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Sony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free on the web.
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.
Samsung has become the latest manufacturer to enter into the tablet computer market with its Galaxy Tab.
Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software.
US net users are being asked for their opinions about what ISPs should be allowed to do with web traffic flowing through their networks.
Dell withdraws its bid for 3Par after rival Hewlett-Packard raises its offer for the data storage company to $2.1bn.
Sony has unveiled its own music and video download service in an announcement timed to coincide with an Apple media event.
Mobile operator O2 and Apple are still resolving a months-old data roaming issue, with customers complaining of charges they didn't incur.
A revamp of the social-news site Digg has unexpectedly backfired on its owners after members redirected traffic to a rival site.
 Telegraph.co.uk | A mystery wrapped in an enigma The Guardian Stephen Hawking assumes that the big bang started from "nothing" (Universe not created by God, says Hawking, 2 September). I would like to know what his definition of "nothing" is. It is no answer to point to the emergence of positron-electron pairs ... No friend of God Hawking and Archbishop 'could both be right' on God Has Stephen Hawking ended the God debate? |
 The Next Web | Facebook adds 'liked' news stories to search results CNET The social network updated its search this week to include articles that a user's friend has "liked." So, when a person inputs a query into the Facebook search field, any article related to that query that someone in the person's ... Top Weekly Google Technology Terms : Facebook Login, Windows 7 and BBC Google search shows difference between Liverpool and London Google changes face of website optimisation |
 PSFK | Consuming Issues: The Royal Mail is still delivering first-class service Independent Where are the bargains in 21st-century Britain? While bloated banks and energy suppliers offer poor service and high prices, there are plenty of excellent value goods and services, although they often benefit from dubious discounts ... Royal Mail smart stamp can be read by iPhone, produces Bernard Cribbins First 'intelligent' stamp put on sale by Royal Mail First 'intelligent' stamp launched |
 Sky News | Rural Police Force Use Tractor In Crime Fight Sky News A police force is swapping its squad car for a less nippy vehicle in its fight against crime - a tractor. The John Deere 6630 tractor has been unveiled by Lincolnshire pollice as part of Operation Fusion, the force's drive to cut crime, ... 'Pimped up' police tractor fights rural crime Police to use 25mph tractor to curb agricultural crime Police tractor's bid to curb farm thefts |
 This is London | Bike bother The Guardian The Mayor's "cycling revolution" will get another forward shove on Sunday from the annual Skyride, an enjoyable event despite the oppressive self-promotion of the corporate sponsor, the goodie bags filled with marketing litter and the microphone ... London's 'Boris Bikes' earmarked for Jersey Charity ride takes in all 366 Boris bike hire stations inside 24 hours 17000 daily trips on London bike hire |
 TopNews United Kingdom (blog) | Sky Backs 3D Television Sets From LG ITProPortal Sky has decided to recommend televisions made by LG to its customers looking for 3D channels subscriptions as the first day of IFA trade exhibition being held in Berlin, Germany kicks off. The satellite broadcaster has signed an agreement with Korean ... IFA 2010: Sky endorse LG TV for new 3D service LG PX990: First THX 3D certified plasma in the world announced Sky Launches 3D TV Partnership |
 TechEye | 90% of broadband users "unsure of speeds" T3 Nine out of every ten UK broadband users are unsure precisely what connection speed they're getting. A survey by ICM has revealed that almost all consumers found advertised broadband speeds bore little relation to actual services provided. ... Broadband advertising 'misleading consumers' Broadband ads confuse punters Broadband advertisers 'need to be upfront about speeds' |
 New York Times (blog) | MINI Countryman AutoExpress At last, we get behind wheel of Brit 4x4 on UK roads. Is it the new king of the crossover class? The MINI 4x4 has finally hit UK roads. With a raised ride height, four doors and a usable boot, the new Countryman is no ordinary MINI. ... Mini launches ‘maxi’ Mini Mini Countryman first drive Mini Countryman car review |
 VentureBeat | Tippex hits the white spot with YouTube advert Techwatch An advert on YouTube has captured the imagination of the denizens of the Internet, notching up almost 1 million views thus far. The ad for Tippex, entitled “NSFW. A hunter shoots a bear!”, doesn't appear to be anything special at first, ... Tippex YouTube advert is 'insanely phenomenal' Tipp-Ex innovation shows the future of YouTube See, YouTube ads can be awesome: A hunter shoots a bear |
 Metro | Openness urged on UK's emissions BBC News The UK government's chief environment scientist has called for more openness in admitting Britain's apparent cuts in greenhouse gases are an illusion. Robert Watson says that if emissions "embedded" in ... UK urged to be more open about greenhouse gas emissions Britain hides its CO2 role Imports 'undermine energy saving figures' |
We've teamed up with the folks at Synology to give one lucky reader a DS110+ network attached storage device, worth £264. This mini box scored 9/10 in LXF136's review, so for a chance to get your mitts on one, head over to the competition page.
Oh, and if you're fully social-networked up, you can become a fan of Synology on Facebook.
Meanwhile, Synology are looking for feedback on a beta release of their DSM 3.0 software, so take a look at this thread on our forums for more info.
U^3 (U-Cubed), a self-described "Ubuntu and Upstream UnWorkshop day" in collaboration with HacMan, ManLUG and Manchester Free Software, is taking place in just a few days, and still have over 20 tickets available for free. If you use Ubuntu or one of its many upstream projects (Debian, Gnome, etc) and want to learn how you can get involved, this is the perfect event for you.
One of the organisers wrote in with a general invite: "we're hoping to find support on the day from people experienced in Ubuntu, but also people that are involved in more than just Ubuntu, so we're reaching out to anyone in the North West UK region to see if people are prepared to help out - even if Ubuntu isn't the Linux distribution you normally would use, so, if you're interested and available between 11am and 9pm and can get to Manchester, or even if you can just be around for part of the day, go to http://u-cubed.eventbrite.com to reserve a ticket."
So, there you have it: it sounds like it'll be a great day, it won't cost you anything, and you'll get to mingle with all sorts of other interesting geeks. Hurry - sign up ends soon!
Grüß Gott! I'm back from my epic 5-week Austro-Bavarian adventure. The bulk of this time was spent studying German at the Goethe Institut in Munich, which is a thoroughly brilliant place. Now I've gone from Watching Sturm der Liebe to, er, being able to give presentations about Sturm der Liebe! Munich is an amazing city, and it feels like I set off about six months ago... So much has happened. Here are some pictures for your perusing pleasure. Go on, you know you want to.
Subscribers have already received their copy of LXF136; non-subscribers in the UK have to wait a few more days until it hits the newsstands, and if you're a non-subscriber outside of the UK then you have to wait for our specially trained pigeons to arrive.
In the meantime, though, if you want to see a teaser picture of the free gift that comes with LXF136, click here.
When I have the time, I like to look around to see what things - good or bad - people are saying about Linux Format. Today I came across a forum thread about Linux magazines, where a number of folks were praising LXF (yay!) and at the same time annoyed that we hadn't posted a review of 11.3 and also complaining that it was too expensive (boo!), so I decided to reply to their messages.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, one of the admins contacted me to say they were embarrassed by what I had written, because it "basically constitutes spam", and my post was deleted. I don't have the patience to deal with that kind of community, so rather than argue my case I'm just reposting my message here so that anyone who wants to read it can. Believe it or not, I really do want people to pay as little for LXF as they can!
I hope you've noticed that our Answers section now links solutions with PDF files of previous articles - subscribers already get access to all these as part of their subscription, but hopefully everyone will benefit because we're doing the searching for you!
I'm now thinking of expanding the "Hitting the mirrors" section at the end of News so that we can tell you about more project releases. What do you think?
LXF134 is now available for the world to enjoy, and some subscribers may even have finished reading their copy by now. We spent quite some time monkeying around with the cover for this issue, so my question is this: did anyone notice?
- Did you notice it was extra shiny?
- Did you notice it was extra thick?
- Did you notice we moved things around and added a sidebar?
These things aren't just a one-off - they'll be permanent fixtures from now on, hopefully doing a better job of shouting about all the awesome in each issue of LXF.
There's more to come, too - LXF135 will come with a free mini-book teaching the basics of PHP programming, and LXF136 is the issue where my dream comes true and we include what can only be described as the most incredibly crazy LXF covermount ever. Ever. Hurray!
Regular LXFers will know that we have a section on our DVD called Directory, which has been largely the same over the last few years with not much going on. Well, I'd like to change that! Back in the day, when I were a lad, computer magazines used to have regular sections for readers to advertise their work - fanzines, artwork, PD software compilations etc. If possible, I'd like to bring some of that spirit back with a new, revamped Directory section on the disc.
A few weeks ago, in TuxRadar podcast season 2 episode 8, we bemoaned the inconsistent naming of the trash applet in Ubuntu. We're never ones to duck away from controversy, and a few commenters got pretty riled up about our remarks. Well, that was a walk in the park. Linux Mint 9 is another step ahead.
Hi. My name is Mike, and I'm a screenshotaholic. For many years I thought I was alone in the world, trawling through Google images to find out what the text editor in QNX 6.2 looked like, or how the mouse options screen varied between Amiga Workbench 1 and 2.
Today, I have learnt that I am not alone in this world. For today, I have discovered GUIdebook. This site contains a vast number of screenshots from many different versions of many operating systems - it's fantastic.
