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Sony has released a "minor" update for its PlayStation 3 that closes a loophole that allowed users to run pirated software.
Customers of Orange and T-Mobile will soon be able to hop between the two mobile networks as the firms merge their infrastructure.
The developers behind the hotly anticipated Halo: Reach have taken another step aimed at cracking down on pirates.
Tech stars join forces as Oracle's Larry Ellison brings in former HP boss Mark Hurd to replace Charles Phillips.
Part of collapsed computer games firm Realtime Worlds has been bought by an anonymous American company, administrators confirm.
Google proposes settling a lawsuit over its Buzz social network, whilst regulators launch a review of the firm's US search practices.
A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells.
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.
Online marketplace Craigslist closes its US adult services listing following pressure from attorneys general and advocacy groups.
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
 DailyTech | Google logo gets bouncy for birthday The Guardian For its 12th birthday, Google has shown off what its programmers can do with a few lines of code, in the latest of its long line of attention-getting "doodles": creating the logo on its homepage out of a set of bouncing "balls" that swirl around the ... What's Up With Google's Bouncy Ball Logo? Google logo mystery: coloured balls interactive doodle 'celebrating 12th birthday' Google's fancy-pants doodle sucks up CPU |
 wwwery (blog) | Orange and T-Mobile merge networks Telegraph.co.uk Customers of Orange and T-Mobile will be able to roam between the companies' networks following a merger between the two telecoms giants to create Everything Everywhere. By Claudine Beaumont, Technology Editor The deal means that T-Mobile and Orange ... Orange and T-Mobile customers can network-hop from October UK mobile firms to merge networks Orange and T-Mobile splice customers |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Oracle Hires Ex-HP CEO Hurd as President as Phillips Departs Bloomberg Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Kim Caughey, an investment analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group Inc., talks about former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd being named president and a board ... Oracle hires former HP's Mark Hurd Oracle names ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd co-president Hurd named co-president of Oracle |
 Connect Stat | Apple iPod Touch 4th gen starts shipping already T3 It appears as though Cupertino has gone into overdrive with the launch of its new iPods, so if you've ordered one expect to see it very soon. Reports have confirmed that Apple's new iPod Touch has in fact already started shipping, despite only just ... New iPod Touch starts shipping New iPod Nano only £129 Plus FREE delivery Apple Starts Shipping New iPod Touch |
 Daily Mail | Facebook use while working 'lowers exam results by 20 per cent' Metro Facebook use while working can lower students' exam results by up to 20 per cent, according to psychologists. The latest findings cast doubt over the theory that young people's brains are able to perform several functions on electronic devices at the ... Facebook hits exam results by 20 per cent Facebook can cause poor exam results claims new research Students who use social networking sites have lower exam grades |
 CNET | Cheapest Galaxy Tab P1000 Available For £612 ITProPortal More online retailers are displaying holding page for the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 Android tablet and unfortunately, none of them are selling the drive for less than £600. Lambdatek will sells the device for £608.78 if you pay by Debit card ... Samsung Galaxy Tab price is £600+ iPad competitors lining up Apple upping iPad production significantly |
 The Age | O2 botches HTC Desire Android 2.2 update Inquirer A DAY AFTER O2 updated Dell's Streak to Android 2.1, it tried to update its popular HTC Desire smartphone to Android 2.2. Alas the firm seems to have botched the upgrade, with users reporting numerous faults ranging from browser ... O2 Pulls HTC Desire Android 2.2 Update O2 pulls Android 2.2 update O2 Android update bricks HTC Desire |
 Moneycontrol.com | GSMA makes Apple central to MWC 2011 Mobile News The GSM Association (GSMA) is to expand its App Planet exhibition hall to put particular focus on developers working with Apple products at next year's Mobile World Congress, to be held in Barcelona on February 14-17, 2011. The 2011 App Planet, ... World's biggest mobile show woos Apple community Macworld Mobile merges into Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011 GSMA hosting Macworld Mobile during 2011 Mobile World Congress tradeshow |
 The Guardian | BT launches 'free' Wi-Fi mobile app The Guardian BT has launched a mobile app for broadband customers that automatically connects their iPhone and Android mobiles to free, unlimited Wi-Fi. The BT FON app, which is only available to BT Total Broadband customers, notifies users of the nearest Wi-Fi hot ... How OpenAppMkt is giving iPhone owners more choice BT Unveils Free Wi-Fi Hotspot App BT FON app offers free unlimited mobile internet |
 Daily Mail | Wave Hub successfully installed off Cornish coast The Guardian After seven years in the making and a series of last-minute delays, the South West Regional Development Agency (RDA) has finally installed its pioneering Wave Hub device off the north Cornish coast, further establishing the UK as the world's leading ... Rocks laid over cable in Cornwall wave energy scheme Wave Hub now in the water Energy saving Wave Hub project launched in UK |
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.
