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- Solution found for climate change: Nuclear war
- WebGL: Interwebs 3D tech emerges from puberty
- Apple cures iPad buyer's remorse
- WordPress comes under 'extremely large' web attack
- Can HPC methods yield 92% help desk satisfaction?
- Teradata snaps up Aster Data for $263m
- Second US 'secret space warplane' to launch tomorrow
- EU czar stomps into digital radio
- UK.gov closes door against foreign boners
- Introduction to data protection
- O2 boots up boobies blocker
- Sage Pay suffers 2nd day of downtime
- Hollywood eyes <i>Blade Runner</i> replicants
- Google insists it couldn't have been British. Excuse me?
- Ten... fantasy swords you wish you owned
- Firesheep hack catches out Mr Demi Moore
- Yanks outweigh Canucks: Official
- Novell paints Red Hat Linux manager green
- Cobalt-barrel machine guns could fire full auto Hollywood style
- Welsh battle killer shrimp invasion
- Julian Assange sets out bid to appeal extradition to Sweden
- Ford punts prang-prompted auto cops-calling kit
- Scientists crack spotless Sun mystery
- Sky News spun out as BSkyB takeover OK'd, more or less
- BT fibre-to-the-premises trial takes 7 hours per install
- Mario Sports Mix
- Teen cybercrime forum boss jailed
- 'Self-incriminators' may be forced to tell the court what they know
- WikiLeaks movie screen rights secured by DreamWorks
- Eurofighter Typhoon: It's EVEN WORSE than we thought
- Discovery 'nauts wrap second spacewalk
- Hungry boffins turn 3D printer into snack maker
- Surfing while driving – that's multitasking
- Wales calls on ICANN to unleash .cymru
- Nintendo readies iTunes-like app store for 3DS
- ICO evidence raises Freedoms Bill data worries
- Data centre orchestration
- Government flies kite for VAT changes
- Will Drobos support Thunderbolt?
- Privacy groups demand one commissioner to rule them all
- The Guardian 2.0.2
- iPhone to whup Sony PSP 2
- iPlayer Global iPad app price announced
- Intel outs 'Poulson' speeds and feeds
- iPad 2? Let's be kind and call it iPad 1.5
- RIM brushes off HP fondleslab innuendo
- New charge against alleged WikiLeaker carries death penalty
- Opera man muscles into Apple mobile ad kingdom
- Rogue AV pimps finally show love for alternative browsers
- IBM ex-boss tapped for convergence review
| Solution found for climate change: Nuclear war Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:01 PM PST Just a 'splendid little war' would doA solution has been found to those pesky climate change problems being caused by global warming: nuclear war.… |
| WebGL: Interwebs 3D tech emerges from puberty Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:02 PM PST Google. Mozilla. Opera. Apple. |
| Apple cures iPad buyer's remorse Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:12 AM PST This pill will work for 14 days. Maybe 30If you recently bought an iPad and you're feeling buyer's remorse after yesterday's introduction of the iPad 2, there's hope – and we've discovered that the amount of that hope varies depending upon where you live.… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| WordPress comes under 'extremely large' web attack Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:53 AM PST Resistance futileWordPress came under massive attack on Thursday, causing disruptions for many of the sites that rely on the webhosting platform to publish their content.… |
| Can HPC methods yield 92% help desk satisfaction? Posted: 03 Mar 2011 10:00 AM PST It's all about personal compatibilityYou know how when you call a help desk or customer service number they have that short 'this call may be recorded' message? Have you ever wondered what they do with the recordings?… |
| Teradata snaps up Aster Data for $263m Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:48 AM PST Big data analyticsData warehousing appliance maker Teradata has figured out that it needs a software business that it controls above and beyond its clustered parallel database. It has ponied up $263m to acquire Aster Data Systems, which has created tools for chewing on monstrous amounts of unstructured data.… |
| Second US 'secret space warplane' to launch tomorrow Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:34 AM PST They did tell one chap what it's for... had to kill him, obviouslyThe US Air Force is set to launch its second X-37B miniature unmanned spaceplane - the type famously dubbed a "secret space warplane" by the Iranian government - on Friday.… |
| EU czar stomps into digital radio Posted: 03 Mar 2011 08:30 AM PST Stone the KroesEurope's digital radio sector is a not a happy place, as consumers vote with their wallets. It isn't just a DAB thing, which is a uniquely British disaster: the appetite for digital radio is similarly depressed all over the continent. And this is not good enough for Neelie Kroes, Europe's unelected digital czar.… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| UK.gov closes door against foreign boners Posted: 03 Mar 2011 07:51 AM PST Still short of doctors, nurses and scientistsThe UK government has declared the country has quite enough boners, and has pulled up the drawbridge against any foreign boners wishing to immigrate.… |
| Introduction to data protection Posted: 03 Mar 2011 07:00 AM PST Backup to Tape, Disk and BeyondDeep dive El Reg has teamed up with the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) for a series of deep dive articles. Each month, the SNIA will deliver a comprehensive introduction to basic storage networking concepts. The first article explored data protection. This second one looks at building and operating a backup system.… |
| Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:59 AM PST A bit of the old opt-in-out for phone filthO2 has finally switched on its porn-blocker, much to the annoyance of customers who don't see why they should prove their age.… |
| Sage Pay suffers 2nd day of downtime Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:46 AM PST Blue sky for cloud serviceSage's online payment service SagePay is mainly not working for its 32,000 customers today, and it wasn't really working yesterday either.… |
| Hollywood eyes <i>Blade Runner</i> replicants Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:41 AM PST Prequel and sequel on the cardsFans of Blade Runner will certainly raise an eyebrow at the news that production outfit Alcon Entertainment is in "final negotiations" to acquire the prequel and sequel rights to the 1982 sci-fi classic.… |
| Google insists it couldn't have been British. Excuse me? Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:39 AM PST Some of my best friends are creators, says HargreavesHow curious. The Government's review into IP and growth may have been set up by mistake, or at least on a false premise. On announcing the review last November, Prime Minister David Cameron said something quite curious. Cameron explained that the review was a response to Google's concerns...… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| Ten... fantasy swords you wish you owned Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:08 AM PST A slice of the actionWeapon round-up At Reg Hardware, with the honorable exception of videogames, we tend to talk up tools that generally assist in everyday life. Today, though, we're going to break tradition altogether and run through some weaponry. Well, bladed replicas to be precise.… |
| Firesheep hack catches out Mr Demi Moore Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:04 AM PST aplusk minus for securityAshton Kutcher's Twitter profile was hacked on Wedesday to spout pro-SSL graffiti.… |
| Yanks outweigh Canucks: Official Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:37 AM PST US leads in obesity stakesIt's official: US adults have the edge in the heavyweight stakes over their Canadian counterparts, with the 2007-9 figures showing "the prevalence of obesity among adults in Canada is lower than it is in the United States".… |
| Novell paints Red Hat Linux manager green Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:30 AM PST SUSE Manager drives RHELThe quickest way to build a commercial Linux business is to clone whatever Red Hat does. That's what Oracle and CentOS do with their Enterprise Linux redistributions and accompanying paid-for support offerings, and it is now what Novell is doing with a "new" product called SUSE Manager.… |
| Cobalt-barrel machine guns could fire full auto Hollywood style Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:01 AM PST Movie/videogame spray-and-pray gunfights real at lastYou know in the movies, where people get hold of powerful automatic weapons - rifles or machine guns - and fire them on full automatic for ages?… |
| Welsh battle killer shrimp invasion Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:01 AM PST Caspian crustacean cows CardiffThe Welsh have taken to nets and catfood to battle a Caspian crustacean invasion that could have a "devastating impact on native species".… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| Julian Assange sets out bid to appeal extradition to Sweden Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:21 AM PST Life is so unfairLawyers representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lodged papers at the UK's High Court this morning, in an effort to appeal against his extradition to Sweden.… |
| Ford punts prang-prompted auto cops-calling kit Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:14 AM PST Sync tech talks to smartphones, speaks the local lingoFord has announced that, come 2012, European drivers will be able to opt for its all-singing, all-dancing vehicle connectivity suite, Sync.… |
| Scientists crack spotless Sun mystery Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:13 AM PST Temperamental conveyor belt to blame for deep solar minimumScientists reckon they've cracked the mystery as to why during 2008-2009, the Sun was completely devoid of sunspots for almost two years.… |
| Sky News spun out as BSkyB takeover OK'd, more or less Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:09 AM PST Rupe gets Hunt thumbs upNews Corporation's buyout of satellite payTV operator BSkyB has been accepted in principle by the Culture Secretary, following advice from UK regulators Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading. News Corp has agreed to spin out and fund the Sky News operation for 10 years.… |
| BT fibre-to-the-premises trial takes 7 hours per install Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:08 AM PST Fingers, blowers and splitters in Milton KeynesKnee deep in cable BT's new fibre optic upgrade is delivering better real world speeds than the company's old copper-based network when compared to advertised "up to" broadband rates, according to the latest figures from Ofcom.… |
| Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:00 AM PST Ball's upReview It's not hard to see why Nintendo added the third word to Mario Sports Mix. A mix it is, not only of four individual sports, but two games too: Wii Sports and Mario Kart Wii. Unfortunately, the whole is less than the sum of its parts.… |
| Teen cybercrime forum boss jailed Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:56 AM PST Five years for Ghostmarket mastermindA UK teenager who ran a prolific cybercrime forum from home has been jailed for five years.… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| 'Self-incriminators' may be forced to tell the court what they know Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:48 AM PST High Court extends ability to strip people of right not to self-incriminatePeople accused of misusing confidential commercial or technical information have lost the right to avoid self-incrimination in court cases, following a High Court ruling.… |
| WikiLeaks movie screen rights secured by DreamWorks Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:17 AM PST Julian Assange gets his 'phone home' momentA movie about the WikiLeaks drama looks set to get a sprinkling of stardust from Steven Spielberg, after the ET director reportedly secured the screen rights to a book chronicling the life of the whistleblower site's founder Julian Assange.… |
| Eurofighter Typhoon: It's EVEN WORSE than we thought Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:13 AM PST RAF gets just 107 jets – and new budget trainwreck loomsAnalysis Yesterday the UK National Audit Office published a detailed report on the current status of the infamous Eurofighter combat jet – nowadays officially known as Typhoon. We here on the Reg defence desk have always had a low opinion of the cripplingly expensive, marginally useful fighter: but even we were amazed by the new facts and figures. The Eurofighter, almost unbelievably, is turning out to be even worse value for money than we had thought.… |
| Discovery 'nauts wrap second spacewalk Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:01 AM PST ISS maintenance jobs done and dustedDiscovery mission specialists Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew yesterday wrapped the second STS-133 spacewalk, completing a series of maintenance tasks on the International Space Station.… |
| Hungry boffins turn 3D printer into snack maker Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:01 AM PST From Little Chef to Robo Chef?When it comes to exquisite cuisine, who said you need pots and pans? Maybe soon we'll use computers and printers to fix up meals.… |
| Surfing while driving – that's multitasking Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:59 AM PST If you can read this you should be looking at the roadOne in five Americans with a smartphone admits to using the internet while driving, with social networking ranking as one of the most popular distractions that's taking eyes off the road.… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| Wales calls on ICANN to unleash .cymru Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:50 AM PST .cym on nowWelsh deputy first minister Ieuan Wyn Jones has complained about delays to ICANN's new generic top-level domains programme, which are holding up a plan to offer citizens ".cymru" domain names.… |
| Nintendo readies iTunes-like app store for 3DS Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:37 AM PST Update to bring web browsing tooNintendo is to bring an iTunes-style app store to the Nintendo 3DS.… |
| ICO evidence raises Freedoms Bill data worries Posted: 03 Mar 2011 02:11 AM PST Where are the weak spots?The Information Commissioner (ICO) has just published a critique of the Home Office's Freedoms Bill, which is being sold to the public as reining in New Labour's surveillance state.… |
| Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:54 AM PST Marching to the beat of the businessWebcast Data centre managers today need to get IT marching to the beat of the business and that means finely tuning the solutions and services they offer to get everything in step.… |
| Government flies kite for VAT changes Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:37 AM PST Tears for Tesco as Channel Islands tax holiday officially OVERThe Coalition Government seems to be serious about changing VAT rules which currently allow big retailers to dispatch items via the Channel Islands in order to avoid paying the tax.… |
| Will Drobos support Thunderbolt? Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:01 AM PST Data Robotics chief breaks into songWill Data Robotics Drobo storage support Intel's Thunderbolt USB 3.0 and FireWire 800 replacement technology?… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| Privacy groups demand one commissioner to rule them all Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:30 PM PST How many privacy commishes do we really need?The UK needs a single privacy commissioner, and not the tangle of officials it is creating to police the area, an alliance of pressure groups claimed yesterday.… |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:00 PM PST Smart news app gets pricier... but better tooiOS App of the Week Version 2.0 of The Guardian newspaper's app came out recently, but I held off downloading it at first because it now requires a subscription rather than being completely free.… |
| Posted: 02 Mar 2011 10:00 PM PST Casual gamers won't turn out for portable console, says publisherThe head of a casual gaming giant reckons Sony's upcoming NGP - aka the 'PSP 2' - will be "dead on arrival" and claims it will never match up to the might of iOS.… |
| iPlayer Global iPad app price announced Posted: 02 Mar 2011 08:07 PM PST Be proud of the BBC for ten dollars a monthThe BBC's director general Mark Thompson has told a London conference that the broadcaster's global iPlayer will soon be available to users outside the UK for a US$10 per month subscription.… |
| Intel outs 'Poulson' speeds and feeds Posted: 02 Mar 2011 08:00 PM PST Yes, more chip porn!ISSCC Intel has released some additional about its future eight-core "Poulson" Itanium processors.… |
| iPad 2? Let's be kind and call it iPad 1.5 Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:52 PM PST Mr Jobs, your 'all-new design' isn'tAnalysis When introducing the iPad 2 on Wednesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs referred to it as an "all-new design." That assertion could kindly be called debatable.… |
| RIM brushes off HP fondleslab innuendo Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:44 PM PST When marketing monkeys attackYou might be sick of the pundits falling all over themselves to pour love on the iPad. You may be sick of the Apple fondleslab. But at least you can recognize one when you see one.… Reg Guide to the challenges of Virtualization - Free Download! |
| New charge against alleged WikiLeaker carries death penalty Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:36 PM PST Bradley Manning accused of aiding the enemyThe US Army has filed 22 additional charges against accused WikiLeaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning, including one that carries a potential death sentence.… |
| Opera man muscles into Apple mobile ad kingdom Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:40 PM PST Ex-Apple 'Pink' engineer takes fight to GoogleWhen Apple launched its iAd platform, says Mahi de Silva, it barred all third-party advertising services from accessing the platform's mobile ad network. That included de Silva's own AdMarvel, the mobile-ad exchange owned by browser-maker Opera Software. But according to the AdMarvel CEO, multiple big-name publishers told Apple they wouldn't use iAds unless the company backed down and allowed for integration with AdMarvel. And apparently, Apple complied.… |
| Rogue AV pimps finally show love for alternative browsers Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:50 PM PST Ruse spoofs Firefox, Chrome, SafariFor years, ads pimping malware disguised as legitimate antivirus programs have gone to great lengths to mimic the look and feel of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser and Windows operating system. Now Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple Safari are getting the same treatment.… |
| IBM ex-boss tapped for convergence review Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:48 PM PST Nobody ever got sacked for thatFormer IBM Australia managing director Glen Boreham will chair the "Convergence Review" into Oz media regulation.… |
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