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- McAfee founder raided in Belize by gang-busting police
- Nokia dinged with shareholder lawsuit over poor Lumia sales
- US economy not eager to create jobs in April
- German education minister accused of copying in class
- Microsoft's dumpster-diver partner strategy is rubbish
- Ten... alternatives to Samsung's Galaxy S III
- SK Hynix drops bid to buy bankrupt Elpida
- Hunt tosses 27 cities into broadband cash bunfight
- Syrian secret police endorse male hair remover
- Lockheed bags $454m to tool up Pentagon's Cyber Crime Center
- MP blasts 'ineffective' games regulation
- Samsung Galaxy S III: A Swiss army knife of wireless tech
- Clouds of Sushi?
- Prototype 2
- Copyfighters jumpstart MPs' probe into Blighty's IP law
- Chip alchemists 'turn cheap silicon into longer-lasting flash'
- Cameron hardens stance on UK web filth block
- UK Border Agency servers go titsup, thousands grounded
- Hands on with the Samsung Galaxy S III
- Google took a bath on Android in 2010, judge reveals
- Greenland glaciers not set to cause disastrous sea level rises - study
- Microsoft ejects DVD playback from Windows 8
- Apple sneaks iPad 2 with 32nm chip into retail
- Yahoo! board! probes! CEO's! CompSci! CV! blunder!
- US, Euro e-car makers back 'standard' AC/DC jack
- Germans hail <i>Vulture 1</i> spaceplane
- O2 to serve up free Wi-Fi to coffee chain
- Sage thrusts small biz tool into Microsoft Azure
- Behold the TPC-DS, a new weapon in the global Big Data war
- Black Ops II pulps previous pre-order performance
- Megan Fox fingers fondleslab in sexy store promo
- Chair-tossing Steve flings surfer Steve onto Microsoft board
- Jolly rogered
- Printed electronics: Not just blinking beer bottles
- Engineer Doe thought people's private info 'might be useful'
- Canada failing to sufficiently protect IP rights – US report
- NAO: 1 in 5 of Whitehall's mega projects at risk of failure
- China considers energy cap
- Teufel Audio iTeufel Air
- Oz asks how much personal data should telcos keep?
- Chinese passports to get chipped
- Yahoo! investor! accuses! CEO! of! embellishing! resume!
- Can Amazon become the biggest platform peddler in the world?
- LinkedIn buys SlideShare
- iOS Rock Band gets back together
- Princeton solar researchers take leaf from plants’ book
- MSFT kicks Chinese partner over security leak
- Facebook lowballs on initial IPO price
| McAfee founder raided in Belize by gang-busting police Posted: 04 May 2012 11:31 AM PDT Claims political persecution and dog murderJohn McAfee, retired founder of McAfee Antivirus, has had his Belize laboratory raided and his dog shot during a dawn raid by thirty officers of the local police Gang Suppression Unit.… |
| Nokia dinged with shareholder lawsuit over poor Lumia sales Posted: 04 May 2012 10:59 AM PDT Finns: Allegations are 'without merit', we will defend ourselvesAs sure as rain follows a Met Office drought warning, we can expect a share price crash to be followed by a shareholder lawsuit. Now it's Nokia's turn.… |
| US economy not eager to create jobs in April Posted: 04 May 2012 10:31 AM PDT 15,000 more system designers get workThe Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job-counting arm of the US Department of Labor, says that job creation in April was lower than economists had been expecting, but went back and revised its figures for February and March, saying that more workers found jobs than it originally thought.… |
| German education minister accused of copying in class Posted: 04 May 2012 09:45 AM PDT Yet another Teutonic politico fingered for PhD plagiarismYet another German politician has fallen victim to the increasingly common accusation of academic plagiarism. The German Education and Research Minister Annette Schavan has been accused of plagiarising parts of her research in the PhD thesis she wrote in 1980.… |
| Microsoft's dumpster-diver partner strategy is rubbish Posted: 04 May 2012 09:00 AM PDT Redmond should buy big or go homeOpen ... and Shut Microsoft is not the worst corporate investor on the planet. But it's clearly not the best either, and threatens to undermine its own attempts to be relevant in growth markets like mobile and internet by continuing to buy buy stakes in or partner with also-rans like Barnes & Noble, Yahoo! and Nokia.… |
| Ten... alternatives to Samsung's Galaxy S III Posted: 04 May 2012 08:44 AM PDT Something completely different?Product round-up With the Galaxy S III unveiled at last night's Samsung event, the next generation of smartphones now has consumer eyebrows permanently raised as if the wind just changed direction.… |
| SK Hynix drops bid to buy bankrupt Elpida Posted: 04 May 2012 08:27 AM PDT Joins Toshiba in abandoning DRAMurai warrior's corpseSouth Korean firm SK Hynix said today that it won't be going ahead with a bid for bankrupt Japanese firm Elpida Memory because the deal would have been too expensive.… |
| Hunt tosses 27 cities into broadband cash bunfight Posted: 04 May 2012 08:02 AM PDT Only 10 will be selected to receive paltry £50mCulture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has laid down the gauntlet for 27 cities to bid for £50m government funds to be in with a chance of gaining "ultrafast" broadband networks by 2014.… |
| Syrian secret police endorse male hair remover Posted: 04 May 2012 07:33 AM PDT 'Most prisoners confessed within five minutes of the first application'The excessively hirsute among you looking to derug yourselves are pointed in the direction of Veet for Men Hair Removal Gel Creme, which is attracting some enthusiastic reviews down at Amazon.… |
| Lockheed bags $454m to tool up Pentagon's Cyber Crime Center Posted: 04 May 2012 07:01 AM PDT Fending off web terrorists isn't cheap, you knowLockheed Martin has won a contract worth up to $454m to help the Pentagon with its Cyber Crime Center.… |
| MP blasts 'ineffective' games regulation Posted: 04 May 2012 06:34 AM PDT Vaz plays the Brievik cardViolent videogames opponent and Labour MP Keith Vaz has once again asked Parliament to tighten videogames regulation, this time following Anders Breivik's admission that he used a popular first-person shooter to prepare for his murderous rampage in Norway.… |
| Samsung Galaxy S III: A Swiss army knife of wireless tech Posted: 04 May 2012 06:32 AM PDT Forget the moon-sized screen, the innovation's in the airwavesSamsung's new flagship smartphone is being admired for its big screen and voice control, which make for easy headlines and pretty photographs, but more interesting are the wireless capabilities of the S III, even if they take a little longer to appreciate.… |
| Posted: 04 May 2012 06:16 AM PDT Yo!When the on-site tin comes creaking and wheezing to the end of its life, overburdened by inboxes that were never supposed to get that big, its the IT department that has to decide what to do next. Upgrade? Outsource? Go into the cloud?… |
| Posted: 04 May 2012 06:05 AM PDT Heller damnationReview In my mind's eye I see the original Prototype in murky black and white, not because the game was without colour per se, but more because everything about it, from the repetitive use of textures through to the monotonous mission structure was somehow muddied and just, well, uninspired.… |
| Copyfighters jumpstart MPs' probe into Blighty's IP law Posted: 04 May 2012 06:05 AM PDT Google man tells Parliament what small businesses needComment A Westminster investigation into the machinations of the UK's copyright bureaucracy and the government's intellectual property policy opened very gently this week.… |
| Chip alchemists 'turn cheap silicon into longer-lasting flash' Posted: 04 May 2012 05:46 AM PDT Fusion-io sources whisper NAND witchcraftIt's rumoured that Fusion-io has become a NAND alchemist and can turn low-cost MLC flash into faster and longer-lived SLC flash. But why, oh why, would it want to do it?… |
| Cameron hardens stance on UK web filth block Posted: 04 May 2012 05:28 AM PDT PM to hold talks with broadband barons on 'default' smut filtersPrime Minister David Cameron has again waded into the debate about protecting kids from pornography online by personally stepping up pressure on ISPs to block smut websites by default.… |
| UK Border Agency servers go titsup, thousands grounded Posted: 04 May 2012 05:02 AM PDT Good thing there's no Olympics coming upA computer crash yesterday left hundreds of UK workers, students and visitors without valid residence permits, creating a month-long backlog for Blighty's immigration staff to clear.… |
| Hands on with the Samsung Galaxy S III Posted: 04 May 2012 04:40 AM PDT The one to beat?First look Samsung took to the stage last night to unveil its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, before opening the doors for us hacks to give it a go.… |
| Google took a bath on Android in 2010, judge reveals Posted: 04 May 2012 04:37 AM PDT Net loss in every quarter, Oracle's Java trial court toldAndroid gave Google nothing but a net loss for every quarter of 2010, despite making about $97m in revenue in the first quarter of the year.… |
| Greenland glaciers not set to cause disastrous sea level rises - study Posted: 04 May 2012 04:24 AM PDT Another blow for hippy doomsayersUS government funded scientists have measured the speed of glaciers in Greenland as they move down to the sea over the past ten years, and discovered that - while the glaciers have speeded up somewhat - there's no indication that this will mean major sea level rises.… |
| Microsoft ejects DVD playback from Windows 8 Posted: 04 May 2012 04:01 AM PDT Netflix and licensing killed the video starDigital media playback in Windows 8 has fallen casualty to the savage economics of the PC industry and changing tastes in consumer viewing.… |
| Apple sneaks iPad 2 with 32nm chip into retail Posted: 04 May 2012 03:48 AM PDT Big battery life boost for mystery machineApple has quietly begun shipping a revamped version of the iPad 2 that delivers better battery life than its predecessor, thanks to the use of 32nm chippery in place of a 45nm part.… |
| Yahoo! board! probes! CEO's! CompSci! CV! blunder! Posted: 04 May 2012 03:42 AM PDT Thompson's bio and SEC doc gaffe spiralsYahoo! has decided to take the revelation that its CEO Scott Thompson padded his CV a tad more seriously, The Register understands, promising that the board would look into the situation.… |
| US, Euro e-car makers back 'standard' AC/DC jack Posted: 04 May 2012 03:24 AM PDT Ladies and Gentlemen, will you please welcome the J1772 Combo ConnectorAudi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Volkswagen have joined Ford, Chrysler and General Motors to back a standard fast-charge connector and jack for e-cars.… |
| Germans hail <i>Vulture 1</i> spaceplane Posted: 04 May 2012 03:18 AM PDT Die Zeit gets cosy with PARISOur German readers might like to nip out today and grab a copy of this week's Die Zeit, which has a handy guide on how to make the ultimate paper plane.… |
| O2 to serve up free Wi-Fi to coffee chain Posted: 04 May 2012 03:03 AM PDT Won't Costa penny, arf, arfO2 is to equip the Costa chain of coffee shops with free Wi-Fi.… |
| Sage thrusts small biz tool into Microsoft Azure Posted: 04 May 2012 03:02 AM PDT Cloudy rivals threaten to gobble UK firm's lunchSage is to hitch its SME enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to Microsoft's Azure in a bid to speed up customer migration to subscription-based products.… |
| Behold the TPC-DS, a new weapon in the global Big Data war Posted: 04 May 2012 02:46 AM PDT Seeking the 'game-proof' benchmarkThere isn't anything inherently evil about industry standard benchmarks, just as there isn't anything inherently evil about guns. You know the saying: "Guns don't kill people – people kill people." (What about bullets? No, they're not inherently evil either.)… |
| Black Ops II pulps previous pre-order performance Posted: 04 May 2012 02:44 AM PDT Haul of duty, againAmazon says interest in Black Ops II has already gone ballistic, as the number of gamers who have placed orders for the game in the first 24 hours outnumbers the equivalent figure for its 2010 predecessor three to one.… |
| Megan Fox fingers fondleslab in sexy store promo Posted: 04 May 2012 02:22 AM PDT Trousers off, tablet outSharper Image, the US gadget shop – a sort of Maplins but with a more regular bathing schedule – is promoting its wares with pictures of curvy starlet Megan Fox in her pants.… |
| Chair-tossing Steve flings surfer Steve onto Microsoft board Posted: 04 May 2012 02:17 AM PDT Sporty Seagate CEO is lord of the boardsSnowboarder, surfer, documentary filmmaker and sports team investor Steve Luczo has joined Microsoft's board... there are two Steves on it now. He also runs Seagate, by the way.… |
| Posted: 04 May 2012 02:00 AM PDT How The Pirate Bay ban was hijacked by the anti-smut brigadeSomething for the Weekend, Sir? I note with dismay that the recent High Court ruling to force some ISPs to ban access to The Pirate Bay has been hijacked by lobbyists who are confused about what the interweb does. A classic example was heard on Radio 4's Today on Tuesday, which devoted eight minutes to John Humphrys inexpertly tying himself into a mesh of cross-purposes while his guests patiently try to untangle him.… |
| Printed electronics: Not just blinking beer bottles Posted: 04 May 2012 01:34 AM PDT Flexible innovation, in every sense of the word"Printed electronics" is one of those terms one sees being bandied about without really knowing what it means or why it's important. The premise of using printing techniques to create electrical circuits isn't hard to comprehend, but not everyone agrees on what comprises a "printing technique" or why you might want to use one, so El Reg chatted to three companies at the forefront of the field.… |
| Engineer Doe thought people's private info 'might be useful' Posted: 04 May 2012 01:02 AM PDT Plus: 'Apple, please don't make stupid assumptions'Quotw This was the week when, in technology's ongoing mission to look like saving the world is its number one priority and all that money stuff is just incidental, Facebook launched its option to let the world know that you're an organ donor.… |
| Canada failing to sufficiently protect IP rights – US report Posted: 04 May 2012 12:28 AM PDT True pirate love in all thy sons commandCanada has been listed on a US 'priority watchlist' after concerns were raised about the measures the country has taken to combat online copyright infringement and the trade of counterfeit goods.… |
| NAO: 1 in 5 of Whitehall's mega projects at risk of failure Posted: 04 May 2012 12:02 AM PDT £89bn at stake from 39 programmes with 'high or fairly high' chance of tankingWith nearly one in five major government projects in danger of failure, there are still significant gaps in how Whitehall oversees the delivery of such schemes, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).… |
| Posted: 03 May 2012 11:38 PM PDT Climate change makes energy reductions "inevitable", say officialsChina may attempt to cap the amount of energy the nation uses, to address reliance on foreign energy sources and address its carbon dioxide emissions.… |
| Posted: 03 May 2012 11:00 PM PDT Golden age of streamAccessory of the Week As AirPlay speakers go, the iTeufel Air is big. Placed next to, say Audyssey's Audio Dock Air, it dwarfs its rival — though it's marginally less wide than B&W's Zeppelin Air.… |
| Oz asks how much personal data should telcos keep? Posted: 03 May 2012 09:55 PM PDT Obligations for carrier security, spook access also up for disucssionAustralia's government will consult with its citizenry to determine how much data telcos should retain about their activities, and how long it should be retained for.… |
| Chinese passports to get chipped Posted: 03 May 2012 08:46 PM PDT Great wall of biometrics for international travellersChina has updated the technology it uses to secure its passports, with chip-equipped documents to be issued from March 15th.… |
| Yahoo! investor! accuses! CEO! of! embellishing! resume! Posted: 03 May 2012 05:49 PM PDT Be careful to check your referencesA major investor in troubled internet portal Yahoo! has accused the CEO Scott Thompson of padding his resume by falsely claiming a degree in computer science.… |
| Can Amazon become the biggest platform peddler in the world? Posted: 03 May 2012 05:01 PM PDT Crazy, but not impossibleComment How long will it be before Amazon Web Services is the largest provider of raw server capacity in the world, outselling the tier one server makers who actually peddle boxes directly or through the channel to customers?… |
| Posted: 03 May 2012 05:00 PM PDT Suits want all their stuff in one placeLinkedIn will spend US$118.75m to upload SlideShare into its portfolio of offerings.… |
| iOS Rock Band gets back together Posted: 03 May 2012 04:27 PM PDT Blue note as error spread confusion, angerEA's iOS version of Rock Band isn't breaking up, after all.… |
| Princeton solar researchers take leaf from plants’ book Posted: 03 May 2012 03:41 PM PDT Rough surfaces better at capturing sunlightSolar power researchers at Princeton University have discovered that by mimicking the surface of leaves, they can create solar cells that are better at capturing sunlight for a 47 percent efficiency boost.… |
| MSFT kicks Chinese partner over security leak Posted: 03 May 2012 03:38 PM PDT Hangzhou DPTech stripped of partner statusSix weeks after Microsoft was accused of leaking attack code for a security flaw, Redmond has pointed the finger at a Chinese firewall company and revoked its partner status.… |
| Facebook lowballs on initial IPO price Posted: 03 May 2012 03:32 PM PDT Let a thousand bubbles bloomFacebook has filed its initial documents for the most anticipated social networking IPO of the current bubble, surprising some with a lowish estimate of $77bn to $96bn for the company.… |
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