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Submission + - The BBC Announces Robot Wars' Return to TV (oomlout.co.uk)

Submitted by Blacklaw on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @08:20AM

Blacklaw writes: The BBC has announced that Robot Wars, the classic metal-mashing amateur robotics competition, is returning for a new series. New technologies have been promised, along with an all-new battle arena — following the sale of the original for scrap in 2005.

Submission + - UK's National Crime Agency Publishes Crazy Cyber-Crime Warning Signs (oomlout.co.uk)

Submitted by Blacklaw on Wednesday December 09, 2015 @06:47AM

Blacklaw writes: The UK's National Crime Agency, formerly known as the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, has published a list of warning signs that a child may be heading to a life of cyber-crime — including late nights and showing any kind of interest at all in programming, even as the UK government pushes coding into the national education curriculum.

Submission + - Nvidia's Kal-El Tegra to Pack Five Cores (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Blacklaw on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @12:04PM

Blacklaw writes: Nvidia has released a few technical details of its upcoming 'Kal-El' Tegra processor, including a secret it's done well to keep under its hat thus far: it's a five-core, not four-core, chip.

Submission + - UK BBM user arrested for promoting a water fight (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 15, 2011 @05:42AM

An anonymous reader writes: Under the banner headline "Police reassure residents they are working to keep county safe", Essex police proudly proclaimed that they arrested a 20-year-old man from Colchester who "allegedly sent messages from a Blackberry encouraging people to join in a water fight."

Having also made a number of arrests of people sitting at home on Facebook Acting Assistant Chief Constable Mason wrote: "Police will continue to monitor social networking sites for unlawful activity."

Meanwhile, rioters rampage through British streets largely devoid of police presence

Submission + - Cameron Threatens To Shut Down UK Social Networks (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Stoobalou on Thursday August 11, 2011 @09:10AM

Stoobalou writes: In a move worthy of China's communist regime, UK PM David Cameron wants to shut down social networks whenever civil unrest rears its head in Britain's towns and cities.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Cameron said, "Everyone watching these horrific actions will be struck by how they were, organised via social media.

"Free flow of information can be used for good. But it can also be used for ill. So we are working with the police, the intelligence services and industry to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality."

Submission + - New USB Specification Promises 100W of Power (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Blacklaw on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @05:26AM

Blacklaw writes: The group behind the USB 3.0 specification has announced a tweak which could lead to impressive new devices, including large-format displays, printers, and even laptops that are powered entirely from a USB port.

Submission + - Sony Canned Security Staff Just Before Data Breach (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Stoobalou on Friday June 24, 2011 @11:30AM

Stoobalou writes: A lawsuit filed this week suggests that Sony sacked a group of employees from its network security division just two weeks before the company's servers were hacked and its customers' credit card details were leaked.

The suit, which seeks class action status, is being brought by victims of the massive data breach that took place in April.

Submission + - Remembering Alan Turing on his 99th birthday (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Blacklaw on Thursday June 23, 2011 @05:41AM

Blacklaw writes: Today marks the 99th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing, a noted polymath and cryptanalyst who is regarded by many as being the grandfather of modern computing.

Submission + - GNOME 3 and GNOME Shell Officially Launched (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Blacklaw on Wednesday April 06, 2011 @04:00PM

Blacklaw writes: The GNOME Desktop team has sent its latest creation into the wild, officially launching GNOME 3.0 — the biggest redesign the project has enjoyed in around nine years. "We've taken a pretty different approach in the GNOME 3 design that focuses on the desired experience and lets the interface design follow from that," designer Jon McCann explained during the launch. "With any luck you will feel more focused, aware, effective, capable, respected, delighted, and at ease."

Submission + - Creepy Stalking App Explained by Author (thinq.co.uk) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @05:07PM

An anonymous reader writes: Creepy, a package described as a 'geolocation information aggregator,' is turning heads in privacy circles, but should people be worried? Yiannis Kakavas explains why he developed his scary stalking application.

Creepy is a software package for Linux or Windows — with a Mac OS X port in the works — that aims to gather public information on a targeted individual via social networking services in order to pinpoint their location. It's remarkably efficient at its job, even in its current early form, and certainly lives up to its name when you see it in use for the first time.

Submission + - Google Agrees To Biennial Privacy Reviews (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Blacklaw on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @11:00AM

Blacklaw writes: Google has publicly apologised for the mistakes it made during the launch of its Twitter-like social networking tool Buzz, and claims that it's learned its lesson — and will be undergoing independent privacy reviews to keep it on the straight and narrow.

Submission + - Mobile Phone May Rot Your Bones (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Stoobalou on Monday March 28, 2011 @06:19AM

Stoobalou writes: Researchers at the the National University of Cuyo, in Mendoza, Argentina, looked at that strange breed — men who wear mobile phones on their hip. They discovered evidence to suggest that the proximity of the mobile phone caused a reduction in bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) in the men who wore the phones over a 12-month period, compared to a control group that didn't.

Submission + - Duke Nukem Forever Gets Delayed - Again (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Blacklaw on Thursday March 24, 2011 @08:03AM

Blacklaw writes: Duke Nukem Forever, the game that turned into the industry's longest running joke as it entered development hell, has encountered one last delay to its launch.

Submission + - Oracle Claims Intel Is Looking To Sink The Itanic (thinq.co.uk) 1

Submitted by Blacklaw on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @11:22AM

Blacklaw writes: Intel's ill-fated Itanium line has lost another supporter, with Oracle announcing that it is to immediately stop all software development on the platform. "After multiple conversations with Intel senior management Oracle has decided to discontinue all software development on the Intel Itanium microprocessor," a company spokesperson claimed. "Intel management made it clear that their strategic focus is on their x86 microprocessor and that Itanium was nearing the end of its life."

Submission + - Man Finds Divorce Papers, Tax Docs On 'New' PC (thinq.co.uk)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @05:12AM

An anonymous reader writes: A buyer on the lookout for a new laptop got more than he bargained for at his local computer fair when the 'new' device came loaded with over 10GB of personal documents — including divorce papers and tax returns.

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