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- Cash-strapped Sharp puts HQ, factories in hock
- Why is the iPhone so successful? 'Cause people love 'em
- Microsoft: 'Update your security certs this month – or else'
- Google beefs up security portfolio with VirusTotal buy
- Intel rolls eyes at flaccid PC biz, cuts $1bn off expected sales
- Dredd movie review
- NASA's spy sat snaps Curiosity rover burning tracks on Mars
- Listen up, Nokia: Get Lumia show-offs in pubs or it's game over
- Phone hack cops nick journo over data taken from pinched mobes
- Beyond the relational database
- FCC to TV broadcasters: Ready, set ... give your spectrum up
- Hold the chips: Apple axes Samsung RAM order for iPhone 5
- Sparkfun punts bonkers banana-piano kit at hardware hackers
- Facebook seals Instagram buyout for roughly $715m
- SSL BEASTie boys develop follow-up 'CRIME' web attack
- New broadband minister snubs 'ugly' fibre cabinet gripes
- Judge: Apple not liable for dropped, broken iPhone screens
- First Irish-speaking virus holds bloke's computer to ransom
- Amazon to create 5,000 UK jobs in Kindle Fire hire
- Emotional baggage
- Watchdog barks at EU plan to hand asylum-seeker database to cops
- Fox to release movie downloads weeks before discs
- Twitter to world: We have NO rivals, ha ha ha!
- Windows Server 2012: Fickle pricing smacks Europe, Oz, Japan
- Why I've got a sync'ing feeling about Amazon's new Kindle Fire
- Edgy penguins test-fly Ubuntu's Quantal Quetzal
- 'GNOME people are in total denial about what their problem is'
- Titans of tech: Why I'll never trust 'em
- STORServer backup beast heads list of top tools
- Amazon pitches cheap new Kindles for Blighty
- Health Dept teases suppliers with mega NHS systems cash windfall
- Mio Spirit 695 LM satnav review
- PVR-as-a-service switched off for good
- CIOs urged to take BYOD pleas with pinch of salt
- Ex-pat IT pros have oversized packages
- Google snags patent on price discrimination
- Hackers claim to have Mitt Romney's tax records
- Google's stats show few Android tablets in use
- Climate denier bloggers sniff out new conspiracy
- UPEK fingerprint scanners insecure, says Elcomsoft
- Photos of 'iPad mini' body stir rumor pot
- Assange movie debuts this weekend
- ENCODE’s ‘junk DNA’ claims spark biological bunfight
| Cash-strapped Sharp puts HQ, factories in hock Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:59 PM PDT Seeks $3.8bn to get iPhone screen plant up to speedWith negotiations stalled on a hoped-for equity investment from Taiwan's Hon Hai, Sharp has set in motion a contingency plan that will see it put up nearly all of its domestic real estate as collateral for up to $3.8bn in bank loans.… |
| Why is the iPhone so successful? 'Cause people love 'em Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:20 PM PDT Sorry, haters: iPhone tops J.D. Power user satisfaction poll – againApple's iPhone may have its detractors, but they don't appear to include many folks who actually own one – yet another survey has shown that Apple's überpopular handset is beloved by a strong percentage of its users.… |
| Microsoft: 'Update your security certs this month – or else' Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:49 AM PDT October update to block sites using weak cryptoThe good news is that Microsoft's next Patch Tuesday, due on September 11, should be a breeze, bringing just two security updates. The bad news is that October's Patch Tuesday will be a game changer, and Microsoft has cautioned Windows admins to take advantage of the lull to make sure their security houses are in order.… |
| Google beefs up security portfolio with VirusTotal buy Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:04 AM PDT Promises to play fair with anti-virus vendorsGoogle has bought online malware-scanning firm VirusTotal and is pledging to keep the service open to support security software vendors.… |
| Intel rolls eyes at flaccid PC biz, cuts $1bn off expected sales Posted: 07 Sep 2012 09:02 AM PDT Wall St warned of Q3 revenue downsizeWell, it looks like the Intel Developer Forum might be a bit more subdued next week than usual, with the chipmaker cutting its revenue projections for the third quarter, which ends this month.… |
| Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:50 AM PDT Chin upReview I haven't seen The Raid, the skirmish-in-a-skyscraper flick so many Dredd reviewers have compared with this latest attempt to bring 2000AD's favourite anti-hero to the big screen. But I have been reading the comic on and off since 1977 - more on than off; it went a bit crap in the 1990s - and Judge Dredd remains a weekly joy, especially when penned by co-creator John Wagner.… |
| NASA's spy sat snaps Curiosity rover burning tracks on Mars Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:27 AM PDT Life-hunting nuke tank's trail visible from spaceCuriosity Rover has left a mark on Mars that is visible from space. The rover's maiden journey across the Red Planet has left tire tracks that have been photographed by the high resolution camera on NASA's Mars Reconaissance Orbiter.… |
| Listen up, Nokia: Get Lumia show-offs in pubs or it's game over Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:58 AM PDT Lumia verdict: People, not pundits, will make or break this mobeAnalysis Nokia has a couple of mountains to climb. There's the real mountain: in the marketplace it's starting from scratch, a newcomer that just happens to have a large distribution business in place, and a couple of billion euros in capital. Then there's the metaphorical mountain, which is a mountain of cliches.… |
| Phone hack cops nick journo over data taken from pinched mobes Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:28 AM PDT Op Tuleta officers arrest suspect #12Scotland Yard officers arrested a 33-year-old man this morning on suspicion of theft offences, computer misuse and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.… |
| Beyond the relational database Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:08 AM PDT Advanced data storage, access and analyticsTech Panel The 'Big Data' Bandwagon is now in full flow and IT professionals are already being swamped with marketing explaining why they cannot afford to leave information unmined.… |
| FCC to TV broadcasters: Ready, set ... give your spectrum up Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:28 AM PDT Methods to the madness – and the money – go live todayThe FCC is poised to publish the mechanism by which US TV broadcasters will be able to swap some of their allocated radio spectrum – which they mostly received for free – for a little cold, hard cash come 2014.… |
| Hold the chips: Apple axes Samsung RAM order for iPhone 5 Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:07 AM PDT Thanks for the memoriesApple has cut down its order of memory chips from Samsung, reducing its reliance on its smartphone rival for components, say supply chain sources cited by Reuters.… |
| Sparkfun punts bonkers banana-piano kit at hardware hackers Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:42 AM PDT Probes turn grub and other stuff into USB keyboardPics Sparkfun - a supplier of components, widgets, doohickeys and other frivolities - is now making its own hardware in the form of the Makey Makey, which turns just about anything into a keyboard.… |
| Facebook seals Instagram buyout for roughly $715m Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:31 AM PDT Despite sub-$1bn price, photo-sharing founder is 'psyched' ... bitchInstagram founder Kevin Systrom is totally "psyched" to see his company merge with Facebook, even after the deal ended up being much lower than the initial $1bn price tag initially offered by Mark Zuckerberg.… |
| SSL BEASTie boys develop follow-up 'CRIME' web attack Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:20 AM PDT Ill CommunicationThe security researchers who developed the infamous BEAST attack that broke SSL/TLS encryption are cooking up a new assault on the same crucial protocols.… |
| New broadband minister snubs 'ugly' fibre cabinet gripes Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:45 AM PDT UK.gov 'cuts red tape' to speed up cabling rolloutBrits will no longer be able to object to the arrival of "ghastly" fibre optic cabling cabinets outside their homes: Blighty's new broadband minister has stamped her authority on moves to upgrade the nation's internet infrastructure that sidestep local councils.… |
| Judge: Apple not liable for dropped, broken iPhone screens Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:39 AM PDT Lawsuits a pain in the glassA US judge has ruled that punters who drop their iPhones, smashing the smartphone's glass screen in the process, can't blame Apple for it.… |
| First Irish-speaking virus holds bloke's computer to ransom Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:21 AM PDT Póg mo thóin!Crooks have created what's reckoned to be the first computer virus featuring the Irish language.… |
| Amazon to create 5,000 UK jobs in Kindle Fire hire Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:03 AM PDT Web souk can't wait for ChristmasAmazon says it will bolster the UK launch of its Kindle Fire tablet by creating 5,000 full-time and temporary jobs in Blighty.… |
| Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:02 AM PDT There's nothing quite like a well-packed lunchSomething for the Weekend, Sir? Two days before my teenage son was due to begin Sixth Form this week, the school phoned up to say that he's not allowed to study ICT at A-level.… |
| Watchdog barks at EU plan to hand asylum-seeker database to cops Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:43 AM PDT Brussels says it's fighting terrorism but EDPS calls it 'erosion of rights'The EU's privacy watchdog has slammed plans to grant police access to Europe's database of asylum seekers' fingerprints.… |
| Fox to release movie downloads weeks before discs Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:29 AM PDT Prometheus launch playing with fire?Fox is to offer movie downloads up to three weeks before the films arrive on disc and in video-on-demand services in a bid to boost digital sales.… |
| Twitter to world: We have NO rivals, ha ha ha! Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:22 AM PDT But will Asia will have the last laugh?Twitter claimed today that it has no rivals on the world stage, but the US-centric tide of social network growth is being increasingly pushed back by a rising number of innovative Asian players, according to industry experts.… |
| Windows Server 2012: Fickle pricing smacks Europe, Oz, Japan Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:02 AM PDT 'Market dynamics' mean you'll cough up moreThe launch of Windows Server 2012 this week has again highlighted the pricing disparity confronting Microsoft customers across the globe, but it seems dear old Blighty has got off relatively lightly.… |
| Why I've got a sync'ing feeling about Amazon's new Kindle Fire Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:43 AM PDT Bezos' tablet is a pocket cash-register you can't escapeOpen ... and Shut While Amazon's Jeff Bezos took the stage to show off new Kindle Fire devices, the magic of these devices isn't in hardware or software. The magic is what happens between disparate devices, and it's what continues to make Amazon the most credible competitor to Apple's iPad sync.… |
| Edgy penguins test-fly Ubuntu's Quantal Quetzal Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:21 AM PDT Beta 'bongo bird sluggish, crash prone - but it's hereReview Forget colourful foliage and dropping temperatures, nothing says autumn for Linux nerds like the arrival of an Ubuntu beta. This season includes twice the fun, with Canonical plotting not one, but two betas for the coming Quantal Quetzal, or Ubuntu 12.10. The first arrived on Thursday.… |
| 'GNOME people are in total denial about what their problem is' Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:03 AM PDT Plus: 'We are amused here, all of us'Quotw This was the week when a total raving lunatic, or "nutjob" as he/she/they has come to be known, did their absolute best to extort a free Raspberry Pi from Foundation founder Eben Upton with a series of increasingly irate and always grammatically erroneous threats via IM.… |
| Titans of tech: Why I'll never trust 'em Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:33 AM PDT World is what it is, but I yam what I yamSysadmin blog I am responsible for making decisions regarding the purchase of computer hardware, software and services. I advise others regarding the tactical and strategic implementations of technologies and IT-related services. The financial security and stability of my own company, the companies of my clients and all the associated employees depends at least in part upon the accuracy and soundness of my decisions. The process underlying my decision-making is the source of continued introspection.… |
| STORServer backup beast heads list of top tools Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:58 AM PDT Analyst's guideSTORServer's EBA 3100 has been named as the backup appliance king by analyst firm DCIG. The appliance examiner even created a new enterprise category in its Backup Appliance Buyer's Guide for the tool.… |
| Amazon pitches cheap new Kindles for Blighty Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:39 AM PDT Priced to sellAmazon is bringing its Kindle Fire to the UK almost a year after the 7in Android tablet's US debut. The good news for folk who've been patiently waiting: it's only 129 quid.… |
| Health Dept teases suppliers with mega NHS systems cash windfall Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:34 AM PDT Holds conference on 18 Sept to discuss electronic staff record systemThe Department of Health has issued a pre-tender for a framework agreement contract to provide an electronic staff record system and pension scheme administration services. Suppliers will be bidding for a lucrative contract beginning in 2014.… |
| Mio Spirit 695 LM satnav review Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:00 AM PDT Map updates for life – hoorah!These be tough times for satnav makers when, for under £100, you can pick up a good 4in smartphone like the Huawei Ascend G300 which comes with Google's ever-evolving and improving free navigation, and even entry-level eight grand motors, like VW's new Up!, feature low-cost optional navigation packages. To compete satnav makers have to offer more for less, which is exactly what Mio has done with its new Spirit 600 LM series.… |
| PVR-as-a-service switched off for good Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:21 PM PDT Fair use argument dismissed down underAustralian telco Optus's personal-video-recorder-as-a-service TV Now will be switched off, after the nation's highest court declined to hear an appeal that would have given it a chance of appealing a decision that the service breaches copyright.… |
| CIOs urged to take BYOD pleas with pinch of salt Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:00 PM PDT CIOs can get away with it and satisfy the meddling kidsWhen it comes to implementing mobile technologies inside and outside of the company, plan, plan and then plan some more, but don't listen too hard to your customers or users, a panel of top IT leaders has advised.… |
| Ex-pat IT pros have oversized packages Posted: 06 Sep 2012 07:15 PM PDT Japan and India pay more, but your wage may go further in developing nationsEx-pat IT bosses working in Asia receive a gross pay package of more than $230,000 (£144,566) a year on average, but those fancying relocation may be better off financially if they head to less well-known parts of the region, according to new research from ECA International.… |
| Google snags patent on price discrimination Posted: 06 Sep 2012 06:15 PM PDT A sucker found in every cookieYou might think that the biggest brains in the USA could be put to work curing cancer, but the Chocolate Factory has bigger fish to fry: how to mine what it knows about users to "customize" content pricing.… |
| Hackers claim to have Mitt Romney's tax records Posted: 06 Sep 2012 06:09 PM PDT But beware bait and switch fakeryVarious media outlets, including El Reg, have been sent a message claiming to be from a hacking group that has stolen the tax records of Mitt Romney and threatens to release them on September 28.… |
| Google's stats show few Android tablets in use Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:55 PM PDT Just don't tell AmazonAnalysis Android may have topped Apple's iOS in terms of overall global smartphone sales, but if the latest figures from Google are to be believed, it certainly isn't winning many converts among tablet users – that is, if you ignore Amazon's customers, as the Chocolate Factory's numbers do.… |
| Climate denier bloggers sniff out new conspiracy Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:30 PM PDT Moon landing faked ∴ climate science faked ∴ study of conspiracy believers fakedClimate skeptic bloggers the world over have a shiny new conspiracy to obsess about: whether a University of Western Australia psychology professor "faked" a research study.… |
| UPEK fingerprint scanners insecure, says Elcomsoft Posted: 06 Sep 2012 04:15 PM PDT Dell, Acer, ASUS, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba may use holey biometric kitSpines in laptop vendor-land are shivering right now with the news that fingerprint scanners from UPEK take users' Windows passwords and dumps them in near-plain-text in the registry.… |
| Photos of 'iPad mini' body stir rumor pot Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:51 PM PDT Is Steve Jobs' bête noire ready for launch?Photos have surfaced of what's said to be the metal back of Apple's oft-rumored "iPad mini" – and, yes, despite what the late Steve Jobs said about the deficiencies of small-sized fondleslabs, it's of the about-seven-inch variety.… |
| Assange movie debuts this weekend Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:33 PM PDT Portrait of the hacker as a young manVideo Julian Assange continues to insist that Australia's government has done him no favours, but his nation of birth has supported his cause in one, indirect, way.… |
| ENCODE’s ‘junk DNA’ claims spark biological bunfight Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:30 PM PDT Define 'functional'An overly-promotional – or perhaps merely badly-written – abstract in Nature has spawned a biology boffins' bunfight.… |
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