37718485
submission
jimboh2k writes:
The UK may have 16.9 million 'unused' IPv4 addresses but according to the department that owns them, they're not for sale. The Department of Work and Pensions says it would be too expensive to reallocate those addresses and, even if it did, it would not stave off IPv4 address exhaustion by much.
29193161
submission
jimboh2k writes:
Satellite operators Iridium and Thuraya have signed on to provide access for Twitter users outside of normal mobile coverage. The service acts like the SMS function already available on the social network, allowing users to tweet during emergencies.
24620496
submission
jimboh2k writes:
Apple has succeeded in blocking the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia until a final hearing can be heard in the case down under. The judgment on Thursday could effectively kill chances of the tablet ever launching properly in Australia after Samsung claimed further delays to the product would threaten hopes of gaining traction.
18101898
submission
jimboh2k writes:
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will use the 2011 Census of Population and Housing as a dry run for XML-based open source standards DDI and SDMX in a bid to make for easier machine-to-machine data, allowing users to better search for and access census datasets. The census will become the first time the open standards are used by an Australian Federal Government agency.
9513448
submission
jimboh2k writes:
The Sanwa Newtec 'PrePeat' (a play on the word 'repeat') RP-3100 prints on sheets of A4 plasticated paper that can allegedly be re-used up to 1,000 times. The printer uses heat transfer technology rather than ink, and so has no consumables.
