22% off ASUS Chromebook C202 11.6" Rugged Water Resistant Design, 180 Degree Hinge - Deal Alert

The highly rated Chromebook C202 from ASUS features a 180-degree hinge, a spill-resistant keyboard, and a reinforced rubber wrapped frame that meets the daily rigors and intense usage that can happen in and outside the home or classroom. The ASUS…

Unboxing Apple's 'Shot on iPhone' 2016 Annual Book [Video]

Check out this video unboxing of Apple's 'Shot on iPhone' 2016 annual book. The book is sent by Apple to photographers who have had their photographs featured in the company's 'Shot on iPhone' ad campaign.The unboxing comes via The Storyographist:Sh…

Sysadmin told to spend 20+ hours changing user names, for no reason

Apparently there's business value in turning 'John B Smith' into 'John Smith' On-Call  Welcome again to On-Call, our regular Friday morning foray into readers' stories of being asked to do the right thing, for the wrong reason, at unspeakable times.…

US think-tank wants IoT device design regulated, because security

If the world wants a bonk-detecting WiFi mattresses, it must be a malware-free bonk-detecting WiFi mattress Washington DC think tank the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology is calling for regulation on "negligence" in the design of inte…

Sony brengt in-car-audiosysteem met support voor CarPlay en Android Auto uit

Sony brengt een in-car audiosysteem uit met ondersteuning voor zowel Apple CarPlay en Android Auto. De XAV-AV100 gaat 499 euro kosten en is vanaf deze maand verkrijgbaar. Sony kondigde het systeem in augustus aan.

Bril van Hololens-concurrent Magic Leap werkt minder goed dan prototypes

Het Amerikaanse bedrijf Magic Leap, dat afgelopen jaren 1,4 miljard dollar aan investeringen ontving van onder meer Google en Alibaba, heeft belangrijke technieken niet klaar voor de release van zijn eerste augmented reality-bril, een concurrent voo…

Google Search experiment asks users to rate movies and TV shows

Try looking up a movie on Google -- if you notice a thumbs up and a thumbs down sign inside the movie's info box, you're among the few who has access to the tech titan's new experimental feature. The big G has confirmed to Search Engine Lan…

Super Mario Run will need an active internet connection to play

The Spider-Man: Homecoming Trailer Is Here, Guest-Starring Iron Man

Well, guest-starring Tony Stark more than Iron Man, I guess, but Marvel Studios really doesn’t want people to suddenly forget Spidey’s part of their Cinematic Universe. Hmm. I love Tom Holland’s Peter Parker and his Spidey wisecracks, but this whole…

Expedia support tech raided his CFO to rack up insider trades

Used staffer creds, work laptop, to snoop on execs Former Expedia worker Jonathan Ly has admitted to hacking his own chief financial officer and investor relations head to commit US$331,000 in insider stock-trading.…

Bluetooth 5.0 emerges, ready to chew on the internet of things

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. Better … stronger … faster. And meshier, before long The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has officially adopted Bluetooth 5 as the standard's new specification.…

Samsung Galaxy S III van 4,5 jaar oud krijgt Android 7.1 via CyanogenMod

De Samsung Galaxy S III, een smartphone van 4,5 jaar oud, krijgt een uitgave van CyanogenMod 14.1, gebaseerd op Android 7.1. De ondersteuning van de fabrikant zelf stopte drie jaar geleden met een firmware op basis van Android 4.3.

Super Mario Run Requires Always-On Internet Connection to Play Due to Piracy Concerns

Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that Nintendo's upcoming iPhone game Super Mario Run will require an always-on internet connection to play, which Miyamoto said is "a requirement that's been built into the game to support security." The security eleme…

DSSD President quits Dell EMC

Bill Moore is no more team as Emerging Technologies loses another top exec The Register's storage desk has learned that DSSD President Bill Moore has left Dell EMC.…

DSSD President quits Dell EMC

Bill Moore is no more team as Emerging Technologies loses another top exec The Register's storage desk has learned that DSSD President Bill Moore has left Dell EMC.…

Apple CarPlay is now in 200 cars, including 2017 models

Over 200 vehicles now support Apple's in-car infotainment system, the tech giant boasted on its website. Apple has updated its CarPlay-compatible vehicle list with 50 new entries, some of which are upcoming 2017 models from Audi, Honda, Kia…

Apple’s CarPlay is now available in more than 200 different models

Facebook now lets anyone make their own Snapchat-like photo frame

The Apple Watch doesn't have to trade fashion for fitness

Apple’s products are saddled with astronomical expectations, but in recent years perhaps none was so anticipated as the Apple Watch, Apple’s first go at tapping into the budding wearables market. It may not be fair to say that the Watch didn’t l…

Redesign Coming for Cortana on iOS as App Debuts in the U.K.

Microsoft has announced that Cortana for iOS is coming to the U.K. and that the company is readying a significant design overhaul based on user feedback. Cortana is to Windows what Siri is to macOS, but Microsoft's voice-activated virtual assista…

Here's the 'Problematic Behavior' That Can Get You Banned From Uber

In an effort to be more transparent, Uber publicly revealed what a customer would have to do to get banned from the service, posting a list of bannable offenses on its website.Read more...