‘While we’re at it, let’s make iLife and iWork free, as well’……
Bacteria-sniffing wand could help prevent foodborne illnesses
Researchers hope their real-time detection system that uses a magnetoelastic sensor can speed up testing at food processing plants…….
Why would anybody buy a 16GB iPad 2 for $399?
For some reason, Apple’s kept the iPad 2 around and is selling it for the rather ridiculous price of $399 for the 16GB version…….
Nokia sniffs at Apple after Apple, um, borrows iPhone movie
After Apple re-edits a movie about people lined up to buy an iPhone 5S, shows the recut film internally, and gives no credit to the filmmaker, Nokia decides to send the auteur a gift…….
Apple event: Touch ID, we hardly knew ye
The lack of Touch ID fingerprint scanning in Apple’s latest products suggests that hackers have shaken Apple’s confidence in the technology. Will this be the death knell for mobile biometrics – and leave the iPhone 5s as an identity-protection anomaly?……
Meandering child — why not put a GPS on em?
Wonder Technology Solutions comes up with a miniature GPS locator for children and pets. Sorry, it’s still not small enough for cats…….
NBN Co’s Kaiser shafted for ex-Telstra exec Rousselot
Labor-affiliated Mike Kaiser has had his role in NBN Co replaced by a new role for friend of Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, JB Rousselot…….
Sharp puts a touch screen in a chopping board
The Chop-Syc is a prototype high-tech chopping board with an embedded touch screen tablet and built-in scale…….
NBN campaign targets Turnbull’s electorate
Supporters of FttP broadband have crowdsourced enough money to target Australian Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s electorate with a full-page advertisement in his local newspaper…….
Wikipedia Actively Battling PR Sockpuppets
Nerval’s Lobster writes “Over the weekend we discussed news that PR firms have been selling their ability to modify Wikipedia entries to help clients clean up their image. Now, the Wikimedia Foundation’s executive director has confirmed that Wikipedia editors are actively engaged in a wide-ranging battle against those PR firms. Over the past couple weeks,…
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