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Getty has just made 35 million images free for everyone to use
Getty Images has a well deserved reputation for being something of a ‘copyright pig’. Previously, representatives of the company have testified in Congress and lobbied for an expansion of copyright protections. Not so long ago it acquired PicScout, a company that provides software that scours the web in search of illegally used images, while it’s ...
Microsoft’s Nokia acquisition was the ‘last straw’ that forced Steve Ballmer out
When Steve Ballmer announced that he was going to quit his role as Microsoft’s CEO last summer, the tech world was pretty shocked – all the more so when he refused to give a reason for his departure, simply stating in a press release that it was time to move on. Few saw Ballmer’s departure ...
IDC report: PC market is doomed for at least four more years
Things are only set to get worse in the declining PC market over the next few years, according to a new forecast from the research firm IDC. The prediction comes from IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker report that was released on Tuesday. In it, IDC says that it’s lowered its PC shipment forecast for ...
Japan looks to regulate Bitcoin in wake of MtGox collapse
The clouds that have been hanging over MtGox might just have a silver lining for Bitcoin enthusiasts. While plenty are still pissed that the exchange shut up shop, taking all of their Bitcoins with it, its closure seems to have prompted Japan to take the cryptocurrency seriously at last. Now, reports are suggesting that Japan ...
MtGox stumbles on, keeps blaming hackers for missing Bitcoins
Disaster-stricken Bitcoin exchange MtGox has posted an update onto its rather sparse website, with a new statement reiterating its earlier claims that it fell victim to hackers and was not run into the ground through its own incompetence. The statement appeared just hours after someone posted a chunk of code to Pastebin that seems to ...
Chrome beta adds ‘hands-free voice search’ + disables ‘unofficial’ extensions
Google has just added a new gimmick to the latest beta of its Chrome browser, throwing in “Hands-Free Google Voice Search” for desktop users. As the name suggests, the new feature means that you can search Google simply by ‘asking’ your computer whatever it is you want to know. Here’s Google’s software engineer Ji Adam ...
MtGox sets up call center for worried users… But don’t get your hopes up
Just when we were beginning to think that all is lost, beleaguered Bitcoin exchange MtGox has suddenly given users a glimmer of hope that they might see (some of) their funds again. The company has just set up a new telephone hotline to handle customer inquiries. MtGox’s call center when live this morning, while the ...
Federal Reserve admits it doesn’t have the authority to ban Bitcoin
If Senator Joe Manchin’s call for an outright ban on Bitcoin had you worried yesterday, there’s good news in store – apparently, the Federal Reserve has no authority to do so, and indeed, it’s doubtful it could even if it did have that authority. The word came straight from the horse’s mouth. Federal Reserve Chairwoman ...
UK spies oogled millions of kinky web cam chat sessions
It’s been quite a few weeks since the last, really shocking NSA revelation. But if you thought that there was nothing else to learn about the madness our nation and our allies’ spies have been getting up to, you were wrong. Very wrong. A new leak has just emerged via The Guardian newspaper, and shows ...
Lenovo vows to stem Motorola’s losses in just 18 months
Lenovo chief Yang Yuanqing made an appearance at Mobile World Congress earlier this week, and took the opportunity to confidently predict that the company can transform its loss-making acquisition Motorola within just six quarters once it completes its takeover. Yang made the bold claim whilst speaking to Bloomberg on the sidelines of MWC, insisting he ...