And Commish is VERY pro-Google. Why should we worry?
+Analysis A few days ago President Obama wrote a cheque he knew he couldn’t cash – and this week the European Parliament will write another.…
NSA SOURCE CODE LEAK: Information slurp tools to appear online
Now you can run your own intelligence agency
The NSA has decided to let the public have a peek at what it’s been up to, for a change, by promising to release some of its data analysis tools under an open-source license.…
Apple seeks patent for user-configurable progress bar
Slow software will be made to ‘fess up to FAILS
Apple looks to be trying to do something about the flaky nature of software progress bars by making them user-configurable so they report when a machine has missed its estimate of the time needed to complete a task.…
You stupid BRICK! PCs running Avast AV can’t handle Windows fixes
Fix issued, fingers pointed, forums in flames
Security software outfit Avast are trying to figure out why the combination of recent Windows patches and updates to the latter company’s software are breaking PCs.…
HTML5 vs native: Harry Coder and the mudblood mobile app princes
Developers just want their ideas to generate money
HTML5 has offered salvation from the tyranny of apps for years, yet most mobile developers resolutely refuse to embrace the web. Despite HTML’s familiarity and promise of cross-device compatibility, native’s superior tooling and performance have convinced a generation of developers to go all in on native.…
Let’s vote on breaking up Google, say MEPs with NO power to do any such thing
Choc teapot in Choc Factory melt threat
On Thursday this week, the European Parliament will vote on whether to break up ad and internet giants such as Google … even though it has no real power to do so.…
We have a winner! Fresh Linux Mint 17.1 – hands down the best
Beats Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Elementary
Review Linux Mint 17.1 is the first example of what the Mint project team can do when they’re focused on their own system rather than on making the latest Ubuntu work with Mint.…
New Snapchat Snapcash service inspires amateur PORN STARS
Profitless firm puts hopes in tip jar
The advent of Snapchat’s new mobile micropayments system, Snapcash, has spawned a new business sector: users who are keen to get paid in cold hard cash for their amateur porn efforts.…
Woman who stung Tinder with sex-pest sueball stings again – with rival Bumble app
‘Other apps are full of creepy guys’ … Oh, honey no you didn’t
A Tinder cofounder who sued the upstart for sexual harassment will launch a competing dating app called Bumble next month.…
Google’s Chrome to pull plug on plugins next September
Firing squad scheduled for ancient Netscape tech
Google is moving ahead with its plan to end support for Netscape plugins in its Chrome browser – and has set next September as the date for when they will stop working altogether.…