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Facebook shares end a volatile first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing, having initially jumped more than 10%.
Mobile phone data of suspects in police custody is to be extracted and retained, regardless of whether charges are brought, the BBC has learned.
Researchers reveal details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.
Micro-blogging service Twitter will support an initiative that lets people browse the web without being monitored.
Hacker group Anonymous has carried out a series of attacks against government and political websites in India.
Newcastle University helps to develop a computer game to help those who have suffered strokes.
Most government websites will miss the UK's deadline for complying with EU regulations over cookies, the Cabinet Office tells the BBC.
China Mobile, the main mobile service provider in China and the largest in the world by users, could soon offer its customers Apple's iPhone.
The Government may miss its cloud computing targets because of a lack of enthusiasm from public sector IT staff, a report suggests.
Japan completes its first successful commercial launch of a foreign-made satellite early on Friday, marking its entry into the launch business.
 Telegraph.co.uk | Facebook IPO fight-back begins: share price 'implausible', says analyst Telegraph.co.uk The fight-back against Facebook's $100bn (£63bn) mega-float has begun, with the first analyst this weekend coming out to stamp a 'sell' sign on the social network's shares as the full extent to which Wall Street banks were forced to prop up its shares ... Facebook's social stumble Facebook shares see modest debut Facebook finishes first day of trading down $4 (£2.50) from early high |
 ZDNet UK | SpaceX Falcon 9 launch aborted at last second ZDNet UK By William Harwood, CBS News, 19 May, 2012 13:30 With its nine first-stage engines throttling up in a rush of fiery exhaust, the intended launch of the SpaceX commercial cargo ship bound for the International Space Station was aborted at the last ... Possible engine problem delays US rocket launch SpaceX rocket launch aborted moments before liftoff First private spacecraft launch of SpaceX is aborted |
 Computing | Privacy watchdog takes softly-softly approach over compliance with cookie law ComputerActive.co.uk The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will be taking a softly softly approach when it tackles companies and organisations that are not complying with the new cookie law, which comes into effect on 26 May. The privacy watchdog said unless it had ... Cookies: Majority of government sites to miss deadline Will UK.gov crack down on itself for missing Cookie Law deadline? Privacy watchdog to chase big companies over cookie law |
 Siliconrepublic.com | Gmail updated with improved Google+ integration Moneycontrol.com A blog post on the Official Gmail blog, by Itamar Gilad, Product Manager, titled - Continuing to bring people front and center in Gmail has given us a sneak into what folks at Google had been working on for a while now - an update to Gmail! Google plus is a 'virtual ghost town': One-third of users post once and NEVER ... Google brings further tweaks to Gmail Gmail gets more Google+ with people-friendly makeover |
 TechRadar UK | Are these the Canon 650D specs? TechRadar UK By Amy Davies May 18th 2012 Suggestions that Canon will announce a new camera to sit in its entry level line-up are increasing by the day. Recently rumoured specs for a Canon EOS 650D/Rebel T4i, to replace the 15 month old 600D include an 18 million ... Top 6 Entry Level DSLR Cameras You Should Consider Buying Canon EOS 650D snapping away from June: Specs leaked How To Buy A Digital SLR Camera |
 ITV News | Monmouth becomes the world's first 'Wikipedia town' ITV News Monmouth has become the first town in the UK - and the world - to be recognised as a 'Wikipedia town'. Wikimedia UK, the charity that promotes Wikipedia and its sister projects in the UK, has been working in partnership with the town of Monmouth and ... Monmouth to become UK's first 'Wikipedia town' Tourism boost for Wales as Britain's first 'Wiki-town' is launched in historic ... Monmouth to be world's first 'Wikipedia town' |
 BBC News | Confused, pessimistic on G-Cloud? You must work in government Register Confusion and pessimism about the government's G-Cloud and ICT plans is widespread among civil servants running the nation's technology . A VMware survey of more than 180 senior public sector IT staff found 63 per cent doubt the Cabinet Office will be ... UK government may miss cloud computing targets Government releases second iteration of CloudStore Mixed feedback for “new and improved” CloudStore |
 BBC News | Virgin Atlantic allows in-flight calls - six at a time BBC News Passengers flying with Virgin Atlantic from London to New York will soon be able to make in-flight phone calls using their personal mobile devices. Only six people will be allowed to talk at once, and phones will still have to be turned off at take-off ... Virgin Atlantic halts flight service to Kenya, blaming fall in passengers and ... Virgin Atlantic's withdrawal adds to Kenya's tourism woes How Virgin Atlantic Is Letting You Use Cellphones Mid-Flight |
 Globe and Mail | Jobs boost in £125m car plant investment Wiltshire Business The UK economy has received a major boost with news of a £125m investment in Vauxhall's car plant, creating thousands of new jobs. The car giant announced that the next generation of its Astra model, pictured, will be built at the firm's factory in ... Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant to build new Astra 'Team UK' effort saves Ellesmere Port car plant Ellesmere Port offers a model for Britain |
I’ve just come back from a week’s snowboarding in the French Alps. I used to mess around in the snow a fair bit (I lived near a resort for a while), but it had been 8 years since I’d last bolted my feet to a 163cm long piece of board.
I just wanted to thank everyone - our readers, subscribers and contributors - for a great year at Linux Format and TuxRadar, and hope you all have a brilliant Christmas break.
Also, I had a request to post the intro comment from the current issue so that people could link to it, and it seems like a fitting message to end 2011 with, so here it is:
If you've read the blog post below, you'll know that I'm heading off to Weißbier-land. Well, this opens up a new position at Linux Format Towers -- we're looking for a Digital Media Editor. In a nutshell, you'll be the next Me, creating the multi-booting DVD, writing articles for the magazine, helping out with the websites and buying the odd round at the pub.
We're just about to get started on issue 153 of Linux Format, and it'll be my last working full-time on the magazine. It's been an amazing journey since I joined back in 2005, when we were working on issue 70 (with Debian 3.1 on the cover!). So much has changed in the world of Linux, and the sheer amount of talent in the free software community continues to astound me. Great days lie ahead.
We've had many wild and wondrous things posted to us here at Linux Format Towers. One chap sent an unlabelled SD card in an envelope, which contained pictures of viking battle clothing. Then some random department of government pen-pushers inadvertently sent us a warning that our office was violating RoHS directives. (Or perhaps they were just referring to Effy's lunch.) But today we received the coolest thing of all from Paul Williams (aka Heiowge), and here it is...
There's a lot of talk about Firefox's ever-increasing version number, and it made me wonder: what piece of software has the biggest version number of all? A brief scan of my Xubuntu 11.04 box suggests than XTerm, at version 268, has the lead, although I'm sure there's something bigger out there. And in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter - how good the software is, and for how long it is supported, is a bigger issue.
We've had a complicated relationship. In the early days it was great - you made the web better, and you brought about games and videos that couldn't be done in any other way. Well, I spent some time hanging out with RealPlayer, which was pretty good when I had dialup and I could listen to foreign radio stations. Those were good days. But RealPlayer gained weight and became annoying.
Remember the days when Paul used to post reports here of his holidays? Yes, I miss them too. So much, in fact, that I've decided to have a natter about my escapades in central/eastern Europe (depending on your definition). So, pull up a chair, grab yourself a nice warm bowl of Halušky and enjoy.
As we've just posted over on TuxRadar, we're looking to revive the "Anatomy of a Geek Desktop" section in the magazine. The idea is simple: you send a decent photo of your real, physical desktop (not a screenshot!) at 1600x1200 pixels, and 4MB or less please, to me. Also send some text describing your computer, the distro, your workspace and other bits 'n pieces. If it's awesome, we'll print it in the magazine and you'll be famous for the rest of your life. We look forward to seeing them!
Regular listeners to the TuxRadar podcast will know that I switched to Firefox 4 a few weeks ago, after a couple of happy years with Google Chrome. Initially I was very happy with Firefox's performance, and really wanted to like it, but... Well, read on.
