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- Natty Narwhal with Unity: Worst Ubuntu beta ever
- Google drops Schmidt for Elop, Android for WinPho 7
- Microsoft, Nokia, and RIM's wasted R&D billions
- Oracle and life after Larry Ellison
- DARPA: Send limbless troops back to war with robo-arms
- Privacy group downplays Google Buzz cash grab
- April Fools Day's Finest
- Nigeria fails to enact cyber crime laws
- Arkansas governor spanks arse cleavage
- Apple plays cloud catch-up
- Oxfordshire cops switch speed cameras back on
- LG cries foul over rival's rank language
- Computacenter buys into the clouds
- US Army inks $66m deal for Judge Dredd smart-rifles
- Total War: Shogun 2
- DNSSEC finally goes mainstream
- StoneFly flies faster with Fusion-io
- Fight global warming with Asimov-style Psychohistory - profs
- Misty Martian volcano caught on camera
- Amazon Payments heads into meat space
- US gov 'transparency' websites targeted for big, fat budget cuts
- Rikki don't lose (sight of) that number
- The <i>Register</i> Guide to London's Silicon Roundabout Tech Startups
- London Olympics get pay-by-wave
- Stock-trading teen hacker jailed again over 2nd scam
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer
- Mobile operators ditch Tube plans
- Labour MP says police should clamp down on online incitement
- Official: PS3 has more fanboys than the Xbox 360 does
- Seagate triples up heads/platter ratio
- Prevention is better than cure
- <i>The X-Factor</i> goes virtually mobile, expands voting
- The Cisco Borg in your TV
- <strong>[NSFW]</strong> W**k-O-Meter
- Ten... tech treats for mum
- Ubuntu's high-risk Linux Narwhal beta floats
- HP taps Google's print server in the sky
- FSF to Google: Free Gmail's JavaScript now!
- Windows Home Server 2011 signed off
- Oz network hits serious speed bump
- Mobiles really <i>do</i> fry your brains: JAMA
- Apple patent eyes Mac OS X tablet
- APN hits regional Oz with group buying
| Natty Narwhal with Unity: Worst Ubuntu beta ever Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:09 PM PDT Nightmare KDE 4 scenario replayedReview Last year, Mark Shuttleworth christened Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal", saying the disto would be stylish and create a good, lasting first impression.… |
| Google drops Schmidt for Elop, Android for WinPho 7 Posted: 01 Apr 2011 11:52 AM PDT Page bypassed for 'good of market'After jumping from Microsoft to Nokia, where he promptly dropped Symbian in favor of Microsoft Window Phone 7, Steven Elop is moving on once again. To Google.… |
| Microsoft, Nokia, and RIM's wasted R&D billions Posted: 01 Apr 2011 09:47 AM PDT Put the lab coats awayOpen...and Shut Over the past few decades, governments have decreased their investments in original research, with corporations taking on a greater role. There are plenty of problems with scientific research funded by private, shareholder-driven companies.… Free Webcast: The workload challenge - Integrating the mainframe into today's IT |
| Oracle and life after Larry Ellison Posted: 01 Apr 2011 09:39 AM PDT He has to retire some time, doesn't he?The disruptor of disruptors, Oracle boss Larry Ellison, will be 67 on August 17 this year. So when will he retire?… |
| DARPA: Send limbless troops back to war with robo-arms Posted: 01 Apr 2011 08:53 AM PDT Brainplug cyborgs to get superhuman reaction timesRadical Pentagon boffins have hit upon a new plan which will assist the USA in its efforts to meet the demand for combat troops in the expanding Wars On Stuff. Disabled servicemen who have lost arms or legs in the fighting thus far will be swiftly equipped with highly capable, ruggedised robotic replacement limbs and sent straight back into the fray.… |
| Privacy group downplays Google Buzz cash grab Posted: 01 Apr 2011 08:38 AM PDT Unfair that outfits against Mountain View got nada, says EPIC bossA US web advocacy outfit has downplayed reports that suggest it is pursing $1.75m over a class action settlement between privacy groups and Google, following Mountain View's social network gaffe with Buzz.… |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2011 08:37 AM PDT Trick or... trickNonsense round-up We hate April Fools Day. It makes story writing here at Vulture Central extra difficult, sifting through the endless fictional nonsense trying to find something interesting - and true.… |
| Nigeria fails to enact cyber crime laws Posted: 01 Apr 2011 08:04 AM PDT Continue to fill your boots, miscreants!Nigeria has failed to pass broad-ranging laws against cybercrime.… |
| Arkansas governor spanks arse cleavage Posted: 01 Apr 2011 07:59 AM PDT Baggy trousers madnessThe governor of Arkansas has struck a blow for fashion and common decency by outlawing the practice among students of turning up to school with their trousers at half-mast.… Free Webcast: The workload challenge - Integrating the mainframe into today's IT |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2011 07:57 AM PDT May delay iOS 5 to ensure it can competeApple may be untouchable in tablets and hard to beat for mobile user experience, but it will prove more vulnerable as the focus of innovation moves to the cloud.… |
| Oxfordshire cops switch speed cameras back on Posted: 01 Apr 2011 07:24 AM PDT Seventh speedy sense prompts three-point turn - but will it work?Oxfordshire police have turned speed cameras back on as others throughout England switch theirs off, prompting questions as to whether senior police and county council figures are playing politics.… |
| LG cries foul over rival's rank language Posted: 01 Apr 2011 06:50 AM PDT And your TVs are !!#@!!@#:# tooElectronics giant LG may sue Samsung for allegedly using profane language in a heated debate over 3D TV technology.… |
| Computacenter buys into the clouds Posted: 01 Apr 2011 06:43 AM PDT Minority stake in collaboration firmBritain's biggest reseller Computacenter has bought a minority stake in a Basingstoke-based cloud specialist.… |
| US Army inks $66m deal for Judge Dredd smart-rifles Posted: 01 Apr 2011 06:24 AM PDT 'Airburst stun bomb!' 'Armour piercing!'The US Army's futuristic Judge Dredd style computer smart-rifle project, the XM-25, is moving ahead. Developer ATK, which has so far made just five prototype weapons, inked a $65.8m deal this week to move the weapon into manufacturing.… |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:32 AM PDT The seven thousand samuraiReview Apart from porn and the Total War series, why would anyone own a PC? Shogun 2 coming out, best get down to Akihabara's Yodobashi Camera and spend some hard earned cash on a graphics card update – couldn't resist the ATI PowerColor 6950 2GB – time to watch my frame rate soar.… |
| DNSSEC finally goes mainstream Posted: 01 Apr 2011 04:59 AM PDT VeriSign enables more secure tech on .com top-level domainDNSSEC, a more secure version of the internet domain name to IP address lookup protocol, was enabled on the .com top-level domain on Thursday.… Free Webcast: The workload challenge - Integrating the mainframe into today's IT |
| StoneFly flies faster with Fusion-io Posted: 01 Apr 2011 04:55 AM PDT Flashy OEM dealStoneFly is going to bundle Fusion-io server flash with its virtual IP SAN appliance, giving it lightning-like performance.… |
| Fight global warming with Asimov-style Psychohistory - profs Posted: 01 Apr 2011 04:49 AM PDT 'Social decision sciences' to adjust dwindling public concernTrick-cyclists in Blighty and the USA have called for a new "science of communicating science" to be deployed in order to deal with the fact that public concern over global warming has plunged in recent years.… |
| Misty Martian volcano caught on camera Posted: 01 Apr 2011 04:47 AM PDT Nice postcard from ESA's Mars ExpressThe European Space Agency (ESA) has released a fetching composite image of a couple of Martian volcanoes, one of them caught with "icy clouds" drifting past its summit.… |
| Amazon Payments heads into meat space Posted: 01 Apr 2011 04:41 AM PDT The NFC gate swings both waysAmazon plans to take its payment platform into the real world, using NFC tags to identify goods for purchase from the online store, but who attaches those tags is not clear.… |
| US gov 'transparency' websites targeted for big, fat budget cuts Posted: 01 Apr 2011 04:18 AM PDT Oh Mr President, you shouldn't haveA campaign is underway in the US to save the government-endorsed website Data.gov and six other portals from the axe.… Free Webcast: The workload challenge - Integrating the mainframe into today's IT |
| Rikki don't lose (sight of) that number Posted: 01 Apr 2011 04:00 AM PDT Navigating Sales through the morassWorkshop The "number" is the most important word in any sales person's vocabulary. It means the target, the total amount of closed business that needs to be achieved, whether in a month, a quarter or a year. Once that period is ended, the reset button is pressed and the cycle starts again.… |
| The <i>Register</i> Guide to London's Silicon Roundabout Tech Startups Posted: 01 Apr 2011 03:31 AM PDT The cream of the |
| London Olympics get pay-by-wave Posted: 01 Apr 2011 03:30 AM PDT Visa and Samsung are in, but it takes three to tangoSamsung will be handing out Olympic phones to athletes at the 2012 Olympics and Visa will be taking NFC payments from them, but the pair will still need an operator to make it work.… |
| Stock-trading teen hacker jailed again over 2nd scam Posted: 01 Apr 2011 03:13 AM PDT Back inside for $100k swindle attemptA hacker jailed at 19 for a stock-trading scam has been jailed for three years over a new fraud, this time involving attempts to swindle a currency exchange out of $100,000.… |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2011 03:01 AM PDT Honeycomb hybrid with docking done right?Hands On Asus has been showcasing its Eee Pad Transformer Android 3.0 tablet this week, Transformer being the word the company uses to highlight this 10.1in, 1280 x 800 tablet's hybrid design that will turn it into a netbook in the click of a dock.… |
| Mobile operators ditch Tube plans Posted: 01 Apr 2011 03:00 AM PDT Sing hosanna!London tube travellers have been saved from the menace of mobiles on the underground, as plans to extend mobile phone coverage onto trains have been canned.… Free Webcast: The workload challenge - Integrating the mainframe into today's IT |
| Labour MP says police should clamp down on online incitement Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:42 AM PDT Shadow Treasury Minister David Hanson has tips for TheresaPolice need to clamp down not just on violent protesters, but also on the twits – and any other social networkers – who encourage them online.… |
| Official: PS3 has more fanboys than the Xbox 360 does Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:32 AM PDT Installed bases comparedThere are now more Playstation 3s out there than Xbox 360s, it has been claimed.… |
| Seagate triples up heads/platter ratio Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:08 AM PDT Determined to break out of HDD I/O trapIn a final attempt to break out of the I/O density gap crippling hard disk drive I/O, Seagate is introducing drives with three heads per platter that will dramatically cut latency and seek times.… |
| Prevention is better than cure Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:15 AM PDT Ensuring IT services stay fit and healthy with proactive monitoringWebcast Delivering a service is dependent on getting networks, storage, servers, operating systems, middleware and applications to work together to agreed levels. But we know how difficult it is to keep these complex chains running reliably; and problems gets more acute as we throw virtualisation in to the mix.… |
| <i>The X-Factor</i> goes virtually mobile, expands voting Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:00 AM PDT We're not just a TV show nowThe X Factor, staple of end-of-year TV viewing, is set to launch its own MVNO with a branded handset providing discounted voting and access to exclusive X Factor content.… |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:00 AM PDT An overview of VideoscapeRegardless of your feelings toward Cisco – whether you've been absorbed into the Borg or are preserving your precarious freedom on the outside – the company's CTO in Australia, Kevin Bloch, at least offers that rare combination of enviable technical competence and media-accessibility.… Free Webcast: The workload challenge - Integrating the mainframe into today's IT |
| <strong>[NSFW]</strong> W**k-O-Meter Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:00 AM PDT Onan the BarbarianNSFW App of the Week If you're going to do something, do it properly. A fine creed, and just as applicable to playing the pink oboe as any other worthwhile hobby.… |
| Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:00 PM PDT Ready for Mother's Day, lads?Product Round-up Yes, Sunday, 3 April is Mother's Day, a celebration of matters maternal that stretches back to pre-Christian Roman times, but one no son - or partner whose significant other has offspring - dare ignore.… |
| Ubuntu's high-risk Linux Narwhal beta floats Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:43 PM PDT Multi-touch or bust?Canonical's short march towards multi-touch success (or its slow slide in to oblivion) is a step closer to completion. On Thursday, it released the Ubuntu 11.04 beta.… |
| HP taps Google's print server in the sky Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:00 PM PDT Print jobs via interwebsHP has announced that its ePrint printers are the first to support Google Cloud Print, a service that lets print via the interwebs.… |
| FSF to Google: Free Gmail's JavaScript now! Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:37 PM PDT Enslaved browser code sullies world's machinesThe Free Software Foundation has called on Google to release Gmail's JavaScript code under a free software license, continuing its crusade to ensure that all "nonfree" software is eradicated from the world's computers.… |
| Windows Home Server 2011 signed off Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:10 PM PDT Will hit shops later this yearMicrosoft has announced that Windows Home Server 2011 has been signed off for release.… Free Webcast: The workload challenge - Integrating the mainframe into today's IT |
| Oz network hits serious speed bump Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:45 PM PDT Supplier prices too high, negotiations haltedWhile the political battles have occupied centre-stage, Australia's National Broadband Network has hit its first real-world speed-bump, with reports in Australia that it has halted negotiations over key civil works tenders.… |
| Mobiles really <i>do</i> fry your brains: JAMA Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:44 PM PDT Don't yet know by how muchIn the latest mobile health scare to hit the Interwebs, the Journal of the American Medical Association is reporting measurements of mobile use on brain chemistry.… |
| Apple patent eyes Mac OS X tablet Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:21 PM PDT Or multiple workspace iOS. Take your pickA patent application published on Thursday reveals how far Apple has progressed on melding iOS's multi-touch interface with Mac OS X, and hints that the Mac operating system's multiple-workspace feature, Spaces, may find its way onto the iPad.… |
| APN hits regional Oz with group buying Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:19 PM PDT Cheap waxing in the back of BourkeMedia group APN is the latest old-media player to embrace the group buying phenomenon, increasing its stake in New Zealand based group buying site, GrabOne, from 50 percent to 75 percent.… |
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