| Iron Mountain downs its Mimosa Posted: 22 Feb 2010 12:42 PM PST |
| CollabNet chews up scrum dev house Posted: 22 Feb 2010 11:07 AM PST |
| US pinpoints author of Google attack code, says report Posted: 22 Feb 2010 10:06 AM PST China had 'special access' to work US investigators have pinpointed the author of a key piece of code used in the alleged cyber attacks on Google and at least 33 other companies last year, according to a new report.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
| AMD's 'Magny-Cours' Opterons surface on eBay Posted: 22 Feb 2010 10:04 AM PST Four 12-core CPUs. Yours for only $7,700 If you can't wait until the end of March or so to get your hands on the dozen-core "ys" Opteron 6100 processors due from Advanced Micro Devices, then some cagey system builders have a deal for you out on eBay.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
| Brussels data watchdog cries foul over secret copyright talks Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:10 AM PST Hustinx left out in the cold The man charged with protecting EU citizens' personal data and privacy has protested at being frozen out of secret negotiations to tighten international copyright law online.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
| Samsung promises Euro 3D TV release first Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:09 AM PST |
| Zmanda hooks Tivoli cop into MySQL Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:01 AM PST Open source backup glue Open source vendor Zmanda is adding hooks into its MySQL database backup software for shops using IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager to mastermind the policies.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
| Twitter bomb threat joke man faces possible jail sentence Posted: 22 Feb 2010 07:48 AM PST |
| Tricorder/<em>Aliens</em>-motion-tracker handscanner kit gets $6m Posted: 22 Feb 2010 07:37 AM PST 3D air-bongo mouse shark tech in DARPA cashgasm Roguish Pentagon kill-nerds have decided to spend more than $6m on a miraculous handheld scanner along the lines of a Star Trek Tricorder or Aliens Colonial Marine motion-tracker. The through-walls people detector will work in the same way as the mysterious brain-slime electrofield senses of sharks and manta rays.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
| IBM flicks out HS22V Xeon blade Posted: 22 Feb 2010 07:25 AM PST Sharpened for virtualization IBM has launched a new Xeon-based blade server for BladeCenter boxes that it says is tuned specifically to support virtualization hypervisors that in turn run virtual Linux or Windows instances.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
| OFT requests T-Orange investigation Posted: 22 Feb 2010 07:18 AM PST |
| Wide open spaces mark Mobile World Congress 2010 Posted: 22 Feb 2010 06:11 AM PST |
| Double-Take disaster recovery takes to the clouds Posted: 22 Feb 2010 06:02 AM PST |
| Siemens' IT workers ballot for strike action at Beeb Posted: 22 Feb 2010 05:57 AM PST Iced pay packets cold-shouldered by disgruntled staff Siemens IT staff working at the BBC are mulling possible strike action over a planned pay freeze by the tech firm.… |
| Virgin offers cut-price data roaming in Europe Posted: 22 Feb 2010 05:28 AM PST |
| Overland's Nasdaq market cap gap trap map Posted: 22 Feb 2010 05:19 AM PST $12m extra funding shows the route out of trouble Back from the dead? It's a little too soon to say, but Overland Storage - threatened with costly ejection by Nasdaq because its market capitalisation was under $15m - has got a $12m stock issue to put that threat into touch.… |
| Infosec job prospects recover after credit-crunch slide Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:59 AM PST Trebles all round, especially for ID management experts The information security recruitment market is beginning to recover, after problems with the wider economy pushed job prospects and salaries down to a record low last summer, according to a new UK-focused salary survey.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
| Google digs 6-foot hole for Gears Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:47 AM PST |
| Global warming <em>worst case</em> = Only slight misery increase Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:45 AM PST Peasants wouldn't be revolting, they'd be in clover Agricultural brainboxes at Stanford University say that global warming isn't likely to seriously affect poor people in developing nations, who make up so much of the human race. Under some scenarios, poor farmers "could be lifted out of poverty quite considerably," according to new research.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
| O2 claims win in UK mobile broadband speed test Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:44 AM PST |
| Sony Ericsson snubbed Google over Nexus One Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:36 AM PST Contract killer Sony Ericsson turned down the chance to make the Googlephone, because it didn't want to become a contract manufacturer - not even for the Chocolate Factory.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
| MPs obsess about expenses, ignore data security Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:20 AM PST Addressing two issues at once proves difficult for Tory leader The UK parliament is now so obsessed with looking tough over expenses that it is cutting corners on data security, and increasing the risk of a breach of constituent confidentiality.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
| Cyber attacks will 'catastrophically' spook public, warns GCHQ Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:02 AM PST Cheltenham spies 'cyber arms race' Exclusive A digital attack against the UK causing even minor damage would have a "catastrophic" effect on public confidence in the government, GCHQ has privately warned Whitehall.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
| Dell Inspiron Zino HD Posted: 22 Feb 2010 04:02 AM PST A PC to rival the Mac Mini, at last? Review On the face of it, Apple's Mac Mini makes most 'small form-factor' PCs look like a pile of junk. The Mini's ultra-compact design also makes it ideal for use in an office or as a stylish little media centre in the living room. Evidently, Dell has taken note - hence the appearance of its Inspiron Zino range of compact PCs.… |
| The myth of Britain's manufacturing decline Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:49 AM PST It's all built in China now - except the clever stuff Comment Woe unto us for we don't make anything any more. We've given up on manufacturing and that's what ails the UK economy. We must therefore invest heavily in a renaissance of making things that we can drop on our feet and all will be right with the world.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
| Feds open school spycam probe Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:47 AM PST |
| Argentinians invade Falkland Islands website Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:34 AM PST Sovereignty violated in Penguin News hack outrage Argentinian hackers yesterday raised their national flag over the Falkland Islands' Penguin News - a temporary occupation in which they laid out their case for sovereignty over the South Atlantic paradise island group.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
| Twitter phish pwned profiles push penis pills Posted: 22 Feb 2010 03:08 AM PST |
| Apple to take iPad orders this week? Posted: 22 Feb 2010 02:47 AM PST |
| Kipping at your desk is highly productive, say boffins Posted: 22 Feb 2010 02:28 AM PST 'The hippocampus is like an email inbox' Splendid news for those among us who occasionally wake up with a snort at our desks, hastily wiping drool off our chins and looking around guiltily. Boffins have annouced that a brief zizz during the day enhances performance and makes people more efficient and productive.… What is your recession sales strategy? |
| Web2.0rhea means ‘higher insurance premiums’ Posted: 22 Feb 2010 02:17 AM PST |
| Mixed messages for UK small biz Posted: 22 Feb 2010 02:10 AM PST Recession, isn't it? The British economy is showing some signs of recovery, but January's fall in retail sales is a sign that any recovery is weak and still needs help from government and low interest rates.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
| McKinnon gets a date for 'final' appeal Posted: 22 Feb 2010 01:54 AM PST May appointment with destiny Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon and his legal team have been given three months to prepare for a judicial hearing on whether the Home Secretary proceeded correctly in allowing extradition proceedings to proceed in spite of dire medical warnings.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
| Endeavour touches down at Kennedy Posted: 22 Feb 2010 01:54 AM PST |
| Iron Mountain thinking about a long, cool drink of Mimosa Posted: 22 Feb 2010 01:47 AM PST Archiving to the rusty mountain cloud Comment The Iron Mountain repository could be getting an email and file archiving software wrapper with strong rumours that Iron Mountain plans to buy Mimosa.… |
| HP at storage crossroads Posted: 22 Feb 2010 12:02 AM PST Plans to move downmarket, away from external storage Comment In the rosy glow of better quarterly results from HP, one forlorn story of mediocre performance repeated itself. StorageWorks declined 3 per cent and EVA revenues fell 5 per cent year on year.… |
| Cray swings profit on Q4 revenue dive Posted: 21 Feb 2010 10:14 PM PST Thanks, Uncle Sam Supercomputer maker Cray finished out 2009 better than many might have expected it to do, reversing to a modest $3m profit on a 43 per cent revenue decline to $88.3m in the fourth quarter ended in December.… The power of collaboration within unified communications |
| Free Software Foundation urges Google to open On2 codec Posted: 21 Feb 2010 10:02 PM PST Do you believe in freedom? Or yourself? Now that Google has completed its acquisition of video compression outfit On2 Technologies, a representative of the Free Software Foundation has urged Mountain View to release On2's latest codec under an irrevocable free license and use it to replace Adobe Flash on YouTube.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
| Microsoft's Mountain man sees Jobsian past in .NET Posted: 21 Feb 2010 09:02 PM PST |
The DMP-BD65 is fairly expensive for a mid-range Blu-ray player, and it's not heaving with features, but it does the most important things very well indeed. Its picture quality is great, it's fairly speedy and its YouTube access is a welcome bonus, as is its ability to play music, photo and video files via USB and SD cards
That skeleton is bonkers, innit? You lie on a board and shoot down a tube headfirst at daft miles per hour. The Samsung WB2000 is equally fast, but hurtling headlong towards icy mishap is optional
At its 2010 launch event, Toshiba gave us a sneak peak of a new media playback device it intends to launch this summer. The StoreTV+ should cost less than £200, and will play most popular codecs
If you can't afford Nokia's flagship X6 music phone, the X3 may be the answer. It lacks 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, but it's cheap, it's easy to use and it packs some good music features. If you're on a budget and want to consolidate your gadgets, it's worth a perusal
Casio's announced two compact cameras that aim to win over novice photographers with a predilection for all things purple 
Doff your cap, peasant, for the Samsung EX1, a new compact camera born into the upper class of the camera world
Dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun -- the Samsung Shark S5350 and Shark S3550 Slider aren't accompanied by a scary soundtrack, but they're simple and inexpensive
We spoke to Panasonic about its new 3D TV, where it sees 3D technology going, and we asked if we're going to get a headache 
David Cameron and Nick Clegg have both called on 10 Downing Street to look into allegations of bullying staff.
A British woman was among at least 42 people killed by floods and mudslides that have devastated the holiday island of Madeira.
British Airways cabin crew have voted in favour of strikes in a bitter row over jobs and working conditions.
Four members of a gang face jail after being convicted of killing a shop manager during a robbery that went wrong.
The death of a shopkeeper killed during a robbery at his store was an "absolute tragedy", the detective leading the inquiry has said.
Police dog handler Mark Johnson has been found guilty of animal cruelty after two dogs died under his care.
Gordon Brown will appear before the Iraq War Inquiry on Friday March 5.
A doctor facing a disciplinary hearing over the Baby P case is "suicidal" and has left the country, the General Medical Council has heard.
A manhunt is under way after a shopkeeper died in a robbery.
BAA's London airports have racked up annual losses of £822 million after the sale of Gatwick and one-off pension charges hit the business.
More than 700 passengers have been rescued from a stranded Eurostar train.
Stress raises the risk of mental decline in older people with diabetes, new research suggests.
