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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:58:30 +0100

.::Enterprise storage is for the little people too::.

Not the boxes, the thinking...

Reg primer Small and medium-sized businesses are the great untapped market for the computer storage industry. They remain untapped, for good reason. Money.…

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:26:24 +0100

.::Law firm argues links to its website abuse its trademarks::.

Jones Day wrestles BlockShopper.com

One of the world's biggest law firms is suing a small Chicago-based website for naming the firm and linking to two of its associates' biographies. A judge rejected an attempt to have the case thrown out last week.…

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:41:32 +0100

.::Dell profits take (small) hit in Q3::.

Cost cutting saves the day

If you were looking for some good news out of Dell today as it reported its fiscal 2009 third quarter financial results, you will probably be disappointed. But not as much as you might think. That's good news of a sort considering the miserable week the global economy is having.…

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:42:20 +0100

.::Google - the world's first firewalled monopoly::.

Pricing power goes virtual

Antitrust 2.0 Why did Google leave outgoing Yahoo! chief executive Jerry Yang heartbroken at the search engine altar? If you believe the words chief ad broker and CEO Eric Schmidt funneled through The New York Times, Google chafed at the prospect of winning a Department of Justice (DoJ) antitrust suit.…

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:12:04 +0100

.::Trademark owner loses domain name claim against unauthorised reseller::.

Court rules against ITT

Dealers and resellers can use a manufacturer's trademark as a domain name even when their sales are not authorised by the manufacturer, an arbitration panel has ruled.…

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:44:46 +0100

.::Firefox millions - only 12 per cent Google free::.

Mozilla faces IRS audit over search sugar daddy

In 2007, the Mozilla Foundation received 88 per cent of its revenue from a certain Mountain View sugar daddy. And thanks to its longstanding Google dependence, the organization is facing an IRS audit and questions over its tax exempt status.…

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:10:11 +0100

.::Mark Cuban answers SEC insider-trading charges::.

'Because that's just the kind of person he is'

Those betting attention-starved web entrepreneur Mark Cuban would keep silent about insider-trading charges filed against him by the US Securities and Exchange Commission just lost their dollar. Easiest cash I ever made.…

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:24:34 +0100

.::HP beats street on Q4 but reins in Q1 outlook::.

Uncommon currency hurts revs

HP made some rivals realise just how badly they're doing when it today announced preliminary fourth quarter results that showed it edging ahead of analysts' forecasts.…

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:58:54 +0100

.::Jerry! Yang! to! quit! as! Yahoo! CEO!::.

Board seeks new boss

Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang is quitting the company's CEO post, five months after rejecting a $47.5bn takeover bid from Steve Ballmer and Microsoft.…

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:13:40 +0100

.::Mark Cuban charged with insider trading::.

SEC: Mamma.com stock was so ugly...

Mark Cuban, technology entrepreneur, billionaire, Dallas Mavericks owner, and ardent attention-seeker is getting a new title by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today: "defendant."…

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:28:00 +0100

.::Citibank, RBS and JP Morgan wield gilt edged axe::.

City workers under siege

Citibank is cutting another 53,000 from its payroll, on top of the 22,000 job cuts it has already announced.…

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:48:16 +0100

.::UK govt cuts web shoppers a break::.

Customs Duty threshold raised

The banks may be unwilling to pass on their tax breaks, but at least the Government has one for internet shoppers importing goodies from outside the EU.…

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:52:24 +0100

.::Reg Reader 'bitch of a survey' transformed into beautiful webcast::.

Building applications for the 21st century

Reg Tech Panel Earlier this month we polled you, our beloved readers, for your thoughts about application development and software platforms. We freely admitted that this was a "bitch of a survey". But more than 500 of you replied. We're very, very grateful to you. Armed with your responses, we are making a couple of webcasts aimed at IT pros about this dry but crucially important area of technology.…

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:13:17 +0100

.::MoD seeks 'budding Qs' in SME engagement push::.

Pops open porkbarrel small tin of spam

The UK Ministry of Defence says it is keen to hear from "budding Qs who think they could supply the armed forces of the future with high-tech gadgets and gizmos". To that end, the MoD has organised an "innovation day" at Glasgow University.…

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:20:36 +0100

.::Google shares plummet past $300, reach three year low::.

Wall Street ignorant of Mountain View money machine

Google's share price has dipped below $300 for the first time in three years, after some Wall Street guessmen decided the ad broker's revenues are on the wane.…

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:02:48 +0100

.::Advertisers should speak up on where Yahoo assets should be::.

The problem of anti-trustness

When thinking about the Google Yahoo deal and why we felt it was out and out anti-trust, we were reminded of an old joke. When it was told to us years ago it was about an accountant, but the punchline was the same.…

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:28:26 +0100

.::Microsoft spreads $1bn R&D love in China::.

Why make trillions when we can make... BILLIONS?

Microsoft will cough up more than $1bn for research and development projects in China over the next three years.…

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:45:27 +0100

.::NetApp peers into the economic gloom::.

Foggy vision

NetApp is refusing to give guidance for the next quarter. You can guess why.…

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:53:56 +0100

.::Intel shocks with profit warning::.

Ask not for whom the bellwether tolls

A month ago Intel CEO Paul Otellini didn't know "what impact the financial crisis will have on end customer demand". He does now and it's not good. Intel has cut fourth quarter revenue guidance by ten per cent, citing weakening global demand and PC supply chain inventory reduction.…

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:32:29 +0100

.::BT waves goodbye to 10,000 temps and permies::.

Global Services blamed

BT is to cut 10,000 permanent and contractor jobs before the end of the financial year in March.…

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:29:30 +0100

.::Dell CTO Kevin Kettler to step down in January::.

'A personal decision,' claims company

Dell has confirmed its chief technology officer Kevin Kettler plans to step down soon, although the PC vendor is adamant his retirement is not a part of Dell's recent layoffs and cutbacks.…

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:49:26 +0100

.::Best Buy sheds lost revenue tears, shares holiday fears::.

Too many people only want their two front teeth

Best Buy isn't so sure customers will spring for that $50 spool of Monster Cable speaker wire in this economy, so the electronics retailer today lowered fiscal-year earnings expectations.…

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:50:15 +0100

.::IDC slashes 2009 global IT projections::.

The US is a drag, man

Blame the financial meltdown. And blame the United States. The market researchers at IDC this morning put out revised projections for global IT spending in 2009, and they now say that global IT spending in 2009 will grow at only 2.6 per cent. That's down from an earlier projection of 5.9 per cent growth in year-over-year spending, a projection that came out in August, when the economies of the world were jittery and skittish, not heading towards recession.…

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:52:32 +0100

.::SMBs split on tech spending plans::.

IT glass half empty, half full

Just as The Meltdown was ramping up to full swing back in September, the Computing Technology Industry Association thought it was a good time to bug small and medium businesses in the US, Canada, and the UK about their businesses' prospects and their IT spending plans in the next twelve months.…

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:17:50 +0100

.::Co-op IT workers vote to strike::.

No to job losses, offshoring

Workers for Steria, which provides IT support for Co-operative Financial Services have voted in favour of strike action in protest at plans to offshore their jobs.…

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:20:28 +0100

.::Building 21st century applications::.

Reg readers reveal all

Reg Tech Panel Delivering IT services has always been about striking a balance between what needs to be built from scratch and what can be bought off the shelf.…

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:19:37 +0100

.::Virgin Media wields mighty jobs axe::.

Waves goodbye (but not yet) to 2,200 staff

Virgin Media, the UK cable giant, is cutting 2,200 jobs - about 15 per cent of the workforce.…

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:46:28 +0100

.::UK lists preferred occupations for immigrants::.

Bring us your huddled fish filleters

The Home Office has confirmed the list of preferred jobs for would-be immigrants to the UK - and non-EU techies need not apply.…

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:47:41 +0100

.::Banks to share data on promiscuity::.

Clamp down on over-exposed 'credit tarts' to follow

If you want credit, be prepared to hand over a little bit more personal info to the data inquisition in future. That looks like being the inevitable end-result of an announcement by UK banks that in order to help you manage your credit more responsibly, they are planning to expand the range of data that they will share with one another.…

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:36:01 +0100

.::UIQ staff put on notice::.

Touched no more

270 staff at UIQ - the graphical layer left homeless by the launch of the Symbian Foundation - have been put on notice that they could lose their jobs real soon now. But Sony Ericsson is going to cover their pay for the next month or two.…

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:32:43 +0100

.::Nortel losses $3.4bn in Q3::.

1,300 heads will roll

…

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:29:28 +0100

.::Gates joins ex-Microsoft CTO to register patents::.

Washington troll patrol

Bill Gates is working with his former chief technology officer turned IP collector Nathan Myhrvold to register patents in a way that could help Microsoft monetize the internet.…

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:02:06 +0100

.::Michael Dell sells you some s**t you don't need::.

Dude, I'm desperate

Fail and You Michael Dell will never miss an opportunity to sell you some shit you don't need. Attendees of this year's Dreamforce conference saw a first hand demonstration of this, having to sit through about an hour's worth of of Dell's Always-Be-Closing pitch. Trying his hardest to look like Steve Jobs, Dell successfully turned the Salesforce users' conference into a dog and pony show.…

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:26:41 +0100

.::Recession forces C&W bosses to keep it together::.

Stock market chaos blamed

Cable & Wireless is delaying its split into two businesses, blaming crazy market conditions rather than its own trading.…

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:49:17 +0100

.::Ex-IBMer and new iPod boss ordered to stop work::.

Quit shuffling around

Mark Papermaster has been ordered by a US District Court judge in New York to stop work immediately in his new role at Apple as he could be violating an agreement with his former employer, IBM.…

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:26:26 +0100

.::BitTorrent Inc. amputates half of self::.

New CEO tapped, 18 sacked

BitTorrent Inc. - the San Francisco company still hoping to make some money from Bram Cohen's world famous p2p file sharing protocol - has apparently laid off about half its staff.…

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:14:24 +0100

.::Yahoo! shares tumble as Ballmer shuts coffin on Microhoo::.

Redmond supremo unfazed by yin Yang

This week, Yahoo! chief Jerry Yang said "the best thing for Microsoft is to buy Yahoo!" But Steve Ballmer doesn't see it that way.…

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:06:39 +0100

.::America sacks 240,000 in October::.

IT starts taking hits, but also adds jobs

The US Department of Labor released its monthly jobs report just before Wall Street opened this morning, and the news is worse than expected.…

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:57:32 +0100

.::Wi-Fi phobes hijack disability legislation::.

We're disabled, really, we are!

The city of Santa Fe is being taken to task over a plan to deploy a Wi-Fi network on the ground they're unfairly discriminating against people who are allergic to electromagnetic waves.…

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:11:53 +0100

.::The Platform and Operations Monster Survey::.

Step up, brave souls, and win Reg goodies

Reg Tech Panel It's possibly the biggest, beastliest survey we've ever put together - now we just need you to get stuck into it, and give us the full platforms and operations lowdown. By way of a shameless bribe, we've got some splendid Reg goodie bags to give away to the dauntless filler-inners.…

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:36:49 +0100

.::Unisys, SGI - canaries in the coal mines::.

Quarterly profits a mixed bag

While tier one server makers IBM and Sun Microsystems have reported their financial results in recent weeks, and Hewlett-Packard is getting set to do so in two weeks, there are other players in the server space. In some ways, they're canaries in the server coal mines. Niche and boutique vendors sometimes feel the pinch first, even if they do offer advantages compared to the big boys.…

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:27:37 +0100

.::Panasonic closes in on Sanyo::.

Lithium-ion power play

Sanyo Electronics is ready and willing to be courted for takeover by its domestic rival Panasonic.…

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:27:11 +0100

.::Fadell gets $300,000 golden handcuffs Apple deal::.

Ex-iPod boss given bulky annual 'shut-up' salary

The former iPod daddy Tony Fadell will receive a hefty payout in his new “consultancy” role at Apple – where he’s also required to keep schtum about the company’s secrets.…

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:31:23 +0100

.::Yang! tells! MS! to! buy! Yahoo!::.

Er, didn't you stop that happening just three months ago?

Jerry Yang believes Microsoft should buy Yahoo!, despite being blamed by many for apparently rejecting a $33-a-share offer from the software giant just a few months ago.…

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:04:51 +0100

.::SanDisk to cut 15 per cent of its staff::.

450 will get the flash flush

SanDisk is making 15 per cent of its 3,000-strong world-wide workforce redundant as it struggles to cut costs. That means 450 people are heading out of the door.…

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:04:17 +0100

.::AMD boots (another) 500 workers::.

Vows profits

AMD has cut another 500 employees, vowing a return to the days when it actually made money.…

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:31:23 +0100

.::Who's got more cash? Apple or Microsoft?::.

Earnings closer than you think

Recent figures from Microsoft and Apple reveal some interesting changes to how the companies compare financially. Apple's earnings may be closer to Microsoft's than you think.…

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:13:55 +0100

.::Google! aborts! Yahoo! deal!::.

Advertisers and regulators win the day

Google is abandoning attempts to push through its ad-sharing deal with Yahoo!…

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:58:34 +0100

.::The great platform and operational excellence survey::.

Brace yourself, this one's a cracker

Reg Tech Panel There's a lot of stuff running on servers that underpin the majority of your organizations applications and end user computing.…

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:50:41 +0100

.::CBI warns of harsh winter for small biz::.

Prising cash out of the banks

Business group the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) called on banks to free up lending to small and medium enterprises this winter, warning that many firms will be looking for funding.…