29th November 2008 Archive

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• So what will happen to Sun?

  Comment The new Silicon Valley parlour game

  Silicon Valley has a new parlour game: what's going to happen to Sun after the cuts? Rumours suggest it will merge with EMC, that HP or IBM will take it over, that Fujitsu will buy its hardware business, or even that the StorageTek storage business unit will be spun off. Do Sun's leaders want to be redeemed or to retire? The …

  Hardware 29 Nov 2008, 06:02

• What if computers went back to the '70s too?

  Vax on a three day week

  A Wizard whispers in your ear: "The password of Sheffield Library Packet Switching Service is ABC1234XYZ." That would be a conversation thirty years ago, on the Multi-User Dungeon, or MUD. The Dungeon was actually a minicomputer at the University of Essex. I won't tell you the name of the wizard, because he's a big noise in …

  Hardware 29 Nov 2008, 08:02

• UK retailers say gadgets will be cheaper on Monday

  Just not by much

  If you thought retail giants were all just money grabbing b***s, then Monday’s VAT reduction could just prove you wrong. Because Register Hardware’s found that most will – contrary to popular belief - pass the 2.5 per cent saving on to you. But the discounts won’t amount to much. Think of it like this, when the government cut …

  Reg Hardware 29 Nov 2008, 08:02

• Elgato EyeTV 310 HD satellite TV tuner

  Review Watch Freesat HD on your Mac

  Elgato’s EyeTV 310 isn’t an entirely new product, but the recent launch of the Freesat satellite TV service has made it a bit more interesting for TV addicts here in the UK. Elgato's EyeTV 310: now available over here Most of the EyeTV range consists of conventional TV tuners – such as the recently reviewed EyeTV DTT and …

  Reg Hardware 29 Nov 2008, 09:02