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- iPad 2 spawns updated iOS and apps
- More interception, less scrutiny as Oz Senate passes new laws
- Oracle seeks Java cloud closure help
- Facebook to share home addresses, phone numbers
- Apple cuts iPad price
- Elop's choice: Microsoft and Nokia take a bruising
- Steve Jobs unveils iPad 2
- Amazon floats (another) cloud over Asia
- Easier to secure the cloud than your data center - IBMer
- Twitter terminates Steve Jobs parodist
- Official: Booze prevents senile dementia
- Dixons prices up Motorola Xoom for Blighty
- Apple shutters store as fanbois camp out on virtual pavement
- Radio in the cloud: Do we <i>want</i> to TiVo our radio?
- Portsmouth stretches the Olympic-sized swimming pool
- UK extends IT spending controls
- Library e-books to become too tatty to lend
- Sheila's Fails? The statistics of biological risk
- Swiftpoint Futuremouse
- Time-wasting twits survey scam hits Twitter
- Border Agency raids private college in Gateshead
- Blighty's expensive Watchkeeper spy-drone in further delays
- IT job seekers can't <strike>smell</strike> spell
- Compellent micro-manages data to gain efficiency
- Timely information: We want it now. But not too much of it
- Virgin offers unlimited action for a fiver
- Apple iPad 2 snapped in all its skinny glory
- Eurocrats work horizontally to make every European digital
- Health experts flip over McD's burger-flip toy
- Tainted apps worm into official Android store
- Apple T&C upsets philanthropic developers
- Is videoconferencing reborn?
- Ford CEO talks up e-car future
- Facebook goes all a twitter with Beluga buy
- Charlie Sheen explodes onto Twitter
- Google buys malware analysis and reverse engineering firm Zynamics
- Government should extend agile development for IT
- TalkTalk silenced over anti-BT comparison
- Europe confirms raids on ebook publishers
- Seagate launches XP-supporting 3TB drive
- Nokia C1-01 budget voicephone
- Apple to Microsoft: 'App Store name is <i>not</i> generic'
- US Supremes trash AT&T's claims to 'personal privacy'
- Ofcom demands ISPs close 'upto' gap
- IDC: Everything but Unix on the rise
- Qld police warn against Windows service scam
- Opera (finally) gets hard on WebGL 3D
- Fanboi rumor mill dances for <strike>iPad 2</strike> iPad 3
- Self-erasing flash drives destroy court evidence
| iPad 2 spawns updated iOS and apps Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:32 PM PST Fondleslab finger candyIn addition to unveiling the iPad 2, Apple revealed details of the operating system that will run on its new fondleslab and other capable iOS devices, while also demmoing two new apps that will ship with iOS 4 and two that will be available from the iTunes App Store.… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| More interception, less scrutiny as Oz Senate passes new laws Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:27 PM PST Big Brother is listeningAustralia's Senate has passed amendments to that country's wiretap laws, allowing security agency ASIO to pass information across a wide range of government agencies, and apparently to conduct wiretaps on behalf of those agencies.… |
| Oracle seeks Java cloud closure help Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:54 AM PST Work needed on Java EE planOracle has outlined a plan for the next version of Java used in application servers that makes it clear that, for once, the giant needs other peoples' help.… |
| Facebook to share home addresses, phone numbers Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:49 AM PST How Zuckerberg learned to stop worrying and love opt inTo the dismay of some, Facebook will indeed introduce a new feature that gives users the option of sharing their home addresses and cellphone numbers with third-party application developers.… |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:26 AM PST Tablet discounted in run-up to new version's debutApple has knocked £100 off the price of the first-generation iPad.… |
| Elop's choice: Microsoft and Nokia take a bruising Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:08 AM PST What now for IE9 on mobile?Microbite Stephen Elop's decision to make Windows Phone the Nokia smartphone operating system of choice could be rationalized, even defended, right up until the point where Microsoft's new phone platform bricked Samsung Omina 7 phones.… This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2011 10:42 AM PST Faster, slimmer, dual-coreApple unveiled its second-generation iPad on Wednesday morning, called simply the iPad 2. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, away from Apple on medical leave, did the honors, as was rumored yesterday.… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| Amazon floats (another) cloud over Asia Posted: 02 Mar 2011 10:01 AM PST EC2 goes to TokyoAmazon has floated a second cloud over Asia, opening new Amazon Web Services data centers in Tokyo.… |
| Easier to secure the cloud than your data center - IBMer Posted: 02 Mar 2011 10:00 AM PST Really?Security is probably the biggest factor keeping enterprises from moving more applications and data to public clouds. I argue that security is just one (albeit a hugely important one) of the reasons why public clouds will exist as a tool for data centers – rather than the default usage model – for the foreseeable future.… |
| Twitter terminates Steve Jobs parodist Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:56 AM PST Not the Fake Steve Jobs, a fake Steve Jobs.Twitter has axed the highly popular parody account of a counterfeit Steve Jobs.… |
| Official: Booze prevents senile dementia Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:15 AM PST WHEN will the gov provide free booze for wrinklies?Isn't alcohol wonderful? Not only does it make you clever (this has been proven more than once), not only is it good for your heart, but now research has revealed that boozing will also stave off the onset of senile dementia.… |
| Dixons prices up Motorola Xoom for Blighty Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:11 AM PST More than expectedRetailer Dixons has priced up the Wi-Fi only Motorola Xoom. The 10.1in Androud 3.0 tablet will sell for £500 when it goes on sale "in the first week of April".… |
| Apple shutters store as fanbois camp out on virtual pavement Posted: 02 Mar 2011 08:41 AM PST Feast your eyes on Post-it of destinyApple has pulled the plug on its online store, flagging up to he world that it is about to unleash something new and magical and revolutionary on the world.… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| Radio in the cloud: Do we <i>want</i> to TiVo our radio? Posted: 02 Mar 2011 08:04 AM PST What problem is Michael Robertson trying to solve?Michael Robertson's latest quixotic venture has much in common with his earlier adventures in entrepreneurship, such as MP3.com, his Linux distro, VoIP service and locker music.… |
| Portsmouth stretches the Olympic-sized swimming pool Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:47 AM PST Adds critical 0.2143 linguine to polemical lengthWe're delighted to report that Portsmouth City Council's Olympic-sized swimming pool really is long enough to satisfy the demands of top aquatic athletes.… |
| UK extends IT spending controls Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:34 AM PST Every contract over £5m needs Treasury, Cabinet nodAll central government IT contracts worth more than £5m are to be subject to approval by the Treasury and the Cabinet Office.… |
| Library e-books to become too tatty to lend Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:21 AM PST Digital copies must not outlast paper one, HarperCollins insistsDoes an e-book wear out? If it's from publisher HarperCollins and belongs to a library, then the answer is now 'yes' – and potentially in as short a time as one year.… |
| Sheila's Fails? The statistics of biological risk Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:35 AM PST Why the ECJ insurance judgment might not be the right road after allComment Yesterday's ruling by the European Courts may have stirred the general public to a wide-ranging and not altogether informed debate on the issues of gender discrimination. Less obvious, but in the long run more serious, is the fundamental challenge it poses to the way in which two pillars of the establishment – the financial services and the equalities industries – use and abuse statistical concepts and statistical thinking.… |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:00 AM PST Refashioned rodent with laptop leaningsReview Mice are nice, but you need desk space to use them. The large trackpad on my MacBook Pro is a decent substitute, but regular notebook trackpads usually seem to me too meanly proportioned. And when it comes to netbooks the dancefloor is getting really tight.… |
| Time-wasting twits survey scam hits Twitter Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:53 AM PST I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl ...A survey scam that supposedly tells marks how much time they have wasted on Twitter spread widely on the micro-blogging site on Tuesday.… |
| Border Agency raids private college in Gateshead Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:43 AM PST Four senior staff arrested in immigration probeThe UK border agency has raided a college in Gateshead that it suspects is being used for immigration crime.… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| Blighty's expensive Watchkeeper spy-drone in further delays Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:29 AM PST Extra bonuses: It's unarmed and needs Israeli supportThe troubled, extremely expensive Watchkeeper project intended to supply unmanned surveillance aircraft to the Royal Artillery has hit further technical delays. The first robot spyplanes should have been delivered in February - eight months later than the original contract called for - but they will now arrive "toward year's end".… |
| IT job seekers can't <strike>smell</strike> spell Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:16 AM PST Schoolboy CV errorsJob applicants seeking technology jobs often make basic spelling and grammar mistakes while writing their CVs.… |
| Compellent micro-manages data to gain efficiency Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:15 AM PST Sixteen times increase in tiering granularityCeBIT By micro-managing data with its coming 64-bit software, Compellent is aiming to increase its automatic data placement tiering granularity sixteenfold and greatly increase SSD use efficiency.… |
| Timely information: We want it now. But not too much of it Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:13 AM PST How much? When?Workshop The classic complaint from business managers is that they don't have sufficient information to make the right decisions. This has given rise to an entire subset of IT in the shape of business intelligence (BI) and data analysis tools for slicing, dicing, filtering, probing, and generally torturing the data until it tells you where the money is hidden.… |
| Virgin offers unlimited action for a fiver Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:37 AM PST Textual feelingSorry folks, but this story is about Virgin Media, which is now offering a Sim-only deal with unlimited texts, unlimited Virgin-to-Virgin calls and 100 minutes of calls to other networks for just £5 a month.… |
| Apple iPad 2 snapped in all its skinny glory Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:31 AM PST Go on, take a look. You know you want to...A raft of pictures purporting to show the iPad 2 have popped up on the web just hours before the updated tablet will to be unveiled.… |
| Eurocrats work horizontally to make every European digital Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:29 AM PST Neelie Kroes hails Digital Agenda progressEU commissioner Neelie Kroes told Cebit yesterday Europe's vast bureaucracy was well on the way to fulfilling the digital agenda it set itself nine months ago.… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| Health experts flip over McD's burger-flip toy Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:26 AM PST 'Disturbing' drive thru fun kitchenParents of kids who have a penchant for burgers and an academically average school record might be interested in the McDonalds Drive Thru Food Cart Playset – guaranteed to provide "endless hours of make-believe fun", with the added advantage of offering vital training for a future career:… |
| Tainted apps worm into official Android store Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:03 AM PST DroidDream creates security nightmareDozens of tainted applications have been discovered on the official Android Market.… |
| Apple T&C upsets philanthropic developers Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:53 AM PST Don't mention the earthquakeDevelopers of iPhone applications keen to share their income with those less fortunate are becoming increasing annoyed with Apple's refusal to let them declare their largesse.… |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:32 AM PST Ready for the big timeWebcast On March 10th at 15:00, The Register's Tim Phillips will be debating the value of videoconferencing with a few people who are better qualified than him to answer your questions. It's a live event so we'd hope you'll have some questions.… |
| Ford CEO talks up e-car future Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:26 AM PST Alan Mulally speaks out on platforms, prices and power generationInterview Ford's five-year e-car plan will see the motor maker's eco-friendly vehicles spring from its existing lines, not as new, bespoke designs, company CEO Alan Mulally has told Reg Hardware.… |
| Facebook goes all a twitter with Beluga buy Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:21 AM PST Poking is so overFacebook has stepped firmly into Twitter's territory with the purchase of messaging start-up Beluga, sure to be pushing status updates to a phone near you any day now.… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| Charlie Sheen explodes onto Twitter Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:15 AM PST Followers will soon match former salaryNow that he has a bit of time on his hands, actor and keen supporter of LA's nose candy and helpful lady industries Charlie Sheen has decided to give forth on Twitter.… |
| Google buys malware analysis and reverse engineering firm Zynamics Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:12 AM PST Halvar Flake takes it back to the futureGoogle has bought reverse-engineering and analysis tools firm Zynamics. Financial terms of the deal, announced on Tuesday, were undisclosed.… |
| Government should extend agile development for IT Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:11 AM PST State could cut cost and provide better services, says govt 'think tank'A report from the Institute for Government calls for a new approach to the way the government spends £16bn each year on technology.… |
| TalkTalk silenced over anti-BT comparison Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:07 AM PST ASA rejects value and price not the same argumentBT has scored a minor victory over TalkTalk, after it had a trio of complaints about the latter's advertising upheld.… |
| Europe confirms raids on ebook publishers Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:06 AM PST Antitrust and cartel concernsThe European Commission has confirmed it raided several companies involved in ebook publishing.… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| Seagate launches XP-supporting 3TB drive Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:58 AM PST Legacy software and BIOS supportBeing third in line after Hitachi GST and Western Digital, as Seagate is, to announce a 3TB drive does give you the option to improve its legacy BIOS and operating support.… |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:00 PM PST Talk is cheapReview Though you wouldn't guess as much from the raucous clamour about the as-yet-unforeseeable outcome of Nokia's adoption of Windows Phone 7 as its smartphone OS of choice, the Finnish phone giant continues to run a very decent business selling basic handsets to World+Dog.… |
| Apple to Microsoft: 'App Store name is <i>not</i> generic' Posted: 01 Mar 2011 10:00 PM PST Accuses lawyer of lifting nonsense from internetApple has shot back at Microsoft's attack on Cupertino's attempt to trademark the term "App Store", saying that Redmond's argument is based on "out-of-context and misleading snippets of material printed by its outside counsel from the internet."… |
| US Supremes trash AT&T's claims to 'personal privacy' Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:00 PM PST Ma Bell not exempt from FOIAThe US Supreme Court has made it official: AT&T and other corporations have no right to personal privacy under the Freedom of Information Act.… |
| Ofcom demands ISPs close 'upto' gap Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:00 PM PST Oversold much?A big gap remains between the marketing of broadband speeds when compared with their real-life performance, Ofcom confirmed this morning.… |
| IDC: Everything but Unix on the rise Posted: 01 Mar 2011 08:00 PM PST Windows, Linux, and mainframes skyrocketIt is not an easy time to be a Unix server vendor, but at least it has stopped getting harder.… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| Qld police warn against Windows service scam Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:08 PM PST Crooks try IQ test on banana bendersThe Queensland Police Service has issued a warning against phone-scammers pretending to offer to fix viruses.… |
| Opera (finally) gets hard on WebGL 3D Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:53 PM PST Three years in the hardeningOpera Software has released the first public build of its desktop browser that includes 3D hardware acceleration based on the WebGL standard.… |
| Fanboi rumor mill dances for <strike>iPad 2</strike> iPad 3 Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:39 PM PST The Fondleslab FolliesThe iPad 2 – or whatever Jobs & Co choose to call it – is almost certain to be unveiled on Wednesday, judging from the not-so-subtle graphic used in the invitation for the roll-out event to be held in San Francisco. And already the buzzosphere is a-buzzing about the iPad 3 and an expanded MobileMe.… |
| Self-erasing flash drives destroy court evidence Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:41 PM PST 'Golden age' of forensics coming to closeThe inner workings of solid state storage devices are so fundamentally different from traditional hard drives that forensic investigators can no longer rely on current preservation techniques when admitting evidence stored on them in court cases, Australian scientists said in a research paper.… |
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