First US CTO Aneesh Chopra resigns from post

First US CTO Aneesh Chopra resigns from post


First US CTO Aneesh Chopra resigns from post

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 11:14 AM PST

Logs out for possible political career

The first US government chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra has announced he's leaving the job.…

GaleForce control freak paints clouds KVM red

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 10:44 AM PST

Spanning more devices and hypervisors

Gale Technologies, one of the many companies that wants to manage your private and public clouds, has revved up its GaleForce cloud control freak to 6.0, and is improving its support for XenServer-based clouds and adding KVM to the mix.…

Polish lawmakers don Guy Fawkes masks to protest ACTA

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 10:41 AM PST

Thousands roil Polish streets – more protests planned for Friday

Over 30 Polish lawmakers held up paper replicas of the Guy Fawkes mask, made famous by both Anoymous hacktivists and the Occupy movement, during a protest in parliament of their country's signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the EU's highly controversial online-piracy legislation.…

Quantum shares plunge after results

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 10:02 AM PST

Turning the corner

Revenues for the third quarter of fy2012 were $173m, 2 per cent down on the $176m of a year ago. Net income was $3.94m, down from the $5.8m recorded a year ago. These earnings exceeded the Street's expectations so why did investors decide to sell the shares?…

America abandoning DSL in favour of faster cable

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 09:27 AM PST

Dash to fibre as people abandon twisted copper

ADSL connections to US homes are on the slide as companies and consumers turn to cable and fibre for faster connectivity.…

Enterprise gets social: Twitter-style data streams, engagement 'apps'

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 09:01 AM PST

Little numbers, big software and the data deluge

Open ... and Shut  The winning game plan for enterprise software has long been to "play it safe."…

Juniper stalled by jittery service providers, product transitions

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 08:34 AM PST

Switch hitting

Juniper Networks warned Wall Street earlier this month that the fourth quarter was going to be rough because key service provider customers are cutting back on spending at the same time that the company is putting the finishing touches on some new switches and routers.…

Dumb salesmen are hurting us – Nokia CEO

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 08:19 AM PST

Incentivising the McJobs

Analysis  Stephen Elop got a pretty indulgent reception from analysts, and most of the press yesterday, after delivering some shocking results. Nokia turned a profit of €2bn into a loss of €1bn in the new boss's first full year; volumes are down by 29 per cent; sales of the new Windows phone are unremarkable (to put it generously); and Elop has scrapped guidance for the rest of the year. [Summary] News like this would normally have analysts reaching for the panic button - but not today. Why would this be?…

Nominet puts the squeeze on rude members

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 07:58 AM PST

Scammers, speculators warned

Nominet, which runs the .uk domain registry, has proposed a new code of conduct that would ban unprofessional behaviour by its members.…

Facebook flings clickjack spam lawsuit at ad-slingers

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 07:50 AM PST

Social network teams up with Washington State to hound marketing firm

Facebook and US state of Washington have filed lawsuits against marketing firm Adscend Media over alleged clickjacking and spam practices, as the social networking giant finally gets tough with scammers operating on the site.…

RIM slashes BlackBerry PlayBook tablet prices

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 07:37 AM PST

Up to 58 per cent off launch cost

RIM has taken an axe to the prices it charges for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablets in the UK - again.…

Spotify reckons 1 in 5 freebie-gulper eventually pay up

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 07:34 AM PST

Takes pop at labels for withholding

Spotify executive Ken Parks says Spotify has 3 million paying customers, and 20 per cent of people who get on to the free, ad-supported part of the service are signing up to become paying punters. Most of those, 15 per cent, sign up to the premium tier, Parks claimed. The premium tier gives you offline and mobile access to the music.…

US lawmakers question Google over privacy policy

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 07:02 AM PST

Politicos ask if Chocolate Factory's new rules violate an FTC agreement

Google is insisting that its new privacy policy will still give its users control, after criticism in a letter from US members of Congress.…

Judges set timetable for McKinnon case resolution

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 06:39 AM PST

Pentagon hacking suspect has been waiting for 10 YEARS...

Senior judges have set a timetable to speed up resolution in the long-running Gary McKinnon extradition case, effectively setting a deadline for the Home Office to respond to evidence that McKinnon is too infirm to withstand the stress of a US trial and likely imprisonment over alleged Pentagon hacking offences.…

Microsoft schtum on Dropbox snags with IE

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 06:27 AM PST

Possible SmartScreen dislike of Amazon caused hiccups

Microsoft has so far declined to explain why Internet Explorer this week flagged Dropbox as a phishing threat, in an apparent clash with Amazon's S3 cloud storage.…

Snake slides back onto Nokia smartphones

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 06:07 AM PST

Nostalgic grub gobbling

Most people enjoyed playing Snake on their ancient Nokias, gobbling dots and chasing their tail in zig-zags around the screen, at some time in their lives. Well, gamers can now revisit the past and install the ol' classic on their Lumia handsets, retro stylee.…

Microsoft exec says Safe Harbor framework is 'alive and well'

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:56 AM PST

Privacy critic: 'It's dead. We just forgot to bury it'

CPDP  Privacy advocates have expressed concern about Brussels' Commissioner Viviane Reding's decision to leave in place the Safe Harbour framework used by some companies to transfer data from Europe to the US.…

Apple Italy throws up ruling on its store site

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:46 AM PST

We accept that they think we were wrong

UPDATE:  Apple Italy has posted details of the ruling against it, as required by the Italian courts, though we don't yet know if Cupertino will be coughing up the €1.2m fine too.…

Google lets youngsters in to Google+. Officially, that is

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:32 AM PST

ZitFaceBook to offer 'nuance, richness, meaningfulness'

Google has finally opened the doors of its Google+ social networking service to kids, but was careful to keep their 'rents onside with new online safety features, as its desperate efforts to catch Facebook continue.…

Apple: Yes there are horrendous accidents, but we CARE

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:14 AM PST

Tim Cook sends letter after Chinese factory horror exposé

Tim Cook has sent a letter to all Apple employees stressing how much the company cares about industrial accidents in its Chinese factories.…

Galaxy drives up profits for Samsung

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:01 AM PST

Smartphone sales fuel massive multi-billion dollar investments

Samsung's smartphones have helped drive the company to an operating profit of ₩5.3 trillion ($4.7bn) in the fourth quarter of last year.…

NAO: British bobbies wasting £80m BlackBerry stash

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:43 AM PST

Some forces share 1 among 100, some have 150 for 100 officers

Brit coppers are not getting enough benefits from their £80m splurge on BlackBerrys and other mobile devices, the National Audit Office has said.…

Stab victim protected by Bulgarian airbag

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:27 AM PST

Jub job saved Florida woman's life, doc reckons

A Florida woman who was set upon by her ex-fiance's knife-wielding new squeeze survived the attack thanks to one of her Bulgarian airbags, according to this report.…

North Korea labels phone users war criminals

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:22 AM PST

Hundred-day ban on blowers

North Korea has banned the use of mobile phones for 100 days while it formally mourns the death of its late "glorious leader" Kim Jong-Il. Those who disobey the dictat will be treated as war criminals and punished accordingly, it has been claimed.…

Update Facebook by thrusting your hips to, er ... 'Like' things

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:17 AM PST

NFC belt buckle lets you show affection with a friendly hump

Seventies throwbacks who like big belt buckles, and pelvic thrusting in public, can now check into a location, or "Like" a friend, with no more than a flick of the hips.…

Trevor goes hands-on with Microsoft Training

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:06 AM PST

Screencap recap

Reg columnist Trevor Pott's recent review of the Microsoft Virtual Academy sparked several comments that largely said the same thing: "where's the pics?"…

Sony BDP-S185 Blu-ray player

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:04 AM PST

A little gem

ICANN responds to smut portal antitrust lawsuit

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 04:02 AM PST

'We do not make or sell anything,' says $75m non-profit

ICANN and .xxx manager ICM Registry want a California judge to throw out an antitrust lawsuit, saying plaintiff Manwin Licensing is just miffed that it missed out on the juiciest domain names.…

'You will download your sneakers within 20 years. Yarr'

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:47 AM PST

Plus: Fruity smugness - 'momentum is incredibly strong'

QuotW  This was the week when Microsoft filed a lawsuit against a Russian man who allegedly created and operated the Kelihos botnet before it got taken down in September last year.…

Nintendo unveils Network for console connectivity

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:42 AM PST

Wii U to get NFC tech too

Nintendo has spilled the beans on its next-gen Wii U console's connectivity capabilities to be built around an online service called the Nintendo Network.…

BT seeks apartment dwellers to sign-up to 'superfast' FTTP trial

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:29 AM PST

We really wanna blow you some cable, dears

BT is on the lookout for around 1,000 residential buildings to sign up to a pilot to allow the national telco to test superfast broadband speeds in apartment blocks.…

BT comes clean on Infinity modem 'upgrade'

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:14 AM PST

Replacement boxes rolled out due to faulty chip

National telco BT has been sending letters out to its Infinity broadband customers saying that it will swap their modems for a better version for free, but failing to mention that the real reason for the generous offer is because they could be faulty.…

Boffins make graphene micro-distillery

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:09 AM PST

Wonder stuff cooked up super-strength vodka

Graphene-creating boffins have discovered a new purpose for the wonder material - a teeny-tiny distillery.…

Google must channel SOPA rage again – against your privacy

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:04 AM PST

Once more unto the breach, dear netizens

Put down the NOHO, victorious SOPA protestors – the mothership needs your help once again. Google needs to mount a SOPA-like campaign against European privacy protection proposals, says a US academic. It's for the greater good, apparently.…

Spring launch for Apple OLED TV with Siri, says retail mole

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:50 AM PST

Can it really make money when Sony et al can't?

Apple's voice-controlled 42in OLED TV could be out this April. Assuming, of course, that the Mac maker is indeed working on such an improbable beast.…

UK sight-loss charity sues BMI

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:47 AM PST

Excuses over inaccessible website don't fly with us

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has taken the unusual step of suing BMI after the airline failed to make changes to its website to make it accessible to blind and partially sighted people.…

Twitter cosies up to governments with country-level filters

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:26 AM PST

The tweets must flow, unless we're told they shouldn't...

Micro-blogging phenomenon Twitter has modified its commitment to the free flow of information online by adding a new feature enabling the removal of users' tweets at a country level while allowing them to be viewed elsewhere.…

World Solar Challenge: The Musical

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 02:03 AM PST

Oz heliowheels race for your viewing pleasure

Video  Last October, we at El Reg's Special Projects Bureau jetted off to Oz in pursuit of the World Solar Challenge – a gruelling 3,000km test of the planet's most advanced solar cars.…

Samsung eyes enormofridges for see-through screens

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 01:43 AM PST

No beer? Tap for more

Samsung's 46in see-through LCD screen will go into production this month, paving the way for the transparent tech's appearance in ordinary folks' living rooms.…

Startup goes titsup: Beyond Oblivion's crash is beyond belief

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 01:28 AM PST

Murdoch, charity also face write-offs as digital music outfit goes bust

It isn't just scofflaw copyright criminals who cause grief for the music business. Sometimes it's quite capable of lining up its own feet for a shooting party.…

iPhone grabs 6% of world phone shipments

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 01:20 AM PST

But Nokia and Samsung tower over Apple

Apple increased its share of the world phone market in Q4 2011, accounting for 8.3 per cent of mobile shipments, but it's still a small fry compared to the likes of Nokia and Samsung.…

Maxwell: Under G-Cloud, gov will buy IT 'like stationery'

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 01:01 AM PST

Public ICT contracts to be measured 'in months, rather than years'

The G-Cloud will usher in an era of public ICT contracts that are measured in months, rather than years, according to Liam Maxwell, the Cabinet Office's director of ICT futures.…

Samsung outsold Apple in world smartphone arena

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:53 AM PST

iPhone overtaken in 2011

Apple may have shipped more smartphones than Samsung in Q4, but the South Korean giant sold more of the gadgets during the year as a whole.…

EU: Time running out for web companies on 'do not track' system

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 12:04 AM PST

Steely Neelie: Agree on it by June, or I'll force one on you

Internet companies have been urged to establish a final standardised system that will allow users to control their privacy settings across websites.…

Eurocom Panther 2.0 Core i7, SLI notebook

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 11:00 PM PST

Just what does a £5k laptop get you these days?

Review  While currently every notebook manufacturer seems to offering the thinnest, lightest and easiest to carry around notebook ever, in a bizarre way, it's quite refreshing to find a company wandering off message and offering notebooks at the other end of the scale. Enter Eurocom's Panther 2.0, the heaviest, most amazingly specified, most expensive and without doubt the fastest performing notebook I've ever come across in over ten years of laptop testing.…

Newt Gingrich wants Moon to be 51st US state

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 05:23 PM PST

Promises permanent Moon base by 2020, Mars as next target

Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is telling the people of Florida about his plans for a permanent base on the Moon, and suggesting it may be possible for the satellite to become the 51st US state.…

Planet-hunting Kepler hits EXOPLANET JACKPOT

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 05:05 PM PST

11 systems, 26 planets added to inventory

NASA's exoplanet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has identified a slew of new subjects, adding 26 planets in 11 systems to its inventory.…

Untangling the question of antimatter mass

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 05:00 PM PST

Boffins spin up positronium

A group of researchers at University of California Riverside hopes to chip away at one of physics' 'question of questions' – why the blazes we're here at all. Their hope is to make electron/positron pairs live long enough to measure the positron's mass and find out if it's different to the electron.…

Most EU states sign away internet rights, ratify ACTA treaty

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST

European Parliament observer resigns in protest

Representatives of 21 of the EU's member states, including the UK, have signed off on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) – the European version of the US SOPA and PIPA rolled into one and cranked up to 11.…

Two Megaupload execs bailed

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 03:00 PM PST

No net for Batato or van der Kolk

Two of the Megaupload executives arrested in last week's raid on the company in New Zealand have been granted bail. Bram van der Kolk and Finn Batato will have to submit to strict bail conditions including electronic monitoring.…

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