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- Giant super-laser passes 500 TRILLION watts
- E-Cat pitching cold fusion to Australians
- Yahoo! Poaches! New! CEO! From! Google!
- Microsoft pops preview of 'biggest, most ambitious' Office
- Apple fails to block stolen iOS in-app content
- Cisco warns of major vulnerabilities in TelePresence kit
- Sage: Where's this double-dip disaster everyone's crying over?
- Yes, you can be sacked for making dodgy Facebook posts
- Symantec update killed biz PCs in three-way software prang
- Slash for cash: boozers' bladders primed for Olympic pee game
- It costs $450 in marketing to make someone buy a $49 Nokia Lumia
- Sleek new Macs violate fanbois' Retinas with display garbage
- Raspberry Pi sales limits lifted
- Olympics security cockup down to software errors - report
- UK snoop system had 1,000 COCKUPS - including 2 duff cuffs
- Intel gobbles Lustre file system expert Whamcloud
- Microsoft sells out of MSNBC.com, plans to open own news pipe
- Wobbly Chinese telecom giant 'may sack 12,000', shares nosedive
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
- Lego ponders Portal pack
- UK tech biz grinding to halt as <i>Reg</i> space programme sucks in talent
- GM to slash vast outsourced IT empire
- Sky launches movie, sports on demand service
- New 'nauts ride Russian rocket to shift change at the space station
- Fukushima powerplant owner forced to cough teleconference vids
- Patent scrap loser RIM ordered to cough up $147m
- Web crams down 7 MEEELLION more domain names
- US Energy dept starts handing out cash for exaflop superputer quest
- Ex-gov man McCluggage on G-Cloud's slow descent
- Prince Charles whips out jumbo red ball for Blighty's code-breakers
- Vodafone jumps into bed with Three in Ireland
- IBM's new Power7+ hotness - we peek through the veil
- Ex-Google Books man hired to drive private MOON BUS
- Spotify coining it at home in Sweden: But are artists getting any?
- Will the titans of storage decide to flash their bits?
- India preps craft for first mission to Mars
- Apple Store staircase flagged as Peeping Tom black spot
- Boffins build eye-controlled interface out of game-console cams
- US sets up underground dark matter detector
- Carriers resisting FCC slug on international cables
- 5th Finger gets acquired in US by CRM player
| Giant super-laser passes 500 TRILLION watts Posted: 16 Jul 2012 03:00 PM PDT Quick, fetch the shark and the backpacksThe National Ignition Facility has followed up on its March firing with yet-another record, flicking the switch on a pulse that topped 500 trillion watts and 1.85 megajoules of UV laser.… |
| E-Cat pitching cold fusion to Australians Posted: 16 Jul 2012 02:17 PM PDT Pre-order Website openA company established in January 2012 is offering the Rossi E-Cat ("energy catalyzer") to Australians. E-Cat Australia is offering pre-orders for a 1MW unit with "an estimated delivery time of 3 months", and allowing people to pre-register for a domestic unit promising shipping in 2013.… |
| Yahoo! Poaches! New! CEO! From! Google! Posted: 16 Jul 2012 02:16 PM PDT Google's 'Employee No. 20' Marissa Mayer will captain sinking shipIn a surprise move, Yahoo! has named top Google exec Marissa Mayer its new president and CEO – the fifth in five years.… |
| Microsoft pops preview of 'biggest, most ambitious' Office Posted: 16 Jul 2012 01:29 PM PDT Redmond shifts Office from installed code to cloudy serviceMicrosoft has released the last preview of its latest build of Office – the first release of one of Redmond's biggest cash cows.… |
| Apple fails to block stolen iOS in-app content Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:51 PM PDT Donations keep cheeky Russian hacker's servers aliveApple has moved to shut down a hack that allows users of iOS devices to download in-app content without paying for it – but the service is still operating and its creator remains defiant.… |
| Cisco warns of major vulnerabilities in TelePresence kit Posted: 16 Jul 2012 11:17 AM PDT Watching you watching themCisco slipped out four security advisories on Friday warning of serious vulnerabilities in its high-end videoconferencing system – or TelePresence, as it prefers to call it.… |
| Sage: Where's this double-dip disaster everyone's crying over? Posted: 16 Jul 2012 08:34 AM PDT Europe still rattling the abacuses, thoughSage revealed the fragility of the Eurozone economy continues to give management sleepless nights as the recovery it touted didn't show up. Back home in Blighty, though, growth was described as good.… |
| Yes, you can be sacked for making dodgy Facebook posts Posted: 16 Jul 2012 08:09 AM PDT Employers aren't invading your privacy by reading themIgnorance about Facebook privacy settings is no excuse for complaining about the consequences of publishing off-colour online comments, a US judge has ruled.… |
| Symantec update killed biz PCs in three-way software prang Posted: 16 Jul 2012 07:34 AM PDT Encryption, cache and antivirus in head-on crashSymantec has apologised after an update to its security software sparked repeated crashes on enterprise Windows XP machines.… |
| Slash for cash: boozers' bladders primed for Olympic pee game Posted: 16 Jul 2012 06:56 AM PDT Wee sportsBritish pub visitors will soon be able to 'sample' the Olympic' competitive spirit, by battling each other at the urinal in a micturation-managed game, the 100ml Dash.… |
| It costs $450 in marketing to make someone buy a $49 Nokia Lumia Posted: 16 Jul 2012 06:53 AM PDT Smell of death emanating from mobe maybe puts people offEvery Windows phone Nokia sold in the US has been backed by a $450 slice of AT&T marketing cash, it's estimated.… |
| Sleek new Macs violate fanbois' Retinas with display garbage Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:58 AM PDT God, it's like using an ordinary poor people's computerBuyers of Apple's "jaw-dropping" Retina display MacBooks are indeed picking their chins off the floor - in reaction to bizarre on-screen glitches blighting the expensive lap-warmers.… |
| Raspberry Pi sales limits lifted Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:33 AM PDT Order as many as you want, but expect a long waitHardware hackers and ageing coders have snapped up more than 200,000 Linux running Raspberry Pi gadgets, the charity behind the cut-price computer said today.… |
| Olympics security cockup down to software errors - report Posted: 16 Jul 2012 05:26 AM PDT Tech blunders at G4S lie behind mobilisation of troopsA computer software failure caused the security fiasco at the Olympics, the Independent on Sunday has said, after talking to insider sources at security contractor G4S.… |
| UK snoop system had 1,000 COCKUPS - including 2 duff cuffs Posted: 16 Jul 2012 04:52 AM PDT Whoops, sorry. Spied on you and locked you up by accidentPolice, security services and other public bodies bungled nearly 1,000 requests for citizens' communications data in a year, a new report has revealed.… |
| Intel gobbles Lustre file system expert Whamcloud Posted: 16 Jul 2012 04:43 AM PDT Chipzilla prepares to gorge itself on exascale pieIntel's ambition to dominate the exascale era of computing is a little closer to realisation, as Chipzilla has written a cheque to acquire Whamcloud, a company which develops and supports the open source Lustre clustered file system.… |
| Microsoft sells out of MSNBC.com, plans to open own news pipe Posted: 16 Jul 2012 04:18 AM PDT No more MSN, MSNBC, NBC alphabet soup confusionMicrosoft's sold its stake in the 16-year online news venture it shared with US TV giant NBC.… |
| Wobbly Chinese telecom giant 'may sack 12,000', shares nosedive Posted: 16 Jul 2012 04:03 AM PDT ZTE struggle to get feds off its ass, cash in the doorChinese telecoms kit maker ZTE is in for a rough ride: its shares fell to a three-year low on Monday amid a profit warning and rumours that it may axe up to 12,000 workers.… |
| Posted: 16 Jul 2012 04:00 AM PDT Sammy brings knife to gunfight?Review Judging by the lawsuits flying around, Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been the only Android tablet to seriously worry Apple. Quite why is a mystery, because it has sold in nothing like the numbers of the iPad. Will the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 prove more of a threat by being cheaper rather than better?… |
| Posted: 16 Jul 2012 03:59 AM PDT Blocked ValveLego may introduce a kit based on the Portal videogame series now that a petition to do so has gathered enough support to trigger consideration from an official tribunal.… |
| UK tech biz grinding to halt as <i>Reg</i> space programme sucks in talent Posted: 16 Jul 2012 03:47 AM PDT Code biz kingpin volunteers his firm's servicesThe Special Projects Bureau is raising a few pints of foaming real ale today in honour of Escher Technologies, which has kindly offered to probe the intimate inner workings of our Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) project.… |
| GM to slash vast outsourced IT empire Posted: 16 Jul 2012 03:27 AM PDT Much of it from HP. The GM CIO used to work there ...You fire me? I'll fire you! It ain't that simple really, but GM CIO Randy Mott, sent into the cold, cold outside by HP's then CEO Leo Apotheker from his HP CIO post, has announced GM will stop outsourcing IT, bringing it back in house. The big loser? HP.… |
| Sky launches movie, sports on demand service Posted: 16 Jul 2012 03:24 AM PDT IPTV alternative to Netflix et atSky will begin offering pay-to-view films over the internet to non-subscribers tomorrow.… |
| New 'nauts ride Russian rocket to shift change at the space station Posted: 16 Jul 2012 03:08 AM PDT Crew still rejoicing at absence of Pettit's didgeridooThee new crew are on their way to the International Space Station, successfully launching over the weekend to replace the three who made it back to earth earlier this month.… |
| Fukushima powerplant owner forced to cough teleconference vids Posted: 16 Jul 2012 02:58 AM PDT Claims missing audio due to 'full hard drive'Japan's troubled Tokyo Electric Power Co, Tepco, the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant, will be forced to release hundreds of hours of in-house teleconference video footage revealing executive briefings to staff during the unfolding events of the nuclear disaster.… |
| Patent scrap loser RIM ordered to cough up $147m Posted: 16 Jul 2012 02:45 AM PDT Will BlackBerry maker ever catch a break?RIM has been ordered to pay up $147.2m (£94.3m) for violating a patent covering device management.… |
| Web crams down 7 MEEELLION more domain names Posted: 16 Jul 2012 02:31 AM PDT At least third of net addresses officially uselessThe number of registered domain names on the internet increased by 7.5 million to stand at 233 million in the first quarter of the year.… |
| US Energy dept starts handing out cash for exaflop superputer quest Posted: 16 Jul 2012 02:19 AM PDT Need to get the 'leccy bill down below that of a cityThe Department of Energy is continuing to dole out cash to pay for some of the basic research that needs to be done if the United States is going to field exascale-class supercomputers by 2020 or so. This time around, Nvidia and Intel have taken down some contracts, and El Reg hears that Big Blue is getting some funding as well.… |
| Ex-gov man McCluggage on G-Cloud's slow descent Posted: 16 Jul 2012 02:03 AM PDT Cabinet minister says 'privacy' no excuse on Open DataIt's a long march towards realising G-Cloud and releasing consistent data across government, says Bill McCluggage – who until recently helped lead the charge on cloud. He also spoke about how government would manage the release of Open Data from its data centres and on the public cloud.… |
| Prince Charles whips out jumbo red ball for Blighty's code-breakers Posted: 16 Jul 2012 01:42 AM PDT Unglamorous sloggers of yesteryear earn binary-encoded royal stonePrince Charles unveiled a ball of rose marble inscribed in binary and Morse Code on Friday - a tribute to the men and women of the British intelligence services over the last century who have worked at the "slog" of cracking, interception and security.… |
| Vodafone jumps into bed with Three in Ireland Posted: 16 Jul 2012 01:21 AM PDT Pair get a little place in DublinVodafone and Three will be sharing cell sites and support infrastructure in Ireland, reducing costs to both parties while each operator maintains its network independence.… |
| IBM's new Power7+ hotness - we peek through the veil Posted: 16 Jul 2012 01:00 AM PDT Saucy internet pictures reveal Big Blue secretsAnalysis A few weeks ago, El Reg told you that IBM was getting ready to start talking about its future Power7+ and System zNext processors at the Hot Chips conference at the end of August. Like you, I am an impatient sort when it comes to getting some insight into future processors from any vendor, and I like to poke around and see what I can find out about these chips as soon as possible because it is interesting and useful to know as much as possible as soon as possible.… |
| Ex-Google Books man hired to drive private MOON BUS Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:42 AM PDT Jimi Crawford snapped up by Moon ExpressA man who was formerly in charge of scanning books for Google has transferred to a private space company and will be programming robots for trips into space.… |
| Spotify coining it at home in Sweden: But are artists getting any? Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:19 AM PDT Counting out the royalties with sticky fingersNew figures from the Swedish music market suggest that streaming services are good for music. Revenue from streaming services grew 79 per cent in the first half of the year, making up for declines in CD sales and digital downloads, according to local trade body GLF. Spotify launched in Sweden first, in 2008.… |
| Will the titans of storage decide to flash their bits? Posted: 16 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT What religion do you suppose the Pope isThe fundamental decision facing most of the online storage industry is whether to use spinning or flashing bits or both. Flashing bit growth, solid state NAND storage, is booming and set to grow strongly. Why aren't Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital, the spinning disk-supplying tri-opoly, as successful with flash drives as OCZ, LSI, Micron, SanDisk, Fusion-io and other flash storage suppliers? How come Toshiba is making more headway than Seagate and Western Digital?… |
| India preps craft for first mission to Mars Posted: 15 Jul 2012 11:45 PM PDT Launch date expected in November 2013Not to be outdone by China in the space race, India is set to flex its muscles on the world stage, planning a mission to Mars late next year.… |
| Apple Store staircase flagged as Peeping Tom black spot Posted: 15 Jul 2012 11:35 PM PDT Hong Kong ladies told to beware covert up-skirt shotsApple's flagship store in Hong Kong has been placed on a black list by the region's biggest political party after fears were raised that its trademark glass staircase could provide Peeping Toms with a perfect vantage point for some sneaky up-skirt viewing.… |
| Boffins build eye-controlled interface out of game-console cams Posted: 15 Jul 2012 11:28 PM PDT £40 device lets you play Pong just by looking at itNeurotechnologists in London have invented a £40 device that lets you control computers with your eyes.… |
| US sets up underground dark matter detector Posted: 15 Jul 2012 04:23 PM PDT Now the gold's out of Lead, bring on the xenon!US researchers* moved a step closer to establishing a new 'dark matter' detection experiment on July 13, moving several tons of kit into a former goldmine in South Dakota.… |
| Carriers resisting FCC slug on international cables Posted: 15 Jul 2012 03:48 PM PDT Great idea, let's tax the Internet!Back in April, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed revising how contributions are made to America's Universal Service Fund (USF), suggesting drawing international cable operators into the fund's ambit.… |
| 5th Finger gets acquired in US by CRM player Posted: 15 Jul 2012 03:38 PM PDT Merkle dials up Aussie mobile pioneersAustralian mobile technology solutions pioneer 5th Finger has been acquired by US based customer relationship marketing outfit Merkle for an undisclosed sum.… |
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