Google Chrome extension detects dangerous websites |
- Google Chrome extension detects dangerous websites
- Hack attack kills thousands of Aussie websites
- Programmers urged to code with their tootsies
- Chip sales prognosis better than expected
- Apple, Google, Microsoft seek gargantuan tax break
- HP lures SMBs with tweaked servers, switches
- New Cassini pics of Saturnian 'Ice Queen' Helene
- Mozilla cranks out Firefox 5 with cross-platform 'Do Not Track' feature
- Apple will 'own games industry'
- Toshiba joins all-in-one PC fray
- Back to gaslight, coal and steam power - it's the future
- Apple dealers hit with Lion bar
- BT, TalkTalk refused appeal against Digital Economy Act
- Mink coat thief conceals booty down knickers
- LulzSec disavows alleged Census hack
- Network Solutions battered by DDoS and period features
- Apple lets slip Time Capsule update
- Police probe Twitter child abuse images
- Euro commissioner tells Facebook it has nowhere to hide
- Tilera throws gauntlet at Intel's feet
- Sputnik retro PC puts bureau back on the desktop
- Bloke pissing in reservoir prompts 8m gallon flush
- LightSquared shuffles away from GPS bands
- Met arrest alleged Lulz hacker
- Alice: The Madness Returns
- Miracle <i>Aliens</i>-style indoor comms built for firefighters
- Dropbox security fubar infuriates customers
- They shoot mainframes, don't they?
- Sony Ericsson delays X10 Android update
- Has UK gov lost the census to Lulzsec?
- Mobile providers less trustworthy than bankers, say punters
- Intel HPC plans need exascale I/O and storage
- MIPS chip slips through Android compliance
- BMW intros revamped Mini as sporty MG-alike
- The KILLER MUTANT FUNGUS in YOUR DISHWASHER
- Formula 1
- CSC's iSoft takeover cleared
- Brussels to banks: Prepare for tougher data breach rules
- Bangalore orders Street View spy cars to stop it
- Chinese official's affair goes very public
- Nokia unveils Contractual Obligation Meego Phone
- Apple MacBook Air reportedly back... in black
- US air passenger cuffed over low-flying pants
- Elite UK police agency website downed by Lulzsec
- WTF are... connected appliances?
- Open barbarians poised to storm Apple's gate
- CSIRO opens Cape Grim pollution data
- Upstairs, downstairs: IT goes into service
- Google bypasses admin controls with latest Chrome IE
- Web authentication authority suffers security breach
| Google Chrome extension detects dangerous websites Posted: 21 Jun 2011 03:01 PM PDT 'DOM Snitch' observes web apps in realtimeGoogle has released an extension for its Chrome browser that helps developers and security testers identify websites that execute unsafe code on end user computers.… |
| Hack attack kills thousands of Aussie websites Posted: 21 Jun 2011 03:00 PM PDT AFP investigates potential industrial espionageThousands of Australian websites have irretrievably lost their data and email files following a malicious security hack on Australian domain registrar and web host Distribute.IT.… |
| Programmers urged to code with their tootsies Posted: 21 Jun 2011 02:13 PM PDT 'Feets, don't fail me now!'You can now employ two woefully underutilized parts of your body to speed your PC workflow: your tootsies.… |
| Chip sales prognosis better than expected Posted: 21 Jun 2011 12:34 PM PDT Tablet, smartphone boom offsets PC bustGlobal semiconductor sales are rising despite the supply-change challenges poised by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami and the disruption of the PC market caused by tablets and smartphones.… |
| Apple, Google, Microsoft seek gargantuan tax break Posted: 21 Jun 2011 12:06 PM PDT Congress debates jobs and JobsApple, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, and a host of US megacorps are lobbying hard for a massive tax break – and they're gaining powerful friends in business, government, and labor in support of that effort.… |
| HP lures SMBs with tweaked servers, switches Posted: 21 Jun 2011 10:51 AM PDT Debuts AppSystem analytics appliancesHP has released new – well, "tweaked" might be more accurate – entry-level servers and switches, and rolled out two appliances to run data warehousing and analytics applications.… |
| New Cassini pics of Saturnian 'Ice Queen' Helene Posted: 21 Jun 2011 09:01 AM PDT Moon face that launched rather fewer than a thousand shipsPics NASA has released new pictures taken by the space probe Cassini in orbit around Saturn, ringed titan of the Outer System. The pictures show the small trojan ice moon Helene in close up.… |
| Mozilla cranks out Firefox 5 with cross-platform 'Do Not Track' feature Posted: 21 Jun 2011 08:46 AM PDT Get off my cloudJust three months after Mozilla pushed out what was its final big beast of a browser release in the form of the long-awaited Firefox 4, the next iteration of its popular surfing tool is now available online.… |
| Apple will 'own games industry' Posted: 21 Jun 2011 08:45 AM PDT Content delivery is kingApple is set to increase its dominance in the games industry and could own the whole shebang in ten year's time.… |
| Toshiba joins all-in-one PC fray Posted: 21 Jun 2011 08:28 AM PDT The iMac effect?Toshiba has launched its first all in one PC, an unusual move for the company more readily associated with laptop computers. Laptop tech is becoming increasingly common in domestic PCs and it seems that Toshiba couldn't pass this opportunity by any longer.… |
| Back to gaslight, coal and steam power - it's the future Posted: 21 Jun 2011 08:14 AM PDT Boffins unveil self-decoking steampunk fuel cellBoffins in the States say they've come up with a way of making fuel cells run on coal gas - the fuel of Victorian streetlights - and steam. Their plans would, they say, offer much lower carbon emissions than normal coal power: and much easier sequestration of exhaust gases as their technology would emit nearly pure CO2.… |
| Apple dealers hit with Lion bar Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:40 AM PDT Resellers overlooked as next gen OS is releasedApple is bypassing the channel to sell the forthcoming Lion OS directly to biz customers in yet another blow to its beleaguered partner base, resellers have claimed.… |
| BT, TalkTalk refused appeal against Digital Economy Act Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:33 AM PDT Judicial review judgment remains intactBT And TalkTalk won't get another day in court against the Digital Economy Act, after the telcos were denied permission to appeal against the failure of their legal challenge to the Act earlier this year.… |
| Mink coat thief conceals booty down knickers Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:21 AM PDT Hides mock muff from cops for a sensational three daysA Minnesota woman who swiped a mink coat and stuffed it down her knickers managed to pull off probably the greatest merkin stunt in criminal history by concealing her substantial booty from cops for a full three days.… |
| LulzSec disavows alleged Census hack Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:16 AM PDT And denies leader's arrestedWhile the UK government might still be checking systems, it seems that LulzSec themselves have denied hacking the UK census.… |
| Network Solutions battered by DDoS and period features Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:05 AM PDT Sporadic service since yesterdayNetwork Solutions has been hit by a DDoS attack which has left customers complaining they are unable to access the domain giant's servers.… |
| Apple lets slip Time Capsule update Posted: 21 Jun 2011 06:52 AM PDT Buy now? Buy laterApple has inadvertently confirmed the arrival of a rumoured update to its Time Capsule network storage device.… |
| Police probe Twitter child abuse images Posted: 21 Jun 2011 06:46 AM PDT Micro-blogging gets nastierThe Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre is investigating a Twitter account displaying child sex abuse images.… |
| Euro commissioner tells Facebook it has nowhere to hide Posted: 21 Jun 2011 06:03 AM PDT Offshore servers no defence, Reding tells El RegInterview European Commissioner Viviane Reding was in the UK on Monday to warn banks that they will be required to immediately notify customers about data security breaches. The Register visited the Brussels justice minister and vice president at the Commission's London office yesterday lunchtime to learn more about her seemingly personal crusade to make the internet a better place for businesses and consumers.… |
| Tilera throws gauntlet at Intel's feet Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:52 AM PDT 36-core Tile-Gx server chip crosses Sandy BridgeUpstart mega-multicore chip maker Tilera has not yet started sampling its future Tile-Gx 3000 series of server processors, and companies have already locked in orders for the chips.… |
| Sputnik retro PC puts bureau back on the desktop Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:51 AM PDT Part of the furnitureSome mod-jobs are too cool to overlook and this old school PC set-up certainly qualifies giving a welcome return to the desktop bureau of old.… |
| Bloke pissing in reservoir prompts 8m gallon flush Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:47 AM PDT 'Do you want to drink pee?' asks Portland water officialA young man who relieved himself in a Portland reservoir prompted the local water authority to flush 7.8 million gallons of drinking water down the toilet.… |
| LightSquared shuffles away from GPS bands Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:46 AM PDT Slides into Inmarsat for the sake of sat navLightSquared's national rollout has shifted frequencies to avoid interfering with GPS kit, taking early advantage of a deal with Inmarsat for 10MHz of bandwidth further down the dial.… |
| Met arrest alleged Lulz hacker Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:14 AM PDT Essex boy picked upTh Met's e-Crime unit has arrested a 19-year old alleged hacker in Essex on suspicion of involvement with network attacks and denial of service attacks.… |
| Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:00 AM PDT Jabberwonky?Review I have been waiting 11 years to be reunited with American McGee's Alice and strangely enough, Alice: Madness Returns parallels this as we join our unbalanced heroine 11 years after her defeat of the Queen of Hearts and discharge from Rutledge Asylum.… |
| Miracle <i>Aliens</i>-style indoor comms built for firefighters Posted: 21 Jun 2011 04:33 AM PDT Trail of relay routers auto-laid from belt dispensersSo you're a firefighter of the near future. Your fire truck pulls up outside a burning building, and sure enough it turns out there are people still inside needing rescue. Firing up your breathing apparatus and unlimbering your axe, you charge in like generations of heroes before you.… |
| Dropbox security fubar infuriates customers Posted: 21 Jun 2011 04:30 AM PDT Code update calamity compounded by closed mouthStorage and file-sharing vendor Dropbox made a huge cock-up during last weekend's upgrade leaving all of its user accounts unlocked.… |
| They shoot mainframes, don't they? Posted: 21 Jun 2011 04:30 AM PDT Rethinking big iron for the data centreWhat does two and two make? The answer: a myth.… |
| Sony Ericsson delays X10 Android update Posted: 21 Jun 2011 04:25 AM PDT Gingerbread still cookingSony Ericsson has restated its intention to bring Gingerbread to the Xperia X10 phone. If your memory stretches back to March you'll have heard a similar promise of "end Q2/early Q3" for this update to version 2.3 of the Android OS.… |
| Has UK gov lost the census to Lulzsec? Posted: 21 Jun 2011 04:01 AM PDT They've got form, let's be honestUpdated The UK's Office and National Statistics and Lockheed Martin are racing to check if hacker group LulzSec has gotten its hands on this year's census data.… |
| Mobile providers less trustworthy than bankers, say punters Posted: 21 Jun 2011 03:50 AM PDT And another thing...New research shows that when it comes to establishing trust and customer satisfaction, the mobile industry is judged less favourably than both the banking and insurance industries. Could it be any worse?… |
| Intel HPC plans need exascale I/O and storage Posted: 21 Jun 2011 03:32 AM PDT Balancing HPC compute, networking and storageISC Hamburg Intel set itself an exascale computing target at ISC Hamburg, with radical implications for HPC networking and storage.… |
| MIPS chip slips through Android compliance Posted: 21 Jun 2011 03:24 AM PDT Green robot no longer an ARM exclusiveA processor based on MIPS architecture has passed the Android Compatibility Test Suite, providing a welcome lifeline to the company whose share price has been in freefall lately.… |
| BMW intros revamped Mini as sporty MG-alike Posted: 21 Jun 2011 03:23 AM PDT Coup-eh?Has BMW lost the plot? We have to wonder, given what it's been doing to the Mini of late. It's newsest attempt to extend the acme of small cars: a coupé model, introduced today.… |
| The KILLER MUTANT FUNGUS in YOUR DISHWASHER Posted: 21 Jun 2011 03:15 AM PDT Don't approach without a biohaz suit and a flamethrowerMalign fungal entities may be breeding and evolving in your dishwasher, boffins warn, saying that the deadly toadstool-esque kitchen triffid yeast creatures have already become almost unkillable and may soon mutate into frightful blobominations able to launch out their deadly spores to "colonise" unwary nearby humans with horrific consequences.… |
| Posted: 21 Jun 2011 03:00 AM PDT Petrolhead paradiseAndroid App of the Week If you're not a fan or motor sport and specifically that cavalcade of howling V8s, prima donna drivers, politics and general lunacy that is Formula 1 then this weeks app is not for you.… |
| Posted: 21 Jun 2011 02:19 AM PDT Green light for key NHS supplierThe European Commission has cleared CSC's takeover of iSoft - the key NHS supplier.… |
| Brussels to banks: Prepare for tougher data breach rules Posted: 21 Jun 2011 02:16 AM PDT Shocked commissioner hopes to improve consumer confidence onlineEuropean Commissioner Viviane Reding has warned banks that they will be required to notify customers about data security breaches.… |
| Bangalore orders Street View spy cars to stop it Posted: 21 Jun 2011 02:13 AM PDT City cops halt Google image-trawlersBangalore police have asked Google to ground their fleet of Street View cars which had started taking pictures of the city.… |
| Chinese official's affair goes very public Posted: 21 Jun 2011 02:08 AM PDT You mean tweets aren't private?A Chinese official and his lover decided the best place to conduct their affair was over a micro-blogging service, blissfully unaware of the public nature of tweeted messages.… |
| Nokia unveils Contractual Obligation Meego Phone Posted: 21 Jun 2011 02:02 AM PDT No dates for Windows as burning-platform orphan debutsNokia announced four new phones at an event in Singapore today, three aimed at emerging markets and one at collectors of esoteric dead-end mobile hardware. Nokia's long awaited debut Meego phone, the N9, was finally unveiled. Meego was Nokia's high-end future platform until four months ago. No new Symbian phones were announced, and Elop pronounced himself more hopeful that a Windows model will appear by the end of the year.… |
| Apple MacBook Air reportedly back... in black Posted: 21 Jun 2011 01:55 AM PDT iPod-like multi-coloured Macs in the offing?An interesting snippet of recent Mac history: Apple experimented with a black coating for the MacBook Air, which, according to current whispers, may be made available in that colour when it's refreshed shortly.… |
| US air passenger cuffed over low-flying pants Posted: 21 Jun 2011 01:27 AM PDT 'So low his genitals were almost showing'A University of New Mexico football player was hauled off a US Airways flight last week after refusing to hitch up his sagging pants.… |
| Elite UK police agency website downed by Lulzsec Posted: 21 Jun 2011 12:40 AM PDT SOCA left eggfaced by DDoSThe Serious Organised Crime Agency is facing serious embarrassment this morning - it was forced to take its website offline last night after an attack by LulzSec hackers.… |
| WTF are... connected appliances? Posted: 20 Jun 2011 11:00 PM PDT I want my automated kitchen, and I want it nowThe 'internet fridge' is a much-loved staple of futurologists. In some rosy and not-too-far-off future, many kitchens will have one, magically replenishing itself so that you never need run out of black pudding or milk.… |
| Open barbarians poised to storm Apple's gate Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:00 PM PDT Steve Jobs in denial?Open...and Shut Open source has a tendency to cannibalize and commoditize – and not just surrounding proprietary projects. As described by researcher Dirk Riehle, open source involves a process of continuous innovation and commoditization as communities form to wring inefficiencies from software markets. Interestingly, this same phenomenon happens all the time in the wider software world, and it forecasts diminished importance of closed platforms like Apple's iOS in favor of more open platforms like Android.… |
| CSIRO opens Cape Grim pollution data Posted: 20 Jun 2011 06:30 PM PDT Also opens new solar power demonstratorAmid Australia's acrimonious debate over climate science, the country's peak science body, CSIRO, has taken the bold step of making 35 years' worth of atmospheric CO2 data directly available to the public.… |
| Upstairs, downstairs: IT goes into service Posted: 20 Jun 2011 06:00 PM PDT Everything on a trayIt seems as though everything these days is being provided as a service. Software, security, storage, platforms and infrastructures are all being rented by the seat, MIP or gigabyte.… |
| Google bypasses admin controls with latest Chrome IE Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:53 PM PDT 'Screw your BOFH. Install our plug-in'Google has released a new version of Chrome Frame – the Internet Explorer plug-in that turns Microsoft's browser into a Google browser – letting users install the plug-in even when they don't have administrator privileges on their machines.… |
| Web authentication authority suffers security breach Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:22 PM PDT Counterfeit certificates sought for high-profile sitesYet another web authentication authority has been attacked by hackers intent on minting counterfeit certificates that would allow them to spoof the authenticated pages of high-profile sites.… |
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