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The social network and Washington State sue a marketing firm over claims that it deceived users by hiding 'Like' buttons. The firm denies the charge.
A European Parliament rapporteur stands down in protest as a controversial anti-piracy agreement is signed by several countries.
The Russian man accused by Microsoft of being behind the Kelihos botnet attack insists he is "absolutely not guilty".
The FBI asks contractors to suggest a system that can "scrape" information from social networks to build alert maps.
Twitter says it now has the technology to censor tweets on a country by country basis, a move which is criticised by freedom of information campaigners.
Intel is paying $120m (£76m) for RealNetwork's video patents. Experts say it undermines claims that a "patent bubble" has burst.
Firms face raids and fines of up to £500,000 for sending unsolicited text messages about credit or compensation.
Rights campaigners have criticised plans to ask search engines to demote illegal sites in order to fight piracy.
With half the world online by 2016, the web economy in the G20 countries is set to nearly double in size to $4.2tn (£2.7tn), research suggests.
South Korea's Samsung Electronics announces a 17% rise in profits in the last three months of 2011, as smartphone sales boosted earnings.
 The Hindu | Twitter flip-flops on its free-speech stance Montreal Gazette Twitter announced Thursday that it would begin restricting tweets in specific countries, renewing questions about how the social-media platform will handle issues of free speech as it rapidly expands its global user base. Until now, Twitter had to ... Twitter users threaten boycott over censorship accusation Twitter boycott looms with censorship accusations Twitter's Country-specific Blocking Brings Hazards and Hope |
 BBC News | Miracle material graphene can distil booze, says study BBC News Membranes based on the "miracle material" graphene can be used to distil alcohol, according to a new study in Science journal. An international team created the membrane from graphene oxide - a chemical derivative of graphene. Graphene creator in new discovery Boffins make graphene micro-distillery Hi-tech 'wonder material' graphene has an unexpected use - it can distill ... |
 Moneycontrol.com | Smartphones drive record Samsung profit South Asian News Agency Samsung Electronics Co posted a record $4.7 billion quarterly operating profit, driven by booming smartphone sales, and will spend $22 billion this year to boost production of chips and flat screens to pull further ahead of smaller rivals. 2GHz dual core Galaxy Tab debuting at MWC? Galaxy drives up profits for Samsung In Pictures: London Eye Galaxy Tab experience |
 Fox News | Remarkable Editorial Bias on Climate Science at the Wall Street Journal Forbes The Wall Street Journal's editorial board has long been understood to be not only antagonistic to the facts of climate science, but hostile. But in a remarkable example of their unabashed bias, on Friday they published an opinion piece that not only ... Flooding rated as worst climate change threat facing UK Climate change will make UK new holiday destination First report on UK climate impact |
 Moneycontrol.com | RIM's Heins 'Here to Fight' for BlackBerry Revival Against Apple BusinessWeek By Hugo Miller Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd.'s Thorsten Heins, five days into his job as chief executive officer, pledged to regain lost ground in the US smartphone market and said he held talks with rivals eager to license its ... RIM CEO eyes "significant" plans for BlackBerry RIM CEO has “significant” plans for BlackBerry RIM Boss Admits Need To Win Back US Market |
 Mobot.net | RIM hopes to score with NHL Players' PlayBook campaign Toronto Star Morgan Campbell Business Reporter More about RIM» Research in Motion is hoping a group of NHL players can help rescue its troubled PlayBook tablet computer. Earlier this week RIM and the NHL Players Association unveiled the Players' PlayBook campaign, ... RIM's 2012 roadmap: 3G PlayBook, Curves, and possible London delay RIM slashes BlackBerry PlayBook tablet prices BlackBerry PlayBook prices slashed at Carphone Warehouse |
 SYS-CON Media | Commission pledges €10m to cloud partnership ZDNet UK By Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK, 26 January, 2012 17:09 @tomespiner The European Commission is to put €10m towards forming a group of European governments to jointly purchase cloud products. The European Cloud Partnership, made up of governments and industry, ... Neelie Kroes calls for speedy EU uptake of cloud computing Europe pledges €10m for cloud computing partnership Europe stumps up £8 million for cloud computing strategy |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Is it game over for Nintendo? Telegraph.co.uk Nintendo's profits are falling in the face of competition from smartphones and rival consoles. What can it do to save itself? By Shane Richmond, Head of Technology (Editorial) A strong yen and the prospect of ongoing economic gloom have been blamed for ... Nintendo unveils Network for console connectivity Nintendo: to launch Wii successor in key markets for year-end Nintendo expects losses to balloon |
 BBC News | Invest in innovations for poorest or let millions starve: Bill Gates Pakistan Observer Karachi/London—Fourth annual letter highlights progress in developing countries, outlines new approaches to help poorest build self-sufficienc — Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, challenged global leaders today in his fourth ... Bill Gates backs Britain's foreign aid donations Gates Urges Support for Global Health Programs Gates reflects on his relationship with Steve Jobs |
 Financial Times | Our man in Antarctica Financial Times By Matthew Engel January 17 1912: Captain Robert Falcon Scott arrived to plant the Union Jack at the South Pole. “Great God,” he famously wrote in his diary, “this is an awful place.” The temperature was -30C; but for Scott it was not just the weather ... Exhibition in Focus: Scott's Last Expedition, Natural History Museum I'm skiing to the South Pole to boost kids' lives Hatfield author's new book on Captain Scott's 'invaluable' helper |
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.
Well, it looks like this Twitter thing is starting to take off, so I'd better put down my Z80 assembly language manual and get into the modern age. We've created a new Twitter account especially for the magazine, which we'll use to keep you in the loop with updates from Team LXF - when new issues go on sale, when subscribers get early access to PDFs, and so forth.
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