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- Oracle-HP trial will trace an ill-fated partnership June 1, 2012After Oracle and Hewlett-Packard enjoyed a long and fruitful partnership in enterprise IT, it's hard to find anything that hasn't gone wrong with their relationship over the past two years.(Stephen Lawson)
- Windows 8 Release Preview: Updated but still uneasy June 1, 2012Microsoft's recently available Windows 8 Release Preview has a few interesting tweaks but still seems caught between its tablet and PC interfaces.preston@gralla.com (Preston Gralla)
- Twitter user growth slows but engagement grows June 1, 2012Twitter may not be gaining new U.S. users as fast as it used to, but the users it has are much more engaged, according to a a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.sgaudin@computerworld.com (Sharon Gaudin)
- WatchESPN for iPhone and iPad June 1, 2012Cable sports giant ESPN offers a mobile app that lets you watch live sports and shows on your iPhone or iPad no matter where you happen to be. The app is called WatchESPN. And I would certainly love to, if I could get the app to dependably stream video.(Philip Michaels)
- Data Protection Officer Role Will Be Key If You Operate in the E.U. June 1, 2012The European Union is considering sweeping new data protection laws that would mandate many organizations in Europe formally appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO). To get ahead of the potential high demand for qualified candidates, organizations should consider defining their needs now.(Thor Olavsrud)
- Update: Microsoft confirms $15 Windows 8 upgrade June 1, 2012Microsoft said on Friday that it would kick off a Windows 8 upgrade program tomorrow, giving buyers of new Windows 7 PCs the chance to grab a copy of the not-yet-released operating system for $15.gkeizer@computerworld.com (Gregg Keizer)
- Microsemi denies existence of backdoor in its chips, researchers disagree June 1, 2012Semiconductor company Microsemi has issued a statement denying that one of its products, a popular silicon chip called ProASIC3, has a backdoor built into it.(Lucian Constantin)
- Wall Street Beat: June starts slow but hope for tech in 2012 remains June 1, 2012June is off to a rocky in the markets for technology companies as shares slump in the wake of troubling economic reports, though cooler heads appear to have confidence in the sector for the long term.(Marc Ferranti)
- Experts differ Oracle's chances of appeal in Android copyright ruling June 1, 2012Oracle has pledged to appeal a judge's ruling Thursday that Java APIs cited in its lawsuit against Google weren't subject to copyright protection, but legal scholars and attorneys not associated with the case expressed mixed opinions whether that would be successful.(Chris Kanaracus)
- FAQ: Get going with Windows 8 Release Preview June 1, 2012Now that Microsoft has shipped the Release Preview for Windows 8, you may wondering whether to try it out. Here's what you need to know to do so.gkeizer@computerworld.com (Gregg Keizer)
- Oracle-HP trial will trace an ill-fated partnership June 1, 2012
- Boing Boing
- PENIS graffiti June 2, 2012WE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO LEARN TO PROGRAM AND JUST LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED (via JWZ)Cory Doctorow
- R2D2 USB drive cufflinks June 2, 2012I remain skeptical of high-priced novelty USB drives (because today's beautifully made, high-capacity USB drive is tomorrow's beautifully made, laughably low-capacity USB drive, and gadgets with close-in obsolescence horizons should be designed to degrade back into the materials stream, not to last for the ages), but I confess a frisson of desire f […]Cory Doctorow
- Car with a dead Christmas Tree on its roof June 2, 2012BB pal Eric Paulos snapped this photo today of a car in Pittsburgh. Yes, that's a (dead) Christmas Tree tied to the roof. Yes, this is June.David Pescovitz
- HOWTO make a papercraft Enigma machine June 2, 2012Franklin Heath, a UK security consultancy, offers plans for printing and assembling your own papercraft Enigma machine, approximately like the ones that Alan Turing and the Polish cryptographers and co broke at Bletchley Park. Now all we need are papercraft bombes, and a papercraft Collosus, and several thousand papercraft young women to work on code [...] […]Cory Doctorow
- Gweek 053: Fitness for Geeks June 1, 2012Click here to play this episode. Gweek is Boing Boing's podcast about comic books, science fiction and fantasy, video games, board games, tools, gadgets, apps, and other neat stuff. Every once in a while on Gweek, we take a break from talking about movies, science fiction, video games, and gadgets. This is one of those [...]Mark Frauenfelder
- Income inequality can be seen from space June 1, 2012How? It's surprisingly simple. Turns out, demand for trees in neighborhoods behaves a lot like a luxury item, as opposed to a basic necessity. Tim De Chant at The Per Square Mile blog wrote about research on this a couple of weeks ago. Then, he went out and found examples, using images from Google Earth. [...]Maggie Koerth-Baker
- 20-year-old bOING bOING T-shirt spotted in the wild June 1, 2012Our pal Joel Johnson of Animal New York snapped this photo of fellow staffer Jane-Claire Quigley wearing a 20-year-old bOING bOING T-shirt, lovingly "hung together with safety pins and shit" (as Joel put it). I'm wondering where the hell she got it.Mark Frauenfelder
- Google image search for "European," "American," "African," "Asian" June 1, 2012One of these is not like the other. (Via Twisted Sifter)Mark Frauenfelder
- Prominent GOP spokesman says "Let's hurl some acid at those Florida zombies" June 1, 2012Oh wait, Jay Townsend said, "Let's hurl some acid at those female democratic senators." Never mind, just business as usual at the GOP, carry on.Mark Frauenfelder
- Anarchist group targets scientists in terrorist attacks June 1, 2012Last year, I told you about Individuals Tending Towards Savagery, a terrorist group that has mailed bombs to nanotechnology researchers in Mexico, Chile, France, and Spain. Their stated goal: Stop technological innovation. And they aren't alone. At Nature News Leigh Phillips reports on a group called the Olga Cell of the Informal Anarchist Federation, w […]Maggie Koerth-Baker
- PENIS graffiti June 2, 2012
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