That guy using a Surface you keep seeing around town could be a spook

Surface devices and Windows 10 are now NSA-approved for use by US government workers Microsoft's pointed out that the United States' National Security Agency has added some Surface devices to the nation's okay-for-accessing-secure-information list.…

Oz consumer watchdog: 'up to' speeds shouldn't be in broadband ads

ISPs told to get real by advertising speeds punters will get at busy times Australia's consumer watchdog is trying to ensure advertising offers comprehensible and accurate broadband performance information.…

Sonos’ latest ad is a super yuppie version of Apple’s classic 1984 commercial

Chap scripts remote Linux takeover for sysadmins

Use this for good, not for evil. But not if you care about your penguins Linux sysadmins with a sense of adventure: Tokyo-based developer Hector Martin has put together a set of scripts to replace an in-use Linux system over SSH.…

Watch the first trailer for Apple’s Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Ex-FBI man spills on why hackers are winning the security game

Government and business don't get on, AI is bunk and politics rules BSides SF  Comfortable illusions about how security is working are crippling the ability of government and industry to fight the threat, a former member of the FBI’s netsec team has…

Linus Torvalds decides world doesn't need a new Linux today

'I could have released the final 4.10' but preferred not to over-complicate things Those waiting for the milestone that would have been version 4.10 of the Linux kernel have another week to wait, after Linus Torvalds decided not to release the final…

Renewables didn't cause South Australia's blackout – and the PM knew it all along

Public servants' 'misinformation' warning set aside for politics Following last year's megastorm blackout in South Australia, Vulture South opined that the events had nothing to do with the state's use of wind power. Now, a freedom of information re…

Chance the Rapper shouts out SoundCloud in Grammys acceptance speech

Interview: AARNet's Peter Elford on Australia's national research infrastructure

What bits of the boffins' cloud do we build ourselves? Australia is re-crafting the roadmap that guides its national research infrastructure, a task that covers everything from the network to the nation's high performance computing systems.…

Interview: AARNet's Peter Elford on Australia's national research infrastructure

What bits of the boffins' cloud do we build ourselves? Australia is re-crafting the roadmap that guides its national research infrastructure, a task that covers everything from the network to the nation's high performance computing systems.…

Chance the Rapper wins Best New Artist at the 2017 Grammys

Microsoft Windows and Office ISO Download Tool 4.17

Microsoft Windows and Office ISO Download Toolis een programma waarmee officiele iso's met installatiebestanden voor Windows versies 7 tot en met 10 inclusief Insider Previews en Office versies 2007 tot en met 2016 kunnen worden gedownload. In het p…

ConvertXtoDVD 6.0.0.81

VSO Software heeft een update van ConvertXtoDVD uitgebracht. Met dit programma kunnen dvd-schijfjes van uiteenlopende videobestanden worden gemaakt, zodat ze bijvoorbeeld op een dvd-speler in de huiskamer kunnen worden afgespeeld. ConvertXtoDVD heef…

SABnzbd 1.2.1 bèta 1

De eerste bètaversie van SABnzbd versie 1.2.1 is uitgekomen. Met SABnzbd kunnen bestanden van usenet worden gedownload. Dit opensourceprogramma is beschikbaar voor Windows, Linux en OS X, en biedt de mogelijkheid om nzb-bestanden te laden, waarna de…

Verizon announces new unlimited data plan

Prince’s music has returned to streaming services

Uber is facing a lawsuit after a man’s wife learned of his affair from its app notifications

Testing out snapshots in Apple’s next-generation APFS file system

We brave beta software and do some cautious testing—and it looks like it works.

Apple is fixing the most annoying thing about CarPlay in iOS Beta 10.3

YUMI 2.0.4.0

Versie 2.0.4.0 van YUMI is uitgekomen. YUMI staat voor Your Universal Multiboot Installer en is een Windows-programma waarmee de installatie-iso's van een groot aantal Linux-distributies op een usb-stick geplaatst kunnen worden. Daarnaast is er onde…