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Apple tells authors: All your <strike>books</strike> iBook files are belong to us
But you can export them as PDFs if you want
In a legal rewrite pushed out Friday, Apple has made its iBooks publishing agreement sound slightly less evil by clarifying just what you can do with the content you create on its iBook Author software.…
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Ofcom proposes fall in BT Openreach charges to rivals
Just wait for that nice Brussels man to agree
Updated BT will be forced to cut the prices of the access charges it applies to the company's broadband and telephone lines when leasing them out to other providers, Ofcom said today.…
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Windows Phone 8 to get NFC, HD and Skype
Rumours confirmed, details emerge
Following a leaked video which showed Windows Phone top dog Joe Belfiore listing the features adorning the next version of Windows Phone, beta testers have come clean on what we should expect.…
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BTJunkie closes shooting gallery
'My life is officially ruined'
Popular torrent search engine BTJunkie – nothing to do with BT – is voluntarily closing, according to a notice posted on the site, without offering a reason. The site has indexed other torrent trackers since 2005, and was the fifth most popular Torrent site.…
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Schools IT supplier RM swings to full year loss after sales dive
We knew about gov budget cuts but we didn't really get it...
Ailing specialist education IT supplier RM has admitted it reacted too slowly to government budget cuts in schools after revealing massive losses in fiscal 2011 ended 30 November.…
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Job-seeking Marriott hacker gets 30 months' porridge
Nabbed and jailed after Secret Service sting
A job-seeking Hungarian hacker who tried to land work with Marriott by hacking into the hotel chain's network before "offering" to sort out the resulting mess has been found guilty of hacking and attempted extortion and jailed for 30 months.…
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Google and Facebook remove 'offensive' content from Indian sites
Internet firms comply with court order
Facebook and Google have removed content from Indian domain websites in response to a court order to get rid of "objectionable content".…
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Scientists weave battery into clothing
Uses jumper leads?
Scientists charged into the fashion industry this week, unveiling a flexible battery that can be woven into fabric and used to boost the juice of everyday gadgets.…
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Apple vs Amazon in ereader format smackdown
iBooks enlists kiddies on the EPUB3 front
Format wars are a mixed blessing for consumers. Whether it's Betamax versus VHS or Blu-Ray versus HD-DVD, the consumer ultimately wins because companies have to advance superior technologies. But problems arise if the format you backed loses the war - and your device becomes next year's expensive doorstop.…
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Analyst touts iPad 'transformer' after CEO confab
Dual dock ports, clip-on keyboard for laptop-like use?
Will the Apple iPad 3 be an 'homage' to the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, complete with clever clip-on keyboard accessory? One financial analysts comments, posted after a meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook, suggests it might be.…
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MPs rattle telcos to help kill extremist material online
ISPs once again asked to police interwebs
Internet service providers must do better at removing violent material from websites, a group of MPs thundered today.…
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Samsung Series 7 Chonos 15.6in Core i7 notebook
NOT a MacBook clone
Review Surely someone is having a laugh. Having read nothing but five-star reviews of this luxury notebook on other sources, I find myself surprised to be staring at a four-star product on my desk. Four stars is pretty good, you know, but that’s one less than five.…
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Amazon lures Microsoft WinPhone chief with Kindle
Etailer claims third Redmond scalp
Microsoft's man rallying developers and partners to buy into Windows Phone is reportedly jumping ship to help push Amazon's cross-platform Kindle push.…
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Apple TV surfaces on Best Buy
Spec leak - or fishing expedition?
US electronics retailer Best Buy has begun asking punters if they'd be interested coughing up $1499 for a 42in HD TV from Apple.…
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Micron grabs almost-retired COO for chief
Mark Durcan will take over as CEO after death of Steve Appleton
Chip-maker Micron Technology has named a new CEO following the death of Steve Appleton on Friday in a plane crash.…
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iOS 5 'crashes more apps' than Android
Is it an upgrade problem, or a user problem?
Recent data has shown that iOS apps crash more often than apps running on the Android platform.…
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IT budgets plunge in North America, Europe
Rise in the East and Latin America
If you were expecting for IT spending to go up this year and for new projects to get going – and perhaps to get a pay raise – the consensus is building that this is not going to happen. That's the bad news. The good news would seem to be that instead of being asked to do more with less, IT shops will be asked to do a lot more with a tiny bit more dough. But it's not that simple, so don't jump to conclusions.…
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EMC server flash rival slams VFCache
Fusion-io thinks Lightning misses target
EMC's VFCache server cache doesn't quite hit the mark. Although it validates server flash use, caching is not enough.…
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Twitter snaps up Google Asia exec
Service could be set for greater expansion in the region
Micro-blogging phenomenon Twitter is stepping up its efforts at international expansion and has pinched a senior Google executive in a clear sign the company could be looking to target Asia in the coming months.…
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PSN renamed Sony Entertainment Network
SEN-sible name change?
The PlayStation Network is to undergo a major rebranding this week when it is integrated into an all-new Sony Entertainment Network.…
