4th August 2012 Archive

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• Google offers panoramic views of Kennedy Space Center

  Hi-res photography of Space Shuttle HQ

  Reg readers not fortunate enough to have been able to travel to Kennedy Space Center in Florida can now get a closer look at some of the most historic locations in the history of the US space program, thanks to a new collaboration between NASA and Google Street View. The space agency granted five Google Street View team …

  Science 4 Aug 00:07

• Judge rejects Apple's calls for Samsung censure

  Schiller takes stand to defend iPad

  Apple's demand that Samsung be censured for releasing evidence that had been struck out of the two companies' patent battle has been rejected by the presiding judge. Apple had asked Judge Lucy Koh to sanction the lawyers involved in Samsung's decision to send evidence that had been filed too late for the trial proceedings to …

  Mobile 4 Aug 00:20

• Ten freeware gems for new Macs

  Product Round -up Complimentary benefits

  It seems that Mac OS is forever moving further towards a closed computing model, especially with the introduction of Gatekeeper in Mountain Lion. Don’t despair just yet though, Mac users can still take advantage of an abundance of free and open-source applications available in the traditional way. We've put found ten top notch …

  Software 4 Aug 07:00

• AuthenTec sells out to Apple to the sound of 1,000 lawsuits

  Directors hounded for not hawking the business to Samsung

  The $356m purchase of AuthenTec by Apple has not been universally welcomed. Not only are analysts and potential rivals trying to piece together the logic of the deal, but investors and, more importantly, class actions lawyers, are trying to work out if the 60 per cent trading premium that the deal is set at, was sufficiently …

  Security 4 Aug 11:03