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9th January 2010 Archive

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  • Dadaist user manuals - a call for submissions

    'Stop before you whop'

    The eggnog has been drunk, the ornaments put away, the hangovers endured. Now it's time for you to dig through those users manuals for all that kit you received as a holiday goodie. Problem: the manual was translated from its original Mandarin, Minangkabau, or Quenya by an autistic babelfish. That was certainly our experience …

    Odds and Sods 9 Jan 00:16

  • Symantec Y2.01K bug still stymies customers

    String compare hobbles Endpoint Manager

    Nine days after Symantec's corporate antivirus dashboard succumbed to an end-of-decade bug that caused it to stop accepting updates, the company has yet to fix the underlying problem, much to the chagrin of customers. In a case of extreme Déjà vu, the flaw in SEPM, or Symantec Endpoint Manager, stems from its inability to …

    Enterprise Security 9 Jan 02:05

  • Spain seeks fast track for pirate site shutdowns

    Online bonking with judicial approval

    Spain has proposed a new anti-piracy law that would let intellectual property police play a speedier game of whack-a-mole with websites serving illegal downloads of music and films. The measure allows a judge to act on a complaint filed by the newly formed intellectual property commission at Spain's ministry of culture by …

    Music and Media 9 Jan 03:32

  • Palm fishes for devs with $1m lure

    CES 2010 Dev tools open to all

    Palm has - finally - opened up its application development program for webOS to one and all. It will also open its app database to anyone who wants to build a store, extend its SDK's powers with a plug-in kit for C and C++ coders, and prime the development pump with $1m in incentives. The outing of the developer program was …

    Mobile 9 Jan 04:00

  • Microsoft ends Windows and Office 2007 rental restrictions

    Single-payment deal

    Microsoft has tweaked Windows and some Office 2007 licenses so people who rent PCs to customers - like internet cafes and business centers - can do so legally. The company has introduced the Rental Rights license for Office Professional Plus 2007, Office Standard 2007, and Windows across the globe following international …

    Channel Register 9 Jan 04:14

  • Palm Prē lands in France

    CES 2010 'Not only typical French arrogance'

    Palm is extending the market range of its smartphones to France through a partnership with mobile service provider SFR, which will begin offering the Palm Prē and Pixi to its existing 20 million mobile customers - and, hopefully, more - in the second quarter of this year. France will become Palm's fifth European market, …

    Mobile 9 Jan 07:02

  • Keene IRAnywhere

    Review IR over IP – for those remote remotes

    Infrared remotes are easily taken for granted for controlling the TV from the couch, but with the Keene IRAnywhere system, you can take channel hopping to the next level. Ever wanted to change the channel from across international borders? For long-distance disciplinarian dads, the possibilities for family fun are endless. …

    Reg Hardware 9 Jan 10:02

  • Kodak intros 3D remote

    CES 2010 on Video 'Free space' control tech demo'd

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    Reg Hardware 9 Jan 22:40