Tech News October 3, 2012
China domain name land grab about to start ‘.中国’ domain ready to roll as part of ICANN’s non-ASCII plan
Domain names ending with .中国 – the Chinese characters for China – will become available in mid-October and China is gearing up for the rush of expected applications.…
Level 3 named as possible Nextgen buyer Fibre network sale excites speculation
Australian telco industry newsletter Communications Day is reporting speculation that America’s Level 3 Communications might be considering acquiring Nextgen Networks, put up for sale by parent Leighton Holdings last week.…
RIP Psion PLC: You’re with Motorola now Assimilation of UK pocket PC hero is complete
Motorola Solutions – the profitable bit of Motorola that wasn’t gobbled by Google – has completed its acquisition of Psion …
Tech News October 2, 2012
Oz Minister wants telcos to wear undies on heads And make them red, says Conroy as he brags of “unfettered power”
Australia’s Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy has bragged of his unfettered power to command local telcos, saying it gives him the power to compel them to wear red underpants on their collective heads.…
Facebook digs in over page that could spoil trial Australian Police worry comments could spoil Jill Meagher murder trial
A Facebook pages dedicated to directing hate at an accused murder has sparked a legal row in Australia, after Facebook declined to take down the page despite Police appealing for its removal.…
NBN Co nests satellites in WA Three groundstations for regional networks
West Australia will …
Tech News September 30, 2012
Tim Cook: ‘So sorry for Apple’s crap maps app – try Bing or Nokia’ Or something else that isn’t Android
Apple CEO Tim Cook has, out of the blue, apologised for the crap Apple maps app in iOS 6 – and suggested punters turn to rivals Microsoft, Google and Nokia.…
Satellite broadband rollout for all in US: But Europe just doesn’t get it Why don’t Brits trust companies selling dishes?
Dish, the US satellite provider, has switched on its home domestic broadband service, but while Americans embrace satellite Europeans don’t seem interested in talking to their birds.…
Tech News September 29, 2012
US gov on track to miss its own IPv6 deadline Just 12% of Feds’ websites are ready, says tech watchdog
US government websites will miss the deadline for transition to IPv6 on a huge scale, predicts a watchdog. Only 12 per cent of federal website domains are currently compatible with new internet protocol IPv6 according to the National institute of Standards and Technology. There are just two days to go before the deadline for compliance hits on Sunday.…
Alibaba pushes on with mobile OS plans despite Android setback Taps up the Shenzhen massive for favours…
Chinese web giant Alibaba is pushing ahead with plans to get its mobile operating system Aliyun onto more handsets in the country despite a recent clash with Google which …
Tech News September 28, 2012
Fuming fanbois flood ‘flimsy iPhone 5 Wi-Fi’ forum Networking not working, claim puzzled punters
Punters on an Apple support forum claim they are struggling to use Wi-Fi networks with their iOS 6 gadgets. The trouble seems to affect new iPhone 5s as well as iPads and older iPhones updated to the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system.…
Virgin ramps 4G to a whopping 90Mbps – and switches it off Nyah nyah nyah, you can’t have this… yet
Virgin Mobile has completed its 4G trials in the UK, hitting speeds of 90Mbps both indoors and out. But don’t expect EE’s 4G monopoly to break any time soon despite the ongoing collaboration between the two companies.…