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  • Microsoft gets dirty with Gmail cloud cash fight

    Dressing up what you kill

    Microsoft is so committed to the cloud that it's throwing everything at rivals like Google to crack open the door on sales and gain momentum online. Chief operating officer Kevin Turner painted a rosy future for Microsoft in the cloud for Wall Street this week, but at the same time, Microsoft has been getting dirty. The Reg …

    Applications 31 Jul 00:18

  • 'Death to browsers!' cries Apple mobile-app patent

    The camel's nose under Google's tent

    A trio of Apple filings seek to patent mobile-application "systems and methods" for travel and online shopping — and to move us three steps closer to a Google-free world. Taken together, the three filings point not only to the browserless future that Apple is seeking for its iOS devices, but also — if granted by the much- …

    Mobile 31 Jul 01:19

  • Social-engineering contest reveals secret BP info

    Defcon Hacking human gullibility at Defcon

    A hacker competition that challenges contestants to trick employees of large companies into divulging potentially sensitive information aims to show how human gullibility is the biggest security vulnerability of all. During its first day at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas, it had clearly achieved its goal. With just …

    Enterprise Security 31 Jul 02:29

  • Disney throws $763m at social gaming

    Getting animated about Facebook

    Disney has thrown over three quarters of a billion dollars to bring it up to Goliath status in the online gaming world, acquiring two and a half year old Playdom, which offers games for social networks – the new buzzword in gaming that has all the VCs on the planet hopping onto investments. Playdom offers Social City, Sorority …

    Financial News 31 Jul 08:02

  • Sony Bravia KDL-32NX503 32in LCD TV

    Review Smaller sized set with big screen extras

    Monolithic is a desirable word, unless it’s applied to small things like a mobile phone, a peanut, a shrew. So does it fit a flatscreen TV, especially one at the lower end of screen sizes deemed suitable for a living room? Leaving space in your living room: Sony's Bravia KDL-32NX503 Monolithic is the name of the design …

    reghardware 31 Jul 08:02

  • iPhone 4: And now we are 3 (Mobile)

    Cheap deals for all

    3 Mobile is shipping iPhone 4 today - along with T-Mobile UK, it was the last UK network to announce availability. With the device in stock, it joins T-Mobile in finally giving customers the opportunity to physically own one. They were the only networks yet to announce this. Unlike T-Mobile, 3 hasn't lowered published pre- …

    reghardware 31 Jul 10:08

  • Reg Hardware Reviews Digest

    Another chance to see our reviews from the last week

    In the past seven days, Reg Hardware reviewed many products from the worlds of consumer electronics, photography, gaming, mobile communications and information technology. If you missed anything, here are all the products we looked at this past week. Lifestyle Samsung UE46C8000 3D TV Picture perfect? Withings Wi …

    Hardware 31 Jul 10:09

  • Aussie broadband is slower than a slow thing in a slow town

    Slower than New Zealand

    So Australia is building a superfast fibre to the home (FTTH) national broadband network and not a minute too soon. Last week's survey from Akamai, a company that charges clients hefty sums for making their websites run faster, shows the country ranked a dismal 50th place in the global broadband speed league with an average …

    Telecoms 31 Jul 22:24