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- Free apps suck your power: researchers
- Windows 8 tablet freezes in Microsoft keynote demo
- Microsoft exec: 'Cloud a half-trillion dollar biz by 2020'
- Latest Linux kernel 3.3 comes with added Android
- ClearStory uncloaks with big data visualization vision
- Mike Daisey’s Sydney video reveals more grey areas
- Acer smears punters' lives over iCloud clone for Android
- Pirate Bay plans sky-high flying proxy servers
- Citrix: Stream Office from Windows Server, not Windows 7
- HP loses Vertica big data boss
- Samsung opens up the Ice Cream Sandwich
- Windows 8 for Kindle-like gear hinted by Microsoft bigwig
- That MYSTERY Duqu Trojan language: Plain old C
- Foxconn won't sue over fabricated radio brickbats
- Merciless Cloud will slay storage arrays - Nasuni chief
- So, what IS the worst film ever made?
- ICANN prez calls out own board over conflicts of interest
- BBC Micro team to celebrate historic machine's 30th year
- Earth once had hazy methane atmosphere like ice-moon Titan
- Google Apps guru dumps Choc Factory for sugar daddy
- FAA mulls scrapping in-flight iPad, Kindle ban
- London Mayor Boris grilled on Virgin's Underground penetration
- Apple announces dividends, share buy-back
- BBC boss Mark Thompson sets quit date
- Apple New iPad Wi-Fi only tablet
- Brit LulzSec suspect charged over NHS, plod web attacks
- ARM's ultra-low-power fridge-puter chips: Just what the CIA ordered
- Portal 2 prevails at Bafta game awards
- Surprise! Facebook, Twitter still not THAT important for news
- Firefox gobbles H.264 to serve up vids to mobes, slabs
- Hardware hacker rigs up VR for Skyrim
- Hackers jailbreak new iPad hours after it hits the shelves
- Pope Benedict in .XXX pro-Islam cybersquat drama
- Secret Sony slate sports quad-core Tegra 3 spec
- Alterations may be needed to make SaaS fit
- Google: No SEO boost from vanity top-level domain grab
- HP unveils hamper of Ivy Bridge notebooks
- Cache bang wallop! Huge loads spark NetApp flash crash
- iPad bludgeons to death two UK Apple reseller shops
- Microsoft: No next-gen Xbox in 2012
- Belkin Dual-Band Travel Router
- iPad 3 costs Apple 30% more to make than iPad 2
- LOHAN's fantastical flying truss menaces kiddies
- Robotics breakthrough blasts crud from that bit behind the lav
- Met plod will use 1980s software to police Olympics
- E.ON to flog stake in wind farms to private firms
- Vimeo takedown leads to court loss
- China’s handset-makers plan home-grown platforms
- Writers' alliance throws the book at Apple 'piracy'
- New steganography technique relies on letter shapes
| Free apps suck your power: researchers Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:06 PM PDT Angry Birds, user tracking, advertising and flat batteriesAs you tap away at your free copy of Angry Birds and sneer at those who pay for games, consider this: how much is it costing you in battery life?… |
| Windows 8 tablet freezes in Microsoft keynote demo Posted: 19 Mar 2012 02:55 PM PDT Houston, Metro UI's got a problemConvergence 2012 You've got to hand it to Kirill Tatarinov, the head of Microsoft's ERP division. The Russian Rocket was cool as a cucumber on Monday when a demo of the Windows 8 Metro UI running on a touch-screen tablet crashed and burned during the opening keynote of Convergence 2012.… |
| Microsoft exec: 'Cloud a half-trillion dollar biz by 2020' Posted: 19 Mar 2012 02:33 PM PDT From tentative trend to full-bore juggernautConvergence 2012 The uptake of cloud services is accelerating faster than initially thought, and could be a half a trillion dollar business by the end of the decade, Microsoft chief operating officer Kevin Turner told attendees of the Convergence 2012 conference in Houston, Texas, on Monday.… |
| Latest Linux kernel 3.3 comes with added Android Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:18 PM PDT Two becoming one in forking reunionThe latest kernel update for Linux has been released, and features supporting Android are back for the first time since 2010, along with improved processor and networking support.… |
| ClearStory uncloaks with big data visualization vision Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:10 PM PDT Teaching elephants to draw pictures for CEOsYet another big-data company has come out of stealth mode, and this one, called ClearStory Data, has its sights set on making it easier for companies to mash-up and visualize data sets rather than just focusing on data-munching itself.… |
| Mike Daisey’s Sydney video reveals more grey areas Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:14 PM PDT Sydney Opera House "looking into" monologist's 2011 performanceThe Sydney Opera House "will be looking into" appearances under its roof by controversial Monologist Mike Daisey. The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs a monologue Daisey performs in which he describes practices at the Foxconn plant where Apple products are made, was last week disowned by influential US radio program This American Life.… |
| Acer smears punters' lives over iCloud clone for Android Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:04 PM PDT Photos, Office docs gobbled up by AcerCloudAcer has launched an iCloud-like cloud data-sharing service as part of its PC business re-energising initiative. Consumer users with AcerCloud can now share a content library on their Acer PC with Android tablets and phones across all brands.… |
| Pirate Bay plans sky-high flying proxy servers Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:59 AM PDT RIAA will need to muster Air Force to stop LOSSThe Pirate Bay says it is planning a fleet of airborne servers to evade the attempts of anti-piracy forces to shut down their file-sharing service.… |
| Citrix: Stream Office from Windows Server, not Windows 7 Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:31 AM PDT OnLive is doing it AllWrongCitrix Systems is tweaking a bunch of tools that it has tailored for its XenDesktop desktop virtualization and XenApp application virtualization tools, and is using the opportunity to remind everyone that there is a perfectly legal – in the Microsoft-licensing sense of that word – way to stream Office applications down to end users.… |
| HP loses Vertica big data boss Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:03 AM PDT Lynch is gone, but at least Lynch is still thereChris Lynch, the boss of HP's Vertica subsidiary, has walked the plank.… |
| Samsung opens up the Ice Cream Sandwich Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:34 AM PDT Galaxy SII update, with added sourceSamsung has posted the source code for its Ice Cream Sandwich, Android version 4 for the Galaxy SII, opening the way for hackers to create their own Android spin.… |
| Windows 8 for Kindle-like gear hinted by Microsoft bigwig Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:02 AM PDT COO talks up Metro's much-loved consistent UIMicrosoft has given its strongest hint yet that Windows 8 on ARM (WoA) will run on a new generation of Kindle-style e-readers.… |
| That MYSTERY Duqu Trojan language: Plain old C Posted: 19 Mar 2012 09:33 AM PDT How quaintAn appeal for help from the programming community has allowed antivirus analysts to classify the unknown language used to develop key components of the Duqu Trojan.… |
| Foxconn won't sue over fabricated radio brickbats Posted: 19 Mar 2012 09:05 AM PDT 'Our corporate image has been totally ruined,' but that's okayThe Chinese contract manufacturer vilified in the now-discredited public radio broadcast assailing its working conditions may be licking its wounds, but it won't seek redress in court.… |
| Merciless Cloud will slay storage arrays - Nasuni chief Posted: 19 Mar 2012 09:02 AM PDT Cloud storage gateway firm talks up, er, cloud storageNasuni has a message for enterprise storage vendors: Your days are numbered.… |
| So, what IS the worst film ever made? Posted: 19 Mar 2012 08:32 AM PDT Reader nominations invited for celluloid hell pollOur piece last week on Eddie Murphy's cinematic train-wreck A Thousand Words - a possible nominee for the worst film ever - had El Reg commentards queuing up to recount their celluloid nightmare experiences.… |
| ICANN prez calls out own board over conflicts of interest Posted: 19 Mar 2012 08:03 AM PDT Departing chief accused of risking the netThe board of directors of internet overseer ICANN is said to be fuming after its ethics were called into question by the organisation's outgoing president and CEO.… |
| BBC Micro team to celebrate historic machine's 30th year Posted: 19 Mar 2012 08:02 AM PDT Acorn antiquesThe brains behind the BBC Micro are this weekend getting together to relive the glory days of the 1980s home computer revolution.… |
| Earth once had hazy methane atmosphere like ice-moon Titan Posted: 19 Mar 2012 08:00 AM PDT Microbial flatulence dominated the pre-oxygen eraBillions of years ago, before Earth's atmosphere had oxygen, it periodically possessed a "haze" of organic chemicals including methane, boffins have discovered. During these periods the planet's air was more like that of Titan, ice moon of Saturn, than the stuff we breathe today.… |
| Google Apps guru dumps Choc Factory for sugar daddy Posted: 19 Mar 2012 07:38 AM PDT No longer steering the EnterpriseGoogle's product veep Dave Girouard resigned from the company late last week to take on a job with a startup that is backed by Mountain View's venture capital wing.… |
| FAA mulls scrapping in-flight iPad, Kindle ban Posted: 19 Mar 2012 07:27 AM PDT What's good for the captain is good for the passengersThe FAA is planning a "fresh look" at the use of gadgets during take off and landing, reasoning that if pilots are using them then it's probably OK for passengers too.… |
| London Mayor Boris grilled on Virgin's Underground penetration Posted: 19 Mar 2012 07:09 AM PDT Answered - who, what and for how longVirgin Media's London Underground wireless monopoly will last five years, but that's all right 'cos it didn't cost Transport for London a penny and other companies were allowed to bid.… |
| Apple announces dividends, share buy-back Posted: 19 Mar 2012 06:53 AM PDT 'We concluded that we had plenty of cash to run the business'Apple has announced that it will begin issuing a per-share dividend of $2.65 per quarter, and will also initiate a share buy-back program. Together, these efforts will reduce Cupertino's cash hoard by about $45bn in the next three years.… |
| BBC boss Mark Thompson sets quit date Posted: 19 Mar 2012 06:43 AM PDT Not going anywhere until after the OlympicsBBC director-general Mark Thompson has handed in his resignation and will serve out his notice at the public service broadcaster until autumn this year.… |
| Apple New iPad Wi-Fi only tablet Posted: 19 Mar 2012 06:21 AM PDT The screen's the starReview Let's cut to the chase. The "new iPad" doesn't have the much-rumoured haptic touch technology. In fact, its list of major new features can be counted on the fingers of one hand. It doesn't even have a number after its name. How disappointing is that?… |
| Brit LulzSec suspect charged over NHS, plod web attacks Posted: 19 Mar 2012 06:17 AM PDT Tabloid rag and top spooks also among alleged targetsAn alleged member of hacker group LulzSec appeared in a London court on Friday charged with conspiracy over cyber-attacks against websites maintained by the CIA and the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency.… |
| ARM's ultra-low-power fridge-puter chips: Just what the CIA ordered Posted: 19 Mar 2012 06:02 AM PDT 'He's just had a Scotch egg, sir' 'Ha! I knew it!'Prototypes of a new tiny, ultra low-power ARM-licensed processor will be demonstrated at an engineering conference in California next week. The chips are so small and energy efficient that they're aimed at wirelessly hooking up kitchen appliances, light bulbs and 'leccy meters to your network. And to the CIA.… |
| Portal 2 prevails at Bafta game awards Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:45 AM PDT EA guns down ActivisionEA enjoyed considerable success at last Friday's British Academy of Film and Television Videogames Awards 2012 when several of the publisher's games snapped up prestigious statues.… |
| Surprise! Facebook, Twitter still not THAT important for news Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:39 AM PDT Social media is over-hyped, concludes reportTwitter and Facebook are failing to create the sort of news revolution that some Web2.0 junkies might like to believe is already largely in play, a new report about the current state of media has revealed.… |
| Firefox gobbles H.264 to serve up vids to mobes, slabs Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:21 AM PDT Mozillans tired of waiting for GoogleMozilla is doing a deal with the patent devil to serve video to users via Firefox on smartphones and tablets.… |
| Hardware hacker rigs up VR for Skyrim Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:17 AM PDT Immersive Dragonborn experienceBethesda's Skyrim is an immersive experience as it is, but combine it with a set of Sony VR goggles and Microsoft's motion-sensing add-on, Kinect, and you get one of the most fun-looking gaming rigs I have ever seen.… |
| Hackers jailbreak new iPad hours after it hits the shelves Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:03 AM PDT Custom code rope-ladder up the Apple garden wallVideo Hardware enthusiasts managed to find multiple different ways to jailbreak the new iPad over the weekend, hours after the release of Apple's latest fondleslab.… |
| Pope Benedict in .XXX pro-Islam cybersquat drama Posted: 19 Mar 2012 04:43 AM PDT Ratz not very niceA Turkish cybersquatter has registered at least a dozen variants of Pope Benedict's name as .xxx internet domains and is using them to promote Islam.… |
| Secret Sony slate sports quad-core Tegra 3 spec Posted: 19 Mar 2012 04:33 AM PDT Benchmark boasts brawny braincellsSony is readying tablet replacements already, with benchmarks for a mysterious device known only as the V150 showing quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 specifications in online benchmark results.… |
| Alterations may be needed to make SaaS fit Posted: 19 Mar 2012 04:30 AM PDT Suits you, Sir?Software as a service (SaaS) may be a great way to shirk some capital expenditure by not having to buy servers and software, but how will it fit in with what you already have?… |
| Google: No SEO boost from vanity top-level domain grab Posted: 19 Mar 2012 04:17 AM PDT Registry smacked down for gTLD boastGoogle has denied that companies will be able to get a search engine ranking boost by obtaining new vanity top-level domain names from ICANN.… |
| HP unveils hamper of Ivy Bridge notebooks Posted: 19 Mar 2012 04:04 AM PDT Pavilions pack punchesHP has revealed a host of Intel Ivy Bridge notebooks with a potential release mooted for next month.… |
| Cache bang wallop! Huge loads spark NetApp flash crash Posted: 19 Mar 2012 04:01 AM PDT Sysadmins gnash at FAS6000 array faultSome high-end NetApp FAS6000 arrays are suffering failures that cause them to halt and restart. NetApp is fixing the problem.… |
| iPad bludgeons to death two UK Apple reseller shops Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:42 AM PDT Brighton, Edinburgh Cancom stores axed, staff given noticeTrams Group management confirmed it has entered a 30-day consultation with former Cancom UK staff over the closure of several retail outlets.… |
| Microsoft: No next-gen Xbox in 2012 Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:21 AM PDT E3 rumours squashedThose anticipating an Xbox '720' reveal at games industry shindig E3 2012 will be disappointed. Microsoft has insisted it will not discuss next-gen consoles at all this year.… |
| Belkin Dual-Band Travel Router Posted: 19 Mar 2012 03:00 AM PDT Pocket Wi-FiGeek Treat of the Week The premise behind Belkin's dual-band travel router is simple: you arrive at a hotel with multiple devices capable of connecting to the internet over Wi-Fi, but there's only one connection in the room and it's Ethernet-shaped.… |
| iPad 3 costs Apple 30% more to make than iPad 2 Posted: 19 Mar 2012 02:55 AM PDT More fondleslab for your foldingOne thing Apple's doing with its massive cash mountain: giving punters more iPad for their money. The News iPad - aka the iPad 3 - costs as much to buy as the iPad 2 did, but it costs a lot more to make.… |
| LOHAN's fantastical flying truss menaces kiddies Posted: 19 Mar 2012 02:27 AM PDT 'Please quit releasing balloons', pleads animal loverWe at El Reg's Special Projects Bureau generally have little contact with the internet commentard mosh pit, where the bottom feeders vie for immortality in the pantheon of the obtuse.… |
| Robotics breakthrough blasts crud from that bit behind the lav Posted: 19 Mar 2012 02:03 AM PDT Removable-bottom bot reaches for your fiddly bitsA water-pumping squeegee-wielding robot that can reach the awkward no man's land around the back of the loo was unveiled this week - a product launch narrowly overshadowed by the new iPad's debut.… |
| Met plod will use 1980s software to police Olympics Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:33 AM PDT Aging special ops tech CUTS THEM OFF from central command...The Metropolitan Police Service will use software from the 1980s to coordinate the command and communications of its policing operations during the London Olympic Games.… |
| E.ON to flog stake in wind farms to private firms Posted: 19 Mar 2012 01:02 AM PDT EU energy behemoth will finance new plant every 18 monthsEnergy giant E.ON is to seek private investment for three large offshore wind farms, it has announced. The investment would be in addition to the €2 billion it said it will invest itself in the projects.… |
| Vimeo takedown leads to court loss Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:30 PM PDT First damages award for unauthorised removal of contentAn Australian artist, Richard Bell, has won a case against a film-maker who asked Vimeo to remove a film about him. His lawyers say it is "the first time damages have been awarded where a third party had content removed from the Internet without legal justification."… |
| China’s handset-makers plan home-grown platforms Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:16 PM PDT Apple, Android takedown on the cards as 4G roll-out loomsAnalysis China's mobile phone market is about to hit an epic milestone of one billion users, but experts are split over whether the country's 4G plans will succeed, while opportunities for non-local tech companies could become increasingly limited in the region as homegrown mobile platform players emerge.… |
| Writers' alliance throws the book at Apple 'piracy' Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:11 PM PDT Group alleges App Store is full of unlicensed copiesApple's legal troubles in China took a turn for the worse at the weekend after it emerged that a group of writers filed a 50 million yuan (£5m) lawsuit alleging that the fruity tech giant is illegally selling unlicensed copies of their books on its App Store.… |
| New steganography technique relies on letter shapes Posted: 18 Mar 2012 10:13 PM PDT Indian researchers say cunning scheme is secure, has good signal:noise ratioA trio of Indian researchers have proposed a method of steganography which hides messages in by using non-random distribution of letters with or without straight lines.… |
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