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- Zuckerberg: Facebook rakes in cash... to make world a better place
- Wotif get ad serving smarts from Webfirm
- Jackpot: astronomers tag Goldilocks planet
- Kiwis pitch university IP database
- Andreessen Horowitz raises $US1.5b
- AMD uncloaks tablet processor plans
- Verisign admits 2010 hack attack, mum on what was nicked
- Google Music 'an oxymoron' - outbound Warner mogul
- Sprint gives LightSquared extra 6 weeks to get FCC thumbs-up
- Hitachi earnings hit hard in Q4
- Apple ousts LG from world phone biz top three
- Symantec: We've plugged up pcAnywhere holes
- Retailer drops Eee Pad Transformer Prime, claims quality issues
- Dell names ex-CA CEO as software chief
- Riverbed lobs Granite at offices, WIPES OUT remote servers
- Micro Anvika seeks channel props for CVA rescue plan
- Capita bags Quartermaine to run IT Services
- Unisys wallet emptied in rebadged server, storage cash crash
- Chinese admirer fancies WD's 3.5-inch hardness - insider
- Kelihos botnet BACK FROM THE DEAD
- Fotoshop by Adobé: The miracle beauty treatment
- French court lays le smackdown on Google Maps
- Facebook IPO: Boom or bubble?
- Demand for safety kitemark on software stepped up
- Sony nosedives into $2.8bn loss as Hirai grabs controls
- Final Fantasy XIII-2
- Robot rabbits take on Facebook, female orgasms
- Boffins out earbuds that sound right when inserted wrong
- Android users more likely to put out
- Facebook warns investors of potential SPAM DELUGE
- Met's email hack probe turns spotlight on <cite>The Times</cite> - MP
- JEDI alliance: Jellyfish overlords won't rule Earth after all
- Five ways Microsoft can rescue Windows Phone
- World's first bamboo smartphone to enter production
- Ofcom: UK broadband speed on the up as punters' packages swell
- Samsung 'Galaxy 4S' spied in benchmark results
- Snaps confirm new CPU for Apple iPad 3
- Google 'chooses' not to censor Mosley content, MP says
- CNN
- <em>El Reg's</em> comments policy? It's all in moderation
- Apple iPhone 5 to debut at developer gig
- ENORMOUS BACKSIDE FILMED FROM SPACE in moon flypast
- Death of IE6 still greatly exaggerated, says browser hit squad
- New Trojan routes your bank's calls to CROOKS
- LG HLX56S net savvy 3D Blu-ray soundbar combo
- Cray shrinks XE6m supers down to a rack
- Obama refuses to respond to MPAA bribery claim petition
- Ukraine file-sharing site disappears
| Zuckerberg: Facebook rakes in cash... to make world a better place Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:30 PM PST Web2.0 investors masticate wildly on Zuck's gummy bubbleAnalysis Mark Zuckerberg: a shrewd businessman or simply the world's greatest ever opportunist. Now we can finally find out.… |
| Wotif get ad serving smarts from Webfirm Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:15 PM PST DIY digital ad platformsOnline travel group Wotif has struck a commercial deal with ASX-listed digital media solutions company Webfirm to implement its Adslot end-to-end self-serve display sales platform.… |
| Jackpot: astronomers tag Goldilocks planet Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:00 PM PST GJ 667C is practically a next-door neighborWhile the Kepler mission turns up its ever-growing crop of exoplanets, a group of astronomers has announced an exciting find closer to home: looking towards Scorpius, there's a super-Earth-sized planet just 22 light-years distant, with a habitable-zone orbit.… |
| Kiwis pitch university IP database Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:15 PM PST Get your better mousetrap hereKiwiNet has launched a database of New Zealand university IP with a aim to attract companies interested in developing and commercialising NZ-led research.… |
| Andreessen Horowitz raises $US1.5b Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:43 PM PST Crisis? What crisis?High profile VC firm Andreessen Horowitz has secured $US1.5 billion in new funding. The new cash brings the total funding under its management to $US2.7 billion.… |
| AMD uncloaks tablet processor plans Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:31 PM PST Sub 2-watt x86 chippery for Windows 8 fondleslabsAMD has updated its product roadmap, announcing for the first time that it will be creating ultra-low power (ULP) processors for the tablet market.… |
| Verisign admits 2010 hack attack, mum on what was nicked Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST SEC filing shows BOFH cover-upVerisign has admitted in an SEC filing that it suffered numerous data breaches in 2010, but that management wasn't informed by staff for nearly a year after they occurred.… |
| Google Music 'an oxymoron' - outbound Warner mogul Posted: 02 Feb 2012 09:58 AM PST The thoughts of Chairman BronfmanOutgoing media mogul Edgar Bronfman Jr has warned against the Universal-EMI merger – and taken a potshot at Google. Bronfman is stepping down as chairman of Warner Music, which was acquired by Russian entrepreneur Len Blavatnik last year.… |
| Sprint gives LightSquared extra 6 weeks to get FCC thumbs-up Posted: 02 Feb 2012 09:23 AM PST Feds to consult on the issueSprint has given LightSquared another six weeks to get FCC approval for its controversial LTE network, otherwise the wannabe operator will have to build its own network rather than piggybacking on Sprint's.… |
| Hitachi earnings hit hard in Q4 Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:58 AM PST Blames Japanese tsunami and Thai floodingJapanese conglomerate Hitachi – which derives a fair portion of its sales and profits from the IT and telecom sectors – has taken it in the chin profit-wise in its third quarter of fiscal 2011 ended in December. For the quarter, sales were essentially flat at ¥2,2665bn ($29bn), but net income fell by 42.3 per cent to ¥46.4bn ($595m).… |
| Apple ousts LG from world phone biz top three Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:45 AM PST Nokia and Samsung still well aheadMarket watcher IDC has weighed in on the 'who sells how many mobile phones' debate with its own figures. It has followed the consensus that Apple is now the world's third biggest phone maker.… |
| Symantec: We've plugged up pcAnywhere holes Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:37 AM PST Security giant tries to draw line under source code soap operaSymantec has said its pcAnywhere remote control software is once again safe to use, following the release of its latest security patch.… |
| Retailer drops Eee Pad Transformer Prime, claims quality issues Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:24 AM PST But Asus denies tablet problemsAsus has denied that its Eee Pad Transformer Prime is suffering from the quality issues one retailer has claimed have necessitated withdrawing the Android tablet from sale.… |
| Dell names ex-CA CEO as software chief Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:21 AM PST Cloud on Michael's mind?Dell has appointed a former tech company CEO and blue-chip middleware executive to lead its software group.… |
| Riverbed lobs Granite at offices, WIPES OUT remote servers Posted: 02 Feb 2012 08:03 AM PST Revs up WAN optimisationRiverbed says customers can dispense completely with servers in remote and branch offices by using Granite technology layered on its Steelhead-based WAN optimisation – and so deliver all IT services to remote offices as if they were local.… |
| Micro Anvika seeks channel props for CVA rescue plan Posted: 02 Feb 2012 07:39 AM PST Tot Court Road old-timer battles consumer slump and store costsTroubled Tottenham Court Road retailer Micro Anvika is seeking approval from distributors to green-light a restructure package.… |
| Capita bags Quartermaine to run IT Services Posted: 02 Feb 2012 07:02 AM PST Gulps down SAP management firm Smith's Consulting for £10mFormer Azzurri Communications chief exec Mark Quartermaine is set to take the reins at Capita IT services (ITS).… |
| Unisys wallet emptied in rebadged server, storage cash crash Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:43 AM PST Mainframe biz profit wobbles in Q4Mainframe maker and services provider Unisys managed to almost hold profits steady in the final quarter of 2011 despite taking a dip in revenues.… |
| Chinese admirer fancies WD's 3.5-inch hardness - insider Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:19 AM PST Watchdogs would favour Great Wall of China's disk fab chunk slurpCould China become a major hard disk manufacturing base if Great Wall snaps up a slice of Western Digital's 3.5-inch drive business?… |
| Kelihos botnet BACK FROM THE DEAD Posted: 02 Feb 2012 06:04 AM PST Bloodied spam-spewing zombie staggers inThe spam-spewing Kelihos botnet has returned from the dead.… |
| Fotoshop by Adobé: The miracle beauty treatment Posted: 02 Feb 2012 05:47 AM PST 'My skin feels like plastic!' gasps blemish-free babeOur piece yesterday on L'Oreal giving Rachel Weisz a intensive age-defying makeover prompted several readers to point us in the direction of this remarkable product:… |
| French court lays le smackdown on Google Maps Posted: 02 Feb 2012 05:29 AM PST Fined for unfair competition in online cartographyA French court has found Google Maps guilty of unfair competition and ordered the Chocolate Factory to pay a fine and damages to a French mapping firm.… |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2012 05:11 AM PST We look at the numbers - and what's missing...Analysis Is Facebook hugely overvalued or a solid business with some reliable growth ahead of it? A great deal of both.… |
| Demand for safety kitemark on software stepped up Posted: 02 Feb 2012 05:03 AM PST MPs want new standard plus web security schoolingThe government and industry ought to do more to promote online safety, according to an influential panel of MPs.… |
| Sony nosedives into $2.8bn loss as Hirai grabs controls Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:44 AM PST Full-year forecast torn up after cash-draining Q3Sony's new CEO will have his hands full at the helm of the loss-making Japanese firm - the entertainment megacorp announced today that its net loss in the quarter ending in December was 159 billion yen ($2bn) and it has slashed its full-year forecast to a loss of 220 billion yen ($2.8bn).… |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:29 AM PST Terminal illnessReview Is it just me who remembers Final Fantasy III – actually, that's FF VI if you're Japanese – the mercurial tale of the evil Kefka and heroes Sabin, Edgar, Terra, et al? I recall the brilliant use of magical espers, its line-up of amazingly distinct fighters – Sabin even channelling Street Fighter-style special moves in a clever bid to keep the players on their toes – and all wrapped up in a genuinely touching fairy-tale.… |
| Robot rabbits take on Facebook, female orgasms Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:14 AM PST Poked by a rabbit, figuratively and literallyOne waits ages for a story about robotic carrot-crunchers, and then two turn up at once as Karotz the robot rabbit starts talking to Facebook while app-controlled vibrator Vibease looks to sell value-added orgasms.… |
| Boffins out earbuds that sound right when inserted wrong Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:54 AM PST Left is right regardlessResearchers have devised a method of automatically adjusting a stereo signal to match whichever ears a pair of earphones are squeezed into.… |
| Android users more likely to put out Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:45 AM PST Open like their app ecosystem...Android users are more likely to be slutty, it transpires – having more one night stands, signing up to dating sites more often and being more likely to have sex on a first date, according to a Match.com survey of single Canadian mobile users.… |
| Facebook warns investors of potential SPAM DELUGE Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:44 AM PST IPO filing: Spamvalanche could kill usFacebook has been the first internet company to baldly state the risks it faces from hacking and spam to the markets since the SEC issued guidance on the issue.… |
| Met's email hack probe turns spotlight on <cite>The Times</cite> - MP Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:32 AM PST Scotland Yard keeps mumScotland Yard officers investigating allegations of computer hacking by News International staff have declined to "give a running commentary" on their probe, batting away MP Tom Watson's narration of the saga.… |
| JEDI alliance: Jellyfish overlords won't rule Earth after all Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:13 AM PST Blancmange invader threat turns out to be, erm, triflingThe worldwide jellyfish-threat trouser state was officially downgraded from "damp" to "wear again if necessary" yesterday as top international boffins - operating under the title "JEDI" - announced that in fact there is little evidence to suggest that planet Earth will soon be ruled by wobbling gelatinous blobominations.… |
| Five ways Microsoft can rescue Windows Phone Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:00 AM PST A critical success, a market dud. Here's what Redmond should do nextWindows Phone might be the most impressive bit of software Microsoft has produced - but it isn't setting the world on fire. The iPhone and Android go from strength to strength - the latter proliferating so widely even Google doesn't know how many Android systems are out there. (It can't count the Chinese forks which don't use any Google services and don't phone home.)… |
| World's first bamboo smartphone to enter production Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:54 AM PST Concept blower branches outA British student will see his bamboo blower blueprint brought to market, after backers took note of the ADzero, an eco-friendly smartphone carved entirely from the fast-growing wood.… |
| Ofcom: UK broadband speed on the up as punters' packages swell Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:44 AM PST More of a shunt than a glideAverage broadband speeds in Blighty are on the up, communications watchdog Ofcom concluded in a report published this morning.… |
| Samsung 'Galaxy 4S' spied in benchmark results Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:39 AM PST Galaxy S II Plus to stand in for Galaxy S III?Samsung may be doing an Apple. Since it isn't releasing the Galaxy S III at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) show later this month, how about a tweaked version of its current flagship instead?… |
| Snaps confirm new CPU for Apple iPad 3 Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:27 AM PST But maybe not a quad-core chip, after allApple's iPad 3 will not have the same processor as its predecessor.… |
| Google 'chooses' not to censor Mosley content, MP says Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:19 AM PST We'll do that as you report it, says Choc Factory lawyerFormer Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw said Google could stop links to the material appearing in results but decides not to. He made the comments during a question-and-answer session conducted by the Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions.… |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:00 AM PST Here is the newsiOS App of the Week I'm a news junkie, and when I recently cancelled my Sky subscription I found that the one channel that I really missed was CNN. So I was pleased to find that there's a free CNN app that is available in versions for both iPhone and iPad.… |
| <em>El Reg's</em> comments policy? It's all in moderation Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:41 AM PST House rules given a spring cleanThe Register has changed its comments moderation policy, making the UK's biggest IT pro talking shop even more immediate, enthralling and noisy.… |
| Apple iPhone 5 to debut at developer gig Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:40 AM PST WWDC or bustToss straw into wind, see where it blows. Ah, it's landed on the square marked 'Apple to unveil iPhone 5 in June'.… |
| ENORMOUS BACKSIDE FILMED FROM SPACE in moon flypast Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:19 AM PST Pale, rounded bounties probedUS space agency NASA has released a new video of the back side of the Moon, filmed by its newly-arrived duo of GRAIL lunar probe craft. Here it is:… |
| Death of IE6 still greatly exaggerated, says browser hit squad Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:03 AM PST Ex-Redmondians play to big biz holdoutsInternet Explorer 6 dead? In your dreams, Microsoft, in your dreams.… |
| New Trojan routes your bank's calls to CROOKS Posted: 02 Feb 2012 12:02 AM PST That's right, I really just ordered 10 plasma tellies...Devious cybercrooks have developed a Trojan that is capable of redirecting calls your bank has made to verify suspicious transactions – straight into the waiting handsets of professional criminal caller services.… |
| LG HLX56S net savvy 3D Blu-ray soundbar combo Posted: 01 Feb 2012 11:00 PM PST Smart decoReview LG's HLX56S is an audacious all-in-one home cinema system, cast in the guise of a mild-mannered soundbar. With integrated 3D Blu-ray player, copious amplification and IPTV portal, it's got everything you need for the upmarket man-cave, in a package easily parked beneath a 40in or larger flatscreen.… |
| Cray shrinks XE6m supers down to a rack Posted: 01 Feb 2012 04:55 PM PST So long CX1000 Xeon-InfiniBand baby clustersCray tried to sell Fords and Chevies when it launched the CX1000 entry supercomputer clusters launched back in March 2010. But to make its life easier, and to help bolster sales of its XE6 and XE6m supers that are based on Cray's own high-speed interconnect and software stack, the company has figured out how to shrink a Lexus down so it fits into the Ford and Chevy budget.… |
| Obama refuses to respond to MPAA bribery claim petition Posted: 01 Feb 2012 04:17 PM PST Poor wording breaks petition's T&CsThe White House has said it won't be responding to a petition calling for an investigation into whether comments by MPAA head Chris Dodd about paying for political support constituted an admission of bribery.… |
| Ukraine file-sharing site disappears Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:30 PM PST Freetards mourn Ex.ua with the usual DDOS attacksMicrosoft Ukraine has disclaimed responsibility for the shut-down of Ukranian file-sharing site Ex.ua, which that country's government has shuttered for copyright infringement.… |
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