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- Facebook upgrades 'Operation Developer Love'
- Russia: 'We'll dump the ISS into the sea after 2020'
- Colleges prep joint plan for 1Gbps internet
- Fed budget cuts, lower mainframe sales hit Unisys
- SecurID breach cost RSA $66m
- Police arrest alleged LulzSec hacker 'topiary' in Scotland
- ITV eyes micropayments for <i>Corrie</i> specials
- LightSquared promises to replace satellite push-to-talk kit
- Fraud a growth sector as UK economy stalls
- Apple Flash buying clout will give it the ultrabook edge
- Virgin Media sees 36,000 cable customers scarper in Q2
- Sony Ericsson signals Xperia X10 Gingerbread update
- Adobe revs online forms and survey creator
- Military chip crypto cracked with power-analysis probe
- Avisen reports losses 3 times higher than sales
- Grassroots Brit project plans .app top-level domain bid
- Post Office banking collapses in computer fail
- Getronics sharpens chopper, eyes 2,500 of its people
- Anonymous, LulzSec go legit with PayPal boycott
- Dell Streak 7 Android tablet
- Koreans produce $3m glow-in-the-dark dog
- Developer fury as Google makes Android apps vanish
- Paypal chums with City cops against naughty music sites
- Dragon-owned Expansys bemoans weak UK gadget lust
- Digital singles all the rage in Europe
- George Lucas defeated by Stormtrooper helmet man
- Apple top of the tablet totem pole through 2015
- 4G-auction rural notspot scheme would actually be illegal
- Fingerprint scans learn to spot chopped-off fingers
- Canon crossbreeds mouse with adder
- UK data watchdog 'looking into' Google+ mission creep
- Oi, Android, get gaming sorted out NOW
- Power out again at Telecity
- Microsoft pushes Windows Phone Mango out to Japan
- Quantum mid-range DXi crushes Data Domain
- Let's talk about OpenFlow
- 'Directory traversal' attack becomes premier hack tool
- Market rationalist pigs get the best choice of totty
- US Navy orders laser machine guns
- Punters favour Amazon to block Apple tablet flood
- SanDisk attacks PC hard disks
- Councils dole out social-care payment smartcards
- Next 15in, 17in MacBook Pros to be MacBook Air skinny
- Freesat ITV Player out of beta
- Mozy puffs out pocket cloud for iPad, Android et al
- 'Up to' broadband claims out of control, says Ofcom
- Microsoft's MS-DOS is 30 today
- More on the ‘NBN hack’ that wasn’t
- iiNet signs with Pacific Fibre for future capacity
- Stuxnet clones may target critical US systems, DHS warns
| Facebook upgrades 'Operation Developer Love' Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:13 PM PDT Invisible friends now easier to createFacebook has made it easier for developers to test apps they create for the ginormous social-networking mega-site.… |
| Russia: 'We'll dump the ISS into the sea after 2020' Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:55 PM PDT US: 'Not so fast, Ivan'The deputy director of Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, says that the International Space Station will be knocked out of orbit and dumped into the sea after its mission is completed in 2020.… |
| Colleges prep joint plan for 1Gbps internet Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:45 PM PDT Not ready for prime timeMore than two-dozen US universities are banding together to bring one-gigabit internet connections to their surrounding communities in the hope of attracting new startups and innovation.… |
| Fed budget cuts, lower mainframe sales hit Unisys Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:16 PM PDT Swinging to a loss in Q2Lower overall spending by Uncle Sam and a slowdown in ClearPath mainframe purchases combined to push Unisys to a loss in the second quarter. Sales were off 9.6 per cent in Q2 to $937.2m, and the company posted a net loss of $11.6m compared to a gain of $120.2m in the year-ago period.… |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:17 AM PDT In 2nd quarter aloneThe security breach that targeted sensitive data relating to RSA's SecurID two-factor authentication product has cost parent company EMC $66m in the second quarter, The Washington Post has reported.… |
| Police arrest alleged LulzSec hacker 'topiary' in Scotland Posted: 27 Jul 2011 10:07 AM PDT Suspected of links to shear hackeryUK police have arrested a teenager suspected of being a central figure in the infamous LulzSec hacking crew.… |
| ITV eyes micropayments for <i>Corrie</i> specials Posted: 27 Jul 2011 08:23 AM PDT Because viewers are sure to love paying over and overITV says it will introduce micropayments for some web shows viewed through ITV Player, with January 2012 the most likely launch date. The idea is to show specials, or (pardon the jargon) "webisodes" of popular programmes such as Coronation Street.… |
| LightSquared promises to replace satellite push-to-talk kit Posted: 27 Jul 2011 08:02 AM PDT You're our only customers, please don't goAspirational network operator LightSquared has promised to replace customers' Push To Talk kit for free as it migrates them from a bankrupt satellite to one owned by the marginally-insane wannabe national network.… |
| Fraud a growth sector as UK economy stalls Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:43 AM PDT Firmjacking, clone websites boomFraud is staging a come back in the channel as crims gamble on the desperation of some fretful business owners in the harsh economic climate.… |
| Apple Flash buying clout will give it the ultrabook edge Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:39 AM PDT MacBook Airs set to be CHEAPER than rival kitApple may well have the price advantage when so-called "ultrabooks" debut later this year.… |
| Virgin Media sees 36,000 cable customers scarper in Q2 Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:23 AM PDT That's OK, they were only 'low-value' rabbleVirgin Media lost 36,000 customers in the three months ended 30 June, but the ISP isn't that bothered about what it described as "lower-value single and dual-play" punters.… |
| Sony Ericsson signals Xperia X10 Gingerbread update Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:04 AM PDT Latest smartphone Android, at lastSony Ericsson has posted Android 2.3 Gingerbread for last year's Xperia X10 smartphone.… |
| Adobe revs online forms and survey creator Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:00 AM PDT Dead simple FormsCentral gets 'evolutionary' makeoverHot on the heels of its acquisition of digital-signature firm EchoSign last week, Adobe's Acrobat Solutions team popped another piece into its online-documents puzzle with an upgrade to its fledgling web-form creator, FormsCentral.… |
| Military chip crypto cracked with power-analysis probe Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:54 AM PDT Akin to listening to safe tumblers, but with 'leccyGerman computer scientists have taken advantage of the powerful number-crunching abilities of graphics chips to demonstrate a practical attack on the encryption scheme in programmable chips.… |
| Avisen reports losses 3 times higher than sales Posted: 27 Jul 2011 06:33 AM PDT Who says there's no biz innovation in old Blighty?Reseller minnow Avison managed to pull an unusual set of results out of the bag today, reporting operating losses that are nearly three times higher than its sales.… |
| Grassroots Brit project plans .app top-level domain bid Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:42 AM PDT Having to call itself DotAppApp.com for nowA British-based community project has emerged with the aim of applying to run ".app" as a new top-level internet domain.… |
| Post Office banking collapses in computer fail Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:21 AM PDT Only cardboard cards for now, thanksAnyone hoping to access their Post Office bank accounts today is out of luck – a computer failure has blocked access at all 11,820 branches.… |
| Getronics sharpens chopper, eyes 2,500 of its people Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:18 AM PDT Time for some of you to be in IndiaDutch IT services provider Getronics is firing up to 2,500 staff to counter effects of the market slowdown in its homeland, but refused to be drawn on potential cuts to the UK workforce.… |
| Anonymous, LulzSec go legit with PayPal boycott Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:01 AM PDT Free the DDoS fourteen! Hm. Bored now, need more lulzHactivist collective Anonymous has called for a boycott of PayPal.… |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2011 05:00 AM PDT Affordable dual-core fondleslab, anyone?Review Despite the original Streak being one of the first devices of its type on the market, Dell's Android tablet didn't really set the word alight. A less than fresh version of Android, a high price tag and a distance between the screen corners too close to many a smartphone, all counted against it.… |
| Koreans produce $3m glow-in-the-dark dog Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:38 AM PDT Effulgent blacklight beagle can be switched on and offIt's been five long years since Taiwanese boffins brewed up a glow-in-the-dark pig, but one Reg reader's prayers* for the ultimate pet have finally appear to have been answered in the form of a fluorescent mutt.… |
| Developer fury as Google makes Android apps vanish Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:36 AM PDT Thirty pages of rages as Market goes haywireAndroid developers are furious about Google's changes to the way search works in the Android application marketplace.… |
| Paypal chums with City cops against naughty music sites Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:19 AM PDT We're not tools of the rights-holders!Paypal will cut funding to websites deemed 'illegal' by the music industry and the City of London Police, according to trade body the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).… |
| Dragon-owned Expansys bemoans weak UK gadget lust Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:58 AM PDT Peter Jones' etailer restructuresExpansys' fiscal 2011 numbers were boosted by several acquisitions and cost-cutting efforts, the firm has claimed.… |
| Digital singles all the rage in Europe Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:42 AM PDT Still don't make much dosh, thoughSales of digital singles across Europe rose 13 per cent in the first half of 2011 – although in many cases it is simply younger local markets playing catch-up. Almost 170 million were sold in all, Nielsen has reported.… |
| George Lucas defeated by Stormtrooper helmet man Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:36 AM PDT Beardy billionaire beaten by brave BritAndrew Ainsworth, the man who designed the Imperial Stormtrooper uniforms, has won the right to sell replicas.… |
| Apple top of the tablet totem pole through 2015 Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:35 AM PDT Android to topple iPad the following yearAndroid tablets won't outsell the iPad until 2016, one market watcher has claimed.… |
| 4G-auction rural notspot scheme would actually be illegal Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:26 AM PDT Would mean lockout, massive subsidyComment The Consumer Communications Panel has called for 4G money to be used to help build rural networks, which sounds eminently sensible but, as BT pointed out last month, would almost certainly be illegal too.… |
| Fingerprint scans learn to spot chopped-off fingers Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:18 AM PDT Also Gummi Bears, zombies, other common fakesWhat do Gummi Bears and amputated fingers have in common? They've both been demonstrated as techniques for defeating fingerprint scanners. Now, a German company called Dermalog Identification Systems is using the way skin changes colour under pressure to block both the soft sweet and the dead hand of the zombie from accessing systems protected by fingerprint scans.… |
| Canon crossbreeds mouse with adder Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:05 AM PDT Calculated risk?Canon has been busy genetically splicing technology and has released a computer mouse that doubles up as a calculator. Behold the X Mark I Mouse.… |
| UK data watchdog 'looking into' Google+ mission creep Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:01 AM PDT Google + Profiles – pseudonyms = privacy headache?Exclusive Blighty's Information Commissioner's Office is currently "looking into" Google's recent ID verification rejig, The Register has learned.… |
| Oi, Android, get gaming sorted out NOW Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:00 AM PDT Reg Hardware's resident gamer vents spleeniGamer On Christmas Day 2011 I'll pass a significant milestone. This year's baby-Jesus-knees-up will mark the thirtieth anniversary of my love affair with gaming. That's thirty trips around the Sun since I unwrapped, unboxed and played my first videogame - Fire on Game & Watch, if you're interested.… |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:42 AM PDT It has been ... 2 ... weeks since we tripped over a cableTelecity's Docklands hosting and back-up centre, Meridian Gate, is suffering a power outage.… |
| Microsoft pushes Windows Phone Mango out to Japan Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:38 AM PDT Rest of world gets to shout into fruit around XmasThe next version of Windows Phone, codenamed Mango, is with device manufacturers and looks like it will hit Japanese shelves in September, with the rest of the world having to wait a little longer.… |
| Quantum mid-range DXi crushes Data Domain Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:34 AM PDT We rule in entry-level open protocol applianceQuantum has a new mid-range DXi deduplicating disk backup box that crushes speed king Data Domain.… |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:25 AM PDT Software defined networks, Oh yesWhere they can, data networking equipment vendors like to arrange their proprietary products into vertically integrated stacks, with complex functions often "baked" into the hardware.… |
| 'Directory traversal' attack becomes premier hack tool Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:21 AM PDT Formerly little-known method now tops rankingsA lesser-known attack called directory traversal is the single most commonly used technique in real-world web application attacks.… |
| Market rationalist pigs get the best choice of totty Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:02 AM PDT Online dating means more choice - this is bad?Opinion One of the joys of The Guardian, or at least what I find to be one of the joys of the paper, is the clearly, obviously, bonkers insane stuff that sometimes manages to get in between those sheets of newsprint. You can be reading along and thinking, yes, OK, this might turn into something interesting, and then you're faced with someone who has clearly entirely lost all connection with reality.… |
| US Navy orders laser machine guns Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:27 AM PDT But keeps option to fire regular, enormous bulletsUS Navy warships will soon be equipped with fearful combination weapons mounts boasting both heavy machine-guns and high powered laser rayguns, it has been announced.… |
| Punters favour Amazon to block Apple tablet flood Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:24 AM PDT But it had better come up with something cheapSo you don't want an iPad, but you are keen on taking hold of a tablet. Which one are you going to go for? If a survey of fondleslab-fond shoppers is anything to go by, it'll be an Amazon job.… |
| Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:22 AM PDT Wants you to rip and replace with flashSanDisk has a new Ultra line, a cruise flash missile aimed at taking out PC and notebook hard drives and replacing them with much faster SanDisk SSDs.… |
| Councils dole out social-care payment smartcards Posted: 27 Jul 2011 01:02 AM PDT Making sure the customer doesn't get out of controlThree councils have begun to issue smart cards for social care recipients to pay for services under the personalised budget agenda.… |
| Next 15in, 17in MacBook Pros to be MacBook Air skinny Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:46 AM PDT Stand out by slimming downApple has completed development work in a 15in MacBook Air-skinny notebook, it has been claimed.… |
| Freesat ITV Player out of beta Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:24 AM PDT Service goes official on Humax boxesFreesat has added ITV Player to its selection of catch-up viewing services.… |
| Mozy puffs out pocket cloud for iPad, Android et al Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:24 AM PDT Mozying along to a showdown with iCloud, DropboxMozy has built iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android apps so UK users can access their backed up data stored in the Mozy cloud.… |
| 'Up to' broadband claims out of control, says Ofcom Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:02 AM PDT Speeds rise, but advertised speeds rise a lot fasterOfcom is still fretting over ISPs who punt services using the "up to" speeds rhetoric in their advertising campaigns.… |
| Microsoft's MS-DOS is 30 today Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:00 PM PDT Kudos to QDOSMS-DOS is 30 years old today. Well, kind of. On 27 July 1981, Microsoft gave the name MS-DOS to the disk operating system it acquired on that day from Seattle Computer Products (SCP), a hardware company owned and run by a fellow called Rod Brock.… |
| More on the ‘NBN hack’ that wasn’t Posted: 26 Jul 2011 06:08 PM PDT The Au Fed Police press conference, response from Platform NetworksMore details have emerged on the "NBN hacker" story, in which a 25-year-old truck driver using the handle "Evil" penetrated a company called Platform Networks.… |
| iiNet signs with Pacific Fibre for future capacity Posted: 26 Jul 2011 05:30 PM PDT Plan to build it and they will comePacific Fibre has secured another pre-build customer, with major Australian ISP iiNet signing on for capacity in 2014.… |
| Stuxnet clones may target critical US systems, DHS warns Posted: 26 Jul 2011 05:15 PM PDT Code samples raise concerns of variantsOfficials with the US Department of Homeland Security warned that hackers could attack the country's power generation plants, water treatment facilities, and other critical infrastructure with clones of the Stuxnet computer worm, which was used to disrupt Iran's nuclear-enrichment operations.… |
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