Microsoft's HoloLens could power tanks on a battlefield

Aantal dagelijks actieve Facebook-gebruikers groeit naar 1,18 miljard

In september waren er volgens Facebook gemiddeld 1,18 miljard gebruikers dagelijks actief op het sociale netwerk. Dat is een groei van 17 procent ten opzichte van een jaar eerder. Vrijwel al het gebruik komt vanaf mobiele telefoons en tablets.

'Android en iOS hebben marktaandeel van 99,7 procent op smartphonemarkt'

Het marktaandeel van Android is gestegen naar 87,5 procent en op 12,1 van de geleverde smartphones staat iOS, zegt analistenbureau Strategy Analytics. Ten opzichte van een jaar geleden is het aandeel van overige besturingssystemen gedaald van 2,3 na…

Leaks password, check. Leaks Wi-Fi password, check. Can be spoofed, check. Ding! We have an Internet of S**t winner

Another crud home CCTV box Here we have yet another example of an internet-facing home security camera that is about as secure a chocolate padlock.…

Dark matter? More like diet matter: Super-light axions may solve universe's mass riddle

'Particles up to ten billion times lighter than electrons' Boffins have calculated the mass of axions, which are a promising candidate for the mysterious dark matter loitering in our universe.…

First Click: Microsoft Teams leaves the office door open for Slack

Five-a-day energy drink habit turned chap's eyes yellow, urine dark, caused anorexia

Red Bull gives you liver disease? Don't overdo the energy drinks: even five a day can hammer the liver.…

Amazon's very own Linux now available for download

It turns out you need to test on-premises before you send an app to the cloud Amazon Web Services is letting customers download its own artisanal Linux.…

Vine’s co-founders launch feature-packed streaming service named Hype

Watch a drone hack a room full of smart lightbulbs from outside the window

First trailer for Trainspotting 2 asks you to choose life, choose Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

Vuln hunter finds nasty shared server god mode database hack holes

MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona pwned. Dangerous since-patched vulnerabilities in MySQL, MariaDB, and Percona's Server and XtraDB Cluster have been found that, when chained, allow attackers in shared environments complete compromise of servers.…

Cisco's OpenStack cloud drops Pokémon-clone name

We warned that 'Metapod' had trademark issues. Which is why it's now called 'Metacloud' Cisco has had to change the name of its Metapod OpenStack cloud-in-a-box, due to trademark problems.…

Cisco's OpenStack cloud drops Pokémon-clone name

We warned that 'Metapod' had trademark issues. Which is why it's now called 'Metacloud' Cisco has had to change the name of its Metapod OpenStack cloud-in-a-box, due to trademark problems.…

Big Content and Big Bit Barn are escaping the clutch of Big Photon

Zuck and Equinix create open source packet-optical switch Facebook's tipped its in-house designed Voyager packet optical switches into the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), with Equinix signing on as crash-test dummy for the switches.…

Big Content and Big Bit Barn are escaping the clutch of Big Photon

Zuck and Equinix create open source packet-optical switch Facebook's tipped its in-house designed Voyager packet optical switches into the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), with Equinix signing on as crash-test dummy for the switches.…

Huawei’s new fitness tracker features continuous heart rate tracking

New Zealand carrier says Cu later, copper: we're giving customers a glassing instead

Grit your teeth, Aussie fibre fans, Kiwis are beating us again While Australia's nbnTM presses ahead with its Fibre-to-the-Node (FTTN) strategy, Kiwi carrier Spark wants to give up on copper entirely.…

New Zealand carrier says Cu later, copper: we're giving customers a glassing instead

Grit your teeth, Aussie fibre fans, Kiwis are beating us again While Australia's nbnTM presses ahead with its Fibre-to-the-Node (FTTN) strategy, Kiwi carrier Spark wants to give up on copper entirely.…

Boosted tells people to stop riding its electric skateboards after battery malfunctions

Privacy Commission wants new rights for personal data control

Don't cheer: this is about more data sharing, so business can profit from you more easily In August, The Register called for the Australian government to put in place an independent agency to oversee use of citizens' data. In a report released today…