All Computing news
HELL-beam project now one step from jet-fighter raygun
DARPA fridge laser. Advantage: Shark
US military boffinry chiefs have stated that they will shortly issue a brace of contracts for "refrigerator sized" laser blaster cannons. One of the deals will see a full-power ground prototype built which will be the final stage prior to America's first raygun-equipped jet fighter.…
Northamber warns things still rough in UK channel
Future's not clear to see
UK distie Northamber updated the markets on its first quarter performance to 30 September and sales are down nine per cent on the same period last year.…
Japan gov poised to cancel 10 petaflops Keisuko super
Fujitsu has to do some financial jujitsu
SC09 Rumours were circulating around late last week ahead of the SC09 supercomputing trade show in Portland, Oregon, that the Japanese government might severely curtail its funding of HPC projects. This comes after a panel of axe-wielding government bureaucrats charged with removing waste from the Japanese government budget recommended cancelling.…
Most security products not up to scratch
But most of all, you've let yourself down
Only four per cent (one in 25) information security products pass muster when first tested under a widely-used industry kitemark scheme.…
Activision denies <em>Modern Warfare 2</em> Russian ban
Controversial airport level ditched
The publisher behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has dismissed claims that the videogame has been banned in Russia because of a violent level set within a Russian airport.…
IT workers top UK inertia league
Too much coffee, too little exercise
Personal training outfit Fat Free Fitness has shockingly revealed that the UK's IT workers top the nation's inertia league - drinking too much coffee and doing way too little exercise.…
Staff at UK mobile co sold customer records
Info Commissioner recommends jail for miscreants
Staff at an unnamed mobile operator have been selling customer details to the competition, and the Information Commissioner reckons that it will take a spell in chokey to stop the leaks.…
V-22 Osprey, stealth jumpjet 'need refrigerated landing pads'
Hover-ships' hot exhaust melting decks of US warships
It's now official. The new generation of high-tech hovering aircraft - namely the famous V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor and the upcoming F-35B supersonic stealth jump-jet - have an unforeseen flaw. Their exhaust downwash is so hot as to melt the flight decks of US warships, leading Pentagon boffins to look into refrigerated landing pads.…
UK2 email migration still not finished
Seventeen days and counting
Hosting company UK2 has still not finished migrating customer emails across to a new system.…
Clove confirms Acer Liquid Android phone launch
Weeks, or possibly days, to go
Acer’s Liquid A1 smartphone will hit Blighty this month, it has emerged.…
Swindon council promises townsfolk free Wi-Fi XTC
Leaves citizens feeling ten feet tall
Swindon council has bought into the municipal Wi-Fi dream, taking a 35 per cent stake in a firm that will build a mesh network to give the Wiltshire town's citizens free net access.…
Latest Navy carrier madness: 'Sell 'em to India'
Grauniad has lunch with BAE
Analysis Yet another scheme by the MoD for cutting costs on the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers has surfaced in the media, with claims now being aired that one of the two ships might be sold to India.…
Guide names mass e-car adoption potholes
Electrification Coalition speaks mind
Leccy Tech A US-based pro leccy vehicle organisation has recommended that 25 per cent of the country’s new car sales be for battery-electric or plug-in hybrid cars by the year 2020.…
Pirate Bay says tracker tech is so yesterday, man
Takes seat at distributed hash table
The Pirate Bay has kyboshed its tracker technology and replaced it with a decentralised peer-to-peer network that all modern clients can hook up to.…
Cardiff Airport gets more security theatre
Got a face, sir? Step this way
Cardiff Airport is joining Manchester in using facial recognition technology to automate passport checks for inbound passengers.…
Mobile phones - fighting cancer, causing car crashes
Everybody's free to wear sunscreen while being run over
Boffin Watch New research has shown that people who receive text messages reminding them to use sunscreen are more likely to use sunscreen. However, worrying results from a separate study implies that this positive effect could be negated by an increased likelihood of you being hit by a car.…
If I wanted to get there, I wouldn’t start from here!
An alternative perspective on business productivity
Webcast The Register’s panel of experts are discussing alternative perspectives to business productivity in a live webcast from 10am on 3 December. Share your opinions and put questions to the panel, all from the comfort of your desk - register your interest today.…
Trojans likely to follow Win 7 activation hack
Beware Greeks bearing security bypasses
Trojan attacks are likely in the wake of the Windows 7 product activation system cracks developed last week, less than a month after the release of Microsoft's latest operating system.…
Microsoft co-founder battles cancer
Paul Allen diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.…
Riverbed looking to expand by buying Expand
In the end, there can only be WAN
Riverbed is looking to develop its WAN optimisation product line by buying its competitor, Expand Networks.…
