7th May 2005 Archive

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• Sun's newest star lauds the PT Barnum way

  Profile Gadgets, sensors and wealth

  "The web is now nature," says Glenn Edens, one of Sun Microsystems' most important executives, and its fastest-rising star. The senior VP has been Director of Sun Labs for around 18 months, but the bright lights of Hollywood now beckon. He's been picked to head Sun's newest creation, a vertical business unit aimed at …

  Software 7 May 2005, 08:16

• Registro lanæas Universala Eldono

  Ejo novoj Iu pli bona lingvo eæ ol Amerikano

  Finita des jaroj ni apud The Register estas ricevaj multnombra plendoj, insultoj kaj minacoj koncerne nia politiko de alveturanta artikolojn en Brita (i.e. reala) Angla. Tamen, sekvanta iu preskaý sensanga puæo nia politiko (kaj ankaý nia administrado) þanøis, kaj ni nun havi iu sintenon pli erudis rilate al sugestoj de nia …

  Bootnotes 7 May 2005, 10:35

• Live CD paradise

  Important security tools

  Whether you need to sniff for wireless networks or carry Nessus, Nmap and the Metasploit Framework with you in your pocket, there's a security-based Live CD out there for you. My grandfather, Edgar Scott, was known as a fix-it man around Marshall, Missouri, the small Midwestern town in which I grew up. Folks brought cracked …

  Enterprise Security 7 May 2005, 10:36

• Court blasts FCC on broadcast flag

  Updated Green light to hardware makers, file sharers

  A controversial US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulation that would have required all hardware capable of receiving broadcast transmissions to recognize a so-called broadcast flag, or DRM signal, starting in July 2005, has been shot down by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Reuters reports. The …

  Music and Media 7 May 2005, 10:36

• Time for 3G handset makers to start proper testing - Spirent

  Not up to snuff

  The 3G phones in the market are not up to snuff, according to experts: "We are seeing performance differences between two 3G terminals, with as much as 6dB or 7 dB falloff in signal sensitivity. Inside a building where signals are marginal, that's the difference between 'working' and 'not working' - and it's not being caught in …

  Mobile 7 May 2005, 10:43