3rd March 2012 Archive

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• Tony Blair closes RSA 2012, denounces WikiLeaks

  RSA 2012 Self-confessed tech know-nothing speaks his piece

  Former British Prime Minister Anthony Charles Lynton Blair was RSA's pick to close out their annual security conference in San Francisco, and he took the opportunity to bash WikiLeaks as "disgraceful." Blair took time out from his busy official role of bringing peace to the Middle East to pad his pockets speak for an …

  Security 3 Mar 00:22

• Hobbit movie locations using 6km of data cabling

  IT Systems Manager speaks in latest production video blog

  Crews working on the two Hobbit movies are doing so with the help of six kilometres of data cabling. That's one the revelations in the latest official production vlog, featuring IT Systems Manager Nick Trugly who says one of the challenges working on location poses is that “We are a long way from most of the infrastructure we …

  Data Networking 3 Mar 06:59

• Ten... gaming mice

  Product round-up The big cheese

  The three qualities I look for in a gaming mouse are: comfort, aesthetics and accuracy. And considering the imminent financial meltdown of the entire world, I'd like to think that I can get these three qualities for less than a week's shopping at Sainsbury's. Compared to last year prices, what's on offer seems to be slightly …

  reghardware 3 Mar 08:00

• Metro breakdown! Windows 8 UI is little gain for lots of pain

  Comment Nice OS, shame about the interface

  The public preview of Windows 8 has won "rave reviews" according to the Daily Mail, the newspaper that claims to reflect Middle England and is proudly conservative in every sense of the word. The Mail, it'll have you know, is a feisty opponent of "change for the sake of it". So not only do I fear that somebody has spiked the …

  Windows 8 3 Mar 09:27

• Citrix drops Rush Limbaugh over 'slutgate' slurs

  Updated Advertisers scurry from shock-jock

  Citrix has joined a growing group of companies who are pulling their advertising from Rush Limbaugh's radio show following his controversial remarks attacking Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke. "Over the past day, we've heard from many great Citrix customers about our advertising on The Rush Limbaugh Show," wrote Brett Caine …

  Business 3 Mar 22:34