440m<sup>2</sup> screen has fewer pixels than iPad |
- 440m<sup>2</sup> screen has fewer pixels than iPad
- Atmospheric DOUBLE-WHAMMY: fertilizers deplete ozone, add to warming
- Microsoft tarts up custom Mustang Muscle Microserfmobile
- Verizon spectrum deal savaged in Senate hearing
- Google mulls bribing operators to stuff its Wallet into pockets
- <i>Mass Effect 3</i> crooks trick gamers with fake 'alternate ending'
- PCIe flash riddle of next-gen HP ProLiant record smasher
- 8,400 email addresses spaffed by Student Loans Company
- NASA's Dawn probe spies 'Snowman' on asteroid queen Vesta
- Half of Apple fanbois would bank with the iPad titan
- Cybercops traced Toulouse massacre suspect through IP address
- Report: Nokia, Apple battle over ultra-tiny nano-SIMs
- Scammers exploit new <i>Dr Who</i> girl with Twitter smut video
- Nvidia shows off first 'Kepler' GPUs
- HP's PC-printer lovechild is cash boon for resellers
- Lovefilm: video streaming outplays disc rentals
- Supermodel-fiddling tool Photoshop CS6 flinged in free beta
- Toshiba out monster 13in tablet spec
- Apple iPhoto
- Commodore outs Linux-running Amiga Mini desktop
- TalkTalk is yet again the most griped about telco in Blighty
- Ex-Dell man Boyce to head up Computer 2000 sales patch
- 6,000 sign e-petition to put Turing on £10 note
- GridIron jiggles MLC flash box, penetrates million IOPS barrier
- Hacktivists nicked more data than CYBER-CROOKS in 2011
- New iPad can't get its Wi-Fi up
- iPhone 5 gets a 5in screen
- El Reg user forum opens to public, HTML for all (mostly)
- Samsung chirps Angry Birds Space exclusive
- Space probe in orbit above Mercury sees signs of polar ice
- Quantum offers a cheap massage to hot cloud data
- If Nominet has spoken, you can't come here – High Court
- Electronic patient records rollout cocks up hospital clinics
- Tech Mahindra to swallow Satyam in BILLION dollar deal
- August DTV700B portable Freeview TV and DVR
- Android store spotted in China ... selling iPhones
- Japan's LCD biz survives quake and tsunami
- CA reveals ARCserve DDOS threat
- Watch a 747 refit in just 105 seconds
- Zynga gets more drawsome
- S!ngtel axes staff, sends them to Huawei
- Senator demands Congressional vote on ACTA
- Chrome beats IE market share for one day
- Former Yahoo! Hadoop honcho uncloaks from stealth
- Musk muses on middle-class Mars colony
- US scientists demo hydrogen-powered robo-jellyfish
- Queensland Police go war driving
| 440m<sup>2</sup> screen has fewer pixels than iPad Posted: 22 Mar 2012 02:57 PM PDT Sydney horse racing track gets slightly grainy mega-ultra-jumbo-tronPunters who trot off to Sydney's Rosehill Gardens will soon be able to watch horse racing on a 40 by 11 meter screen.… |
| Atmospheric DOUBLE-WHAMMY: fertilizers deplete ozone, add to warming Posted: 22 Mar 2012 02:28 PM PDT Cape Grim newsA new study poses a problem for biofuel proponents and agriculture alike: excessive and careless use of fertilizers has been fingered as the driver of growing atmospheric nitrous oxide concentrations.… |
| Microsoft tarts up custom Mustang Muscle Microserfmobile Posted: 22 Mar 2012 01:26 PM PDT For the geek who has everything (except taste)For the last few months, Microsoft has been working with auto shop West Coast Customs to build the ultimate Windows-powered muscle car, and have taken the design so far that even the most ostentatious rapper might say "Steady on," possibly adding a "Yo" or two.… |
| Verizon spectrum deal savaged in Senate hearing Posted: 22 Mar 2012 01:10 PM PDT Wall Street versus 'We, the People'Critics of Verizon's proposed spectrum-acquisition deal have told a congressional hearing that if the deal is approved, the effect will be disasterous for competition, consumers, rural communities, and of course, today's favorite political football: jobs.… |
| Google mulls bribing operators to stuff its Wallet into pockets Posted: 22 Mar 2012 10:02 AM PDT ISIS and Project Oscar not sure they need Chocolate Factory...Network operators may be offered a cut of Google's Wallet as the Chocolate Factory struggles to find ways to get customers to embrace pay-by-bonk.… |
| <i>Mass Effect 3</i> crooks trick gamers with fake 'alternate ending' Posted: 22 Mar 2012 09:28 AM PDT Bioware to cough actual alternate finish next monthScammers are targeting gamers left unsatisfied by the controversial ending of popular video game Mass Effect 3.… |
| PCIe flash riddle of next-gen HP ProLiant record smasher Posted: 22 Mar 2012 09:01 AM PDT Reg man drills into benchmark claimsHP may have a PCIe flash-based gen-8 ProLiant coming that will be a TPC benchmark record-breaker.… |
| 8,400 email addresses spaffed by Student Loans Company Posted: 22 Mar 2012 08:32 AM PDT Hands out cash, everyone's contact detailsThe Student Loans Company (SLC) has apologised after inadvertently leaking the email addresses of about 8,400 students this week.… |
| NASA's Dawn probe spies 'Snowman' on asteroid queen Vesta Posted: 22 Mar 2012 08:02 AM PDT Her dark materialsExcited NASA boffins have released new and intimate snaps of Vesta, giant queen of the asteroid belt, obtained by the radical ion-engined deep space probecraft Dawn.… |
| Half of Apple fanbois would bank with the iPad titan Posted: 22 Mar 2012 07:33 AM PDT Foxconn-rebranding biz already has your cards and cashOne in 10 punters polled in the US and UK admitted they would bank with Apple if the iPad maker decided to move into the money sector. Among Apple product owners, 43 per cent of those quizzed would consider dumping their current banks for the iPhone biz.… |
| Cybercops traced Toulouse massacre suspect through IP address Posted: 22 Mar 2012 07:01 AM PDT Slain soldier's ad for motorcycle had key role in manhuntThe IP address of a computer used to view a motorbike sales ad posted by an early victim of the Toulouse gunman played a vital role in narrowing down Mohamed Merah as the main suspect in a series of attacks that have horrified France, it has emerged.… |
| Report: Nokia, Apple battle over ultra-tiny nano-SIMs Posted: 22 Mar 2012 06:41 AM PDT Mobe-makers in race to grab cash-laden standardNokia is reportedly fighting the Apple-based proposal for a nano-SIM with designs of its own, aimed at preventing Cupertino scooping the patent fees which come with ratification.… |
| Scammers exploit new <i>Dr Who</i> girl with Twitter smut video Posted: 22 Mar 2012 06:23 AM PDT Grumble flicks, yes, but sans Time Lord's gal palFilthy-minded scammers wasted little time latching onto the news that Jenna-Louise Coleman will join Doctor Who in the TARDIS later this year.… |
| Nvidia shows off first 'Kepler' GPUs Posted: 22 Mar 2012 06:02 AM PDT PCs first, server GPU coprocessors in Q3Updated Graphics chip and PC and server processor wannabe Nvidia is lifting the skirt a bit on its next-generation "Kepler" graphics processing units today as it starts talking about the feeds and speeds of its new GeForce graphics cards for desktop and notebook PCs.… |
| HP's PC-printer lovechild is cash boon for resellers Posted: 22 Mar 2012 05:46 AM PDT Bad news for veeps but better rebates for partnersHP's decision to stitch together its PC and printer businesses is likely driven by cost cutting but it could bring financial benefits to channel partners.… |
| Lovefilm: video streaming outplays disc rentals Posted: 22 Mar 2012 05:38 AM PDT IPTV nationLovefilm says it streamed more films and TV series than it rented DVDs and Blu-ray Discs during February.… |
| Supermodel-fiddling tool Photoshop CS6 flinged in free beta Posted: 22 Mar 2012 05:34 AM PDT Hide those blemishes, play with video editingAdobe has lobbed out its latest refresh of Photoshop as a free download for Windows and Mac users. Photoshop CS6 beta will run for a limited time until the product launches in the summer.… |
| Toshiba out monster 13in tablet spec Posted: 22 Mar 2012 05:22 AM PDT Tegra-powered portable TBToshiba showed off a concept 13.3in tablet last month - here's our report on the gadget - but it said little about the device's specs. Now it has.… |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT Touch up your snaps. LiterallyiOS App of the Week Apple's iPhoto has a relatively modest set of editing tools but – as you might expect from Apple – wraps them up in an attractive and easy-to-use interface that leaves most other photo-editing apps looking positively antiquated.… |
| Commodore outs Linux-running Amiga Mini desktop Posted: 22 Mar 2012 04:50 AM PDT Poor man's Mac Mini?Commodore's Amiga OS was rapidly out-evolved by the Mac OS, and the latest Amiga hardware seems caught behind the Apple curve too.… |
| TalkTalk is yet again the most griped about telco in Blighty Posted: 22 Mar 2012 04:44 AM PDT ISP still on Ofcom's naughty stepTalkTalk, for the fifth consecutive quarter, is the most whinged about telco in the UK, Ofcom confirmed today.… |
| Ex-Dell man Boyce to head up Computer 2000 sales patch Posted: 22 Mar 2012 04:29 AM PDT Set sights on becoming £2bn distie by 2015Computer 2000 is bringing on board Martin Boyce as sales director to fill the gap left by previous incumbent Peter Hubbard, who was made top dog earlier this year.… |
| 6,000 sign e-petition to put Turing on £10 note Posted: 22 Mar 2012 04:14 AM PDT National hero would replace Charles DarwinMathematician, computer scientist and Nazi code-breaking hero Alan Turing could soon join Her Maj on the Bank of England's new £10 note.… |
| GridIron jiggles MLC flash box, penetrates million IOPS barrier Posted: 22 Mar 2012 04:01 AM PDT Won't blab on sordid details...A start-up called GridIron says its MLC flash technology has broken though the million IOPS barrier, leaving existing products maxing out at 800,000 IOPS behind.… |
| Hacktivists nicked more data than CYBER-CROOKS in 2011 Posted: 22 Mar 2012 03:41 AM PDT Social crusaders account for 58% of data breachesHacktivism had a massive effect on the overall data breach scene last year.… |
| New iPad can't get its Wi-Fi up Posted: 22 Mar 2012 03:19 AM PDT Fanbois need to stroke fondleslab the 'right way'...Users of Apple's new iPad are experiencing Wi-Fi issues, with some claiming to have found a new grip of death. Meanwhile, those opting for LTE are discovering just how expensive the alternative is.… |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2012 03:10 AM PDT Credibility, pockets to be strainedThe iPhone 5 will sport a five-inch - 4.6in to be precise - screen.… |
| El Reg user forum opens to public, HTML for all (mostly) Posted: 22 Mar 2012 03:01 AM PDT Why we rejected BBCodeSite news As of now all commentards with five or more posts accepted for publication can create topics in our new El Reg forums. We have made this easier to find: the signpost link is in the secondary nav bar on the front page.… |
| Samsung chirps Angry Birds Space exclusive Posted: 22 Mar 2012 02:54 AM PDT Clucking hell, game's on iTunes tooYou'd have throught World+Dog was thoroughly fed up of flinging cartoon birds at cartoon piggies, but Samsung doesn't. It hopes Angry Birds fans will flock to its Galaxy Note tabphone now it's associated the latest version of the game.… |
| Space probe in orbit above Mercury sees signs of polar ice Posted: 22 Mar 2012 02:35 AM PDT First rock from the Sun yields secrets at lastSpace boffins reviewing data from a probe craft orbiting Mercury, innermost planet of the solar system, say they have seen signs of glaciers lurking within shadowed craters at the poles.… |
| Quantum offers a cheap massage to hot cloud data Posted: 22 Mar 2012 02:31 AM PDT Virtual dedupe route to backupQuantum says it has created the first virtual deduplication appliance, and Xerox is punting a cloud backup service through 45,000 resellers that uses it bundled with Quantum's virtual machine backup.… |
| If Nominet has spoken, you can't come here – High Court Posted: 22 Mar 2012 02:04 AM PDT Rulings on registration abuse can't be re-tried in courtThose registering '.uk' domain names are not entitled to a fresh hearing in court to assess whether they have abusively registered those domains if the issue has already been determined through an industry dispute resolution service, the High Court has ruled.… |
| Electronic patient records rollout cocks up hospital clinics Posted: 22 Mar 2012 01:03 AM PDT Yet another Cerner Millennium balls-up, at North Bristol trustElectronic patient records system led to problems including wrong patient notes being supplied and incorrect clinic lists.… |
| Tech Mahindra to swallow Satyam in BILLION dollar deal Posted: 22 Mar 2012 12:25 AM PDT Indian outsourcers can't get enough of each otherThe wonderful world of outsourcing is about to get a little bit smaller after Indian tech giants Tech Mahindra and Mahindra Satyam announced their intention to merge, creating India's fifth-largest IT and outsourcing group by revenues.… |
| August DTV700B portable Freeview TV and DVR Posted: 22 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PDT Mobile home entertainment?Review The portable screen market is now dominated by compact DVD players, smartphones and tablets, so if you want a teeny telly for watching live programmes on the go, there isn't a massive choice. One contender is the DTV700B, a newly upgraded version of August's low-cost 7in portable digital TV.… |
| Android store spotted in China ... selling iPhones Posted: 21 Mar 2012 09:38 PM PDT Google and Apple finally make friendsIt was only a matter of time. An unsanctioned Android store has been spotted in China sporting the trademark robot logo, but it's selling iPhones.… |
| Japan's LCD biz survives quake and tsunami Posted: 21 Mar 2012 09:36 PM PDT Sorry, you're just not relevant enoughThe Japanese LCD monitor industry will be breathing a sigh of relief after analysts trumpeted its remarkable resilience in the months following the twin disasters of massive earthquake and tsunami which struck in the north east region of Tohoku a year ago.… |
| CA reveals ARCserve DDOS threat Posted: 21 Mar 2012 09:17 PM PDT Forced upgrades on the way for some users?CA Technologies has found a nasty flaw in flagship backup software ARCServe.… |
| Watch a 747 refit in just 105 seconds Posted: 21 Mar 2012 08:47 PM PDT Qantas has released a time-lapse video of an interior refit of a 747-400Australia's flag carrier Qantas has released a video showing, in just 105 seconds, how it rips the guts out of a 747-400's passenger cabins, spruces them up, repaints the plane and then sends it back to work.… |
| Posted: 21 Mar 2012 06:25 PM PDT Buys gaming doodler OMGPOPZynga's acquisitive ways have resulted in the purchase of emerging social gaming developer Omgpop, the creators of the popular doodling app Draw Something.… |
| S!ngtel axes staff, sends them to Huawei Posted: 21 Mar 2012 05:34 PM PDT One carrier's loss is another vendor's gainThe restructuring of the S!ngTel army, which included the introduction of a Digital L!fe division, appears to be gathering pace with a reported five hundred Singapore workers being axed this week but offered a reprieve with employment from contractor, Huawei Technologies.… |
| Senator demands Congressional vote on ACTA Posted: 21 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT 'No vote, no ratification' of anti-piracy treatyDemocratic senator and stalwart campaigner on internet issues Ron Wyden (D-OR) has introduced an amendment to ensure that the purportedly anti-piracy ACTA treaty currently being ratified in Europe is put to a legislative vote in the US.… |
| Chrome beats IE market share for one day Posted: 21 Mar 2012 05:14 PM PDT IE took Sunday off, needs to improve weekday performance tooGoogle's Chrome took the crown as the world's most-used web browser last Sunday, March 18th. But as the world suited up to go back to work on Monday, Internet Explorer re-gained the lead.… |
| Former Yahoo! Hadoop honcho uncloaks from stealth Posted: 21 Mar 2012 04:31 PM PDT Making elephants dance in real-timeStructure Data 2012 Yet another big data startup has uncloaked which traces its roots in the Hadoop MapReduce project started by, and open sourced by, Yahoo!… |
| Musk muses on middle-class Mars colony Posted: 21 Mar 2012 04:02 PM PDT Technology ready for $500,000 round tripSpaceX boss Elon Musk has said that later this year or in early 2013 he will announce a plan to offer flights to Mars and back for half a million dollars, hopefully within the next decade.… |
| US scientists demo hydrogen-powered robo-jellyfish Posted: 21 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PDT Our underwater overlords?If you remember Niven's Down and Out*, then here's a concept that will sound familiar: a machine powering itself by harvesting hydrogen from its environment.… |
| Queensland Police go war driving Posted: 21 Mar 2012 03:40 PM PDT No evidence of Pringles deployment as force says remain silentThe Hi Tech Crime Investigation Unit* of Queensland's ever-vigilant Police force will shortly spend some of its valuable time driving around Brisbane, the fair tropical state's Capital, looking for open WiFi connections, the better to inform citizens about the terrible dangers that may flow from signal slurping.… |
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