Category: Daily Tech Roundup
The Digest: Web inventor ‘staggered’ by hateful people online are… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Tim Berners-Lee: hateful people on the web are 'staggering' | The Guardian "Sir Tim Berners-Lee has expressed sadness that the web has mirrored the dark side of humanity, as well as enabling its wonderful side to flourish. The developer, who created the web in 1990 while working for the particle collider project Cern…
The Digest: First Apple computer sells for £570,000… and 5 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] First Apple computer sells for £570,000 | ShortList Magazine "One of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak's Apple I computers has sold at auction for an astonishing $905,000 (£570,000) to an unnamed buyer. Originally hand-made by Steve Wozniak in 1976, it's believed to be one of the first 50 models made in Wozniak's family…
The Digest: Charlie Brooker on Gamergate… and 4 other things people are talking about this morning
[nextpage title="Next"] Gamergate: the internet is the toughest game in town – if you’re playing as a woman, says the Guardian's Charlie Brooker: "There seems to be a small yet vocal core of maniacs bafflingly resistant to the notion that women should have any say in the games industry at all. Even recent statistics indicating…
The Digest: Lenovo rumoured to be buying BlackBerry (again)… and 5 other things people are talking about this morning
[nextpage title="Next"] Industry rumours suggest Lenovo is looking to expand its smartphone operations by buying BlackBerry, says a report at ExpertReviews: "The rumours boosted share prices for BlackBerry this week, a much needed increase following lukewarm reception to the company's Passport smartphone earlier in the year. BlackBerry handsets used to be widely used by business…
The Digest: Microsoft pulls another dodgy patch… and 5 other things people are talking about this morning
[nextpage title="Next"] Microsoft has again been forced to pull a patch to prevent nasty side-effects, according to The Register: "The patch that aimed to add 'SHA-2 Hashing' to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 has instead raised some concerns among Redmond's customers. The company is therefore 'investigating behavior associated with this update' and…
Tech Digest Daily Roundup – 17 May 2007
Forget complex universal remotes, I’d rather control my TV with a device that looks like the joysticks I used to fwap in my youth playing Daley Thompson’s Decathlon. Here’s one, modelled on the Atari 2600 joystick. It’s mighty purdy.
Tech Digest Daily Roundup – 15 May 2007
There’s more than one way to skin a cat, but as far as I can tell, there are only two ways to package up a plasma TV. You can do a good, careful job ensuring that it won’t get damaged en-route to the living room of its new owner. Or… well, you can pack it like the one above. More info and pics of the smashed telly here.
