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Canada failing to sufficiently protect IP rights – US r... May 04 2012 07:28:09	The Register
Canada failing to sufficiently protect IP rights – US report True pirate love in all thy sons command Canada has been listed on a US 'priority watchlist' after concerns were raised about the measures the country has taken to combat online copyright infringement and the trade of counterfeit goods.… Read the full article on The Register »
NAO: 1 in 5 of Whitehall's mega projects at risk of fai... May 04 2012 07:02:07	The Register
NAO: 1 in 5 of Whitehall's mega projects at risk of failure £89bn at stake from 39 programmes with 'high or fairly high' chance of tanking With nearly one in five major government projects in danger of failure, there are still significant gaps in how Whitehall oversees the delivery of such schemes, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).… Read the full article on The Register »
China considers energy cap May 04 2012 06:38:52	The Register
China considers energy cap Climate change makes energy reductions “inevitable”, say officials China may attempt to cap the amount of energy the nation uses, to address reliance on foreign energy sources and address its carbon dioxide emissions.… Read the full article on The Register »
Teufel Audio iTeufel Air May 04 2012 06:00:03	The Register
Teufel Audio iTeufel Air Golden age of stream Accessory of the Week As AirPlay speakers go, the iTeufel Air is big. Placed next to, say Audyssey’s Audio Dock Air, it dwarfs its rival — though it’s marginally less wide than B&W’s Zeppelin Air.… Read the full article on The Register »
Oz asks how much personal data should telcos keep? May 04 2012 04:55:59	The Register
Oz asks how much personal data should telcos keep? Obligations for carrier security, spook access also up for disucssion Australia’s government will consult with its citizenry to determine how much data telcos should retain about their activities, and how long it should be retained for.… Read the full article on The Register »
Chinese passports to get chipped May 04 2012 03:46:11	The Register
Chinese passports to get chipped Great wall of biometrics for international travellers China has updated the technology it uses to secure its passports, with chip-equipped documents to be issued from March 15th.… Read the full article on The Register »
Yahoo! investor! accuses! CEO! of! embellishing! resume! May 04 2012 00:49:16	The Register
Yahoo! investor! accuses! CEO! of! embellishing! resume! Be careful to check your references A major investor in troubled internet portal Yahoo! has accused the CEO Scott Thompson of padding his resume by falsely claiming a degree in computer science.… Read the full article on The Register »
Can Amazon become the biggest platform peddler in the w... May 04 2012 00:01:46	The Register
Can Amazon become the biggest platform peddler in the world? Crazy, but not impossible Comment How long will it be before Amazon Web Services is the largest provider of raw server capacity in the world, outselling the tier one server makers who actually peddle boxes directly or through the channel to customers?… Read the full article on The Register »
LinkedIn buys SlideShare May 04 2012 00:00:19	The Register
LinkedIn buys SlideShare Suits want all their stuff in one place LinkedIn will spend US$118.75m to upload SlideShare into its portfolio of offerings.… Read the full article on The Register »
iOS Rock Band gets back together May 03 2012 23:27:20	The Register
iOS Rock Band gets back together Blue note as error spread confusion, anger EA's iOS version of Rock Band isn't breaking up, after all.… Read the full article on The Register »
Princeton solar researchers take leaf from plants’ book May 03 2012 22:41:08	The Register
Princeton solar researchers take leaf from plants’ book Rough surfaces better at capturing sunlight Solar power researchers at Princeton University have discovered that by mimicking the surface of leaves, they can create solar cells that are better at capturing sunlight for a 47 percent efficiency boost.… Read the full article on The Register »
MSFT kicks Chinese partner over security leak May 03 2012 22:38:02	The Register
MSFT kicks Chinese partner over security leak Hangzhou DPTech stripped of partner status Six weeks after Microsoft was accused of leaking attack code for a security flaw, Redmond has pointed the finger at a Chinese firewall company and revoked its partner status.… Read the full article on The Register »
Facebook lowballs on initial IPO price May 03 2012 22:32:47	The Register
Facebook lowballs on initial IPO price Let a thousand bubbles bloom Facebook has filed its initial documents for the most anticipated social networking IPO of the current bubble, surprising some with a lowish estimate of $77bn to $96bn for the company.… Read the full article on The Register »
Baidu sets up shop in Australia May 03 2012 21:48:45	The Register
Baidu sets up shop in Australia China's Google-slayer wants your searches China’s Google killer Baidu has set up shop in Australia as it moves on an aggressive international expansion drive.… Read the full article on The Register »
ElasticHosts makes cloudy servers newbie friendly May 03 2012 19:42:06	The Register
ElasticHosts makes cloudy servers newbie friendly Partners with Cloudways, Hybrid Sites ElasticHosts, the British hosting and cloudy infrastructure provider that is pitting its homegrown ElasticStack cloud fabric against the likes of VMware and the OpenStack and CloudStack projects, has tweaked its cloud offerings to make them suitable to relatively unsophisticated users.… Read the full article on The Register »
Oracle claims $777m in new trial over SAP infringement May 03 2012 19:41:28	The Register
Oracle claims $777m in new trial over SAP infringement TomorrowNow business balls-up haunts SAP Oracle is going back to court with a claim of $776.7m against SAP over the software-stealing antics of subsidiary TomorrowNow.… Read the full article on The Register »
Samsung shows 'designed for humans' handset May 03 2012 19:07:11	The Register
Samsung shows 'designed for humans' handset Galaxy S III offers 'whole new experience like never before' Samsung has unwrapped the Galaxy S III, a handset it boasted is "best smartphone in the world" thanks to its "nature-inspired" design, voice recognition and eye-tracking.… Read the full article on The Register »
'Giant vampire squid' seeks social media guru May 03 2012 17:33:03	The Register
'Giant vampire squid' seeks social media guru Money talks, Goldman Sachs tweets Goldman Sachs, the bank described as a "giant vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity", is looking for a social media community manager. The role of the job, as the title suggests, will be to "foster a positive community".… Read the full article on The Register »
Bought a new Mac Pro? 1-in-100 chance it'll destroy you... May 03 2012 16:59:09	The Register
Bought a new Mac Pro? 1-in-100 chance it'll destroy your data Dodgy drives spark Apple UK recall Apple is recalling a batch of Mac Pro towers in the UK after a "small number" sold last month turned out to have defective hard disks, Channel Reg has learned. The dodgy drives put fanboys' data at risk, Apple said in its recall notice.… Read the full article on The Register »
Data warehouse sales soar in Q1 for Teradata May 03 2012 16:28:06	The Register
Data warehouse sales soar in Q1 for Teradata Marketeers of the world, crunch! If you were wondering if all this yammering about big data is real, data warehousing pioneer Teradata has just turned in the best first quarter in its history and the best quarter for product growth that the company has ever had. So at least as far as Teradata is concerned, big data is big business.… Read the full article on The Register »
Apple to dominate tablet biz, PC market for years May 03 2012 16:15:44	The Register
Apple to dominate tablet biz, PC market for years Fondleslabs more popular than notebooks by 2016 Apple took a greater share of the tablet market during Q1 and, in a remarkable turnaround, will continue to do so through 2013, market watcher NPD DisplaySearch believes.… Read the full article on The Register »
Suppressed data on mutant H5N1 human-killer virus PUBLI... May 03 2012 16:01:12	The Register
Suppressed data on mutant H5N1 human-killer virus PUBLISHED Information wants to be free Strains of bird flu that could spread among humans have been created in the lab - and now full details on just how this was done have been published openly, raising fears that the research could be used by terrorists to craft a deadly bio-weapon plague.… Read the full article on The Register »
iPad swipes more of tablet market May 03 2012 15:46:49	The Register
iPad swipes more of tablet market Apple defies gravity as Kindle burns low Apple extended its lead in the tablet market during the first three months of the year, as much because of a slump in sales of rival product as the arrival of the iPad 3.… Read the full article on The Register »
Globe-spanning patent bombs touted by Euro, UN pen-pushers May 03 2012 15:33:10	The Register
Globe-spanning patent bombs touted by Euro, UN pen-pushers EPO, WIPO agree to revamp worldwide rights treaty The European and UN patent-handling bodies have agreed to join forces to encourage companies and inventors to file their designs under an improved worldwide Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).… Read the full article on The Register »
Google counters juice V8 Javascript engine May 03 2012 14:59:11	The Register
Google counters juice V8 Javascript engine Beta channels primed Google’s V8 engine is getting more picky about the Javascript code it optimises to boost the performance of the search giant’s browser.… Read the full article on The Register »
Microsoft kills Windows Live brand May 03 2012 14:28:10	The Register
Microsoft kills Windows Live brand Windows 8 incriminated Microsoft is killing its Windows Live brand ahead of launching Windows 8, citing "customer confusion".… Read the full article on The Register »
Glider pilot 'swallowed camera memory' say plunge trage... May 03 2012 14:02:12	The Register
Glider pilot 'swallowed camera memory' say plunge tragedy cops Attempt to purge the record will backfire, say plods A hang-gliding pilot who allegedly ate a memory card from a video camera has been charged with obstructing the course of justice by a Canadian court and has been held in custody until it re-emerges.… Read the full article on The Register »
Man sues pr0n starlet after Twitter rejection May 03 2012 13:54:01	The Register
Man sues pr0n starlet after Twitter rejection Follow me or face the judge When you follow someone on Twitter, only for them to not return the favour, are you left with a feeling of rejection? Does it rile you up into a vengeful fit of rage?… Read the full article on The Register »
Botnet army flicks 'off' switch at UK crime agency website May 03 2012 13:26:11	The Register
Botnet army flicks 'off' switch at UK crime agency website Suspiciously close to Soca's shutdown of stolen-data shops The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency's website has been taken offline following a DDoS attack that started last night and is still going on.… Read the full article on The Register »
Crazy old black hole's X-ray ultra-belch makes galaxy b... May 03 2012 13:02:08	The Register
Crazy old black hole's X-ray ultra-belch makes galaxy blush Space telescope sniffs outburst more powerful than MILLION Suns A powerful blast of X-rays - equivalent to the energy emitted by a MILLION Suns - has been fired out of a black hole in the spiral galaxy M83, lighting up the space around it.… Read the full article on The Register »
UK's new drivers now in safe hands... of laser-wielding... May 03 2012 12:38:06	The Register
UK's new drivers now in safe hands... of laser-wielding robots Credit-card chip biz promises 80m non-forgeable licences Secure token biz Gemalto has landed the contract to print the next 80 million identity documents for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), including next-gen driving licences to be deployed next year.… Read the full article on The Register »
Virgin Media cuts Pirate Bay access for millions of pun... May 03 2012 12:19:03	The Register
Virgin Media cuts Pirate Bay access for millions of punters First major telco to implement court order Virgin Media has become the first major telco in Blighty to implement a court order blocking access to notorious BitTorrent search website The Pirate Bay.… Read the full article on The Register »
Star Trek's Wesley Crusher blasts Google+ landgrab May 03 2012 12:01:11	The Register
Star Trek's Wesley Crusher blasts Google+ landgrab Wil Wheaton asks blogosphere to Stand By Him on Choc Factory outrage A former Star Trek: The Next Generation actor, who is plastered all over the internet, has blasted Google for trying to force people into signing up to its social network.… Read the full article on The Register »
Microsoft mulls phone-style contracts for Xbox May 03 2012 11:51:08	The Register
Microsoft mulls phone-style contracts for Xbox Subsidised console coming? Microsoft has plans for a subscription package that'll offer customers an Xbox 360 console and Kinect add-on, as well as access to the Xbox Live Gold service and media content, for a monthly fee.… Read the full article on The Register »
London Olympics 'not immune' to cyber attack May 03 2012 11:46:07	The Register
London Olympics 'not immune' to cyber attack Blighty puts together crack team to guard against intrusion Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has warned that the London Olympics will not be immune to cyber attack.… Read the full article on The Register »
Symantec: Big as ever... just not growing May 03 2012 11:31:10	The Register
Symantec: Big as ever... just not growing Tripled profits but flat revs in Q4 disappoint shareholders Symantec earned a staggering amount of money in its latest quarter but is stuck fast at a $1.6 to $1.7bn quarterly revenue level, seemingly unable to grow.… Read the full article on The Register »
O2 drops Joggler family tablet May 03 2012 11:29:53	The Register
O2 drops Joggler family tablet No more support for Linux gadget O2 is severing support for its 7in Linux-based tablet, the Joggler, at the end of the month.… Read the full article on The Register »
GCHQ's spy death riddle shines light on UK hacker war May 03 2012 11:14:07	The Register
GCHQ's spy death riddle shines light on UK hacker war Was Gareth Williams spotted at Blackhat or Defcon? British intelligence agent Dr Gareth Williams’ last mission before he was “unlawfully killed” was to infiltrate and report on US hacker meetings, evidence given at his inquest this week has indicated.… Read the full article on The Register »
ARM creators Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber May 03 2012 11:00:07	The Register
ARM creators Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber Part Two: the accidental chip Unsung Heroes of Tech The Story so Far At Acorn, Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber have designed the BBC Micro, basing the machine on the ageing MOS 6502 processor. Their next challenge: to choose the CPU for the popular micro's successor. Now read on...… Read the full article on The Register »
Oracle: HP settlement is 'not going to happen' May 03 2012 10:42:08	The Register
Oracle: HP settlement is 'not going to happen' Lawsuit over Itanium processor to hit trial on 29 May An Oracle attorney has said that the company won't be settling with HP in the lawsuit over the Itanium processor, after the judge denied both their motions to summarily hand over the win to them.… Read the full article on The Register »
Nokia: 'hybrid' mobiles will save us May 03 2012 10:38:56	The Register
Nokia: 'hybrid' mobiles will save us Finnish first Nokia is working on "hybrid" mobile devices and harbours the hope that future tablets, fresh form-factors and cross-breed tech will turn around the Finnish phone giant's handset business.… Read the full article on The Register »
Scotland Yard officers cuff ex-cop in latest police bun... May 03 2012 10:32:08	The Register
Scotland Yard officers cuff ex-cop in latest police bung probe 27th arrest in Op Elveden inquiry – courtesy of tip-off from News Corp A retired special ops detective has been arrested by officers investigating allegations of illegal payments to police in relation to an ongoing inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal that has swamped Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper business.… Read the full article on The Register »
Everything Everywhere flexes 4G muscles at Ofcom, rivals May 03 2012 10:22:03	The Register
Everything Everywhere flexes 4G muscles at Ofcom, rivals Telco gives high-speed mobe bandwagon a shove Everything Everywhere switched on another 4G trial network yesterday, proving that it has the radio spectrum and the political support to deploy the high-speed mobile broadband standard in Blighty - if only the pesky regulator would let it.… Read the full article on The Register »
Beyond the macro jockies: Salesforce lures devs with Ja... May 03 2012 10:02:04	The Register
Beyond the macro jockies: Salesforce lures devs with Java juggle Serious enough in an Amazon world? Salesforce is growing: just not enough or in the right direction, it seems. The company that started life serving up customer relationship management (CRM) as a service to the suits is now reaching out to real coders.… Read the full article on The Register »
Praise for slick six's entries in dirty snaps compo May 03 2012 09:34:11	The Register
Praise for slick six's entries in dirty snaps compo Old computer buffs get the glory On 14 April we had old computer buffs salivating over our dirty snaps puzzle, and now we can celebrate the top six Reg readers who sent in their answers to the puzzle.… Read the full article on The Register »
Hampshire council throws BYOD party, hires extra security May 03 2012 09:11:03	The Register
Hampshire council throws BYOD party, hires extra security Just in case a mobe gets lost - with your info on it Hampshire county council is to begin rolling out a bring your own device (BYOD) scheme later this year.… Read the full article on The Register »
NHS trust goes 100% over IT budget in patient records r... May 03 2012 08:38:02	The Register
NHS trust goes 100% over IT budget in patient records rollout cockup A £1m here, a £1m there ... it adds up after a while North Bristol NHS trust has confirmed it has overspent on its IT budget by almost 100 per cent in recent months as a consequence of the rollout of its Cerner electronic patient record (EPR) system.… Read the full article on The Register »
Telly is becoming moving wallpaper for constantly onlin... May 03 2012 08:20:03	The Register
Telly is becoming moving wallpaper for constantly online Brits Plus: UK is nation of liars - only 14% admit viewing porn Wiggin's gigantic annual media survey is out and, as ever, the results are full of intriguing figures covering everything from fondleslabs to filth.… Read the full article on The Register »
Britain prepares for government by iPad May 03 2012 08:02:05	The Register
Britain prepares for government by iPad Fondleslab rule as MPs offered free fruitware MPs may have had their heavy parliamentary drinking habits curtailed, but the 650 politicos occupying the Palace of Westminster might be cheered by the fact that they will soon be issued with their very own fondleslab.… Read the full article on The Register »
BSkyB boss: 'I don't work for Rupert Murdoch, remember' May 03 2012 07:38:11	The Register
BSkyB boss: 'I don't work for Rupert Murdoch, remember' He's just some guy The boss of BSkyB isn't Rupert Murdoch despite what many might think. Today the UK broadcaster and telco reminded the world of that fact as it attempted to distance itself from the 81-year-old media mogul, who has been labelled by MPs as being "not fit" to run a multinational outfit.… Read the full article on The Register »

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