Intel reports (mostly) solid revenue growth

Intel reports (mostly) solid revenue growth


Intel reports (mostly) solid revenue growth

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:28 PM PDT

Double digits across all segments – except Atom

Intel's second quarter of 2011 was a good one, beating Wall Street estimates and showing double-digit revenue growth across all major business segments. But weakness at the low end of the market shows that the world's largest microprocessor maker has its vulnerabilities.…

SUSE Studio spins up on IBM mainframes

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 11:51 AM PDT

VMware partnership spawns ESX optimizations

The SUSE division of legacy-loving conglomerate Attachmate is updating its SUSE Studio software appliance toolkit to help it maintain its dominance at IBM mainframe shops that run Linux on those machines.…

Apple unveils 'World's First Thunderbolt Display'

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 11:03 AM PDT

Costs as much as a wee MacBook Air

What with all the hoo-hah on Wednesday over the release of Mac OS X Lion and updates to the Mac mini and MacBook Air, one nice new piece of Cupertinian kit slipped in under the radar: what Apple calls the "World's First Thunderbolt Display".…

Hi-tech mobile hack spreads rumour of Taliban chief's death

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 09:21 AM PDT

'This is the work of American intelligence'

The Taliban has become the victim of a hi-tech disinformation campaign spreading false rumours that its leader, Mullah Omar, had died following a heart attack.…

Riverbed pumps up software with Zeus, Aptimize buys

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 08:29 AM PDT

US sales 'simply on fire' in Q2

WAN optimization appliance maker Riverbed Technology turned in a very good second quarter yesterday and decided to blow some of its cash hoard buying two companies to pump up the applications that run on its Steelhead and other appliances.…

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Star Wars: The Old Republic preps pre-order pages

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 08:28 AM PDT

Force with us tomorrow

Retailers have leaked details of pre-order plans for EA and BioWare's anticipated MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic.

EMC revenues explode in Q2

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:38 AM PDT

Colossus flops out a stonker

EMC second quarter 2011 results are extremely good with record-breaking, double-digit growth all over the place, and only the Information Intelligence stuff down in the dumps.…

Google sends warnings to machines with infected search

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:16 AM PDT

Alerts are genuine - until scareware scum get on board

Google is issuing warnings to people whose computers are infected with a type of malware that manipulates search requests.…

OS X Lion roars, coughs on appearance in App Store

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:44 AM PDT

Fanbois moan on Twitter at failure to get paws on

Apple has stuck the Lion operating system on its Mac App Store.…

Dell buys Force 10 Networks

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:26 AM PDT

Storm winds to leave Brocade out in the cold?

Dell is buying Ethernet networking supplier Force 10 Networks for an unrevealed sum, getting the networking capability needed to build a complete in-house converged IT stack of servers, storage and networking.…

Apple ups Mac Mini spec, lowers price

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:08 AM PDT

Optical drives ditched

Apple has added Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5 processors to its Mac Mini small form-factor desktop - and yanked the optical drives from the system.…

Nokia ‘giving away phones at cost’

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:52 AM PDT

With margins so thin you need a microscope to see them

Nokia's financial results for the second quarter of 2011 are due tomorrow, and the company has already warned investors of very bad news coming. Yesterday, it issued a peek into just how tough things have got in 2011. Nokia said its smartphone profit margins were down to 6.2 per cent in Q1 2011, with margins of 16.4 per cent on basic phones.…

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Apple kills MacBook, soups up MacBook Air

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:47 AM PDT

Forget Bluetooth 3.0, these boys have Bluetooth 4.0 on board

Apple the specced up the new MacBook Air line - and killed off the plastic MacBook.…

Ofcom moves: Rural broadband price war on the cards?

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:38 AM PDT

BT shrugs at wholesale price caps

Ofcom has ordered BT to slash its prices by 12 per cent below inflation per year for the company's wholesale broadband network.…

Python orgy menaces Yorkeys Knob canoes

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:25 AM PDT

Snakey Oz SWAT team collars slithering sex pests

An Oz sporting club has been forced to call for ophidian SWAT assistance after a python orgy threatened to destroy its boatshed roof.…

Ten... Portable USB 3.0 HDDs

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:22 AM PDT

SuperSpeed pocket drives tested

Review  USB 3.0 has been with us for nearly two years now, not that you'd notice, as adoption and availability of peripherals has been somewhat slow. However, things are looking up now as more and more portable HDDs are coming to market featuring the not-so-new interface. Here at Reg Hardware, we've put together a round up of the current crop so you know whether to buy or walk on by. Each drive is rated bearing in mind cost, portability and speed with a CrystalDiskMark 3 performance comparison chart at the end.…

Google Wallet left on margins by ISIS tap-pay hookup

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:02 AM PDT

But Chocolate Factory has the only working handset

Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express have all signed onto US operator consortium Isis, leaving Google Wallet with just MasterCard as a payment partner.…

Google+ hits the iPhone

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:59 AM PDT

Jesus mobe welcomes unthreatening Googly app

Apple has approved Google+, the ad giant's social networking app, for the iPhone.…

Yahoo! loses! revenue!

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:38 AM PDT

'This is good, and at the same time, unsatisfactory'

Yahoo!'s revenue fell slightly compared to last year, thanks to rubbish sales of US display adverts.…

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LulzSec hacker Sabu: Murdoch emails 'sometime soon'

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:27 AM PDT

Secretive figure tells our man release is coming

The promised dump of its emails from News International by hacktivist group LulzSec failed to materialise on Tuesday. However a prominent affiliate of the group told El Reg that the release had only been delayed, rather than postponed.…

TalkTalk watchdog smackdown after ad complaint

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:19 AM PDT

Pullout ordered following BT moanings

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint brought by BT against TalkTalk for exaggerating savings claims it made in a TV ad.…

Samsung rolls out Galaxy Tab 10.1

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:11 AM PDT

Korea choice

Samsung today paved the way for the worldwide release of its second-gen Android tablet by launching the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Korea.…

STUDENTS EXPOSED in university IT blunder

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:01 AM PDT

Lithe youngsters' records on internet for all to see

The Information Commissioner's Office has reprimanded the University of York for stuffing up its IT systems so that student records were accessible to anyone.…

Samsung torn over Galaxy S II sibling UK launch

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 03:59 AM PDT

Brits R left out?

Samsung has refused to confirm the UK release of the Galaxy S II's smaller sibling, contradicting widely spread reports that the dual-core smartphone is Blighty-bound.…

UK Serious Fraud Office mulls News Corp probe

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 03:44 AM PDT

'We are in touch with US feds, will assist as required'

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is considering investigating various allegations against Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.…

Baidu apes Google with Chinese Chrome

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 03:41 AM PDT

You want web stuff that works behind the Great Firewall?

Chinese search giant Baidu has launched its own web browser, aping Google's Chrome with web applications and aspirations of becoming a desktop replacement.…

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Nepalese gov to nail Everest's bigness in row with China

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 03:32 AM PDT

May be stymied by mountain's tectonic rise

The Nepalese government has decided to answer once and for the all the question of just how tall Everest is, since it can't agree with the Chinese on an exact height for the lofty peak.…

Are your secrets safe with SaaS providers?

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 03:30 AM PDT

Plugging the leaks

There are plenty of opportunities for people to disclose, steal or sell sensitive company data. After all, anyone who really wants to swipe information needs only the intent and a USB stick.…

MPs probe science behind bogus gov booze guidelines

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:58 AM PDT

Write in to save your pub, and maybe lower beer prices!

Science Committee MPs are to investigate the "evidence base" behind the Government's guidelines on alcohol consumption.…

Lancs plods exposed complainant on website

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:42 AM PDT

Left details up for days after being informed

Lancashire Police Authority breached the Data Protection Act by publishing the details of a complaint from an individual member of the public on its website, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has revealed.…

Jobs: Apple succession plans are 'hogwash'

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:29 AM PDT

Who can fill the great leader's turtleneck?

Steve Jobs took to email to deny a story that Apple's board of directors are talking about a succession plan.…

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UK, Dutch cops cuff 5 more in Anonymous-LulzSec raids

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:22 AM PDT

Bag now totals 20 following US braceletings

The arrest of 16 Anonymous and LulzSec suspects in the US on Tuesday was accompanied by the arrest of a teenager in the UK and the cuffing of four further suspects in the Netherlands.…

LaCie reduced Rugged HDD size not capacity

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:21 AM PDT

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 included

LaCie has shrunk its rubber-wrapped Rugged external hard drive.…

<em>Apprentice</em> runner-up becomes Greggs bigshot

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:20 AM PDT

Mince-inna-bun firm bitchslaps Sugar's biz judgement

The runner-up of Beeb reality biz game show The Apprentice, Helen Milligan, was overlooked by Lord Shuggie for his £250,000 business investment but she has secured a hefty promotion at bakery chain Greggs.…

'3-2-1 ... Good Morning <i>Atlantis</i>!'

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:06 AM PDT

Kennedy workers' emotional salute to last ever shuttle crew

The crew of space shuttle Atlantis were this morning roused by a message from employees of Kennedy Space Center, preceded by a snippet of Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man.…

Lenovo unwraps trio of ten-inch tablets

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:02 AM PDT

Two Androids and a Windows job

Lenovo has finally begin shipping not one but three 10.1in tablets this summer, the Chinese PC giant said today.…

UK gov 'Spads' hefty salaries released/buried

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:00 AM PDT

The most powerful people you've never heard of

The Coalition government has released the names of all its special advisers who are paid more than £58,200.…

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Dell considers Google+ for video customer support

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 01:30 AM PDT

This rain backdrop clearly shows I am in the UK, sir

Dell is mulling over direct engagement with prospective customers via Google+, and judging by the feedback from some corners it could do with upping its existing pre- and post-sales support.…

Japanese erections named 'Bollox', 'Wonder Device'

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 01:28 AM PDT

Enough wood to satisfy the most demanding customer

Someone had better have a quiet word with Japanese wooden building outfit Bess, which is providing fine entertainment for the English-speaking expat community with this new example from its range:…

Data Robotics gives up and changes name to Drobo

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 01:00 AM PDT

It's what the kids are calling us, baby

Drobo-storage maker Data Robotics has changed its company name to Drobo.…

X-COM UFO: Enemy Unknown

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Mars attacks

Antique Code Show  1994 could never be called a dull year but after packing away my ailing Mega Drive and putting on my finest stripy jumper for Kurt Cobain's funeral, I needed to be diverted by a great game. Quite fittingly UFO: Enemy Unknown aka X-COM came along just as OJ's white Bronco was trying for orbit.…

Russia’s space telescope in orbit

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 06:30 PM PDT

Spektr-R begins five-year mission

Russia is celebrating its return to heavy-hitter status in space, with the successful launch of the Spektr-R radio telescope from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday.…

Optus turns mobiles into PVRs

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Launches Optus TV Now

Optus is the first Australian carrier to offer free-to-air broadcast content for recording and playback on its 3G mobile network.…

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Feds arrest 16 in Anonymous hack probe

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:50 PM PDT

PayPal avenged for 'Operation Avenge Assange'

Federal officials arrested 16 people accused of carrying out computer crimes that damaged or breached protected systems, including a December attack organized by the Anonymous hacker collective on PayPal that caused numerous service disruptions.…

Apple to release Mac OS X Lion on Wednesday

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:48 PM PDT

Unnamed 'future product transition' coming soon

"We are very excited to be launching Mac OS Lion tomorrow," Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer told reporters and analysts during a conference call on Tuesday, when discussing his company's most-recent financial results.…

Quantum crypto for consumer GPON

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:34 PM PDT

It can be done, say Irish researchers

Get ready to add another gadget to your Jetsons want-it-one-day list: personal quantum encryption.…

Huawei circling NZ’s UltraFast Broadband contract

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 04:33 PM PDT

Buttering up the Kiwis

Huawei Technologies could soon be named as preferred supplier for New Zealand's NZ$1.5 billion Ultrafast Broadband Network deployment.…

VMware crushes Q2 despite looming vSphere 5.0

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 03:52 PM PDT

Sitting pretty on a big pile of cash

Server virtualization juggernaut VMware smashed through the upper range of its guidance in its second quarter and just kept on going, with sales of $921.2m, which were up 36.7 per cent.…

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