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Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2
Worth the wait? Windows 7 on a netbook Review Lenovo’s new IdeaPad S10-2 is an update of the S10e. The hardware is conventional netbook fare with a dual core Atom processor and a 10.1in screen all dressed up in a smart chassis that makes it look ...
Credit crunch? It won't be over by Christmas
Cheap credit is over and its not coming back, says CBI The impact of the recession on British businesses may well be permanent, and will certainly last until well into the next decade, the UK's union for bosses has declared.… The power of ...
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Google to anoint Android, Chrome OS love (eventually)
When two become one Google has confessed that its Chrome OS and Android projects are likely to come together at some stage down the line as the firm continues to tinker with its operating system vision of the future.… Web threats: Why ...
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Microsoft's IE 9, Silverlight 4 and the whiff of lock-in
Shoulda bought Yahoo! Amazon Radio Reg Basking in the afterglow of the recently released Windows 7, Microsoft has rallied the faithful to share the love at its annual Professional Developers' Conference in Los Angeles, California.… Case ...
GPS alarm seems alarmingly useless
You're safe with me. Unless stuff crashes The Freedom Personal Safety is a GPS device that's supposed to alert loved ones that you're in trouble, but actually seems about as trustworthy as the only other man in the train carriage who appears to ...
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MIT boffins invent robot clam-grapnel
Tech has important mole-cruiser implications, too MIT boffins are pleased to annouce that they have at last perfected a long-sought-after technology - that of the robot clam. It seems that metal shellfish able to dig themselves into the seabed will ...
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Coprocessors ride again
Hybrid-core computing The idea that hybrid computing is becoming a mainstream technology was one of the major threads running through SC09 last week. Convey Computer , founded in 2006, has a different take on how to best implement hybrid ...
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Palm Pre update inbound
From WebOS 1.1.3 to 1.3.1 The Pre smartphone will be refreshed with an updated webOS “within the next few days”, manufacturer Palm has promised.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
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Microsoft stands tall over Xbox Live lawsuit threat
'We're well within our rights,' claims software giant The possibility of class-action lawsuit arising from the ban of roughly 1m gamers from Xbox Live doesn’t worry Microsoft, because the firm believes it is in the right.… Case Study: WhatsUp ...
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Fusion-io whips out fast gov-grade ioDrive
Cramming eight on a card Fusion-io has put eight of its ioDrives on a single PCIe card to produce 800,000 IOPS and 6GB/sec bandwidth.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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New hacker peril for older IE versions
New species of unpatched bug bites IE6 and 7 Internet Explorer users are at risk from a newly discovered and unpatched vulnerability in older versions of Microsoft's browser.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
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Looking back at packaged application rigidity and lock-in
Have we progressed that much in 25 years? Workshop When packaged applications first appeared on the scene a quarter of a century ago, it was normal for them to be very proprietary in nature.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
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Dell details smartphone spec
Mini 3i internals revealed Dell has come clean on the full specifications of its Mini 3i smartphone, and it doesn't impress.…
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O/S bloat: What's the cure?
Code belly's gonna get you Comment It is becoming increasingly obvious that a virtual server wastes great chunks of its memory occupied by the operating system wrappers around the applications in the virtual machines (VM) running in the physical ...
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eBay blames success for failure
Saturday search fail eBay suffered an embarrassing failure on Saturday as no one was able to search on the site - not a good thing at the start of Christmas shopping season.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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E-book readers to stay pricey next year
Won't hit $100 for ages, says screen supplier Holding out for a £100 e-book reader before snapping up one of these gadgets for yourself? You may get lucky this year, but don't expect prices to fall any further.… Web threats: Why conventional ...
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DVLA doubles annual IT spend
IBM can buy itself a Bentley The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is to more than double what it spends annually on its IT deal with IBM.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
Virtualisation in the smaller business
Are things really any different to the big boys? Lab Many of your comments on some of the virtualisation articles we have written to date have suggested that smaller organisations have different challenges and priorities when it comes to ...
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New sensitive space gloves: NASA spends wad freely
Glovely cash for astro haberdashers NASA handed out $350,000 in prize money to astronautical haberdashers vying for glory in the space agency's Astronaut Glove Challenge this weekend.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
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eBay stamps on Mussolini's brain
Pulls Il Duce body bits auction Customers of online tat bazaar eBay were on Friday denied the chance to bid for bits of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, when the site swiftly pulled a listing for samples of his blood and brain.… ...
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Murdoch puffs Microsoft over Google
Smoke meet mirrors Rupert Murdoch is in talks with Microsoft over his plans to delist his newspaper websites from Google.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
Chrysler dumps e-car plans
Gone, but not forgotten? Leccy Tech Chrysler's e-car strategy has vanished down the plughole, taking with it any chance of us getting intimate with the Lotus Europa-based Dodge Circuit.…
Imation ships wirelessly-connected hard drive
USB 2.0 wireless Imation has announced its external hard drive that connects by wireless USB to PCs and Macs is now shipping.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
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Freeview HD - your questions answered
All you need to know With the first Freeview HD transmissions scheduled to start on the 2 December in the London, Liverpool and Manchester areas, Register Hardware answers all your questions about the new telly technology.…
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EU ministers agree e-government aims
Get smart European ministers have signed a declaration outlining policies to deliver 'smarter' online public services by 2015.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Atlantis astronaut out of this world over baby's birth
Houston, we have a daddy NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik ventured out on his first spacewalk on Saturday, just hours before his daughter was born 220 miles below.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
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First malicious iPhone worm slithers into wild
Jailbreakers under assault A Dutch internet service provider has identified a worm that installs a backdoor on jailbroken iPhones and makes them part of a botnet.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
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eBooks: What to read on which reader
Your pre-Christmas guide to what's on eBook readers will be everywhere this Christmas, in the shops if not under the trees, but even publishers don't seem to know what books one can read on the things.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland ...
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Is data overload killing off human initiative?
Time to add a delete button to the internet Book Review Delete – The Virtue of Forgetting in a Digital Age is one of those high premise pseudo-techy works that appeals to the chattering classes – not least because it beguiles them with a false ...
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Apple voids warranties over cigarette smoke, users say
No repairs for 'biohazard' Macs A Mac user claims that Apple voided her warranty and refused to repair her machine because it was "contaminated" with cigarette smoke.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
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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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