Microsoft, Nware sign 10-year cloud gaming deal
Microsoft and Spanish cloud-gaming platform Nware signed a 10-year agreement on Friday to allow Nware to stream Microsoft gaming
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Netherlands set to further restrict semiconductor technology exports
Dutch trade minister Liesje Schreinemacher wrote lawmakers yesterday announcing the government will detail additional curbs on exporting semiconductor chip technology "on national security
Wikinews discusses DRM and DMCA with Richard Stallman after GitHub re-enables public access to youtube-dl
On November 16, code-sharing and hosting service GitHub re-enabled the public access to youtube-dl repository, a software which can download videos from the internet via the command-line. This move comes after Mitchell…
Gregory Kurtzer discusses plans for Rocky Linux with Wikinews as Red Hat announces moving focus away from CentOS
Last week, on December 8, US-based software company Red Hat announced plans to shift their focus away from CentOS in favour of CentOS
Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews
Recently, Finnish open-source video game developer Perttu Ahola discussed Minetest, his "longest ever project", with
Microsoft announces plan to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion
On Monday, United States technology giant Microsoft announced their plans to acquire GitHub, a San Francisco, California-based web-based hosting service for software version control using Git, for 7.5 billion US Dollars…
Fourth U.S. state governor orders net neutrality in government contracts
On Thursday, Phil Scott of Vermont became the fourth governor in the United States to sign an executive order requiring all companies providing Internet access to state agencies to abide by net neutrality for all…
Fiat Chrysler recalls 7,810 Jeep SUVs for software vulnerability
7,810 Jeep SUVs are to be recalled in order to address a software vulnerability in the vehicles' entertainment systems which allows the vehicles to be "hacked" — allows vehicle software security to be compromised — Fiat…
Turing test beaten by Russian chatterbot
Yesterday, the Russian chatterbot "Eugene Goostman" by a team of Russian and Ukrainian developers became the first machine to pass a Turing test, under the academic event organizers' interpretation of the test as…
Weev iPad hacking conviction overturned
Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit overturned the conviction of Andrew "weev" Auernheimer, who had been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison after exploiting a bug in…
British 4G mobile spectrum auction underway
The auction for the mobile spectrum capable of carrying 4G mobile broadband services in the United Kingdom got underway on Thursday. The auction process is expected to take several weeks and will take place online.…
Fujitsu launches cloud website for dog pedometer service
Japanese multinational company Fujitsu launched a website for a dog pedometer which allows customers to monitor their dog's health online. The device measures data while attached to the dog's collar. Customers are also…
Online retailer Zappos.com hit by hackers
Zappos.com, one of the largest online retailers of shoes and apparel, disclosed Sunday that it was hit by a cyber attack. The attack compromised as many as 24 million accounts. Personal data may have been taken, but…
Apple collecting location data from iPhone, iPad
Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad periodically send location information back to the company, according to new reports. The data is transmitted to a secure database that only it can access, Apple
Apple swamped by iPhone 4 pre-orders
Pre-orders of the recently announced iPhone 4 began Tuesday, overwhelming Apple and
Apple unveils iPhone 4, iOS 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference 2010
Yesterday, at this year's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), company CEO Steve Jobs unveiled iPhone 4, along with the new iOS 4 operating system for Apple mobile
Conficker computer worm infections soar
New reports indicate that the proliferation of the Conficker computer worm (also known as Kido or Downadup) has nearly quadrupled in the last four days. The worm has gone from just over 2 million Microsoft Windows…
