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Doctors sick of anonymous-coward NHS feedback commentards
The Register | 6 Feb 2012, 8:58 am
Welcome to the internet, doc
A leading GP has declared that the general public are too rude about doctors on the internet in a complaint that may amuse those of us more familiar with the culture of "Internet feedback".…
Huawei-Symantec sneaks out of US back door
The Register | 6 Feb 2012, 8:29 am
Has it been booted out?
Huawei-Symantec, the joint venture between Huawei and Symantec, has effectively stopped trading and is leaving the United States.…
Hackers may be able to 'outwit' online banking security devices
The Register | 6 Feb 2012, 8:01 am
Investigators probe malware threat to 2-factor authentication
Hackers may already able to use malware to outwit the latest generation of online banking security devices, security watchers warn.…
MYSTERY as QLogic hurls InfiniBand from train
The Register | 6 Feb 2012, 7:30 am
Reg storage desk baffled in the case of the fibre fracas
Comment Storage networking and InfiniBand supplier is giving up on InfiniBand and selling that business line to Intel for $125 million.…
Indian court grabs back 122 GSM licences from operators
The Register | 6 Feb 2012, 7:02 am
Firms devalue to the tune of $25bn
India's Supreme Court has ruled that the 2G licences awarded in 2008 were not fairly distributed, and has snatched 122 of them back from the operators who were using them.…
EMC crashes the server flash party
The Register | 6 Feb 2012, 5:01 am
Lightning strike with thunder to follow
The perfect server flash storm hitting storage arrays has generated EMC's well-signalled Lightning strike; VFCache has arrived, extending FAST technology from the array to the server. Project Thunder is following close behind, promising an EMC server-networked flash array.…
CA wins copyright wrangle against ISI
The Register | 6 Feb 2012, 3:00 am
Don't nick the source code kids
Computer Associates has won a protracted legal battle against Sydney based software company Independent Systems Integrators ( ISI).…
TV giant HBO invests $AU10m in Quickflix
The Register | 6 Feb 2012, 2:01 am
'Hug it out b***h' downunder
Ambitious Australian IPTV company Quickflix has secured an international investment coup with a $AU10 million cash infusion from Home Box Office (HBO).…
Some coral reefs growing in a warming world
The Register | 5 Feb 2012, 11:00 pm
Cooler, marginal reefs don’t mind warmer water
While Austraia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef has been suffering bleaching and damage, the combined impact of warmer oceans agricultural runoff, a few thousand kilometers to the west, coral growth seems to be enjoying the changing climate.…
Boffins embed electronics into fibres
The Register | 5 Feb 2012, 10:30 pm
Hope for cheaper telecoms kit
University of Southampton and Penn State researchers have demonstrated a technique to embed electronics into optical fibres, which if commercialised would enable simpler and cheaper telecommuniations kit.…
