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17 September 2013
News: Sweet! Tiny, far-flying robot based on honeybee

To develop tiny flying robots that are agile and can navigate on their own, researchers in Australia are turning to the honeybee.
News: Security researchers create undetectable hardware trojans

Security researchers from the U.S. and Europe released a paper showing how integrated circuits used in computers, military equipment and other critical systems can be maliciously compromised during the manufacturing process through virtually undetectable changes at the transistor level.
News: Internet.org looks to 'Facebook for Every Phone'

The companies behind Internet.org, the organization formed by Facebook, Qualcomm and several others to bring the Internet to areas that still don't have it, released a document (PDF) yesterday detailing some of their plans for the initiative. One section stands out in particular, if only for its title – Facebook for Every Phone.
News: Reddit learns lesson, bans subreddit created to find Washington Navy Yard shooters

Reddit is being applauded for quickly nixing a subreddit dedicated to finding shooters involved in killing a dozen people Monday at Washington Navy Yard.
News: Munich to hand out Ubuntu Linux CDs to ward off upcoming Windows XPocalypse

The end is nigh, and the date of doom has been foretold. The Windows XPocalypse is set to unleash hell on April 8, 2014, and in a bid to preserve the security of its citizens, the German city of Munich is turning to an unlikely savior: Ubuntu Linux.
News: With Wallet update, Google promises continued NFC investment

Google on Tuesday announced a new version of its Google Wallet app for Android phones, version 2.3.3 and later, that lets users send money wirelessly, stores loyalty cards and offers a view of all Google Wallet activity
News: Cloud-based DR: Recovery for all?

Unlike many IT solutions, disaster recovery is not a difficult one to explain. No knowledge awareness is necessary, and it doesn't take a whiteboard and several coffees to make management understand its purpose."
How-Tos: Speech recognition, the new PC power tool

The Siri effect is spreading. Starting this fall, Nuance, a company that makes advanced speech recognition and transcription software, will bundle its Dragon Assistant, a Siri-like, vocal sidekick, with select Intel-powered Ultrabooks and All-in-One desktops.
How-Tos: 10 tips for managing minimized windows

Do you minimize your windows with abandon, crowding your Dock with miniature documents? Do you rarely minimize anything, crowding your screen with multiple windows? Knowing the big and small options for this basic window-wrangling feature can save you both time and space.
News: Amazon Instant Video for iOS adds AirPlay support, IMDB integration

Watching your favorite movies and TV shows got just a little bit easier, thanks to an update to the Amazon Instant Video app for iOS.
News: Get back to work! Great software for reducing distractions

Your PC is a productivity tool--and a portal for infinite distraction. Whether you're catching up on the latest cat videos, replying to every Facebook notification, or tweeting your lunch, you aren't getting any work done.
News: Mobile transactions to approach 30 billion worldwide by 2014, RBS report claims

The number of payments made through mobile devices is set to rise to almost 30 billion by 2014, according to an RBS report.
News: Virgin Media Business launches enterprise 4G service on EE network

Virgin Media Business (VMB) has launched its first enterprise mobile service for public and private sector organisations, offering businesses superfast speeds using EE's recently launched 4G network.
News: Proposed changes to WHOIS system called 'extremely disquieting'

ICANN plan for closed domain name record system criticized over putting too much power into one group's hands
News: BlackBerry sale might not include smartphones

Potential bidders for BlackBerry are only interested in parts of the business, concluding that the firm's smartphones, such as the recent Q10 and Z10, have little or no value, reports say.
News: Valve boss says Linux is the future of gaming, hints at Steam Box announcement

Tell me if you've heard this one before: "Linux and open source are the future of gaming."
News: Windows 8 Update: Microsoft exec says for many their first PC will be a phone

Since introducing its own Surface tablets Microsoft has been redefining the PC to include devices that haven't been considered PCs before, and it's taken that trend one step further.
News: IBM hopes to Power cloud, analytics with $1 billion Linux investment

IBM will invest US$1 billion to promote Linux development over the next five years as it tries to adapt Power mainframes and servers to handle cloud and big data applications in distributed computing environments.
News: Bossies 2013: The Best of Open Source Software Awards

This year, the annual Bossie Awards recognize 120 of the best open source software for data centers and clouds, desktops and mobile devices, developers and IT pros
News: British Army saves £20m with SAS analytics tools

The British Army has saved some £20 million at its headquarters by using business intelligence tools to reduce data errors, integrate disparate sources of data and efficiently allocate manpower.