Saturday, March 5, 2011

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Samsung UE55D8000 55in net-connected LED TV

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 01:00 AM PST

3D telly with downloadable apps

Review Samsung's D8000 is as stylish as it is advanced. Barely contained by the tiny 5mm brushed-metal bezel, its images appear suspended in space. Only the brand's familiar X-wing pedestal, with illuminated logo bulging from the bottom of the screen, keep them tethered to terra firma.…

Game offers pre-orders on pre-owned titles

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 11:05 PM PST

Buy used games before they get used

Game has launched a scheme for customers to order pre-owned games before the title has even hit the shelves.…

Acronis: We're snatching Symantec market share

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 11:00 PM PST

We're coming to get you, backup!

CeBIT Acronis says that it is taking market share away from the established players like Symantec as server virtualisation changes prompt customers to re-evaluate backup and recovery products.…

Reg Webcast: Video in the workplace - The future of business comms?

Cloudy iTunes rumors juiced by music mogul talks

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 09:51 PM PST

Must. First. Destroy. Music. Apps

Apple is laying the groundwork for its long-awaited cloudy iTunes service, busily negotiating with music-industry decision-makers about allowing multiple downloads of their creative content, according to a report citing people with knowledge of the company's plans.…

Sony wins subpoenas revealing visitors to PS3 jailbreaker site

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:57 PM PST

Geohot's followers unmasked

A federal magistrate has awarded Sony a subpoena allowing the company to obtain the IP addresses of everyone who visited the personal website of PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George Hotz for the past 26 months.…

Red Hat: 'Yes, we undercut Oracle with hidden Linux patches'

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:58 PM PST

But CentOS will live, CTO tells El Reg

Red Hat has changed the way it distributes Enterprise Linux kernel code in an effort to prevent Oracle and Novell from stealing its customers, making it more difficult for these competitors to understand which patches have been applied where.…

Libya's internet goes dark as upheaval spreads

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PST

Net communications severed

As violence escalated against people protesting Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, internet traffic flowing in and out of the African nation dropped to zero, making it impossible to send communications over its borders.…

Tas magistrate finds legal book illegal on computer

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:53 PM PST

Court convicts careless councillor

You can't invent cases as strange as this: a book that is not only legal, but can be borrowed from various Australian libraries* can, in digital form, land the owner with a child porn conviction.…

Reg Webcast: Video in the workplace - The future of business comms?

Apple: If you're under 17, you can't use Opera

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:12 PM PST

Idiots must use Safari

Apple has allowed Opera's desktop browser into its new Mac App Store, but it has decreed that no one under 17 years old can download the thing.…

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