25th August 2012 Archive

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• Microsoft denies Windows 8 app spying via SmartScreen

  No secret spying plan in new OS

  Microsoft has moved to quell fears that Windows 8 is building up a detailed record of all applications stored on client machines via its SmartScreen application. An analysis by security researcher Nadim Kobeissi noticed a potential privacy violation in Windows 8's SmartScreen system, which checks applications that the user …

  Windows 8 25 Aug 00:10

• Ten... all-in-one inkjet photo printers

  Product Round-up From darkroom to Lightroom

  Most inkjet all-in-ones are capable of printing passable photos, but some are geared up specifically with this in mind and feature memory card slots, high resolution printheads and wireless connectivity for printing from mobile devices. Some even have direct-print to DVDs and CDs as well as scanning from slides and negatives …

  Hardware 25 Aug 07:00

• Cook's 'values' memo shows Apple has lost its soul

  When money is not enough

  On the one year anniversary of his appointment as Apple CEO, Tim Cook must be partying especially hard in light of Friday's verdict against Samsung. But if his memo to staff about the verdict is anything to go by, in winning the case Apple has lost its soul. The memo, leaked to 9to5Mac, shows Cook is in no mood to play nice …

  Business 25 Aug 18:35

• Neil Armstrong dies aged 82

  'Nerdy engineer' who 'was just doing his job' departs this world for final time

  Neil Armstrong, who famously took a giant leap for mankind when he descended the ladder of Apollo 11's Eagle lander and set boot on the moon, has died. He was 82. Armstrong was a humble man. He was bemused by the fame that came with his achievement, proclaimed himself no more than a "nerdy engineer" and shunned the spotlight …

  Science 25 Aug 21:00