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- Boffin melds quantum processor with quantum RAM
- Microsoft: Our clouds are cheaper than VMware clouds
- Google might shun Dutch gov certificates from DigiNotar
- US tech-sector job stats flattened by Verizon strike
- Domino's to serve pizzas on the Moon, apparently
- Official: Samsung spurns WebOS
- WikiLeaks releases full searchable US secret cable files
- Google abandons tradition to bring you this Important Voucher
- Medion hides Android 3.2 tablet behind closed doors
- Webcam sextortion perve gets 6 years
- T-Mobile shows off Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
- Amazon refuses Touchpad refunds after price slash frenzy
- Sony Tablet P in pictures
- EMC morphs storage arrays into servers
- Ubuntu deploys cloud-ready Ocelot beta
- Diebold demos cloud-based ATM
- Plods to get dot-uk takedown powers - without court order
- Baidu produces cloned Android, web apps etc
- Dell Alienware M18x 18.4in gaming notebook
- Pogoplug maker intros nano Nas for smartphones
- TechCrunch Arrington to helm $20m VC fund for startups
- London Philharmonic to give videogame music concert
- Space junk at 'tipping point', now getting worse on its own
- <i>El Reg</i>'s NAOMI rocket throws launch-pad strop
- Apple's iCloud runs on Microsoft and Amazon services
- Ohio man cuffed for shagging inflatable pool raft
- Acer claims first Core-i7 Ultrabook
- Debt-management biz may be barred from Facebook etc.
- Solwise Net-3G-A10 HSPA Wi-Fi router
- Bury council defends iPads for binmen
- 'New laws not needed' to block / censor Twitter et al
- HP plays tune on the flash Violin
- IFA 2011 Complete Coverage
- No Ultrabook from Dell - yet
- Deezer launches stunningly original music idea in the UK
- Intel love bombs US.gov for supercomputing tax dollars
- HTC outs 'Mango' WinPho 7 smartphones
- Two UK suspects cuffed in Anonymous manhunt
- Hulu aims hot streams at Japan
- <i>LA Noire</i> developer goes titsup
- Coders howl over Google's App Engine price hike (natch)
- Did NBN Co’s recruiters miss CFO's accident prone past?
| Boffin melds quantum processor with quantum RAM Posted: 02 Sep 2011 10:57 AM PDT Qubits meet John von NeumannA California physicist has created a quantum-computing chip based on the CPU/RAM combo known as the von Neumann architecture, opening the door, he argues, to commercial quantum-computing development.… |
| Microsoft: Our clouds are cheaper than VMware clouds Posted: 02 Sep 2011 10:55 AM PDT Every cloud has a metal chair liningWho is the Microsoft of corporate private clouds? Microsoft, right? Wrong. It's VMware, with its vSphere virtualization stack and vCloud extensions.… |
| Google might shun Dutch gov certificates from DigiNotar Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:57 AM PDT Chrome update prepared to kill 2 certsUpdated In the wake of hundreds of fraudulent secure sockets layer certificates issued by DigiNotar, Google developers are preparing a version of the Chrome browser that rejects some web credentials sanctioned by the Dutch government's official certificate authority.… |
| US tech-sector job stats flattened by Verizon strike Posted: 02 Sep 2011 09:26 AM PDT High Stateside unemployment stubbornly unchangedA strike by 45,000 workers at telecom giant Verizon helped flatten job creation in the US economy in August – literally. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has issued its monthly jobs report, and says that not only did the US economy fail to add any net-new workers last month, it also revised the number of jobs created in June and July downwards.… |
| Domino's to serve pizzas on the Moon, apparently Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:57 AM PDT 'Perhaps you think we're foolish. Maybe we are'Despite the fact that man has stopped going to the Moon, Domino's Japan reckons this is a good time to plan an outlet there.… |
| Official: Samsung spurns WebOS Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:29 AM PDT What's in it for us?Samsung will "never" bid for HP's orphaned smartphone OS, WebOS, according to the company's CEO.… |
| WikiLeaks releases full searchable US secret cable files Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:26 AM PDT On purpose this time, following Twitter pollWikiLeaks published its full cache of unredacted US diplomatic cables on Friday.… |
| Google abandons tradition to bring you this Important Voucher Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:26 AM PDT Coupon coup draws Offers scoffersGoogle's reputation for sound judgement took a serious knock last year when it emerged it was mulling a $6bn bid for Groupon. The web voucher sensation is running on exhaust, and racing towards an IPO before faith and cash reserves expire. Legal issues lurk beneath the surface, and Groupon needs merchant partners to keep buying into the idea – and that depends on long-term conversion rates. Many are unhappy.… |
| Medion hides Android 3.2 tablet behind closed doors Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:16 AM PDT Out by ChristmasIFA 2011 Medion joined the throng of vendors touting an Android 3.2-based tablet at IFA, though it kept its offering, the LifeTab P9514 behind closed doors.… |
| Webcam sextortion perve gets 6 years Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:01 AM PDT Hacked girls' PCs and blackmailed them to poseA Peeping Tom webcam sextortionist has been jailed for six years after targeting several young women.… |
| T-Mobile shows off Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:40 AM PDT LTE-enabled 9in fondleslab spiedIFA 2011 Samsung didn't show off its Galaxy Tab 8.9 9in Android tablet at IFA, but T-Mobile did - and in an LTE-enabled form.… |
| Amazon refuses Touchpad refunds after price slash frenzy Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:25 AM PDT HP will cough, but you have to open the box ...Seemingly alone among UK retailers, Amazon is refusing to refund people who bought an HP Touchpad just before the price dropped, instead referring them directly to HP.… |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:20 AM PDT A unique clamshell tablet, exposedIFA 2011 Sony's Android 3.2-based Tablet P won't be going on sale until November, but it was still much in evidence at IFA.… |
| EMC morphs storage arrays into servers Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:02 AM PDT Quacks like a duck, runs apps like a duckComment EMC is extending its storage arrays into application engines.… |
| Ubuntu deploys cloud-ready Ocelot beta Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:27 AM PDT Penguin 'Orchestra' and 'Ensemble' tune upA year that started with radical and controversial changes to prepare Ubuntu for touch-based consumer computing is finishing up with a big push into the cloud on servers.… |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:01 AM PDT It's true, there is money in the cloud!Diebold has taken the wraps off a prototype for a bank ATM that uses virtualisation technology.… |
| Plods to get dot-uk takedown powers - without court order Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:38 AM PDT Why? 'Cos we're the bleedin' law, you slaagPolice in the UK could get new powers to suspend internet domain names without a court order if they're being used for illegal activity, under rules proposed to .uk registry manager Nominet.… |
| Baidu produces cloned Android, web apps etc Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:19 AM PDT Anything Google does, we do better - behind the FirewallBaidu has forked Android, launching a mobile OS at its annual shindig which also saw the Chinese search outfit slotting web apps into its home page to go with its Chrome-alike browser.… |
| Dell Alienware M18x 18.4in gaming notebook Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:00 AM PDT Playing away from homeReview Last year, Dell added to its Alienware laptop family and simultaneously expanded the definition of ultra-portables with the tiny-beefcake M11x. This year's new addition, the flagship M18x, now expands the other end of the spectrum.… |
| Pogoplug maker intros nano Nas for smartphones Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:42 AM PDT Your own personal DropboxIFA 2011 Cloud Engines, the build-your-own-cloud-storage company, has unveiled a junior member of its Pogoplug device family: the Pogoplug Mobile.… |
| TechCrunch Arrington to helm $20m VC fund for startups Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:40 AM PDT Vows he won't pimp his flippy flop-shops on blogNontreprenuers, rejoice! Memorably described by Nick Carr as the "Madame of the Web 2.0 Brothel", TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington is launching a $20m VC fund to invest in the kind of frivolous built-to-flip web startups pimped by the blog.… |
| London Philharmonic to give videogame music concert Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:30 AM PDT Classics get classical: Mario Bros, Zelda, Tetris etcAngry Birds, Super Mario Bros and Tetris are about to go classical in a new concert and recording by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO).… |
| Space junk at 'tipping point', now getting worse on its own Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:18 AM PDT More collisions generate more debris, so more collisionsSatellites and spacecraft face the growing risk of damage and failure thanks to the expanding volume of small pieces of junk hurtling around the Earth's orbit.… |
| <i>El Reg</i>'s NAOMI rocket throws launch-pad strop Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:01 AM PDT SPB fails to get it up at International Rocket WeekWe at the El Reg Special Projects Bureau have just about recovered from our trip last weekend to International Rocket Week (IRW), in the somewhat rain-lashed and chilly outskirts of Glasgow.… |
| Apple's iCloud runs on Microsoft and Amazon services Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:46 AM PDT Who says Azure isn't cool and trendy now?Apple has selected Microsoft's Azure and Amazon's AWS to jointly host its iCloud service, The Reg has learned.… |
| Ohio man cuffed for shagging inflatable pool raft Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:31 AM PDT Pink, bouncy victim abducted in back-alley trystThe grandmother of an Ohio man with a serious penchant for plastic has suggested her grandson needs urgent help after he was cuffed earlier this week for engaging in "sexual activity" with a pink inflatable swimming pool raft.… |
| Acer claims first Core-i7 Ultrabook Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:27 AM PDT MacBook Air clone out this monthIFA 2011 At IFA in Berlin today, Acer took the wraps off its first Ultrabook, the Aspire S3. At 1.3kg and 13mm thick it falls well within Intel's 18mm max to claim this slimline performance computing marque.… |
| Debt-management biz may be barred from Facebook etc. Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:18 AM PDT OFT threatens crackdown on dodgy Twitter marketingDebt management companies could be prevented from contacting consumers through social media after a regulator review revealed "widespread problems with misleading advertising".… |
| Solwise Net-3G-A10 HSPA Wi-Fi router Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:00 AM PDT Dangle more devices off your dongleAccessory of the Week So the Solwise-sold, made by HameTech A10 isn't a sexy looking as Three's MiFi, but it's the same proposition: a 3G modem with a built-in Wi-Fi router.… |
| Bury council defends iPads for binmen Posted: 02 Sep 2011 02:27 AM PDT Says £9k spunked on fondleslabs could save £170kBury council has defended its decision to spend £9,000 on iPads for its fleet of refuse trucks, saying the devices will allow it to provide a real time bin collection service.… |
| 'New laws not needed' to block / censor Twitter et al Posted: 02 Sep 2011 02:01 AM PDT UK can morph into police state at willComment One of the unanswered questions arising from the August riots is whether the government needs new powers to block the use of Twitter, Facebook and other social media which were used to organise the disturbances.… |
| HP plays tune on the flash Violin Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:32 AM PDT Can NetApp spread syrup on its WAFL?HP is offering server-connected flash memory arrays OEMed from Violin Memory to break I/O app bottlenecks.… |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:19 AM PDT All the tech, all the storiesIFA 2011 Europe's largest consumer electronics show, held every year in Berlin, brought a bumper crop of cool kit this year. Read all about it.… |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:15 AM PDT Thin 14-inchers at IFA insteadIFA 2011 Dell unwrapped a pair of "thin" laptops at IFA today, though it didn't go so far as to follow Acer, Lenovo and Toshiba into the Ultrabook market.… |
| Deezer launches stunningly original music idea in the UK Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:01 AM PDT Is YASMS really FFU-compliant?French internet outfit Deezer is bringing its YASMS (or Yet Another Streaming Music Service) to the UK. It's FFU-compliant (Far From Unique).… |
| Intel love bombs US.gov for supercomputing tax dollars Posted: 02 Sep 2011 12:00 AM PDT Federal Unit delivers HPC focusIntel is getting more focused on the challenges in the supercomputing market and has established a new business unit, called Intel Federal, to pursue the contracts with the US government that fund the majority of cutting-edge supercomputing research and development in the country.… |
| HTC outs 'Mango' WinPho 7 smartphones Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:48 PM PDT 'Unibody' aluminium handsets, anyone?Updated HTC has unwrapped its 'Mango' Windows Phone 7 handsets, now dubbed Titan and Radar.… |
| Two UK suspects cuffed in Anonymous manhunt Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:00 PM PDT Computer Misuse Act invokedBritish police have arrested two men as part of a continuing investigation with the FBI into computer attacks carried out under the flags of the Anonymous and Lulz Security hacking crews.… |
| Hulu aims hot streams at Japan Posted: 01 Sep 2011 07:30 PM PDT Australia next?Hulu, the popular US online TV service, is launching in Japan - its first venture outside home territory.… |
| <i>LA Noire</i> developer goes titsup Posted: 01 Sep 2011 06:58 PM PDT Team Bondi hits dark timesAustralia's international gaming success story, Team Bondi, the developer behind LA Noire, has been placed into administration.… |
| Coders howl over Google's App Engine price hike (natch) Posted: 01 Sep 2011 06:05 PM PDT Spotlight on 'lock-in'Google's decision to increase the price of its App Engine has sparked the inevitable.… |
| Did NBN Co’s recruiters miss CFO's accident prone past? Posted: 01 Sep 2011 03:30 PM PDT Tenure at Alcatel and Crédit Lyonnais unaccountably missedThe sudden exit of NBN Co's CFO, Jean-Pascal Beaufret, raises doubts over the original selection process by which the French executive was given charge over the purse strings of the Australian government's most ambitious infrastructure project.… |
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