- Psychologist invents new uber-wiki
- Google makes Mozilla licence U-turn
- Hello, this is Oracle - we're not in right now
- Microsoft bags European price comparison sites
- IE8 beta 2 locks down some XP lovers
- Cross-site hacks and the art of self defence
- Automated air-traffic network developed for robo-planes
- Microsoft breaks IE8 interoperability promise
- Internet Explorer - now with 35% less FAIL
- Google's MapReduce suddenly not so backward
- Finnish blogger amputates Google from Google
- Android's missing Bluetooth: Limitations laid out
- MS beefs up WinXP Pro's anti-piracy nagware
- Microsoft dishes dirt on IE8 'pr0n mode'
- Apple slapped for dodgy ads
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Psychologist invents new uber-wiki
An American psychologist has invented a new form of wiki in which every word is directly linked to its author. He believes the so-called "mememoir"* project will "revolutionize publishing in all of science".…
Google makes Mozilla licence U-turn
Google has done a swift about-face and decided to allow code released under the Mozilla Public Licence (MPL) into its Google Code silo, just a month after it was judged redundant and banned.…
Hello, this is Oracle - we're not in right now
The technical forums for Oracle's entire software and services catalogue - a support and collaboration resource for thousands worldwide - have been down for two-days.…
Microsoft bags European price comparison sites
Microsoft is splashing nearly $500m in cash on a price comparison and survey company, most of which it is going to immediately sell on.…
IE8 beta 2 locks down some XP lovers
Windows XP fans who have installed Service Pack 3 (SP3) after downloading Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) beta 1 won’t be able to downgrade their browser if they subsequently install IE8 beta 2.…
Cross-site hacks and the art of self defence
Hackers can force your browser to send requests to any site they want. It's not even hard - all they have to do is get you to view an email or a web page.…
Automated air-traffic network developed for robo-planes
Good news today for people who like flying cars or flying robots, but clouds on the horizon for professional pilots and air-traffic controllers. Trials by US aerospace colossus Lockheed have shown that lightweight, distributed, automated systems can easily deconflict pilotless aircraft operating in crowded airspace.…
Microsoft breaks IE8 interoperability promise
Comment In March, Microsoft announced that their upcoming Internet Explorer 8 would: "use its most standards compliant mode, IE8 Standards, as the default."…
Internet Explorer - now with 35% less FAIL
Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 has been released, and it certainly makes for better browsing than the rough-around-the-edges beta 1 build.…
Google's MapReduce suddenly not so backward
What was seen as a major hole in Google's MapReduce database technology has been plugged, not once but twice. In the same week.…
Finnish blogger amputates Google from Google
Getting a head start on the world's antitrust regulators, an astute Finn is offering a bastardized version of Google's search engine that ignores sites served up by Google itself.…
Android's missing Bluetooth: Limitations laid out
Android developers have admitted that Google's mobile phone platform won't support GoogleTalk in its first version, and that Bluetooth support will be severely limited.…
MS beefs up WinXP Pro's anti-piracy nagware
Microsoft wants to rein in more Windows XP pirates over the coming weeks, by pushing out a new version of its “nagware” which detects when a machine is running a fake copy of the OS.…
Microsoft dishes dirt on IE8 'pr0n mode'
Updated Microsoft has outlined the new privacy tools available in its forthcoming browser Internet Explorer 8 (IE8).…
Apple slapped for dodgy ads
The Advertising Standards Authority has told Apple UK not to show an advert which suggested the iPhone contained "all parts of the internet" any more.…
