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7th June 2009 Archive

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  • Android set for score of handsets, but risks fragmentation

    Google watches carefully over its creation's early steps

    This week's Computex show in Taiwan has thrown the spotlight on new device formats such as netbooks, and the role that Linux hopes to take in those, which suggests Android could ride that wave soon. And on the other side of the world - at Google's annual developer conference in California - the message was rammed home, though …

    Mobile 7 Jun 07:02

  • German hacker-tool law snares...no-one

    Security researchers are put out

    On August 10, 2007, a new section of the German Penal code went into effect. The statute, intended to implement certain provisions of the Council of Europe Treaty on Cybercrime, could be interpreted to make the creation or distribution of computer security software a criminal offense. In the wake of the statute, numerous …

    Crime 7 Jun 08:02

  • Riders line up for world's first e-bike race

    Leccy Tech Isle of Man awaits eGrandPrix

    The rider line-up for the upcoming eGrandPrix race - the world’s first zero-emissions motorcycle GP – has now been finalised. Taking place on 12 June during the Isle of Man TT - and on the famous Mountain Course - the competition will feature 20 e-bikes. The total’s just slightly down on the 24 bikes hoped for back in April. …

    Reg Hardware 7 Jun 09:02

  • RadTech's iPhone lust revival kit

    Don't replace. Refinish its face

    With the next-generation iPhone - the iPhone Video? - a near certainty to be revealed on Monday at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, millions of iPhone 3G owners will stare longingly at their scuffed-up Apple smartphones and lust after a bright, shiny new model. To the rescue comes veteran accessorizer RadTech. With the …

    Odds and Sods 7 Jun 21:14