Date rape is a serious issue, and it affects people of all ages and both
genders. For the past couple of decades, women have been warned about
the risks of leaving their drinks unattended at parties and bars. The
result of not closely guarding a dri…

Give it a decade or so, then we’ll talk

Even though Microsoft Office won’t be following Adobe Creative Suite down the subscription-only path anytime soon, you’ll be renting your software before you know it, say Redmond bods.…

Although this isn’t necessarily my regular fare (if indeed I can be
said to have anything of the sort), I’d argue that it’s close enough to
video games that it qualifies for this blog. After all, a great many
video games could very well be said to owe their roots to table-top
roleplaying; D&D is considered the grandfather of all RPGs by many.
But we’re getting a touch off track, dear readers. Today, I’d like to discuss an innovative new tool known as Roll 20. 

Back in the day our tunes only came on vinyl and there are those afficionados who say that vinyl is the only true and pure way to listen to music. If you can still find vinyl albums this is great. What can be even harder to find is something to play th…

How Microsoft can capture the mobile market – properly

Analysis  Is this the moment for Windows Phone 8, the overlooked diamond in the Redmond rough, to shine?…

PCs built for people not designed by data

Microsoft has decided to backtrack on Windows 8 and loosen the Metro straitjacket the new OS applies to the traditional desktop.…

If you want to be 20 miles from the bleeding edge, come on in

Review  Debian, the daddy to many a Linux distro including Ubuntu and Mint, has been updated for the first time in more than two years.…

Telefonica switches to wired LAN for Campus Party London

Campuseros* and technology entrepreneurs will be gathering in London come September, for a week of talks, workshops and general tech worship – but there’ll be no wireless, despite sponsorship from mobile network giant Telefonica.…

New format marries web apps with torrents

BitTorren’s ongoing efforts to convince the world it’s not just a tool for evil have produced “Bundles”, a “new type of torrent file where fan interaction, like email collection or donation, happens inside the torrent.”…

Cold butter is practically impossible to spread, but not with the help of the butter cheese grater that helps soften things up in no time.

Redmond also plans Android access to Office WebApps

Start-button refugees wandering through the wasteland of Windows 8 trying to find a way to open an application can circle June 24th in their calendars, after Microsoft let it be known that a “public preview” of Windows Blue will emerge at the end of June.…

Pelican Imaging, inventor of array camera technology for mobile devices,  recently announced a $20M investment by cellphone manufacturer Nokia. A representative of Nokia Growth Partners noted, “Pelican Imaging’s computational camera solutions are at the cutting edge of mobile camera technologies. We believe they’re positioned to lead the next wave in video and image capture; they’re a great addition to our portfolio of innovators in the imaging space.” If this is any indication, we may see Lytro-style camera technology on smartphones in the very near future.

New app delivers features once said to be impossible

Microsoft has debuted a new, native YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 with a completely redesigned interface, despite its earlier claims that Google was deliberately preventing it from delivering a first-class YouTube experience on the platform.…

A white paper put out by CSIRO is positing the idea that robots will be good for the workers in the manufacturing sector in Australia, but the real question is, can it actually happen that way? This piece looks at the state of the industry and ponders …

The OUYA looked incredibly promising when it first debuted on Kickstarter. Since then, a series of unfortunate revelations have made it look less and less impressive. At this point, one can’t help but question if it’s even worth the purchase.

We blew it but now we’re gonna Blue it, says Redmond

Big changes to “key” parts of Windows 8 are coming after Microsoft admitted it “could and should have done more” on its big answer to Apple’s iOS for tablets.…

Death by paperwork

Twitter has effectively killed UK-based Tweetdeck Ltd just two years after it bought the social media dashboard for $40m.…

Biz bosses can’t wait to offload gear to rivals, or so we’re told

Analysis  After more than 20 years coining it, the Goliaths of the lucrative enterprise software world are about to meet their Davids: nimble rivals touting technology at a sensible price.…