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Triumph in Geneva! LHC beams up and running again
Dimensional portal invasion back on track There were emotional scenes last night at the headquarters of underground international atom-smasher science alliance CERN, as joyful boffins celebrated the successful restarting of the Large Hadron ...
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TomTom Start satnav for newbies
And map lovers, apparently... Review TomTom's Start is essentially the satnav specialist's new low-end model. Rather than say so, though, it's not pitching the product on price but for its simplicity. It's a device designed to get you from A to ...
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Channel 4 raises Bing word-extinction alarm
UK TV channel forecasts end of language Roll over Wittgenstein, Channel 4 has a bold claim to make, thanks to New Media guru Benjamin Cohen. It's trumpeted in what must be the weirdest press release we've received in years - or at least since the ...
SQL Server 2008 - from semi-relational to sublime
Inside Microsoft's R2 preview Review SQL Server 2008 R2 is a step closer to reality.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
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Blogger outs back-end Google tech
'Super elastic, soft, smooth. Highly absorbent, for you always!' A Vietnamese blogger has alerted the world to another Google product.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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FDA takes aim at illegal net pharmacies
Please don't feed the spammers The US Food and Drug Administration said it has completed a sweep of illegal online pharmacies that targeted 136 websites that appeared to be illegally selling drugs to American consumers.… Web threats: Why ...
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Oman cuffs 212 for selling VoIP calls
Net phones verboten This year, police in the Arab nation of Oman have raided 121 internet cafes throughout the country and arrested 212 people for providing VoIP services, according to a local report.… The power of collaboration within unified ...
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IBM chase HP (and Sun) with tiny mem prices
AIX pipeline lubrication In an effort to boost the amount of money that IBM is getting from competitive takeouts of Unix systems from Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems, Big Blue has taken a sharp machete to the memory prices on its Power ...
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Hackers free Snow Leopard from Jobsian cage
Apple Atomness restored Snow Leopard users are once again free to run the Apple operating system on hardware with Atom processors, courtesy of hackers in Russia.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
MySpace makes peace with Indies
Merlin deal at last MySpace Music has settled with one of its fiercest critics, Merlin, settling a 14-month standoff. MySpace - the social networking sensation of 2005 - launched a music portal in September last year, but only with the four major ...
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Nvidia previews next-gen Fermi GPUs
The supermodels of HPC: hot, and worth it SC09 Graphics chip maker and soon-to-be big-time HPC player Nvidia raised the curtain a little higher on its next-generation of graphics co-processors at the SC09 supercomputing trade show in Portland, ...
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Potty-mouths charged for Comcast hijack
Destination '69 dick tard lane' The potty-mouthed hackers who hijacked Comcast's domain name for several hours last year were charged with intentionally damaging a protected computer system.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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Microsoft Silverlight - now with hidden Windows bias
So much for cross-platform PDC Silverlight 4.0 was the big hit at Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference (PDC) this week. "I can see that Silverlight is the future of Windows client development" one attendee told me.… Web threats: Why ...
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Apple cult leader emails outside world
11 words from the Messiah's Jesus phone Apple cult leader Steve Jobs has communicated with the outside world.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
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Sony demos monster 3D TV
280in 'wall' made from 70 28in sets What better way to prove your commitment to the 3D TV market than showing off a big , massive whopping 280in 3D-capable TV? That seems to Sony’s opinion, anyway.…
Wrecking CRU: hackers cause massive climate data breach
Secretive scientists' source code goes walkabout The University of East Anglia has confirmed that a data breach has put a large quantity of emails and other documents from staff at its Climate Research Unit online. CRU is one of the three leading ...
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Skinny Acer notebook delivers six-day battery life
Just ask Windows 7 Acer appears to have found a solution to notebook users' battery life woes. Its Aspire Timeline 1810TZ apparently delivers a 10x improvement in runtime when compared to other thin'n'light laptops equipped with six-cell ...
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VTOL gyro-copter flying car mates with killer robot
Droid jump-choppers to be offered to military A flying-car company which has struggled for 15 years to win acceptance for its radical gyrocopter/aeroplane technology may have finally broken through into the mainstream. It was announced this week ...
Oracle begs EC for more time
Commission extends deadline The European Competition Commission is extending the deadline set for Oracle to provide evidence that its proposed takeover of Sun Microsystems will not damage competition for European consumers.… The power of ...
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QinetiQ mail virus patent attracts barbs
Looks a bit familiar An anti-virus expert has poured cold water on a patent from British technology firm QinetiQ that supposedly offers a new technique for tackling malicious email attachments.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
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Lawyers pursue banned Xbox Live gamers
Anti-Microsoft class action in the offing? Are you an Xbox 360 owner recently banned from Xbox Live? Has the ban left you feeling short changed? Perhaps you’ve experienced other console problems as a result of the ban? If you can answer 'yes' to ...
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Nokia swings axe again
Suffers from arrested development Nokia is streamlining again, this time to the tune of 230 employees in Finland and another 100 in Copenhagen.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
ISPA slams Mandy's copyright land grab
Someone tell Lord Sith about encryption Claims from minister Stephen Timms this morning that the Digital Economy Bill has widespread support have been thrown into question, after the Internet Service Providers Association insisted it is strongly ...
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Asus intros netbook with desktop CPU
Category killer? Asus has once again extended it Eee PC netbook range, this time with a machine that not only includes Nvidia's Ion graphics but also a dual-core Atom processor - a desktop chip, to be precise.…
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Yank objects to <em>Reg</em> cherry-popping headline
'Find another line of work, like as a Hooters waitress' Vulture Central's Kelly Fiveash has until now kept a pretty low profile, avoiding the kind of flak which regularly peppers our inboxes as indignant readers vent their spleen and propel steam ...
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The pros and cons of business application packages
It's all about horses for courses Poll Results Whether to build or buy, that is the question? Well, it is for many when it comes to business applications. It's a topic on which we asked for your feedback as part of our latest workshop, and over ...
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Ballmer waxes lyrical about Windows 7 double bubble sales
Shy about numbers, mind Microsoft’s shouty boss Steve Ballmer made a few big noises about Windows 7 sales yesterday, by declaring it was jumping off retail shelves at twice the level of its unloved Vista operating system.…
MS denies Win 7 backdoor rumours
Oooh, spooky! Microsoft has once again denied rumours that it built a backdoor into Windows 7.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
Vampires not good role models for Catholics, declares Vatican
Deplores use of 'extremes' to make a point The Vatican has come out against vampirical toothy teen book'n'movie series Twilight , dismissing the epic girl loves vampire, girl loses vampire, girl becomes vampire cycle as a "deviant moral vacuum".… ...
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Ricoh CX2 super-zoom compact camera
Clever capture modes, but what about the video? Review It doesn’t seem five minutes since we looked at the CX1 – well, back in April actually – so it’s quite surprise to find that Ricoh has already launched its successor, the CX2. Again, this ...
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Riverbed going virtually into public cloud
Virtual Steelhead speeds iSCSI WAN traffic WAN optimiser Riverbed has announced virtual Steelhead for the cloud and a way to speed up iSCSI data traffic.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
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LHC dimensional apocalypse from midnight: Your thoughts
Aliens, gov planetbuster boffins, many others write in Well, this is it. In the early hours of tomorrow morning, scientists at the controls of titanic machines situated in mighty hollowed-out caverns and tunnels deep beneath Switzerland will begin ...
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US immigration dodge is permanent
Global Entry forever Janet Napolitano, boss of US Homeland Security, is making the Global Entry system - a quicker way through customs and border control - permanent.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
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Amazon punters go mad for 'Laptop Steering Wheel Desk'
'A total lifesaver', enthuses satisfied customer Amazon customers have gone absolutely mad for the AutoExec WM-01 Wheelmate Steering Wheel Desk Tray , which "attaches to your steering wheel for easy access to a writing and drink storage surface".… ...
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Ubuntu in truffle shuffle with Chrome OS
'Sloth love Chunk' Ubuntu’s commercial sponsor Canonical revealed late yesterday that it has been working with Google on its Chrome OS platform since before Mountain View announced its game-changing plans in July this year.… Case Study: WhatsUp ...
Taiwanese sex scammer's net double is NYC model
'Shocked' Richie Kul expresses dismay to El Reg The news this week that a 55-year-old bald and "physically unattractive" Taiwanese man had posed online as a "youthful male model" to convince up to 20 women to have sex with his ailing father - ...
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Where is server virtualisation taking us?
Crossing the virtual chasm Lab No, no, not the v word...! There are few topics that have garnered as much interest recently as virtualisation. And that’s not just coming from us – the level of feedback we get on this is head and shoulders above ...
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Mandelson to get Nominet reform powers
Just in case Ministers have revealed new legislation that will allow the government to take over and reform Nominet, following a boardroom battle over the .uk registry's future.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Humax Freeview HD set-top box to debut 'early 2010'
Ahead of the rest? Just days after Register Hardware was told by telly chiefs that no Freeview HD kit will be available in the UK ahead of the service’s switch-on next month, manufacturer Humax has announced the impending launch of its first ...
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MS discovers flaw in Google plug-in for IE
Google whacked Microsoft has helped discover a flaw in the Google Chome Frame plug-in for Internet Explorer users.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
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PS3 to go 3D in 2010, says Sony
Specs at the ready Sony has formally announced plans to bring true 3D gaming to the PlayStation 3.…
ACPO proposes new domestic violence database
Fears over unsubstantiated and malicious allegations The latest wheeze to emerge from ACPO and the Home Office is yet another new law and order database – this one including individuals who are unconvicted, but against whom there exist ...
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Asus serves up Windows 7 Home Server box
2TB of on-board storage - add more using eSata Asus has taken the wraps off a home server build out of an Atom processor and up to 2TB of internal storage.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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Filesharing laws to hit websites and newsgroups too
Mandelson to 'future-proof' P2P restrictions The government is planning to award itself powers to change copyright law almost at will, in expectation that new anti-peer-to-peer laws will drive infringement to other services such as Rapidshare and ...
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Database anonymity at risk, warns researcher
Prof Ohm resists data safety claims People might be more identifiable than previously thought from supposedly anonymised information contained in large databases, according to a technology law expert. New research recommends that privacy practices ...
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US forces developing 'miniature weapons' for killer robots
Phantom Works pocket missile ideal for 'suburban combat' US Air Force boffinry chiefs have decided to spend as much as $7m developing "miniature weapons" for use by killer robots in the Wars On Stuff.… The power of collaboration within unified ...
2pm GMT today: <em>El Reg</em> Unified Comms webcast
Feeding back the Reg readers survey Tune in from 2pm GMT today as El Reg's expert panel unveild the findings of our Unified Comms study and responds live Reg reader questions .… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
Datacentre black box recorder gets take-off cash
$9m series B funding round Axxana - the startup manufacturing the Phoenix RP black box data centre data recorder which can withstand a jumbo jet crash - has just received $9m in a funding round to help it take off.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps ...
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Auction's over for Skype
eBay rid of troublesome VoIP biz The saga of eBay's sale of Skype is over - Silver Lake, Joltid Limited and other partners are now the proud owners of the VoIP provider.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
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Server upgrade and disposal plans
Data protection 1, reuse strategy nil? Poll Results This week we asked you a number of questions around whether you have any immediate plans to change your server estates, who influences any such changes and how you dispose of your old kit. Your ...
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