The Harwell Dekatron, a pioneering computer built from 1949to 1951, has been fired up after 20 years in storage and a three-year restoration project. The world's oldest original working digital computer will now go on display at The ...
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The FBI says there is "no evidence" that hacker group Anonymous gained access to 12 million identity codes for Apple devices by hacking an FBI agent's laptop. The group posted a file online that it claimed contained a sample of around one ...
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A researcher who discovered a security flaw in Ubisoft's Uplay gaming application said PCs used for gaming should be isolated from business and other networks. "I air-gap the machine I use to play games," said Tavis Ormandy, a Google ...
The Information Commissioner's Office is to investigate claims that Tesco's website does not offer sufficient privacy protections to customers. The UK privacy watchdog's probe comes after security experts raised a number of privacy ...
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Demand for IT contractors increased during the last three months while demand for permanent staff fell for the first time since 2009, according to figures from recruitment website CWJobs.co.uk. Vacancies for contractors increased 3% ...
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Lawyers have delivered closing arguments in the first US jury trial in the patent dispute between smartphone makers Samsung and Apple. Apple lawyers accused Samsung of copying Apple designs after realising it could not compete, while ...
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The EU is to tell Google to change the way it gathers information on users to reduce the risk of infringing on their privacy. After a nine-month investigation into Google's business model, which depends on advertisements tailored to users ...
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Home secretary Theresa May is to announce a decision on self-confessed computer hacker Gary McKinnon's extradition to the US. At the same time, Theresa May is expected to announce changes to the UK's extradition arrangements with the US, ...
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Yahoo has appointed Henrique de Castro as chief operating officer (COO), just three months after appointing another Google executive, Marissa Mayer as chief executive officer (CEO). De Castro is to oversee global sales, operations, media ...
The EBU has warned that the post-production color correction costs required for video shot under LED lighting could outweigh the power savings compared with traditional tungsten lights. This is a setback for the LED movement, which ...
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Facebook is to launch a virtual bingo game in the UK that offers cash prizes. Developed by online gambling operator Gamesys, the Bingo Friendzy app enables UK users aged 18 and over to stake real money and play games for cash prizes. ...
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A US court has ordered Twitter to release old tweets and other details of a user arrested during an Occupy Wall Street protest in New York. The micro-blogging firm refused at first, saying the tweets were owned by users and not Twitter. ...
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Google has joined US government concerns that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) could get control of the internet through its coming revision of telecoms rules. The UN agency is updating its International Telecommunication ...
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A US judge has ordered Apple to disclose details of its patent-sharing deal with HTC to rival Samsung. Earlier this month, Apple and HTC signed a 10-year licence agreement, but did not disclose the details. Samsung, which is involved in ...
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“There was a moment at the end of the closing ceremony where we breathed a sigh of relief,” says BBC CTO John Linwood. It’s not surprising given the scale of Linwood’s task, having delivered 2.8 petabytes of data ...
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