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Fri, 21 Jul 2017 12:04:12 GMT
World+dog: Oh no you haven't!
The world's best business self-publicist since Richard Branson reckons he has been given a "verbal contract" to build an unrealistic high-speed tube train system across America.…
Fri, 21 Jul 2017 09:58:13 GMT
Promises firmware fix for superhub 3/Intel's Puma 6 'shortly'
Latency issues with Intel's Puma 6, used in gigabit broadband modems, have yet to be resolved for Virgin Media customers using the UK company's superhub 3.…
Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:53:54 GMT
The Tale of the Left Behind
Thanks to Qualcomm, x86 support is coming to Windows 10 ARM phones and tablets - but not to older Lumia devices. In a webcast, Joe Belfiore, these days the corporate VP in the OS Group at Microsoft, has explained why.…
Thu, 20 Jul 2017 00:32:08 GMT
Apple's royalties and licensing boycott taking a heavy toll
Qualcomm is remaining optimistic despite another miserable financial quarter, worsened by the ongoing legal war with Apple.…
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:12:56 GMT
iGiant bankrolls manufacturers' legal battle royale over patent license fees
Updated The four electronics factories sued by Qualcomm for not paying licensing fees have lodged their own countersuit with the backing of Apple.…
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:04:17 GMT
More time to play Snake
The boss of HMD Global, the company reviving Nokia-branded phones, quit unexpectedly today.…
Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:37:11 GMT
Cable giant shares its thoughts on costs, freedom
Analysis Comcast has barreled into the fight over net neutrality by arguing that the current rules impose "onerous" regulations and "substantial costs that undermine investment."…
Mon, 17 Jul 2017 21:21:27 GMT
Lengthy filing by Internet Association highlights value of today's rules
The world's largest internet companies lambasted the FCC in a formal filing today, telling America's telecom regulator to kill its plans to ditch net neutrality rules.…
Mon, 17 Jul 2017 20:25:36 GMT
Is there nowhere corps won't try and sell you stuff?
HTC, which needs all the love it can get these days, has enraged its customers by bunging adverts into the onscreen keyboard on its phones.…
Mon, 17 Jul 2017 18:59:13 GMT
Here are some pictures. And, er, that's all we've got for you
Atari has continued its teaser-trailer approach to what is purported to be a retro version of its classic games console.…
Mon, 17 Jul 2017 07:27:06 GMT
Unclear if code was first mistaken for avant garde instrumental
Rock deities Radiohead have snuck a program for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum into a re-release of their seminal 1997 album “OK Computer”.…
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:34:06 GMT
Et tu, Vertu? Then fall, geezers
Vertu, the British smartphone maker known for its obscenely expensive blinged-out handsets, will shut down over an apparent lack of interest in obscenely expensive blinged-out handsets.…
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:05:35 GMT
Also a bald-faced liar
When AT&T decided at the last minute it was going to join this week's "day of protest" over net neutrality, the reaction ranged from incredulity to bemusement.…
Thu, 13 Jul 2017 22:26:08 GMT
You have no chance to survive make your time
Music hosting biz SoundCloud, having just axed 40 per cent of its staff, is now trying to ward off rumors that it will go broke in less than two months.…
Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:42:06 GMT
Great... if you could use it
The phone sleuths at XDA-Developers have unearthed a handy undocumented feature in the latest version of Android.…
Thu, 13 Jul 2017 07:21:12 GMT
1941 German army crypto machine found in Romanian flea market
A cryptography professor wandering through a Romanian flea market has turned a nice ROI on his €100 investment: €45,000.…
Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:58:40 GMT
The good, the bad and the ugly parts of Redmond's white space internet
Analysis On Tuesday, Microsoft announced it will pay third-party ISPs in the US to offer wireless broadband on unused TV spectrum, or "white space."…
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 20:07:43 GMT
Have we just reached Peak Register?
Snap Inc is being sued by its shareholders who claim that executives misled investors about the value of SnapChat app maker ahead of its IPO earlier this year.…
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:37:23 GMT
KEYone flagship crumbles under pressure
BlackBerry Mobile reps have confirmed the manufacturing process for its KEYone flagship will be tweaked so the display doesn't pop out so easily.…
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:19:11 GMT
A hard-won hit at five
Difficult as it might be to comprehend, Microsoft has been shipping Surface for just under five years.…
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 08:01:12 GMT
Oh Mi goodness
Nokia may be a spent force in smartphones since selling its devices business to Microsoft, but it still aims to be the power behind the throne of other vendors via its technology licensing programme.…
Wed, 12 Jul 2017 04:58:07 GMT
Or you could buy two of the cheaper battery-pack keyboards for less than the wireless kit
Dell has given the world its first wireless-charging laptop.…
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 22:06:24 GMT
Microsoft pulls the plug on support for dedicated smartphone OS
Microsoft has formally ended support for its Windows Phone platform.…
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:00:12 GMT
Glassy, glossy, sassy... but smudgy
Review Thank goodness HTC is still with us, for I haven’t enjoyed using an Android more all year than its flagship U11.…
Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:44:45 GMT
'Cut-price' car could be yours, in a year or more, for 'just' $35k
Elon Musk's Tesla has delivered its first Model 3 electric car – straight into the hands of Elon Musk.…
Mon, 10 Jul 2017 10:30:10 GMT
Ripping teens leave the file sharing to Sad Old Dads
Fathers can now add "file sharing" to the list of things they do to embarrass their teenage children - alongside dancing badly in public.…
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 18:58:20 GMT
Fitness band maker jogs off into the sunset for good
Gizmo maker Jawbone is shutting down operations and will liquidate its assets.…
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 18:16:53 GMT
Didn't talk to organizers, don't have any plans yet
Hark, ye internet peasants. Google and Facebook today trumpeted that they will join the day of protest against efforts to kill off America's net neutrality rules.…
Thu, 06 Jul 2017 23:33:38 GMT
Licensing dispute explodes into all-out patent war with Apple
Qualcomm is upping the stakes in its legal war against Apple by accusing the Cupertino idiot-tax operation of infringing six patents.…
Thu, 06 Jul 2017 21:20:16 GMT
White House warns corpos after President's Twitter fight
The very public war of words – and GIFs – between the President of the United States and CNN could pose a threat to the $85bn merger between AT&T and Time Warner.…
Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:35:34 GMT
원숭이도 나무에서 떨어진다.
Samsung is again delayed the Bixby voice assistant in the US because its English not so good with skills.…
Wed, 05 Jul 2017 15:27:13 GMT
Vendors upping tags while consumers want better products
PCs should become more expensive this year but consumers will continue to buy them, Gartner has read in the tea leaves.…
Fri, 30 Jun 2017 11:29:08 GMT
Not that easy, is it? Apple, Samsung most locked-down of all kit
Out of 17 IT brands, Apple, Samsung and Microsoft have taken the crown for devices that are the hardest to repair or upgrade – and their displays are the fiddliest bits of all.…
Fri, 30 Jun 2017 09:01:04 GMT
This app could have grave consequences etc
Something for the Weekend, Sir? I will be annoying when I am dead. In fact, I plan to be much more of an irritant after passing away than I am at the moment as the once-dicky ticker continues to clock up the artery miles.…
Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:02:08 GMT
More than one BEEEEELLION mobe sales to celebrate? Screw that twisted logic
A decade ago to the day, the Jesus Mobe went on sale in the US: bereft of 3G connectivity, the iPhone had a relatively crappy two megapixel camera and 4GB of storage, not to mention a hefty price of $499. It was destined to be a failure.…
Wed, 28 Jun 2017 06:02:08 GMT
But the transport authority says that invalidates the card
Killjoys at the public transport authority in the Australian State of New South Wales are warning users of stored-value-for-public-transport "Opal Card" that turning them into implants invalidates the card.…
Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:41:39 GMT
What could FE stand for? Fried Ears? Fearful Explosions? Flaming Emissions?
Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 is about to make its comeback.…
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:27:05 GMT
So, about that '1,000 games bundled with Vega+' boast, Retro Computers...
The owners of the rights to about 200 games to be bundled with the ZX Spectrum Vega+ is withdrawing permission for them to be included with the consoles unless its maker pays royalties for games on a previous device, The Register has learned.…
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 08:01:12 GMT
It's 'Amazon' how far behind it is...
Opinion Apple has been promising to revolutionize TV for years but hasn't yet found the time to do so. Last week, Apple announced two new and likely expensive hires, former Sony Pictures Television presidents, Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg – who are known for Breaking Bad, The Blacklist and other golden TV shows – to help it transform television.…
Mon, 26 Jun 2017 07:32:06 GMT
Yahoo!,Tumblr users need to register new email addresses
Verizon has moved to unwind an old deal between Yahoo! and AT&T that allowed users to run merged AT&T and Yahoo! email accounts for login to some Yahoo! services.…
Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:15:14 GMT
Military comms developer says Android and iOS are trampling its patents
A software company that makes tracking tools for military and 911 crews says some of the biggest mobile phone makers on the planet are stealing its technology for their own security tools.…
Wed, 21 Jun 2017 20:00:13 GMT
Benchmarks aren't useful anyway, says cofounder
On Tuesday OnePlus launched its latest smartphone with much hoopla, and the handset has already found notoriety.…
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 10:39:00 GMT
Has anyone told Qualcomm, Intel and the gang?
Comment The smartphone chip market it dominates is nevertheless an increasingly challenging one for Qualcomm. Slowing growth, litigation and rising Chinese competition are among its problems, but also the trend for the largest, richest handset makers to design their own chips.…
Mon, 19 Jun 2017 14:01:09 GMT
Put down the screwdriver... we're going to need a knife
It appears as if Microsoft has been following the Apple playbook in creating another laptop whose components you can never replace.…
Sat, 17 Jun 2017 13:23:12 GMT
But will what looks like a mad scramble result in anything?
Atari confirmed on Friday that the reborn biz will indeed produce its own games console, understood to be built out of PC tech.…
Fri, 16 Jun 2017 07:21:08 GMT
Imagine the spreadsheet you could view on a four-foot-wide 3840 x 1080 beast
The Register doesn't spare a glance for news of monitors but we made an exception when we learned of Samsung's new CHG90.…
Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:18:35 GMT
And no fees for unshackling mobes, either – all from December this year
Canada has ruled that cellphone networks may no longer charge fees for carrier-unlocking handsets nor sell new phones locked to their network.…
Thu, 15 Jun 2017 11:34:11 GMT
Which bit is the half-million pounds of other people's money?
ZX Spectrum reboot firm Retro Computers Ltd has filed unaudited accounts at Companies House – and they offer few clues as to where the £513,000 of crowdfunded cash for its Vega+ product has gone.…
Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:32:09 GMT
Sensible stuff from Wi-Fi Alliance guides AP placement, channel usage and more
Interoperability and certification outfit the Wi-Fi Alliance has taken on quite a challenge: getting the home-building industry to do WiFi right.…
Thu, 15 Jun 2017 06:29:05 GMT
Euro Court of Justice decides infamous search engine does infringe copyright
Analysis Europe's highest court has ruled that notorious torrent search engine The Pirate Bay infringes copyright, opening the door for ISPs across the continent to be obliged to block access to it.…
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