tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:feed/theregister.co.uk/ Copyright © 2009, Situation Publishing Team Register webmaster@theregister.co.uk http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/about/contact/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/graphics/icons/favicon.png Biting the hand that feeds IT — sci/tech news and views for the world http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/graphics/Reg_default/The_Register_r.png 2009-11-07T07:28:45Z tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/07/review_usb_tv_tuner_elgato_eyetv_dtt_deluxe_2009/ 2009-11-07T09:02:02Z

<h4>Digital telly from a unit the size of a postage stamp</h4> <p><strong>Review</strong>  Elgato's previous EyeTV DTT Deluxe, which we <a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/27/review_eyetv_deluxe/">reviewed</a> in September 2008, was heralded as the world's smallest USB TV tuner. Just over a year on, and the company has launched a second record breaking tuner - one that's about half the size of its predecessor.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/07/mozilla_on_google_chrome_frame/ 2009-11-07T07:18:52Z

<h4>Google we're not</h4> <p>At one point, Mozilla considered building a plug-in that would turn Microsoft's Internet Explorer into a decent browser. But unlike Google, it quickly abandoned the idea.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/07/week_in_review/ 2009-11-07T05:22:45Z

<h4>Attention span not required</h4> <p><strong>Week in Review</strong>  As a service to our with readers with (particularly) short attention spans, we at <em>The Reg</em> have squeezed the week that was into a single webpage. Or at least most of it. Before your attention drifts elsewhere, we should get to it:…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/07/cerf_on_google_data_collection/ 2009-11-07T00:17:19Z

<h4>Identifiers don't identify</h4> <p>Interwebs <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/12/thirtieth_anniversary_of_first_internet_connection/">founding father</a> and Google evangelist Vint Cerf has insisted that when you search Google, the company doesn't know who you are.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/07/animal_lovers_protest_nasa_monkey_expirement/ 2009-11-07T00:07:18Z

<h4>Appeal irradiated monkeyshines</h4> <p>Animal rights groups are apparently not pleased with NASA's plan to zap squirrel monkeys with repeated doses of radiation for science.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/07/sun_layoffs_motivation/ 2009-11-07T00:04:12Z

<h4>Code: Your solace, our savior</h4> <p><strong>Exclusive</strong>  Sun Microsystems has set software engineers seven goals in the wake of new <a target="_blank" href="http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/03/31/sun_layoffs_confirmed/">layoffs</a>, hoping to keep them focused amid uncertainty but to also hit existing corporate objectives.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/nvidia_launches_anti_intel_cartoon_site/ 2009-11-06T21:03:35Z

<h4>Graphic ridicule</h4> <p>If anyone needs any further proof that there's no love lost between chipmakers Nvidia and Intel, they need look no further than a cartoon collection linked from Nvidia's corporate blog, <a href="http://blogs.nvidia.com/" target="_blank">nTersect</a>…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/online_pharmacy_prescription_sentence/ 2009-11-06T19:17:10Z

<h4>Over 100,000 served</h4> <p>A Virginia doctor has been sentenced to serve a year in prison on charges he wrote as many as 100,000 internet prescriptions over a three-year span.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/transient_global_amnesia/ 2009-11-06T18:57:39Z

<h4>Orgasmic amnesia</h4> <p>If your weekend plans include a frisky <a href="http://amog.com/lifestyle/sex-euphemisms/" target="_blank">horizontal mambo</a>, you might want to first tape your ID card to the bedstead.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/mossad_syria_trojan_hack/ 2009-11-06T16:38:54Z

<h4>Evil Maid attack led to air raid</h4> <p>Mossad reportedly used a Trojan to hack into a Syrian official's laptop while he stayed in a London hotel.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/t_orange_inked/ 2009-11-06T16:38:26Z

<h4>Very nearly on schedule, too</h4> <p>T-Mobile and Orange have signed their merger agreement, paving the way for the new operator to come into existence next year.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/859/atth0s1n.pdf?td=rss">The power of collaboration within unified communications</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/cotw_2009_1/ 2009-11-06T16:33:25Z

<h4>Bring your conjecture to the slaughter</h4> <p><strong>CoTW</strong>  Good afternoon, parasites. I expect after a long hard week of aggravating wittering on the <em>Reg</em> threads you'd like nothing better than to sit back and enjoy a nice hot drink and a bit of a blowback of said burblings, eh?…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/risk_movie/ 2009-11-06T15:22:42Z

<h4>Coming soon... <em>Ludo: The Motion Picture</em></h4> <p>Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired the rights to produce a movie based on Hasbro's classic strategy boardgame Risk, offering the delicious possibility that the company might follow it up with <em>Ludo: The Motion Picture</em> and <em>Mahjong: Tiles of Destiny</em>.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/859/atth0s1n.pdf?td=rss">The power of collaboration within unified communications</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/google_android/ 2009-11-06T15:21:03Z

<h4>Punitive damages and attorney's fees, please</h4> <p>Google has come out fighting against Erich Specht who sued the search giant over the Android name, launching a countersuit demanding damages and "disgorgement of ill-gotten gains".…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/ebay_skype/ 2009-11-06T15:11:10Z

<h4>Bluff pays off for European duo</h4> <p>A legal row that threatened the existence of Skype has been settled, with the free net phone service's founders regaining a significant portion of the firm from eBay.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/859/atth0s1n.pdf?td=rss">The power of collaboration within unified communications</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/gdm_plans_e_car/ 2009-11-06T14:57:27Z

<h4>And gets £4.5m of Govt money to build it</h4> <p><strong>Leccy Tech</strong>  Mention the phrases 'Gordon Murray' and 'electric car' in the same sentence and images of gold-plated battery powered hypercars probably spring to mind.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/emi_beatles/ 2009-11-06T14:32:05Z

<h4>Takes Old Brown Shoe and kicks BlueBox with it</h4> <p>EMI appears to have recleansed the internet of Beatles music, forcing Bluebeat.com to ditch the 25 cents per Fab Four song offer it launched this week.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/ms_nov_patch_tuesday/ 2009-11-06T14:30:10Z

<h4>Has another crack at some October uberpatch flaws</h4> <p>Microsoft plans to deliver six updates - three critical - as part of its November Patch Tuesday cycle.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/us_oct_2009_jobs_report/ 2009-11-06T14:26:50Z

<h4>Telcos and IT services add jobs</h4> <p>There may be signs that the Great Recession in the US is on the wane, but employers didn't get the memo and another 190,000 people lost their jobs in October.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/breakfast/ 2009-11-06T14:11:09Z

<h4>Pukes from upper balcony during musical number</h4> <p>Plucky* Anna Friel has proved she got the thesp Right Stuff by battling on with a performance of <em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.breakfastattiffanys.co.uk/home/">Breakfast at Tiffany's</a></em>, despite the fact that a punter puked over six fellow Haymarket Theatre audience members.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/one_voice/ 2009-11-06T14:02:02Z

<h4>Speaking with 'One Voice'</h4> <p>A gaggle of LTE proponents have released a tech spec for voice and SMS over that 4G wireless standard, moving LTE one more step ahead of its Intel-championed competitor, WiMAX.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/desktop_refresh/ 2009-11-06T13:28:57Z

<h4>Should I? Shouldn't I?</h4> <p><strong>On demand</strong>  For those of you who missed our recent live webcast on refreshing the desktop estate, the panic is over. <a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/1096/?td=art0611">Here it is</a>, recorded it in full colour, for your viewing pleasure.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/uk2_email_problems/ 2009-11-06T13:26:40Z

<h4>Hardware blamed for snafu</h4> <p>British web hosting company UK2.net is still trying to restore emails to customers almost a week after it first reported problems.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/pew_study/ 2009-11-06T13:20:28Z

<h4>Net chums replace some neighbours</h4> <p>Americans have not become more isolated thanks to the advent of mobile phones and the internet - it's just that they've mislaid a third of their closest friends in the last few years.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/review_camera_panasonic_lumix_dmc_tz6/ 2009-11-06T13:02:01Z

<h4>Super-zoom for the cost-conscious</h4> <p><strong>Review</strong>  Panasonic’s DMC-TZ6 could be considered the little brother or, if you want to be a little less charitable, a stripped-down version of the <a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/08/21/review_camera_panasonic_lumix_dmc_tz7_compact_camera/">DMC-TZ7</a> we looked at in August. Both models are super-zoom compacts or Travel-cams, designed for the person who wants a big optical zoom in a pocket-sized camera. The DMC-TZ6 is around £60 cheaper than the DMC-TZ7, but does it show in the results?…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/ibm_pensions/ 2009-11-06T12:16:06Z

<h4>...with call for mass firings</h4> <p>Hampshire MP Sandra Gidley has intervened in the row over IBM closing its final salary pension scheme, but hers is a confusing brand of support staff might rather do without.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/kingston_flash_movies/ 2009-11-06T12:12:30Z

<h4>Kingston Technology partners with Paramount</h4> <p>Memory specialist Kingston Technology is to sell movies on memory cards.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/alternative_browser_patches/ 2009-11-06T12:03:32Z

<h4>Bonfire Night alternative browser fixes</h4> <p>Mozilla has pushed out a new version of Firefox that fixes a number of stability bugs that pose possible security concerns.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/lhc_dimensional_portals/ 2009-11-06T12:02:01Z

<h4>Attack of the Hyperdimensional Juggernaut-Men</h4> <p>A top boffin at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) says that the titanic machine may possibly create or discover previously unimagined scientific phenomena, or "unknown unknowns" - for instance "an extra dimension".…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/hp_mems_advance/ 2009-11-06T11:53:39Z

<h4>Hearing the heartbeat of the Earth</h4> <p>Getting the vision thing right is important for technology announcements and HP has it nailed, twinning a great vision with advances in its sensing technology.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/859/atth0s1n.pdf?td=rss">The power of collaboration within unified communications</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/hunting_trophy/ 2009-11-06T11:49:21Z

<h4>Denied hunting trophy following 'bungled' shot</h4> <p>H Ross Perot Jr, the son of former US presidential hopeful and EDS founder H Ross Perot, has been told he can't after all have the head and skin of a white rhino he shot back in July in KwaZulu-Natal's Mkhuze game reserve, after the beast made good his escape from the hunter's "bungled" attempt to down him.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/sun_facebook_coverage/ 2009-11-06T11:40:23Z

<h4>Paedo-threat coverage risks more restrictions for all</h4> <p><strong>Comment</strong>  A series of negative stories about <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.facebook.com">Facebook</a> by <em>The Sun</em> newspaper could lead to yet more government intervention directing how individuals are allowed to interact with the internet.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/859/atth0s1n.pdf?td=rss">The power of collaboration within unified communications</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/live_birth/ 2009-11-06T11:27:13Z

<h4>Promises 'tasteful' birthing coverage</h4> <p>A 23-year-old US teacher has decided to broadcast the drop of her first sprog live on the internet, thereby becoming a human "textbook" for those seeking birthing enlightenment.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/server_architecture/ 2009-11-06T11:23:52Z

<h4>Server architectures and their impact in operations</h4> <p><strong>Workshop</strong>  This week’s poll spawned some very interesting responses. We asked you where you keep your servers, and how these relate to the kinds of issues you face.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/id_cards_manchester/ 2009-11-06T11:12:31Z

<h4>More shops than cards</h4> <p>Government workers have hit the streets of Manchester to promote the ID cards scheme to shop owners, who currently outnumber members of the public who have volunteered for a card.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/sorbs_sold/ 2009-11-06T11:05:51Z

<h4>GFI confirms purchase of reputation service</h4> <p>GFI Software has confirmed the purchase of sometimes controversial spam blocklist provider <a target="_blank" href="http://www.us.sorbs.net/">SORBS</a> for a reported $451,000.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/dirtiest_pc/ 2009-11-06T11:02:02Z

<h4>Reader snap reveals <em>Quatermass</em>-style horror</h4> <p>We're obliged to reader Danny Lee for forwarding evidence of what appears to be a <em>Quatermass</em>-style lifeform, which has attached itself to a PC and pretty well explains why the thing had ceased to function:…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/intel_34nm_ssd_glitch_fix_update/ 2009-11-06T10:50:15Z

<h4>Says solution a 'high priority'</h4> <p>Intel has once again promised a fix for the glitchy firmware update tool it released for its 34nm solid-state drives last month. But it still can't say when the new version will arrive.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/adamo_xps_offical/ 2009-11-06T10:09:10Z

<h4>Adamo XPS debuts</h4> <p>Dell has been teasing us for months with spy shots of a super-thin laptop. But now the firm has decided it’s time to officially spill the beans about the latest addition to its Adamo line.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/times_fishy_ad_abandoned/ 2009-11-06T09:57:36Z

<h4>Another bogus scare, another re-Greta-ble cockup</h4> <p><em>The Times</em> newspaper says it won't be repeating an advertisement that contained a false and misleading piece of environmental alarmism. The advert, part of a series boasting its eco-credentials, claimed that the world's oceans would be free of fish by 2048. But the prediction was debunked when it was made three years ago, and the academic responsible has since joined forces with his critics to disown his earlier claim.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/explosive_floridian/ 2009-11-06T09:55:08Z

<h4>Cops find 'no evidence of uncontrolled bowels', however</h4> <p>A Florida flasher who allegedly exposed himself to two women explained to cops that his state of undress was due to an "explosive diarrhoea" incident.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/government_adviser_row/ 2009-11-06T09:47:53Z

<h4>Scientists want maximum respect</h4> <p>The row over the sacking of Professor David Nutt is deepening, with a bevy of boffins calling for scientific government advisers to be treated with respect and allowed to speak as they see fit.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/acta_treaty_negotiations/ 2009-11-06T08:02:02Z

<h4>At least, not until we know what's in it</h4> <p><strong>Opinion</strong>  Secret gatherings of the world's governments are usually the stuff of fevered imaginings, but just one such gathering is this week generating its own fair share of paranoia.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/review_e_book_reader_sony_prs_600_touch/ 2009-11-06T08:02:02Z

<h4>Real page turner?</h4> <p><strong>Review</strong>  When we reviewed Sony's original <a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/12/review_sony_prs_505_reader/">PRS-505 Reader</a> a little over 12 months ago, our only real criticism was that the plethora of buttons and switches that festooned the device would be better replaced by a touchscreen.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/ibm_secretary_of_state_pulls_election_system_contract/ 2009-11-06T07:02:02Z

<h4>Fears for lost data</h4> <p>Texas has pulled its voter registration system from a $863m data center consolidation project being overseen by IBM, saying it distrusts the giant's ability to recover lost data.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/liquid_computing_elements/ 2009-11-06T07:02:02Z

<h4>x64-commodity drip effect</h4> <p>Liquid Computing is moving further away from its home-grown server design and more towards commodity x64 iron as it tries to ride the unified computing wave.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/fujitsu_strike/ 2009-11-06T07:02:02Z

<h4>Outsourcer walkout imminent</h4> <p>Fujitsu workers will walk out next week in what's billed as the first ever national strike at a UK IT company, following a dispute over pensions, pay and job cuts.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/iphone_games_storm8_lawsuit/ 2009-11-06T06:02:02Z

<h4>Storm8's iSpy</h4> <p>A maker of some of the most popular games for the iPhone has been surreptitiously collecting users' cell numbers without their permission, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/859/atth0s1n.pdf?td=rss">The power of collaboration within unified communications</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/snapnames_auction_gaming/ 2009-11-06T06:02:02Z

<h4>SnapNames dates alleged shill to 2005</h4> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.snapnames.com/">Snapnames</a> - the net's largest domain name reseller - has told its customers that for the last four years, one of its own employees used a fake online identity to boost bidding on its online auctions.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p></p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/06/ceo_of_the_decade/ 2009-11-06T01:00:46Z

<h4><em>Fortune</em>'s CEO of the Decade</h4> <p>Steve Jobs has been crowned <a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/steve_jobs/2009/index.html" target="_blank">CEO of the Decade</a> by the preeminent house organ of US corporate shillery, <em>Fortune</em> magazine.…</p> <p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p></p>