Australia and Korea link in super satellite hook-up |
- Australia and Korea link in super satellite hook-up
- Spotify marks Australian launch
- iPhone/PS3 hacker Hotz arrested in pot bust
- IBM boasts of Power-AIX win at E-Trade Korea
- Moore's Law savior EUV faces uncertain future
- Cloud consultancy Appirio scores $60m VC wad
- 'Cheap' Oracle box bashes NetApp benchmark
- Newly discovered asteroid will not ANNIHILATE THE EARTH
- Vendors smack Thunderbolt punters with massive pricing markup
- UK's Guardian prints 'Assad family' emails leaked by activists
- Russell Brand 'threw small voice-enabled iPad through window'
- Apple iPad 3 packs LAPTOP battery
- LSI thrusts PCIe flash kit even harder
- Diablo III out on 15 May, pledges Blizzard
- x86 chips squeeze out a growth in Q4
- Pillow purveyor sews up Steve Jobs doll for fans
- Cisco slurps News Corp's telly software biz for $5bn
- O2 confirms HTC Tegra 3 phone for April
- New iPad: The only review roundup you'll ever need
- HP unzips, dangles fat wedge over PC dealers
- WD releases Thunderbolt drive
- Xbox 360 video cable boasts NOISE VIRUS protection
- Readers suggest LOHAN mount single mighty rod
- Flash DRAM wallop! Now Hynix fab cranks out NAND
- UPDATE: GAGA team hunts down grass-smoking ROBOT
- AOL: No plans to bin instant messager
- 'Seas will rise, flood millions of homes' warns Eric Schmidt ecologist
- Everything Everywhere's 4G party bus could run Three off a cliff
- Euro antitrust watchdog sniffs telcos' back-door hot air
- Roll up to the great Register Private Cloud survey
- Charge of the Metro brigade: Did Microsoft execs plan to take a hit?
- Comet and Walmart battle for Game
- HPC battle royale: Exotic models vs Frankenstein monsters
- Gamers pledge almost a million dollars for Wasteland sequel
- PhD pimp's mobe lock screen outwits Feds - Google told to help
- TV tax takers reveal Brits telly habits
- Cisco vows to give 4,000 Brit kids a proper IT schooling
- Smartphone owners demand bigger screens
- US gov tells Apple chief Tim Cook: Send us a minion to grill
- Nokia design chief ayes tablet plan
- Samsung's Apple ban bid tossed out by Dutch court
- BBC boss confirms iTunes alternative in store
- NASA postpones five-rocket launch spectacular
- Lawyers of Mordor menace Hobbit boozer
- Virgin Media snags London Underground Wi-Fi monopoly
- Adobe Photoshop Touch
- Mobile banking security bypassed in fiendish malware blag
- Flintstones was (sort of) true: Mammals did well alongside dinosaurs
- Oz anti-gang law hits email, maybe torrents too
- Groupon's 'Botox' voucher push breached ad rules – watchdog
| Australia and Korea link in super satellite hook-up Posted: 15 Mar 2012 03:00 PM PDT Target galaxy 3.5m light years awayAustralian and Korean radio telescopes have hooked up for the first time to target a galaxy that is 3.5 billion light years away.… |
| Spotify marks Australian launch Posted: 15 Mar 2012 02:37 PM PDT Digerati poised to lead local streamingThe long anticipated Australian launch details for music streaming service Spotify are poised to be unveiled as soon as next week as high profile digital executives begin to reveal their involvement.…
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| iPhone/PS3 hacker Hotz arrested in pot bust Posted: 15 Mar 2012 01:50 PM PDT Texas police roadblock SXSW talkGeorge Hotz, aka geohot, has been arrested by Texas police on drugs charges while on his way to give a talk to the annual SXSW festival in Austin.… |
| IBM boasts of Power-AIX win at E-Trade Korea Posted: 15 Mar 2012 01:43 PM PDT Ellison loses another Sparc/Solaris shopBig Blue is bragging once again about its ability to unseat its Unix-racket competitors from customer accounts after a big win at online stock trading company E-Trade Korea.… |
| Moore's Law savior EUV faces uncertain future Posted: 15 Mar 2012 01:41 PM PDT 'The End of Optical Lithography' has arrived - now what?CPTF 2012 The optical lithography that etches the chips in your digital devices is reaching its limits, but exactly when its oft-touted replacement – extreme ultraviolet lithography, commonly known as EUV – will be ready for prime time remains unclear.… |
| Cloud consultancy Appirio scores $60m VC wad Posted: 15 Mar 2012 01:26 PM PDT Wasn't cloud supposed to be a snap?If cloud computing and SaaS applications were supposed to be so much easier than managing on-premise applications, how come we need a cloud consultancy like Appirio? The answer is simple: Integration, or the lack thereof. And that is why Appirio has been able to score $60m in its fourth round of venture capital funding.… |
| 'Cheap' Oracle box bashes NetApp benchmark Posted: 15 Mar 2012 01:02 PM PDT Save one MILLION dollars, get 32% more speedAn Oracle mid-range ZFS storage array has beaten a NetApp filer on a SPEC benchmark, despite costing just one-fifth of the NetApp price.…
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| Newly discovered asteroid will not ANNIHILATE THE EARTH Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:01 PM PDT Well, not for a while anywayA panic-inducing asteroid, catchily named 2012 DA14, will not obliterate all life on Earth when it swings very close by in early 2013 - BUT it might do the next time it pops round.… |
| Vendors smack Thunderbolt punters with massive pricing markup Posted: 15 Mar 2012 11:28 AM PDT Bit richThere's expensive and then there's Thunderbolt device pricing... and that will make you gulp.… |
| UK's Guardian prints 'Assad family' emails leaked by activists Posted: 15 Mar 2012 11:03 AM PDT Files reveal high-heel love, Iran's uprising adviceSyrian activists have leaked a cache of files that purport to represent the private emails of Bashar al-Assad and his closest associates, sent during the bloody clampdown against opposition activists. Ongoing violence in Syria has claimed the lives of more than 8,000 people as the government seeks to crush an Arab Spring-inspired uprising.… |
| Russell Brand 'threw small voice-enabled iPad through window' Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:32 AM PDT Big Easy filth slap warrant on bad boy shlebComedian Russell Brand is reportedly wanted by police for allegedly grabbing a small iPad-like device from a photographer in New Orleans and hurling it through a window.… |
| Apple iPad 3 packs LAPTOP battery Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:04 AM PDT 12,000mAh power pack, anyone?The iPad 3 contains an 11,560mAh battery, the first take-apart of the third-generation Apple tablet has revealed.… |
| LSI thrusts PCIe flash kit even harder Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:03 AM PDT Warp drive standing by, captainLSI will soon launch third-generation PCIe flash products, which are expected to be faster and hold more data than its existing WarpDrive.…
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| Diablo III out on 15 May, pledges Blizzard Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:35 AM PDT In dungeons with drag onBlizzard will release Diablo III on 15 May. Honest. No, really, it will. No more delays this time.… |
| x86 chips squeeze out a growth in Q4 Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:27 AM PDT Rising ASPs pump up revenuesThe PC market might have stalled as 2011 came to an end, but chip makers peddling x86 chips for PCs, workstations, and servers still managed to eke out some growth in the fourth quarter and for the full year, according to the latest stats from market-watcher IDC.… |
| Pillow purveyor sews up Steve Jobs doll for fans Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:12 AM PDT Felt him upFanboys! Now you too can take Steve Jobs to bed.… |
| Cisco slurps News Corp's telly software biz for $5bn Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:01 AM PDT Vid encryption outfit NDS approves buy upNetworking giant Cisco Systems has announced its plans to snap up TV software firm NDS for a cool $5bn.… |
| O2 confirms HTC Tegra 3 phone for April Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:53 AM PDT Five-core smartphone ahoy!O2 has revealed it will be offering the HTC One X, the Taiwanese phone maker's polycarbonate-clad handset based on Nvidia's Tegra 3 processor.… |
| New iPad: The only review roundup you'll ever need Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:51 AM PDT Introducing our new media boildown™ techniqueSo the new iPad is out tomorrow (indeed today if you live near the Date Line) and all the world's media is aflame with non-stop fondleslab coverage. So many reviews and analyses of the world-shaking new information portaportal have been published that many top media outlets are now issuing roundups of the reviews, seeking to simplify matters for their readers: but such is the volume of stuff needing to be rounded up that in fact it would take all day merely to read the roundups.… |
| HP unzips, dangles fat wedge over PC dealers Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:43 AM PDT Punt desktop gear, earn a slice of $20mHP is dangling a sizeable "discretionary funding" carrot in front of resellers to make them come up with business plans to lure small biz, schools and corporations into buying PCs.… |
| Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:38 AM PDT Up to 6TB of storageMac users: WD's Thunderbolt-connectable 6TB hard drive, the My Book Thunderbolt Duo, can be yours for a mere €699/£580.…
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| Xbox 360 video cable boasts NOISE VIRUS protection Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:22 AM PDT Ears are ringing ... with alarm bellsAre noisy computer viruses interfering with your enjoyment of playing games on your Xbox 360?… |
| Readers suggest LOHAN mount single mighty rod Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:02 AM PDT |
| Flash DRAM wallop! Now Hynix fab cranks out NAND Posted: 15 Mar 2012 07:38 AM PDT China surges ahead in chip productionHynix is switching production at a memory plant in China to churn out NAND flash instead of DRAM chips.… |
| UPDATE: GAGA team hunts down grass-smoking ROBOT Posted: 15 Mar 2012 07:12 AM PDT Where in the world is our lawnmower?Poor weather has played havoc with our blade-testing, so the Genuinely Autonomous Garden Assistant (GAGA) team has been focusing on location-tracking technologies, with near-uniformly disappointing results.… |
| AOL: No plans to bin instant messager Posted: 15 Mar 2012 06:55 AM PDT |
| 'Seas will rise, flood millions of homes' warns Eric Schmidt ecologist Posted: 15 Mar 2012 06:52 AM PDT You should live so long (until 2100)Millions of American homes face the peril of flooding due to sea level rises caused by human-driven global warming, according to an ecologist funded by Google boss Eric Schmidt.… |
| Everything Everywhere's 4G party bus could run Three off a cliff Posted: 15 Mar 2012 06:38 AM PDT MPs, rivals hit the roof over LTE monopolyOfcom's proposal to give Everything Everywhere a year's monopoly on 4G raised the eyebrows of MPs, and the hackles of the competition, who can't see how it could possibly be fair.… |
| Euro antitrust watchdog sniffs telcos' back-door hot air Posted: 15 Mar 2012 06:19 AM PDT Voda, Telefónica and chums quizzed over cosy confabsAntitrust officials in Brussels are gathering evidence from five telcos operating in the European Union to determine whether the companies have been in cahoots.… |
| Roll up to the great Register Private Cloud survey Posted: 15 Mar 2012 06:01 AM PDT Buddy, can you spare some time?Research The Register has constructed a lovely survey about Private Cloud, which will form the basis of a number of research-based articles to be published in coming weeks. The survey is a one-pager and will take a few minutes of your time. Please take part!… |
| Charge of the Metro brigade: Did Microsoft execs plan to take a hit? Posted: 15 Mar 2012 06:01 AM PDT Touchy-feely annoyance a plot to keep Windows relevantAnalysis "Tiles to the right of them, Tiles to left of them, Tiles in front of them"
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| Comet and Walmart battle for Game Posted: 15 Mar 2012 05:46 AM PDT Bidding beginsWalmart and Comet have emerged as bidders for troubled high street games retailer Game.… |
| HPC battle royale: Exotic models vs Frankenstein monsters Posted: 15 Mar 2012 05:43 AM PDT Who will win the exascale supercomputer's heart?HPC blog My article comparing supercomputer performance and price/performance to common computers generated quite a few comments. For those who didn't see the initial story, the Fujitsu K computer is a 10 petaflop monster that's currently the fastest computer in the world. It's roughly 4x faster than the second place Tianhe-1A Chinese system that topped the chart at the end of 2010.… |
| Gamers pledge almost a million dollars for Wasteland sequel Posted: 15 Mar 2012 05:21 AM PDT Classic post-apocalyptic RPG to returnGamers have rallied behind plans to bring back classic post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland in one of the most eagerly anticipated sequels to date.… |
| PhD pimp's mobe lock screen outwits Feds - Google told to help Posted: 15 Mar 2012 05:18 AM PDT Warrant served on Chocolate FactoryA judge has backed a request from the FBI from Google for assistance in obtaining the secrets held on the Android smartphone of a hustler described as a founding member of the "Pimpin' Hoes Daily" (PhD) gang in San Diego.… |
| TV tax takers reveal Brits telly habits Posted: 15 Mar 2012 05:05 AM PDT 3D? Meh. Mobile? Yes pleaseBritons now spend more time watching TV programmes after they have been broadcast. And more than a quarter of us watch TV on mobile devices, TV Licensing, the organisation that collects the Licence Fee, a television tax, said this week.… |
| Cisco vows to give 4,000 Brit kids a proper IT schooling Posted: 15 Mar 2012 05:01 AM PDT New message to teens: Computing is coolDigital London Networking giant Cisco has pledged to leave the UK a technology "investment legacy" after the Olympics that'll deliver thousands of skilled workers for IT.… |
| Smartphone owners demand bigger screens Posted: 15 Mar 2012 04:52 AM PDT Four inches or more preferredIf you're one of those folks who favour smartphones with supersize screens, you're not alone. Nearly 90 per cent of your fellow phone owners want handsets to have bigger displays.… |
| US gov tells Apple chief Tim Cook: Send us a minion to grill Posted: 15 Mar 2012 04:41 AM PDT 'Thanks for coming Mr Appler. No, don't sit down'The US Congress has asked Apple to send a representative to Washington to face a grilling over iPhone privacy, after Cupertino's initial response to questioning was unsatisfactory and late.… |
| Nokia design chief ayes tablet plan Posted: 15 Mar 2012 04:29 AM PDT Yet Finnish phone firm counterspins claimNokia has revealed it has started work on a tablet, adding weight to rumours that the firm is set to launch an iPad challenger when Microsoft's Windows 8 software is released later this year.… |
| Samsung's Apple ban bid tossed out by Dutch court Posted: 15 Mar 2012 04:24 AM PDT Injunction battle lost but the war isn't overA Dutch court has rejected Samsung's bid to get bans on iPhones and iPads, saying that the Korean company can't seek an injunction based on standards-essential patents until licensing talks have been exhausted.…
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| BBC boss confirms iTunes alternative in store Posted: 15 Mar 2012 04:06 AM PDT Corporation to add downloads to CD, DVD, BD rangeThe BBC is working on a digital content store as an alternative to Apple's iTunes.… |
| NASA postpones five-rocket launch spectacular Posted: 15 Mar 2012 04:01 AM PDT Technical hitch scrubs ATREX blast off till FridayNASA scrubbed its attempts to paint the sky cloudy last night due to an internal radio frequency interference issue with one of the rockets.… |
| Lawyers of Mordor menace Hobbit boozer Posted: 15 Mar 2012 03:43 AM PDT Gandalf moves to protect Southampton pubBrit thesp Sir Ian McKellen has joined the campaign to protect Southampton boozer The Hobbit from the forces of darkness - Californian attack lawyers who claim the pub has infringed their client's trademark.… |
| Virgin Media snags London Underground Wi-Fi monopoly Posted: 15 Mar 2012 03:23 AM PDT Free in tube stations - but only for the summerVirgin Media will be fitting 120 London tube stations with Wi-Fi, but once the Olympic summer is over the service will no longer be free and the firm will begin charging by the minute.… |
| Posted: 15 Mar 2012 03:00 AM PDT The Mac's killer app finally comes to the iPadiOS App of the Week Annoyingly for us iOS fans, Photoshop Touch actually made its debut on Android, late last year. You can download it from Google Play. However, it has now arrived on the iPad 2 and the 'new iPad' – but not the first-generation iPad or any other iOS device – just in time to bump pixels with Apple's own iPhoto.… |
| Mobile banking security bypassed in fiendish malware blag Posted: 15 Mar 2012 02:31 AM PDT Bloody SIMple when you know howCyber-crooks are blagging SIM cards that allow them to circumvent mobile-based banking security measures and swipe cash from punters' accounts.… |
| Flintstones was (sort of) true: Mammals did well alongside dinosaurs Posted: 15 Mar 2012 02:30 AM PDT Fred and Barney would have been proto-mice not men, thoughEveryone knows that The Flintstones was wrong: not only did humans and dinosaurs not exist at the same time, even our earliest mammalian ancestors had barely come upon the world stage at the time when the great lizards departed it.…
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| Oz anti-gang law hits email, maybe torrents too Posted: 15 Mar 2012 02:11 AM PDT Consorting offence now includes 'electronic communication'The Australian State of New South Wales has amended its Crimes Act with a new definition of 'consorting' that makes electronic communications evidence of participation in criminal groups.… |
| Groupon's 'Botox' voucher push breached ad rules – watchdog Posted: 15 Mar 2012 02:03 AM PDT ASA: Wrinkly punters clearly being offered 'prescription-only' poison injectionGroupon breached UK advertising rules when it promoted a cosmetics treatment on its site, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.… |
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