for the handset’s OS to support the gadget.…
Microsoft thinks of the children with VS2013 Git release
Redmond’s on a code dump tear as it unleashes own serialization code
Microsoft has clambered aboard GitHub’s educational effort, tossing Visual Studio Community 2013 and a few other goodies into the mix.…
This $10 phone charger will wirelessly keylog your boss
Arduino tool sniffs wireless Microsoft keyboards
MySpace mischief-maker Samy Kamkar has released schematics for a dirt-cheap wireless sniffer capable of plundering keystrokes from office cubicles.…
Windows 7 MARKED for DEATH by Microsoft as of NOW
Mainstream support ends TODAY
Today, 13 January, is the day on which Microsoft’s Windows 7 passes from mainstream support into extended support.…
Adults-only Chrome add-on grabs you by the Googlies
Chrome’s remote control features come to iOS if you’re 17 or over
Google’s Chrome Remote Desktop app does what it says on the can: install it in Google’s browser and it becomes possible to drive the host Mac, PC or Chromebook from another similarly-equipped machine.…
SURPRISE: Norks’ Linux distro has security vulns
Red Star turns into death star
Well, that didn’t take long: mere days after North Korea’s Red Star OS leaked to the west in the form of an ISO, security researchers have started exposing its vulnerabilities.…
Boybanders ONE DIRECTION launch DoS attack on open-source bods
Teen heartthrobs TAKE DOWN Cardiff conference
Harry Styles and his pals in One Direction have launched a denial of service attack on an open source coding conference in Cardiff, with the band maliciously pinging tens-of-thousands of its teenage fans at the city on the same day as DjangoCon 2015.…