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Minister begins public consultation on TV licence reform 27 Aug 2013 | 04:43 pm
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte today published a consultation paper on the introduction of a Public Service Broadcasting Charge (PSBC) to replace the existing t...
Google blocks Chromecast app that streams local media files 27 Aug 2013 | 03:39 pm
You can stream a lot of content to a Chromecast dongle, but one thing you can't do is stream your personal files from an Android device - and according to one developer, Google's actively working to k...
Microsoft, Motorola patent trial resumes 27 Aug 2013 | 03:32 pm
Microsoft and Motorola have begun arguments in the second part of a court case regarding patent licensing fees. The jury trial in Seattle, one of a number of patent-related battles between major tech...
New Vietnamese Internet law panned 27 Aug 2013 | 03:21 pm
A new Vietnamese Internet law that will put curbs on the types of information that can be exchanged on blogs and social media was criticised on Monday by a 21-nation inter-governmental group. The Fre...
Judge approves $20m Facebook ad settlement 27 Aug 2013 | 03:16 pm
A US judge has put a stamp of approval on a $20 million fund for Facebook to settle a class action advertising suit, despite objections from groups representing minors on the site. The ruling was iss...
ARM acquires 'Internet of things' software vendor 27 Aug 2013 | 03:08 pm
ARM has acquired Sensinode in Finland in its bid to provide technology and processors for the 'Internet of things', consisting of a variety of low-power and inexpensive devices including sensors commu...
Google Glass for bespectacled coming in a 'few months' 27 Aug 2013 | 02:55 pm
A version of Google Glass for people who already wear glasses will arrive in a few months, the head of the Google project said Monday. "In the next few months we will release a version that will inte...
VMware adds networking, storage to its virtual DC stack 27 Aug 2013 | 01:59 pm
At the kick-off of its annual VMworld user conference in San Francisco, VMware will fill in more layers of its software stack for running its envisioned software defined data centre (SDDC). "IT shoul...
Lenovo to ship Windows 8 machines with Pokki start button app 26 Aug 2013 | 08:53 pm
Still not convinced dropping the start button in Windows 8 was a good idea? That's ok, Lenovo has heard you and wants to help. The world's largest PC manufacturer has struck a partnership with the dev...
Packet loss problem in Amazon's cloud wobbles Airbnb, Vine 26 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
Amazon Web Services resolved service problems on Sunday that caused issues for several websites, including Airbnb's booking site and Twitter's Vine video application, which rely on its computing platf...