Oz Senate signs off USO legislation |
- Oz Senate signs off USO legislation
- Vodafone swaps in new VHA boss, denies sellout rumours
- Dr Who scores new companion from Emmerdale
- US rent-a-room biz swallows Blighty's Crashpadder
- Microsoft cuts back on Windows keys after pirates grab booty
- Google locks up cloud apps and throws away the keys
- Privacy worth piffling pennies to polled punters
- Wannabe Murdochs crash Ofcom's local telly party
- Chancellor lands paper cuts on Blighty's small biz
- Osborne names UK cities to land £100m broadband bonanza
- HP finally decides the future of the PC: It's a printer accessory
- Devs cheer as Osborne okays game coding tax relief
- Public borrowing hike overshadows Osborne's tax breaks
- The Beatles' Yellow Submarine set to sail in 4K by 2K
- The Facebook job test: Now interviewers want your logins
- Fast Forward to Big Data
- Cameron's 'Google Review' sparked by killer quote that never was
- You're crap and paid too much for the little work you actually do
- Game files for administration
- Microsoft! scoops! Yahoo!'s big! data! brain!
- Geeks seek cubits for Battlestar flight sim
- Rock'n'Roll Racing
- Japan's once-proud semis learn size DOES matter
- Windows 8 on ARM vs iPad: Has Microsoft lost already?
- iPad subsidies axed for Microsoft S&M fanbois
- Game Group shares halted, 'no value left' admits board
- Reading plays host to live ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
- Man FLIES with Android-powered homemade bird wings
- BoJo backpedals on Twitter hijack in mayoral glory bid
- Slapdash staff blamed for third of UK's data leak balls-ups
- Nokia invents teeny throbbing tattoos to make your skin crawl
- 'Now we understand what's required to explode a supernova' - NASA
- German court: Rapidshare must HUNT for dodgy pirate links
- Microsoft tosses Simpana Azure salad, feeds it to cloud punters
- NHS trust mops up after electronic patient records mess
- Samsung Series 3 NP300E5A 15in notebook
- Apple scores China store patent wins
- Tree-hugging Chinese throttle rare earth production
- Australian IT imports plunge
- Optus to shed around 700 staff
- New supernova pops up just over <i>there</i>
- Facebook tracking makes for non-angry birds
- South Australian Department formalises Apple procurement
- HP pushes social collaboration dev tools for mobile
- Oracle systems group slammed again in Q3
- Hong Kong scientists claim 'self-charging' graphene battery
- HP poised to merge printer, PC divisions?
- Elsevier's backpedalling not stopping scientist strike
- Fruit Ninja bites into multi-platform games tech
| Oz Senate signs off USO legislation Posted: 21 Mar 2012 03:25 PM PDT NBN legislative jigsaw completeThe last important legislative component of the Australian government's National Broadband Network is in place, with the Senate yesterday passing legislation needed to put new universal service arrangements in place.… |
| Vodafone swaps in new VHA boss, denies sellout rumours Posted: 21 Mar 2012 03:21 PM PDT The difficult third carrierVodafone has moved to settle its troubled Australian joint venture with Hutchison, Vodafone Hutchison Australia, installing Bill Morrow as CEO while denying rumours that the business is for sale.… |
| Dr Who scores new companion from Emmerdale Posted: 21 Mar 2012 12:07 PM PDT TARDIS needs a new welly rackFormer Emmerdale actress Jenna-Louise Coleman has been selected to play the latest assistant to Gallifreyan Time Lord Dr Who, beginning with the 50th anniversary Christmas special at the end of the year.… |
| US rent-a-room biz swallows Blighty's Crashpadder Posted: 21 Mar 2012 11:01 AM PDT Hopes to grab some of the London Olympics rental moolahAmerican rent-a-room service AirBnB is hoping to grab a slice of the lucrative London Olympic-time rentals by buying out smaller British rival CrashPadder.… |
| Microsoft cuts back on Windows keys after pirates grab booty Posted: 21 Mar 2012 10:02 AM PDT Yarr: Significant profit margins ahoyMicrosoft has blamed Windows giveaways and pirates plundering subscriptions for its decision to cut back the number of Windows activation keys it issues.… |
| Google locks up cloud apps and throws away the keys Posted: 21 Mar 2012 09:33 AM PDT Psst, wanna secure connection? Get a certificateGoogle has introduced certificate-based authentication for developers requiring secure connections to the advertising broker's cloud.… |
| Privacy worth piffling pennies to polled punters Posted: 21 Mar 2012 09:02 AM PDT Film fans will pay up to 41p extra to prevent data gobblingConsumers are prepared to pay more for goods in exchange for more privacy but the difference comes down to pennies rather than pounds.… |
| Wannabe Murdochs crash Ofcom's local telly party Posted: 21 Mar 2012 08:31 AM PDT Student hacks quiver under pressure, frolicking vixens still bannedOfcom's consultation on Local TV has now closed, and the responses offer a slightly worrying insight into what to expect from the new tiny telly stations.… |
| Chancellor lands paper cuts on Blighty's small biz Posted: 21 Mar 2012 07:56 AM PDT Red tape slashedBudget Day 2012 George Osborne has promised small businesses that their tax returns in 2012 will be simpler. The admin-slash is one of several measures in today's Budget speech intended to make things easier for small and medium businesses.… |
| Osborne names UK cities to land £100m broadband bonanza Posted: 21 Mar 2012 07:39 AM PDT Plus another £50m earmarked for 10 other areasBudget Day 2012 The Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne confirmed today exactly which cities in the UK will get their hands on a cash pile set aside to speed up broadband.… |
| HP finally decides the future of the PC: It's a printer accessory Posted: 21 Mar 2012 07:21 AM PDT Suddenly it all makes sense!HP has confirmed the rumours anent the future of its Personal Systems Group - the globocorp's PC-making arm, which at one point seemed likely to be sold off - by announcing that it will merge with the company's printer tentacle.… |
| Devs cheer as Osborne okays game coding tax relief Posted: 21 Mar 2012 07:15 AM PDT Level of relief TBDBudget Day 2012 Chancellor George Osborne has heeded calls from the videogame industry and agreed to provide it with tax breaks.… |
| Public borrowing hike overshadows Osborne's tax breaks Posted: 21 Mar 2012 07:14 AM PDT Growth forecast stuck on 0.8 per centBudget Day 2012 Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered his Budget statement to the House of Commons today, which he claimed was about supporting working families and helping those seeking employment.… |
| The Beatles' Yellow Submarine set to sail in 4K by 2K Posted: 21 Mar 2012 06:45 AM PDT Blu-ray Meanies inbound tooThe Beatles' Yellow Submarine is set to return in HD, with a digitally-restored Blu-ray Disc version of the 1968 animated classic set to hit the shelves this May.… |
| The Facebook job test: Now interviewers want your logins Posted: 21 Mar 2012 06:42 AM PDT Need work? Better hand over that passwordHPC blog When I wrote this blog about how a recent research study correlated social network behavior with employee success, I speculated that we'd soon see employers trying to circumvent Facebook's privacy policies in order to get a good look at your Facebook pages.… |
| Posted: 21 Mar 2012 06:18 AM PDT Structured approach to an unstructured worldBroadcast On April 19th at 12:30 BST , The Register's Jon Collins is your host for our latest live broadcast 'Fast Forward to Big Data - Make information fit for business'.… |
| Cameron's 'Google Review' sparked by killer quote that never was Posted: 21 Mar 2012 06:01 AM PDT No one can source UK bashing that launched law overhaulSpecial report Prime Minister David Cameron launched a sweeping review of UK intellectual property law based on an assertion – that the founders of Google believed they could "never have started their company in Britain" – he can't support, from a source nobody can find. We know this because new information released by No 10 in response to FOIA requests has ruled out private conversations as the possible source.… |
| You're crap and paid too much for the little work you actually do Posted: 21 Mar 2012 05:45 AM PDT A recruiter's guide on how to get mo' money...You're not getting paid as well as you should. I know this not only because you're bothering to read this, but also because most techies are crap at extracting cash from their employers. It shouldn't shock you too much to learn that I, as a City headhunter and former contractor, focus quite hard on money - so here's a few ideas that will help you even in tough times.… |
| Posted: 21 Mar 2012 05:25 AM PDT Stores could still be savedHigh street retailer Game has officially filed for administration, although trade will continue while the process is finalised.… |
| Microsoft! scoops! Yahoo!'s big! data! brain! Posted: 21 Mar 2012 05:21 AM PDT Plugging Windows into the webMicrosoft has dipped into Yahoo!'s diminishing employee pool to land a big-data expert working across server and tools and the web.… |
| Geeks seek cubits for Battlestar flight sim Posted: 21 Mar 2012 05:09 AM PDT Take the Viper for a spinA group of students plan to build a motion-controlled flight simulator based on the Viper fighter from the TV series Battlestar Galactica, in an ambitious project to mount a real plane's fuselage on a platform capable of complete rotation.… |
| Posted: 21 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT Driving you insaneAntique Code Show Having just reviewed the Steelseries SRW-S1 steering wheel on some pretty serious racing games, I was reminded that I have had a soft spot for a certain genre of racing game but it was a long time ago and involved some particularly severe riffs.… |
| Japan's once-proud semis learn size DOES matter Posted: 21 Mar 2012 04:46 AM PDT Struggling chip fabs refused to go sub-28nmJapan's creaking semiconductor industry is struggling to stay relevant on the world stage and may face extinction if it can't make a name for itself in the cutting-edge sub-28 nanometer manufacturing space, according to analysts.… |
| Windows 8 on ARM vs iPad: Has Microsoft lost already? Posted: 21 Mar 2012 04:37 AM PDT Facts from fiction in a fanboi worldMicroBite 34 Steve Ballmer's company has released a consumer preview of Windows 8, something Microsoft's chief executive has called his company's riskiest bet.… This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| iPad subsidies axed for Microsoft S&M fanbois Posted: 21 Mar 2012 04:17 AM PDT Whose side are you on, guys?Microsoft's sales and marketing people can no longer buy iPads or Macs on the company's dollar.… |
| Game Group shares halted, 'no value left' admits board Posted: 21 Mar 2012 04:01 AM PDT Game over for high street chain?Retailer Game Group has inched closer to administration after requesting that its shares be suspended from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as there is "no equity" left in the business.… |
| Reading plays host to live ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE Posted: 21 Mar 2012 03:56 AM PDT Gun down the undead for 119 quidEver wondered what a Walking Dead-style apocalypse would be like? Well, now you have the opportunity through an immersive "zombie experience", which lets the brave take on undead in an abandoned shopping centre.… |
| Man FLIES with Android-powered homemade bird wings Posted: 21 Mar 2012 03:38 AM PDT Muscle-boosting motors, Wii controller and a Wildfire S mobeUpdated A Dutch bloke has taken to the air by flapping his arms, proving that humans can fly with the right technology, plenty of time and friends to help with the build.… |
| BoJo backpedals on Twitter hijack in mayoral glory bid Posted: 21 Mar 2012 03:22 AM PDT @MayorofLondon renamed BorisJohnson in re-election warBoris Johnson came under fire yesterday after his minions changed the name of the official Mayor of London Twitter account – which has around 250,000 followers – to promote his campaign to win another term at City Hall.… |
| Slapdash staff blamed for third of UK's data leak balls-ups Posted: 21 Mar 2012 03:02 AM PDT But we're getting better at tackling breach damageCareless workers and sloppy contractors caused more than a third of biz data breaches last year, proving that crap staff pose the biggest risk to organisations.… |
| Nokia invents teeny throbbing tattoos to make your skin crawl Posted: 21 Mar 2012 02:33 AM PDT Vibrating message alerts you can't ignoreNokia has filed a patent covering magnetically induced vibrating particles to be embedded in clothing or, more interestingly, under the skin in the form of a tattoo.… |
| 'Now we understand what's required to explode a supernova' - NASA Posted: 21 Mar 2012 02:22 AM PDT Fortunately it isn't anything we've got lying aboutTop space boffins say that the latest readings from an orbiting science instrument have unlocked the secrets of mighty "Type Ia" supernovae, events in which stars blow up with such violence that they destroy solar systems and outshine entire galaxies.… |
| German court: Rapidshare must HUNT for dodgy pirate links Posted: 21 Mar 2012 02:03 AM PDT Site expected to be 'proactive' in preventing copyright infringementThe operators of a file-hosting website must search for and pro-actively prevent material identified as copyright-infringing from being uploaded by users, a court in Germany has ruled.… |
| Microsoft tosses Simpana Azure salad, feeds it to cloud punters Posted: 21 Mar 2012 01:27 AM PDT Adds bundled CommVault feeder for added cloudy goodnessMicrosoft is offering a CommVault Simpana data feed and access portal as an Azure cloud storage bundle. On its side CommVault is now offering its customers cloud compute and storage facilities using Redmond's Azure cloud.… |
| NHS trust mops up after electronic patient records mess Posted: 21 Mar 2012 01:01 AM PDT Cerner Millennium system caused treatment delays, data problemsOxford University hospitals NHS trust is dealing with patient contact and data quality issues following a major project to implement Cerner Millennium.… |
| Samsung Series 3 NP300E5A 15in notebook Posted: 21 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PDT Computing for the cost-consciousReview Samsung's NP300E5A-A01DX is the Core i3 model in its Series 3 family of notebooks and is priced accordingly, at around £400. Unashamedly aimed at the cost conscious end of market it has plenty of company including Acer's Aspire 5749 that Reg Hardware reviewed late last year.… |
| Apple scores China store patent wins Posted: 20 Mar 2012 11:58 PM PDT Cupertino moves to lock down IPApple has taken another small step towards protecting its intellectual property in China by successfully registering 11 design patents for the iPad display cases on show at its bricks and mortar retail stores, as well as the design for its Shanghai Apple Store.… |
| Tree-hugging Chinese throttle rare earth production Posted: 20 Mar 2012 10:00 PM PDT Think of the planet, man…Bad news for the technology supply chain – China has decided to cut back on its mining of the rare earth minerals essential to the production of a vast range of hi-tech kit.… |
| Posted: 20 Mar 2012 10:00 PM PDT Second-lowest spend since 2005That grumbling you hear in channel-land and retail-land about no-one buying IT right now?… |
| Optus to shed around 700 staff Posted: 20 Mar 2012 09:46 PM PDT Restructure rears its ugly headOptus is poised to shed up to 700 jobs as part of a company wide restructure, according to reports. Optus officials confirmed that there would be job erosion but would not confirm the number, claiming the figure of 700 was "pure speculation."… |
| New supernova pops up just over <i>there</i> Posted: 20 Mar 2012 09:22 PM PDT Grab your telescope and look for SN 2012aw in M95It probably won't get to a point where we'll see it with the naked eye, but even amateur astronomers should be able to get set for a fairly unusual treat: an emerging supernova.… |
| Facebook tracking makes for non-angry birds Posted: 20 Mar 2012 07:41 PM PDT Research takes off as cockatoos "Like" no-nets schemeSydney's Royal Botanical Garden is using Facebook to track its population of sulphur-crested cockatoos.… |
| South Australian Department formalises Apple procurement Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:56 PM PDT TAFE colleges want iPadsApples seem to be invading the South Australian Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology's (DFEEST) colleges of Technical and Further Education (TAFE).… |
| HP pushes social collaboration dev tools for mobile Posted: 20 Mar 2012 05:14 PM PDT Got a smartphone? Then you're still at workHP has announced a raft of products and services aimed at speeding up application-development lifecycles, with an emphasis on mobile and cloud code.… |
| Oracle systems group slammed again in Q3 Posted: 20 Mar 2012 04:25 PM PDT Engineered systems will start to fill gaps soonOracle has gotten its software business back on track and is fixing to get its systems house in order soon as well, the top brass at the software giant and hardware maker have declared.… |
| Hong Kong scientists claim 'self-charging' graphene battery Posted: 20 Mar 2012 03:45 PM PDT Can you harvest energy from the environment?Scientists from Hong Kong Polytechnic claim to have demonstrated a graphene-based battery that harvests ambient energy and turns it into electricity.… |
| HP poised to merge printer, PC divisions? Posted: 20 Mar 2012 03:43 PM PDT Whitman fires up blender, sharpens axeHP's boss-for-six-months Meg Whitman is about to make her first big strategic move since she took the reins at that reeling company, merging its Imaging and Printing Group and Personal Systems Group.… |
| Elsevier's backpedalling not stopping scientist strike Posted: 20 Mar 2012 03:37 PM PDT What do we want? Open science accessDutch publishing house Elsevier is facing increasing pressure from the scientific community, with the company's 2,000 journals now being blacklisted by over 8,600 academics.… |
| Fruit Ninja bites into multi-platform games tech Posted: 20 Mar 2012 03:30 PM PDT Oz developer behind Fruit Ninja acquires Spanish C++-to-lotsa-platforms tool MandreelAustralian wunder-game developer Halfbrick Studios is in acquisition mode, snapping up Spanish games technology developer Onan Games.… |
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