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10th January 2009 Archive

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  • Pro-Palestine vandals deface Army, NATO sites

    Protest Israeli Gaza attacks

    Online vandals protesting Israel's military action in Gaza have defaced thousands of websites, including high-profile sites belonging to the US Army, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and a Washington-based group that oversees homeland security. The attacks on Thursday left several of them inoperable some 24 hours later …

    Security 10 Jan 00:23

  • Microsoft delays first Windows 7 public beta

    'Feature complete' code demand buckles servers

    An update to this story can be found here Microsoft has postponed broad availability of the first Windows 7 beta in order to keep up with anticipated download demand. According to reports from across the web, both the Windows 7 download page and Microsoft.com were intermittently unreachable earlier today as would-be …

    Operating Systems 10 Jan 00:53

  • G-Technology puts SSD RAID in your pocket

    Macworld Expo Enjoy higher vibration

    G-Technology announced an exceedingly compact, exceedingly snappy, exceedingly durable, exceedingly expensive portable drive at this week's Macworld Expo. The solid-state G-RAID mini SSD is available in 250GB and 500GB capacities, can be formatted as either RAID 0 or RAID 1, and has eSATA, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2 …

    Hardware 10 Jan 04:51

  • Storage RAIDs Jobless Apple show

    Macworld Expo Rack 'em up

    Although Macworld Expo 2009 had a decidedly consumer-focused feel, high-end storage also played its part. Iomega, Other World Computing, LaCie, and other Mac vets showing off their new desktop drives may have attracted bigger crowds, but rack-mounters such as Active Storage, EZQuest, and Promise Technology attracted bigger …

    Storage 10 Jan 05:10

  • Bubble-gum cards go interactive

    CES on Video Real world and virtual merge

      Click here to view a more bandwidth-friendly version of the video Can't see the video? Download Flash Player from Adobe.com More CES Video Reports... Swedish musos mix up handheld hard-drive DJ deck Nokia N97 touchscreen webphone demo'd Flying duck toy challenges armchair hunters In action: the Powermat wireless …

    Reg Hardware 10 Jan 16:45

  • Linux-based gizmo construction kit gets extra bricks

    CES on Video Plug and play

      Click here to view a more bandwidth-friendly version of the video Can't see the video? Download Flash Player from Adobe.com More CES Video Reports... 3M shines light on next-gen micro-projector tech D-Link demos double-up display for netbooks, laptops Samsung boffins demo transparent OLED screen Lenovo dual- …

    Reg Hardware 10 Jan 17:10

  • Boffins offer plastic printing service

    CES on Video Upload your 3D model, get it rendered physically

    Click here to view a more bandwidth-friendly version of the video Can't see the video? Download Flash Player from Adobe.com More CES Video Reports... Swedish musos mix up handheld hard-drive DJ deck 3M shines light on next-gen micro-projector tech D-Link demos double-up display for netbooks, laptops Samsung boffins …

    Reg Hardware 10 Jan 17:20

  • APT finds fix for iffy Bluetooth stereo audio

    CES APT-X improves A2DP, firm claims

    APT reckons it can stop Bluetooth stereo sounding - not to put too fine a point on it - ghastly. Announcing the inclusion of its APT-X audio coding technology in JayBirds' Freedom Bluetooth earphones from April, APT was doing a spot of blind 'guess the source' audio testing at its CES stand. Jaybirds' Freedom: A2DP-improver …

    Reg Hardware 10 Jan 17:49

  • Hands on with Sony's PRS-700 ebook reader

    CES Real page turner...

    Since we Europeans seem a far more literate bunch than our colonial cousins, it rather begs the question why on Earth the Shermans get the new Sony ebook reader while we don't. The PRS-700 was released in the US back in October 2008 - a month after its predecessor, the PRS-505, finally made to the UK. So we haven't had our …

    Reg Hardware 10 Jan 18:11

  • Asus' angular laptop-of-the-future designs spied

    CES Curves are so yesterday...

    Hidden away from the hordes of Eee PCs on Asus' CES stand - how many variants on the netbook theme can this company come up with? - was a set of concept laptop designs that quite caught our eye. Will their angular styling ever make it to market? Well, as one Asus staffer noted, a couple of years back, the company's bamboo-clad …

    Reg Hardware 10 Jan 18:31

  • Sony shows 'flexi OLED' curvacious concept kit

    CES Hinge-less future laptops to fold open

    While commercial products are still probably a few years away, the Flex OLED Future Concepts designs on Sony's CES stand rapidly became a major focus of interest at the show. Three device designs were on display: a Future Concept Reader, Walkman and Vaio notebook, all using curved OLED screens made from what Sony are calling " …

    Reg Hardware 10 Jan 20:50

  • Mio enters spirit of motoring with new satnav UI

    CES More like reading a map, apparently

    Mio has introduced a slick new satnav UI designed, it claims, to make it easier to spot interesting items en route. Mio's Spirit UI: Explore Mode in action The essential idea behind Mio's new Spirit navigation software is that other current systems don't put enough emphasis on the in-journey part of the satnav experience. …

    Reg Hardware 10 Jan 21:13