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Bitcoin bubble continues to inflate

Posted April 10, 2013 - 05:56 by a staff writer

Bitcoin has surged past $200 for the first time in history, but its meteoric rise has prompted many in the financial world to sound the alarm.

Ubisoft cracked wide open

Posted April 10, 2013 - 05:53 by a staff writer

Russian hackers have worked out a way that they can gain free access to Ubisoft's online game offerings.

Dotcom upsets the Kiwi applecart

Posted April 10, 2013 - 05:48 by a staff writer

Sheepish Kiwi spooks are seriously regretting their antics over spying on such a high profile case as Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom.

Faster CPUs for next-gen Intel NUCs

Posted April 9, 2013 - 15:17 by Trent Nouveau

Santa Clara's Next Unit of Computing, or NUC, can best be described as an uber-mini x86 desktop PC powered by Intel's Core i3 processor.

Sony showcases 4K OLED monitors

Posted April 9, 2013 - 10:57 by Shane McGlaun

Sony recently announced official pricing and availability for its 4K television lineup, but that wasn't all the 4K display news the Japanese-based corporation had to offer.

Microsoft falls foul of Chinese warranty rules

Posted April 9, 2013 - 10:14 by Nick Farrell

Microsoft is regretting copying Apple's warranty tactics in China just as the fruity toymaker falls foul of the authorities.

IBM beat Accenture by using leaked info

Posted April 9, 2013 - 09:59 by Mike Magee

Big Blue is in hot water in Australia after it admitted using "leaked information" to win a multi-million dollar Queensland Health payroll contract.

Software sniffs out lazy pupils

Posted April 9, 2013 - 09:50 by a staff writer

If student life was not hard enough, Texas professors are testing software which tells if you have skimped the reading.

Copper vectoring is the name of the upgrade game

Posted April 9, 2013 - 09:43 by a staff writer

German telecom outfit Deutsche Telekom has been given permission to expand its copper network using vectoring, or VDSL2.

You just don't have to upgrade from Windows XP

Posted April 9, 2013 - 09:27 by Mike Magee

Opinion News that Microsoft will discontinue support for Windows XP in a year from now is bound to cause some dismay for quite a few people.

AUO claims high resolution OLED screen

Posted April 9, 2013 - 07:26 by a staff writer

Taiwanese display company AU Optronics will debut its 5-inch FHD OLED panel at China Optoelectronics Display Expo 2013 (CODE 2013) in Shenzhen, which it claims is the world's highest resolution FHD OLED.

Oracle stalls Itanium decision

Posted April 9, 2013 - 06:07 by Maria Petrou

Oracle has managed to delay its trial with HP, which is looking into whether it breached a contract over software support for servers running Intel's Itanium microprocessors.

US big business worried about China bans

Posted April 9, 2013 - 05:46 by a staff writer

US businesses are starting to get a little worried about what's seen as a new spirit of McCarthyism which is starting to kick off in Washington.

AMD waves goodbye to DirectX 12

Posted April 9, 2013 - 05:41 by a staff writer

AMD has surprised the tech press by saying that it did not believe that there would ever be a DirectX 12.

Cyber tools are weapons, USAF says

Posted April 9, 2013 - 05:38 by Nick Farrell

The US Air Force has defended itself against evil accountants by designating six software tools as weapons so that they can compete for scarce dollars in the Pentagon budget.

Google competitors complain about, er, Google

Posted April 9, 2013 - 05:33 by Nermin Hajdarbegovic

European regulators have received yet another complaint about Google’s business practices, and this time it comes from Fairsearch Europe, a coalition of Google competitors.

US Navy to deploy inexpensive laser weapon

Posted April 9, 2013 - 05:30 by a staff writer

The US Navy is going to deploy its first on ship laser next year and has been showing one in action on YouTube.

Sony touts 4K Ultra HD TVs, prices 4K media player

Posted April 8, 2013 - 13:57 by Thomas Anderson

I'll admit to believing the 4K TV market was doomed when Sharp unveiled its 60-inch 4K TV which carried a rather heavy price tag of $31,000+.

HP shifts away from X86 servers

Posted April 8, 2013 - 12:35 by a staff writer

HP has announced the latest in Project Moonshine, which CEO Meg Whitman said in a web conference should be a shift in the way servers handle data. It may also be a shift away from X86.