UKBouldering.com

IT News (Read 167911 times)

Iesu

Offline
  • ***
  • obsessive maniac
  • Posts: 474
  • Karma: +10/-3
#200 Re: IT News
May 23, 2011, 12:27:16 pm
it's a pretty terrifying concept that people click away with gay abandon really; but then again I do the same when the T's & C's pop up for EULA or Terms of Use or whatever.

surely a good line of supporting evidence/reasoning behind the success of iOS: most "consumers" want stuff that works without worrying about the security of downloaded software, beit OS or add-ons (apps).

[Security bugs/holes/(semi)intentional storing of user data notwithstanding of course....]

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#201 Re: IT News
May 23, 2011, 01:39:49 pm
The "Filter Bubble" very interesting and important problems with "personalised search".

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#202 Re: IT News
May 24, 2011, 02:30:12 pm

Jaspersharpe

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • 1B punter
  • Posts: 12344
  • Karma: +600/-20
  • Allez Oleeeve!
#203 Re: IT News
May 24, 2011, 03:42:23 pm
Interesting article on technology uptake....driven by pr0n

Interesting bit about the Apple store frenzy etc

Quote
And when a team of neuroscientists with an MRI scanner took a look inside the brain of an Apple fanatic it seemed the bishop was on to something.

The results suggested that Apple was actually stimulating the same parts of the brain as religious imagery does in people of faith.

 :lol:

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#204 Re: IT News
May 24, 2011, 03:54:30 pm
You should watch South Park Series 15 Episode 1 : The HumancentiPad fucking hilarious.

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#205 Re: IT News
June 06, 2011, 12:01:39 pm
Google to phase-in support for HTML5 browsers

Basically they won't be checking Gmail/Apps/Docs/etc. work with < IE7/< FF4/< Safari 3/<Chrome(no idea of version for HTML5 support).  :2thumbsup:

Jaspersharpe

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • 1B punter
  • Posts: 12344
  • Karma: +600/-20
  • Allez Oleeeve!
#206 Re: IT News
June 16, 2011, 01:10:22 pm

tomtom

Online
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 20325
  • Karma: +647/-11
#207 Re: IT News
June 16, 2011, 02:23:11 pm
Google to phase-in support for HTML5 browsers

Basically they won't be checking Gmail/Apps/Docs/etc. work with < IE7/< FF4/< Safari 3/<Chrome(no idea of version for HTML5 support).  :2thumbsup:

Interesting article yesterday about 'Spartan' a fb secret project to write effectively an fb app in html5 so it negates the apple AppStore on iOS... HTML5 seems to be gaining a lot of traction #byebyeflash

stevej

Offline
  • **
  • menacing presence
  • Posts: 166
  • Karma: +10/-0
#208 Re: IT News
June 21, 2011, 12:20:54 pm
Unconfirmed reports that lockheed martin have lost the UK census to lulzsec who are having a nosey and are preparing to release it on pirate bay... link

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#209 Re: IT News
June 21, 2011, 12:23:38 pm
Unconfirmed reports that lockheed martin have lost the UK census to lulzsec who are having a nosey and are preparing to release it on pirate bay... link

 :lol:  :spank:  :rtfm:

Jaspersharpe

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • 1B punter
  • Posts: 12344
  • Karma: +600/-20
  • Allez Oleeeve!
#210 Re: IT News
June 21, 2011, 03:26:02 pm

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#211 Re: IT News
June 28, 2011, 09:34:36 am
Interesting and potentially scary stuff, computer virus that infected nuclear power plants, its like a hollywood movie script!





Jaspersharpe

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • 1B punter
  • Posts: 12344
  • Karma: +600/-20
  • Allez Oleeeve!
#212 Re: IT News
June 28, 2011, 10:15:45 am
Why all figures from the entertainment industry should be assumed to be bollocks until investigated:

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/27/hollywoodonomics-how.html

tomtom

Online
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 20325
  • Karma: +647/-11
#213 Re: IT News
June 28, 2011, 10:58:35 am
Interesting and potentially scary stuff, computer virus that infected nuclear power plants, its like a hollywood movie script!


Good post Slackers, Interesting.. though I may use that video as an example of how not to use presentation software ;)

Jaspersharpe

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • 1B punter
  • Posts: 12344
  • Karma: +600/-20
  • Allez Oleeeve!
#214 Re: IT News
June 29, 2011, 09:14:42 am
Irish ISP sent "first strike" letters to 300 completely innocent people:

http://torrentfreak.com/isp-wrongfully-sent-300-first-strike-letters-to-innocents-110617/

When are people going to realise that this isn't going to work?

Jaspersharpe

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • 1B punter
  • Posts: 12344
  • Karma: +600/-20
  • Allez Oleeeve!
#215 Re: IT News
June 30, 2011, 11:34:56 am
Murdoch takes $545m hit on Myspace cockup:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/top-business-stories/news-corp-sells-myspace-whats-myspace/article2080136/

 :clap2:

Trousersnake thinks he can make a go of it:

http://www.gigwise.com/news/64477/Justin-Timberlake-Buys-Stake-In-Myspace-As-Part-Of-35-Million-Deal

Quote
You can keep up to date with all the latest news from Gigwise by following us on Twitter and liking us on Facebook.

 :lol:

SA Chris

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 29579
  • Karma: +643/-12
    • http://groups.msn.com/ChrisClix
#216 Re: IT News
June 30, 2011, 12:09:22 pm
Savour the irony.

Jaspersharpe

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • 1B punter
  • Posts: 12344
  • Karma: +600/-20
  • Allez Oleeeve!
#217 Re: IT News
July 08, 2011, 10:37:00 am
Record label sharp practice explained:

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110707/03264014993/riaa-accounting-how-to-sell-1-million-albums-still-owe-500000.shtml

....and they expect us to believe their figures when they tell us how much money they are losing from piracy?

Jaspersharpe

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • 1B punter
  • Posts: 12344
  • Karma: +600/-20
  • Allez Oleeeve!
#218 Re: IT News
July 08, 2011, 01:42:04 pm
And topically enough, how will they spin this one?!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/08/us-album-sales-rise

Johnny Brown

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 11575
  • Karma: +719/-22
#219 Re: IT News
July 20, 2011, 02:16:26 pm
Mac OSX Lion released today.

Amongst the new features is 'the ability to resize windows from anywhere on the side'. Well fuck me, thank god for that. Welcome to windows mactwats!

Some of the other stuff looks decent, will give it a few weeks to see what doesn't work first though...

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder
#221 Re: IT News
August 08, 2011, 12:28:55 pm

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder

slackline

Offline
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 18863
  • Karma: +633/-26
    • Sheffield Boulder

remus

Online
  • *****
  • forum hero
  • Posts: 3119
  • Karma: +165/-1
#224 Re: IT News
August 14, 2011, 08:30:35 am
Google Admits Handing over European User Data to US Intelligence Agencies.

Im interested to see what comes of this, as it seems google was in a no win situation. you never know, the EU might even slap some sense in to the US.

 

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2024, SimplePortal