Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Saturday 12 June 2010 at 00:34:00 Vendor shells out $12m for HyperSpace platform HP has agreed to acquire a Linux operating system from software developer Phoenix Technologies for $12m (£8.2m). The HyperSpace purchase includes a quick-boot operating system and a number of virtualisation..
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HP buys Linux OS from Phoenix Technologies
Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Saturday 12 June 2010 at 13:31:00 V3.co.uk rounds up the hottest security stories of the week The week has been dominated by a batch of security fixes from Microsoft, Google and Adobe covering several key products, as well as growing concerns over the security of the…
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A week in security: Feds investigate iPad breach
Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Saturday 12 June 2010 at 13:23:00 Legal battle takes another twist The US International Trade Commission (ITC) is to investigate allegations by Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC that Apple’s iPhone technology infringes on some of its patents….
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ITC to investigate Apple after HTC claims
Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Saturday 12 June 2010 at 13:17:00 ITV.com and TVCatchup suffer temporary glitches ITV’s web site crashed yesterday as millions went online to watch Mexico play South Africa in the first World Cup match of the 2010 tournament, highlighting the need for companies…
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Web sites crash under World Cup strain
Iain Thomson and Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Saturday 12 June 2010 at 08:01:00 Pros and cons of the new Apple handset In case you haven’t heard yet, Apple had a little do last week, and the star of the show was a new iPhone….
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Top 10 reasons for and against the iPhone 4
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Friday 11 June 2010 at 20:13:00 Soldier said to have passed on 260,000 military and diplomatic cables The US authorities are seeking to interview Wikileaks founder Julian Assange following allegations that he was sent a huge cache of classified State Department cables by a disgruntled soldier in…
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US hunts Wikileaks founder after national security disclosure
If you live in New York state and have neglected your spring cleaning, you may want to hold onto your old electronics doo-dads a bit longer: Your state just passed what some are calling the “most progressive” electronics waste recycling law in the country. There are a couple of things that make this law unique (New
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Almost halfway there: New York becomes 23rd state to adopt e-waste recycling law
Dan Worth, V3.co.uk , Friday 11 June 2010 at 17:34:00 RIM offers payments and royalties as part of deal to share licence agreements Research in Motion and Motorola have announced a worldwide end to litigation over licensing disputes. The companies have entered into a cross-licensing agreement to share intellectual property on a range…
Khidr Suleman, V3.co.uk , Friday 11 June 2010 at 17:17:00 Analysts believe download limits are here to stay Analysts have predicted that the major UK mobile networks will follow O2 and cap data use, but stressed that such a move will affect only a small proportion of consumers….
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UK operators likely to follow O2 with data caps
V3.co.uk staff, V3.co.uk , Friday 11 June 2010 at 14:59:00 V3.co.uk readers’ most popular stories this week No prizes for guessing the most popular stories with V3.co.uk readers this week. The launch of the iPhone 4 has taken the smartphone market by storm, and the major UK…
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Top 10 articles: The iPhone 4 arrives
Philips is traveling Africa for the next two months to show off the cultural and economic benefits of a new portable solar-powered floodlight that could be used to keep homes and other community areas brightly lighted well into the evening hours. Each floodlight can light up an area of approximately 40 meters by 20 meters. Philips
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Solar-powered LED floodlights bring new meaning to night games
1E, one of the more aggressive software companies in the power management space, has released a version of its NightWatchman software for Apple’s Macintosh operating system. The application allows you to control when power saving features are switched on and off, without affecting the productivity of the people using the systems. The big deal is that
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Power management software now supports Intel-based Macs
Harnessing heat for useful purposes isn’t really anything new. Um, that’s kind of what steam does and has been doing for more than 100 years. I actually wrote a few months ago about a data center in Helsinki that is using these principles to keep the city heated during the winter months
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Taking some heat … and turning it into electricity
Here’s a new term for you to wrap your head around: “osmotic.” If you, like me, have no idea what that term means even though it seems to be derived from the term “osmosis,” I’ll save you a trip to the dictionary: Merriam-Webster’s take on the word describes it as the “entry movement of a solvent
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Power from osmosis? New twist on water-generated electricity
This is going to be a blow by blow kit build of Will Aldridge’s 1:32 scale Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair. I am going to add enhancement details and will detail that when it takes place. If you have questions or want more detail in any area just post and I will try to accomadate.
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Model Of The Week: Kit Build Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair
Hi. Here’s a W.I.P to my build of Claudio Diaz original Batmobile. This is a great model to build {i made this quite a while ago now} I wish i had built her using the high gloss card, but i had problems with the coating de-laminating when cutting and folding, so i gave up with that… i went with standard card stock for this.
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Model Of The Week: Original Batmobile
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 21:00:00 One standard to rule them all Google used the opening keynote of its I/O conference to announce the open sourcing the VP8 video standard, with the aim of making video online open to all developers….
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Google open sources VP8 online video standard
A new relationship between IBM and Hildebrand, an energy consulting firm, will combine the tech giant’s data management software with energy monitoring devices in five European cities: Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester in the United Kingdom, and Plovdiv and Ivanovo in Bulgaria.The deal was made possible by funding that Hildebrand received for a 30-month pilot into
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IBM software in your home? Pact enables five-city smart meter pilot in Europe
Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 17:48:00 Long-awaited action plan aims to speed up Europe’s economic recovery The European Commission has set out its long-awaited Digital Agenda action plan, promising long-term investment and the removal of obstacles to maximising the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs)…
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European Commission launches ambitious Digital Agenda
Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 19 May 2010 at 17:46:00 Company admits settings are ‘too complex’ Facebook has acknowledged widespread criticism about its privacy policy and said it is working on a response, although it couldn’t provide a timeframe….
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Facebook privacy changes expected soon