Reg hack applauds asinine augmentation

<i>Reg</i> hack applauds asinine augmentation


<i>Reg</i> hack applauds asinine augmentation

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:17 PM PDT

Vulture Central expands donkey portfolio

I'm delighted to announce that the El Reg Iberian bureau this morning celebrated the second happy new addition to its donkey portfolio, in the shape of a perfectly-formed jenny.…

Easing the pain of applications delivery

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Gain time and control with virtualisation

Desktop  Application virtualisation separates the application not just from the underlying hardware but also from the operating system. That means, for example, that you can run applications side by side in separate virtualised spaces without fear of clashes between them or with the operating system.…

Of Windows patch management

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Stay in control of updates

If there's a new patch available for Windows, you probably want it applied as soon as possible. It is unlikely, though, that you will want to roll out that update to users automatically because whether they contain new features, fix bugs or plug security holes, patches can break applications.…

Think PCs will drop in price? Think again, warns Intel

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:00 AM PDT

Selling chips better biz than selling drugs

The Golden Age of ever-decreasing PC prices is over, at least as far as Intel is concerned.…

Endeavour bids adios to ISS

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:46 AM PDT

Undocks ahead of final homecoming

Space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station at 03:55 GMT this morning, marking its last departure from the orbiting outpost ahead of its return to terra firma on Wednesday.…

Rumbled benefits cheats offer sensational excuses

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:12 AM PDT

'It wasn't me working, it was my identical twin'

Government ministers have revealed a top ten list of improbable and entertaining excuses offered by rumbled benefits cheats, including the defence of one perp who insisted: "It wasn't me working, it was my identical twin."…

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Ball games: the latest sports releases

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:00 AM PDT

Action for the armchair athlete

Review  Here at Vulture Central, we love a challenge. And they don't come more challenging than reviewing three sports games in three days. So all warmed up and ready to play, with club, racket and cue in hand, I head onto the course and court and into the Crucible to give you the lowdown on Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2012 Masters, Virtua Tennis 4 and WSC Real 2011.

BT to embrace IPTV as it upgrades broadband network to multicast

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:00 AM PDT

BT's network about to become very video-friendly

British Telecom will change the bulk of its broadband network to use multicast routers as from next year – this will mean that full IPTV services, using quality of service protocols, could then be launched for the first time on the BT network.…

Part flash, all flash or dedicated flash?

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT

Location, location, location

Flash memory is rarely out of the news these days as recent announcements from Texas Memory Systems and EMC show.…

Rampaging Android takes over Main Street America

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:00 PM PDT

This is not the theme park you were looking for

The latest Texan tourist attraction is a residential street, but one that invites visitors to tap an Android tablet against anything in the "neighbourhood" to be shown more details about the object, as well as its price.…

Boffins grow brains in petri dish

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:49 PM PDT

Manmade rat neurons with memories

For a chunk of the 20th century, SF writers played around with various "brain in a jar" scenarios, and now, it's come true.…

Intel's future Sandy Bridge Xeons exposed

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:00 PM PDT

x64 iron choices galore

The ongoing x64 server chip war is going to heat up considerably in the third quarter, with both Intel and AMD firing off new processors for midrange server buyers. And we now have a few more details about Intel's future "Sandy Bridge" Xeon platforms and the chipsets that drive them.…

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Lockheed-Martin signs on for D-Wave <strike>prototype</strike> computer

Posted: 29 May 2011 05:57 PM PDT

A quantum leap in sales, from zero to one

Controversial Canadian company D-Wave, which has long made press claims about "commercial" quantum computing, can now claim to have sold a machine.…

Aussie banks cancel 10,000 credit cards

Posted: 29 May 2011 03:50 PM PDT

No you didn't exceed your limit, we can't secure our data

The Australian banking system has been rocked by a mystery security breach which caused the immediate cancellation of over 10,000 cards on Friday. The Commonwealth Bank and the St George Bank initiated the alert via SMS to customers notifying them that their cards would be cancelled as part of precautionary measures.…

Digital shoppers ripped off @.com.au

Posted: 29 May 2011 03:34 PM PDT

Hint: why do we buy offshore?

Australian gaming, tech and software consumers selecting to buy from local online stores vs offshore etailers are paying up to 91 percent for the pleasure, according to consumers watchdog Choice.…

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