Copyright industry opposes ISPs’ proposed regime |
- Copyright industry opposes ISPs’ proposed regime
- Mobile number exhaustion accelerating in Oz
- Report: SAS controller bug holding up Xeon E5 launch
- Twitter crypto purchase leaves Egypt dissidents in lurch
- Netflix rules out Kiwi launch
- Pirated software hard drive on display as art
- Apple's founding contract to fetch up to $150,000
- Assange shocker: 'Of course I'm a goddamn journalist'
- MIT boffin's 'truth goggles' probe print and pols
- Russia successfully launches Glonass-M
- TI throws DSPs at supercomputers
- Nokia has good Black Friday, won't be sharing with NSN
- Sony Ericsson: Android 4.0 updates out by March 2012
- Hacker cuffed in job interview sting with hotel he blackmailed
- Mars rover Curiosity autographed by Obama
- Business Cloud Summit preps for launch
- RFID pioneer taps out one last time
- Second US Navy robot stealth bomber takes flight
- Google bows before Europe for Motorola's hand in marriage
- Apple killer app Siri struggles with Indian regional accents
- Time up for Oracle's HTML5 killer?
- Apple fanbois get app to summon store staff
- Won't someone think of the .children, begs Russian registry
- Car safety agency sparks e-car battery probe
- Black Friday: Bargain-hunting mobs on the rampage
- Ubuntu penguins build Linux TV challenge
- Ball-gazer casts magic runes to heal HP's credibility
- Free cluster for a good cause
- Manila AT&T hackers linked to Mumbai terror attack - cops
- UK.gov to build child army of software coders
- Galaxy Nexus audio bug patched... unofficially
- World may be short 70 MILLION disk drives
- Ebuyer knocked out by own £1 deals site
- Phobos-Grunt 'crippled by US aurora station', 'is a bio-weapon'
- Word and Excel creator: How Gates, Jobs and HAL shaped Office
- Biology miss punts homemade smut to pupils
- Ken Russell dies aged 84
- LG names smartphone Android 4.0 recipients
- Reg Hardware Awards 2011 declared OPEN
- Spooks take the wheel in UK's £650m cyber-war operations
- Vodafone coughs to Galaxy S II GPS glitches
- Humans saved from EXTINCTION by Viv Westwood
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android smartphone
- Phoenix sales and profits falling as UK economy burns
- Panasonic to punt smartphones in Europe
- Feds seize 130 sites in Cyber Monday crackdown
- HTC: Apple and Samsung won't steal our lunch
- Apple preps updated 11, 13, 15in MacBook Airs
- Radio hams pick up Mars rover Curiosity's signals
- HTC faces Xmas sales ban misery in Germany
| Copyright industry opposes ISPs’ proposed regime Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PST Comms Alliance has opened up the debate, and that's a good thingComment Given the reception to Australia's ISPs' proposal to trial a copyright infringement regime, you have to wonder if people understand what "proposal" actually means.… |
| Mobile number exhaustion accelerating in Oz Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:30 PM PST Regulator plots out new numbering planThe Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) says mobile numbers could be exhausted by 2017, according to a discussion paper canvassing revisions to this country's numbering plan.… |
| Report: SAS controller bug holding up Xeon E5 launch Posted: 28 Nov 2011 02:26 PM PST A different bug this time?Everyone was expecting for Intel to launch the "Sandy Bridge-EP" Xeon E5 processors back in September for delivery in the fourth quarter. Butfor reasons that Intel has never explained – much less admitted that this was the original launch schedule – the E5 processor and its related "Patsburg" chipset has been pushed out to an "early 2012" launch.… |
| Twitter crypto purchase leaves Egypt dissidents in lurch Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:47 PM PST Android privacy service goes darkA company that provided free cellphone encryption to dissidents in Egypt abruptly suspended its services on Monday so that Twitter could integrate some of its privacy enabling technology into the microblogging site.… |
| Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:33 PM PST Broadband is crap, can't get the rightsNetflix has rejected New Zealand as a potential international launch spot because of low internet data caps and content rights issues.… |
| Pirated software hard drive on display as art Posted: 28 Nov 2011 12:21 PM PST Don't try that excuse when the RIAA visitA New York gallery is displaying a piece of "art" that consists of a one-terabyte portable hard drive chock-full of pirated code.… |
| Apple's founding contract to fetch up to $150,000 Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:35 AM PST Sotheby's auctions off the ultimate fanboi holiday giftApple's founding contract is going on the auction block at Sotheby's in New York and is expected to fetch between $100,000 and $150,000.… |
| Assange shocker: 'Of course I'm a goddamn journalist' Posted: 28 Nov 2011 11:02 AM PST Meanwhile, overhauled whistle-blower system delayedWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is running out of patience with those who question his rightful membership with the fourth estate.… |
| MIT boffin's 'truth goggles' probe print and pols Posted: 28 Nov 2011 10:59 AM PST Journalists and politicians run for coverA student at MIT's Media Lab is developing a browser plug-in that can check the accuracy of information posted online, and may use it to monitor political speeches for untruths.… |
| Russia successfully launches Glonass-M Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:21 AM PST Sweaty Russian space bosses heave sigh of reliefRussia has successfully launched another Glonass-M navigation satellite into orbit today.… |
| TI throws DSPs at supercomputers Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:15 AM PST Seeing if they will stick, like GPU coprocessorsNvidia had better watch out. Texas Instruments is not only its rival when it comes to making ARM processors that might end up in servers someday, but it is also repositioning its digital signal processors so they can be used as math coprocessors for standard x86 CPUs – and perhaps ARM processors one day.… |
| Nokia has good Black Friday, won't be sharing with NSN Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:02 AM PST Given red-headed stepchild cash 'for the last time'Nokia's shares lifted today after strong sales in the US on Black Friday and the news that it won't be giving Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) any additional capital.… |
| Sony Ericsson: Android 4.0 updates out by March 2012 Posted: 28 Nov 2011 08:53 AM PST Ice Cream Sarnie schedule revealedSony Ericsson will have Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates for its 2011 Xperia smartphones out by March 2012.… |
| Hacker cuffed in job interview sting with hotel he blackmailed Posted: 28 Nov 2011 08:39 AM PST Hungarian demanded Marriott job after stealing secretsA job-seeking Hungarian hacker has pleaded guilty to breaking into the systems of the Marriott hotel chain before attempting to blackmail his way into an IT job.… |
| Mars rover Curiosity autographed by Obama Posted: 28 Nov 2011 08:33 AM PST Also schoolgirl who named it, 1.24m othersNASA's Mars rover Curiosity, which departed Earth bound for the red planet on Saturday, carries a collection of signatures inscribed on its chassis including that of US president Barack Obama and other worthies including NASA bigwigs and the schoolgirl who named the radical nuclear-powered robot vehicle.… |
| Business Cloud Summit preps for launch Posted: 28 Nov 2011 08:18 AM PST Countdown beginsIt's called the Business Cloud Summit and it's about how Cloud Computing changes the way we all do business. But what about the technology behind the Cloud that enables us to realise the potential of the Cloud model – and the people who deploy and develop that technology?… |
| RFID pioneer taps out one last time Posted: 28 Nov 2011 08:01 AM PST Charlie WaltonObit Pioneer of radio tagging Charlie Walton has died, aged 89, having successfully predicted – and popularised – the technology, although he saw the potential too early to reap the reward.… |
| Second US Navy robot stealth bomber takes flight Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:47 AM PST Yes, but can it sing You've Lost That Loving Feeling?A second X-47B unmanned stealth attack plane is now flying, and the US Navy expects the robot aircraft to demonstrate operations from an aircraft carrier on schedule in 2013.… |
| Google bows before Europe for Motorola's hand in marriage Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:32 AM PST EC's approval needed in $12.5bn buy-up questGoogle has applied to the European Commission for regulatory approval for its acquisition of Motorola Mobility.… |
| Apple killer app Siri struggles with Indian regional accents Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:15 AM PST Scottish can also scotch iPhone voice assistanceApple's voice-recognition app Siri – the big new feature on the iPhone 4S – doesn't work in India because it doesn't recognise all regional accents in the country, reports website DailyBhaskar.com.… |
| Time up for Oracle's HTML5 killer? Posted: 28 Nov 2011 07:00 AM PST Message to Ellison: no more JavaFX rebootsOpen-source Java: Part Three Sun Microsystems in 2007 announced a re-imagining of GUI platform Swing with JavaFX. Swing, Sun said, had reached an architectural dead-end and need a reboot to compete on modern, Rich Internet Application (RIA) platforms.… |
| Apple fanbois get app to summon store staff Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:52 AM PST Want to catch gopher's eye? There's an app for thatCutting right back on the annoying wait for human interaction while in a shop, Apple stores in the US are test-driving an iOS app that lets fanbois hit a button to alert store employees that they want to talk to them.… |
| Won't someone think of the .children, begs Russian registry Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:41 AM PST .ru operator to ask ICANN for kid-friendly TLDThe company that runs Russia's .ru internet address has revealed plans to apply to ICANN for the right to operate ".children" in Russian.… |
| Car safety agency sparks e-car battery probe Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:37 AM PST GM Volt under scrutiny after post-prang firesTwo further Chevy Volt lithium-ion batteries have caught fire during tests carried out by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration after a separate crash-test Volt's battery burst into flames more than three weeks after the impact.… |
| Black Friday: Bargain-hunting mobs on the rampage Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:32 AM PST Sales are good, shoppers aren'tDespite all the doom and gloom in the global economy, Black Friday online sales in the US jumped by 26 per cent from last year.… |
| Ubuntu penguins build Linux TV challenge Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:23 AM PST Turned to Microsoft and Google?Open-sourcers are taking Ubuntu Linux in the direction of Google TV and Microsoft's Xbox 360.… |
| Ball-gazer casts magic runes to heal HP's credibility Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:12 AM PST Swallowing startups pushes up Gartner rankingHP has improved its Gartner Magic Quadrant rating by buying 3PAR - but Dell's rating has worsened following its Compellent buy, which has not compensated for its dropped EMC OEM deal.… |
| Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:00 AM PST SCC11 system up for grabsSilicon Mechanics, a mid-sized manufacturer of rackmount servers, clusters, and storage arrays, is celebrating its 10th birthday by giving away a lot of stuff. First, the company did a great job sponsoring Boston University in this month's SC11 Student Cluster Competition in Seattle (SCC11).… |
| Manila AT&T hackers linked to Mumbai terror attack - cops Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:47 AM PST Four alleged line-jackers cuffed with aid from FBIPolice in the Philippines have arrested a group of four suspected hackers accused of funnelling profits from attacking corporate telephone networks to an Islamic terrorist group blamed for the attacks on Mumbai three years ago.… |
| UK.gov to build child army of software coders Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:41 AM PST Presumably they will all be supping on Silicon Roundabout milkshakes soonIT and computer science in schools is in serious need of reform, the creative industries minister Ed Vaizey said today, thereby indicating that changes to the school curriculum were on the agenda.… |
| Galaxy Nexus audio bug patched... unofficially Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:34 AM PST Beta code from Samsung, Google leakedOwners of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone awaiting the official fix for the handset's spontaneous volume reduction bug may want to avail themselves of an unofficial fix in the meantime.… |
| World may be short 70 MILLION disk drives Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:31 AM PST HDD death by flood supply strangulation this quarterTied in a strangling knot by the Thai floods, the world could be shy of 70 million disk drives this quarter, sending retail prices rocketing, limiting PC supplies and creating an opening for flash drives.… |
| Ebuyer knocked out by own £1 deals site Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:21 AM PST Servers stunned by stampede of bargain-huntersUK gadget retail site Ebuyer has been knocked offline as its £1 laptop deals caused an online stampede that flattened the site's servers.… |
| Phobos-Grunt 'crippled by US aurora station', 'is a bio-weapon' Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:09 AM PST Medvedev 'I'm not saying put someone up against a wall, but ...'"As to Mars - it is a planet that does not like earthlings. Only 30 per cent of Soviet-Russian launches to Mars were successful, the Americans have had 50 per cent success, while all attempts by Japan and Europe have failed so far" - Vladimir Popovkin, head of Russian space agency Roscosmos.… |
| Word and Excel creator: How Gates, Jobs and HAL shaped Office Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:00 AM PST Simonyi on the code, people and films that inspired MicrosoftFilms, according to Charles Simonyi – the man behind Microsoft's Word and Excel used by 500 million people – are great for showing the future of computing.… |
| Biology miss punts homemade smut to pupils Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:51 AM PST USB stick blunder unleashes X-rated personal vidsA group of Argentinian schoolkids copped a righteous eyeful of smut last week when their female biology* teacher handed them a USB memory stick containing a couple of vids of her going hammer and tongs with her boyfriend.… |
| Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:41 AM PST RIP Tommy helmsmanObit Filmmaker Ken Russell, the controversial helmsman who brought the world Women in Love and Tommy, died yesterday aged 84.… |
| LG names smartphone Android 4.0 recipients Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:36 AM PST Optimus update list announcedLG has named the smartphones that will gain the in-demand Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS upgrade.… |
| Reg Hardware Awards 2011 declared OPEN Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:33 AM PST Cast your vote for the best - and the worst - kit of 2011Reg Hardware Awards 2011 Ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of the year again. The annual Reg Hardware Awards are here and, once again, we need your help finding the best - and the worst - consumer electronics and infotech products of 2011.… |
| Spooks take the wheel in UK's £650m cyber-war operations Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:17 AM PST GCHQ to lead info sharing with govt and bizAnalysis The British government's Cyber Security Strategy is giving the intelligence agencies a greater role than ever in defending business and the public against internet threats.… |
| Vodafone coughs to Galaxy S II GPS glitches Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:16 AM PST Lock-less monster to be dealt withVodafone has acknowledged complaints from Samsung Galaxy S2 owners who claim their handsets' GPS functionality was adversely affected by a recent firmware update.… |
| Humans saved from EXTINCTION by Viv Westwood Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:11 AM PST Well, do you fancy a bleak future shivering in the Arctic?Fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood is handing over £1m of her nest egg to science, convinced that humans will become extinct.… |
| Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android smartphone Posted: 28 Nov 2011 04:00 AM PST Ice cream sandwich, anyone?Review The much-anticipated new Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the first phone to feature Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich – or ICS if you're being very 'now' – the latest version of Google's mobile OS. It also includes one of Samsung's top of the range HD screens, a dual core processor and 1080p HD video recording – not too aspirational then.… |
| Phoenix sales and profits falling as UK economy burns Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:51 AM PST Boss calls for divisional overhaul to cut costsPhoenix IT Group is set for a structural revamp after the loss of major contracts in each of its operating divisions forced down sales and profits for the half year to 30 September.… |
| Panasonic to punt smartphones in Europe Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:43 AM PST Blower up the businessPanasonic is drawing up plans to launch mobile phones in Europe.… |
| Feds seize 130 sites in Cyber Monday crackdown Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:42 AM PST Bogus handbags no longer threaten the webUS feds seized control of more than 130 websites last week as part of a crackdown on counterfeit goods ahead of the Christmas shopping rush.… |
| HTC: Apple and Samsung won't steal our lunch Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:33 AM PST Talks up mystery mobes to soothe flighty investorsHTC is insisting it'll do better next year as its shares plummet amid fears over its profits.… |
| Apple preps updated 11, 13, 15in MacBook Airs Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:29 AM PST Ultrabook challengers in pipelineThere'll be new Apple MacBook Airs out in Q1 2012, component supplier sources have claimed. Expect update 11.6 and 13.3in models - and a new 15in model, they say.… |
| Radio hams pick up Mars rover Curiosity's signals Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:19 AM PST German enthusiasts collaborate with NASAAmateur radio enthusiasts using a restored dish antenna in Germany say they have successfully picked up telemetry from NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft, now outward bound for Mars carrying a one-ton nuclear powered robot rover named Curiosity towards a date with destiny in the Elysium Planitia.… |
| HTC faces Xmas sales ban misery in Germany Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:12 AM PST 3G patent surrender could send Santa packingHTC has withdrawn its appeal against a decision in favour of patent-hoarder IPCom, which is now pitching to get HTC handsets off the shelves in Germany by Christmas.… |
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