Yet another feature for ad biz
Twitter has updated its snappy video-sharing app Vine with an HD-quality option for Apple iOS users.…
Five lightweight Linux desktop worlds for extreme open-sourcers
Need a slim-line work environment? We recommend the best
Screenshots Linux long ago reached parity with Windows and OS X. That’s great for the average user looking to make the switch from either platform to Linux. Indeed distros like Ubuntu, with its Unity desktop, make switching relatively painless.…
Microsoft emits Office 2016 for Apple Macs (you’ll need Office 365)
Subscribe now or wait until September to buy a copy
Microsoft has released Office 2016 for Mac, which will include new versions of Word, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, and PowerPoint for Apple computers. To get the suite right now, you’ll need an Office 365 subscription.…
Wow, another NSA leak: Network security code appears on GitHub
SIMP(ly) your tax dollars at work
The NSA today revealed it has uploaded source code to GitHub to help IT admins lock down their networks of Linux machines.…
Want to be an unpaid SLAVE for Tim Cook? How to get the iOS 9, El Capitan public betas
You might find the servers a bit chocca
Apple has – out of the goodness of its heart – allowed everyone, not just developers, to help it get its new El Capitan and iOS 9 betas debugged. For no money.…
Microsoft starts switching on paid Wi-Fi service with latest Windows 10 preview
Latest thing for sale in the Windows Store: internet access
Microsoft has shipped another preview build of Windows 10 to the Windows Insider program’s Fast release ring – the fourth in two weeks – but the single new feature is access to a paid Wi-Fi service that is only available to a small fraction of testers.…
It’s FONDLE TIME: We pop the iOS 9 public beta onna slab and stroke it up
Apple’s unfinished update – hey, the price is right
So, we thought we’d slip the iOS 9 beta onto a handy fruitchomp ‘slab and have a bit of a go with it.…
AWS opens gate to fondleslabs-as-a-service farm
Sorry, devs, you just lost a reason to buy one of every phone and tablet you fancy
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened a farm in which it hopes developer’s will loose their code to graze on lush fields of myriad devices.…
Microsoft SLASHES 7,800 bods, BURNS $7.6bn off books in Nokia adjustment
Record writeoff officially terminates the Ballmer era
Microsoft will carry out one of its largest rounds of job cuts and a record book writedown in a restructuring plan that calls time on its ill-fated Nokia acquisition.…
Don’t touch this! Seven types of open source to dance away from
Count the committers for an OSS project, and go from there
Comment In a world where even Microsoft gets the open source religion, the planet’s overall quota for positivity and good karma must be increasing, right? Of course this is not the case, there are bad eggs in every basket and open source has had its share of so-called “openwashing” from time to time.…