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- CERN boffins to lift LHC beam power
- Aus start-ups get in the Silicon Valley house
- Apple tops Google in 'Reputation Quotient' survey
- Iranians get some services back
- Packer gets into cloud shopping
- Apple sends independent inspectors into Foxconn factories
- European Parliament prez slams ACTA 'in current form'
- Cisco resells Citrix, VMware virty desktop wares
- ScaleMP chases SGI customers with migration deal
- Apple orders PC builder to 'choose sides' in laptop battle?
- FCC turns auction upside down for $300m rural 3G broadband
- NoSQL databases not just for the 'cool kids'
- Vodafone admits giving C&W the eye
- PlayBooks lapped up from RIM by distributors
- Kung-fu tweeting Carl Douglas wins El Reg prize - with expert timing
- Apple's secret outsource: 'Even <i>more</i> software to be made in India'
- Windows 8 on ARM: Microsoft bets on Office 15 and IE10
- TicketWeb coughs to email database hack
- HP boss Whitman urged to get touchy-feely with resellers
- The to-do list to make private cloud work
- Anonymous reverse ferrets on CIA.gov takedown
- Asus Transformer Prime tablet reboot fix fails to show
- NexGen boss: If solid hardness isn't stuck into PCIe - forget it
- Samsung shows third-gen Galaxy Tab
- Pakistan blocks 13,000 grumble flick sites
- Muscle pants give girls that skin-stripped look
- Car crash model cushioned by 38KKK Bulgarian airbags
- NASA plans manned Deep Space Moon outpost
- Apple demands US ban on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus
- ESA's first Vega rocket blasts off without a hitch
- Megastar personalities are intellectual property in draft law
- Microsoft India web store 'hacked by Chinese group'
- Google locks Wallets – no new customers for now
- Apple TV stock shortage sparks new gadget rumour fever
- Sun hacks cuffed after being DOBBED IN by News Corp
- Fondle my slab, baby: Inside the tactile world of Apple-fan iDating
- Cable thieves wreak havoc for cops, BT punters
- Cheap Ultrabooks? Not before 2013
- Boffins claim breakthrough in hovering robothopter experiments
- Ten... Valentine's Day gifts for him
- CSC confirms $1.5bn NHS IT write-off
- iPads seized from shelves by Chinese officials
- The God Box: Searching for the holy grail array
- TDK SD-700 High Fidelity headphones
- Mobile customers still sprout in Aus
| CERN boffins to lift LHC beam power Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:00 PM PST Igor! More power!CERN has announced that it's going to boost the beam energy of the Large Hadron Collider by 0.5 TeV this year in a bid to pull more data out of the micro-universe before the machine takes a break at the end of the year.… |
| Aus start-ups get in the Silicon Valley house Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:30 PM PST Incubator for Aus entrepreneurs gets govt helpThe NSW state government has put its weight behind a new Silicon Valley incubator targeting Australian startups that want to go global.… |
| Apple tops Google in 'Reputation Quotient' survey Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:19 PM PST Tell Foxconn: Cupertino leads all US corps in 'Workplace Environment'Apple may be facing brickbats for the working conditions at its Asian contract manufacturers, but a new survey puts Cook & Co. at the top of all US corporations in overall reputation, including perceived leadership in Workplace Environment.… |
| Iranians get some services back Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:00 PM PST Censor's dead hand still felt on Facebook, TwitterIranians have a little more Internet access than a few days ago, but access is still highly restricted.…
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| Packer gets into cloud shopping Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:15 PM PST Takes stake in e-commerce start-upBrisbane e-commerce and cloud-based logistics start-up Temando Shipping has received a cash injection from James Packer's investment vehicle Ellerston Capital.… |
| Apple sends independent inspectors into Foxconn factories Posted: 13 Feb 2012 12:03 PM PST Fair Labor AssociationApple has begun to send independent inspectors into its Chinese factories, a release today states.… |
| European Parliament prez slams ACTA 'in current form' Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST Politicians prevaricate as Europe protestsThe recently elected president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, has criticized the current ACTA treaty, saying it provides little protection for the rights of individual users.… |
| Cisco resells Citrix, VMware virty desktop wares Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:07 AM PST Could just buy Citrix or Red Hat outrightCisco Systems came late to the physical and virtual server rackets and that means it has to partner to get virtual server slices out there in the data center. And it thinks virtual desktop infrastructure, or what it now calls Virtual Experience Infrastructure or VXI for short, is the killer app for its "California" Unified Computing System blade servers.… |
| ScaleMP chases SGI customers with migration deal Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:40 AM PST vSMP 4.0 versus NUMAlink 5The financial news out of Silicon Graphics last week - the company's profits falling even as revenues expand, and the contemplation of a reorganization in unprofitable European operations while looking for a new CEO – apparently has some customers looking for alternative shared-memory systems.…
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| Apple orders PC builder to 'choose sides' in laptop battle? Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:36 AM PST Build ASUS Zenbook or MacBook Air – not bothApple reportedly put pressure on a Taiwanese manufacturer of its popular MacBook Air, asking them to choose between building that Cupertinian laptop or the ASUS Zenbook.… |
| FCC turns auction upside down for $300m rural 3G broadband Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:04 AM PST Build it cheap, and they will comeA US regulator is proposing a reverse auction to attain national broadband, providing $300m to the company that claims to be able to do the most with the cash pot.… |
| NoSQL databases not just for the 'cool kids' Posted: 13 Feb 2012 09:27 AM PST Relational DBMSes 'too rigid'The companies peddling NoSQL databases, which are increasingly needed for web applications that have a scale that breaks relational databases, are drooling over the prospects of their products going mainstream this year.… |
| Vodafone admits giving C&W the eye Posted: 13 Feb 2012 09:09 AM PST Flashes wallet at prospective dateVodafone has admitted eyeing up Cable & Wireless Worldwide, but says the relationship is still at the coy-glances stage with talks of a quick merger being premature.… |
| PlayBooks lapped up from RIM by distributors Posted: 13 Feb 2012 08:35 AM PST Q4 shipments up as discounts tweak interestRIM UK PlayBook shipments took off in Q4 as price cuts finally convinced distributors to increase their orders.… |
| Kung-fu tweeting Carl Douglas wins El Reg prize - with expert timing Posted: 13 Feb 2012 08:01 AM PST Beardie computer scientist was fast as lightningMr Carl Douglas - the computer scientist from Blighty's Lincoln, not the Kung-fu Fighting pop star - was fast as lightning to become @regvulture's 10,000th follower on Twitter.…
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| Apple's secret outsource: 'Even <i>more</i> software to be made in India' Posted: 13 Feb 2012 07:41 AM PST Is Cupertino getting internal software from Bangalore?A visit by Apple's CIO to India in January has resulted in some hefty software deals for two Bangalore-based firms, according to The Times of India.… |
| Windows 8 on ARM: Microsoft bets on Office 15 and IE10 Posted: 13 Feb 2012 07:18 AM PST WOA: hardware saviour to software challenges?Steve Ballmer wasn't kidding when he said Windows 8 could be Microsoft's "riskiest product bet."… |
| TicketWeb coughs to email database hack Posted: 13 Feb 2012 07:02 AM PST Punters get phishy mails sniffing for credit card infoCustomers of UK ticketing agency TicketWeb, a subsidiary of TicketMaster, received phishing emails from the company over the weekend after its direct email marketing system was hacked.… |
| HP boss Whitman urged to get touchy-feely with resellers Posted: 13 Feb 2012 06:41 AM PST As Michael Dell whispers sweet nothings to big bizHP CEO Meg Whitman, who will step out in front of a VIP audience at the invitation-only global partner knees-up in Las Vegas this week for the first since taking over at the vendor, should take a leaf out of Michael Dell's channel management notes.… |
| The to-do list to make private cloud work Posted: 13 Feb 2012 06:32 AM PST Unified infrastructure managementBroadcast Change is the hardest thing that IT has to do, but it's a fact of life. How you deal with fundamental change can have a massive impact on the overall performance of the business, on user satisfaction and on how IT is valued. This is particularly true when there are a whole bunch of complex systems in place. You've just got them working, or at least stopped people complaining too much. Suddenly there's a new big idea, and a new set of tools and change management processes to consider.… |
| Anonymous reverse ferrets on CIA.gov takedown Posted: 13 Feb 2012 06:16 AM PST 'We |
| Asus Transformer Prime tablet reboot fix fails to show Posted: 13 Feb 2012 06:08 AM PST It is coming, insists companyAsus has apologised for the Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet firmware update no-show and pledge to get the code out soon.… |
| NexGen boss: If solid hardness isn't stuck into PCIe - forget it Posted: 13 Feb 2012 06:02 AM PST Disk-flash storage mix biz chief argues his cornerUsing flash memory, deduplication and predictable performance the iSCSI array has been reinvented by the founders of LeftHand Networks in the shape of NexGen Storage's n5.… |
| Samsung shows third-gen Galaxy Tab Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:44 AM PST Ice Cream Sandwich tablet incomingSamsung has outed the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0), its parenthesis packing new tablet fresh for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.… |
| Pakistan blocks 13,000 grumble flick sites Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:39 AM PST Ban system pledged after 'obscene' smut complaints soarThe Pakistani government has ramped up its web censorship regime, blocking access to 13,000 sites it deems "obscene" and hatching plans to filter content in a more systematic way in future.… |
| Muscle pants give girls that skin-stripped look Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:24 AM PST Bad to the boneLooking for a little something for the lady in your life ahead of V Day tomorrow? If she takes sci-tech in her stride - and as the SO of an El Reg reader, we'd hope she does - how about a pair of these anatomically oriented geeky strides?… |
| Car crash model cushioned by 38KKK Bulgarian airbags Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:19 AM PST 'I think my breasts saved my life'A top-heavy model who wrapped her car round a tree is convinced her preposterous 38KKK Bulgarian airbags saved her from an appointment with the great cosmetic surgery clinic in the sky.… |
| NASA plans manned Deep Space Moon outpost Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:01 AM PST Agency investigates way station for astronautsNASA is looking at the possibility of parking a manned outpost beside the Moon as a way station for astronauts on their way to deep space missions.… |
| Apple demands US ban on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:51 AM PST Opens up new front in the patent warsApple is seeking a US ban on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus, the flagship phone for the newest iteration of Google's Android smartphone OS, in the latest battle of the ongoing patent wars.… |
| ESA's first Vega rocket blasts off without a hitch Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:31 AM PST Europe's small-load launcher joins the big boysEurope's first Vega launcher blasted off in South America today in a successful qualification flight that signals the rocket is ready for use.…
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| Megastar personalities are intellectual property in draft law Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:23 AM PST Protecting the vacuous: Daft or ironic - you decideThe Guernsey Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has opened a public consultation on draft laws that would for the first time anywhere in the world allow celebrities to register their personality rights as a form of intellectual property. A sports law expert said the chance for enhanced legal certainty over their image and potential financial benefits could lure celebrities to register their rights on the island.… |
| Microsoft India web store 'hacked by Chinese group' Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:03 AM PST Evil Shadow Team pounces, claims it uncovered passwordsMicrosoft appears to have had its Indian web store broken into and user login credentials stolen by Chinese hackers.… |
| Google locks Wallets – no new customers for now Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:46 AM PST Speed bump on the road to wireless paymentsGoogle has suspended the provisioning of pre-paid cards into its electronic wallet, preventing the use of stolen cards but equally preventing new customers from signing up.… |
| Apple TV stock shortage sparks new gadget rumour fever Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:32 AM PST Rumoured supply cuts may signal a launchApple is throttling back its supply of Apple TV boxes, says 9to5Mac, suggesting that Apple is discontinuing the old product line in advance of a big launch.… |
| Sun hacks cuffed after being DOBBED IN by News Corp Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:17 AM PST MoD staffer, a copper, armed forces member held tooScotland Yard released five Sun journalists on bail at the weekend after they arrested the hacks on suspicion of corruption and aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office.…
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| Fondle my slab, baby: Inside the tactile world of Apple-fan iDating Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:02 AM PST 'There are more boys than girls, but it's not a problem'Even in the hearts of Apple fanbois, there's room to love another human being as well as machinery. But it's better if the human receiving that love also has an iPad, say those who are presumably experts in the matter.… |
| Cable thieves wreak havoc for cops, BT punters Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:39 AM PST Biz customers in Hertfordshire hit by outageBT customers in Hertfordshire suffered lengthy outages late last week, after the national telco's underground cabling in that area was apparently targeted by thieves.… |
| Cheap Ultrabooks? Not before 2013 Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:23 AM PST Laptop maker moles offer gloomy forecastHoping for Ultrabook prices to plummet before you take the plunge? You may have to wait a while. These skinny laptops won't hit the $599-699 (£379-442) band until 2013, notebook manufacturers reckon.… |
| Boffins claim breakthrough in hovering robothopter experiments Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:16 AM PST Paper 'bugs' used subwoofer-powered wing flapsBrainboxes in New York say they have made progress on one of the knottiest conundrums facing the technology of humankind today: that of constructing mechanical ornithopters able to fly – and specifically to hover – as well as insects can.… |
| Ten... Valentine's Day gifts for him Posted: 13 Feb 2012 02:00 AM PST Surprise, surprise! |
| CSC confirms $1.5bn NHS IT write-off Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:27 AM PST Still in talks with gov ...CSC has confirmed it is to write off almost $1.5bn as a result of its involvement in the National Programme for IT (NPfIT).… |
| iPads seized from shelves by Chinese officials Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:03 AM PST China's G-men prowl stores after Apple loses Proview caseOfficials have begun confiscating iPad devices from stores in China after a court ruled in December that Apple was guilty of infringing the trademark of Chinese monitor biz Proview.… |
| The God Box: Searching for the holy grail array Posted: 13 Feb 2012 12:02 AM PST Latency killing super spinnerIt's so near we can almost smell it: the Holy Grail storage array combining server data location, solid state hardware speed, memory access speed virtualisation, and the capacity, sharability and protection capabilities of networked arrays. It's NAND, DAS, SAN and NAS combined; the God storage box – conceivable but not yet built.…
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| TDK SD-700 High Fidelity headphones Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:00 PM PST Cans doGeek Treat of the Week These headphones from TDK owe something of their design to Beats' Solo cans. The black TDKs aren't as stylish as the Solos but they exude class.… |
| Mobile customers still sprout in Aus Posted: 12 Feb 2012 04:26 PM PST Optus scores growthDespite heated competition and with an ailing third competitor in Vodafone, Australia's dominant mobile carriers continue to cram customers onto their networks.… |
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