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SQL Server 2008 - from semi-relational to sublime

Review Microsoft has released a tech preview of SQL Server 2008 R2, and believe it or not, it's actually easy to install. Plus, it's quite a database

Triumph in Geneva! LHC beams up and running again

Dimensional portal invasion back on track

Physics 21 Nov 09:39

TomTom Start satnav for newbies

Review And map lovers, apparently...

Reg Hardware 21 Nov 09:02

Channel 4 raises Bing word-extinction alarm

UK TV channel forecasts end of language

Music and Media 21 Nov 08:02

Blogger outs back-end Google tech

'Super elastic, soft, smooth. Highly absorbent, for you always!'

Odds and Sods 21 Nov 00:26

FDA takes aim at illegal net pharmacies

Please don't feed the spammers

Crime 20 Nov 23:30

Oman cuffs 212 for selling VoIP calls

Net phones verboten

Telecoms 20 Nov 23:28

Apple cult leader emails outside world

11 words from the Messiah's Jesus phone

silverlightMicrosoft Silverlight - now with hidden Windows bias

PDC So much for cross-platform

Ricoh CX2 super-zoom compact camera

Review Clever capture modes, but what about the video?

Reg Hardware 20 Nov 12:59

IBM chase HP (and Sun) with tiny mem prices

AIX pipeline lubrication

Servers 20 Nov 22:35

HTC HD2 Windows Mobile smartphone

Review Big screen winner?

Reg Hardware 20 Nov 08:02

Hackers free Snow Leopard from Jobsian cage

Apple Atomness restored

Operating Systems 20 Nov 22:28

MySpace makes peace with Indies

Merlin deal at last

Music and Media 20 Nov 19:46

Nvidia previews next-gen Fermi GPUs

SC09 The supermodels of HPC: hot, and worth it

HPC 20 Nov 19:38

Potty-mouths charged for Comcast hijack

Destination '69 dick tard lane'

Crime 20 Nov 19:18

Sony demos monster 3D TV

280in 'wall' made from 70 28in sets

Reg Hardware 20 Nov 18:02

Wrecking CRU: hackers cause massive climate data breach

Secretive scientists' source code goes walkabout

Environment 20 Nov 16:51

Skinny Acer notebook delivers six-day battery life

Just ask Windows 7

Reg Hardware 20 Nov 16:18

VTOL gyro-copter flying car mates with killer robot

Droid jump-choppers to be offered to military

Science 20 Nov 16:03

QinetiQ mail virus patent attracts barbs

Looks a bit familiar

Malware 20 Nov 15:57

Lawyers pursue banned Xbox Live gamers

Anti-Microsoft class action in the offing?

Reg Hardware 20 Nov 15:52

Nokia swings axe again

Suffers from arrested development

Mobile 20 Nov 15:19

ISPA slams Mandy's copyright land grab

Someone tell Lord Sith about encryption

Telecoms 20 Nov 14:48

Asus intros netbook with desktop CPU

Category killer?

Reg Hardware 20 Nov 14:36

Yank objects to Reg cherry-popping headline

'Find another line of work, like as a Hooters waitress'

Bootnotes 20 Nov 14:14

The pros and cons of business application packages

Poll Results It's all about horses for courses

Evolving Apps 20 Nov 14:13

Ballmer waxes lyrical about Windows 7 double bubble sales

Shy about numbers, mind

Channel Register 20 Nov 13:34

MS denies Win 7 backdoor rumours

Oooh, spooky!

Operating Systems 20 Nov 13:18

Vampires not good role models for Catholics, declares Vatican

Deplores use of 'extremes' to make a point

Bootnotes 20 Nov 13:18

Riverbed going virtually into public cloud

Virtual Steelhead speeds iSCSI WAN traffic

Storage 20 Nov 12:58

LHC dimensional apocalypse from midnight: Your thoughts

Aliens, gov planetbuster boffins, many others write in

Physics 20 Nov 12:58

US immigration dodge is permanent

Global Entry forever

Government 20 Nov 12:43

Amazon punters go mad for 'Laptop Steering Wheel Desk'

'A total lifesaver', enthuses satisfied customer

Bootnotes 20 Nov 12:31

Ubuntu in truffle shuffle with Chrome OS

'Sloth love Chunk'

Operating Systems 20 Nov 12:13

Taiwanese sex scammer's net double is NYC model

'Shocked' Richie Kul expresses dismay to El Reg

Bootnotes 20 Nov 12:02

Where is server virtualisation taking us?

Lab Crossing the virtual chasm

Virtualisation Lab 20 Nov 11:25

Mandelson to get Nominet reform powers

Just in case

Telecoms 20 Nov 11:22

Humax Freeview HD set-top box to debut 'early 2010'

Ahead of the rest?

Reg Hardware 20 Nov 11:14

MS discovers flaw in Google plug-in for IE

Google whacked

Enterprise Security 20 Nov 11:10

PS3 to go 3D in 2010, says Sony

Specs at the ready

Reg Hardware 20 Nov 11:04

Filesharing laws to hit websites and newsgroups too

Mandelson to 'future-proof' P2P restrictions

Law 20 Nov 10:38

Database anonymity at risk, warns researcher

Prof Ohm resists data safety claims

Applications 20 Nov 10:35

US forces developing 'miniature weapons' for killer robots

Phantom Works pocket missile ideal for 'suburban combat'

Science 20 Nov 10:04

Datacentre black box recorder gets take-off cash

$9m series B funding round

Servers 20 Nov 10:01

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