The Sun Newspaper HACKED

It appears Lulzsec is back.

The hacker group is claiming responsibility for the redirection of the UK?s Sun Newspaper website to a fake news site claiming the death of News International?s mogul Rupert Murdoch.

It currently appears only UK residents are witnessing the redirect, while for US visitors the site loads as normal.

More to follow, please refresh for updates.

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Windows Phone 7.5 to arrive as soon as next month?

Microsoft's latest update to its Windows Phone OS, codenamed Mango, may arrive sooner than many were expecting. Fujitsu will offer the very first Mango device, a waterproof phone called the IS12T, on KDDI as early as late next month, according to the Japanese publication Nikkei.

The phone will go for somewhere between 30,000 and 40,000 yen ($380 and $500), which is not that much given it will probably be a higher-end device. Of course, we won't know if that's really a good deal until we see all the Mango phones from Microsoft's various partners, a list which keeps growing.

Last week, Microsoft showed off four unannounced Windows phones from Acer, ZTE, Fujitsu, and Samsung. Nokia, which agreed to switch to Windows Phone as its primary platform, will also offer multiple Windows phones; the first one is codenamed Sea Ray.

Windows Phone 7.5 (codenamed Mango) is expected to begin rolling out this fall (check out our preview from last month). There is talk that Microsoft is already working on the next Windows Phone updates, codenamed Tango and Apollo. Last year, we heard of that the second major update to Windows Phone will be Apollo, due toward the end of 2012. At some point Microsoft will have to release Windows Phone 8. One of these updates could indeed be Windows Phone 8, or an update to Windows Phone 8.

It's generally accepted that Windows Phone is not selling well. AT&T Mobility CEO believes things will start to pick up with codename Mango and as the Windows Phone Marketplace gains more apps. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop meanwhile argues that Windows Phone scores better than Android and iPhone with consumers, but OEMs are doing their best work for Android. He believes that once Nokia starts doing its best work for Windows Phone, the platform will take off. Microsoft says it dreams of selling 100 million Windows phones per year.

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Is the Desktop Having an Identity Crisis?

Apple is widely expected to unveil a major update this week to OS X Lion, its operating system for desktop and laptop computers. Microsoft, meanwhile, is working on an even bigger overhaul of Windows, with a version called Windows 8.

Both new operating systems reflect a tectonic shift in personal computing. They incorporate elements from mobile operating systems alongside more conventional desktop features. But demos of both operating systems suggest that users could face a confusing mishmash of design ideas and interaction methods.

Windows 8 and OS X Lion include elements such as touch interaction and full-screen apps that will facilitate the kind of "unitasking" (as opposed to multitasking) that users have become accustomed to on mobile devices and tablets.

"The rise of the tablets, or at least the iPad, has suggested that there is a latent, unmet need for a new form of computing," says Peter Merholz, president of the user-experience and design firm Adaptive Path. However, he adds, "moving PCs in a tablet direction isn't necessarily sensible."

Someone who would agree is Cathy Shive, who developed software for Mac desktop applications for six years until switching to developing for iOS (Apple's operating system for the iPhone and iPad). "When I first saw Steve Jobs's demo of Lion, I was really surprised?I was appalled, actually," she says.

Shive is surprised by the direction both Apple and Microsoft are taking. One fundamental dictate of usability design is that an interface should be tailored to the specific context?and hardware?in which it lives. A desktop PC is not the same thing as a tablet or a mobile device, yet in that initial demo, "It seemed like what [Jobs] was showing us was a giant iPad," says Shive.

A subsequent demonstration of Windows 8 by Microsoft vice president Julie Larson-Green confirmed that Redmond was also moving toward touch as a dominant interaction mechanism. One of the devices used in that demonstration, a "media tablet" from Taiwan-based ASUS, resembled an LCD monitor with no keyboard.

Not everyone is so skeptical about Apple and Microsoft's plans. Lukas Mathis, a programmer and usability expert, thinks that on balance, this shift is a good thing. "If you watch casual PC users interact with their computers, you'll quickly notice that the mouse is a lot harder to use than we think," he says. "I'm glad to see finger-friendly, large user interface elements from phones and tablets make their way into desktop operating systems. This change was desperately needed, and I was very happy to see it."

Mathis argues that experienced PC users don't realize how crowded with "small buttons, unclear icons, and tiny text labels" typical desktop operating systems are.

Lion and Windows 8 solve these problems in slightly different ways. In Lion, file management is moving toward an iPhone/iPad-style model, where users launch applications from a "Launchpad," and their files are accessible from within those applications. In Windows 8, files, along with applications, bookmarks, and just about anything else, can be made accessible from a customizable start screen.

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Hardware 25 - What, no Tanks?

Hardware 25 - What, no Tanks?

Posted on 8th Jul 2011 at 14:20 by Podcast with 11 comments

It's been a while since our last podcast so James, Paul, Antony and Harry had plenty to talk about when they took their seats in the studio this week.

First on the agenda was James and Paul's trip to Computex in Taiwan, where they got to see what the industry had planned for the next six months. Certain things were of particular interest to us though such as the LGA2011 boards being shown at the exhibition.

The other big slice of news that's hit since our last podcast is the launch of AMD's new desktop Lynx processors. The APUs (as AMD calls them) are potentially interesting for those looking for a low cost rig that's also capable of gaming.

Finally, we sneak in a little discussion about Intel's new 50-core maths co-processor card and attempt to answer a reader question about thermal compound.

As always, we've also set up our weekly competition, the lucky winner of which will walk away with a brand new Corsair VX550W PSU.

Hardware 25 - What, no Tanks?

As ever, the bit-tech hardware podcast features music by Brad Sucks, and was recorded on Shure microphones. You can download the podcast direct, listen in-browser or subscribe through iTunes using the links below. Also, be sure to let us know your thoughts about the discussion in the forums.

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Both Sides Confident on Debt Talks Despite Impasse

?I do not believe that responsible leaders in Washington will force this to default,?  Jacob J. Lew, the White House budget office chief said on the ABC News program ?This Week.? ?All of the leaders of Congress and the president have acknowledged that we must raise the debt limit. And the question is how.?

Republicans made clear that they intended to vote this week on their ?cap, cut and balance? plan, which would cut the deficit, cap federal spending as a share of the economy and amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget. The changes would be made along with a provision that would lift the debt limit.

The proposal is expected to pass the House, but its fate is much less certain in the Senate, as Mr. Obama and Democratic lawmakers have made clear that they oppose the measure. That has not discouraged Republicans, who see the ?cap, cut and balance? proposal as a popular rallying point.

?That to me is the only plan that will work,? Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, said on the CNN program ?State of the Union.?

No formal negotiations are taking place this weekend. But Congressional leaders, appearing on the Sunday morning news shows, floated a variety of plans, a sign of just how far Congress is from any final deal.

Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, backed Mr. Obama?s proposal to cut $4 trillion in federal spending in the coming decade, while Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, sketched out a proposal, which is to be formally released on Monday, that will include as much as $9 trillion in reductions.

?We have a terrible track record, Republicans and Democrats alike, of promising to get our spending under control and never doing it,? Senator Coburn said on ?Face the Nation? on CBS.

Neither Senator Coburn nor Senator Durbin showed any sign of willingness to compromise, even as they agreed a deal must be reached ? and soon.

?We know what we need to do,? Senator Durbin said on ?Face the Nation.? ?The president does not need to spell it out. We need the political will to do it.?

The debate in the coming days is likely to be dominated by the Republicans? ?cap, cut and balance? proposal, even though Mr. Durbin said it had no chance of getting through the Senate.

Asked why Congress, with the nation at the verge of default, would waste its time on a measure that both sides know is unlikely become law, Mr. Durbin said the Democrats had no choice.

?The Republicans are insisting this debate take place before anything happens,? Mr. Durbin said. ?We have to check the boxes.?

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Gaming 29 - The Post-Pub Podcast

Gaming 29 - The Post-Pub Podcast

Posted on 17th Jul 2011 at 08:23 by Podcast with 4 comments

Custom PC veteran Phil Hartup and PC Pro's Mike Jennings join Joe and Paul for a late-night, post-pint rant. This episode of the podcast, perhaps because it's sponsored by alcohol, stumbles along with vague coherency through topics such as BioShock Infinite and Just Cause 2.

Mass Effect 2 is obligatorily drawn into the discussion too, as is tradition.

Boozy fumes aren't enough to stop us tackling the thorny issues, however - Phil explains why he expects Battlefield 3 will be a shoddy console port, while Joe shoots down the defence that 64-player multiplayer is something to be proud of.

*hic*


On top of that, Phil brings us a report on how APB: Reloaded is faring after being brought back from the dead, while Joe orates further on his favourite topic of the moment; Frozen Synapse.

As always, we've also got our weekly competition, which this time gives you a chance to win yourself a copy of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood on the PC and Raving Rabbids on the Nintendo 3DS. You can also find out who won the last competition and bagged themselves a Roccat Vire Gaming Headset.

As ever, the bit-tech hardware podcast features music by Brad Sucks, and was recorded on Shure microphones. You can download the podcast direct, listen in-browser or subscribe through iTunes using the links below. Also, be sure to let us know your thoughts about the discussion in the forums.

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Chevrolet offers 150,000 Spotify invites

Spotify has partnered with an odd company: Chevrolet. The car maker is offering an invitation to Spotify's free on-demand streaming service to the first 150,000 requests received through the Chevrolet Sonic tab on the Chevrolet Facebook Page.

Chevrolet is among Spotify's first US advertisers and the only automotive brand to support the company's US launch. Chevrolet markets the Sonic as the only subcompact car built in the US.

"Chevrolet continues to play a significant role in America's popular music culture as evidenced by the brand and vehicles being highlighted in hundreds of songs over the years," Kevin Mayer, director of Chevrolet Advertising, said in a staement. "Supporting Spotify's U.S. launch resonates with Chevrolet's long-standing tradition of bringing U.S. consumers a new way to listen and share music."

"We are very excited to be bringing Spotify to the U.S., and to be working with partners such as Chevrolet towards our goal of making all the world's music available for everyone to enjoy, whenever they want it and wherever they are," Ken Parks, chief content officer and managing director of Spotify North America, said in a statement.

After many months of rumors and speculation, Spotify officially arrived in the US last week. For $5 per month you get unlimited, on-demand access to over 15 million songs, while the $10 monthly plan adds offline storage of tracks and lets you use the Spotify client on your mobile device. You can opt out of either plan at any time. There's also a free, ad-supported option in case you want to test the waters first, and it comes with unlimited streaming as well ? unlike the European offering, which was recently capped at 10 hours per month. Unfortunately, the free option is in an invite-only beta phase so you'll have to get your email in the queue and be patient.

Four months ago, Spotify passed the 1 million subscriber mark, making it the biggest paid music service in the world. A recent leak showed that the company is projecting that the service will have 50 million US users in its first year of operation.

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Use It Or Lose It, a photo sharing app that helps you get rid of stuff

Last week we reported on how TechHub was boosting London?s tech scene. One of the startups currently being ?boosted? by Silicon Roundabout?s co-working space is Use it or Lose it (UseItOrLose.it).

Launched earlier this year by Stuart Robinson, a service designer and interface developer, Use it or Lose it is a photo sharing app that helps you lose things. Now, we don?t mean down-the-back-of-the-sofa ?losing?, more ?decluttering? and getting rid of all that spare stuff you have lying around at home.

The web app is pretty straightforward. The sign-up process takes seconds, and once your logged in, you?re presented with this blank canvas:

Click the upload button, select images of your clutter stored on your computer and they?re uploaded to your account. You can then create new labels, such as ?Books?, ?Stuff for sale?, or any category you wish to use. The labels are then tiered down the left-hand column, and you can drag-and-drop the images into relevant folders.

With a folder highlighted, you?re given a ?Share these as a collection? option at the bottom of the screen, which you click and a unique URL can be shared with on your Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Use It Or Lose It has a nice interface, and it is broadly intuitive, though there are parts that could be improved. For example, the ?Share these as a collection? button is tucked away at the very bottom of the screen and it?s not easy to see. Given this is one of the core functions of the Web app, it would make sense to have this feature made more prominent on the page.

But the Web app may not be the startup?s crowning glory. A dedicated iOS app was released in mid-June, which integrates with the iPhone camera and it has geo-tagging and instant uploading built-in.

The iOS app is actually really nice and it?s intuitive to use. It?s the mobile version of Use it or Lose it that is likely to sell you on the idea, though you may still be wondering about the exact use-cases of this app ? surely the need to ?get rid of stuff? doesn?t merit a dedicated app?

Well, there are apparently a number of reasons why you would want to use this app. For example, if you?re putting things into storage somewhere, you can keep track of what?s in your lockup. Or, if you?re lending stuff to friends, it could be used to help you remember who has what.

Maybe you have a collection of things ? be it stamps or Star Trek paraphernalia ? that you want to share with like-minded people? Use it or Lose it could potentially be put to use there too.

Overall, Use it or Lose it is a nice idea, accompanied by nice software and a nice design. It won?t appeal to everyone, but those who like to bring order to their lives and document their possessions for whatever reason could certainly find a use for this app.

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Is the Desktop Having an Identity Crisis?

Apple is widely expected to unveil a major update this week to OS X Lion, its operating system for desktop and laptop computers. Microsoft, meanwhile, is working on an even bigger overhaul of Windows, with a version called Windows 8.

Both new operating systems reflect a tectonic shift in personal computing. They incorporate elements from mobile operating systems alongside more conventional desktop features. But demos of both operating systems suggest that users could face a confusing mishmash of design ideas and interaction methods.

Windows 8 and OS X Lion include elements such as touch interaction and full-screen apps that will facilitate the kind of "unitasking" (as opposed to multitasking) that users have become accustomed to on mobile devices and tablets.

"The rise of the tablets, or at least the iPad, has suggested that there is a latent, unmet need for a new form of computing," says Peter Merholz, president of the user-experience and design firm Adaptive Path. However, he adds, "moving PCs in a tablet direction isn't necessarily sensible."

Someone who would agree is Cathy Shive, who developed software for Mac desktop applications for six years until switching to developing for iOS (Apple's operating system for the iPhone and iPad). "When I first saw Steve Jobs's demo of Lion, I was really surprised?I was appalled, actually," she says.

Shive is surprised by the direction both Apple and Microsoft are taking. One fundamental dictate of usability design is that an interface should be tailored to the specific context?and hardware?in which it lives. A desktop PC is not the same thing as a tablet or a mobile device, yet in that initial demo, "It seemed like what [Jobs] was showing us was a giant iPad," says Shive.

A subsequent demonstration of Windows 8 by Microsoft vice president Julie Larson-Green confirmed that Redmond was also moving toward touch as a dominant interaction mechanism. One of the devices used in that demonstration, a "media tablet" from Taiwan-based ASUS, resembled an LCD monitor with no keyboard.

Not everyone is so skeptical about Apple and Microsoft's plans. Lukas Mathis, a programmer and usability expert, thinks that on balance, this shift is a good thing. "If you watch casual PC users interact with their computers, you'll quickly notice that the mouse is a lot harder to use than we think," he says. "I'm glad to see finger-friendly, large user interface elements from phones and tablets make their way into desktop operating systems. This change was desperately needed, and I was very happy to see it."

Mathis argues that experienced PC users don't realize how crowded with "small buttons, unclear icons, and tiny text labels" typical desktop operating systems are.

Lion and Windows 8 solve these problems in slightly different ways. In Lion, file management is moving toward an iPhone/iPad-style model, where users launch applications from a "Launchpad," and their files are accessible from within those applications. In Windows 8, files, along with applications, bookmarks, and just about anything else, can be made accessible from a customizable start screen.

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Both Sides Confident on Debt Talks Despite Impasse

?I do not believe that responsible leaders in Washington will force this to default,?  Jacob J. Lew, the White House budget office chief said on the ABC News program ?This Week.? ?All of the leaders of Congress and the president have acknowledged that we must raise the debt limit. And the question is how.?

Republicans made clear that they intended to vote this week on their ?cap, cut and balance? plan, which would cut the deficit, cap federal spending as a share of the economy and amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget. The changes would be made along with a provision that would lift the debt limit.

The proposal is expected to pass the House, but its fate is much less certain in the Senate, as Mr. Obama and Democratic lawmakers have made clear that they oppose the measure. That has not discouraged Republicans, who see the ?cap, cut and balance? proposal as a popular rallying point.

?That to me is the only plan that will work,? Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, said on the CNN program ?State of the Union.?

No formal negotiations are taking place this weekend. But Congressional leaders, appearing on the Sunday morning news shows, floated a variety of plans, a sign of just how far Congress is from any final deal.

Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, backed Mr. Obama?s proposal to cut $4 trillion in federal spending in the coming decade, while Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, sketched out a proposal, which is to be formally released on Monday, that will include as much as $9 trillion in reductions.

?We have a terrible track record, Republicans and Democrats alike, of promising to get our spending under control and never doing it,? Senator Coburn said on ?Face the Nation? on CBS.

Neither Senator Coburn nor Senator Durbin showed any sign of willingness to compromise, even as they agreed a deal must be reached ? and soon.

?We know what we need to do,? Senator Durbin said on ?Face the Nation.? ?The president does not need to spell it out. We need the political will to do it.?

The debate in the coming days is likely to be dominated by the Republicans? ?cap, cut and balance? proposal, even though Mr. Durbin said it had no chance of getting through the Senate.

Asked why Congress, with the nation at the verge of default, would waste its time on a measure that both sides know is unlikely become law, Mr. Durbin said the Democrats had no choice.

?The Republicans are insisting this debate take place before anything happens,? Mr. Durbin said. ?We have to check the boxes.?

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