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Google builds crowdsourcing into new Maps code stack

# 2013-05-17 14:26:42, The Register
Wants a unique map for every userGoogle I/O  Google has been giving more details about how it has redesigned its Maps software by adding in crowd-sourced photographic and driving directions to its coding scheme.…

Google's Native Code browser tech goes cross-platform

# 2013-05-17 14:06:23, The Register
Write web modules in C/C++ that run on both Intel and ARMGoogle I/O  At its annual I/O conference in San Francisco this week, Google unveiled a new version of its Native Client technology that allows developers to deploy binary code for web applications in an architecture-independent way.…

Yahoo! to 'share something special' in New York on Monday

# 2013-05-17 13:17:02, The Register
Is hastily called event related to Tumblr rumblings?Yahoo! will hold a "product-related news event" this upcoming Monday with CEO Marissa Mayer in attendance to "share something special."…

Adobe's Creative Cloud fails at being a cloud

# 2013-05-17 12:19:03, The Register
Sync feature suspended by Adobe FOR TWO WEEKSThe file-syncing part of Adobe's new Creative Cloud family of technologies has been intermittently broken for a week, taking the "cloud" part out of Adobe's "Creative Cloud" redesign of its products. Now Adobe is suspending it "for the next couple of week...

NASA signs off on sampling mission to Earth-threatening asteroid

# 2013-05-17 12:15:40, The Register
2016 launch date set for OSIRIS-REx missionNASA has given final approval for a billion-dollar mission that will visit one of the most potentially dangerous asteroids to Earth, collect samples, and then bring it back home for analysis.…

US military welcomes Apple iOS 6 kit onto its networks

# 2013-05-17 11:28:58, The Register
The battle with BlackBerry, Samsung marches into the cloudThe US Department of Defense has welcomed Apple's iDevices into its secure networks, and has announced that that it is "taking bold steps to provide sound information and proper analysis as it fortifies its cloud computing, acquisition and da...

Jailed Romanian hacker repents, invents ATM security scheme

# 2013-05-17 10:33:25, The Register
Add-on device blocks card skimmersA Romanian man serving a five-year jail sentence for bank-machine fraud says he's come up with a device that can be attached to any ATM to make the machine invulnerable to card skimmers.…

Climate scientists agree: Humans cause global warming

# 2013-05-17 10:24:19, The Register
Of those who have an opinion, over 97% say we're to blameA major study of nearly 12,000 peer-reviewed papers in the climate-science literature has – again – proven that among climate scientists, an overwhelming percentage agree with the consensus view that human activity causes global warming.�...

MIT takes battery-powered robot cheetah for a gallop

# 2013-05-17 09:55:03, The Register
Biomimetic big cat needs no power cord, just a walkerVideo  Fast, agile robots for reconnaissance and rescue have been under development for half a decade or more, but they all have needed to be tethered to a power cable. Now MIT thinks it has cut the leash with a battery powered "cheetah" capable ...

Google research chief: 'Emergent artificial intelligence? Hogwash!'

# 2013-05-17 08:25:38, The Register
'We have to make it happen'Google I/O  If there's any company in the world that can bring true artificial intelligence into being, it's Google, but the company thinks SkyNet is unlikley to appear in the Googlenet without help from the Chocolate Factory.…

Nvidia opens pre-orders for handheld Shield console three days early

# 2013-05-17 06:28:04, The Register
Let the feeding frenzy commenceNvidia is now taking orders for its Shield handheld gaming console, three days early, though the Android-running Tegra-powered gadget won’t make its way into punters’ hands before the end of next month at the earliest.…

Yahoo! triumphs! in! $2.75bn! Mexican! standoff!

# 2013-05-17 06:05:11, The Register
Mighty award against it abruptly slashed to $172,500Yahoo! has said that a Mexican appeals court threw out a $2.75bn ruling against it and Yahoo! Mexico over contracts in the country.…

Tablet? Laptop? HP does the splits with Tegra-based SlateBook x2

# 2013-05-17 05:37:09, The Register
Netbook with removable screen, anyone?HP is to follow its Windows 8-based tablet keyboard combo, the Envy x2, with an Android Jelly Bean version - the computer giant’s take on Asus’ popular Transformer series.…

Lonely-heart Maltese techie vs Bonnie Tyler for Eurovision crown

# 2013-05-17 05:19:07, The Register
32 years since that Bucks Fizz feelin'Eurovision 2013  A hopelessly sweet song about a ruthlessly organised techie who gets the girl will fight with the ballad from rock vixen Bonnie Tyler and 24 other acts to lift the Eurovision Song Contest crown Saturday night.…

Breaking news, LITERALLY: Financial Times vandalized by hackers

# 2013-05-17 05:06:12, The Register
Stiff Pink 'Un left swinging in the windThe Financial Times website and its Twitter accounts were this afternoon hijacked by pro-government hackers from the "Syrian Electronic Army".…

Hey, Teflon Ballmer. Look, isn't it time? You know, time to quit?

# 2013-05-17 04:34:10, The Register
Microsoft chief defies pundits by hanging on - we reveal howAnalysis  Those who upgraded to Windows 8 aren't the only ones unhappy with the new touch-driven operating system - Wall Street is too. Just don't expect any of the criticism hurled at Steve "Teflon" Ballmer, Microsoft's shy and retiring b...

Who is the mystery sixth member of LulzSec?

# 2013-05-17 04:11:29, The Register
And, hang on, what happened to all the loot...Analysis  Thursday's sentencing of three core members of hacktivist crew LulzSec and an accomplice hacker who gave them access to a botnet closes an important chapter in the history of activism. But it also leaves a number of questions unanswered.…

Murdoch Facebook gloat: You're like my $580m, 'CRAPPY' MySpace

# 2013-05-17 03:29:04, The Register
Billionaire media tyrant has a Ratner momentRupert Murdoch had a Gerald Ratner moment on Twitter earlier today when, in a warning to Facebook, he labelled MySpace - a website he once owned - as "crappy".…

That $1,000 the lad in Lagos needed? Just email it with Google Wallet

# 2013-05-17 03:04:16, The Register
Be afraid, PayPal - be very afraidGoogle has integrated its payment Wallet with Gmail, enabling PayPal-style transactions from within the Gmail interface, and to any over-18 American with an email address and a Google Wallet account.…

El Reg drills in Office 365: See the evidence

# 2013-05-17 02:45:09, The Register
Trevor goes visualVid  This week, Trevor Pott kicked off his exploration of Office 365 with this overview.…

I said ‘no’ to a million-pound Tech City empire

# 2013-05-17 02:26:06, The Register
Handed on a plate, thrown back in your faceSomething for the Weekend, Sir?  I have been propositioned in a toilet by a 72-year-old man. He wants me to move in with him and do the business.…

Apple chief Cook: You - senators. Get in here and redo this tax law

# 2013-05-17 02:04:15, The Register
Listen up, Popeye, fix it if you don't like itApple supremo Tim Cook will dare US senators to rewrite tax laws seeing as the politicians are so upset about tech giants' tiny contributions to America's public coffers.…

Congress: It's not the Glass that's scary - It's the GOOGLE

# 2013-05-17 01:44:13, The Register
On-head TV, fine - but you can't skip the ads on this oneComment  Google Glass is wrapped around the faces of only a few thousand people right now. The company says the device is in very early beta mode. And yet lawmakers in the US have already pounced on the company demanding answers about how the...

Hunt: I'll barcode sick Brits and rip up NHS's paper prescriptions

# 2013-05-17 01:24:21, The Register
'Fell asleep in the hospital and woke up as a one-armed woman!'UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt wants to tear up the NHS's clumsy system of printed prescriptions - and instead use "unique barcodes" to dish out medication straight to the poorly.…

IT bloke publishes comprehensive maps of CALL CENTRE menu HELL

# 2013-05-17 01:06:45, The Register
Seven year mission in the touch-tone catacombsMost people can't bear to use automated call centre phone lines for even a few minutes. But one former IT manager has spent seven years on the phone in a bid to produce a map of Britain's phone menus.…

Trying to kill undead Pushdo zombies? Hard luck, Trojan is EVOLVING

# 2013-05-17 00:44:53, The Register
Malware remains undead, adds double-sneaky stealth modeThe crooks behind the Pushdo botnet agent have developed variants of the malware that are more resistant to take-down attempts or hijacking by rival hackers.…

TOO GOOD! Groupon ex-boss to drop, er, 'motivational business album'

# 2013-05-17 00:24:36, The Register
Andrew Mason to share 'wisdom' through musicEx-Groupon chief Andrew Mason is moving to San Francisco to start a new company, after of course, he releases an album of "motivational business music".…

Half of youngsters would swap PRIVACY for... cheaper insurance

# 2013-05-17 00:04:26, The Register
Only old fogies care who knows where they were last summerMore than half of UK youngsters think being tracked is a small price to pay for cheaper car insurance, and 26 per cent will be actively seeking a pay-by-the-mile policy in the hope  of saving a few quid.…

'I think you DO do evil, using smoke and mirrors to avoid tax'

# 2013-05-16 23:29:09, The Register
Plus: 'What's next? Will they ask for my inside leg measurement?'Quotw  This was the week when someone kicked Blighty's tax ant-hill and sent MPs and multinationals scurrying in all directions. The Public Accounts Committee called Google and its auditor Ernst & Young back to give more evidence abou...

Time to get your hands on Hyper-V 3.0: Let's do this

# 2013-05-16 23:15:03, The Register
Join your fellow readers and our experts - 11AM UKLive training!  At last, our eagerly awaited live training session with the tech gurus from QA training is ready to roll.…