Boot up: seeing Android fragmentation, semantic Google, smarter Reddit, educational tablets and more
A quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamWhile tens of thousands of cases had transferred from the CSCS system to the CS2 system, the correct arrears balance did not transfer with them. This was because the information had been archived and, on transfer to CS2, these balances were not picked up by the
Boot up: Skylanders v Angry Birds, smart TV analysed, Facebook swallows Lightbox and more
A quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamChanged since last week. Slides from a presentation by Jason Grigsby about smart TV. The key problem with Smart TV right now: you can't know whether or what you're supplying content to. In June 2009, Microsoft issued security update MS09-027, which
Boot up: Nokias challenge, Androids margins, Toy Story 2s narrow escape and more
A quick burst of 11 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamLengthy writeup of where Nokia is at the moment. We would humbly submit that if you've read our interview with Marko Ahtisaari, and other Nokia coverage, you know most of this already. But read it and see what else you get. [Kaspersky CTO Nikolay]
Boot up: Rubin on patents, when to post on social networks, tablets v laptops and more
A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamA sponsored blogpost essentially summarising some Forrester Research: Laptops are doomed. In the next five years, tablets will displace notebook-style computers to become the dominant personal computing platform. And the transition from laptop to tablet
Micron in talks to acquire Elpida, companies say
Micron Technology is in talks to acquire Elpida Memory Inc's business, the companies said on Thursday, as the Japanese chipmaker tries to restructure after tough market conditions and stiff global competition drove it into bankruptcy protection. An acquisition would give Micron a 25 percent share of the global market for dynamic random
Apple, supplier Foxconn to share costs on improving factories
Apple Inc and its key supplier Foxconn Technology Group will share the initial costs of improving labor conditions at the Chinese factories that assemble iPhones and iPads, Foxconn's top executive said on Thursday. Foxconn chief Terry Gou did not give a figure for the costs, but the group has been spending heavily to fight a perception
Boot up: the truth on Apple and Dropbox, Samsung Galaxy opinions, options on being mugged and more
A quick burst of 10 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamGreat examples of HTML5 can be hard to come by and even harder to master. It's core aims have been to improve the language with support for the latest multimedia whilst staying readable and being consistently understood by computers. Rich Clark and Bruce
Intel wants to plug a smartphone into your brain
An Intel-commissioned white paper released Wednesday on the future of mobile technology concludes that connected devices interfacing with the human brain is an inevitability. Here's how the paper's authors, from consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton, put it: 'As convergence continues across device types, functions, and capabilities, the melding
Boot up: TV viewing, Galaxy S3s exclusive app, Google+s mistake, Apples TV delay? and more
A burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamSlide from a presentation about how much TV has become a 'secondary activity' - ie not the main thing people do when the TV is on - compared to 1974. Good primer from HP. Apple shipped 11.8m iPads during the quarter, down from 15.4m units in
SK hynix drops bid for Japans Elpida, shares jump
SK hynix (000660.KS) dropped its bid for bankrupt Japanese semiconductor maker Elpida Memory Inc, sending shares of the South Korean chipmaker to a two-week high. U.S.-based Micron Technology (MU.O) and SK hynix were among a handful of chipmakers and funds that have shown interest in Elpida, which filed for bankruptcy protection in late
Prominent blogger: Im leaving the Internet for a year
Maybe it seems like the fastest way for a gadget-and-technology blogger to commit career suicide, but Paul Miller gave up the Internet at midnight Tuesday. Miller, who was and still is a senior editor at a tech news site called The Verge, plans to stay offline for a full year. When he needs to
Boot up: Apples Liquidmetal, Pirate Bays traffic jump, the challenge to Google and Facebook, and more
A quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamLiquidmetal is a new class of metallic alloy with a unique structure that makes it super strong, scratch- and corrosion-resistant and can be precision cast into complex shapes. If you don't have time to read the full interview, here's what you need to
Boot up: Iranian hacking, RIMs failure?, game theory in games, BYOD v money, and more
A quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamMotorola's mobile device unit accounted for 71 percent of its total sales, marking a boom in its smartphone and tablet business. The company did not disclose how many tablets it sold during the quarter. Boosted by the Droid Razr and the Droid Razr Maxx, which
Boot up: selling Bing, Gosling on Android, Apples malware ratio, mobiles win and more
A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team'Everything we are doing is oriented around getting to 2 billion users.' You might think that statement was from Mark Zuckerberg, as Facebook approaches 1 billion active users on its social network and focuses on the next billion. But it was Satya Patel,
Boot up: Apples tax schemes, Microsofts HomeOS, Google v Oracle redux and more
A quick burst of 9 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamWeird is the wrong word. Indicative of what happens with monopolies perhaps better. That's the web headline. The paper headline (and above the article online, but not the web page itself) is 'How Apple sidesteps billions in taxes'. It's lengthy, and
Australian billionaire to build Titanic replica
An Australian mining magnate has commissioned a Chinese shipyard to build a replica of the ill-fated Titanic, complete in every detail but equipped with modern technology to prevent a repeat of the original's fateful maiden voyage 100 years ago. Clive Palmer, a Queensland mining billionaire with
Boot up: Androids real revenue, will Apple be Sony?, SkyDrive everywhere, Bebo sued and more
A quick burst of 11 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamIn case you haven't seen it: Other documents entered as evidence come from an internal July 2010 presentation given by Rubin. They reveal that the company got advertising revenue of just $16.8m from Android handsets in 2009, but by mid-year of 2010 that
High-tech hotels a hit with geeky guests
While technology has become inextricably fused into our daily lives in recent years, hotels have not always kept pace. The paucity of hotel tech offerings, particularly when it comes to internet access, has become a common bugbear for guests -- with many objecting to paying a hefty surcharge for a
