Oz tech retailer threatens parallel import strategy |
- Oz tech retailer threatens parallel import strategy
- IBM adds platform services to SmartCloud
- iPhone 4 prototype duo get a year’s probation
- Planetary exploration under threat, says space pioneer
- iOS update woes prompt gnashing of teeth for Apple fans
- Man charged in nude celebrity hacking case
- Dell bulks up storage line – with compression product
- Gigantic KRAKEN fingered in prehistoric murder mystery
- Cisco VXI turns virty desktops into server sales
- Overland soups up SnapServer
- Pano's virtual desktops go from zero to hero
- Gulf scheme reveals BlackBerry SWP tap-cash support
- Windows 7 overtakes XP - finally
- Microsoft pops Hadoop into SQL Server and Azure
- Scottish rats scoff optic fibre, take down broadband
- Huawei homes in on Euro biz market
- Ads watchdog slaps down Sony smartphone battery life claim
- German states defend use of 'Federal Trojan'
- Brit micro-biz needs tax breaks, promotion, cuddles
- Thai floods halt WD hard disk fabs
- Win 8 haters are just scared of change, say MS bosses
- Gov IT slasher gets top civil service role
- Will CEO Meg spare HP's PC biz?
- High Court: Computer simulations <i>can</i> get patent protection
- UK gov needs better data skills to cut spending
- Big Blue 'made a move to buy BlueArc'
- US White Space XML blueprints emitted
- Telcos pave the way for iPhone 4S global roaming
- Intel touts energy-use gadgetry for planet admirers
- RIM BlackBerry Torch 9810
- It's the BIG email and office study
- Dell opens new data centre in Slough
- Sony asks for 1.6m LCD TVs to be returned
- RIM stands, staggers, falls again
- Google loses battle for goggle.com
- Intel turns its back on the small screen
- Telstra UK resellers' private nets go titsup
- Pick the right tools for your Office 2010 migration
- Would you spend $300m to save 6ms?
- Sony network ransacked in huge brute-force attack
- Vodafone knocks over £120 off iPhone 4S
- Round up those wireless devices before they cause trouble
- Opera brings fondleslab-style reading to bog-standard web
- Gartner: Social media biz to rake in $10.3bn in 2011
- MS wipes out 23 flaws in October's Patch Tuesday
- ViewSonic intros tablet sized to strike at iPad
- Flashback: The Quest for Identity
- BlackBerry services splutter back into action, again
- Canonical enterprise chief jumps for Eucalyptus cloud
- ISPs end PM's web smut block dream
| Oz tech retailer threatens parallel import strategy Posted: 12 Oct 2011 03:56 PM PDT JB to emulate Kogan?The phrase "grey market" is about to get a word-of-the-day workout, with tech retailer JB Hi-Fi becoming the latest company to eye parallel importation as a survival strategy in the face of online competition from overseas.… |
| IBM adds platform services to SmartCloud Posted: 12 Oct 2011 03:00 PM PDT Projects 200 million IaaS and PasS million users by 2012System vendors have two choices: start their own clouds using their own iron or lose control of customers to someone who does. And they also have to give customers a chance to build similar private clouds based on their wares.… |
| iPhone 4 prototype duo get a year’s probation Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:37 PM PDT Must pay Apple $250 for drink-fueled planThe two men who sold an iPhone prototype left in a Silicon Valley bar have escaped jail and will instead serve one year's probation, 40 hours of community service and pay $250 in restitution to Apple.… |
| Planetary exploration under threat, says space pioneer Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:36 PM PDT Space Launch System attention misdirected, Friedman saysImmediate past president of the Planetary Society, Lou Friedman, is worried that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is putting NASA's planetary exploration at risk.… |
| iOS update woes prompt gnashing of teeth for Apple fans Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:09 PM PDT Mass errors rain on iCloud launchApple released the much-anticipated iOS 5 update for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches on Wednesday, an update that was almost immediately met with error messages from throngs of users trying to download it from the company's servers.… |
| Man charged in nude celebrity hacking case Posted: 12 Oct 2011 12:54 PM PDT Operation 'Hackerazzi' uncovers 50 victimsA Florida man hacked into the email accounts of actresses Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis, and as many as 50 other celebrities and made off with nude photos, movie scripts, and other personal information, federal prosecutors said.… |
| Dell bulks up storage line – with compression product Posted: 12 Oct 2011 12:00 PM PDT Cramming your hot data into the steaming DX6000 poolDell is launching its first Ocarina data compression product, an adjunct to its DX6000 object storage product line.… |
| Gigantic KRAKEN fingered in prehistoric murder mystery Posted: 12 Oct 2011 11:01 AM PDT Prof reckons monster was also a Triassic Van GoghStaring at a pile of fossilised ichthyosaur bones in the famous Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada, paleontologist Mark McMenamin had a sudden insight. It occurred to him that he might have cracked the great mystery of this ancient Triassic site.… |
| Cisco VXI turns virty desktops into server sales Posted: 12 Oct 2011 10:39 AM PDT Are you (virtually) experienced?Cisco Systems has been looking for a killer app that will sell its "California" Unified Computing Systems and, after a year of selling preconfigured systems running XenDesktop with Citrix Systems, the company reckons that virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) just might be the ticket to expanding Cisco's presence in the data center.… |
| Posted: 12 Oct 2011 10:28 AM PDT Adds Geoff Barrall for extra pizzazzOverland Storage has souped up its SnapServers with Drobo-style dynamic volume resizing and RAID. This is what the Nasdaq fuss is about.… |
| Pano's virtual desktops go from zero to hero Posted: 12 Oct 2011 10:01 AM PDT Forget thin, zero clients are the new slimSysadmin blog Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a common industry term that has come to mean "all the real work is done on the servers". While VDI technically refers only to VMWare's implementation of this ideal (now called VMWare View), in practice the term has been expanded to include all similar technologies.… |
| Gulf scheme reveals BlackBerry SWP tap-cash support Posted: 12 Oct 2011 09:38 AM PDT It takes five to dance this tangoMasterCard has announced it will be deploying PayPass in BlackBerrys in the United Arab Emirates, showing RIM's support for the Single Wire Protocol in the process.… |
| Windows 7 overtakes XP - finally Posted: 12 Oct 2011 09:19 AM PDT Most dominant desktop OS, says web traffic abacusWindows 7 has, finally, become the world's most popular desktop operating system.… |
| Microsoft pops Hadoop into SQL Server and Azure Posted: 12 Oct 2011 09:06 AM PDT Denali becomes SQL Server 2012, out by next summerPASS Summit Microsoft has announced that it will integrate Hadoop into its forthcoming SQL Server 2012 release and Azure platforms, and has committed to full compatibility with the Apache code base.… |
| Scottish rats scoff optic fibre, take down broadband Posted: 12 Oct 2011 09:01 AM PDT Two-day Virgin Media outage caused by rodentsStrong-jawed rats brought down broadband services in the east of Scotland this week by chewing through fibre optic cables, Virgin Media told The Reg today in a statement.… |
| Huawei homes in on Euro biz market Posted: 12 Oct 2011 08:38 AM PDT Chinese IT titan spreads its wingsComment Step aside server and storage big boys: make space for a new kid on the European enterprise server and storage block. Huawei Enterprise has arrived and is intending to make waves.… |
| Ads watchdog slaps down Sony smartphone battery life claim Posted: 12 Oct 2011 08:35 AM PDT Maker didn't mention 'lab conditions'The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told Sony Ericsson never again to claim that a smartphone's battery will run for more than 18 days on a single charge without making it clear in what conditions that battery life can be achieved.… |
| German states defend use of 'Federal Trojan' Posted: 12 Oct 2011 08:19 AM PDT Skype-snooping Bundestrojaner legal, insists govFive German states have admitted using a controversial backdoor Trojan to spy on criminal suspects.… |
| Brit micro-biz needs tax breaks, promotion, cuddles Posted: 12 Oct 2011 08:01 AM PDT And that could mean youBritain's creative micro-businesses – spanning fields as diverse as software, music and fashion – are the key to growth, according to a new study.… |
| Thai floods halt WD hard disk fabs Posted: 12 Oct 2011 07:41 AM PDT Water and high-tech factories don't mix wellWestern Digital has temporarily suspended disk drive-related production in its Thailand sites close to Bangkok due to severe flooding.… |
| Win 8 haters are just scared of change, say MS bosses Posted: 12 Oct 2011 07:21 AM PDT Start screen tweaked to please crybabiesMicrosoft has tweaked the Windows 8 interface following feedback from last month's developer preview.… |
| Gov IT slasher gets top civil service role Posted: 12 Oct 2011 07:01 AM PDT Ian Watmore promoted in wake of 'Sir Humphrey's' exitThe man tasked with slimming government IT spending – yet who tried to inject MacBooks into Whitehall – will step up to a more powerful role after civil service grandee Sir Gus O'Donnell retires in December.… |
| Will CEO Meg spare HP's PC biz? Posted: 12 Oct 2011 06:51 AM PDT Decisions, decisions ... due this monthHP may not lop off its PC biz after all: CEO Meg Whitman is still chewing the stats and weighing up the impact on its other hardware operations.… |
| High Court: Computer simulations <i>can</i> get patent protection Posted: 12 Oct 2011 06:40 AM PDT Smacks down IPO on drill design sim rulingThe High Court said that the UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) had wrongly applied UK patent law when assessing four patent applications for computer simulations of designs made by oilfield company Halliburton Energy. The IPO had previously ruled that the company's computer simulations were mental acts which cannot be patented under the UK's Patents Act.… |
| UK gov needs better data skills to cut spending Posted: 12 Oct 2011 06:20 AM PDT MPs want to know who to blame if £81bn target isn't reachedThe Cabinet Office's Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG), set up to lead efforts to cut government spending by £6bn in 2010-11, should set up management information systems to measure progress accurately and objectively, the public accounts committee has said.… |
| Big Blue 'made a move to buy BlueArc' Posted: 12 Oct 2011 06:01 AM PDT Storage insider says HDS was buying against the clockBlocks and Files: HDS was prompted to buy BlueArc because IBM was making a move against the fast filer firm, or so a source says.… |
| US White Space XML blueprints emitted Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:44 AM PDT Database synchronisation, the hipster web wayEight of the companies planning to run US databases of White Space have published the XML schema, and polling protocol, they intend to use to keep their data synchronised.… |
| Telcos pave the way for iPhone 4S global roaming Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:14 AM PDT CDMA handsets with unlocked SIM slots for GSM networksUS carriers selling the CDMA-enabled version of the iPhone 4S will unlock the SIM slot, so international roaming can be achieved by dropping a local SIM into the phone.… |
| Intel touts energy-use gadgetry for planet admirers Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:01 AM PDT Eco boffins set up lab in IrelandERIC Intel is opening a new energy and sustainability lab, headquartered in Ireland, which will focus on getting consumers to improve their energy efficiency. The lab will push out handy gadgets that allow people to discover more about how they're using energy.… |
| Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:00 AM PDT Leading light?Review The Torch 9810 is the second of RIM's recent hat-trick of BlackBerry devices to hit the shelves. Indeed, you might have heard there are five, but currently only three models will be made available in the UK.… |
| It's the BIG email and office study Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:50 AM PDT How important are your productivity apps?Reg Tech Panel There's been a lot of talk recently about the imminent death of traditional email and office applications to be replaced by shiny new web apps all served from the Cloud. Now, we know the world changes slowly and this won't happen overnight, or be suitable for all.… |
| Dell opens new data centre in Slough Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:41 AM PDT Come friendly Dell and fall on Slough...The first tranche of Dell's $1bn spending on cloud services will go to Slough in the UK, where the US computer giant is setting up a new data centre.… |
| Sony asks for 1.6m LCD TVs to be returned Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:35 AM PDT Bring back your Bravia before it burnsSony has warned owners of 40in Bravia televisions that it wants them all back after a handful of high-profile incidents in which the LCD TVs began emitting smoke or - in extreme cases - melted.… |
| RIM stands, staggers, falls again Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:34 AM PDT Just can't keep BlackBerry services upBlackBerry Messenger is down again, despite RIM's assurances that everything would be fine. It seems lots of people can't get connected and partners are receiving notifications about ongoing problems.… |
| Google loses battle for goggle.com Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:29 AM PDT Typosquatter's rights upheld – for nowGoogle has lost its cybersquatting fight with typo-snaffle site goggle.com, enabling its owner to carry on enticing clumsy typists into signing up for pricey text messaging services.… |
| Intel turns its back on the small screen Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:19 AM PDT Will design chips for computers, not TVsIntel will no longer try to get its system-on-a-chip products inside TVs having largely failed to persuade telly makers to do so.… |
| Telstra UK resellers' private nets go titsup Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:14 AM PDT Pushing the Daisy does not help connectionsUK-based telco reseller Daisy Communications has been suffering teething problems with its acquired Telstra customer base and associated supply agreements with BT. Daisy acquired Telstra's fixed reseller agreements around a year ago.… |
| Pick the right tools for your Office 2010 migration Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:00 AM PDT Paving the wayMicrosoft reports the take-up of Office 2010 is the fastest for a software product in the company's history. All well and good, but some doubters remain.… |
| Would you spend $300m to save 6ms? Posted: 12 Oct 2011 03:54 AM PDT Speed of light slows down tradersBlog How much is getting trades done 6 milliseconds quicker worth? About $300m, as it turns out. A new transatlantic fibre cable promises to reduce the languid 65-milliseconds it take to transmit a trade between London and New York time to a quicker 59ms. Traders are expected to line up to use the new service and pay extra for the privilege.… |
| Sony network ransacked in huge brute-force attack Posted: 12 Oct 2011 03:37 AM PDT 93,000 accounts broken intoSony has warned users against a massive bruteforce attack against PlayStation and Sony network accounts.… |
| Vodafone knocks over £120 off iPhone 4S Posted: 12 Oct 2011 03:21 AM PDT Cheaper ApplesVodafone has lowered its upfront iPhone 4S fee by up to £120, in a move that brings the provider's pre-order pricing down to the level of its competitors.… |
| Round up those wireless devices before they cause trouble Posted: 12 Oct 2011 03:19 AM PDT Stand up to consumerisationShiny new mobile gizmos are driving the consumerisation of IT. As a systems administrator, I am naturally wary.… |
| Opera brings fondleslab-style reading to bog-standard web Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:59 AM PDT App developers: collect your P45sOslo Opera has published a few simple CSS extensions that allow developers to create the "reading" experience found on contemporary newspaper, magazine and book tablet apps using web standards.… |
| Gartner: Social media biz to rake in $10.3bn in 2011 Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:39 AM PDT Once-mocked sites scoop billions from ads and gamesBeancounters at Gartner reckon that the social media sector is on track to make $10.3bn (£6.5bn) in 2011, a 41.4 per cent increase from 2010, and to keep climbing after that.… |
| MS wipes out 23 flaws in October's Patch Tuesday Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:19 AM PDT IE, .NET and Silverlight get protection from code-executing bad boysAs foreshadowed last week, this month's round of Microsoft patches focuses on critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, .NET and Silverlight.… |
| ViewSonic intros tablet sized to strike at iPad Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:16 AM PDT Android, good; Gingerbread, badViewSonic is taking aim right at the iPad - and would-be HP TouchPad owners - with a tablet sporting a 9.7in, 4:3 ratio IPS LCD screen.… |
| Flashback: The Quest for Identity Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:00 AM PDT Totally recalledAntique Code Show Nobody wants to wake up in the wilderness with no memory of how they got there - though it sounds eerily reminiscent of a typical Saturday morning in Camden Town.… |
| BlackBerry services splutter back into action, again Posted: 12 Oct 2011 01:34 AM PDT RIM picks up pieces from epic outageBlackBerry users should be getting the message again today – RIM reckons it has found and fixed the latest fault although there's still some backlog to be cleared.… |
| Canonical enterprise chief jumps for Eucalyptus cloud Posted: 12 Oct 2011 01:03 AM PDT Toe-tripping sales re-org in actionUbuntu-steward Canonical has lost the executive heading up its enterprise business to cloud-floater Eucalyptus Systems.… |
| ISPs end PM's web smut block dream Posted: 12 Oct 2011 12:29 AM PDT It's just a bunch of guidelinesThe big four ISPs – BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media – have scoffed at suggestions that Brit web surfers could be forced to 'opt in' to view online grumble flicks.… |
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