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• February 05, 2010
• 20:55

  Oracle signals change of tone about cloud

   » ‎ CNET News.com
  Even as Oracle kills off the critically acclaimed Sun cloud offering, it prepares a PR blitz to proclaim its cloud strategy: the software arms dealer to the cloud-computing stars.

• 19:56

  OpenSUSE 11.3 hits milestone numero uno

   » ‎ The Register
  LXDE debuts for small, cheap screens

  The openSUSE Project has reached its first milestone for the upcoming 11.3 release, due in July.…

  The power of collaboration within unified communications

• 19:34

  Google helps envision the future of the Bay Bridge

   » ‎ CNET News.com
  In a partnership between Google and the California Department of Transportation, Google Earth users can get a live representation of construction progress on the Bay Bridge.

• 18:36

  Shuttle Endeavour 'go' for Sunday blastoff

   » ‎ The Register
  Tranquility and tweets

  NASA's space shuttle Endeavour is ready for a pre-dawn launch this Sunday, carrying a new room and seven-window observation dome to the International Space Station.…

  Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

• 18:13

  On the word blacklist: Olympics, Super Bowl, CES

   » ‎ CNET News.com
  When intellectual-property restrictions run amok: why I'd prefer we didn't even have to cover "the big game," the "global athletic competition," and the "trade show for electronic consumer goods."
• 17:35

  Add-ons in Firefox's first mobile browser

   » ‎ CNET News.com
  We give you a video tour of Firefox 1.0--first seen on Nokia--and talk mobile add-ons.
• 17:23

  Tech makes Olympic-size jump in Vancouver

   » ‎ CNET News.com
  roundup At what some have dubbed the first Twitter Games, CNET looks at the many ways tech is changing the world's largest sporting event.
• 17:04

  What kind of virus has Fiorina's ad spread?

   » ‎ CNET News.com
  Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's attempt to become a California senator is thrust into the spotlight by a trippy video that has gone viral. But is any kind of viral good viral?

• 17:04

  Canonical scoops Alfresco man for operations

   » ‎ The Register
  Ubuntu execution

  Open-source evangelist and überblogger Matt Asay has been named as chief operating officer of Canonical, Ubuntu's commercial sponsor.…

  What is your recession sales strategy?

• 16:48

  Google's Nexus One sales still sluggish

   » ‎ The Register
  But that's just fine with Mountain View

  As Google's Nexus One smartphone celebrates its one-month birthday, word comes that Mountain View has sold a mere 80,000 of the devices.…

  Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

• 16:31

  Mozilla yanks infected add-ons, warns users

   » ‎ CNET News.com
  Two Firefox add-ons, Sothink Web Video Downloader 4.0 and all versions of Master Filer, were found to contain Trojan horse code aimed at Windows users.

• 16:21

  Microsoft banner ads vanish from Facebook

   » ‎ The Register
  Search only for social network sugardaddy

  Microsoft will no longer handle display ads on Facebook, as the companies rejiggered the advertising pact they announced in 2007 when Redmond stuffed $240m into the social-networking site.…

  Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

• 16:18

  City supe slaps bank for account compromise

   » ‎ The Register
  $378,000 Ukraine transfer

  A supervisor for the town of Poughkeepsie, New York lashed out at a local bank after someone siphoned $378,000 out of municipal coffers and transferred it to Ukraine.…

  The power of collaboration within unified communications

• 15:58

  Toyota sued for fatal crash linked to throttle

   » ‎ CNET News.com
  A California lawsuit alleges that a fatal crash in which a Camry accelerated out of control was caused by faulty electronics. The issue is separate from mechanical accelerator pedal problems cited in Toyota's recall.
• 15:45

  Olympics to athletes: Go ahead and tweet

   » ‎ CNET News.com
  Amid some confusion over guidelines, the International Olympic Committee reiterates that competitors are free to blog about their personal experiences at the games.

• 15:40

  Cisco preps data center interconnect

   » ‎ The Register
  Switch upgrade for workload shifting

  Cisco is reportedly prepping a software upgrade for its flagship Nexus 7000 switches designed to ease the movement of loads and virtual machines across multiple data centers.…

  What is your recession sales strategy?

• 15:38

  FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited

   » ‎ News items | ZDNet
  The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years. by Declan McCullagh CNET News

• 15:26

  More social, please: Facebook nixes banner ads

   » ‎ CNET News.com
  Not only will Microsoft no longer serve Facebook's banner ads, the social network is shifting away from them altogether. Plus: Will Facebook hire a high-profile sales exec now?
• 14:51

  The mystery of the disappearing Zune music

   » ‎ CNET News.com
  Dozens of popular artists have disappeared from the Zune Marketplace, which means that Zune Pass subscribers can no longer play those recordings.
• 14:41

  Tweet from multiple accounts with Seesmic for Android

   » ‎ CNET News.com
  Among changes to the free Twitter app Seesmic is the capability to manage more that one account.

• 14:30

  Big Blue demos 100GHz chip

   » ‎ The Register
  One atom thin

  IBM reseachers have made a breakthrough in the development of ultra-high-speed transistor design, creating a 100GHz graphene-based wafer-scale device. And that's just for starters.…

  Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

• 14:19

  Sony still losing on every PlayStation 3 it sells

   » ‎ CNET News.com
  But the company says it will cut the console's production costs by 15 percent in the next fiscal year, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

• 13:09

  Mozilla overlooked malware-laced Firefox add-ons

   » ‎ The Register
  Feels like the first time. But it's not

  Two Firefox add-ons available for months on Mozilla's website infected users with malware that stole passwords and opened a backdoor on Windows machines, the open-source browser maker has confirmed.…

  Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

• 12:29

  Vodafone Twitterer takes aim at some beaver

   » ‎ The Register
  Tells world he needs something for the weekend

  Vodafone had a burst of Friday-afternoon fever with a tweet informing the world that its weekend plans involved purely heterosexual attractions.…

  The power of collaboration within unified communications

• 12:23

  Climategate witchhunt fingers scientist

   » ‎ The Register
  Police quiz tests the faith

  Police have questioned a scientist at the University of East Anglia in connection with the leak of emails from the University's Climatic Research Unit.…

  Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

• 12:14

  BAE cops to arms-deal violation, pays $400m US fine

   » ‎ The Register
  Also £30m in UK over shady Tanzanian radar deal

  UK-headquartered but nowadays US-centred arms globocorp BAE Systems has confessed to corporate wrongdoing and will pay hefty fines on both sides of the Atlantic.…

  Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

• 11:30

  Sci-fi and fantasy authors wade into Amazon spat

   » ‎ The Register
  Blasters and enchanted swords at the ready

  The writers' group Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America has cut links to Amazon after the retailer removed, and then reinstated, titles from Macmillan publishing.…

  Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

• 11:20

  Lotus Symphony 3 beta goes OOo

   » ‎ The Register
  IBM clambers onto Microsoft, Google coattails

  IBM flung out a second beta of Lotus Symphony 3 yesterday, that brings the free productivity suite closer to Microsoft Office.…

  The power of collaboration within unified communications

• 11:19

  Nokia C6: is the 'C' for Centro?

   » ‎ The Register
  New Nokia resembles old Palm

  The removal of the Palm Centro from the company's prime website can't have come too soon for Nokia.…

  The power of collaboration within unified communications

• 10:56

  Europe moves to curtail US data snooping rights

   » ‎ The Register
  Free access to financial data may end

  The European Commission has opened a public consultation on whether the US government should continue to get free access to European bank and financial data under the SWIFT agreement.…

  Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

• 10:53

  European Commission pays IDC to take a hard look at HPC

   » ‎ The Register
  Acorn RISC United

  The European Commission has commissioned IT market researchers and analysts at IDC to work with some of the top European supercomputing labs to rationalize and coordinate the efforts to push into petascale and exascale computing within Europe.…

  Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

• 10:24

  US economy sheds 20,000 jobs in January

   » ‎ The Register
  IT-related companies cut staff

  Through the magic of a large number of Americans giving up on finding a job and removing themselves from the official calculations, the unemployment rate in the United States dropped by three-tenths of a per cent to 9.7 per cent, even as the economy shed 20,000 jobs in January.…

  The power of collaboration within unified communications

• 10:10

  Tweets are free on 3

   » ‎ The Register
  Gossip, gratis

  Mobile network 3 has said its customers can Tweet for free for the rest of the month and March too.…

  Offloading malware protection to the cloud

• 10:02

  Carly Fiorina unleashes 'demon sheep'

   » ‎ The Register
  US Senate bid becoming 'increasingly bizarre'

  Former HP supremo Carly Fiorina is not sparing the horses in her bid to become Republican senator for California. Or rather, she's not sparing the sheep, as this subtle attack on rival Tom Campbell proves:…

  What is your recession sales strategy?

• 9:56

  Sony to revamp movie classics for 3D era

   » ‎ The Register
  Citizen Kane cubed?

  Sony is planning to take old movies, convert them into 3D and bung them out on Blu-ray Disc, all in a bid to boost consumer interest in 3D TV technology.…

  Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

• 9:43

  3G networks appeal for power boost

   » ‎ The Register
  Turning it up to eleven

  Ofcom is considering allowing UK's mobile operators to quadruple the power of their 3G transmissions, to improve coverage and maybe roast a few more brain cells.…

  Offloading malware protection to the cloud

• 9:10

  US gov's emptying of vast Texan helium-tank dome 'wrong'

   » ‎ The Register
  Vital for LHC, rockets, airships - and the entire IT biz

  A hefty sci/tech body has said that the USA's current policy of selling off its enormous reserves of helium gas - which it keeps stored in a gigantic subterranean dome reservoir in Texas - is all wrong. This is partly because the plan is cocking up the global helium market, and partly because helium is vital for many activities dear to the hearts of Reg readers.…

  Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

• 8:23

  Spooks scour gambling sites in terror finance probe

   » ‎ The Register
  Money laundering with a poker face

  The security services are running 23 ongoing investigations into the exploitation of gambling websites to finance terrorism.…

  The power of collaboration within unified communications

• 8:14

  Brits take iTablet moniker for 12in iPad rival

   » ‎ The Register
  Camera? Check. Multi-tasking? Check. Flash? Check

  Apple may have decided against the appellation 'iTablet' - one of the rumoured names for the product now known as the iPad - but that hasn't stopped UK computer supplier X2 claiming the name for its own.…

• 8:09

  Report: Apple paying refund on broken 27-inch iMacs

   » ‎ News items | ZDNet
  Gizmodo is reporting several readers who've been given a 15 percent cash refund for having to return a broken 27-inch iMac. by Erica Ogg

• 8:07

  Directgov kids' site apes explosive gay porn brand

   » ‎ The Register
  When Buster gonads Worlds collide

  Updated  The homepage of the children’s section of Directgov currently sports an unfortunate banner by the name of Buster’s World, which just so happens to be the name of a gay porn fetish site.…

  What is your recession sales strategy?

• 8:03

  LHC to run for longest continuous period

   » ‎ News items | ZDNet
  The Large Hadron Collider is about to enter its longest continuous operational period, in preparation for full-strength particle-smashing. by David Meyer ZDNet UK

• 8:01

  ZeuS tracker shrinks takedowns from days to minutes

   » ‎ The Register
  Search and destroy

  A site dedicated to tracking the infamous ZeuS botnet is celebrating its first birthday.…

  Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

• 7:58

  Four UK politicians charged for dodgy expenses

   » ‎ The Register
  Three MPs and a Lord

  The Crown Prosecution Service has informed the Metropolitan Police that it intends to charge four politicians with accounting offences after the investigation into the expenses scandal.…

  What is your recession sales strategy?

• 7:46

  Steve Jobs in secret NYT meet

   » ‎ The Register
  Cat in hat flashed iPad under the table

  Apple boss Steve Jobs had a secret meeting with New York Times' publisher Arthur Sulzberger and other executives to show off the iPad and explain what he thinks it means for publishing.…

  Offloading malware protection to the cloud

• 7:30

  Betting sites balance fraudster nab and customer loss

   » ‎ The Register
  Tricky job? You bet

  Online gambling sites are fighting ever-sharper fraudsters, forcing them to balance stricter anti-cheat measures against the risk of alienating some of their best customers.…

  Offloading malware protection to the cloud

• 7:29

  Microsoft to end Live support for old-school Xbox

   » ‎ The Register
  Promises big things for Xbox 360 owners instead

  Microsoft has announced it will soon no longer support the original Xbox console on its Live online service.…

  Offloading malware protection to the cloud

• 7:28

  Intel pours vPro sauce on latest Core chips

   » ‎ The Register
  Promises sysadmins remote viewing power

  Intel yesterday unveiled a raft of vPro products based on the Core designs it debuted last month, showing the oft overlooked business desktop market a rare bit of love.…

  Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

• 7:17

  Netbook shipments surge

   » ‎ The Register
  Industry-beating growth in 2009

  Last year was a good 12 months for netbook makers: together they shipped 30.2 million of the mini laptops.…

• 7:13

  Hubble peers closely at Pluto

   » ‎ The Register
  Pics reveal ice and molasses

  NASA has released "the most detailed and dramatic images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto", captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, which reveal an "icy, mottled, dark molasses-colored world":…

  Offloading malware protection to the cloud

• 7:06

  Oracle puts the squeeze on Sun channel

   » ‎ The Register
  'The right call'

  Comment  Oracle has come out with a firm message regarding Sun’s sales strategy: it will change.…

  Offloading malware protection to the cloud

• 7:02

  Fujifilm Finepix Real 3D W1

   » ‎ The Register
  First 3D compact digital camera

  Review  The world seems to have gone 3D crazy. Crowds are flocking to see the 3D movie Avatar; consumer electronics companies are promising 3DTVs and Blu-ray Disc players, and broadcasters, such as Sky, are set to launch 3DTV services. Fujifilm has also got in on the act with the Finepix Real 3D W1, a camera for the masses that captures that third dimension.…

• 7:02

  El Reg space bureau firms up PARIS kit list

   » ‎ The Register
  Paper plane project acquires gadgetry

  Our Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) programme is moving briskly along, and we've now put together an initial kit list for both the main payloads and Vulture 1 vehicle.…

  The power of collaboration within unified communications

• 7:01

  Stats boss slams Tory use of crime figures

   » ‎ The Register
  There's lies, then there's what you said

  The head of the UK Statistics Authority has slammed shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling for misleading use of crime figures.…

  Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

• 6:34

  MS hits Office 2010 upgrade program button prematurely

   » ‎ The Register
  Office 2007 purchasers to get free update from 5 March?

  Microsoft let slip details about its Office 2010 “technology guarantee” plan yesterday.…

  Offloading malware protection to the cloud

• 6:33

  Quantum superclock will be accurate past end of life on Earth

   » ‎ The Register
  Huge can of whup-ass opened on erratic caesium tech

  US government boffins say they have built a clock so precise that it will still be accurate to within one second when life on Earth has ceased.…

  Offloading malware protection to the cloud

• 6:19

  [NSFW] London Sperm Bank whips out its wedding tackle

   » ‎ The Register
  Comedy cock-up

  NSFW LogoWatch  It's Friday, so as we nip off to the nearest boozer for a few pre-weekend liveners, let's consider raising a hearty pint to the London Sperm Bank whose splendid logo was recently spotted by a Reg reader:…

  Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

• 6:18

  Nokia's free Ovi Maps scores a download every second

   » ‎ The Register
  Finnish firm continues 2010 mojo reclaimation

  Nokia is on a roll after its stagnant 2009, with strong quarterly results and rising smartphone share. Now it says its recent decision to make its Ovi Maps navigation service entirely free, in an aggressive shot at Google, has already been fully justified, with downloads hitting over 1.4m in just a couple of weeks.…

  Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

• 5:55

  Baker's dozen for bumper February MS Patch Tuesday

   » ‎ The Register
  Get them while they're hot

  Microsoft is planning a bumper patch Tuesday, with 13 bulletins that collectively fix 26 difference vulnerabilities.…

  The power of collaboration within unified communications

• 5:46

  Miranda Kerr backs Oz porn-surf banker

   » ‎ The Register
  Macquarie shows mercy following net campaign

  Internet users have over the last few days mobilised in support of the Oz banker caught copping an eyeful of shapely local lass MIranda Kerr during a live TV broadcast, amid speculation that Sydney's Macquarie Bank was poised to give him his marching orders:…

  What is your recession sales strategy?

• 5:18

  Air Marshal: RAF may not have to be disbanded

   » ‎ The Register
  It's 'plausible' that slug-balancers will be kept

  Yesterday, reporting on the Ministry of Defence green paper issued this week, we referenced a news item in which the UK's top serviceman, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, reportedly said it was "plausible" that Britain might in future have just two armed services rather than three.…

  Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

• 4:59

  Bruce Almighty drives Coraid AoE plan after $10m investment

   » ‎ The Register
  Ten-year startup gets VC funding jolt

  Comment  Meet Coraid. This ten year-old startup has got its first venture capital funding and a new CEO who wants us all to understand that its AoE storage protocol is just terrific.…

  Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

• 4:25

  Apple offers hush money for dodgy iMacs

   » ‎ The Register
  Happy now?

  Apple is offering cash payments to customers still having grief with their 27-inch iMacs, which have been plagued with various screen problems.…

  What is your recession sales strategy?

• 4:02

  Inside Microsoft's innovation crisis

   » ‎ The Register
  Ideas not a problem

  The debate on how Microsoft is losing its innovative edge is as perennial and comfortable as how the summers were warmer and drier when you were growing up.…

  The power of collaboration within unified communications

• 3:02

  Apple bans geo loco ads on iPhone, iPad*

   » ‎ The Register
  * - may exclude Apple ads

  Apple has warned developers that they can't use location-based services such as the Core Location framework to deliver ads to iPhone, iPod touch, and - come March - iPad owners based on where they are.…

  What is your recession sales strategy?