Canadian Conservative Party website defaced |
- Canadian Conservative Party website defaced
- Nintendo takes control with next-gen games console
- Microsoft goes bot herder hunting in streets of Russia
- Intel enlists universities in security wars
- Apple releases iTunes 10.3 with beta iCloud
- Fujitsu's Windows Azure cloud debuts this August
- Infosmack delivers burgers and bullets
- IBM tunes Xeon E7 appliances for VMware hypervisor
- 3D-printed bikini goes on sale
- Feds turn one in four black-hat hackers into snitches
- Griffin Cabinet Mount for iPad
- Microsoft fingered for Nokia's bleak future
- Tory terror changes promise moon on stick
- Facebook quietly switches on facial recognition tech by default
- Apple embraces 'n' extends messaging
- BBC Freesat tech switch zaps HD channels from 'old' boxes
- Brit censor stamps on <i>The Human Centipede</i>
- Play.com pummelled over purported piracy permissiveness
- Skype hangs up on users yet again
- Attorney General threatens Twitter injunction-busters
- Smart Fortwo Electric Drive e-car
- HP talks storage, convergence, integration
- 'Great Reversal' as world's forests stage a comeback
- Germans completely humourless: Official
- Chinese 'Twitter' breaks out of China
- Transition leaves frustrated corporates locked out of Google Groups
- The Impact of Cloud on IT
- Belching cattle apocalypse menace sniffed in cowpats
- Virgin Media gets VAT refund from HMRC
- Texas cinema texter becomes foul-mouthed movie star
- <i>FT</i> sticks it to Apple
- Sony unveils PlayStation telly
- Calyx Software seals two reseller acquisitions for £6m
- Dynamic ninjas kill off free DNS service
- Phoenix IT sales up but op profit down
- RSA makes token offer to worried customers
- Somerset council review criticises Southwest One
- Microsoft reveals revamped Xbox dashboard
- Apple iOS 5 and iCloud examined
- New 'liquid smart metal' can go hard or floppy
- NHS Direct
- Spot-the-fake site launched
- New Bluetooth profiles for heart rate, body temp kit
- Can virtualisation and cloud create flexible, scalable HPC environments?
- Aliph Jawbone Era motion sensing Bluetooth headset
- Men pocket $1.5m in alleged ATM skimming spree
- Embotics shoots low with V-Commander Cloud Edition
- Dear Ubuntu: The netbook is toast
- App Engine: Google's deepest secrets as a service
- Australian spectrum plan a win for carriers
| Canadian Conservative Party website defaced Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:18 PM PDT Reports of PM choking on hashbrowns greatly exaggeratedThe office of Canada's Prime Minister has rushed to set the record straight after hackers defaced that country's Conservative Party website and planted a press release falsely claiming PM Stephen Harper had been flown to a hospital emergency room after choking on breakfast.… |
| Nintendo takes control with next-gen games console Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:05 PM PDT Warm welcome for Wii UNintendo took to the stage at E3 today and revealed the highly-anticipated Wii successor that seeks to once again redefine the way we play games.… |
| Microsoft goes bot herder hunting in streets of Russia Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:26 PM PDT Rustock operators on noticeMicrosoft is taking its campaign against digital crime to the streets of Russia, placing ads in newspapers in Moscow and St. Petersburg in an attempt to track down the operators of the notorious Rustock spam botnet.… |
| Intel enlists universities in security wars Posted: 07 Jun 2011 11:56 AM PDT All research to be shared and open sourcedIntel has launched a security-research collaboration with major US universities, saying that all research results will be made public, and all software developed in the program will be open sourced.… |
| Apple releases iTunes 10.3 with beta iCloud Posted: 07 Jun 2011 11:04 AM PDT Jobsian purchases shared across multiple devicesApple has released a new version of iTunes that ties into a beta incarnation of the company's just announced iCloud web services.… |
| Fujitsu's Windows Azure cloud debuts this August Posted: 07 Jun 2011 10:15 AM PDT Whither HP and Dell?Using a platform cloud is supposed to be easy, but apparently building the hardware and software infrastructure is not so trivial. After unexplained delays, Fujitsu and Microsoft are finally getting ready to launch the first private label platform clouds based on Microsoft's Azure software stack.… |
| Infosmack delivers burgers and bullets Posted: 07 Jun 2011 09:44 AM PDT Got it tapedA big hello from the Infosmack, the world's best podcast about enterprise tech. Your hosts for episode 102 are Greg Knieriemen and Marc Farley with the Diva of Disruptive Technologies, Christina Weil and special guests this week are W. Curtis Preston ("Mr. Backup") of Backup Central Live and David Chapa of ESG.… |
| IBM tunes Xeon E7 appliances for VMware hypervisor Posted: 07 Jun 2011 09:33 AM PDT And HANA loves SAPThe mantra at IBM these days is workload-optimized systems, and the company is trying to make the sales pitch easier for itself and its reseller partners by tuning up server configurations to support specific workloads right out of the cardboard box.… |
| 3D-printed bikini goes on sale Posted: 07 Jun 2011 08:50 AM PDT Bristol fashionWe've seen 3D printers produce custom guitars, house keys and even the occasional gourmet meal. Now the technology is being used to build commercially viable fashion products too.… |
| Feds turn one in four black-hat hackers into snitches Posted: 07 Jun 2011 08:01 AM PDT Cracktivists beware...One in four criminal hackers turn snitches under pressure from US authorities.… |
| Griffin Cabinet Mount for iPad Posted: 07 Jun 2011 08:00 AM PDT Kitchen tabletTxt Take Daily product reviews in 140 characters...… |
| Microsoft fingered for Nokia's bleak future Posted: 07 Jun 2011 07:46 AM PDT Shares fall on ratings downgradeNokia shares are down slightly today on news that ratings agency Fitch has downgraded the company's lending rating from BBB+ to BBB-.… |
| Tory terror changes promise moon on stick Posted: 07 Jun 2011 07:07 AM PDT Doctors to predict future-bombers, blacklist for UK internetThe Home Secretary's revamped anti-terrorism strategy, Prevent, may include moves to blacklist some internet pages and websites.… |
| Facebook quietly switches on facial recognition tech by default Posted: 07 Jun 2011 06:56 AM PDT Tag, you're it. Zuckerberg amps up data-farming mission creepFacebook has rolled out its facial recognition technology to countries outside of the US, but has switched the feature on by default without telling its users first.… |
| Apple embraces 'n' extends messaging Posted: 07 Jun 2011 06:55 AM PDT iWalledGarden or iSilo? That'll do nicelyOnce upon a time there was POP3, and it was all so simple...… |
| BBC Freesat tech switch zaps HD channels from 'old' boxes Posted: 07 Jun 2011 06:48 AM PDT Shift to DVB-S2 sets punters a-grumbingThe BBC has annoyed some early Freesat supporters by switching the technology used to broadcast its HD channels over the free-to-air satellite service.… |
| Brit censor stamps on <i>The Human Centipede</i> Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:56 AM PDT 'Unacceptable' horror sequel DVD refused certificateThe British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has stamped firmly on the DVD sequel to low-budget movie The Human Centipede, refusing to certify the second installment of director Tom Six's horror series.… |
| Play.com pummelled over purported piracy permissiveness Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:26 AM PDT Etailer spanked for 'dodgy' software salesUPDATED Play.com has come under fire for failing to quickly clamp down on an alleged seller of pirated Microsoft software.… |
| Skype hangs up on users yet again Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:04 AM PDT More problems, less chatUpdated Users around the world once again experienced problems using Skype on Tuesday morning.… |
| Attorney General threatens Twitter injunction-busters Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:01 AM PDT 'Not something I particularly want to do'The government's chief legal adviser has warned that people who breach privacy injunctions by publishing details on micro-blogging site Twitter and other websites could be prosecuted for contempt of court.… |
| Smart Fortwo Electric Drive e-car Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:00 AM PDT Pop to the shopsReview If the key to making a good e-car is keeping the size and weight down then the Smart Fortwo - a fine example of what can be achieved with a clean sheet of paper, an open mind and no regard for such bourgeois eccentricities as rear seats or a boot - should make an ideal candidate for electrification.… |
| HP talks storage, convergence, integration Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:59 AM PDT Blogger overloadHere at HP Discover 2011 in Las Vegas and I coule already write a small book with all the announcements and information pumped out on the first day..… |
| 'Great Reversal' as world's forests stage a comeback Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:52 AM PDT Great news for treehuggers as burgeoning woods suck CO2Boffins report that forests worldwide are becoming bigger carbon sinks in a so-called "Great Reversal" after centuries of deforestation and decline.… |
| Germans completely humourless: Official Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:43 AM PDT Survey confirms stone-faced national stereotypeA survey of 30,000 people across 15 countries has confirmed what the world knew all along: Germans are completely humourless.… |
| Chinese 'Twitter' breaks out of China Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:41 AM PDT Sina Weibo to take on global customers (who want to toe the Party line)Popular Twitter clone Sina Weibo is planning to bust out of China before the end of the year, bringing additional features but maintaining state-mandated censorship.… |
| Transition leaves frustrated corporates locked out of Google Groups Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:25 AM PDT Catch 22.0Users are becoming increasingly frustrated that Google has been locking out users from Google Groups as the result of changes it made when it separated Google Apps accounts from Gmail and other consumer accounts around six months ago.… |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:14 AM PDT 'All change' or 'Steady as she goes'?Tech Panel if you've got a few minutes to spare, take a crack at our Cloud impact survey.… |
| Belching cattle apocalypse menace sniffed in cowpats Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:04 AM PDT Bullshit science - but in a good wayCattle experts in Blighty and Ireland say they have discovered a much better way of finding out just how much methane is emitted by the world's cows - and thus, how much of a greenhouse-gas problem cattle actually are - by carrying out a detailed analysis of cowpats.… |
| Virgin Media gets VAT refund from HMRC Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:00 AM PDT Now owes taxman £23.6mVirgin Media has received a refund of £81.5m from HM Revenues and Customs (HMRC) covering VAT payments.… |
| Texas cinema texter becomes foul-mouthed movie star Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:58 AM PDT Gobby customer feels full force of mobe ruleA Texas cinema with a strict no-mobe policy has demonstrated that it really means business by throwing out a persistent texter, then turning her mini-rant against ejection into a big screen trailer.… |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:52 AM PDT We don't need no steenking iTunesThe Financial Times is bypassing iTunes with the launch of its new iPad and iPhone application.… |
| Sony unveils PlayStation telly Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:32 AM PDT PS Vita - 2G PSP - tooAmid the inevitable PSN outage apologies, Sony has officially unveiled the PS Vita, as well as a PlayStation-branded TV which allows users to view two different outputs at the same time.… |
| Calyx Software seals two reseller acquisitions for £6m Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:24 AM PDT VC Jon Moulton splashes the cashPrivate equity veteran Jon Moulton's buy-and-build vehicle Better Capital has forked out £6m for Cheshire-based developer Trinity Computer Services and the software reselling arm of Touchstone Group to bolt onto Calyx Software.… |
| Dynamic ninjas kill off free DNS service Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:23 AM PDT Go premium or GTFO, website ownersHundreds of thousands of EveryDNS users have been told that their free domain name system service will be cut off by the end of August.… |
| Phoenix IT sales up but op profit down Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:22 AM PDT The highs and low of moving to the cloudRising demand for outsourced services boosted Phoenix IT Group's top line growth in fiscal 2011 but the cost of funding the firm's continued shift to the cloud saw operating profits dip.… |
| RSA makes token offer to worried customers Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:08 AM PDT Terribly sorryRSA has offered to replace its customers' security tokens following confirmation that an important customer had come under attack, in an incident made possible by an earlier high-profile hack against RSA's systems.… |
| Somerset council review criticises Southwest One Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:58 AM PDT Report says joint venture with IBM 'could do better'Somerset county council has gone public with criticisms of its Southwest One joint venture with IBM, following a review that led to the conclusion that it "could do better".… |
| Microsoft reveals revamped Xbox dashboard Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:46 AM PDT Remote control out; gesture, voice recognition inMicrosoft announced the next update to its Xbox dashboard yesterday, bringing a host of new features into play, including the introduction of voice search using Bing on the console which will be integrated with the firm's motion sensor tech, Kinect.… |
| Apple iOS 5 and iCloud examined Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:33 AM PDT We rate the key announcementsHail or Fail The keynote speech at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference may have kicked off with a demo of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion that we've seen before - the only real news was its launch date, July, and low price, $30 (£18) - but the iOS 5 and iCloud announcements were packed with juicy details.… |
| New 'liquid smart metal' can go hard or floppy Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:24 AM PDT Self-healing too. Insert mimetic polyalloy reference hereTop boffins in Germany and China say they have developed a remarkable new type of material which can switch from being strong and hard to soft and squashy at the touch of a button.… |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:00 AM PDT Nurse, the screen...Android App of the Week Welcome to the Age of the Weak. Got a sniffle? It's Bird Flu not a cold. Don't want to get out of bed in the morning? You're not workshy, you've got SAD.… |
| Posted: 07 Jun 2011 01:55 AM PDT ***GENUINE*** bargainThe Trading Standards Institute has launched a site to help consumers spot fake branded goods.… |
| New Bluetooth profiles for heart rate, body temp kit Posted: 07 Jun 2011 01:40 AM PDT Sticker can message you your kid's temperatureTwo Bluetooth profiles, covering heart rate and temperature monitoring, have been published today as the Bluetooth SIG continues trying to get the world excited by its Low Energy variant.… |
| Can virtualisation and cloud create flexible, scalable HPC environments? Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:33 AM PDT Reg reader says yesLive Now! Today at 11:00 BST we've got Reg reader Dr Rob Johnson, HPC God at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International, Tony Lock from Freeform Dynamics and Nick Hall at from Microsoft in our studio arguing that HPC is ready for prime time.… |
| Aliph Jawbone Era motion sensing Bluetooth headset Posted: 07 Jun 2011 12:00 AM PDT Do the shake 'n' chatReview Hands-free connections for mobile phones have come a long way from wired earpiece-and-microphone combos. Mind you, it's still a comic pleasure to see people using these as they hold the microphone near their mouths just to be sure. The arrival of Bluetooth nixed the cables but created problems of connectivity, complicated set-up procedures and often poor reliability.… |
| Men pocket $1.5m in alleged ATM skimming spree Posted: 06 Jun 2011 11:00 PM PDT Feds charge men with aggravated ID theftFour men have been charged with stealing $1.5 million from banks by using electronic devices to secretly record personal identification numbers as customers entered them into automatic teller machines and other gear.… |
| Embotics shoots low with V-Commander Cloud Edition Posted: 06 Jun 2011 10:00 PM PDT vCloud on the cheap for SMBsIf you are an SMB thinking of building a private cloud based on VMware's ESXi hypervisor and vCenter console, then Embotics wants you to think about using its V-Commander control freak instead of shelling out big bucks for VMware's vSphere tools or its full-on vCloud Director cloud fabric.… |
| Dear Ubuntu: The netbook is toast Posted: 06 Jun 2011 09:00 PM PDT Keep your head in the cloudsOpen...and Shut In the tech industry today, and particularly in mobile, you can make lots of money as a premium innovator (Apple's iOS) or as a mass-market commoditizer (Google Android). But it turns out that there's little room for more than one company in either category, That's why Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and RIM are struggling to compete with Apple, while Canonical, MeeGo, and others are falling behind Google.… |
| App Engine: Google's deepest secrets as a service Posted: 06 Jun 2011 08:50 PM PDT The software scales. But will the Google rulebook?Google will never open source its back end. You'll never run the Google File System or Google MapReduce or Google BigTable on your own servers. Except on the rarest of occasions, the company won't even discuss the famously distributed software that underpins its sweeping collection of web services.… |
| Australian spectrum plan a win for carriers Posted: 06 Jun 2011 08:30 PM PDT Emergency services elbowed up to 800 MHz bandAustralia's attorney-general has re-ignited the carriers-versus-emergency-services, creating a steering committee to develop a mobile broadband plan for public safety agencies.… |
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