Smut site lifts skirt on user credentials |
- Smut site lifts skirt on user credentials
- Harvard boffins cause buzz with robot bee
- HP earnings fall 44% on Whitman's debut quarter
- Spitzer spots first solid buckyballs in stellar disc
- OPERA grabs spanner, fixes kit, and slows down neutrinos
- Global DNS takedown plotters disowned by Anonymous
- CIA tells big biz to serve up bite-size software
- Grumble-flick chat site exposes flirts' privates
- Planet-wide cloud dream burst by nations' laws - BSA
- India seeks new supplier for $35 Android tablet
- Microsoft blasts 'web video killer' Motorola Mobility in EU gripe
- GPS jamming rife, could PARALYSE Blighty, say usual suspects
- Labour targets Tories' Google problem
- Inside Apple
- Nekkid Tech: I am Virtual Man
- Biz bazaar Alibaba goes private, watches shares soar
- Finally a use for PlayBook: Tab bodged into Windows, PS3 remote
- For those thinking Private Cloud
- Court claim slapped on bloke via Facebook in landmark case
- Will Windows 8 sticker shock leave Microsoft unstuck?
- Top Euro beaks to probe ACTA for rights breaches
- Logica profits slump in 'much more difficult' 2011
- Samsung Series 9 skinny laptop priced for Blighty
- Spam crashes to historic low as malware explodes on mobiles
- Fujitsu flaunts Tegra 3 for future phones
- Freedom-crushing govts close to ruling our web, fears FCC boss
- Cameras roll on 'blockbuster' new <i>Who</i> series
- NASA sniffs little black hole's 20-million-MPH wind
- Proview offers Apple peace talks amid Shanghai iPad ban bid
- We're! not! a! social! network! yells! Yahoo!
- Wang charged in inappropriate electricity socket use
- Crap PINs give wallet thieves 1-in-11 jackpot shot
- Councils spunk £515m in 4 years on CCTV
- Toy Story: Mystic Met needs swanky new kit, swoon MPs
- Ericsson flashes wallet, beds hot Wi-Fi and billing bizes
- ICO 'enquiring' about Google's serving of tracking cookies
- Ten... sub-£100 mono laser printers
- IBM arms robo-sysadmin QRadar with virus know-how
- SanDisk daddy: Flash to 'checkmate' hard drives by 2020
- NASA seeks cooks for Mars trip simulation
- Dell misses profit goals in fiscal Q4
| Smut site lifts skirt on user credentials Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:30 PM PST Punters' pants down on a global scaleOne of the most popular adult sites on the Internet has made one of the most egregious user securities possible, leaving millions of users' credentials exposed on a public-facing Web server.… |
| Harvard boffins cause buzz with robot bee Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:00 PM PST Our new insect overlords will come in a flat packInstead of building a robot, why not print it? That's more-or-less the approach demonstrated by Harvard engineers with an ingenious and attention-grabbing miniature robot bee.… |
| HP earnings fall 44% on Whitman's debut quarter Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:50 PM PST Revenues crash in key marketsMeg Whitman's earnings statement from the first quarter of 2012 doesn't look good, as she tries to clean the Augean stable left by Léo Apotheker.… |
| Spitzer spots first solid buckyballs in stellar disc Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:02 PM PST Stacks the size of 10,000 Everests foundThe first solid "buckyball" Carbon-60 molecules have been spotted forming a ring around a star 6,500 light-years away, according to data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.… |
| OPERA grabs spanner, fixes kit, and slows down neutrinos Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:59 PM PST Ye canna break the laws of physics, it seemsAccording to a breaking report from Science, last year's famous faster-than-light neutrino finding has been attributed to a cable fault.… |
| Global DNS takedown plotters disowned by Anonymous Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:19 PM PST Alleged power grid threat also cobblers, say hacktivistsAnonymous has distanced itself from a plot to knock out critical systems in the backbone of the internet.… |
| CIA tells big biz to serve up bite-size software Posted: 22 Feb 2012 11:28 AM PST Spies want latest shiny tech on pay-as-you-goThe CIA has told big software firms that it plans to ditch long-term licenses in favour of a slurp-as-you-go approach to new technology.… |
| Grumble-flick chat site exposes flirts' privates Posted: 22 Feb 2012 10:31 AM PST Oh, put it away - no, too lateThe email addresses and passwords of more than a million users of the YouPorn sex chat site were exposed to all and sundry this week following a coding error that went undetected for years.… |
| Planet-wide cloud dream burst by nations' laws - BSA Posted: 22 Feb 2012 09:32 AM PST Report huffs at privacy safeguards and trade rulesA US software industry report has warned that certain countries are threatening the future of cloud computing with regulations and policies that stifle the fluffy atmosphere.… |
| India seeks new supplier for $35 Android tablet Posted: 22 Feb 2012 08:47 AM PST Performance grumblesThe Indian Government is seeking extra manufacturers for the Aakash, the $35 Android tablet that launched in the sub-continent in 2011.… |
| Microsoft blasts 'web video killer' Motorola Mobility in EU gripe Posted: 22 Feb 2012 08:29 AM PST Googorola patents complaint probe launchedUpdated Microsoft filed a formal antitrust complaint against Motorola Mobility this morning in Brussels, following the European Commission's decision to clear Google's takeover of the mobile biz earlier this month.… |
| GPS jamming rife, could PARALYSE Blighty, say usual suspects Posted: 22 Feb 2012 07:57 AM PST 'Sometimes a jammer goes by EVERY FEW DAYS'Technical experts are once again predicting imminent doom caused by interference with Global Positioning System (GPS) sat-nav receivers. A nationwide UK network of detectors has reportedly discovered widespread employment of GPS jammer devices, and calls are being made for a harsh crackdown on users of such devices.… |
| Labour targets Tories' Google problem Posted: 22 Feb 2012 07:38 AM PST What's good for the Chocolate Factory is good for usLabour has chastised the Conservatives for digital economy policies - and is targeting what may be the Conservatives' closeness to Google.… |
| Posted: 22 Feb 2012 07:13 AM PST More than just a JobsworthReview While Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs was notable for the contribution, by way of hours of interviews, of the man himself, it could hardly be described as revelatory. The darker side of the way Apple was run by Jobs, for example, was glossed over. By contrast, Adam Lashinsky's Inside Apple aims to get under the skin of the world's sometime largest company.… |
| Posted: 22 Feb 2012 07:07 AM PST Slicing and dicing, virty tech, Symantec's sueball and more ...Podcast This week Greg Knieriemen and trusty sidekick Ed Saipetch (@edasi) go virtual, chatting to special guest Steve Kaplan – Vice President Data Center Virtualization Practice at Presidio (@roidude) – about everything from Nix's rib-cracking antics to VMWare's push into the cloud.… |
| Biz bazaar Alibaba goes private, watches shares soar Posted: 22 Feb 2012 06:46 AM PST Firm exits market while mulling Yahoo! stake slurpShares in China's Alibaba.com jumped 43 per cent today when it announced it was going private.… |
| Finally a use for PlayBook: Tab bodged into Windows, PS3 remote Posted: 22 Feb 2012 06:29 AM PST RIM's fondleslab needs all the love it can musterThe updated OS pushed out to PlayBooks yesterday can turn a BlackBerry handset into a remote control for Windows 7, or even Android, thanks to the wonders of Bluetooth.… |
| For those thinking Private Cloud Posted: 22 Feb 2012 06:00 AM PST Here's your project check listLive event Our very own Tim Phillips is dragging some clever sorts from the industry and beyond into a studio to talk about building private clouds. They're remit is 'be helpful' and to give us a, 'check list for building a private cloud.' We're hoping by the time they're finished you'll have something of a weighty steer on what it takes to do a private cloud project.… |
| Court claim slapped on bloke via Facebook in landmark case Posted: 22 Feb 2012 05:43 AM PST Solicitors' messages - another reason for an unlike buttonFacebook messages will become a common way to serve court documents, reckons lawyer Jenni Jenkins, after a judge allowed a legal claim to be sent to a bloke via the social network.… |
| Will Windows 8 sticker shock leave Microsoft unstuck? Posted: 22 Feb 2012 05:23 AM PST Metro and ARM threaten Vista-like compatibility badges"Sticker shock" is a US phrase that denotes a shopper's surprised and generally disgusted reaction upon discovering the true price of an item they're buying.… |
| Top Euro beaks to probe ACTA for rights breaches Posted: 22 Feb 2012 05:01 AM PST Reding wants court to check anti-counterfeiting treaty's small printEurope's Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has asked the European Court of Justice to peruse the small print of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to ensure that it is "fully compatible" with fundamental rights.… |
| Logica profits slump in 'much more difficult' 2011 Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:39 AM PST 2012? Could be up, could be downLogica said its 2012 revenues could go up or down as it turned in full year 2011 figures that showed a massive drop in profits.… |
| Samsung Series 9 skinny laptop priced for Blighty Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:32 AM PST 'World's thinnest' claimSamsung's refreshed Series 9 laptop has been given a release date, with the compact notebook set to land on consumers' laps as early as next week.… |
| Spam crashes to historic low as malware explodes on mobiles Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:21 AM PST Android Trojans soar, Mac viruses fall off a cliffThe volume of malware samples detected by McAfee passed the 75 million milestone late last year, the Intel-owned security firm reported this week.… |
| Fujitsu flaunts Tegra 3 for future phones Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:09 AM PST High five coreFujitsu aims to blow the roof off Mobile World Congress (MWC) next week when it formally launches its latest smartphone, which packs the five-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor - the best a man can get.… |
| Freedom-crushing govts close to ruling our web, fears FCC boss Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:03 AM PST Baffled ITC denies plotting internet land-grabForeign governments are lining up to wrest control of the internet from freedom-loving hippies, thunders FCC commissioner Robert McDowell in a call to arms in the Wall Street Journal.… |
| Cameras roll on 'blockbuster' new <i>Who</i> series Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:42 AM PST 'Our craziest adventures yet,' promises Amy PondThe BBC's spinners have worked themselves into a right state over the news that filming has kicked off on the seventh series of Doctor Who. Viewers are promised 14 "blockbuster-movie episodes" as Arthur Darvill and Karen Gillan embark on "their final, rollercoaster voyage" with Matt Smith's Time Lord.… |
| NASA sniffs little black hole's 20-million-MPH wind Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:17 AM PST Flatulent fallen star farts supermassive-grade hurricaneNASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has caught a whiff of the fastest ever wind blowing from the gases around a stellar-mass black hole.… |
| Proview offers Apple peace talks amid Shanghai iPad ban bid Posted: 22 Feb 2012 03:02 AM PST Tech titan faces tablet knockout in dozens of China's citiesIn a predictable move, Asian monitor minnow Proview has decided that it is in fact now ready to hold talks with Apple over the IPAD trademark dispute which threatens to throttle global supplies of Cupertino's shiny fondleslab.… |
| We're! not! a! social! network! yells! Yahoo! Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:41 AM PST Doesn't want to be lumped in with riffraff like Facebook, GoogleDespite spending most of the past few years trying to make its services more social, Yahoo! is now claiming that it is definitely NOT a social network - and resents being lumped in with Google and Facebook to face charges in India of hosting "objectionable content" online.… |
| Wang charged in inappropriate electricity socket use Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:19 AM PST Battery top-up threatened metro station's power supplyElectricity thieves beware: if the battery charge in your phone or laptop is getting a little too low for comfort, don't just stick your tech gear into the first available plug socket or you could find yourself in the back of a police van.… |
| Crap PINs give wallet thieves 1-in-11 jackpot shot Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:02 AM PST What are the odds? Cambridge boffins work it outFour-digit banking PINs are almost as insecure as website passwords, according to a study by Cambridge University computer scientists.… |
| Councils spunk £515m in 4 years on CCTV Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:32 AM PST Hey big spender, BirminghamUK local authorities spent a total of £515m installing, operating and maintaining CCTV between 2007-11, according to the privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch.… |
| Toy Story: Mystic Met needs swanky new kit, swoon MPs Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:02 AM PST Media to blame for |
| Ericsson flashes wallet, beds hot Wi-Fi and billing bizes Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:26 AM PST Now it's spoiling for a fight against Chinese rivalsMWC Ericsson, freed from Sony and getting in its retaliation first, used a Mobile World Congress pre-event briefing to set out its Far East battle plans - which included mobile wallet payments and buying billing biz Telcordia and carrier-cosy Wi-Fi company BelAir Networks.… |
| ICO 'enquiring' about Google's serving of tracking cookies Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:01 AM PST Questions after Microsoft slams Chocolate Factory on privacyMicrosoft has claimed that Google has been serving third-party cookies capable of tracking users' online behaviour even when those users have adjusted settings in the Internet Explorer browser to prevent it happening.… |
| Ten... sub-£100 mono laser printers Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:00 PM PST Read the fine printReview Mono laser printers still produce better black text than any inkjet. If you want clean, pin-sharp characters on the page and don't print colour, buy a laser. If you have a limited budget, look for one at under £100. Here are 10 you should consider, which can print fast, don't take up much room on the desk and are very easy to use and maintain. They produce waterproof, black print, as good as anything you can produce at home or in a small office.… |
| IBM arms robo-sysadmin QRadar with virus know-how Posted: 21 Feb 2012 09:00 PM PST X-Force gear combs through 13 billion threats a dayIBM is beefing up its enterprise security offerings by creating a security platform that is aware of real-time virus information, meaning that the system will be much quicker at recognising new threats.… |
| SanDisk daddy: Flash to 'checkmate' hard drives by 2020 Posted: 21 Feb 2012 06:01 PM PST Next on the hit list: DRAMISSCC Although some industry observers – as The Reg recently noted – say that flash memory is approaching a technical brick wall, the cofounder and former CEO and chairman of SanDisk sees things differently.… |
| NASA seeks cooks for Mars trip simulation Posted: 21 Feb 2012 04:35 PM PST No bean or cabbage recipes, pleaseNASA is looking for volunteers to prepare foods during a simulated Mars mission that will see six lucky people locked in close proximity for 120 days.… |
| Dell misses profit goals in fiscal Q4 Posted: 21 Feb 2012 04:09 PM PST Revenues up a bit, thoughDespite growing sales in all six of its product categories and all four of its business units, and despite having an extra business week in the quarter, hardware supplier and software wannabe Dell was not able to pull the profits it expected down to the bottom line in its fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, which ended on February 3.… |
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