Cloud altitude changing with climate: NZ study |
- Cloud altitude changing with climate: NZ study
- Oracle extends Linux support to 10 years
- Astrolabe backs off, timezone database safe
- Intel joins The Document Foundation, pushes LibreOffice
- Apple files patent for 'polished meteorite' keyboard
- Brocade's profits collapse is over
- Feds apply for DNSChanger safety net extension
- Who's adding DRM to HTML5? Microsoft, Google and Netflix
- White Spaces squeak though US Payroll Tax Bill
- Telcos, mobile pushers muck in to trial 'clever' Wi-Fi
- Everything Everywhere pushes towards 4G, wants to show off its wad
- Smart has high IOPS for super-fast, smarter SSDs
- Dimension Data takes on all cloud comers
- Samsung warms up smartphone operated oven
- Brits guard Facebook passwords more than work logins – survey
- Apple vs Bank of China in iPad Shanghai showdown
- Virgin Media boards the 4G train
- LOHAN's fantastical flying truss cleared for lift-off
- Hey Commentard! - or is that <i>Commenter</i>?
- Capita gets fat slower as government slims down
- Obama pushes 'bill of rights' for punters' privates
- Xeroxiraptor: Boffins to print 3D robot dinosaur
- iPad lifts Apple to top of mobile PC maker chart
- Whitman says HP turnaround will not happen overnight
- Apple, Google, RIM plaster privacy warnings on prying apps
- LinkedIn scoops up browser plugin Rapportive: 'We fell in love'
- RIP: Peak Oil - we won't be running out any time soon
- Toshiba Portégé Z830-10N 13.3in Ultrabook
- Woman spanked for dissing ex in Facebook snapshot
- Microsoft apes Google social search master plan
- Foxconn allegedly hid underage workers from inspectors
- Third of Blighty stuck on snail-speed broadband
- Juniper buys Mykonos to beat off web app attacks
- UK.gov vows to purify TV with £180m from mobile networks
- LG touts Tegra 3 talker
- China cuffs 905 suspects in online black market purge
- Freetard-friendly MP allegedly cuffed after scrap in Commons bar
- Nominet to launch .wales and .cymru
- Grid Lens
- Blighty's PC biz braces for another rocky ride
- Cabinet Office 'fesses up to Cloud Store gremlins
- Hitachi GST waggles nippy 2.5-incher at Ultrabooks
- Grooveshark blocked in Denmark by copyright warriors
- Daniel Craig like Connery, <i>Skyfall</i> helmsman suggests
- Heatmiser PRT-TS Wi-Fi RF thermostat
- Unknown fault darkens Australia’s Internet
- Aus visual search start-up goes global
- Innovation aborted in South Australia
- HP insists Whitman is new broom to clean up execution
| Cloud altitude changing with climate: NZ study Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:30 PM PST NASA Terra sat data reveals ten-year fallA University of Auckland analysis of ten years' worth of NASA satellite data suggests that changing atmospheric temperatures are impacting cloud formation, with fewer clouds forming at the highest altitudes.… |
| Oracle extends Linux support to 10 years Posted: 23 Feb 2012 01:35 PM PST Dangles Ksplice lure for Red Hat customersOracle has reaffirmed that it's in the Linux business to stay by extending the support lifecycle of its own-brand build to ten years, and tempting Red Hat users with a trial offer of its Ksplice patching system.… |
| Astrolabe backs off, timezone database safe Posted: 23 Feb 2012 01:30 PM PST You can't copyright factsWhen you next tell a friend what time tomorrow's sunrise is expected, you can do so without worrying whether you need to field a lawsuit. US horoscope software company Astrolabe has withdrawn the lawsuit which last year saw the Unix timezone database shuttered.… |
| Intel joins The Document Foundation, pushes LibreOffice Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:12 PM PST Redmond pines for bygone WinTel hegemonyIntel has begun distributing the open source LibreOffice suite via its online AppUp Store, and has joined the board of The Document Foundation (TDF) – a decision that will have many of the Redmond old-guard fuming.… |
| Apple files patent for 'polished meteorite' keyboard Posted: 23 Feb 2012 11:05 AM PST Thin, light, 'aesthetically pleasing'Apple has filed a patent application for a key-travel design that it claims will allow for a "thin profile, aesthetically pleasing keyboard."… |
| Brocade's profits collapse is over Posted: 23 Feb 2012 10:02 AM PST But Klayko's crew has work to doFibre Channel networking giant Brocade has kissed its profits collapse goodbye with a roaring first fiscal 2012 quarter.… |
| Feds apply for DNSChanger safety net extension Posted: 23 Feb 2012 09:38 AM PST Apply for extension before millions of infected PCs are disconnectedFederal authorities have applied for permission to extend the operation of a safety net that allows machines infected by the DNSChanger Trojan to surf the net as normal beyond a 8 March deadline.… |
| Who's adding DRM to HTML5? Microsoft, Google and Netflix Posted: 23 Feb 2012 09:19 AM PST Tag team's copy protection plan 'unethical'With tech companies abandoning the proprietary Flash and Silverlight media players for HTML5, it was inevitable somebody would try to inject DRM into the virgin spec.… |
| White Spaces squeak though US Payroll Tax Bill Posted: 23 Feb 2012 08:58 AM PST $7bn for emergency services, $15bn for tax cutsBoth houses of the US government have now approved bills to auction off $22bn worth of radio spectrum, but white spaces will remain licence-free – much to the delight of the industry.… |
| Telcos, mobile pushers muck in to trial 'clever' Wi-Fi Posted: 23 Feb 2012 08:37 AM PST Hotspot 2.0: We don't need no skeenkin' logonFourteen of the largest telecommunications companies around the world have participated in successful trials of Hotspot 2.0, which made it easier for them to use Wi-Fi.… |
| Everything Everywhere pushes towards 4G, wants to show off its wad Posted: 23 Feb 2012 08:18 AM PST HSPA+ in six months, LTE by year-endEverything Everywhere is planning to deploy 4G into the UK by the end of 2012, but mostly just to remind everyone how much it is investing in UK infrastructure.… |
| Smart has high IOPS for super-fast, smarter SSDs Posted: 23 Feb 2012 08:04 AM PST Reads at a hell of a lickA super-fast random reading SSD has been launched by Smart Modular Technlogies' spun-off business unit.… |
| Dimension Data takes on all cloud comers Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:44 AM PST Public, private, any way you want itSouth Africa–based systems integrator Dimension Data is launching a mashup of its IT services and the cloudy infrastructure it acquired last year along with OpSource, in a new offering it calls Cloud Solutions.… |
| Samsung warms up smartphone operated oven Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:32 AM PST Tap and swipe for steamin' snacksAnd it's over to Samsung for the latest in kitchen kit for lazy-arse cooks: a smartphone-controlled, app-operated oven.… |
| Brits guard Facebook passwords more than work logins – survey Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:28 AM PST Too many of the damn things to rememberA survey of UK consumers revealed many are far more careful with their social network login credentials than passwords that grant access to corporate systems.… |
| Apple vs Bank of China in iPad Shanghai showdown Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:14 AM PST Now Proview and state backers want talks after court setbackApple's IPAD trademark fight in China has taken on a whole new dimension: its opponent isn't merely defunct monitor biz Proview, but the state-backed Bank of China.… |
| Virgin Media boards the 4G train Posted: 23 Feb 2012 07:01 AM PST Is that a spectrum auction catalogue in your pocket?Exclusive Virgin Media is planning trials of 4G telephony in several UK cities, dropping fibre-connected LTE Small Cells into urban areas, to see how easily decent coverage could be established.… |
| LOHAN's fantastical flying truss cleared for lift-off Posted: 23 Feb 2012 06:37 AM PST Airborne handling test imminentOur Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator experimental flying truss is just about poised for lift-off, but before it leaves the ground we thought we'd update LOHAN fans on the proposed test rigs.… |
| Hey Commentard! - or is that <i>Commenter</i>? Posted: 23 Feb 2012 06:26 AM PST You decide. OK, we decidePoll Last month a Reg reader contacted us via our Twitter account to complain about the use of the word "freetard", on the grounds that, as an analogue of "retard", the word was derogatory to people with mental handicaps.… |
| Capita gets fat slower as government slims down Posted: 23 Feb 2012 06:18 AM PST Subdued 2011, looking good for 2012The government's austerity program has meant tightened belts at Capita, with the services giant citing reduced public sector revenues as a key reason for subdued revenue growth and a slight dip in pre-tax profits in 2011.… |
| Obama pushes 'bill of rights' for punters' privates Posted: 23 Feb 2012 06:01 AM PST Naughty data-slurping web bizes to face FTC spankingsUS President Obama has proposed a "bill of rights" for online privacy that could give the US government greater powers to wallop the likes of Google and Facebook for fumbling sensitive data.… |
| Xeroxiraptor: Boffins to print 3D robot dinosaur Posted: 23 Feb 2012 05:37 AM PST Star Trek replicator-style fossil techDino-loving boffins in the US have embarked on their very own Jurassic Park-esque experiment to bring the actions of Earth's favourite prehistoric lizards to life.… |
| iPad lifts Apple to top of mobile PC maker chart Posted: 23 Feb 2012 05:32 AM PST Fondleslab factor fails to aid HP, Dell et alApple has again been named the world's biggest seller of mobile computers, but it wouldn't even make the top five were it not for the iPad.… |
| Whitman says HP turnaround will not happen overnight Posted: 23 Feb 2012 05:19 AM PST Fixing execution and cost cutting outlined as Q1 profits tumbleFive months into the role as HP CEO, Meg Whitman is finally detailing the tech titan's turnaround plan that involves "fixing execution" and cutting costs to save cash before it ups investments in R&D.… |
| Apple, Google, RIM plaster privacy warnings on prying apps Posted: 23 Feb 2012 05:03 AM PST Cali's chief legal bod strong-arms mobile software storesMobile software that meddles with your sensitive info must have privacy polices and must display them clearly, California's Attorney General Kamala Harris declared yesterday in a statement agreed by all major app sellers.… |
| LinkedIn scoops up browser plugin Rapportive: 'We fell in love' Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:47 AM PST Start-up wets pants over marriage to social-network-for-suitsLinkedIn has bought browser plugin outfit Rapportive for an undisclosed sum.… |
| RIP: Peak Oil - we won't be running out any time soon Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:29 AM PST Human ingenuity wins the dayAnalysis The idea that seized the imaginations of the bien pensant chattering classes in the Noughties – "Peak Oil" – is no longer relevant. So says the commodities team at Citigroup, and policy-makers would be wise to examine the trends they've identified.… |
| Toshiba Portégé Z830-10N 13.3in Ultrabook Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:26 AM PST Five and a half hours on the roadReview The last time I tested a Toshiba laptop, it had a glowing orange screen and the keyboard rattled like a box of Lego. Come to think of it, newspapers at the time were scaring readers about 'house parties', so it was quite a while ago. So perhaps you can imagine how utterly charming the pretentiously named Portégé Z830-10N appeared to me when it arrived.… |
| Woman spanked for dissing ex in Facebook snapshot Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:14 AM PST Spanish court objects to obscene t-shirt sloganA Spanish divorcée's purse is somewhat lighter after she posted photos on Facebook of herself wearing a t-shirt declaring "My ex-husband's an arsehole" - and was ordered to pay €1,000 damages for her trouble.… |
| Microsoft apes Google social search master plan Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:03 AM PST Building a separate internet with Facebook... bitchEvery now and again Microsoft comes along to remind us of two things: it's still a big name in online search and remains very cosy with the world's biggest social network, Facebook.… |
| Foxconn allegedly hid underage workers from inspectors Posted: 23 Feb 2012 03:50 AM PST Non-profit claims iPad-maker cheated in factory auditUpdated Apple faces increased pressure today after its manufacturing partner Foxconn was accused of using forced student labour and hiding underage workers during high-profile independent inspections last week. Foxconn also makes components for other manufacturers, but Apple is its most prominent customer.… |
| Third of Blighty stuck on snail-speed broadband Posted: 23 Feb 2012 03:28 AM PST UK.gov's uphill battle to get us superfast by 2015 revealedThe UK government will have a tough time fulfilling its superfast broadband promises for the country with a third of British postcodes still stuck at sloth-like speeds.… |
| Juniper buys Mykonos to beat off web app attacks Posted: 23 Feb 2012 03:13 AM PST The art of deceptionJuniper has bought web application security firm Mykonos Software in a deal valued at around $80m (£51m) in cash.… |
| UK.gov vows to purify TV with £180m from mobile networks Posted: 23 Feb 2012 03:02 AM PST £10,000 per home to protect Freeview from 4G signalsBored of waiting for Ofcom's consultation on the possible interference between 4G telephony and Freeview TV, the Ministry of Fun has said it will spend £180m of operators' money mitigating the problem.… |
| Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:59 AM PST Optimus 4X HD exposedLG has revealed what it has in store for next week's Mobile World Congress (MWC): specifically its Nvidia Tegra 3-based smartphone, the Optimus 4X HD.… |
| China cuffs 905 suspects in online black market purge Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:41 AM PST 8,000 emporiums eradicatedThe Chinese authorities have gone on yet another web crackdown, shutting close to 8,000 websites, although this time the target appears to have been genuine criminal ventures rather than sites spouting politically incorrect sentiments or peddling smut.… |
| Freetard-friendly MP allegedly cuffed after scrap in Commons bar Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:24 AM PST Plods called after pints spilled, punches thrownThe freetards' second-favourite MP, Eric Joyce (sample quote: "It's highly debatable that downloading is theft") has allegedly been arrested following a fight in the Strangers Bar at the House of Commons.… |
| Nominet to launch .wales and .cymru Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:17 AM PST Welsh gov backs bilingual domains, rugby legend to head up advisory groupWales is to get two new top-level internet domains – one for Welsh speakers and one for the rest of us – under a deal announced yesterday between the Welsh government and .uk registry Nominet.… |
| Posted: 23 Feb 2012 02:00 AM PST Frame and fortuneiOS App of the Week Grid Lens is a fun little photography app that allows you to combine multiple images within a single shot.… |
| Blighty's PC biz braces for another rocky ride Posted: 23 Feb 2012 01:31 AM PST But consumer sales on the mendIDC has more than halved UK PC shipment forecasts for 2012 on the back of falling demand across much of the commercial space, particularly in public sector.… |
| Cabinet Office 'fesses up to Cloud Store gremlins Posted: 23 Feb 2012 01:01 AM PST Boss vows to 'fix that dratted feedback form'IT and comms suppliers are unable to tweak their entries in the government's Cloud Store because the only mechanism to do this is not working properly.… |
| Hitachi GST waggles nippy 2.5-incher at Ultrabooks Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:27 AM PST Size does matter with Travelstar's single-platter hardnessRemember Hitachi GST's 500GB single-platter Travelstar? Well, now it spins faster and jets out data quicker, possibly having been accelerated for the Ultrabook market.… |
| Grooveshark blocked in Denmark by copyright warriors Posted: 23 Feb 2012 12:02 AM PST DNS-level barrier appeal expectedA Danish copyright group has won a court order to block music streaming site Grooveshark from the nation's pastry-munching pirates.… |
| Daniel Craig like Connery, <i>Skyfall</i> helmsman suggests Posted: 22 Feb 2012 11:04 PM PST Sam Mendes risks wrath of 'Best Bond' boresThe director of forthcoming 007 romp Skyfall has provocatively suggested a certain similarity between Daniel Craig and Sean Connery - something which will no doubt give "Best Bond" pub bores something to bang on about all week.… |
| Heatmiser PRT-TS Wi-Fi RF thermostat Posted: 22 Feb 2012 11:00 PM PST Hot propertyReview With fuel bills ever rising, keeping an eye on your heating makes good sense, and Heatmiser's Wi-Fi thermostat is intended to help you do just that. It's based around a large, 3 x 2.5in touchscreen, which controls a timer/thermostat with its wireless features enabling configuration from an iOS device.… |
| Unknown fault darkens Australia’s Internet Posted: 22 Feb 2012 08:08 PM PST Australia's critical dependency: too few outbound routesCustomers of major Australian ISPs are stranded with no connection to the outside world this afternoon, taken out of action by an as-yet-undiagnosed routing fault.… |
| Aus visual search start-up goes global Posted: 22 Feb 2012 07:00 PM PST Oops there it isAdelaide based start-up Thereitis.com has raised the funds to commercialise its patented user interface technology.… |
| Innovation aborted in South Australia Posted: 22 Feb 2012 06:34 PM PST Innovate SA gets shut downOne of Australia' more progressive government initiatives for start-ups and tech entrepreneurs Innovate SA has been dumped by the South Australian state government, which has pulled essential funding.… |
| HP insists Whitman is new broom to clean up execution Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:32 PM PST Damns Apotheker with faint praiseWith HP's latest quarterly earnings looking so poor, you'd expect the traditional financial analyst's call to be dominated by concerns on the minutiae of performance. But every question was on leadership.… |
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