Open Data zealots rarely give an individual’s privacy a thought – it’s just another obstacle to be driven over in their desire to provoke a data-powered revolution. But a gigantic dump of journeys made by licensed New York City taxis gives a vivid reminder of the dangers of careless data drops.…
There’s nothing tech companies like more than creating buzz. The more buzz, the less substance – as a rash of me-too tablet events a few years back proved. Tomorrow, Microsoft is scheduled to host an event on the West Coast that many believe will be the scene of the unveiling of the next version of Windows.…
Chromebooks are great for browsing the web, but they’re not much good for running applications like Photoshop – not yet, at any rate. But they may become much more versatile devices soon, thanks to a new experiment cooked up by Adobe and Google.…
+Comment Humblebragging site Ello, which has positioned itself as a kind of worthy, Web2.0rhea antiserum to the ad-poisoned Facebook, has come under attack from spammers.…
Microsoft’s boss Satya Nadella reportedly visited Chinese antitrust officials in Beijing on Friday.…
Microsoft is reportedly expected to reveal a new moniker for its Windows operating system at an invite-only event next Tuesday.…
eXpat Files Welcome back to The eXpat Files, a new Weekend Reg regular in which we chat to an IT professional who’s decided to seek his or her fortune in another land, so you can learn how to follow in their footsteps.…
A fresh dump of Shellshock patches were released on Friday night in the latest move to stamp out the Bash shell security vulnerability that has the potential to blight millions of Linux, Unix and Mac OS X machines.…
Apple has released iOS 8.0.2 to iPhones, iPads and iPods a couple of days after its botched 8.0.1 deployment.…
Microsoft is bringing back WinHEC – its erstwhile Windows Hardware Engineering Conference – and this time it’s holding the event closer to where the action is.…