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Try my lightweight Ajax Amazon search?!
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Try my lightweight Amazon search?!
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Try my lightweight Amazon search?!
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Edited on 2007-10-25 12:36:48 by MetalHead [added fsf banner]
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![[FSF Associate Member]](images/fsf.png "WikiImage")
?Edited on 2007-10-07 07:11:42 by MetalHead [added thesis link]
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Last but not least, my thesis!
Edited on 2007-10-07 06:43:21 by MetalHead [changed wip note]
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Here you'll find some information about myself, programs I've written and other stuff. It'll always be more or less work in progress, so don't expect too much. Feel free to comment on this page or drop me an email? if there's anything you'd like me to know though.
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Here you'll find some information about myself, programs I've written and other stuff. At the moment, it's more or less work in progress, so don't expect too much. Feel free to comment on this page or drop me an email? if there's anything you'd like me to know though.
Edited on 2007-10-07 06:39:39 by MetalHead [new base url]
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Welcome to larsko.org!
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Welcome to metalhead.ws!
Edited on 2006-07-30 17:54:18 by MetalHead [added random page]
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Edited on 2006-06-24 14:49:09 by MetalHead
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I had to disable comments on some pages because of the amount of spam. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Edited on 2006-06-17 16:24:05 by MetalHead [removed newsfeed]
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LarskoOrg - HomePage
- VisualisationPlayground
2012-01-17 20:54:57 by MetalHead - add link to alternative euro crisis vis - HomePage
2011-09-19 19:38:43 by MetalHead - vis playground link - TalkPage
2010-10-16 14:25:02 by MetalHead - fix link - AmazonSearch
2010-04-20 19:50:33 by MetalHead - RandomPage
2010-03-20 18:04:15 by MetalHead - OpenBlockNetBSD
2009-01-11 20:31:55 by MetalHead - fixing link - MetalHead
2009-01-11 16:48:21 by MetalHead - updated status - wget
2008-07-31 10:35:31 by MetalHead - updated status, added link to wget bug report - PasoriRuby
2008-07-12 14:50:50 by MetalHead - added presentation link - backgroundPage
2008-03-22 11:54:30 by MetalHead - added resolution info
Edited on 2006-06-09 21:38:32 by MetalHead [added note about comments & spam]
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I had to disable comments on some pages because of the amount of spam. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Edited on 2006-04-09 16:49:55 by MetalHead [changed recentchanges to rss feed]
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LarskoOrg - HomePage
- VisualisationPlayground
2012-01-17 20:54:57 by MetalHead - add link to alternative euro crisis vis - HomePage
2011-09-19 19:38:43 by MetalHead - vis playground link - TalkPage
2010-10-16 14:25:02 by MetalHead - fix link - AmazonSearch
2010-04-20 19:50:33 by MetalHead - RandomPage
2010-03-20 18:04:15 by MetalHead - OpenBlockNetBSD
2009-01-11 20:31:55 by MetalHead - fixing link - MetalHead
2009-01-11 16:48:21 by MetalHead - updated status - wget
2008-07-31 10:35:31 by MetalHead - updated status, added link to wget bug report - PasoriRuby
2008-07-12 14:50:50 by MetalHead - added presentation link - backgroundPage
2008-03-22 11:54:30 by MetalHead - added resolution info
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(20:54 CET) [history] - VisualisationPlayground → MetalHead [add link to alternative euro crisis vis]
Mon, 19 Sep 2011:
(19:38 CEST) [history] - HomePage → MetalHead [vis playground link]
Sat, 16 Oct 2010:
(14:25 CEST) [history] - TalkPage → MetalHead [fix link]
Tue, 20 Apr 2010:
(19:50 CEST) [history] - AmazonSearch → MetalHead
Sat, 20 Mar 2010:
(18:04 CET) [history] - RandomPage → MetalHead
Sun, 11 Jan 2009:
(20:31 CET) [history] - OpenBlockNetBSD → MetalHead [fixing link]
(16:48 CET) [history] - MetalHead → MetalHead [updated status]
Thu, 31 Jul 2008:
(10:35 CEST) [history] - wget → MetalHead [updated status, added link to wget bug report]
Sat, 12 Jul 2008:
(14:50 CEST) [history] - PasoriRuby → MetalHead [added presentation link]
Sat, 22 Mar 2008:
(11:54 CET) [history] - backgroundPage → MetalHead [added resolution info]
Thu, 20 Mar 2008:
(12:43 CET) [history] - ImportareSrc → MetalHead [initial setup]
(12:35 CET) [history] - ShellCode → MetalHead [oops, link hiccups]
Sun, 27 Jan 2008:
(09:31 CET) [history] - RubyCode → MetalHead [added link to pasori-ruby]
Sun, 11 Nov 2007:
(05:35 CET) [history] - s3backup → MetalHead [added reference to presentation]
Sat, 27 Oct 2007:
(09:46 CEST) [history] - thesis → MetalHead [added link to thesis presentation]
Sun, 07 Oct 2007:
(06:57 CEST) [history] - CategoryThesis → MetalHead [initial setup]
(06:56 CEST) [history] - ConstraintSolver → MetalHead [parent action hiccups]
(06:46 CEST) [history] - TeX → MetalHead [initial setup]
(06:46 CEST) [history] - gnuplottex → MetalHead [added more information, updated with terminal selection feature]
Mon, 24 Sep 2007:
(04:17 CEST) [history] - PublicationsPage → MetalHead [fixed links]
Sat, 10 Mar 2007:
(17:04 CET) [history] - ConstraintProblemSolver → MetalHead [fixed typo]
Tue, 16 Jan 2007:
(13:31 CET) [history] - NetHack → MetalHead [changed screenshot to linked thumbnail]
Fri, 29 Dec 2006:
(13:38 CET) [history] - ReadingPage → MetalHead [added DOET]
Mon, 02 Oct 2006:
(14:04 CEST) [history] - sitemap → MetalHead [added new version info]
Sat, 19 Aug 2006:
(17:20 CEST) [history] - CCode → MetalHead [added wget]
Tue, 01 Aug 2006:
(22:05 CEST) [history] - linuxHeap → MetalHead [clarified uncaught SIGSEGV effect]
Sun, 30 Jul 2006:
(17:58 CEST) [history] - ComicsPage → MetalHead [made header bigger]
Sun, 23 Jul 2006:
(17:31 CEST) [history] - SysInfo → WikkaInstaller (unregistered user) [Upgrading from 1.1.6.0 to 1.1.6.2]
(17:31 CEST) [history] - FormattingRules → WikkaInstaller (unregistered user) [Upgrading from 1.1.6.0 to 1.1.6.2]
Fri, 14 Jul 2006:
(21:08 CEST) [history] - CodePage → MetalHead [added wishlist link]
Sat, 08 Jul 2006:
(17:16 CEST) [history] - histobin → MetalHead [initial setup]
(17:08 CEST) [history] - PerlCode → MetalHead
Sun, 02 Jul 2006:
(13:14 CEST) [history] - tgrep → MetalHead [added link to TimeDate patch]
(13:13 CEST) [history] - TimeDate → MetalHead [initial setup]
Sun, 25 Jun 2006:
(16:52 CEST) [history] - BullshitBingo → MetalHead [added version information]
Sat, 24 Jun 2006:
(17:43 CEST) [history] - CategoryPerl → MetalHead [initial setup]
Wed, 05 Apr 2006:
(14:47 CEST) [history] - CategoryCategory → MetalHead [disabled comments box]
Mon, 03 Apr 2006:
(21:10 CEST) [history] - LaTeXCode → MetalHead [changed description, added gnuplottex]
(14:27 CEST) [history] - JavaCode → MetalHead [added constraint problem thingy]
Thu, 02 Feb 2006:
(21:19 CET) [history] - ping → MetalHead [fixed typo]
(21:18 CET) [history] - bubblemon → MetalHead [added link + update]
(20:24 CET) [history] - kernel → MetalHead [added link to kernel.org]
(20:20 CET) [history] - Dirstats → MetalHead [added example output]
(20:17 CET) [history] - loop → MetalHead [added some explanatory text and link]
Fri, 27 Jan 2006:
(01:03 CET) [history] - PoetryPage → MetalHead [added parent]
(01:01 CET) [history] - GamesPage → MetalHead [added parent]
(01:00 CET) [history] - data → MetalHead [added parent]
(00:59 CET) [history] - VimCode → MetalHead [added parent]
(00:59 CET) [history] - RRDtool → MetalHead [added parent]
(00:58 CET) [history] - rsa → MetalHead [added parent]
Edited on 2006-04-05 14:48:05 by MetalHead [deleted el reg rss feed, added recentchanges]
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Mon, 19 Sep 2011:
(19:38 CEST) [history] - HomePage → MetalHead [vis playground link]
Sat, 16 Oct 2010:
(14:25 CEST) [history] - TalkPage → MetalHead [fix link]
Tue, 20 Apr 2010:
(19:50 CEST) [history] - AmazonSearch → MetalHead
Sat, 20 Mar 2010:
(18:04 CET) [history] - RandomPage → MetalHead
Sun, 11 Jan 2009:
(20:31 CET) [history] - OpenBlockNetBSD → MetalHead [fixing link]
(16:48 CET) [history] - MetalHead → MetalHead [updated status]
Thu, 31 Jul 2008:
(10:35 CEST) [history] - wget → MetalHead [updated status, added link to wget bug report]
Sat, 12 Jul 2008:
(14:50 CEST) [history] - PasoriRuby → MetalHead [added presentation link]
Sat, 22 Mar 2008:
(11:54 CET) [history] - backgroundPage → MetalHead [added resolution info]
Thu, 20 Mar 2008:
(12:43 CET) [history] - ImportareSrc → MetalHead [initial setup]
(12:35 CET) [history] - ShellCode → MetalHead [oops, link hiccups]
Sun, 27 Jan 2008:
(09:31 CET) [history] - RubyCode → MetalHead [added link to pasori-ruby]
Sun, 11 Nov 2007:
(05:35 CET) [history] - s3backup → MetalHead [added reference to presentation]
Sat, 27 Oct 2007:
(09:46 CEST) [history] - thesis → MetalHead [added link to thesis presentation]
Sun, 07 Oct 2007:
(06:57 CEST) [history] - CategoryThesis → MetalHead [initial setup]
(06:56 CEST) [history] - ConstraintSolver → MetalHead [parent action hiccups]
(06:46 CEST) [history] - TeX → MetalHead [initial setup]
(06:46 CEST) [history] - gnuplottex → MetalHead [added more information, updated with terminal selection feature]
Mon, 24 Sep 2007:
(04:17 CEST) [history] - PublicationsPage → MetalHead [fixed links]
Sat, 10 Mar 2007:
(17:04 CET) [history] - ConstraintProblemSolver → MetalHead [fixed typo]
Tue, 16 Jan 2007:
(13:31 CET) [history] - NetHack → MetalHead [changed screenshot to linked thumbnail]
Fri, 29 Dec 2006:
(13:38 CET) [history] - ReadingPage → MetalHead [added DOET]
Mon, 02 Oct 2006:
(14:04 CEST) [history] - sitemap → MetalHead [added new version info]
Sat, 19 Aug 2006:
(17:20 CEST) [history] - CCode → MetalHead [added wget]
Tue, 01 Aug 2006:
(22:05 CEST) [history] - linuxHeap → MetalHead [clarified uncaught SIGSEGV effect]
Sun, 30 Jul 2006:
(17:58 CEST) [history] - ComicsPage → MetalHead [made header bigger]
Sun, 23 Jul 2006:
(17:31 CEST) [history] - SysInfo → WikkaInstaller (unregistered user) [Upgrading from 1.1.6.0 to 1.1.6.2]
(17:31 CEST) [history] - FormattingRules → WikkaInstaller (unregistered user) [Upgrading from 1.1.6.0 to 1.1.6.2]
Fri, 14 Jul 2006:
(21:08 CEST) [history] - CodePage → MetalHead [added wishlist link]
Sat, 08 Jul 2006:
(17:16 CEST) [history] - histobin → MetalHead [initial setup]
(17:08 CEST) [history] - PerlCode → MetalHead
Sun, 02 Jul 2006:
(13:14 CEST) [history] - tgrep → MetalHead [added link to TimeDate patch]
(13:13 CEST) [history] - TimeDate → MetalHead [initial setup]
Sun, 25 Jun 2006:
(16:52 CEST) [history] - BullshitBingo → MetalHead [added version information]
Sat, 24 Jun 2006:
(17:43 CEST) [history] - CategoryPerl → MetalHead [initial setup]
Wed, 05 Apr 2006:
(14:47 CEST) [history] - CategoryCategory → MetalHead [disabled comments box]
Mon, 03 Apr 2006:
(21:10 CEST) [history] - LaTeXCode → MetalHead [changed description, added gnuplottex]
(14:27 CEST) [history] - JavaCode → MetalHead [added constraint problem thingy]
Thu, 02 Feb 2006:
(21:19 CET) [history] - ping → MetalHead [fixed typo]
(21:18 CET) [history] - bubblemon → MetalHead [added link + update]
(20:24 CET) [history] - kernel → MetalHead [added link to kernel.org]
(20:20 CET) [history] - Dirstats → MetalHead [added example output]
(20:17 CET) [history] - loop → MetalHead [added some explanatory text and link]
Fri, 27 Jan 2006:
(01:03 CET) [history] - PoetryPage → MetalHead [added parent]
(01:01 CET) [history] - GamesPage → MetalHead [added parent]
(01:00 CET) [history] - data → MetalHead [added parent]
(00:59 CET) [history] - VimCode → MetalHead [added parent]
(00:59 CET) [history] - RRDtool → MetalHead [added parent]
(00:58 CET) [history] - rsa → MetalHead [added parent]
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The Register
- Tame the gas monster with sensors, suckers and a spiffy new fan
More performance-tuning for your home and office
Part 3 I'm pleased to say that what with the relatively warm 2011 and our conservation efforts we had the lowest consumption of electricity and gas at home of any year yet, a bit over 1,500kWh ('units') of electricity and under 4,000kWh of gas. (A typical UK household is nearer 3,300kWh 'leccy and 18,000kWh gas.) With our solar PV exports we were just carbon-negative for power by my calculations.…
- Eight... HD camera smartphones
Sharp shooters for parties and protests
Product round-up You know that really annoying person who is videoing the gig with their camera phone to stick on Facebook when they get home? That's me. These days my TV is HD and my games console is HD, so it only makes sense that my phone – the device I use the most, day in and day out – should be HD too. Luckily, HD on smartphones is becoming more commonplace and so rather than judge these handsets on their mobile merits, this round-up focuses on their HD video camera performance.…
- Zuckerberg's 2012 personal income tax bill: $1.5 billion
That's 'billion', with a 'b'
If all goes according to plan, Facebook founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's share of the profit in his company's upcoming initial public offering will result in him facing a tax bill of around $1.5bn for 2012.…
- Study links dimwits to conservative ideology
US, UK research: Thick kids more likely to become bigots
British and American children who are less intelligent are more likely to grow up to be conservative and/or bigots, according to new research published in Physiological Science.…
- Micron CEO Appleton dies in plane crash
Expert pilot, experimental aircraft
Steven Appleton, the long-time CEO at memory chip maker Micron Technology, died this morning in a crash of an experimental plane in the company's hometown of Boise, Idaho. He was 51 years old and one of the youngest CEOs and chairman in the Fortune 500.…
- Opinion poll: Anti-regulatory 'hype' unwarranted
Rival small-business boosters, Obama foes disagree
One advocacy group has published a survey it says proves that US small-business owners aren't unduly concerned with government regulations. Another group says that the first group's opinion poll is tainted by bogosity.…
- Facebook post-IPO: Free not fee will make Zuck a buck
Dam friction-less sharing and the company is toast
Open ... and Shut No sooner did Facebook file its S-1 in preparation for an IPO than speculation kicked into high gear on how Facebook could possibly sustain its $75bn to $100bn valuation. After all, despite its hugely impressive revenue and profit numbers, key components of its revenue model – like advertising revenue – are decelerating. So should we expect Facebook to impose a paywall on some or all of its users, as MyLife.com chief executive Jeff Tinsley suggests it could?…
- European revolt over ACTA treaty gains ground
Poles stall, Slovenian ambassador calls for protests
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty, signed by most European countries last week, may not be a done deal after all, as governments across the continent face a storm of protest.…
- US adds more jobs than expected in January
Lots of IT workers get pink slips
The US economy added 243,000 net new jobs in January and the unemployment rate has ticked down two-tenths of a point, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.…
- Apple iPhones, iPad back in German online store
Take 'em down, put 'em back – a busy morning for Apple IT
A German court has suspended the injunction that required Apple to remove its iPhone 4 and 3Gs, and iPad Wi-Fi + 3G from its online store in that country.…
- Biz urged to blast DNSChanger Trojans before safety net comes down
8 March cutoff following Operation Ghost Click
Half of all Fortune 500 companies still contain computers infected with the DNSChanger Trojan, weeks after a FBI-led takedown operations targeting the botnet's command-and-control infrastructure.…
- Dead gamer sat unnoticed for nine hours in net cafe
Stiff competition
A Taiwanese gamer sat dead in a chair at an Internet cafe for up to nine hours before fellow players noticed the poor guy had popped his clogs.…
- Mother charged with selling fake Facebook stock
Bogus shares also allegedly given out as Christmas presents
A Wisconsin woman has been charged over claims she tried to sell $1m worth of Facebook shares that she didn't own.…
- Steve Jobs sighted in Taiwan flogging Android tablets
Rumours of PlayBook Elvis discounted
In the cut-throat tablet market, a Taiwanese company has found one way to make its product stand out: paying an actor to dress up as Steve Jobs and make tasteless jokes about how he's dead.…
- Anonymous hackers leak Scotland Yard-FBI conference call
Were you talking about us?
Members of Anonymous have released an intercept of a conference call between investigators at the FBI and Scotland Yard during which operations against hacktivist group were discussed.…
- IBM snatches back SPC-1 benchmark crown
SVC does the business
IBM's SAN Volume Controller has done the benchmark business, again, and passed the half million SPC-1 IOPS mark using Storwize V7000 storage.…
- US tweet deportation: Chilling behind-the-scenes photos
The shock truth of what really went down at LAX
The story earlier this week on the deportation from the US of A of two Brits who ill-advisedly tweeted they were off to "destroy America" left a few readers pretty shaken up at the way the Department of Homeland Security handles potential terrorist threats.…
- Gun controlled lamp hits the spotlight
Taking the pistol
One Taiwanese manufacturer took aim at traditional light switches this week and unveiled a lamp that can be turned on and off with the shot of a gun-shaped remote.…
- Sysadmins: Don't get in your own way
Be prepared to try new and irritating things
Sysadmin blog I remember the first time I saw these automated supermarket tills. They intrigued me. Yet I was also afraid of the things. I was afraid that despite all of my knowledge and training I wouldn't be able to figure it out and I would end up looking like a fool. I avoided them for three years; the basis of this avoidance nothing more than irrational fear of that which I might not understand.…
- ARM rains on x86 as smartphones outship PCs
Netbooks cop a hiding
Netbooks are so yesterday's technology. Shipments of the small, not-so-cheap computers plunged during 2011 by 25 per cent, figures from market watcher Canalys show.…
- IBM bit-twiddlers want point releases for big iron
Software gurus to 'refactor' Big Blue's systems
The bit-twiddlers took over IBM's server business a year and a half ago, and it appears that they are starting to think about systems as if they were code, as if they could do dot releases in a nearly steady stream and keep their revenues from spiking up and crashing down all the time.…
- Sony throws smartphone party with Billabong
Blower out the water
Sony has gone surf-tastic, announcing a partnership with Aussie outdoors outfitter Billabong, which sees its Xperia Active handset branded with the extreme-sports logo and pitched towards the cool-dude generation.…
- Troubled Game wins reprieve on debt, mulls axing more stores
High street chain told to shape up
Game Group has been given a reprieve by its lenders, but the retailer may have to sell its overseas stores to secure it.…
- iPhones yanked from German shelves in Motorola patent war
Apple takes down 4 and 3G models - for now
Apple has removed the iPhone 4 and 3Gs from its stores in Germany, almost certainly in response to Motorola's December action rather than today's patent win.…
- BT reveals ultra-fast cable blowing plan for homes, biz
'Fibre-to-the-premise on demand' in 2013
BT is talking up plans to bring its ultra-fast fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband network to more of its customers in early 2013.…
- Apple FileVault cracked in under an hour by forensics biz
Passware scratches Lion's belly, penetrates fruity disk
Apple's FileVault disk encryption can be circumvented in less than an hour, according to a computer forensics firm.…
- Nokia pours oil on burning Symbian
Rips up roadmap, axes development
Exclusive Nokia is said to be hastening the demise of its legacy Symbian platform, cancelling the development of all but one new Symbian-based device. Although Nokia Belle updates will continue to ship to existing customers, only one new model – a successor to the N8 high-end camera phone – will reach the market, the Register understands.…
- Boffins crack superconducting graphene's melting mystery
Next-gen high-speed transistors go 3D to slash leaks
Scientists in Manchester appear to have solved a problem with graphene that has plagued the super-material's fans since it was sliced into being in 2004.…
- Fibre-gobbling punters help BT deposit solid profit
Cuts also counter revenue dip in Q3
BT reported this morning that its sales had fallen 5 per cent for the three months ended 31 December, however earnings and cash generation remained steady, the company added.…
- Understanding the make-up of information management
Time to stop beating up IT
On demand On January 25th, Regcast presenter Jon Collins was joined by Freeform Dynamics’ Martha Bennett, Jason Frost from Blueprint, and Will Thompson from Microsoft for our very first live event of 2012.…
Edited on 2006-01-28 21:12:12 by MetalHead [made header bigger]
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Welcome to metalhead.ws!
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Welcome to metalhead.ws!
Edited on 2006-01-26 23:55:57 by MetalHead [added PuclicationsPage]
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Edited on 2005-12-04 01:03:25 by MetalHead [renamed quotes to poetry]
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Oldest known version of this page was edited on 2005-12-04 00:58:27 by MetalHead []
Welcome to metalhead.ws!
Here you'll find some information about myself, programs I've written and other stuff. At the moment, it's more or less work in progress, so don't expect too much. Feel free to comment on this page or drop me an email? if there's anything you'd like me to know though.
The Register
- Tame the gas monster with sensors, suckers and a spiffy new fan
More performance-tuning for your home and office
Part 3 I'm pleased to say that what with the relatively warm 2011 and our conservation efforts we had the lowest consumption of electricity and gas at home of any year yet, a bit over 1,500kWh ('units') of electricity and under 4,000kWh of gas. (A typical UK household is nearer 3,300kWh 'leccy and 18,000kWh gas.) With our solar PV exports we were just carbon-negative for power by my calculations.…
- Eight... HD camera smartphones
Sharp shooters for parties and protests
Product round-up You know that really annoying person who is videoing the gig with their camera phone to stick on Facebook when they get home? That's me. These days my TV is HD and my games console is HD, so it only makes sense that my phone – the device I use the most, day in and day out – should be HD too. Luckily, HD on smartphones is becoming more commonplace and so rather than judge these handsets on their mobile merits, this round-up focuses on their HD video camera performance.…
- Zuckerberg's 2012 personal income tax bill: $1.5 billion
That's 'billion', with a 'b'
If all goes according to plan, Facebook founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's share of the profit in his company's upcoming initial public offering will result in him facing a tax bill of around $1.5bn for 2012.…
- Study links dimwits to conservative ideology
US, UK research: Thick kids more likely to become bigots
British and American children who are less intelligent are more likely to grow up to be conservative and/or bigots, according to new research published in Physiological Science.…
- Micron CEO Appleton dies in plane crash
Expert pilot, experimental aircraft
Steven Appleton, the long-time CEO at memory chip maker Micron Technology, died this morning in a crash of an experimental plane in the company's hometown of Boise, Idaho. He was 51 years old and one of the youngest CEOs and chairman in the Fortune 500.…
- Opinion poll: Anti-regulatory 'hype' unwarranted
Rival small-business boosters, Obama foes disagree
One advocacy group has published a survey it says proves that US small-business owners aren't unduly concerned with government regulations. Another group says that the first group's opinion poll is tainted by bogosity.…
- Facebook post-IPO: Free not fee will make Zuck a buck
Dam friction-less sharing and the company is toast
Open ... and Shut No sooner did Facebook file its S-1 in preparation for an IPO than speculation kicked into high gear on how Facebook could possibly sustain its $75bn to $100bn valuation. After all, despite its hugely impressive revenue and profit numbers, key components of its revenue model – like advertising revenue – are decelerating. So should we expect Facebook to impose a paywall on some or all of its users, as MyLife.com chief executive Jeff Tinsley suggests it could?…
- European revolt over ACTA treaty gains ground
Poles stall, Slovenian ambassador calls for protests
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty, signed by most European countries last week, may not be a done deal after all, as governments across the continent face a storm of protest.…
- US adds more jobs than expected in January
Lots of IT workers get pink slips
The US economy added 243,000 net new jobs in January and the unemployment rate has ticked down two-tenths of a point, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.…
- Apple iPhones, iPad back in German online store
Take 'em down, put 'em back – a busy morning for Apple IT
A German court has suspended the injunction that required Apple to remove its iPhone 4 and 3Gs, and iPad Wi-Fi + 3G from its online store in that country.…
- Biz urged to blast DNSChanger Trojans before safety net comes down
8 March cutoff following Operation Ghost Click
Half of all Fortune 500 companies still contain computers infected with the DNSChanger Trojan, weeks after a FBI-led takedown operations targeting the botnet's command-and-control infrastructure.…
- Dead gamer sat unnoticed for nine hours in net cafe
Stiff competition
A Taiwanese gamer sat dead in a chair at an Internet cafe for up to nine hours before fellow players noticed the poor guy had popped his clogs.…
- Mother charged with selling fake Facebook stock
Bogus shares also allegedly given out as Christmas presents
A Wisconsin woman has been charged over claims she tried to sell $1m worth of Facebook shares that she didn't own.…
- Steve Jobs sighted in Taiwan flogging Android tablets
Rumours of PlayBook Elvis discounted
In the cut-throat tablet market, a Taiwanese company has found one way to make its product stand out: paying an actor to dress up as Steve Jobs and make tasteless jokes about how he's dead.…
- Anonymous hackers leak Scotland Yard-FBI conference call
Were you talking about us?
Members of Anonymous have released an intercept of a conference call between investigators at the FBI and Scotland Yard during which operations against hacktivist group were discussed.…
- IBM snatches back SPC-1 benchmark crown
SVC does the business
IBM's SAN Volume Controller has done the benchmark business, again, and passed the half million SPC-1 IOPS mark using Storwize V7000 storage.…
- US tweet deportation: Chilling behind-the-scenes photos
The shock truth of what really went down at LAX
The story earlier this week on the deportation from the US of A of two Brits who ill-advisedly tweeted they were off to "destroy America" left a few readers pretty shaken up at the way the Department of Homeland Security handles potential terrorist threats.…
- Gun controlled lamp hits the spotlight
Taking the pistol
One Taiwanese manufacturer took aim at traditional light switches this week and unveiled a lamp that can be turned on and off with the shot of a gun-shaped remote.…
- Sysadmins: Don't get in your own way
Be prepared to try new and irritating things
Sysadmin blog I remember the first time I saw these automated supermarket tills. They intrigued me. Yet I was also afraid of the things. I was afraid that despite all of my knowledge and training I wouldn't be able to figure it out and I would end up looking like a fool. I avoided them for three years; the basis of this avoidance nothing more than irrational fear of that which I might not understand.…
- ARM rains on x86 as smartphones outship PCs
Netbooks cop a hiding
Netbooks are so yesterday's technology. Shipments of the small, not-so-cheap computers plunged during 2011 by 25 per cent, figures from market watcher Canalys show.…
- IBM bit-twiddlers want point releases for big iron
Software gurus to 'refactor' Big Blue's systems
The bit-twiddlers took over IBM's server business a year and a half ago, and it appears that they are starting to think about systems as if they were code, as if they could do dot releases in a nearly steady stream and keep their revenues from spiking up and crashing down all the time.…
- Sony throws smartphone party with Billabong
Blower out the water
Sony has gone surf-tastic, announcing a partnership with Aussie outdoors outfitter Billabong, which sees its Xperia Active handset branded with the extreme-sports logo and pitched towards the cool-dude generation.…
- Troubled Game wins reprieve on debt, mulls axing more stores
High street chain told to shape up
Game Group has been given a reprieve by its lenders, but the retailer may have to sell its overseas stores to secure it.…
- iPhones yanked from German shelves in Motorola patent war
Apple takes down 4 and 3G models - for now
Apple has removed the iPhone 4 and 3Gs from its stores in Germany, almost certainly in response to Motorola's December action rather than today's patent win.…
- BT reveals ultra-fast cable blowing plan for homes, biz
'Fibre-to-the-premise on demand' in 2013
BT is talking up plans to bring its ultra-fast fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband network to more of its customers in early 2013.…
- Apple FileVault cracked in under an hour by forensics biz
Passware scratches Lion's belly, penetrates fruity disk
Apple's FileVault disk encryption can be circumvented in less than an hour, according to a computer forensics firm.…
- Nokia pours oil on burning Symbian
Rips up roadmap, axes development
Exclusive Nokia is said to be hastening the demise of its legacy Symbian platform, cancelling the development of all but one new Symbian-based device. Although Nokia Belle updates will continue to ship to existing customers, only one new model – a successor to the N8 high-end camera phone – will reach the market, the Register understands.…
- Boffins crack superconducting graphene's melting mystery
Next-gen high-speed transistors go 3D to slash leaks
Scientists in Manchester appear to have solved a problem with graphene that has plagued the super-material's fans since it was sliced into being in 2004.…
- Fibre-gobbling punters help BT deposit solid profit
Cuts also counter revenue dip in Q3
BT reported this morning that its sales had fallen 5 per cent for the three months ended 31 December, however earnings and cash generation remained steady, the company added.…
- Understanding the make-up of information management
Time to stop beating up IT
On demand On January 25th, Regcast presenter Jon Collins was joined by Freeform Dynamics’ Martha Bennett, Jason Frost from Blueprint, and Will Thompson from Microsoft for our very first live event of 2012.…