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?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 2006-07-28 21:13:33 by MetalHead [added ComicsPage link]
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~- ComicsPage
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
- 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 - TalkPage
2008-07-12 14:47:56 by MetalHead - added libpasori presentation - backgroundPage
2008-03-22 11:54:30 by MetalHead - added resolution info - RandomPage
2008-03-22 10:44:23 by MetalHead - added background link - ImportareSrc
2008-03-20 12:43:48 by MetalHead - initial setup - ShellCode
2008-03-20 12:35:50 by MetalHead - oops, link hiccups - HomePage
2008-03-01 09:35:39 by MetalHead - added clustrmaps - RubyCode
2008-01-27 09:31:01 by MetalHead - added link to pasori-ruby - s3backup
2007-11-11 05:35:21 by MetalHead - added reference to presentation
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
- 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 - TalkPage
2008-07-12 14:47:56 by MetalHead - added libpasori presentation - backgroundPage
2008-03-22 11:54:30 by MetalHead - added resolution info - RandomPage
2008-03-22 10:44:23 by MetalHead - added background link - ImportareSrc
2008-03-20 12:43:48 by MetalHead - initial setup - ShellCode
2008-03-20 12:35:50 by MetalHead - oops, link hiccups - HomePage
2008-03-01 09:35:39 by MetalHead - added clustrmaps - RubyCode
2008-01-27 09:31:01 by MetalHead - added link to pasori-ruby - s3backup
2007-11-11 05:35:21 by MetalHead - added reference to presentation
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(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]
(14:47 CEST) [history] - TalkPage → MetalHead [added libpasori presentation]
Sat, 22 Mar 2008:
(11:54 CET) [history] - backgroundPage → MetalHead [added resolution info]
(10:44 CET) [history] - RandomPage → MetalHead [added background link]
Thu, 20 Mar 2008:
(12:43 CET) [history] - ImportareSrc → MetalHead [initial setup]
(12:35 CET) [history] - ShellCode → MetalHead [oops, link hiccups]
Sat, 01 Mar 2008:
(09:35 CET) [history] - HomePage → MetalHead [added clustrmaps]
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]
(06:41 CEST) [history] - MetalHead → MetalHead [updated as of 10/2007]
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]
(00:58 CET) [history] - pcp → MetalHead [added parent]
(00:57 CET) [history] - TokenRingSimulator → MetalHead [added heading]
(00:56 CET) [history] - freqcount → MetalHead [added parent]
Edited on 2006-04-05 14:48:05 by MetalHead [deleted el reg rss feed, added recentchanges]
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(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]
(14:47 CEST) [history] - TalkPage → MetalHead [added libpasori presentation]
Sat, 22 Mar 2008:
(11:54 CET) [history] - backgroundPage → MetalHead [added resolution info]
(10:44 CET) [history] - RandomPage → MetalHead [added background link]
Thu, 20 Mar 2008:
(12:43 CET) [history] - ImportareSrc → MetalHead [initial setup]
(12:35 CET) [history] - ShellCode → MetalHead [oops, link hiccups]
Sat, 01 Mar 2008:
(09:35 CET) [history] - HomePage → MetalHead [added clustrmaps]
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]
(06:41 CEST) [history] - MetalHead → MetalHead [updated as of 10/2007]
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]
(00:58 CET) [history] - pcp → MetalHead [added parent]
(00:57 CET) [history] - TokenRingSimulator → MetalHead [added heading]
(00:56 CET) [history] - freqcount → MetalHead [added parent]
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The Register
- US teen tops himself live online
Idiot
A US teenager has used a video sharing website to broadcast his suicide live across the internet.…
- Reuters yanks reporter from Sadville
Last one to leave, turn off the flying penis
Reuters has pulled its embedded reporter out of Second Life, it confirmed today.…
- BBC Trust pulls plug on local video plans
Fails public value test
The BBC Trust has rejected the broadcaster's plans to set up local video news sites for different areas of the country.…
- BlueSky Positioning snags Sagem
SIM manufacturer in strategic deal with pipe dream
BlueSky Positioning, the company that promised to have GPS working in a SIM by June last year, has entered a "strategic relationship" with respected SIM manufacturer Sagem Orga.…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
- BBC Trust brands Manuelgate a 'deplorable intrusion'
No sack for Ross, though
The BBC Trust has branded the Brand/Ross Manuelgate outrage a "deplorable intrusion with no editorial justification".…
- DARPA wargamer calls for US X-Men superplane fleet
JFK would have gone for it, Mr Obama
A prominent US wargames and military crazytech expert has called for the Obama administration to build a large fleet of X-Men style stealth transport planes, able to deliver America's secret elite forces anywhere in the world regardless of the local government's wishes.…
- 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.…
- Nominet chairman embroiled in governance row
Sits on own salary committee
Nominet chairman Bob Gilbert sits on a committee to determine his own fees, and the salaries and bonuses of other senior executives. Critics say this contravenes the not-for-profit domain registry's corporate governance rules, but Nominet says any breach is only technical.…
- DCSF reins in ContactPoint scope for police and A&E staff
Frontline access frozen by political fears
The Department for Children, Schools and Families is resisting broadening access to the ContactPoint database for police officers and A&E staff, two groups most people would consider to be the frontline of spotting child abuse.…
- IT Crowd: spot Reg gear
Third series starts tonight
The first episode of the third series of Graham Linehan's The IT Crowd is on Channel 4 tonight at 10.00pm.…
- Sony Vaio TT slim'n'light laptop
Small form-factor, hefty price tag
Review Sony has been pitching small, slim laptops at executives for years now, packing in as much functionality into as compact a chassis as it can and charging a premium for it. Why mess with a successful formula? So the new Vaio TT doesn't.…
- WIN a BlackBerry Storm!
The season's hottest handset could be yours
Competition Samsung Omina? 'Orrible! Apple iPhone? I don't think so! No, Research in Motion's BlackBerry Storm is the touchscreen mobile to go for this season, says Vodafone, and it's putting its money where its mouth is to give three lucky Register Hardware readers one of the in-demand handsets.…
- NASA orbiter reveals buried Martian glaciers
Vast water ice sheets under rocky debris
The ground-penetrating radar aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has identified extensive Martian glaciers buried under "protective blankets of rocky debris".…
- Vote now for your top net neologism
Asshats, f*cktards and lusers - your time has come
Reader poll Ok, let's get straight down to it - below are the twenty contenders vying for the crown of El Reg top net neologism, as chosen by you, our beloved
commentardsreaders.… - London Hospital back online after computer virus shutdown
On the mend
Computer systems at three major London hospitals are largely back online on Friday morning, three days after a major computer virus outbreak forced staff to disconnect the network.…
- The GUI that almost conquered the pocket
Farewell then, UIQ
The death of UIQ deserves a footnote for posterity – and a chance to take look back at a decade in which almost everything that everyone predicted for mobile data proved to be wrong. Given the way the market turned out, it didn't stand a chance.…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
- Collaboration: A dirty word, still, for some
So what do you think about all this social software malarkey?
Mini Poll Let's get personal here. Do you like collaborating with work colleagues? Do you like giving up your hard won knowledge for the greater good? Some people do. Some people don't.…
- Promoter hunts stars for McKinnon benefit gig
Rock against extradition
Updated Rock band Marillion have offered to take part in a gig in support of accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon with proceeds going to autism charities, according to local media reports.…
- Verizon suspends staff for ogling Obama's phone bill
Verizon staff caught snooping
Staff at Verizon face disciplinary action after accessing Barack Obama's phone bill and taking a peek at who the president elect had been calling.…
- Apple updates iPhone firmware
Google Street view cometh
Apple has released a firmware update for the iPhone, giving Jesus phone devotees access to Google Map’s Street View, keyboard settings and more.…
- PM quizzed over McKinnon extradition
Brown supports repatriation, in principle
Prime minister Gordon Brown has spoken about the Gary McKinnon extradition case for the first time, supporting the principle of repatriation of sentenced prisoners while declining to get into the specifics of the case, which remains under judicial review.…
- Nokia goes to tinsel town
Hoping to make it big in the flicks
Continuing to distance itself from boring-old mobile phones, Nokia has announced plans to open a research lab in Hollywood packed with movie executives rather than those engineers the company so recently laid off in Finland.…
- Police probe Baby P text messages and websites
Contempt warnings
The Metropolitan Police is investigating websites which are naming the mother of Baby P and her boyfriend at time of the child's death.…
- Brocade results are solid as a rock
A couple of blips
Brocade turned in satisfyingly solid results in its final 2008 quarter, beating its own guidance. The Foundry acquisition is on track, Cisco competition contained and it is preparing for a challenging first half in 2009.…
- 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.…
- HP breaks Japanese excessive packaging record
Still destroying the planet, one big box at a time
Those of you who don't like trees very much will appreciate HP's continuing efforts to deforest the planet by using the maximum cardboard possible when dispatching items to expectant customers. Here's a big box the company recently delivered to loyal Reg reader Simon Lucas, who's based in Tokyo:…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
- Dassault to build aerospace-factory Sims
Gaming engines to model complex aviation projects
Graphic engines used in the latest videogames are set to be see more and more service in the French aerospace industry, according to reports.…
- Government still losing at least a computer a week
Don't care, won't care
A year and a day after losing child benefit records for every family in the UK and promising to reform data handling the British government is still losing a laptop every single week.…
- Group Test: Blu-ray Disc players
Fuel for your HD TV
Round-up Happy Christmas, the format war is over. Now that Toshiba has abandoned HD DVD, Sony’s Blu-Ray has emerged as the new standard for high-definition discs, and the millions of folk who've been watching ye olde standard-def TV programmes on their HD TVs can go out and buy themselves a Blu-ray player safe in the knowledge it's not about to become obsolete.…
- Spammers look east after McColo shutdown
Zombie networks likely to resurface in two weeks
Analysis One week after rogue ISP McColo was shut down spam levels have yet to return to normalcy. But security experts are under no illusions that this represents anything more than a temporary reprieve, which will probably come accompanied by a change in tactics by spammers.…
Edited on 2006-01-28 21:12:12 by MetalHead [made header bigger]
Additions:
Welcome to metalhead.ws!
Deletions:
Welcome to metalhead.ws!
Edited on 2006-01-26 23:55:57 by MetalHead [added PuclicationsPage]
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~- PublicationsPage
Edited on 2005-12-04 01:03:25 by MetalHead [renamed quotes to poetry]
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~- PoetryPage
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~- QuotesPage
Edited on 2005-12-04 00:58:27 by MetalHead [added link to quotes]
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~- QuotesPage
Edited on 2005-11-23 11:31:55 by MetalHead [added reg logo]
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The Register
- Server virtualization ain't all that...
Immature headline for immature technology?
Mini Poll If you listen to a lot of the vendors, server virtualisation is now pretty mainstream, and the impression you get is that it’s just a case of getting on with it - if you haven’t done so already. But how realistic is this?…
- US teen tops himself live online
Idiot
A US teenager has used a video sharing website to broadcast his suicide live across the internet.…
- Reuters yanks reporter from Sadville
Last one to leave, turn off the flying penis
Reuters has pulled its embedded reporter out of Second Life, it confirmed today.…
- BBC Trust pulls plug on local video plans
Fails public value test
The BBC Trust has rejected the broadcaster's plans to set up local video news sites for different areas of the country.…
- BlueSky Positioning snags Sagem
SIM manufacturer in strategic deal with pipe dream
BlueSky Positioning, the company that promised to have GPS working in a SIM by June last year, has entered a "strategic relationship" with respected SIM manufacturer Sagem Orga.…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
- BBC Trust brands Manuelgate a 'deplorable intrusion'
No sack for Ross, though
The BBC Trust has branded the Brand/Ross Manuelgate outrage a "deplorable intrusion with no editorial justification".…
- DARPA wargamer calls for US X-Men superplane fleet
JFK would have gone for it, Mr Obama
A prominent US wargames and military crazytech expert has called for the Obama administration to build a large fleet of X-Men style stealth transport planes, able to deliver America's secret elite forces anywhere in the world regardless of the local government's wishes.…
- 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.…
- Nominet chairman embroiled in governance row
Sits on own salary committee
Nominet chairman Bob Gilbert sits on a committee to determine his own fees, and the salaries and bonuses of other senior executives. Critics say this contravenes the not-for-profit domain registry's corporate governance rules, but Nominet says any breach is only technical.…
- DCSF reins in ContactPoint scope for police and A&E staff
Frontline access frozen by political fears
The Department for Children, Schools and Families is resisting broadening access to the ContactPoint database for police officers and A&E staff, two groups most people would consider to be the frontline of spotting child abuse.…
- IT Crowd: spot Reg gear
Third series starts tonight
The first episode of the third series of Graham Linehan's The IT Crowd is on Channel 4 tonight at 10.00pm.…
- Sony Vaio TT slim'n'light laptop
Small form-factor, hefty price tag
Review Sony has been pitching small, slim laptops at executives for years now, packing in as much functionality into as compact a chassis as it can and charging a premium for it. Why mess with a successful formula? So the new Vaio TT doesn't.…
- WIN a BlackBerry Storm!
The season's hottest handset could be yours
Competition Samsung Omina? 'Orrible! Apple iPhone? I don't think so! No, Research in Motion's BlackBerry Storm is the touchscreen mobile to go for this season, says Vodafone, and it's putting its money where its mouth is to give three lucky Register Hardware readers one of the in-demand handsets.…
- NASA orbiter reveals buried Martian glaciers
Vast water ice sheets under rocky debris
The ground-penetrating radar aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has identified extensive Martian glaciers buried under "protective blankets of rocky debris".…
- Vote now for your top net neologism
Asshats, f*cktards and lusers - your time has come
Reader poll Ok, let's get straight down to it - below are the twenty contenders vying for the crown of El Reg top net neologism, as chosen by you, our beloved
commentardsreaders.… - London Hospital back online after computer virus shutdown
On the mend
Computer systems at three major London hospitals are largely back online on Friday morning, three days after a major computer virus outbreak forced staff to disconnect the network.…
- The GUI that almost conquered the pocket
Farewell then, UIQ
The death of UIQ deserves a footnote for posterity – and a chance to take look back at a decade in which almost everything that everyone predicted for mobile data proved to be wrong. Given the way the market turned out, it didn't stand a chance.…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
- Collaboration: A dirty word, still, for some
So what do you think about all this social software malarkey?
Mini Poll Let's get personal here. Do you like collaborating with work colleagues? Do you like giving up your hard won knowledge for the greater good? Some people do. Some people don't.…
- Promoter hunts stars for McKinnon benefit gig
Rock against extradition
Updated Rock band Marillion have offered to take part in a gig in support of accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon with proceeds going to autism charities, according to local media reports.…
- Verizon suspends staff for ogling Obama's phone bill
Verizon staff caught snooping
Staff at Verizon face disciplinary action after accessing Barack Obama's phone bill and taking a peek at who the president elect had been calling.…
- Apple updates iPhone firmware
Google Street view cometh
Apple has released a firmware update for the iPhone, giving Jesus phone devotees access to Google Map’s Street View, keyboard settings and more.…
- PM quizzed over McKinnon extradition
Brown supports repatriation, in principle
Prime minister Gordon Brown has spoken about the Gary McKinnon extradition case for the first time, supporting the principle of repatriation of sentenced prisoners while declining to get into the specifics of the case, which remains under judicial review.…
- Nokia goes to tinsel town
Hoping to make it big in the flicks
Continuing to distance itself from boring-old mobile phones, Nokia has announced plans to open a research lab in Hollywood packed with movie executives rather than those engineers the company so recently laid off in Finland.…
- Police probe Baby P text messages and websites
Contempt warnings
The Metropolitan Police is investigating websites which are naming the mother of Baby P and her boyfriend at time of the child's death.…
- Brocade results are solid as a rock
A couple of blips
Brocade turned in satisfyingly solid results in its final 2008 quarter, beating its own guidance. The Foundry acquisition is on track, Cisco competition contained and it is preparing for a challenging first half in 2009.…
- 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.…
- HP breaks Japanese excessive packaging record
Still destroying the planet, one big box at a time
Those of you who don't like trees very much will appreciate HP's continuing efforts to deforest the planet by using the maximum cardboard possible when dispatching items to expectant customers. Here's a big box the company recently delivered to loyal Reg reader Simon Lucas, who's based in Tokyo:…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
- Dassault to build aerospace-factory Sims
Gaming engines to model complex aviation projects
Graphic engines used in the latest videogames are set to be see more and more service in the French aerospace industry, according to reports.…
- Government still losing at least a computer a week
Don't care, won't care
A year and a day after losing child benefit records for every family in the UK and promising to reform data handling the British government is still losing a laptop every single week.…
- Group Test: Blu-ray Disc players
Fuel for your HD TV
Round-up Happy Christmas, the format war is over. Now that Toshiba has abandoned HD DVD, Sony’s Blu-Ray has emerged as the new standard for high-definition discs, and the millions of folk who've been watching ye olde standard-def TV programmes on their HD TVs can go out and buy themselves a Blu-ray player safe in the knowledge it's not about to become obsolete.…
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- Server virtualization ain't all that...
Immature headline for immature technology?
Mini Poll If you listen to a lot of the vendors, server virtualisation is now pretty mainstream, and the impression you get is that it’s just a case of getting on with it - if you haven’t done so already. But how realistic is this?…
- US teen tops himself live online
Idiot
A US teenager has used a video sharing website to broadcast his suicide live across the internet.…
- Reuters yanks reporter from Sadville
Last one to leave, turn off the flying penis
Reuters has pulled its embedded reporter out of Second Life, it confirmed today.…
- BBC Trust pulls plug on local video plans
Fails public value test
The BBC Trust has rejected the broadcaster's plans to set up local video news sites for different areas of the country.…
- BlueSky Positioning snags Sagem
SIM manufacturer in strategic deal with pipe dream
BlueSky Positioning, the company that promised to have GPS working in a SIM by June last year, has entered a "strategic relationship" with respected SIM manufacturer Sagem Orga.…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
- BBC Trust brands Manuelgate a 'deplorable intrusion'
No sack for Ross, though
The BBC Trust has branded the Brand/Ross Manuelgate outrage a "deplorable intrusion with no editorial justification".…
- DARPA wargamer calls for US X-Men superplane fleet
JFK would have gone for it, Mr Obama
A prominent US wargames and military crazytech expert has called for the Obama administration to build a large fleet of X-Men style stealth transport planes, able to deliver America's secret elite forces anywhere in the world regardless of the local government's wishes.…
- 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.…
- Nominet chairman embroiled in governance row
Sits on own salary committee
Nominet chairman Bob Gilbert sits on a committee to determine his own fees, and the salaries and bonuses of other senior executives. Critics say this contravenes the not-for-profit domain registry's corporate governance rules, but Nominet says any breach is only technical.…
- DCSF reins in ContactPoint scope for police and A&E staff
Frontline access frozen by political fears
The Department for Children, Schools and Families is resisting broadening access to the ContactPoint database for police officers and A&E staff, two groups most people would consider to be the frontline of spotting child abuse.…
- IT Crowd: spot Reg gear
Third series starts tonight
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- Sony Vaio TT slim'n'light laptop
Small form-factor, hefty price tag
Review Sony has been pitching small, slim laptops at executives for years now, packing in as much functionality into as compact a chassis as it can and charging a premium for it. Why mess with a successful formula? So the new Vaio TT doesn't.…
- WIN a BlackBerry Storm!
The season's hottest handset could be yours
Competition Samsung Omina? 'Orrible! Apple iPhone? I don't think so! No, Research in Motion's BlackBerry Storm is the touchscreen mobile to go for this season, says Vodafone, and it's putting its money where its mouth is to give three lucky Register Hardware readers one of the in-demand handsets.…
- NASA orbiter reveals buried Martian glaciers
Vast water ice sheets under rocky debris
The ground-penetrating radar aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has identified extensive Martian glaciers buried under "protective blankets of rocky debris".…
- Vote now for your top net neologism
Asshats, f*cktards and lusers - your time has come
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commentardsreaders.… - London Hospital back online after computer virus shutdown
On the mend
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- The GUI that almost conquered the pocket
Farewell then, UIQ
The death of UIQ deserves a footnote for posterity – and a chance to take look back at a decade in which almost everything that everyone predicted for mobile data proved to be wrong. Given the way the market turned out, it didn't stand a chance.…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
- Collaboration: A dirty word, still, for some
So what do you think about all this social software malarkey?
Mini Poll Let's get personal here. Do you like collaborating with work colleagues? Do you like giving up your hard won knowledge for the greater good? Some people do. Some people don't.…
- Promoter hunts stars for McKinnon benefit gig
Rock against extradition
Updated Rock band Marillion have offered to take part in a gig in support of accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon with proceeds going to autism charities, according to local media reports.…
- Verizon suspends staff for ogling Obama's phone bill
Verizon staff caught snooping
Staff at Verizon face disciplinary action after accessing Barack Obama's phone bill and taking a peek at who the president elect had been calling.…
- Apple updates iPhone firmware
Google Street view cometh
Apple has released a firmware update for the iPhone, giving Jesus phone devotees access to Google Map’s Street View, keyboard settings and more.…
- PM quizzed over McKinnon extradition
Brown supports repatriation, in principle
Prime minister Gordon Brown has spoken about the Gary McKinnon extradition case for the first time, supporting the principle of repatriation of sentenced prisoners while declining to get into the specifics of the case, which remains under judicial review.…
- Nokia goes to tinsel town
Hoping to make it big in the flicks
Continuing to distance itself from boring-old mobile phones, Nokia has announced plans to open a research lab in Hollywood packed with movie executives rather than those engineers the company so recently laid off in Finland.…
- Police probe Baby P text messages and websites
Contempt warnings
The Metropolitan Police is investigating websites which are naming the mother of Baby P and her boyfriend at time of the child's death.…
- Brocade results are solid as a rock
A couple of blips
Brocade turned in satisfyingly solid results in its final 2008 quarter, beating its own guidance. The Foundry acquisition is on track, Cisco competition contained and it is preparing for a challenging first half in 2009.…
- 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.…
- HP breaks Japanese excessive packaging record
Still destroying the planet, one big box at a time
Those of you who don't like trees very much will appreciate HP's continuing efforts to deforest the planet by using the maximum cardboard possible when dispatching items to expectant customers. Here's a big box the company recently delivered to loyal Reg reader Simon Lucas, who's based in Tokyo:…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
- Dassault to build aerospace-factory Sims
Gaming engines to model complex aviation projects
Graphic engines used in the latest videogames are set to be see more and more service in the French aerospace industry, according to reports.…
- Government still losing at least a computer a week
Don't care, won't care
A year and a day after losing child benefit records for every family in the UK and promising to reform data handling the British government is still losing a laptop every single week.…
- Group Test: Blu-ray Disc players
Fuel for your HD TV
Round-up Happy Christmas, the format war is over. Now that Toshiba has abandoned HD DVD, Sony’s Blu-Ray has emerged as the new standard for high-definition discs, and the millions of folk who've been watching ye olde standard-def TV programmes on their HD TVs can go out and buy themselves a Blu-ray player safe in the knowledge it's not about to become obsolete.…
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- Server virtualization ain't all that...
Immature headline for immature technology?
Mini Poll If you listen to a lot of the vendors, server virtualisation is now pretty mainstream, and the impression you get is that it’s just a case of getting on with it - if you haven’t done so already. But how realistic is this?…
- US teen tops himself live online
Idiot
A US teenager has used a video sharing website to broadcast his suicide live across the internet.…
- Reuters yanks reporter from Sadville
Last one to leave, turn off the flying penis
Reuters has pulled its embedded reporter out of Second Life, it confirmed today.…
- BBC Trust pulls plug on local video plans
Fails public value test
The BBC Trust has rejected the broadcaster's plans to set up local video news sites for different areas of the country.…
- BlueSky Positioning snags Sagem
SIM manufacturer in strategic deal with pipe dream
BlueSky Positioning, the company that promised to have GPS working in a SIM by June last year, has entered a "strategic relationship" with respected SIM manufacturer Sagem Orga.…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
- BBC Trust brands Manuelgate a 'deplorable intrusion'
No sack for Ross, though
The BBC Trust has branded the Brand/Ross Manuelgate outrage a "deplorable intrusion with no editorial justification".…
- DARPA wargamer calls for US X-Men superplane fleet
JFK would have gone for it, Mr Obama
A prominent US wargames and military crazytech expert has called for the Obama administration to build a large fleet of X-Men style stealth transport planes, able to deliver America's secret elite forces anywhere in the world regardless of the local government's wishes.…
- 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.…
- Nominet chairman embroiled in governance row
Sits on own salary committee
Nominet chairman Bob Gilbert sits on a committee to determine his own fees, and the salaries and bonuses of other senior executives. Critics say this contravenes the not-for-profit domain registry's corporate governance rules, but Nominet says any breach is only technical.…
- DCSF reins in ContactPoint scope for police and A&E staff
Frontline access frozen by political fears
The Department for Children, Schools and Families is resisting broadening access to the ContactPoint database for police officers and A&E staff, two groups most people would consider to be the frontline of spotting child abuse.…
- IT Crowd: spot Reg gear
Third series starts tonight
The first episode of the third series of Graham Linehan's The IT Crowd is on Channel 4 tonight at 10.00pm.…
- Sony Vaio TT slim'n'light laptop
Small form-factor, hefty price tag
Review Sony has been pitching small, slim laptops at executives for years now, packing in as much functionality into as compact a chassis as it can and charging a premium for it. Why mess with a successful formula? So the new Vaio TT doesn't.…
- WIN a BlackBerry Storm!
The season's hottest handset could be yours
Competition Samsung Omina? 'Orrible! Apple iPhone? I don't think so! No, Research in Motion's BlackBerry Storm is the touchscreen mobile to go for this season, says Vodafone, and it's putting its money where its mouth is to give three lucky Register Hardware readers one of the in-demand handsets.…
- NASA orbiter reveals buried Martian glaciers
Vast water ice sheets under rocky debris
The ground-penetrating radar aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has identified extensive Martian glaciers buried under "protective blankets of rocky debris".…
- Vote now for your top net neologism
Asshats, f*cktards and lusers - your time has come
Reader poll Ok, let's get straight down to it - below are the twenty contenders vying for the crown of El Reg top net neologism, as chosen by you, our beloved
commentardsreaders.… - London Hospital back online after computer virus shutdown
On the mend
Computer systems at three major London hospitals are largely back online on Friday morning, three days after a major computer virus outbreak forced staff to disconnect the network.…
- The GUI that almost conquered the pocket
Farewell then, UIQ
The death of UIQ deserves a footnote for posterity – and a chance to take look back at a decade in which almost everything that everyone predicted for mobile data proved to be wrong. Given the way the market turned out, it didn't stand a chance.…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
- Collaboration: A dirty word, still, for some
So what do you think about all this social software malarkey?
Mini Poll Let's get personal here. Do you like collaborating with work colleagues? Do you like giving up your hard won knowledge for the greater good? Some people do. Some people don't.…
- Promoter hunts stars for McKinnon benefit gig
Rock against extradition
Updated Rock band Marillion have offered to take part in a gig in support of accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon with proceeds going to autism charities, according to local media reports.…
- Verizon suspends staff for ogling Obama's phone bill
Verizon staff caught snooping
Staff at Verizon face disciplinary action after accessing Barack Obama's phone bill and taking a peek at who the president elect had been calling.…
- Apple updates iPhone firmware
Google Street view cometh
Apple has released a firmware update for the iPhone, giving Jesus phone devotees access to Google Map’s Street View, keyboard settings and more.…
- PM quizzed over McKinnon extradition
Brown supports repatriation, in principle
Prime minister Gordon Brown has spoken about the Gary McKinnon extradition case for the first time, supporting the principle of repatriation of sentenced prisoners while declining to get into the specifics of the case, which remains under judicial review.…
- Nokia goes to tinsel town
Hoping to make it big in the flicks
Continuing to distance itself from boring-old mobile phones, Nokia has announced plans to open a research lab in Hollywood packed with movie executives rather than those engineers the company so recently laid off in Finland.…
- Police probe Baby P text messages and websites
Contempt warnings
The Metropolitan Police is investigating websites which are naming the mother of Baby P and her boyfriend at time of the child's death.…
- Brocade results are solid as a rock
A couple of blips
Brocade turned in satisfyingly solid results in its final 2008 quarter, beating its own guidance. The Foundry acquisition is on track, Cisco competition contained and it is preparing for a challenging first half in 2009.…
- 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.…
- HP breaks Japanese excessive packaging record
Still destroying the planet, one big box at a time
Those of you who don't like trees very much will appreciate HP's continuing efforts to deforest the planet by using the maximum cardboard possible when dispatching items to expectant customers. Here's a big box the company recently delivered to loyal Reg reader Simon Lucas, who's based in Tokyo:…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
- Dassault to build aerospace-factory Sims
Gaming engines to model complex aviation projects
Graphic engines used in the latest videogames are set to be see more and more service in the French aerospace industry, according to reports.…
- Government still losing at least a computer a week
Don't care, won't care
A year and a day after losing child benefit records for every family in the UK and promising to reform data handling the British government is still losing a laptop every single week.…
- Group Test: Blu-ray Disc players
Fuel for your HD TV
Round-up Happy Christmas, the format war is over. Now that Toshiba has abandoned HD DVD, Sony’s Blu-Ray has emerged as the new standard for high-definition discs, and the millions of folk who've been watching ye olde standard-def TV programmes on their HD TVs can go out and buy themselves a Blu-ray player safe in the knowledge it's not about to become obsolete.…