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17th November 2012 Archive

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  • Google fine-tuning iOS mapping app for Apple submission

    Is Cupertino going to allow competition?

    Google is reportedly putting the finishing touches on an iOS app that might replace the Chocolate Factory code that Apple so unceremoniously dropped with its iOS 6 operating system. According to the Wall Street Journal sources with direct knowledge of the code say that the first builds of the completed application have been …

    Applications 17 Nov 01:01

  • eBay hit with antitrust suit over hiring practices

    No-poaching pact with Intuit a no-no

    The US Department of Justice and the State of California both filed suit against eBay on Friday, alleging that the online marketplace entered into an illegal, anticompetitive hiring pact with tax and financial software maker Intuit. As reported by Bloomberg, the lawsuit charges eBay with developing an "evolving handshake" …

    Law 17 Nov 01:37

  • Ten four-bay NAS boxes

    Product Round-up Made for sharing

    The storage needs of home users are ever growing, such that the capacity of dual-layer DVDs appears miniscule, and backing up CD looks desperate. Many are now turning to network accessible storage systems that not only allow data storage in the home, but also provide HTTP, FTP and cloud services for when you’re on the go. The …

    Hardware 17 Nov 08:00

  • Climate NON-change: No increase in droughts since 1950, say boffins

    Yet another alteration required for IPCC reports

    An international alliance of climate scientists says that contrary to the general perception, and despite widely-reported rises in global temperature towards the end of the 20th century, there has in fact been no measurable increase in droughts over the past 60 years. Writing in heavyweight boffinry journal Nature, the team …

    Science 17 Nov 09:27

  • What are quantum computers good for?

    Forget cracking crypto, think modelling reality itself to help build a better one

    The problem with trying to explain quantum computing to the public is that you end up either simplifying the story so far as to make it wrong, or running down so many metaphorical rabbit-burrows that you end up wrong. So The Register is going to try and invert the usual approach, and try to describe quantum computing at a more …

    Science 17 Nov 20:00