TfL actually friends to motor crime, civil libertiesTransport for London has provided a handy tool for those who would like to use false numberplates to fool any of the various networks of automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) cameras now deployed across
They're already here, chum - look aroundComment A London-based anti landmine and cluster bomb charity has now widened its remit and is calling for a moratorium on the use of killer robots....
What's wrong with background apps?CTIA Wireless For reasons unknown, Apple's new Jesus Phone SDK won't allow apps that run in the background. As many have noted, this rules out instant messaging - or, at least, instant messaging as we know
You've got FAILBT has been forced to roll back changes it made to its rules on outgoing email addresses after they caused confusion for its broadband customers....
Microsoft slips into robe, smokes fat cigarThe ISO/IEC confirmed this morning that Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) has been approved as an international standard, leaving the Open Document Format (ODF) lobby raging about alleged voting irregularities....
Beyond the bubbling mudAnalysis How does the UK find its way out of the DAB disaster? First, we have to get beyond the denial stage and into acceptance....
Couple cuffed for 'sinister' hoaxThe fake Craigslist ads which provoked a stampede of looters to strip an Oregon man's home were posted by two thieves attempting to cover their tracks, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports....
Metal Storm also purchased. Leaden Drizzle™ next?Virginia based SteelCloud Inc is to provide ruggedised commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) servers for use in the US Navy's "Gunslinger" programme....
Replacing social policy with social networkingThe UK government has dulled the glamorous sheen of Web 2.0 by pledging guidelines on how civil servants should exploit use social media for developing policies and getting their messages out to the public....
Deadline could be overshot by six monthsA large number of local authorities in England with social care responsibilities will miss the government's deadline for implementing the Integrated Children's System (ICS), a project for sharing information about vulnerable young people....
Scans will prove bun in Oregon transgender ovenThe Oregon man who was born a woman, had his breasts removed as part of a gender reassignment but retained his female reproductive organs and then got up the duff, much to the
Notebooks won't run for Burglar BillIDF Intel today announced an initiative it hopes will make it much less desirable for criminals to steal laptops. The aim is to build the ability to lock down a machine's storage - and possible
Herding kids around the wild wild webSocial networking websites could be forced to advertise the 999 emergency number under government plans to make the internet a safer place for kids to surf....
US judge says yesA US Judge on Monday upheld the view that sharing copyrighted music is infringement. It's a defeat for defendant Denise Barker and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and a victory for the four record labels in the case,
Record sales en-route thoughMicrosoft is on track to have sold 2m UK Xbox 360s by next week. But the company could be forced to sell Blu-ray models at a loss, if rumours about HD drive development are true....
Assuming the consumer is extraordinarily wealthy...There's nothing wrong in theory with a vendor that caters to large corporations having a crack at the consumer market....
Grounded for fire safety checksUnited Airlines has today cancelled dozens of Boeing 777 flights after it failed to perform the required fire safety checks....
