3rd November 2012 Archive

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Microsoft: TypeScript isn't a JavaScript killer

Build 2012 It's not about the language, it's about the tools

Microsoft may have a poor track record for web standards compliance, but if the capacity crowd at Microsoft Technical Fellow Anders Hejlsberg's Build conference session on TypeScript was any indication, Redmond's JavaScript alternative has struck a nerve with coders who have grown frustrated with the web's de facto applications …

Developer 3 Nov 00:11
Tesla Model S named '2013 Automobile of the Year'

'This thing is silly quick,' said tester after besting a BMW M5

Elon Musk's much-anticipated, long-delayed, taxpayer-supported, company-critical Tesla Model S sport sedan has been named as the 2013 Automobile of the Year by the Motor City–centric Automobile magazine. "It's the performance that won us over," said the magazine's editor-in-chief Jean Jennings when announcing the award. "The …

Hardware 3 Nov 00:44
Verizon staff arrested for stealing customer's nude pics

'Banging pictures' could lead to Big House

Two Verizon staffers are under indictment for allegedly stealing nude photographs from an attractive female customer's phone and passing them around. According to the gendarmes, the two men worked at a Verizon store in Bartow, Florida, where one, Joshua Stuart, 24, helped a nubile local waitress transfer her data from her old …

Law 3 Nov 00:50
Sony KD-84X9005 84in ultra-HD TV review

4K picture, £25k pricetag

Huzzar! The resolution revolution is finally underway. Sony’s 84in KD-84X9005 is the first 4K consumer television to herald a seismic change to the consumer electronics and broadcast landscape. Look beyond its stratospheric price tag – all that expensive R&D has to be recouped somehow – and you’ll find a siren of a screen …

reghardware 3 Nov 08:00
Sock-wielding movie pirates go to prison

Walk-on parts in the Big House

Two members of a movie piracy gang were sent to prison yesterday in Virginia. Willie Lambert, 57, of Pittston PA, was sent down for 30 months and ordered to pay $450,000 in restitution, along with other co-defendants. Sean Lovelady, 28, of Pomona, CA, was sentenced to 23 months and must pay $7,500 in restitution. Two more …

Media 3 Nov 10:28
You know who else hates Windows 8? Hackers

Antivirus makers heap praise and scorn on new security features

Microsoft's emphasis on the mobile nature of Windows 8 and its bold touch-friendly user interface may lead some to fear the software giant has taken its foot off the pedal in terms of security. However there are plenty of changes under the bonnet to merit an examination of the new operating system's defences. Judging by the …

Windows 8 3 Nov 13:02
Microsoft-Netflix bid rumours feast on froth – and logic

Perfect fit?

Some of the big takeovers in the pay TV arena have taken analysts by surprise, but that will not be the case if, as looks increasingly likely, Microsoft tables a bid for Netflix. We all know where the rumour began, with the announcement early in October that Netflix CEO Reed Hastings was standing down from his other big role …

Media 3 Nov 14:00