EU whacks first nail into mobile roaming charges' coffin

Wholesale price agreement slashes telco-to-telco charges The European Commission has taken the next step towards the scheduled end of roaming charges in the European Union, securing agreement on maximum wholesale charges telcos will be able to charg…

Netherlands reverts to hand-counted votes to quell security fears

Windows XP? SHA-1? USB sneakernet? What were they thinking? Or smoking? The Netherlands has decided its vote-counting software isn't ready for prime time, and will revert to hand-counted votes for its March 15 election.…

Winst van Facebook is ruim verdubbeld

Facebook heeft in het afgelopen kwartaal 3,7 miljard dollar winst gemaakt. Dat is ruim het dubbele van de winst van 1,6 miljard dollar in hetzelfde kwartaal een jaar eerder. Het sociale netwerk ziet het aantal gebruikers nog steeds groeien.

Coming to the big screen: Sci-fi epic Dune – no wait, wait, wait, this one might be good

He who controls the film rights controls the universe The legendary sci-fi novel Dune is going to be turned into a movie again – and, thanks to director Denis Villeneuve, it may not suck.…

Watch every day from Groundhog Day at the same time

First Click: Stay sane by joining Google+ and adopting a pet speaker

The flying Bat Bot can swoop and dive like the real thing

WhatsApp testing feature to revoke messages you sent by mistake

Ministerie oogst minder ict-banen via buitenland

Het aantal nieuwe banen in de Nederlandse ict-sector dat voortkomt uit buitenlandse investeringen, is voor het derde achtereenvolgende jaar niet gestegen. In 2013 haalde het Ministerie van Economische Zaken nog 2393 nieuwe ict-banen binnen, afgelope…

Gerucht: Apple maakt ARM-cpu in MacBook verantwoordelijk voor meer lichte taken

Apple maakt de T-serie van ARM-processors in aankomende MacBooks verantwoordelijk voor meer lichte taken. De T1 in de MacBook Pro stuurt momenteel de Touch Bar en vingerafdruk­scanner aan, maar Apple zou ook de Power Nap-functie via een ARM-cpu will…

Wanna protect your data center? Take tips from the US Secret Service

Implementation, however, may take some time Usenix Enigma 2017  Data center managers should take some tips from the US Secret Service when protecting vital servers from hackers, says someone who has been through a White House lockdown.…

GitLab.com successfully restores data from a staging server

Code locker lost about six hours of data for 707 users GitLab.com, the wannabe GitHub alternative that yesterday went down hard and reported data loss, has confirmed that some data is gone but that its services are now operational again.…

Bring out your dead! Firm wants to pay big bucks for old bugs

Security outfit Zimperium wants to sell info on vintage Android and iOS exploits Security firm Zimperium will spend US$1.5 million buying hacks targeting flaws in three-year-old Android KitKat and ancient versions of iOS.…

GitLab.com successfully restores data from a staging server

Code locker lost about six hours of data for 707 users GitLab.com, the wannabe GitHub alternative that yesterday went down hard and reported data loss, has confirmed that some data is gone but that its services are now operational again.…

Amazon's cloudy desktops now tiptoe across hot sand

Spinning rust for desktops-as-a-service is soooooo 2016 Amazon Web Services has found another way to make its “Workspaces” desktop-as-a-service offering more attractive: as of today the cloudy Windows instances run on solid state disks instead of ye…

Amazon's cloudy desktops now tiptoe across hot sand

Spinning rust for desktops-as-a-service is soooooo 2016 Amazon Web Services has found another way to make its “Workspaces” desktop-as-a-service offering more attractive: as of today the cloudy Windows instances run on solid state disks instead of ye…

Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals to be made from old electronics

Citius, altius, fortius, recyclius The organising committee for the Tokyo 2020 Summer and Paralympic games has announced that medals at the games will be made from recycled electronics.…

WordPress fixed god-mode zero day without disclosing the problem

CMS sultan decided you'd be happier not knowing you were ever in danger Last week's WordPress patch run fixed a then-secret zero day bug that let remote unauthorised hackers edit or delete WordPress pages.…

This picture of the Nintendo Switch and Wii U is kind of mindblowing

Turnbull transforms tech right off his agenda

But he's keen on a technology-agnostic NBN energy policy with lots of coal in it Listen closely and you'll hear the tears of hipster app creators, angel investors and "Silicon Beach" real-estate speculators weeping that Australia's Prime Minister Ma…

Ohio bloke accused of torching own home after his pacemaker rats him out to cops

Snitches get stitches A man has been indicted on arson and insurance fraud charges after police got hold of readings from his pacemaker that called his alibi into question.…