China jumps on VPN tools
Astrill restricted
China is doing its best to make sure its workers cannot use VPNs to sneak past its Great Firewall of China.
Apple tries to buy intelligence
Running out of ideas
Desperate to find new ways to flog its iPhones in a dying market, fruity cargo cult Apple is turning to artificial intelligence.
European notebook sales slowing
Cash flow problems
European notebook retailers are finding it hard to shift products and are suffering from cash flow problems.
"Most DX12 games partnered with AMD" claimed
Trash talk on Rededit
AMD claims that it has the majority of DX12 games signed up in a partnership.
Oracle fires Java evangelists
No faith in a return from dead or at least dying
It is starting to look like Oracle believes that Java is getting too old and is starting to die.
Bugzilla attacked and attacks Mozilla
Mothra not drawn into conflict
Big cheeses at the Mozzarella Foundation have confirmed that Bugzilla has been hacked and sensitive data has been turned on Mozilla users.
Microsoft culls Nokia photography apps
Lumia apps are just not worth it
To please its glorious Microsoft overlord, the former rubber boot maker Nokia released a string of photography apps which were designed to work on Redmond's nearly invisible mobile phones. Now Microsoft is pulling most of them.
Germans fascinated with two-in-ones
Unificaton is very precise
Germany appears to be jolly interested in unification again and are fast becoming the blue-eyed poster boys for two-in-one computers.
Jeep maker forced to recall SUVs
Hacking woes
Italian company Fiat Chrysler must be regretting jacking computers under the bonnet of US WW2 technology.
Blackberry buys rival
We are surprised it has the cash
Troubled mobile phone maker Blackberry is writing a cheque for rival mobile software provider Good Technology for $425 million.
