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  • Ten… top tech cock-ups of 2012

    Twelve months of corporate clods, government bumblers, and half-arsed hackers

    The past year provided us with some wonderful tales of innovation and expertise, but we all like to see a car crash as much as success story, right? So here's a roundup of the most colossal cock-ups of the last 12 months, including face-plants by Google, Facebook, Apple, and others who succumbed to that most universal of human …

    Business 26 Dec 06:00

  • Steve Bong's 3D printing special Xmas showcase

    ¡Bong! Join the MAKERS' REVOLUTION with these INCREDIBLE GIFTS

    2012 has been the year of 3D printing. It's what happens "when DIY meets Web 2.0", says Chris Anderson - and it's going to be the next industrial revolution - the biggest disruption since the last big disruption, only bigger. We're as amazed as you are by the quality of today's additive printing technologies. So here's a …

    Bootnotes 26 Dec 09:54

  • The LINUX TABLET IS THE FUTURE - and it always will be

    The Penguin Xmas present that'll never be in the present

    The year of the Linux tablet is, like the year of the Linux desktop, destined never to arrive. That doesn't mean we won't see Linux on a tablet, but you'll see Linux on a tablet the way you see it on the desktop - clinging to a tiny percentage of the market. There is of course Android, which does use a Linux kernel somewhere …

    Tablets 26 Dec 11:04

  • Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet creator Gerry Anderson dies at 83

    Obituary Supermarionation – the joke the industry never got

    Gerry Anderson, creator of classic children's television shows like Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Joe 90, has died at the age of 83. Anderson, in conjunction with his then-wife Sylvia, pioneered the use of puppets that had solenoid motors built into them to move the eyes and mouth – later dubbed supermarionation. The wires …

    Bootnotes 26 Dec 20:48

  • Amazon outage whacked Netflix US customers on Christmas Eve

    Clouds descend

    Netflix is pointing the finger at Amazon’s cloud for the terribly-timed outage that left millions of US customers unable to access the service on Christmas Eve. Amazon’s ‘Elastic Load Balancing’ snapped, affecting a number of Amazon Web Services customers in the USA – with Netflix among them and, by extension, more than 20 …

    Cloud 26 Dec 21:13

  • CSIRO mine safety tech becomes archaeological tool

    Zebedee helps map ancient cave etchings

    A 3D mapping technology announced earlier this year by Australia’s science agency CSIRO is being used to help map what might be the world’s oldest cave etchings. During December, CSIRO scientists undertook an exploration on behalf of the Adelaide museum, in which they took the technology known as Zebedee into the delicate …

    Science 26 Dec 21:14

  • Steve Jobs' Apple yacht freed after family settles the bill

    Philippe Starck gets his money's worth

    Venus, the yacht that Steve Jobs planned but never got to sail in, has been freed by bailiffs after the settlement of an outstanding bill from co-designer Philippe Starck. The good ship Venus at launch The iconic French designer worked with his friend Jobs on the design of the 70m motor yacht, which is controlled via seven …

    Hardware 26 Dec 22:36