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• 16 May 2013

• News: Summary: New Maps, upgraded Google+ headline 2013 Google I/O keynote

  Google didn't blow people away with its Wednesday morning keynote at the Google I/O developer conference. No new version of Android, no talk of Google Glass, no skydiving Fred Armisen (bummer). Instead, Google gave developers a host of new goodies and announced new features and services that seemed impressive, even if they didn't knock people's socks off. Get a look at the big stories to come out of this year's keynote.

• News: Hello, Larry! Google's Page on negativity, laws, and competitors

  [Google CEO Larry Page appeared at the end of Wednesday's Google I/O 2013 keynote, making a long statement and then answering audience questions. Here's our complete transcript, compiled by the nimble fingers of Jason Snell and Amber Bouman. Check back later for deep-dive analysis of what Page said.]

• News: Hands on with Hangouts, Google's swipe at Facebook

  Let's cut to the chase: Google's new Hangouts app is an over-the-top mobile messaging service in the vein of Whatsapp, Kik, and Facebook Messenger. Google is not reinventing the wheel here. But unlike its competitors, Hangouts offers group video chats. Therein lies the appeal.

• News: Remains of the Day: Anybody want a peanut?

  The DOJ wants to put Apple on ice for collusion on ebooks' price. Elsewhere, if an iPhone button wiggles, is it more than just a niggle? And to get some relief, Siri asks you to please keep it brief. The remainders for Wednesday, May 15, 2013 like to rhyme all of the time.

• News: Microsoft Surface Pro to hit Aussie stores on 30 May

  In a blog post yesterday, Microsoft confirmed the availability of the Surface Pro in Australia. The long-awaited Windows 8 tablet will be ready for purchase locally from Thursday 30 May, either from the Microsoft Store or from retailers Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi.

• News: Internode extends mobile handset range

  Internet service provider (ISP), Internode, has extended its range of mobile handsets offered with its NodeMobile call plans, by adding the new Samsung Galaxy S4 to its line-up.

• News: Turnbull criticises government's NBN budget cuts

  Malcolm Turnbull has criticised the Federal Government for budget cuts to the National Broadband Network (NBN).

• News: Amazon gives DynamoDB a performance boost

  Amazon Web Services is improving the performance of its DynamoDB database service with Parallel Scan, which gives users faster access to their tables.

• News: NetSuite unveils update for SuitePhone mobile app

  NetSuite has updated its ERP mobile client, announcing a range of new features for the iPhone application.

• News: Oracle renumbers Java patch updates, confuses users even more

  Oracle has changed the numbering of its Java security updates, prompting one expert to say, "As if Java updates weren't confusing already."

• News: Japan warns solar flares could harm GPS, satellites, power lines

  A Japanese government institute has warned that satellite transmissions, GPS readings, and power lines could be affected over the next two weeks if a recent spate of solar flares continues.

• News: How to keep the feds from snooping on your cloud data

  A growing number of SaaS providers offer secure encryption log-in to Dropbox and other cloud storage vendors, meaning even they can't access the data you store. And neither can the government.

• News: Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition unveiled

  At its Google I/O 2013 developer conference, Google announced it will sell a version of the Galaxy S4 running stock Android.

• News: German online copyright law to take effect in August

  A German online copyright law that will give publishers the exclusive right to the commercial use of their publications on the Internet will come into effect on Aug. 1.

• News: Microsoft Surface Pro UK release date and pice

  Microsoft has finally announced that its Surface Pro tablet will go on sale in the UK by the end of May.

• News: Copyright owners denied class status in YouTube suit

  A federal court in New York has denied class certification to copyright owners in an infringement lawsuit against YouTube over unauthorized hosting of content, stating that copyright claims have only superficial similarities.

• News: SAP attracts new customers with Suite on HANA – but not Oracle's

  SAP's announcement earlier this year that it is making its widely used Business Suite applications available on its in-memory database technology, HANA, has led to new customers signing up to the solution – but it is yet to draw Oracle's application customer base into the fold.

• News: Halfords pushes PC lifecycle management strategy

  Car maintenance and cycling retailer Halfords has deployed a new PC lifecycle management system to cover over 700 devices across two central offices.

• News: UK leads in M2M market says analyst

  The UK is leading other major countries in the European mobile machine-to-machine (M2M) market, according to market analyst Frost & Sullivan.

• News: Sheffield Hallam University improves SSO and application delivery

  Sheffield Hallam University is saving up to £20,000 a year and eliminating "tens of hours of downtime every month" with an improved single sign-on system and application delivery controller.

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