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21st May 2011 Archive

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  • Comcast 'Tweetgate' apology thrown back in face

    If only everyone had read more G.B. Shaw

    In a corporate cock-up with more angles than an anorexic runway model, Comcast has splattered mud on itself in its attempt to silence a critic, and that critic's organization has cast itself as a holier-than-thou prig. We'll boil down the background to this tangled tale of ego and incompetence into seven simple steps: In …

    Government 21 May 00:19

  • Google was 'warned repeatedly' about rogue drug ads

    Search giant faces 'federal criminal investigation'

    Google was warned repeatedly by US state and Canadian regulators and independent watchdogs that it was running ads from online pharmacies that were breaking US laws, according to a report citing interviews with those involved in the situation, as well as public documents. The Wall Street Journal reports that federal …

    Music and Media 21 May 00:28

  • Hack on Sony-owned ISP steals $1,220 in virtual cash

    90 email addresses accessed

    Sony's So-Net Entertainment subsidiary was hacked by intruders who made off with about $1,200 worth of virtual points, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The hacker stole the points from about 128 accounts and was able to read email from about 90 accounts, the Associated Press said. The Japan-based mobile Internet …

    Crime 21 May 06:00

  • Sony Bravia KDL-EX524 40in LED TV

    Review Internet telly for the rest of us

    Sony’s KDL-EX524 is a well-equipped flatscreen for those of us with scant regard for the third dimension. Resolutely 2D, this Freeview HD 40-incher with 32- and 37-inch alternatives, instead tempts with features like Internet connectivity, media streaming and USB HDD recording. It’s also relatively affordable. Slimline LED …

    reghardware 21 May 07:00

  • Read-only nation: can Open Source change the British way?

    Workshop Reg readers duke it out with Canonical

    We asked if open-source software had a part to play in increasing technological innovation in the UK. It seems that for a nation with such a great engineering heritage, we have too easily passed the tech leadership flag over to the US and to the emerging economies. Steve George from Canonical speculated that open-source …

    Open Source 21 May 12:00

  • Making a storage mountain out of a molecule

    Depleted uranium and a magnetic story

    Nottingham university boffins have devised a depleted uranium molecule that keeps a constant magnetic state and is many times smaller than bits on hard disk drives, promising 1,000-fold increases in hard drive capacity - if it can be turned into a product before solid state storage takes over. The Notts team, led by Dr Steven …

    Storage 21 May 16:00