Insulin pump attack prompts call for federal probe |
- Insulin pump attack prompts call for federal probe
- SGI (almost) doubles sales, (almost) halves losses
- Googlola's closed source Android temptation
- Apple, HTC trim phone forecasts as markets tank
- Confab makes sense of dot-everything revolution
- HP's WebOS mess: When smartphone assets go toxic
- Brussels objects to WD's Hitachi GST purchase
- Hedge fund agitator grapples for helm at Brocade
- Who the hell cares about five nines anymore?
- Hardware-happy HP has swallowed a Sun death pill
- Sony: PlayStation Vita will win gamers back from tablets, phones
- Nexsan stuffs its box with Tosh flash
- New Apple move against Galaxy Tab on Euro front
- Brits buy more e-books than other Euro readers
- P10000: What HP wants to make instead of PCs, tablets
- Poor IT could leave Brit troops hanging in Afghanistan
- Lib Dems want pirate-friendly, one-speed net
- T-Mobile JavaScript comment stripper breaks websites
- Motorola Atrix Lapdock
- Ridley Scott confirmed for Blade Runner pre/sequel
- Hundreds of Brit pubs to offer free WiFi
- China Mobile pushes Jobs for Sino-flava 4G iPhone
- Scientists devise 260GB CD-size glass disc storage tech
- LOHAN will return to Earth by flying (open) sourcer
- Sky Movies too expensive, says Competition Commission
- <i>Dragons Den</i> Jones to offload Data Select to management
- Man builds gadget to silence annoying TV pundits
- Average sozzled Brit sinks 5,800 pints during life
- Hits keep on coming: HP buys Autonomy for $11bn cash
- Sony preps Luke Skywalker-style digital binoculars
- ID and Passport Service uncloaks 2012 online plans
- ISS 'naut shoots first ever 3D footage in space
- RIM BlackBerry Bold 9900
- AES crypto broken by 'groundbreaking' attack
- HP chief bows to Jobsian cult
- Apple augments reality, tells you where to go
- Better sunspot forecasts on the way
- Apotheker prescribes transformation elixir for HP
| Insulin pump attack prompts call for federal probe Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:23 PM PDT Security of medical devices questionedThe hack of a commercially available insulin pump that diabetics can control wirelessly has attracted the attention of US lawmakers who oversee the safety of the nation's airwaves.… |
| SGI (almost) doubles sales, (almost) halves losses Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:17 PM PDT Foresees a profitable 2012. FinallySilicon Graphics' latest financial report shows that it's growing and moving towards profitability – but it's not quite there yet.… |
| Googlola's closed source Android temptation Posted: 19 Aug 2011 10:00 AM PDT Will the code 'stay' open?Open...and Shut Google has long played Android a bit closer to the vest than some would like.… |
| Apple, HTC trim phone forecasts as markets tank Posted: 19 Aug 2011 09:05 AM PDT Fewer parts ordered as economocalypse loomsApple and HTC may be locked in mortal patent combat, but they do agree on one thing: the world economy appears poised to slide into the crapper. Again.… |
| Confab makes sense of dot-everything revolution Posted: 19 Aug 2011 09:00 AM PDT Dot-mad, dot-glad, dot-brand, or dot-bland?It is more than three years ago that El Reg announced the approval of "customized top-level domains", following two years of policy debate. "ICANN estimates it will begin taking applications in April or May of next year," we reported.… |
| HP's WebOS mess: When smartphone assets go toxic Posted: 19 Aug 2011 07:56 AM PDT Stick a fork in Android, it's doneOn Tuesday, HP was talking to the Wall Street Journal about putting WebOS in stoves, fridges and cars. By Thursday, HP didn't even want to put WebOS into smartphones and tablets. The platform has been cast adrift just a year after HP completed its $1.2bn purchase of Palm. While it works out what to do with WebOS, HP is canning all development of TouchPad and phones, as it abandons its consumer electronics ambitions.… |
| Brussels objects to WD's Hitachi GST purchase Posted: 19 Aug 2011 07:11 AM PDT Issues beefs, awaits corporate responseThe European Union is objecting to Western Digital's proposed purchase of Hitachi GST on antitrust grounds.… |
| Hedge fund agitator grapples for helm at Brocade Posted: 19 Aug 2011 06:38 AM PDT Network galleon beats into 'IT market headwinds'Brocade has reported its quarterly results with a disappointing outlook and found itself the target of an activist hedge fund investor, Elliot Management, scenting under-valued assets it can profit from.… |
| Who the hell cares about five nines anymore? Posted: 19 Aug 2011 06:00 AM PDT The service-centric view of system managementDoes anyone really care what "five nines" means anymore? For the record, it means 99.999 per cent availability, which means your business managers can founder in digital limbo for just over an eighth of a second each day.… |
| Hardware-happy HP has swallowed a Sun death pill Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:52 AM PDT Doomed bid to get out of making actual machineryAnalysis Leo Apotheker has joined a long line of Silicon Valley CEOs who have struggled to stop their hardware-centric tech companies slipping into the dustbin of history.… |
| Sony: PlayStation Vita will win gamers back from tablets, phones Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:40 AM PDT Exec in lauding own product SHOCKSony has hit back at analysts who say its PlayStation Vita will struggle in the face of smartphone and tablet gaming, insisting punters will in fact discard those rival products for the Sony handheld. Shocker!… |
| Nexsan stuffs its box with Tosh flash Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:37 AM PDT Opens dressing-gown to reveal 13,800 IOPS/watt bulgeNexsan's E5000 flash-accelerated NAS box uses new Tosh flash.… |
| New Apple move against Galaxy Tab on Euro front Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:18 AM PDT Jobs wants rival slabs shipped back to Samsung right nowApple has told the Dutch court it expects Samsung to write to all its European dealers recalling Galaxy phones and tablets, with stock to be returned within 14 days at Samsung's expense.… |
| Brits buy more e-books than other Euro readers Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:01 AM PDT Flying off the shelvesBrits are embracing e-books more enthusiastically than anyone in Europe, the numbers show.… |
| P10000: What HP wants to make instead of PCs, tablets Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:58 AM PDT Sources drop tantalising hints on mystery arrayRecent rumours have renewed storage industry interest in a forthcoming topping-out of the HP 3PAR range with the P10000.… |
| Poor IT could leave Brit troops hanging in Afghanistan Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:38 AM PDT Just not enough, just not in timePoor IT is threatening defence supplies until a new programme is implemented in 2014, a group of MPs has warned in a new report.… |
| Lib Dems want pirate-friendly, one-speed net Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:22 AM PDT 'Yarr! Vote for Black Julian, me mateys'Interview Lib Dems are appealing to the vital online pirate vote at this year's party conference, putting the membership on collision course with LibDem ministers in the coalition government. In a new IT policy paper called "Preparing The Ground", a team of party activists led by Cambridge MP Julian Huppert calls for the Digital Economy Act to be gutted of its copyright measures. It also threatens new legislation to ensure all "traffic flows at the same speed", and wants the IR35 contractor tax suspended.… |
| T-Mobile JavaScript comment stripper breaks websites Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:02 AM PDT It's not optimisation, it's pessimisationAttempts by T-Mobile to speed up mobile data connections are breaking websites.… |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:00 AM PDT It's a... phone-book?Accessory of the Week If you had thought that Motorola's Android offerings might have ended up as the also-rans in the mêlée of Googlephone handsets, then recent events in the mobile marketplace would suggest it could well be the standard bearer. The Chocolate Factory's bid for Motorola's Mobility division – the handset and tablet line – certainly seems to suggest that buying into Motorola kit might not be a bad idea. It's not like there haven't been a few temptations either.… |
| Ridley Scott confirmed for Blade Runner pre/sequel Posted: 19 Aug 2011 03:43 AM PDT Harrison Ford's out, thoughRidley Scott is to return to his vision of a futuristic Los Angeles by directing a follow-up to the 1982 SF classic Blade Runner.… |
| Hundreds of Brit pubs to offer free WiFi Posted: 19 Aug 2011 03:43 AM PDT Guess where this piece was writtenBT Openzone and Heineken are teaming up to offer drinkers in 100 UK pubs Wi-Fi access.… |
| China Mobile pushes Jobs for Sino-flava 4G iPhone Posted: 19 Aug 2011 03:17 AM PDT Already has 7m+ Jesus mobe users without even offering itChina Mobile has 7.44 million iPhones on its network, despite not selling them or even offering a 3G network, so there's huge potential if it can get the iPhone 4 speaking Chinese.… |
| Scientists devise 260GB CD-size glass disc storage tech Posted: 19 Aug 2011 03:06 AM PDT Make light work of archivingSuperman's "memory crystals" have flown out of the realm of fiction into fact now that boffins have found a way to store 50GB of data in a disc of glass no bigger than the screen of a basic mobile phone.… |
| LOHAN will return to Earth by flying (open) sourcer Posted: 19 Aug 2011 03:01 AM PDT Our space beauty gets a bit of geeky goodness inside herWe at the El Reg Special Projects Bureau are delighted to welcome the OpenPilot initiative aboard our Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) programme.… |
| Sky Movies too expensive, says Competition Commission Posted: 19 Aug 2011 02:41 AM PDT Double whammy from regulator, UltravioletSky's movie business, enjoyed by a third of the households in Britain, may be devastated by a new competition ruling. The Competition Commission's investigation into the pay TV movie business has made a preliminary conclusion – and reckons punters are paying £50m to £60m more each year than they should.… |
| <i>Dragons Den</i> Jones to offload Data Select to management Posted: 19 Aug 2011 02:26 AM PDT Amassing cash to snap up firms cheap in coming double-dip?Dragons Den star Peter Jones is understood to be in talks with the management team at Data Select to sell the mobile distributor, according to industry sources.… |
| Man builds gadget to silence annoying TV pundits Posted: 19 Aug 2011 02:00 AM PDT 'Starkey, mute'Whether it's Brian Cox telling you how amazing everything is or the Go Compare guy wobbling around to the rehashed tune he sings, television is awash with codswallop that can easily become annoying.… |
| Average sozzled Brit sinks 5,800 pints during life Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:58 AM PDT Spends £58,201 on booze before kicking bucketA "shock" survey has revealed that the average Brit will sink 5,800 pints during a lifetime of hardened drinking, washed down with 8,700 glasses of wine, 2,900 bottles of cider, 5,800 shots of spirits, 1,450 cocktails, 1,450 glasses of liquor and a similar number of glasses of bubbly.… |
| Hits keep on coming: HP buys Autonomy for $11bn cash Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:42 AM PDT Brit techbiz poster-boy Autonomous no moreHP has confirmed it is buying Cambridge-based enterprise software company Autonomy for $10.24bn (£6.2bn).… |
| Sony preps Luke Skywalker-style digital binoculars Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:34 AM PDT 'Yeah, they're Sandpeople all right'Now you too can hunt missing droids in the Jundland Wastes thanks to Sony - and its new "world's first" digital binoculars.… |
| ID and Passport Service uncloaks 2012 online plans Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:26 AM PDT Apply for a Brit passport from anywhere in the worldThe Identity and Passport Service (IPS) is to introduce a new online passport application service in early 2012 in an effort to improve its interactions with customers.… |
| ISS 'naut shoots first ever 3D footage in space Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:01 AM PDT At last something to watch on 3D telly3D Vid The European Space Agency (ESA) is chuffed as ninepence to release the first ever 3D video shot in space. The vid, which can be viewed in all its glory using a 3D TV or conventional red/blue stereo specs, was shot by NASA astronaut Ron Garan aboard the International Space Station using a futuristic shoebox-sized camera developed by the ESA.… |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 11:00 PM PDT The latest in riot gearReview With Android steaming ahead of Apple in terms of sales, and Windows Phone 7 soon to launch on Nokia handsets, RIM has got its work cut out to make sure BlackBerry can stay relevant and desirable in these fast-paced times.… |
| AES crypto broken by 'groundbreaking' attack Posted: 18 Aug 2011 10:00 PM PDT Faster than simply brute-forcingCryptographers have discovered a way to break the Advanced Encryption Standard used to protect everything from top-secret government documents to online banking transactions.… |
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| Apple augments reality, tells you where to go Posted: 18 Aug 2011 09:00 PM PDT Patent filing stokes iPhone Maps appApple has filed a patent application for putting a mash-up of augmented reality and turn-by-turn navigation onto your iPhone.… |
| Better sunspot forecasts on the way Posted: 18 Aug 2011 06:00 PM PDT The weather: cloudy with a chance of global IT disruptionWith a solar maximum expected next year, predicting sunspot activity is going to be a hot topic. An international team of scientists has announced that it can identify emerging sunspots earlier than is currently possible.… |
| Apotheker prescribes transformation elixir for HP Posted: 18 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT Down the hatch, dinosaurAs everyone knows by now, Hewlett-Packard is trying to buy the British software company Autonomy as it shuts down its webOS hardware business and hopes to spin off its Personal Systems Group.… |
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