Report huffs at privacy safeguards and trade rules

A US software industry report has warned that certain countries are threatening the future of cloud computing with regulations and policies that stifle the fluffy atmosphere.…

2/22/2012 11:32:07 AM

Performance grumbles

The Indian Government is seeking extra manufacturers for the Aakash, the $35 Android tablet that launched in the sub-continent in 2011.…

2/22/2012 10:47:07 AM

Googorola patents complaint probe launched

Microsoft filed a formal antitrust complaint against Motorola Mobility this morning in Brussels, following the European Commission's decision to clear Google's takeover of the mobile biz earlier this month.…

2/22/2012 10:29:09 AM

'Sometimes a jammer goes by EVERY FEW DAYS'

Technical experts are once again predicting imminent doom caused by interference with Global Positioning System (GPS) sat-nav receivers. A nationwide UK network of detectors has reportedly discovered widespread employment of GPS jammer devices, and calls are being made for a harsh crackdown on users of such devices.…

2/22/2012 9:57:06 AM

What's good for the Chocolate Factory is good for us

Labour has chastised the Conservatives for digital economy policies - and is targeting what may be the Conservatives' closeness to Google.…

2/22/2012 9:38:05 AM

More than just a Jobsworth

Review While Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs was notable for the contribution, by way of hours of interviews, of the man himself, it could hardly be described as revelatory. The darker side of the way Apple was run by Jobs, for example, was glossed over. By contrast, Adam Lashinsky’s Inside Apple aims to get under the skin of the world’s sometime largest company.…

2/22/2012 9:13:55 AM

Slicing and dicing, virty tech, Symantec's sueball and more ...

Podcast This week Greg Knieriemen and trusty sidekick Ed Saipetch (@edasi) go virtual, chatting to special guest Steve Kaplan – Vice President Data Center Virtualization Practice at Presidio (@roidude) – about everything from Nix's rib-cracking antics to VMWare's push into the cloud.…

2/22/2012 9:07:11 AM

Firm exits market while mulling Yahoo! stake slurp

Shares in China's Alibaba.com jumped 43 per cent today when it announced it was going private.…

2/22/2012 8:46:11 AM

RIM's fondleslab needs all the love it can muster

The updated OS pushed out to PlayBooks yesterday can turn a BlackBerry handset into a remote control for Windows 7, or even Android, thanks to the wonders of Bluetooth.…

2/22/2012 8:29:04 AM

Here’s your project check list

Live event Our very own Tim Phillips is dragging some clever sorts from the industry and beyond into a studio to talk about building private clouds. They’re remit is ‘be helpful’ and to give us a, ‘check list for building a private cloud.’ We’re hoping by the time they're finished you'll have something of a weighty steer on what it takes to do a private cloud project.…

2/22/2012 8:00:10 AM

Solicitors' messages - another reason for an unlike button

Facebook messages will become a common way to serve court documents, reckons lawyer Jenni Jenkins, after a judge allowed a legal claim to be sent to a bloke via the social network.…

2/22/2012 7:43:03 AM

Metro and ARM threaten Vista-like compatibility badges

"Sticker shock" is a US phrase that denotes a shopper’s surprised and generally disgusted reaction upon discovering the true price of an item they’re buying.…

2/22/2012 7:23:08 AM

Reding wants court to check anti-counterfeiting treaty's small print

Europe's Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has asked the European Court of Justice to peruse the small print of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to ensure that it is "fully compatible" with fundamental rights.…

2/22/2012 7:01:08 AM

2012? Could be up, could be down

Logica said its 2012 revenues could go up or down as it turned in full year 2011 figures that showed a massive drop in profits.…

2/22/2012 6:39:09 AM

'World's thinnest' claim

Samsung's refreshed Series 9 laptop has been given a release date, with the compact notebook set to land on consumers' laps as early as next week.…

2/22/2012 6:32:38 AM

Android Trojans soar, Mac viruses fall off a cliff

The volume of malware samples detected by McAfee passed the 75 million milestone late last year, the Intel-owned security firm reported this week.…

2/22/2012 6:21:09 AM

High five core

Fujitsu aims to blow the roof off Mobile World Congress (MWC) next week when it formally launches its latest smartphone, which packs the five-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor - the best a man can get.…

2/22/2012 6:09:40 AM

Baffled ITC denies plotting internet land-grab

Foreign governments are lining up to wrest control of the internet from freedom-loving hippies, thunders FCC commissioner Robert McDowell in a call to arms in the Wall Street Journal.…

2/22/2012 6:03:10 AM

'Our craziest adventures yet,' promises Amy Pond

The BBC's spinners have worked themselves into a right state over the news that filming has kicked off on the seventh series of Doctor Who. Viewers are promised 14 "blockbuster-movie episodes" as Arthur Darvill and Karen Gillan embark on "their final, rollercoaster voyage" with Matt Smith's Time Lord.…

2/22/2012 5:42:10 AM

Flatulent fallen star farts supermassive-grade hurricane

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has caught a whiff of the fastest ever wind blowing from the gases around a stellar-mass black hole.…

2/22/2012 5:17:12 AM

Tech titan faces tablet knockout in dozens of China's cities

In a predictable move, Asian monitor minnow Proview has decided that it is in fact now ready to hold talks with Apple over the IPAD trademark dispute which threatens to throttle global supplies of Cupertino’s shiny fondleslab.…

2/22/2012 5:02:05 AM

Doesn't want to be lumped in with riffraff like Facebook, Google

Despite spending most of the past few years trying to make its services more social, Yahoo! is now claiming that it is definitely NOT a social network - and resents being lumped in with Google and Facebook to face charges in India of hosting “objectionable content” online.…

2/22/2012 4:41:05 AM

Battery top-up threatened metro station's power supply

Electricity thieves beware: if the battery charge in your phone or laptop is getting a little too low for comfort, don’t just stick your tech gear into the first available plug socket or you could find yourself in the back of a police van.…

2/22/2012 4:19:05 AM

What are the odds? Cambridge boffins work it out

Four-digit banking PINs are almost as insecure as website passwords, according to a study by Cambridge University computer scientists.…

2/22/2012 4:02:04 AM

Hey big spender, Birmingham

UK local authorities spent a total of £515m installing, operating and maintaining CCTV between 2007-11, according to the privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch.…

2/22/2012 3:32:02 AM

Media to blame for believing us reporting our forecasts

Analysis The Mystic Met has bewitched MPs who have recommended the forecasters are given the swanky new supercomputer they want.…

2/22/2012 3:02:11 AM

Now it's spoiling for a fight against Chinese rivals

MWC Ericsson, freed from Sony and getting in its retaliation first, used a Mobile World Congress pre-event briefing to set out its Far East battle plans - which included mobile wallet payments and buying billing biz Telcordia and carrier-cosy Wi-Fi company BelAir Networks.…

2/22/2012 2:26:05 AM

Questions after Microsoft slams Chocolate Factory on privacy

Microsoft has claimed that Google has been serving third-party cookies capable of tracking users' online behaviour even when those users have adjusted settings in the Internet Explorer browser to prevent it happening.…

2/22/2012 2:01:03 AM

Read the fine print

Review Mono laser printers still produce better black text than any inkjet. If you want clean, pin-sharp characters on the page and don’t print colour, buy a laser. If you have a limited budget, look for one at under £100. Here are 10 you should consider, which can print fast, don’t take up much room on the desk and are very easy to use and maintain. They produce waterproof, black print, as good as anything you can produce at home or in a small office.…

2/22/2012 1:00:05 AM

X-Force gear combs through 13 billion threats a day

IBM is beefing up its enterprise security offerings by creating a security platform that is aware of real-time virus information, meaning that the system will be much quicker at recognising new threats.…

2/21/2012 11:00:12 PM

Next on the hit list: DRAM

ISSCC Although some industry observers – as The Reg recently noted – say that flash memory is approaching a technical brick wall, the cofounder and former CEO and chairman of SanDisk sees things differently.…

2/21/2012 8:01:10 PM

No bean or cabbage recipes, please

NASA is looking for volunteers to prepare foods during a simulated Mars mission that will see six lucky people locked in close proximity for 120 days.…

2/21/2012 6:35:32 PM

Revenues up a bit, though

Despite growing sales in all six of its product categories and all four of its business units, and despite having an extra business week in the quarter, hardware supplier and software wannabe Dell was not able to pull the profits it expected down to the bottom line in its fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, which ended on February 3.…

2/21/2012 6:09:20 PM

Skyload.net gone, operators arrested

German-language news sites and blogs are reporting that file locker site Skyload.net has been shut down and its operators arrested.…

2/21/2012 5:34:42 PM

What the public funds, the public gets to use

While America seriously considers the insane Research Works Act (banning the open publication of publicly-funded research), Australia is moving in the other direction. Its National Health and Medical Research Council has announced that all funded research will be made available to the public starting July.…

2/21/2012 5:30:03 PM

Murdoch editor Andy Coulson fingered as key contact

A man accused of hacking into the computers of a former British Army intelligence officer on behalf of a News of the World editor has been named as Philip Campbell Smith, also a former British Army intelligence officer.…

2/21/2012 5:26:51 PM

Processing at a sprint to overcome tech limitations

It’s getting increasingly difficult to pack enough processing power into mobile phone form factors, so US researchers are proposing a new scheme: seriously over-spec the processors, but only use their power when it’s needed.…

2/21/2012 5:00:12 PM

'Inaccurate rumors and speculation,’ says Redmond

Microsoft has denied a report which claims to have photographic evidence that Redmond has developed a version of Office to run on the iPad.…

2/21/2012 4:31:47 PM

Need more legit content sharing options

ABC’s iView has emerged as the leading site for legal on demand video downloads, followed by iTunes, Foxtel and on demand BigPond TV, according to new research from Ericsson.…

2/21/2012 4:30:05 PM

NZ court hears 'new evidence', bails boss

Reports are emerging from the Land of the Long White Cloud that Kim Dotcom (formerly Kim Schmitz) has been sprung from prison after being granted bail.…

2/21/2012 4:20:30 PM

Queensland election campaign jumps the shark

Queensland’s apparently-outgoing premier Anna Bligh has launched an IT auction to replace the law-and-order auctions more familiar to voters in Australian state elections.…

2/21/2012 4:00:10 PM

SilverStripe open HQ in Victoria

New Zealand open source digital media company SilverStripe is ramping up its presence in Australia, selecting Victoria as its Australian headquarters and hiring 50 new staff.…

2/21/2012 3:30:07 PM

An elephant line from Hadoop to data warehouse

Teradata doesn't want to be an elephant, it wants to ride them.…

2/21/2012 2:25:03 PM

Not quite as many tools as Batman

ScaleXtreme, the upstart cloud-based systems management tool maker that is taking on heavyweights like IBM, CA, HP, and BMC, is adding patch management to its utility belt.…

2/21/2012 2:04:03 PM

Popular open source platform gets faster

The Apache Software Foundation has issued the first upgrade to its popular HTTP server platform in six years.…

2/21/2012 1:51:02 PM

Won't do much to satisfy Greenpeace though ...

Apple has dropped a few more details about its huge new data centre in Maiden, North Carolina in an update to its environmental policy published yesterday.…

2/21/2012 1:32:07 PM

Losing the way from A to B

Open ... and Shut For many startups, getting Series A funding isn't the problem. The problem is using that cash to clear the increasingly high hurdles investors are imposing on early stage startups for the Series B round.…

2/21/2012 12:32:07 PM

Primal fear

Analysis Flaws in the way some of EMC's RSA security division encryption keys are generated are down to a weakness in generating random numbers that's restricted to network devices rather than digital certificates on websites, according to both RSA and cryptographic researchers.…

2/21/2012 12:03:04 PM

Gleick cops to social-engineering of rightwing thinktank

A prominent climate scientist, well known for his outspoken condemnation of climate scepticism, has admitted that he was the individual who recently leaked internal documents from rightwing think tank the Heartland Institute. Peter Gleick said he obtained the documents by using "someone else's name" in "a serious lapse of my own and professional judgment and ethics".…

2/21/2012 11:27:06 AM

Canonical waves Google phones at Windows waverers

MWC Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop might be remembered as the Thomas Watson of our time, based on his remark you don't need quad-core processors for smartphones.…

2/21/2012 11:01:06 AM