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- Four Romanians charged with hacking 150 Subway shops
- Apple stores getting close to overload
- HP throws WebOS to open source community
- PC sales forecast slashed on back of disk drive crisis
- Private investor pays $1.3bn to don Blue Coat
- Skype founder to offer FREE mobile broadband for all
- Yahoo! may! never! see! a! penny! of! $610m! anti-spam! win!
- Integrator GlassHouse kicks IPO plans into touch again
- Senators: Globo-domains could mean consumer chaos
- Motorola parks tanks on Apple's German lawn
- Is Bill Gates mulling a return to Microsoft throne?
- Channel Survey: Last call to all resellers and integrators
- Google's Schmidt strikes Carrier IQ off Xmas card list
- Busty Ohio mannequin survives assassination attempt
- Microsoft arms Win8 store apps with remote self-destruct
- Chrome is the most secured browser - new study
- Next Dr Who game to leave Xboxers in the cold
- Win8 beta to surface in Feb 2012 - Microsoft exec
- RED MOON to GO DARK tonight in Pacific eclipse
- Download.com sorry for bundling Nmap with crapware
- Blighty's bumpkins bemoan bold broadband bluster
- 2011's best... Premium Tablets
- Hackers jimmy Android Marketplace onto PlayBooks
- <em>El Reg</em> takes man for romantic weekend for two at Intel chip factory
- Red Cross: 600m videogamers may be war criminals
- Carol singers rejoice at pay-by-tap credit card donations
- Royal Mail double-dip billing bug enrages stocking-filling biz
- Duqu vuln fix stars in bumper Patch Tuesday
- Android, BlackBerry phone owners favour Apple tablet
- Twitter redesign seeks to monetise userbase
- Survey: Apprenticeships will fix IT skills gap
- Six cuffed in £1m student readies phishing probe
- NASA slammed for losing hundreds of moon rocks
- Griffin iTrip Dual Connect car kit for iPhone
- Leaked EU data protection draft SHALL. NOT. PASS.
- Cops bust den of text-spam spewers
- Post Office wins contract to take snaps of foreigners
- US judge: Ad-pushers may be liable for 'facilitating' website piracy
- OnLive Game System cloud gaming console
- Microsoft and HP sign four-year cloud cooperation pact
- Samsung gets a few days of Christmas
- Wind farms get better forecasts
| Four Romanians charged with hacking 150 Subway shops Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:52 PM PST Point-of-sale breach reaps millions in ill-gotten gainsFour Romanian nationals were charged with pocketing millions of dollars by hacking into the credit card processing systems of more than 200 businesses.… |
| Apple stores getting close to overload Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:11 PM PST Getting staff to do more for lessA study of traffic and productivity in Apple's retail arm makes worrying reading for Cupertino, according to a new analysis by Asymco.… |
| HP throws WebOS to open source community Posted: 09 Dec 2011 12:07 PM PST WebOS wobbles and it does fall downHP will bite the bullet and dump the WebOS operating system on the open source community.… |
| PC sales forecast slashed on back of disk drive crisis Posted: 09 Dec 2011 11:58 AM PST Flagging global economy and fondleslab fever also to blame, says IHSIHS has slashed PC sales forecasts for 2012 because of weakening demand an an ongoing disk drive crisis.… |
| Private investor pays $1.3bn to don Blue Coat Posted: 09 Dec 2011 11:51 AM PST Suits you, sirWeb security and WAN optimisation appliance firm Blue Coat Systems has been acquired by private equity investment outfit Thoma Bravo in a deal valued at about $1.3 billion.… |
| Skype founder to offer FREE mobile broadband for all Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:34 AM PST Head in the clouds with satellite networkNiklas Zennstrom's FreedomPop has signed a mind-boggling deal with LightSquared to provide free broadband to everyone in America.… |
| Yahoo! may! never! see! a! penny! of! $610m! anti-spam! win! Posted: 09 Dec 2011 09:02 AM PST Court rules against lotto scammers, whoever they areYahoo! has been awarded a $610 million default judgment against spammers who abusing its brand to run a lottery scam.… |
| Integrator GlassHouse kicks IPO plans into touch again Posted: 09 Dec 2011 08:29 AM PST 'Volatile' economic conditions ground 2nd takeoff attemptGlassHouseTechnologies has for the second time shelved plans for an initial public offering (IPO) in the US due to the uncertain economic outlook.… |
| Senators: Globo-domains could mean consumer chaos Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:58 AM PST ICANN gold rush could devastate web bizUS senators have called on web address overseer ICANN to rein in its imminent generic top-level domains programme over fears that it may lead to cybersquatting and consumer confusion.… |
| Motorola parks tanks on Apple's German lawn Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:36 AM PST We're not FRANDs any more, argue MotoMobeMotorola Mobility has gained an injunction against Apple sales in Germany, through careful application of owed royalties on previous infringements, but enforcing it will cost Motorola €100m in bond money.… |
| Is Bill Gates mulling a return to Microsoft throne? Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:20 AM PST One final belated repeat of a Jobs move maybe on cardsBill Gates is mulling a return to Microsoft according to a well-placed source. The mole told Fortune that the tycoon may consider clasping the reins of the company he co-founded and replacing Steve Ballmer as CEO.… |
| Channel Survey: Last call to all resellers and integrators Posted: 09 Dec 2011 07:01 AM PST Here is YOUR chance to have YOUR voice heardChannel Register was flooded with responses from resellers eager to share their experiences in the market this year - but the deadline to fill in our survey is looming for anyone else wanting to voice an opinion anonymously.… |
| Google's Schmidt strikes Carrier IQ off Xmas card list Posted: 09 Dec 2011 06:41 AM PST 'Appears to be software that's not very good for you'Google chairman Eric Schmidt has criticised Carrier IQ and added that the company doesn't work with the controversial software maker.… |
| Busty Ohio mannequin survives assassination attempt Posted: 09 Dec 2011 06:22 AM PST Plastic mayoral candidate in drive-by shooting shockerA busty Ohio mannequin with political pretensions has survived a terrifying assassination attempt, local new outlets report.… |
| Microsoft arms Win8 store apps with remote self-destruct Posted: 09 Dec 2011 06:01 AM PST The power to make problems disappearMicrosoft has added a kill switch to the Windows Store that'll let Redmond remove apps from Windows 8 beta machines.… |
| Chrome is the most secured browser - new study Posted: 09 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST Firefox finishes last in 3 browser security raceGoogle Chrome offers more protection against online attacks than any other mainstream browser, according to an evaluation that compares exploit mitigations, malicious link detection, and other safety features offered in Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Firefox.… |
| Next Dr Who game to leave Xboxers in the cold Posted: 09 Dec 2011 05:41 AM PST PS3 fans are Eternity Clock-a-hoopThe BBC is to release a new Doctor Who game next year, but if you're an Xbox owner you won't be able to enjoy it.… |
| Win8 beta to surface in Feb 2012 - Microsoft exec Posted: 09 Dec 2011 05:34 AM PST Attention ARM users: no desktop apps for youThe Windows 8 beta is coming in February, if a Microsoft exec launching the Windows 8 Store is to be believed.… |
| RED MOON to GO DARK tonight in Pacific eclipse Posted: 09 Dec 2011 05:16 AM PST Prisoner of an ignorant tribe? Now's your chanceThe last lunar eclipse of the year, and the last total one until 2014, will turn the Moon red for some lucky viewers.… |
| Download.com sorry for bundling Nmap with crapware Posted: 09 Dec 2011 05:04 AM PST Open source freed from toolbarDownload.com has apologised for bundling open-source packages, including Namp and VLC, with crudware toolbar installers.… |
| Blighty's bumpkins bemoan bold broadband bluster Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:47 AM PST Rural superfast net rollout 'very underwhelming'Analysis A picture is slowly emerging that suggests that the UK's incumbent telco - BT - has a perceived stranglehold on the rollout of a faster broadband network in hard to reach parts of the UK.… |
| 2011's best... Premium Tablets Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:29 AM PST Fondleslabs for the festive seasonXmas Gift Guide Now, we're going to annoy some of you with this one. Choosing the year's best tablet is easy. Picking one that'll appeal to the more vocal Reg readers is easy too. Selecting a different one because you think it's right is another matter, however.… |
| Hackers jimmy Android Marketplace onto PlayBooks Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:19 AM PST RIM App Planet bypass blowHackers have managed to get Google's Android Marketplace running on the RIM PlayBook, potentially bypassing RIM's App Planet though the mod is far from mainstream.… |
| <em>El Reg</em> takes man for romantic weekend for two at Intel chip factory Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:14 AM PST Fab trip to Intel FabSo what do you get when you enter a competition on the Reg? The leftovers from the Cash and Carrion bin? Whatever unboxed review kit we've managed to hide from the courier?… |
| Red Cross: 600m videogamers may be war criminals Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:05 AM PST Modern games flagrantly violate humanitarian law. Apparently.Move aside, Milosevic. Out of the way, al-Bashir. It's the world's videogamers who should be hauled up on war crimes charges, some members of the Red Cross seem to think.… |
| Carol singers rejoice at pay-by-tap credit card donations Posted: 09 Dec 2011 04:02 AM PST O Come All Ye NFC FaithfulCarol singers in Covent Garden aren't taking cash donations this morning - instead they're accepting tap-to-pay credit cards, but by a lucky coincidence BarclayCard has staff handing them out nearby.… |
| Royal Mail double-dip billing bug enrages stocking-filling biz Posted: 09 Dec 2011 03:43 AM PST Not the best time for postage screw-ups, admit bossesRoyal Mail apologised on Thursday for the resurgence of technical problems that have bedevilled the website over recent weeks.… |
| Duqu vuln fix stars in bumper Patch Tuesday Posted: 09 Dec 2011 03:31 AM PST Microsoft's Xmas gift to sysadmins: 14 security updatesMicrosoft plans to deliver a festive hamper of 14 security updates next week, three of which are designed to tackle critical remote code execution flaws.… |
| Android, BlackBerry phone owners favour Apple tablet Posted: 09 Dec 2011 03:24 AM PST OS brand loyalty, they've heard of itNow the Fandroids are not going to like this, and are advised to look away lest they suffer an apoplectic fit and shower their keyboards in even more drool than usual.… |
| Twitter redesign seeks to monetise userbase Posted: 09 Dec 2011 03:16 AM PST 'Bringing you closer to everything you care about'!Twitter has injected some new features into the micro-blogging site in an effort to lure more developers, partners and - most importantly - users to the service.… |
| Survey: Apprenticeships will fix IT skills gap Posted: 09 Dec 2011 03:02 AM PST Get the kids into the office, ASAPGet kids into apprenticeships. This was the message from British IT pros asked how to fix the tech skills gap in the UK.… |
| Six cuffed in £1m student readies phishing probe Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:42 AM PST That's a lot of beer money nicked from bank accountsScotland Yard's cybercrime crackdown squad has cuffed suspected crims accused of masterminding a phishing scam that netted more than £1m in cash from hundreds of unsuspecting students.… |
| NASA slammed for losing hundreds of moon rocks Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:20 AM PST Chaos at space agency's lunar lump lending libraryButter-fingered admin work at NASA HQ has meant that hundreds of moon rocks, meteorites and cosmic dust samples have gone missing since the 1980s.… |
| Griffin iTrip Dual Connect car kit for iPhone Posted: 09 Dec 2011 02:00 AM PST Tune in, trip outAccessory of the Week Sending audio from your iPod or iPhone to your car stereo over FM is all very well, but it has some nasty drawbacks.… |
| Leaked EU data protection draft SHALL. NOT. PASS. Posted: 09 Dec 2011 01:42 AM PST Doubtful Commission's proposals will be enacted in this formAnalysis The first impression of this leaked text is that this version of the Regulation is more prescriptive than Directive 95/46/EC and will get up most data controllers and governmental noses. I think the text makes far too many fundamental changes than can be reasonably done via a "Regulation" (which has three times as many Articles as the Directive it replaces). And this conclusion is from someone who thinks changes to the UK data protection regime are badly needed*.… |
| Cops bust den of text-spam spewers Posted: 09 Dec 2011 01:21 AM PST ICO survey: Spam texts give us the sadsPolice have raided a UK office they suspect was a front for spam texters and are eyeing up other hotspots of SMS spam in a crackdown announced today by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).… |
| Post Office wins contract to take snaps of foreigners Posted: 09 Dec 2011 01:03 AM PST Checks on non-Brit residents to include online service for employersThe Post Office has won a contract to take photographs and fingerprints of foreign nationals seeking biometric residence permits (BRPs).… |
| US judge: Ad-pushers may be liable for 'facilitating' website piracy Posted: 09 Dec 2011 12:33 AM PST Chitika gets off, but others may not be so lucky – court rulesAdvertising networks can be found liable for contributing to copyright infringement on websites if they facilitate that infringement, a US court has suggested. It ruled that the ad network in question was not liable, but suggested that others could be in other situations.… |
| OnLive Game System cloud gaming console Posted: 08 Dec 2011 11:00 PM PST Server-ance playReview The OnLive cloud gaming service was launched in the UK in September, and I was impressed by the fact that it allowed me to play a wide range of PC games on my Mac – without requiring Boot Camp and a copy of Windows, or any virtualisation trickery.… |
| Microsoft and HP sign four-year cloud cooperation pact Posted: 08 Dec 2011 05:03 PM PST Three flavors of cloud by end of yearMicrosoft and HP have signed a deal to offer joint cloud hardware and software configurations for sale over the next four years.… |
| Samsung gets a few days of Christmas Posted: 08 Dec 2011 04:38 PM PST High Court nixes Apple appeal, Galaxy 10.1 in stores MondayBreaking: Australia's High Court has refused Apple's application for special leave to appeal in the ongoing Apple-Samsung case.… |
| Wind farms get better forecasts Posted: 08 Dec 2011 03:30 PM PST First win for UNSW under new IP arrangementsThe University of NSW has announced the first fruits of its new intellectual property regime, in the form of software designed to improve wind power forecasting.… |
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