7th February 2009 Archive

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UK gov unleashes ~~biometric~~ IDs

£4.7bn for cards. £0 for card readers

The British Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has spent £4.7bn ($6.6bn) on its new biometric ID card system. But it has not established a timeline for a card-reader rollout. Without the necessary card readers, the biometric information such as fingerprint scans stored in the cards is inaccessible and therefore useless for ID …

Government 7 Feb 2009, 01:09
iPhone trifecta rumored for 2009

Increased bling level

Three new iPhones will appear in 2009, according to an analyst with the Canadian research firm Canaccord Adams. According to a report on Seeking Alpha, analyst Peter Misek identifies the most lavish of the three as a 32GB iPhone 3G that will be available in multiple colors - an iPod Nanofication of the iPhone's bling level, in …

Mobile 7 Feb 2009, 01:10
Obama taps Silicon Valley bigwigs for economic advisory board

Oracle prez, famed VC get nod

President Obama tapped two Silicon Valley notables today as members of his new Economic Recovery Advisory Board. The 15-member board is charged with advising Obama on decisions about the US economy and announced to spur Congress into passing legislation for his $700bn+ stimulus spending package. Obama said he created a panel …

Government 7 Feb 2009, 01:14
SGI right at home in red ink

Supercomputer profits not so super

The economic downturn is making an already difficult financial situation for supercomputer maker Silicon Graphics even more arduous. For the second fiscal quarter ended in December, SGI reported revenues of $82.8m, down 8.1 per cent. Product revenues, including those from SGI Japan (which the company only owns 10 per cent of …

Financial News 7 Feb 2009, 05:20
Sony demos ultra-expensive, ultra-thin OLED telly

Video How much?

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Hardware 7 Feb 2009, 09:02
OpenDNS rolls out Conficker tracking, blocking

Downadup on notice

With an estimated 10 million PCs infected by the stealthy worm known as Conficker, it's a good bet that plenty of administrators are blissfully unaware that their networks are playing host to the pest. Now, a free service called OpenDNS is offering a new feature designed to alert administrators to the damage and help them …

Security 7 Feb 2009, 21:32