‘You agree to receive automatic updates without notice’
Microsoft’s licensing on the upcoming Windows 10 OS means that most users will find their systems updating on command from Redmond without any option to stop this.…
Google joins Bluetooth snoop pals with iBeacon rival tech Eddystone
Apple isn’t the only one that wants to track your smartphone
Google has jumped on the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon bandwagon with a set of open standards and software interfaces to give Apple’s iBeacon a run for its money.…
Suse preps for ARM-ageddon: Piles up cans of 64-bit Linux code to feed server world
AArch64 build aimed at testing and development
Suse has made a version of its eponymous enterprise Linux distro available for hardware vendors who want to deliver products to market based on 64-bit ARM processors, in a new expansion of its partner program.…
Microsoft nixes A-V updates for XP, exposes 180 MEEELLION luddites
XP rump now carrion for hackers as malware removal tool pulled, A-V updates cease
Windows XP holdouts are even more danger than ever after Microsoft abandoned anti-malware support for the ancient platform.…
New Google APIs: Point your phone at a telly like a streaming hose of vid
Splatter your digital fluid all OVER than screen
Google has mashed the Processing graphics language into its Cast software, letting visual artists and others with a bent for graphics point their creations at the nearest big-screen TV.…
Run Windows 10 on your existing PC you say, Microsoft? Hmmm.
Believe it or not, torching existing stock and starting over may work out cheaper
Throughout my career I have seen many Windows releases with minimum requirements that were a little bit deceiving. Sure, the machines would boot, but you would sometimes have enough time to brew a fresh pot of coffee before the computer was in a usable state.…
Mozilla’s ‘Great or Dead’ philosophy may save bloated blimp Firefox
Moz shop’s rebuild-the-fox plan begins to take shape
For some time now Firefox, the once mighty web browser, has been bleeding market share and – perhaps more importantly – developer mind share.…
Security fears drive Apple HomeKit delays, industry tells El Reg
iGiant expands control-freak tendencies into smarthomes, forcing hardware redesigns
Wondering where all the Apple HomeKit products are? Well, here’s an explanation: Apple is forcing internet-of-things companies to fit Apple-certified chips and firmware in their gadgets if they are to work with the HomeKit platform.…
Q. Why did Nintendo force GitHub to take down an emulator? A. It was stuffed with ROMs
Shocker: Games company not so big on piracy
Nintendo has demanded GitHub take down a JavaScript-powered Game Boy Advance emulator. An outrage against perfectly legal software? No. The emulator was apparently bundled with more than three dozen copies of copyright-protected game titles.…
Linux Foundation serves up a tasty dish of BUGS
Lots of important tools get no developer love, which makes Linux a bit more risky
The Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative has completed its first-pass survey of the Linux toolset, and is highlighting which tools are most at risk.…