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Engineer accidentally deletes cloud
Another large cloud is on the fritz.…
Blu Christmas coming, format fans forecast
IFA Christmas is going to be a truly festive season for Blu-ray Disc, the organisation behind the optical disc standard forecast today.…
Samsung unwraps MacBook Air beater
IFA Samsung promised its X360 "premium" laptop would be "lighter than Air" - it isn't, but it's a smartly spec'd thin'n'light notebook nonetheless.…
Data watchdogs did not want to see eBay bank server
The man who paid £35 for a server stuffed full of Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest customer details has been left less than impressed with the reaction of UK data regulators.…
DSGi sharpens axe for 50 staff
Struggling electrical retail giant DSGi has told around 50 employees working at its business unit that they could lose their jobs.…
Larry Ellison gets huge pay rise
The richest boss in tech just got a little bit richer, and this time it's not his customers squeaking.…
DARPA develops zap-bomb electropulse countermeasures
US military boffins are preparing highly sophisticated technical defences against the dreaded electromagnetic pulse bomb, a weapon which has long been anticipated but never successfully built.…
Acer H1 revs jump but profits slump
Acer increased sales in the first half of 2008 by 31 per cent to $8.14bn.…
Bloomberg kills Steve Jobs
Bloomberg yesterday dispatched Apple supremo Steve Jobs to the hereafter with a 17-page obit inadvertently published during an apparent update, Gawker reports.…
Philips pitches black with monster contrast LED backlight
IFA In move to take on the likes of the Pioneer Kuro and Panasonic's Viera, Philips has announced the 42PFL9803 TV with black-enhancing LED backlight technology.…
Password pants-off at Lloyds Bank
Updated: Set yourself a rude password at Lloyds TSB, and it is just possible that you might find it changed to something politer. That was the experience of Lloyds customer Steve Jetley, who attempted to set "Lloyds is pants" as his telephone banking password.…
McKinnon loses extradition fight
The European Court of Human Rights has refused to intervene in preventing the US extradition of accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon.…
Sikorsky announces first flight of 'X2' triplex supercopter
The X2 prototype superhelicopter had a successful first flight yesterday, according to its makers Sikorsky. The revolutionary (cough) aircraft hovered and manoeuvred using its twin main rotors without problems, but trials of its tail propulsor will take place on a future flight.…
Microsoft, Nikon release shutter on patents
Microsoft has inked a cross-licensing patent deal with camera maker Nikon.…
Roberts Stream 202 DAB/FM/net radio
Review In what Roberts claims to be a world first, this unit delivers DAB, FM as well as Wi-Fi connected internet radio and music streaming all in a traditional kitchen-style portable.…
'Googlebomb' blows up in <cite>Daily Mail</cite> hack's face
A hapless Daily Mail hack's failure to understand Googlebombing has led to her becoming victim of her own twisted definition of the mischief-making practice.…
French train tickets go USB
The French National Railway Company is trialling contactless tickets with USB connections, replacing the ubiquitous ISO7816 for online top-ups and data storage.…
Coming soon: <em>Facebook - The Movie!</em>
Be afraid, be very afraid - Sony has asked West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin to write a movie about how internet superphenomenon Facebook was spawned, and by way of research he's waded straight in with a group page down at the social networking website.…
LG prices up HSDPA-equipped mini laptop
IFA LG's not going be left out of the Small, Cheap Computer arena - it'll be releasing its own would-be Eee beater, the 3G-integrated X110, in October.…
BBC fixes BT Home Hub auto-vomit bug
BBC engineers have solved a mysterious, long-running bug that has meant iPlayer and live TV streams have frequently prompted the BT Home Hub, UK's most common router, to reset itself.…
