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- Homeland Security bungles 'pre-crime' tech test docs
- Microsoft gets trademark for retail store plans
- Job creation better than expected in the US
- Oracle settles with Feds over price gouging
- Galaxy Tab Oz ban ruling due next week
- Cloud on the rise (Love JANET)
- This Dianamania is a slur on Jobs
- Ofcom admits 4G auction will slip
- Ellison's cloud conversion is good for business
- Skye IT goes titsup
- Geek girls lauded on Ada Lovelace Day
- Samsung, Micron bake 3D chips for next-gen RAM
- AmEx 'debug mode left site wide open', says hacker
- Google hits the boozer with own brand of beer
- 'Silent majority' is content with elderly Java, says startup
- Visa muscles into Olympic pay-by-wave with microSD kit
- Old Napster guy’s fan letter to Spotify upstart
- HP names Ubuntu top dog for OpenStack cloud
- BT hauls Digital Economy Act back to court
- IE security hole sewn up for Patch Tuesday
- Post-pub nosh deathmatch: Kapsalon v quesadillas
- Starbucks extends gratis Wi-Fi to UK
- Sony wants Ericsson's half of their mobile biz
- Samsung, Google delay next-gen Nexus launch
- Furious HP staff stage protest over job cuts
- Here come hypervisors you can trust
- Lightsabres to illuminate Christmas dinner
- Virgin extends network with Orange
- Microsoft's €5.9bn Skype slurp to get EU rubber stamp
- London 2012 Olympics: 17000 athletes, 11000 computers
- Google Books app splurts 3 million titles in UK launch
- <em>El Reg</em> drives Cloud Summit
- Sony tempts Potter fans with free 3D BDs
- Cambridge Audio iD100 hi-fi dock
- HP denies shipping TouchPad tablets with Android
- Samsung predicts galactic profits
- HTC brings Beats to bigger blower
- ISPs must be honest to keep net neutrality alive, say watchdogs
- Altec Lansing iMT630
- MS kills, un-kills Zune HD media player
- Gay.xxx sells for $500,000
- Quote of the Week: 'I shave my balls for <i>this</i>?'
- IBM attracts Crocus to magnetic RAM biz
- TomTom ties up traffic with Top Gear
- Open Range rural broadband goes titsup
- TDK fires up LASERS to double hard drive capacity
- MoJ shops for ICT provider for Her Majesty's prisons
- Mixing network traffic types on Ethernet
- Panasonic HM-TA20 underwater camcorder
- Intellectual Ventures wages patent war on Motorola
| Homeland Security bungles 'pre-crime' tech test docs Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:16 PM PDT Minority Report surveillance didn't submit the paperworkThe US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been testing its behavioral monitoring CCTV system on the public without the proper paperwork.… |
| Microsoft gets trademark for retail store plans Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:15 PM PDT Sadly no way to copyright coolMicrosoft has been awarded a trademark on its design for a store selling all things high tech.… |
| Job creation better than expected in the US Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:06 PM PDT Pink slips for IT workers, thoughSome good news out of the US economy. Job creation was better than expected in September, according to a report released today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Better still, more jobs were apparently created in July and August than expected.… |
| Oracle settles with Feds over price gouging Posted: 07 Oct 2011 12:01 PM PDT Larry loses one – actually, 199.5 million of themSoftware giant Oracle has settled a fraud suit launched by the US government to the tune of $199.5m, the US Department of Justice has announced.… |
| Galaxy Tab Oz ban ruling due next week Posted: 07 Oct 2011 11:03 AM PDT Apple, Samsung wait with bated breathThe Australian court's ruling on Apple's injunction request against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the country is now expected next week.… |
| Cloud on the rise (Love JANET) Posted: 07 Oct 2011 10:31 AM PDT A Modular, hybrid success storyBroadcast Dr Phil Richards from Loughborough University heads into The Reg studios on October 20th at 10am (BST) to tell us how he's building modular hybrid clouds.… |
| This Dianamania is a slur on Jobs Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:34 AM PDT Let's remember him properlyOpinion Steve Jobs was a remarkable and fascinating businessman, and by some distance the most interesting and accomplished personality operating in an important corner of the economy. He had a respect for the intelligence of human beings and their ambition, and potential – showing an optimism which is rare in a cynical industry. And Jobs left us far too early.… |
| Ofcom admits 4G auction will slip Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:14 AM PDT More consultation aimed at placating all partiesStruggling to cope with responses to its consultation, Ofcom will refine its 4G auction proposals for the end of 2011, and seek feedback with a view to commencing in Q4 2012.… |
| Ellison's cloud conversion is good for business Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:04 AM PDT Skeptic turned evangelist to win CIOsOpen...and Shut For those agnostics who continue to doubt the reality of cloud adoption, there are two clear signs: the adoption of Amazon's public cloud and Larry Ellison's public cloud creation. The first is a sign of the appetite for cloud while the latter is a suggestion that even the cloud laggards have eventually found their way to their seats. Now if someone would just tell the CIOs...… |
| Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:49 AM PDT Reseller hits the wall after credit dries upSkye IT has gone into administration today after running into financial difficulties, appointing Taylor Aitken to manage the wind-down.… |
| Geek girls lauded on Ada Lovelace Day Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:32 AM PDT Tweets, sites big-up world's boffins of the female persuasionToday was Ada Lovelace Day, a day for commemorating women's contribution to science and technology, named after the woman who is widely credited as being the world's first computer programmer.… |
| Samsung, Micron bake 3D chips for next-gen RAM Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:05 AM PDT Not-particularly-cube-shaped cubes prove fasterWe're hitting a memory wall, if you didn't know, and processor cores are going to be held up because DRAM can't scale up enough or ship 'em data fast enough. Samsung and Micron aim to fix that with 3D memory cubes and a consortium to define an interface spec for them.… |
| AmEx 'debug mode left site wide open', says hacker Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:46 AM PDT Customer cookies 'at risk'An alleged vulnerability on American Express site exposed customers to a serious security risk before the credit card giant closed down a portion of its site on Thursday afternoon.… |
| Google hits the boozer with own brand of beer Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:39 AM PDT What ales thee?Google's investments over the years have pushed the company's foot through many a door. However, its latest venture still comes as quite a surprise. The Internet tech-firm is now producing beer.… |
| 'Silent majority' is content with elderly Java, says startup Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:38 AM PDT Prise version 6 from cold dead handsOracle might be looking at Java 7 and 8 to float clouds, but tech vendors are only just adopting Java 6 as a serious prop for web-based computing.… |
| Visa muscles into Olympic pay-by-wave with microSD kit Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:02 AM PDT Non-NFC gadgets to join Samsung's 2012 phone for on-site paymentsSamsung's Olympic Phone won't be the only gadget able to make payments within the London venue next year, with Visa planning an operator bypass with microSD.… |
| Old Napster guy’s fan letter to Spotify upstart Posted: 07 Oct 2011 06:44 AM PDT 'Grasshopper. You are almost as cool as I once was'The original Napster was the greatest digital music service we've ever seen – and, into the bargain, was the first global social network. Choosing to close it, rather than financially exploit it, is something many people in the music business have regretted ever since. They had a new world of consumers in the palm of their hand, but chose to crush it.… |
| HP names Ubuntu top dog for OpenStack cloud Posted: 07 Oct 2011 06:41 AM PDT Secure, scalable, "business class"Ubuntu has been named "lead host and guest operating system" on Hewlett-Packard's fledgling OpenStack-based cloud.… |
| BT hauls Digital Economy Act back to court Posted: 07 Oct 2011 06:33 AM PDT Last chance for telco to slay the beastThe Court of Appeal has today granted BT permission to appeal against the High Court's judicial review of the Digital Economy Act. BT had attempted to get sections of the Act repealed in the High Court, but saw most of its arguments thrown out in April. It won a minor point on costs, but the five cornerstones of its argument were rejected.… |
| IE security hole sewn up for Patch Tuesday Posted: 07 Oct 2011 06:01 AM PDT It's that time of the month. AgainMicrosoft is planning eight security updates next week – two critical – as part of its regular Patch Tuesday programme.… |
| Post-pub nosh deathmatch: Kapsalon v quesadillas Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:44 AM PDT We who are about to dine salute youOur piece a couple of months back on the comparative merits of parmo and poutine proved pretty popular with the gourmets among you looking for something new to wrap your laughing gear round after a robust night on the sauce.… |
| Starbucks extends gratis Wi-Fi to UK Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:34 AM PDT Not airport sites, thoughStarbucks has granted Brits free Wi-Fi access.… |
| Sony wants Ericsson's half of their mobile biz Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:23 AM PDT Firm fancies fighting Apple and Samsung all on its ownSony Corp is in talks with Ericsson to buy out its stake in their 50/50 mobile phone joint venture Sony Ericsson.… |
| Samsung, Google delay next-gen Nexus launch Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:18 AM PDT iPhone 4S release noise would drown out their signal?Samsung and Google have reportedly cancelled next week's launch of the smartphone everyone expects will be the new Nexus.… |
| Furious HP staff stage protest over job cuts Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:03 AM PDT Laying down on the job ... at a trade showPhoto HP staff downed tools at the SIMO Network 2011 conference in Spain this week to protest against job cuts.… |
| Here come hypervisors you can trust Posted: 07 Oct 2011 05:00 AM PDT Intel to the rescue?Virtualisation has always bothered me. This is perhaps an odd statement to make; after all, I am personally responsible for virtualising thousands of servers.… |
| Lightsabres to illuminate Christmas dinner Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:59 AM PDT Romantic lighting enjoy you willHere's a geek treat that'll leave Star Wars collectors feeling more at home than an Ewok in a treetop. Behold, the Lightsabre Candlestick from ThinkGeek.… |
| Virgin extends network with Orange Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:59 AM PDT Roam onto Everything EverywhereVirgin Mobile customers can now hop onto the Orange network in areas where their own operator doesn't provide coverage for no extra cost.… |
| Microsoft's €5.9bn Skype slurp to get EU rubber stamp Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:51 AM PDT Just Russia, Ukraine, Serbia and Taiwan to convinceThe European Union is set to green-light Microsoft's €5.9bn acquisition of VoIP behemoth Skype, putting 145 million users under Redmond's control.… |
| London 2012 Olympics: 17000 athletes, 11000 computers Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:39 AM PDT Acer: 'It won't run on Vista like we said it would'Updated Even if you don't care about people running quickly around in circles, it can't have escaped your notice that the Olympics is coming to London for 17 days in July 2012. As the world's biggest sports event of the year, it will involve 17,000 athletes, 20,000 members of the press, millions of spectators (10 million tickets sold - more to come), billions of people watching on television. And a lot of computers.… |
| Google Books app splurts 3 million titles in UK launch Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:28 AM PDT Book-grabber faces off with Kindle and iBooks in BlightyAndroid users will be able to browse 3 million books on their phones, after Google Books launched in the UK yesterday.… |
| <em>El Reg</em> drives Cloud Summit Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:15 AM PDT Possibly more accurate: Cloud Summit drives usEvent On December 5, London's increasingly popular annual Business Cloud Summit features a Technology and Developer stream helmed by The Register's own Tim Phillips. For you, dear reader, that means finely tuned, guff-free content.… |
| Sony tempts Potter fans with free 3D BDs Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:04 AM PDT Buy a Sony player, get Deathly Hallows discsDesperate to flog some 3D gear, Sony is to give away copies of the last to Harry Potter films - the Deathly Hallows pair - to entice punters to part with cash for one of its 3D BD players.… |
| Cambridge Audio iD100 hi-fi dock Posted: 07 Oct 2011 04:00 AM PDT Digital-only interface for audiophilesReview The Cambridge Audio iD100 is a dock with apparent delusions of grandeur. Brushed aluminium bodywork and a surfeit of serious connectivity signal a determination to squeeze every last drop of performance from any iOS device that comes its way. Clearly it takes the music on my iPod far more seriously than I do.… |
| HP denies shipping TouchPad tablets with Android Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:43 AM PDT Probe launchedHP is investigating why an unknown number of TouchPad WebOS tablets may have been sold with Android on board.… |
| Samsung predicts galactic profits Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:41 AM PDT Huge smartphone sales drive third quarter earningsSamsung Electronics said its third quarter profits should be up 12 per cent on the previous quarter, as its Galaxy line-up continues to haul in tonnes of won – despite its ongoing disputes with Apple.… |
| HTC brings Beats to bigger blower Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:19 AM PDT Sensational sound and sizeHTC officially unveiled the Sensation XL today, the manufacturer's second smartphone to be equipped with Beats Audio.… |
| ISPs must be honest to keep net neutrality alive, say watchdogs Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:19 AM PDT Being transparent is now a good thingProviding consumers with transparent information about the quality and restrictiveness of their internet service is "fundamental" if net neutrality it to be achieved, European telecoms regulators have said.… |
| Posted: 07 Oct 2011 03:00 AM PDT Rocking all over the worldAccessory of the Week The first set of iPod speakers I ever bought was Altec Lansing's inMotion iM3, a paperback-sized unit that could nonetheless produce a very respectable sound.… |
| MS kills, un-kills Zune HD media player Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:53 AM PDT Posts death sentence, pulls it, denies itSo why doesn't Microsoft just come out and say Zune - its iPod wannable MP3 player - is dead?… |
| Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:41 AM PDT Smut site address commands stiff priceThe internet address gay.xxx has been sold for $500,000, making it the most expensive domain name sold in an extension that is not yet publicly open for registration.… |
| Quote of the Week: 'I shave my balls for <i>this</i>?' Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:30 AM PDT Our weekly round-up of what the tech world saysQuoTW This was the week when Apple cofounder and technology titan Steve Jobs sadly passed away, aspiring geeks were told they shouldn't bother leaving their bedrooms to go to school, Amazon's decision to lose money on the Kindle Fire made good business sense, overzealous Microsoft anti-virus software classed Google's Chrome browser as malware and someone released some sort of new smartphone.… |
| IBM attracts Crocus to magnetic RAM biz Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:21 AM PDT |
| TomTom ties up traffic with Top Gear Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:10 AM PDT MORE POWER, insists Clarkson-voiced satnavIt had to happen - it's just surprising it has taken this long. Yes, a satnav company - TomTom in this case - has launched a TopGear-branded unit.… |
| Open Range rural broadband goes titsup Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:01 AM PDT WiMAX on satellite frequencies – what could possibly go wrong?Despite tapping the US government for cash and promising to connect six million people, Open Range has called it a day, laying off most of the staff and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.… |
| TDK fires up LASERS to double hard drive capacity Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:41 AM PDT HAMR blow to disk headsJapanese disk drive head supplier TDK says it has added a laser heater to its platter licking devices to enable heat-assisted magnetic recording. In non-boffinry speak, this will double disk drives' areal density - and therefore double capacity. All suppliers have to do is come up with the right chemical mix for the platters.… |
| MoJ shops for ICT provider for Her Majesty's prisons Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:21 AM PDT 3-year deal to give services to crim-managersThe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is looking for a provider of ICT services for the National Offender Management Service (Noms), as part of a transition towards using its Future ICT Sourcing (Fits) model.… |
| Mixing network traffic types on Ethernet Posted: 07 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT A recipe for success - or disaster?Expert Clinic Is Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) a panacea for the difficulties inherent in running separate storage and general networks?… |
| Panasonic HM-TA20 underwater camcorder Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:00 PM PDT Taking a dipReview Pocket camcorders might have lost their appeal since the spread of HD-ready smartphones but the amphibious nature of the Panasonic HM-TA20 is still likely to grab the attention of holidaymakers. The HM-TA20 is an underwater pocket camcorder capable of shooting 1080p videos and 8Mp still images up to depth of 3m and also doubles up as a digital voice recorder, with a number of ad hoc options.… |
| Intellectual Ventures wages patent war on Motorola Posted: 06 Oct 2011 09:02 PM PDT Claims 6 infringements of its propertyIntellectual Ventures, the patent holding firm set up by former Microsoft Chief Technical Officer Nathan Myhrvold, has filed suit against Motorola for patent infringement.… |
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