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Is EMC looking away from STEC?

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:02:02 GMT

The silence is deafening

Comment Since STEC revealed that EMC had over-ordered back in November last year, the company has been waiting for EMC orders to get back on track. Will they?…

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Football U goes to 3Leaf for HPC

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:02:02 GMT

Hut one, hut two, MPI

Florida State University, like most state schools in the US with a storied (American) football program, also has a respectable comp sci department that is not afraid to spend a little cash on a new technology when it comes along. And that's how the Seminoles have ended up being one of the first customers of upstart server maker 3Leaf Systems.…

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Toshiba BDX2000 budget Blu-ray Disc player

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:02:02 GMT

The HD DVD company's first BD box

Review Toshiba is late to the Blu-ray party, having waited a decent interval after the death of HD-DVD. The BDX2000 - oh, how futuristic products used to seem, just by adding the millennium to their name - is its first offering. It’s a sleek unit, with a pull-down front panel that hides the disk tray, display, controls and an SD card slot.…

Lib Dem candidate admits to unnatural vice

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:02:02 GMT

She once supported Labour

The political blogosphere is getting itself all lathered up about the orientation of adult film producer and Lib Dem parliamentary hopeful, Anna Arrowsmith, aka Anna Span.…

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Programmer gets 4 years in TJX hack case

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:21:57 GMT

Dirty laundry delivered via FedEx

A former Barclays Bank programmer received 46 months in prison for helping TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez launder as much as $800,000, according to news reports.…

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ICANN delays decision on pornography domain

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:21:47 GMT

.xxx must wait. Yet again

ICANN has delayed its ruling on the proposed .xxx internet porn domain until this summer.…

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Netflix cancels recommendation contest over privacy

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:20:06 GMT

Not as anonymous as you think

Netflix has canceled a contest designed to improve its movie recommendation system out of concern it might compromise the privacy of its customers.…

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Trojan armed with hardware-based anti-piracy control

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:27:45 GMT

Zeus borrows page from Microsoft

The latest version of the Zeus do-it-yourself crimeware kit goes to great lengths to thwart would-be pirates by introducing a hardware-based product activation scheme similar to what's found in Microsoft Windows.…

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Ford preps anti-hacking tech for in-car WiFi

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:15:45 GMT

Sync My Ride

Ford is developing anti-hacking technology in a bid to make upcoming in-car WiFi systems resistant against drive-by downloads and other forms of computer security attacks.…

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Google Wave opens extensions gallery

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:45:24 GMT

Beefs 'robot' API

The Mountain View Chocolate Factory has unveiled an extensions gallery for Google Wave, the still-gestating browser-based app that crossbreeds email with IM and document sharing.…

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China warns Google over uncensored search threat

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:13:43 GMT

Stop filtering and 'you will bear the consequences'

China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology has warned Google that if it stops censoring search results in the country, it will "have to bear the consequences."…

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'Twitter gives voice to the voiceless' - eg the US President

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:50:26 GMT

Twitter sensation follows Chief Twit's amazing claims

Blabbertastic palmtop chunter-casting service Twitter* has received another massive hype injection from the BBC, which has published an interview - already causing a Twitter sensation - on how important Twitter is, given by Twitter's co-founder.…

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Giant flying pliers menace West Bromwich

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:35:59 GMT

Street View captures transdimensional DIY moment

We're obliged to all those readers who've sent us new Street View sightings gleaned from the pretty-well nationwide coverage now enjoyed by the UK, especially those involving surveillance feedback loops.…

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Doctor Who to materialise on Wii this Autumn

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:29:53 GMT

Geronimo!

The BBC's first Doctor Who game in years will be released in October and will be released for Nintendo's Wii, moles have claimed.…

Safari update cages numerous security bugs

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:11:32 GMT

Code inject and info flaws fixed

Apple published an update of its Safari browser on Thursday that plugs 16 security vulnerabilities.…

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Body of James Brown disappears from family tomb

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:25:42 GMT

The hardest working corpse in show business

Update: Other members of James Brown's family have now denied the his body has gone missing. This story has been updated to reflect this.…

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Virgin contractors grip up for more cuts

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:21:49 GMT

Another 15 per cent off

Virgin Media contractors earning more than £300 a day have been told to accept a 15 per cent cut in rates or leave the company.…

Female porn director turned pol grabs Kent by the ballots

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:12:41 GMT

Lib Dem wants X's in the box

Opinion The citizens of Tunbridge Wells may not have been disgusted, but a few will quite possibly have been spluttering into their cornflakes Friday morning at the news that a well-known director of adult films will be standing as a parliamentary candidate for a nearby Kent constituency.…

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Currys claims 3D TV 'first'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:02:48 GMT

'We're taking orders,' chirps retailer

DSG chain Currys was today keen to tell World+Dog that it not only has "the first 3D TV in the UK" at on of its biggest shops, but that it's the "only" chain taking orders.…

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Hedge fund suitor denies Novell asset sale rumors

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:00:14 GMT

Elliott wants it all - especially the cash

As the week was ending, rumors were swirling that the hedge fund suitor of Novell, Elliott Associates, which last week offered $1bn net of cash to take over the perennially struggling software maker, was going to start selling off its target's assets if it clinches a deal.…

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SSD tools crack passwords 100 times faster

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:42:41 GMT

Ultra brute force attack

Password-cracking tools optimised to work with SSDs have achieved speeds up to 100 times quicker than previously possible.…

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Info Commissioner pleads with Tories to jail data thieves

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:41:07 GMT

Third time lucky

The data protection watchdog has strongly urged an incoming Tory government to quickly bring in jail sentences for data thieves, after the current government reneged on the idea.…

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OCZ's low price Onyx SSD

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:39:19 GMT

Slips under $100 price point

OCZ has a sub-$100 SSD offered as a netbook, laptop and desktop hard drive replacement.…

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'Health and safety killjoys' kill cheese-rolling race

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:40:30 GMT

Traditional Gloucester hill stampede canned

In grim news for those who think it's a bit of a wheeze to chase an 8lb Double Gloucester cheese for 200 yards down a near-vertical hillside, the organisers of the Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake have announced that this year's event is cancelled.…

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Virtualisation and vendor support

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:36:39 GMT

What happens when you have a problem?

Lab You may be playing around with virtualisation on the edges of your IT environment or be well down the road to making it part of the furniture. But what happens when something goes wrong and it’s not immediately obvious what the problem is?…

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NZ internet filter goes live - gov forgets to tell public

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:09:39 GMT

The rise of the secret censor

New Zealand’s internet filtering system went live last month – but the government forgot to mention this to its electorate until its hand was forced by online freedom campaign, Tech Liberty.…

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GCHQ loses Top Secret laptops

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:58:23 GMT

And struggles to recruit net experts

It is the secretive heart of government information security, dispensing advice and setting standards throughout officialdom, but GCHQ's "cavalier" in-house policies have come under fire in a report revealing it lost 35 laptops.…

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IPCC Rainforest eco-tastrophe claim confirmed as bunk

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:47:18 GMT

Official UN website still shows it as fact, though

More bad news today for the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as another of its extravangant ecopocalypse predictions, sourced from green campaigners, has been confirmed as bunk by scientists.…

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Barclaycard and Orange plot NFC Christmas

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:32:25 GMT

But not saying how, or when

Barclaycard has let slip plans to deploy NFC-enabled mobile phones, along with Orange, before the end of 2010.…

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Microsoft offers SMEs cash to use Dynamics ERP software

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:26:41 GMT

Claims NetSuite not so

Microsoft has responded to NetSuite's recent reseller commissions sweetener by offering an MS Dynamics honey pot to customers of its ERP (enterprise resource planning) rival.…

Ofcom smears 3G across spectrum

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:13:09 GMT

900, 1800MHz approval in August

Ofcom has finally proposed the use of 3G technologies at 2G frequencies, slipping the amendment into a bundle of updates and tweaks that should get approval come August.…

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McAfee inadvertently speeds creation of Metaploit IE exploit pack

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:09:00 GMT

Unsanitised blog laid exploit hunt clues

A security researcher has credited McAfee for helping him to develop exploit code that cracks open an unpatched flaw in older versions of Internet Explorer.…

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Former model sues Universal over 'x-rated prop' outrage

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:51:35 GMT

Couples Retreat actor cracks one off to bikini-clad Russian

A Russian former model is suing Universal Pictures for allowing actor Jon Favreau to crack one off to a picture of her in a bikini in the film Couples Retreat.…

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AMD to pitch Fusion chip at netbooks, ultrathins

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:33:57 GMT

'Bobcat'-based CPUs out in 2011

Claims that AMD has a some kind of Damascene conversion and is to finally target the netbook sector directly are, frankly, nonsense.…

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UK shoppers ignorant of online rights

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:32:18 GMT

But Brits busiest e-shoppers in Europe

UK web users are Europe's biggest online shoppers but are not aware of their consumer rights when it comes to e-commerce, a government survey has found.…

Hold onto your pants it's iPad pre-order day

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:30:16 GMT

Early adopters get up early

Apple's US online store is currently being updated, ahead of opening for pre-orders of iPads.…

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Police issue lock-up-your-chihuahuas killer owl warning

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:19:26 GMT

European flying beast threatens Wiltshire

Wiltshire police have warned locals "not to approach" an escaped European eagle owl which could, if it felt a bit peckish, make off with cats and diminutive dogs.…

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Mozilla gives passive-aggressive missive to pre-Firefox 3.6 hold-outs

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:12:32 GMT

Upgrade now, thankyouplease

Mozilla has begun shepherding Firefox fans through the browser door marked 3.6, in a move to encourage users to upgrade to the open source outfit's latest surfing tool.…

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Light bulbs inspire boffins to find fast data transfer trick

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:37:54 GMT

Many lights make bytes work

Switch a lightbulb on and off fast enough, and you can transmit data without giving everyone in the room a headache.…

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Elon Musk's Falcon 9 suffers rocketus interruptus in pad test

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:22:47 GMT

Backfires, blows cloud of soot, but won't start

The Falcon 9 rocket made by famed tech hecamillionaire Elon Musk's company SpaceX has suffered a test-firing failure on the pad in Florida.…

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HMRC may get hands on missing bank data

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:16:59 GMT

Poacher turns gamekeeper

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs may be well known in the UK for losing files on every family but it's not above turning corporate data losses to its own advantage.…

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Turkey cuffs 23 'militant' hacker suspects

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:24 GMT

PKK s'kiddies

Turkey has arrested 23 hackers suspected of links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and attacks on government websites.…

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Vodafone hands out free books

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:46:50 GMT

If you have the right kind of phone

Vodafone customers can get free books today, assuming they've got the right kind of handset and can find the download page.…

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Clinton report warns human rights are online too

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:45:59 GMT

Repression now includes the web

An annual report by the US State Department has found dictators and repressive governments around the world are making sure they have as much control over their citizens when they're online as they do the rest of the time.…

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Euro Parliament threatens court action over ACTA secrecy

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:21:06 GMT

Demands to be kept in the loop

The European Parliament has threatened to take the European Commission to the EU's highest court if it does not disclose the details of a secret international copyright treaty.…

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Nikon D3s digital SLR

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:02:01 GMT

A shot in the dark?

Review Since the launch of the D3, Nikon has released a studio version, the D3x with its unsurpassed full frame resolution of 24Mp, and now comes the D3s intended for the photojournalist, sports and wildlife photographer.…

Mozilla births first Thunderbird 3.1 beta

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:02:02 GMT

Pushes Firefox update

Mozilla has released the first Thunderbird 3.1 beta for Windows, Mac and Linux.…

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Sarah Palin to testify in email hack trial

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:02:01 GMT

After Yahoo! breach 'paralyzed' Veep campaign

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will testify in person against the college student accused of breaching her Yahoo mail account and leaking some of its contents online, according to published reports.…

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Steve Jobs Flash rant put to the test

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:51 GMT

CPU hog Adobe v HTML5

When Steve Jobs badmouthed Adobe Flash to The Wall Street Journal, he said it was buggy, littered with security holes, and a "CPU hog". It's hard to argue with the first two, but a new study claims the Apple cult leader was wrong about the hog bit.…

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TSA worker tried to sabotage terror database, feds say

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:59:20 GMT

One week after losing job

A former data analyst for the US Transportation Security Agency has been accused of trying to sabotage a terrorist screening database used to vet people with access to sensitive information and secure areas of the nation’s transportation network.…

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