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- HP dubs Oracle 'bitter antagonist' in Itanic spat
- Google urges background tab websites to throttle themselves
- Apple iOS 5 gets web 3D...for ads only
- Give VDI the personal touch
- Can Big Blue survive another century?
- GeoTrust founders offer free SSL
- Obama's data.gov CIO quits White House
- Latest Hubble Snaptastic goodness: Centaurus A
- Twin-screen LG smartphone spied
- BioWare latest hack victim
- Facebook fuels Israeli cottage cheese insurgency
- When tuning the server, don't forget the network
- Microsoft blesses elite brotherhood to service big customers
- UK operators band together for NFC revenue
- Germany opens cyberdefence centre to protect water, electricity
- Site offers 24m PNRs from the past
- DARPA issues call for notions on Starship-for-2111 plan
- LucasArts Day of the Tentacle
- Mozilla pushes out final Firefox 5 test build
- Boffins brew up formula for consummate cuppa
- Cloud: Do Reg readers care?
- Lenovo chief says netbook's day is done
- X-51A hydrocarb scramjet flames out in second test
- Facebook's mega-billion-dollar bubble ... will it float?
- UK.gov's 'public data' wagon spews out civil service lists
- Be happy in the cloud with the right SLA
- Facebooking juror gets 8 months
- TeleWare makes telephony a little more cloudy
- Woman puts shout-out for hitman on Facebook
- Chris Chant: We've cut central gov websites
- MP demands government rethink on Digital Economy Act
- Snapseed
- Sony releases Android music streamer
- Iranian pimp plates arse up Afghan car sales
- 'Spongiforma squarepantsii' lifeform found in Borneo
- Microsoft warns on support scams
- Google sees 15% speed boost with HTTP tweak
- Ten... Premium Android smartphones
- Nintendo: no DVD, BD playback for Wii U
- LulzSec claims responsibility for CIA.gov outage
- FTTN too expensive says Graeme Samuel
- Man says he lost $500,000 in virtual currency heist
- HP sues Oracle over Itanic withdrawal
- Rupert and Wendi go shopping in China
- Microsoft juices C++ for massively parallel computing
- Chandra tags ancient black holes
- SGI boasts of Altix UV installs
- Gummint security is utterly hopeless
| HP dubs Oracle 'bitter antagonist' in Itanic spat Posted: 16 Jun 2011 02:44 PM PDT Anti-Hurd mentalityHindsight is always at least 20/20. But sometimes it is 20/15 or even 20/10. Maybe Hewlett-Packard should have bought the server and storage business from Sun Microsystems and argued to keep Solaris and let Oracle eat Java, which is what the company really wanted to get ahold of once it became clear that IBM was not going to buy Sun back in early 2010.… |
| Google urges background tab websites to throttle themselves Posted: 16 Jun 2011 02:43 PM PDT Here, use this APIGoogle has urged website developers to use Chrome's experimental Page Visibility API to reduce their sites' activities when they're not actually being viewed by browser users.… |
| Apple iOS 5 gets web 3D...for ads only Posted: 16 Jun 2011 10:24 AM PDT iAds does WebGLApple's iOS 5 mobile operating system will include support for WebGL, the emerging standard building hardware-accelerated 3D graphics with JavaScript. But WebGL will only be available to developers building iPhone and iPad advertisements via the company's iAd platform.… |
| Posted: 16 Jun 2011 09:00 AM PDT Settings anxiety can be seriousDV Virtualising servers may be beset by technical challenges but rarely by political ones. When virtualising the desktop, however, things get far stickier.… |
| Can Big Blue survive another century? Posted: 16 Jun 2011 08:37 AM PDT 100 down, 100 to goBig Blue, which more than any other company defined the modern IT industry, turns 100 today. Such longevity is an accomplishment that most corporations can only aspire to, and there is no guarantee, as IBM's near-death experience in the early 1990s aptly demonstrated, that it will be relevant, much less viable, for the next century.… |
| GeoTrust founders offer free SSL Posted: 16 Jun 2011 08:17 AM PDT Ex-execs try to smack down rivals with free basic validation certificatesFour former GeoTrust executives have returned to the SSL market after a five-year absence with the formation of a new company, AffirmTrust, which will compete with their alma mater.… |
| Obama's data.gov CIO quits White House Posted: 16 Jun 2011 08:13 AM PDT Cloudy czar Vivek Kundra skips away from funding crisisThe man behind the launch of the US government's Data.gov website, which is undergoing a funding crisis, is standing down from his job as federal CIO.… |
| Latest Hubble Snaptastic goodness: Centaurus A Posted: 16 Jun 2011 08:05 AM PDT Thrilling peek at galactic neighbour's gloriesPic Boffinry chiefs in control of the mighty Hubble Space Telescope have released the latest imagery from its most advanced instrument, Wide Field Camera 3, of the relatively nearby galaxy Centaurus A - well known for its spectacular space dust clouds.… |
| Twin-screen LG smartphone spied Posted: 16 Jun 2011 07:21 AM PDT Split keyboard splits opinionCheck this bad boy out. Unearthed at an event in London this week, this mysterious LG handset features a slide-out Qwerty keyboard split in twain by a second display, seemingly used to launch apps.… |
| Posted: 16 Jun 2011 07:18 AM PDT Now more real lady lesbian bloggers than secure passwords on the internetElectronic Arts, owner of BioWare, is asking users of the Neverwinter Nights forums to re-register on the site after hackers stole several thousand accounts.… |
| Facebook fuels Israeli cottage cheese insurgency Posted: 16 Jun 2011 07:03 AM PDT Curdish revolt, Jews for cheeses, etcFacebook has once again been deployed in support of a Middle-Eastern insurgency, this time aimed at bringing down the tyrannical pricing of Israeli cottage cheese.… |
| When tuning the server, don't forget the network Posted: 16 Jun 2011 07:00 AM PDT Polish up your performanceIt really doesn't matter how you configure your servers, how many processor cores they have or how much memory: if the network doesn't have the bandwidth to service their needs, they will seem slow.… |
| Microsoft blesses elite brotherhood to service big customers Posted: 16 Jun 2011 06:43 AM PDT The league of slightly less ordinary gentlemenMicrosoft has anointed a secret guild of Large Account Resellers to service its biggest licensing customers in the UK.… |
| UK operators band together for NFC revenue Posted: 16 Jun 2011 06:25 AM PDT Gang of three (not including Three)Vodafone, Telefonica UK and Everything Everywhere have banded together to create a clearing house for NFC applications, providing a single point of contact for cross network applications.… |
| Germany opens cyberdefence centre to protect water, electricity Posted: 16 Jun 2011 06:17 AM PDT Infrastructure the most important target for cybercriminalsGermany today launched its new cyberdefence facility in Bonn, dedicated to defending the country's critical infrastructure, including its electricity and water supply. The facility is believed to be the first of its kind in Europe.… |
| Site offers 24m PNRs from the past Posted: 16 Jun 2011 05:58 AM PDT Emigration no escape from genealogistsTen Pound Poms, and other emigres, can now be traced via a genealogy site which has got access to passenger name lists from ships leaving the UK between 1890 and 1960.… |
| DARPA issues call for notions on Starship-for-2111 plan Posted: 16 Jun 2011 05:56 AM PDT 'We want an organisation able to squash the USA like a bug'Wild-hare Pentagon boffinry bureau DARPA continues to forge ahead with its radical plan to get the first manned interstellar spaceships headed out of the solar system by the year 2111.… |
| Posted: 16 Jun 2011 05:29 AM PDT So long, suckers!Antique Code Show Dr. Fred: I think I've made myself totally clear. Step one, find plans. Step two, save world. Step three, get out of my house! Let's get cracking!… |
| Mozilla pushes out final Firefox 5 test build Posted: 16 Jun 2011 05:03 AM PDT Silence of the browser lambsMozilla plans to release the next small-fry iteration of its Firefox browser next week.… |
| Boffins brew up formula for consummate cuppa Posted: 16 Jun 2011 05:01 AM PDT Enjoyment = Milk x Caffeine²Here at Reg Hardware, we rely on a regular supply of fresh tea in order to function properly. We'd like to think we're rather good at brewing our bevvies too, but apparently there is actually a science to it.… |
| Posted: 16 Jun 2011 05:00 AM PDT Survey resultsReader Research Our thanks to all of you who took part in our recent El Reg Cloud survey. Our research partner Dale Vile of Freeform Dynamics has written up a study based on the results - it's free to download and no registration is required. Here are some choice cuts:… |
| Lenovo chief says netbook's day is done Posted: 16 Jun 2011 04:54 AM PDT Tablet to take 15 per cent of world PC bizLenovo has called time on the netbook, stating that the mini-laptop's life is now "pretty much over".… |
| X-51A hydrocarb scramjet flames out in second test Posted: 16 Jun 2011 04:36 AM PDT Stupid hurricane keeps blowing out our matchThe quest for practical hypersonic aircraft (or missiles, if that's what you like) suffered another setback on Monday when the second X-51A hydrocarbon-burning scramjet test vehicle had its engine flame go out above the Pacific and was unable to restart.… |
| Facebook's mega-billion-dollar bubble ... will it float? Posted: 16 Jun 2011 04:02 AM PDT Only time will tell if stalker book valuation is validSo just how much is Facebook going to be worth by the time it eventually IPOs? Given that prediction, especially about the future, is very difficult, who knows?… |
| UK.gov's 'public data' wagon spews out civil service lists Posted: 16 Jun 2011 04:00 AM PDT Nevermind pub sec unrest, look at these pretty chartsAs disquiet over pay and pensions among civil servants throughout the land looks set to lead to strikes aplenty later this month, the Cabinet Office has been busy compiling lists about its public sector workers to underline its "transparency" pledge.… |
| Be happy in the cloud with the right SLA Posted: 16 Jun 2011 04:00 AM PDT Fine print reveals providers' true intentionsCloud services are not perfect. They are run on computers, by technical people, for customers: a triumvirate of imperfection.… |
| Facebooking juror gets 8 months Posted: 16 Jun 2011 03:48 AM PDT Jailed over msg lolJoanne Fraill, the juror who admitted contacting an acquitted defendant during a drugs trial, has been sentenced to eight months in prison.… |
| TeleWare makes telephony a little more cloudy Posted: 16 Jun 2011 03:44 AM PDT Mobile phone, fixed infrastructureTeleWare has launched an enterprise MVNO that routes every call through the office PBX, reducing the mobile carrier to a bit pipe at best.… |
| Woman puts shout-out for hitman on Facebook Posted: 16 Jun 2011 03:41 AM PDT Offers 'a stack to kill my baby father'A Philadephia woman who decided it was a bright idea to publicly recruit a hitman on Facebook is behind bars after the intended victim's mum spotted her murderous solicitation.… |
| Chris Chant: We've cut central gov websites Posted: 16 Jun 2011 03:39 AM PDT Only 300-400 left after efficiency driveThe Cabinet Office's interim executive director for digital government says that progress has been made on rationalising Whitehall's websites.… |
| MP demands government rethink on Digital Economy Act Posted: 16 Jun 2011 03:29 AM PDT Calls for repeal of proposed web-blocking lawsA Liberal Democrat MP is demanding a repeal of the Digital Economy Act having tabled an early day motion in Parliament yesterday, which so far has gained nine signatures from across the political spectrum.… |
| Posted: 16 Jun 2011 03:00 AM PDT Tap'n'tweak your picturesiOS App of the Week I decided to dip back into photography apps this week, following the news that the iPhone 4 is now the second most popular source of photo uploads on Flickr – just a whisker behind Nikon's D90 DSLR.… |
| Sony releases Android music streamer Posted: 16 Jun 2011 02:41 AM PDT Subscribe to tunes for your smartphoneSony has released an Android app that will connect the smartphone OS to its Qriocity music shop, now the service is back online following the infamous PlayStation Network outage.… |
| Iranian pimp plates arse up Afghan car sales Posted: 16 Jun 2011 02:33 AM PDT Buyers shun '39' numberplates of shameAn Iranian pimp dubbed "39" has been fingered as the possible cause of a dramatic slump in car sales in the Afghan capital Kabul, Reuters reports.… |
| 'Spongiforma squarepantsii' lifeform found in Borneo Posted: 16 Jun 2011 02:19 AM PDT Bizarre rubbery sponge-shroom stuns jungle boffinsBoffins have discovered a strange new type of spongy mushroom in the island rainforests of Borneo and decided to name it Spongiforma squarepantsii in homage to the well-known American cartoon featuring a talking sponge who lives under the sea.… |
| Microsoft warns on support scams Posted: 16 Jun 2011 01:59 AM PDT Thousands still falling for old-school tech support swindleA survey from Microsoft reveals just how widespread the fake tech support call scam is becoming.… |
| Google sees 15% speed boost with HTTP tweak Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:08 PM PDT All Google SSL connections now SPDYVelocity Google is now using its HTTP-boosting SPDY protocol to accelerate almost all SSL web traffic between Chrome browsers and its many web services, and according to Mike Belshe, an engineer on Google's Chrome team, the protocol is juicing performance by more than 15 per cent on average.… |
| Ten... Premium Android smartphones Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:00 PM PDT Hardcore handsetsProduct Round-up Android handsets have been steadily stealing Apple's smartphone thunder for a while now, due in part to their variety – the range runs the gamut from cheap and (not very) cheerful to the heights of the very latest technology. This round-up pulls together the latter type, with the very best on offer from the major manufacturers. Some offer Android in its raw form, but most have been augmented with additional user interfaces and designer tweaks. They're all deliciously different and offer a snapshot of the state of the art in Android development – be prepared for high-end cameras, retina-searing screens, dual-core processors, HDMI connections and much, much more.… |
| Nintendo: no DVD, BD playback for Wii U Posted: 15 Jun 2011 10:00 PM PDT Not Invented HereNintendo's next-gen console, the Wii U, will, like its predecessor, have no DVD playback capabilities. It won't play Blu-ray Discs, either.… |
| LulzSec claims responsibility for CIA.gov outage Posted: 15 Jun 2011 06:23 PM PDT Website goes down brieflyLulzSec, the hacking and prankster collective that has attacked the US Senate, Sony, and the Fox and PBS television networks, has struck again, claiming it was behind an assault that took down the website for the Central Intelligence Agency.… |
| FTTN too expensive says Graeme Samuel Posted: 15 Jun 2011 06:00 PM PDT Departing ACCC chair's thoughts on the NBNGraeme Samuel, outgoing chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and sparring partner of former Telstra executive Phil Burgess, has said the fibre-to-the-node network once proposed by Telstra would have been a financial disaster for the government.… |
| Man says he lost $500,000 in virtual currency heist Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:29 PM PDT Digital coins: As discreet as cash – and |
| HP sues Oracle over Itanic withdrawal Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT Oracle again insists Itanium is sinkingHewlett-Packard has sued Oracle, just like it threatened it might last week, over the software giant's refusal to support the Itanium processor with future releases of its database, middleware, and application software.… |
| Rupert and Wendi go shopping in China Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:30 PM PDT Grab stake in P2P giant ahead of US$200m IPOThe Murdochs are taking another stab at the Chinese media market, confirming a US$29.4 million stake in Chinese P2P video site Xunlei, which has filed for a US$200 million Nasdaq IPO.… |
| Microsoft juices C++ for massively parallel computing Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:02 PM PDT Plug in the AMPFusion Summit Microsoft has announced a new technology designed to help C++ developers build massively parallel applications. Known as C++ Accelerated Massive Parallelism – or C++ AMP for short – the technology will be included in the next version of the company's Visual C++ compiler, and Microsoft plans to open up the specification for others to use.… |
| Chandra tags ancient black holes Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:00 PM PDT 'Growing like gangbusters'Black holes may have been all over the early universe, according to new findings announced by NASA.… |
| SGI boasts of Altix UV installs Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:46 PM PDT Prefabs Hadoop clusters to chew big dataSupercomputer maker Silicon Graphics says it has shipped more than 500 of its Altix UV line of machines in the past year, perhaps a larger number than you thought was possible and possibly indicative of the benefit of selling a Xeon-based system over one based on Itanium processors.… |
| Gummint security is utterly hopeless Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:27 PM PDT Auditor strolls through West Oz networksIn the kind of report that really spoils your day, Western Australia's Auditor-General has presented the findings of a study into that state's government network security. The finding? Fourteen out of the 15 agencies subjected to "hostile scans" of their networks failed to notice anything amiss.… |
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