21st November 2009 Archive

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Blogger outs back-end Google tech

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

A Vietnamese blogger has alerted the world to another Google product. Details are sketchy at best. In fact, all we have is a photo: Another Google product The photo - whose authenticity has yet to be verified - seems to indicate the product is some sort of "2 ply bathroom paper" made from "100 per cent virgin pulp." …

Odds and Sods 21 Nov 00:26
SQL Server 2008 - from semi-relational to sublime

Review Inside Microsoft's R2 preview

SQL Server 2008 R2 is a step closer to reality. On the heels of August's first code drop, Microsoft has released a second, more-fully-featured community technology preview (CTP) of its next database server. It promises a number of things, including improved business intelligence through database changes and integration with …

Applications 21 Nov 00:57
Channel 4 raises Bing word-extinction alarm

UK TV channel forecasts end of language

Roll over Wittgenstein, Channel 4 has a bold claim to make, thanks to New Media guru Benjamin Cohen. It's trumpeted in what must be the weirdest press release we've received in years - or at least since the Blooks one. We reproduce it in full, trying to give you a flavour of the insane typography: PLEASE CREDIT CHANNEL 4 NEWS …

Music and Media 21 Nov 08:02
TomTom Start satnav

Review Made for map lovers, apparently...

TomTom's Start is essentially the satnav specialist's new low-end model. Rather than say so, though, it's not pitching the product on price but for its simplicity. It's a device designed to get you from A to B and nothing more. TomTom's Start: cuts to the chase with a simple, straightforward UI But it's also being described …

Reg Hardware 21 Nov 09:02
Triumph in Geneva! LHC beams up and running again

Dimensional portal invasion back on track

There were emotional scenes last night at the headquarters of underground international atom-smasher science alliance CERN, as joyful boffins celebrated the successful restarting of the Large Hadron Collider. The colossal machine circulated its first beam around the entire 27-km supermagnet circuit at 22:01 Swiss time, and sent …

Physics 21 Nov 09:39