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 2009-11-21T15:25:10Z tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/21/lhc_beams_back_up/ 2009-11-21T09:39:35Z

<h4>Dimensional portal invasion back on track</h4> <p>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 Collider. The colossal machine circulated its first beam around the entire 27-km supermagnet circuit at 22:01 Swiss time, and sent the opposing beam round the other way at midnight.…</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/2009/11/21/review_satnav_tomtom_start/ 2009-11-21T09:02:02Z

<h4>And map lovers, apparently...</h4> <p><strong>Review</strong>  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 B and nothing more.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/21/benji_wittgenstein/ 2009-11-21T08:02:01Z

<h4>UK TV channel forecasts end of language</h4> <p>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 <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/14/blooker_prize/">the Blooks one</a>.…</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/2009/11/21/sql_server_2008_rs_review/ 2009-11-21T00:57:15Z

<h4>Inside Microsoft's R2 preview</h4> <p><strong>Review</strong>  SQL Server 2008 R2 is a step closer to reality.…</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/2009/11/21/google_toilet_paper/ 2009-11-21T00:26:18Z

<h4>'Super elastic, soft, smooth. Highly absorbent, for you always!'</h4> <p>A <a target="_blank" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/20/google-toilet-paper-found_n_365433.html">Vietnamese blogger</a> has alerted the world to another Google product.…</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/2009/11/20/fda_online_pharmacy_action/ 2009-11-20T23:30:45Z

<h4>Please don't feed the spammers</h4> <p>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.…</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/2009/11/20/oman_and_voip/ 2009-11-20T23:28:25Z

<h4>Net phones verboten</h4> <p>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.…</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/2009/11/20/ibm_chops_power_memory_prices/ 2009-11-20T22:35:29Z

<h4>AIX pipeline lubrication</h4> <p>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 Systems, reducing prices by between 28 and 70 per cent.…</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/2009/11/20/snow_leopard_atom_support/ 2009-11-20T22:28:55Z

<h4>Apple Atomness restored</h4> <p>Snow Leopard users are once again free to run the Apple operating system on hardware with Atom processors, courtesy of hackers in Russia.…</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/2009/11/20/myspace_merlin/ 2009-11-20T19:46:35Z

<h4>Merlin deal at last</h4> <p>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 labels. Since MySpace had built its reputation on new independent bands, you can see why the snub hurt.…</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/2009/11/20/nvidia_fermi_launch/ 2009-11-20T19:38:53Z

<h4>The supermodels of HPC: hot, and worth it</h4> <p><strong>SC09</strong>  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, Oregon, this week, and it is arguable that the GPU co-processors aimed at personal supers and massive clusters alike were the star of the show.…</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/2009/11/20/comcast_hijacking_charges/ 2009-11-20T19:18:07Z

<h4>Destination '69 dick tard lane'</h4> <p>The potty-mouthed hackers who hijacked Comcast's domain name for several hours last year were charged with intentionally damaging a protected computer system.…</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/2009/11/20/silverlight_4_windows_bias/ 2009-11-20T18:18:20Z

<h4>So much for cross-platform</h4> <p><strong>PDC</strong>  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.…</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/2009/11/20/jobs_email/ 2009-11-20T18:16:54Z

<h4>11 words from the Messiah's Jesus phone</h4> <p>Apple cult leader Steve Jobs has communicated with the outside world.…</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/2009/11/20/sony_supersize_3d/ 2009-11-20T18:02:02Z

<h4>280in 'wall' made from 70 28in sets</h4> <p>What better way to prove your commitment to the 3D TV market than showing off a <s>big</s>, <s>massive</s> whopping 280in 3D-capable TV? That seems to Sony’s opinion, anyway.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/20/cru_climate_hack/ 2009-11-20T16:51:39Z

<h4>Secretive scientists' source code goes walkabout</h4> <p>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 climate research centres in the UK, and a globally acknowledged authority on temperature reconstructions.…</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/2009/11/20/acer_six_day_battery_life/ 2009-11-20T16:18:50Z

<h4>Just ask Windows 7</h4> <p>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 lithium-ion batteries.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/20/cartercopter_aai_deal/ 2009-11-20T16:03:47Z

<h4>Droid jump-choppers to be offered to military</h4> <p>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 that Carter Aviation technologies - aspiring designer of the CarterCopter Personal Air Vehicle - has partnered with successful military robot maker AAI.…</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/2009/11/20/oracle_commission_extension/ 2009-11-20T16:03:21Z

<h4>Commission extends deadline</h4> <p>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.…</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/2009/11/20/email_virus_block_patent/ 2009-11-20T15:57:51Z

<h4>Looks a bit familiar</h4> <p>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.…</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/2009/11/20/xbox_live_lawsuit/ 2009-11-20T15:52:43Z

<h4>Anti-Microsoft class action in the offing?</h4> <p>Are you an Xbox 360 owner recently banned from Xbox Live? Has the ban left you feeling short changed? Perhaps you’ve experienced other console problems as a result of the ban? If you can answer 'yes' to any of these questions, then US law firm Abington IP wants to hear from you.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/20/nokia_layoffs/ 2009-11-20T15:19:13Z

<h4>Suffers from arrested development</h4> <p>Nokia is streamlining again, this time to the tune of 230 employees in Finland and another 100 in Copenhagen.…</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/2009/11/20/ispa_mandelson_copyright/ 2009-11-20T14:48:30Z

<h4>Someone tell Lord Sith about encryption</h4> <p>Claims from minister Stephen Timms this morning that the Digital Economy Bill has widespread support have been thrown into question, after the Internet Service Providers Association insisted it is strongly opposed to aspects of the legislation.…</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/2009/11/20/asus_eee_desktop_netbook/ 2009-11-20T14:36:36Z

<h4>Category killer?</h4> <p>Asus has once again extended it Eee PC netbook range, this time with a machine that not only includes Nvidia's Ion graphics but also a dual-core Atom processor - a desktop chip, to be precise.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/20/bitter_cherry/ 2009-11-20T14:14:33Z

<h4>'Find another line of work, like as a Hooters waitress'</h4> <p>Vulture Central's Kelly Fiveash has until now kept a pretty low profile, avoiding the kind of flak which regularly peppers our inboxes as indignant readers vent their spleen and propel steam from their ears.…</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/2009/11/20/business_app_packages_poll_results/ 2009-11-20T14:13:43Z

<h4>It's all about horses for courses</h4> <p><strong>Poll Results</strong>  Whether to build or buy, that is the question? Well, it is for many when it comes to business applications. It's a topic on which we asked for your feedback as part of our latest workshop, and over 100 of you came back with your views on it. So what did we learn?…</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/2009/11/20/ballmer_windows_7_sales/ 2009-11-20T13:34:10Z

<h4>Shy about numbers, mind</h4> <p>Microsoft’s shouty boss Steve Ballmer made a few big noises about Windows 7 sales yesterday, by declaring it was jumping off retail shelves at twice the level of its unloved Vista operating system.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/20/win7_backdoor_denial/ 2009-11-20T13:18:48Z

<h4>Oooh, spooky!</h4> <p>Microsoft has once again denied rumours that it built a backdoor into Windows 7.…</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/2009/11/20/vatican_twilight/ 2009-11-20T13:18:19Z

<h4>Deplores use of 'extremes' to make a point</h4> <p>The Vatican has come out against vampirical toothy teen book'n'movie series <em>Twilight</em>, dismissing the epic girl loves vampire, girl loses vampire, girl becomes vampire cycle as a "deviant moral vacuum".…</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/2009/11/20/review_camera_ricoh_cx2/ 2009-11-20T12:59:31Z

<h4>Clever capture modes, but what about the video?</h4> <p><strong>Review</strong>  It doesn’t seem five minutes since we looked at the <a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/04/09/review_compact_camera_ricoh_cx1/">CX1</a> – well, back in April actually – so it’s quite surprise to find that Ricoh has already launched its successor, the CX2. Again, this is a super-zoom compact seemingly aimed at the enthusiast or the DSLR user who occasionally wants to pack something simpler and smaller. That said, there are a few surprising omissions for a top-end compact.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/20/riverbed_virtual_steelhead/ 2009-11-20T12:58:51Z

<h4>Virtual Steelhead speeds iSCSI WAN traffic</h4> <p>WAN optimiser Riverbed has announced virtual Steelhead for the cloud and a way to speed up iSCSI data traffic.…</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/2009/11/20/lhc_feedback_roundup/ 2009-11-20T12:58:03Z

<h4>Aliens, gov planetbuster boffins, many others write in</h4> <p>Well, this is it. In the early hours of tomorrow morning, scientists at the controls of titanic machines situated in mighty hollowed-out caverns and tunnels deep beneath Switzerland will begin to unleash forces so vast and complex as to tax the very limits of human comprehension. The mighty Large Hadron Collider, most powerful matter-rending machine ever assembled by the human race, will once again begin to shoot beams of particles around its superfluid vacuum-pipe lightspeed doughnut.…</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/2009/11/20/us_fast_entry/ 2009-11-20T12:43:50Z

<h4>Global Entry forever</h4> <p>Janet Napolitano, boss of US Homeland Security, is making the Global Entry system - a quicker way through customs and border control - permanent.…</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/2009/11/20/steering_wheel_desk/ 2009-11-20T12:31:32Z

<h4>'A total lifesaver', enthuses satisfied customer</h4> <p>Amazon customers have gone absolutely mad for the AutoExec WM-01 Wheelmate <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Office-WM-01-Laptop-Steering/dp/B000IZGIA8/ref=cm_cmu_pg__header">Steering Wheel Desk Tray</a>, which "attaches to your steering wheel for easy access to a writing and drink storage surface".…</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/2009/11/20/ubuntu_chrome_os_contract/ 2009-11-20T12:13:56Z

<h4>'Sloth love Chunk'</h4> <p>Ubuntu’s commercial sponsor Canonical revealed late yesterday that it has been working with Google on its Chrome OS platform since before Mountain View announced its game-changing plans in July this year.…</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/2009/11/20/net_double/ 2009-11-20T12:02:02Z

<h4>'Shocked' Richie Kul expresses dismay to <em>El Reg</em></h4> <p>The news <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/16/taiwanese_hunk/">this week</a> that a 55-year-old bald and "physically unattractive" Taiwanese man had posed online as a "youthful male model" to convince up to 20 women to have sex with his ailing father - who was actually himself - provoked a certain amount of incredulity among <em>Reg</em> readers.…</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/2009/11/20/virtual_chasm/ 2009-11-20T11:25:56Z

<h4>Crossing the virtual chasm</h4> <p><strong>Lab</strong>  No, no, not the v word...! There are few topics that have garnered as much interest recently as virtualisation. And that’s not just coming from us – the level of feedback we get on this is head and shoulders above many other areas.…</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/2009/11/20/nominet_law/ 2009-11-20T11:22:10Z

<h4>Just in case</h4> <p>Ministers have revealed new legislation that will allow the government to take over and reform Nominet, following a boardroom battle over the .uk registry's future.…</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/2009/11/20/humax_freeview_hd/ 2009-11-20T11:14:43Z

<h4>Ahead of the rest?</h4> <p>Just days after <em>Register Hardware</em> was told by telly chiefs that <a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/11/19/freeview_hd_kit/">no Freeview HD kit</a> will be available in the UK ahead of the service’s switch-on next month, manufacturer Humax has announced the impending launch of its first Freeview HD-compatible set-top box.…</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/2009/11/20/google_plug_in_bug/ 2009-11-20T11:10:23Z

<h4>Google whacked</h4> <p>Microsoft has helped discover a flaw in the Google Chome Frame plug-in for Internet Explorer users.…</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/2009/11/20/ps3_3d_confirmed/ 2009-11-20T11:04:24Z

<h4>Specs at the ready</h4> <p>Sony has formally announced plans to bring true 3D gaming to the PlayStation 3.…</p>

tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/11/20/domestic_violence_database/ 2009-11-20T11:02:01Z

<h4>Fears over unsubstantiated and malicious allegations</h4> <p>The latest wheeze to emerge from ACPO and the Home Office is yet another new law and order database – this one including individuals who are unconvicted, but against whom there exist unsubstantiated allegations of domestic violence.…</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/2009/11/20/asus_home_server/ 2009-11-20T10:57:35Z

<h4>2TB of on-board storage - add more using eSata</h4> <p>Asus has taken the wraps off a home server build out of an Atom processor and up to 2TB of internal storage.…</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/2009/11/20/digital_economy_bill/ 2009-11-20T10:38:32Z

<h4>Mandelson to 'future-proof' P2P restrictions</h4> <p>The government is planning to award itself powers to change copyright law almost at will, in expectation that new anti-peer-to-peer laws will drive infringement to other services such as Rapidshare and newsgroups.…</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/2009/11/20/ohm_database_anonymity_worries/ 2009-11-20T10:35:30Z

<h4>Prof Ohm resists data safety claims</h4> <p>People might be more identifiable than previously thought from supposedly anonymised information contained in large databases, according to a technology law expert. New research recommends that privacy practices and even privacy laws need to change.…</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/2009/11/20/boeing_miniature_weapons/ 2009-11-20T10:04:03Z

<h4>Phantom Works pocket missile ideal for 'suburban combat'</h4> <p>US Air Force boffinry chiefs have decided to spend as much as $7m developing "miniature weapons" for use by killer robots in the Wars On Stuff.…</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/2009/11/20/axxana_9m_dollars/ 2009-11-20T10:01:10Z

<h4>$9m series B funding round</h4> <p>Axxana - the startup manufacturing the Phoenix RP black box data centre data recorder which can withstand a jumbo jet crash - has just received $9m in a funding round to help it take off.…</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/2009/11/20/ebay_skype_closed/ 2009-11-20T09:36:53Z

<h4>eBay rid of troublesome VoIP biz</h4> <p>The saga of eBay's sale of Skype is over - Silver Lake, Joltid Limited and other partners are now the proud owners of the VoIP provider.…</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/2009/11/20/server_upgrade_and_disposal_poll_results/ 2009-11-20T09:15:56Z

<h4>Data protection 1, reuse strategy nil?</h4> <p><strong>Poll Results</strong>  This week we asked you a number of questions around whether you have any immediate plans to change your server estates, who influences any such changes and how you dispose of your old kit. Your answers reveal a wide range of options are under consideration.…</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/2009/11/20/skype_founders_ruling/ 2009-11-20T08:02:01Z

<h4>US eBay action scooted over Atlantic</h4> <p>Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis were told their case against Skype-owner eBay had to be conducted in the English courts on the day that they later agreed a compromise with eBay.…</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>