Dos proyectiles israelíes han causado 40 muertos y decenas de heridos en una escuela. A ello se suman otros tres fallecidos en el ataque a otro centro en Chati. Leer. Escuchar
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El primer ministro indio aseguró que la "sofisticación y precisión militar" de los atentados de Bombay tuvo que tener el apoyo de alguna agencia oficial paquistaní. Leer. Escuchar
La ministra de Defensa, en su discurso con motivo de la Pascua Militar, dijo que las "virtudes del Ejército" son un ejemplo para la sociedad. Leer. Escuchar
Dos proyectiles israelíes han causado 40 muertos y decenas de heridos en una escuela. A ello se suman otros tres fallecidos en el ataque a otro centro en Chati. Leer. Escuchar
Cada décimo del 28.920 obtendrá 200.000 euros, y cada uno del segundo premio, 56.306, vendido en Llodio (Álava), está dotado con 100.000 euros. Leer. Escuchar
El presidente francés prolonga su gira por la zona al mostrarse "convencido" de que existen soluciones al conflicto. "No estamos lejos", ha dicho Sarkozy. Leer. Escuchar
The rumor mill, being stoked by IBM employees talking on a pro-union web site, has it that Big Blue is getting ready to lay off up to 16,000 employees, or about four per cent of its 400,000-strong global workforce, thanks to the slowing of the economies in the United States and Western Europe.…
The rumor mill, being stoked by IBM employees talking on a pro-union web site, has it that Big Blue is getting ready to lay off up to 16,000 employees, or about four per cent of its 400,000-strong global workforce, thanks to the slowing of the economies in the United States and Western Europe.…
Bogus profiles on social networking website LinkedIn are punting malware to the credulous and starstruck.…
Bogus profiles on social networking website LinkedIn are punting malware to the credulous and starstruck.…
Palestinians and Israelis are telling their stories with text messages and social media tools, such as Twitter and Facebook. Now the mainstream media and the Israeli government are getting into the act.
UK scientists have appealed for people to donate their brains to researchers facing a "dire" shortage of grey matter, the BBC reports.…
UK scientists have appealed for people to donate their brains to researchers facing a "dire" shortage of grey matter, the BBC reports.…
US airline Continental says it will carry out "the first biofuel flight by a commercial carrier using algae as a fuel source" tomorrow. Previous airliner biofuel trials have used controversial "first-generation" feedstocks, seen as contributing to world hunger and deforestation, apart from a recent New Zealand test involving jatropha nuts.…
US airline Continental says it will carry out "the first biofuel flight by a commercial carrier using algae as a fuel source" tomorrow. Previous airliner biofuel trials have used controversial "first-generation" feedstocks, seen as contributing to world hunger and deforestation, apart from a recent New Zealand test involving jatropha nuts.…
Silicon Valley startup Xobni, which develops MS Outlook plug-ins, has raised a $7m series B round of funding led by network giant Cisco.…
Silicon Valley startup Xobni, which develops MS Outlook plug-ins, has raised a $7m series B round of funding led by network giant Cisco.…
Google has leapfrogged Microsoft to reach third place in a blacklist of spam-friendly ISPs, compiled by anti-spam organisation Spamhaus.org.…
Google has leapfrogged Microsoft to reach third place in a blacklist of spam-friendly ISPs, compiled by anti-spam organisation Spamhaus.org.…
The Democratic-controlled 111th Congress convenes Tuesday, amid increased pressure to pass an economic stimulus package that supporters say could prevent the country from sliding deeper into recession.
All 43 police forces across England and Wales are now offering online crime maps showing offences broken down by area.…
All 43 police forces across England and Wales are now offering online crime maps showing offences broken down by area.…
In the largest marine conservation effort ever, President Bush is expected to set aside parts of three remote and uninhabited Pacific Island chains as national monuments. The preserves will be protected from commercial fishing and oil and gas extraction.
England is catching up with Scotland and Wales in liberalising mobile phone use in hospitals, a mere five years after it was established that such use didn't present a significant risk to medical equipment.…
England is catching up with Scotland and Wales in liberalising mobile phone use in hospitals, a mere five years after it was established that such use didn't present a significant risk to medical equipment.…
President-elect Barack Obama says the economy is sick and getting worse. Obama spent his first day back in Washington on Capitol Hill urging congressional leaders to work quickly on a massive economic stimulus package. He also said his administration will post the plan on the Internet.
Prosecutors in New York are asking a judge to put Bernard Madoff behind bars without bail. They told the judge Monday that the disgraced financier had violated bail conditions by mailing about $1 million worth of jewelry and other assets to relatives. At roughly the same time in Washington, a House hearing got under way on how regulators missed the alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme Madoff is accused of running.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on a cease-fire mission to the Middle East. While his country no longer holds the European Union presidency, Sarkozy says it is France's duty to look for all paths to peace. Critics say Sarkozy is on a power trip after his six-month stint as diplomatic head of Europe. They accuse him of muddying EU efforts to broker a cease-fire.
Republicans are searching for their next party chairman. The six candidates participated in a debate sponsored by the conservative group Americans for Tax Reform. The Republican National Committee will meet in three weeks to choose one of the six men.
David Cameron has pledged that a Conservative government would seek connections to high speed broadband networks for all parts of the country within ten years.…
David Cameron has pledged that a Conservative government would seek connections to high speed broadband networks for all parts of the country within ten years.…
Heavy clashes on the outskirts of Gaza City between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants on Tuesday left more than a dozen people dead as the Israeli navy pounded shore positions and ground forces pushed slowly into heavily populated urban areas of the Gaza Strip.
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Boffins at the UK's famous National Physical Laboratory (NPL) - birthplace of the Dambusters' bouncing bomb and perhaps the internet - say they have used an electron microscope to analyse Viking swords. In a surprise twist, it turns out that the old-time Scandinavian pests, many of whom moved to England to become our ancestors, actually imported their best steel from Afghanistan.…
Boffins at the UK's famous National Physical Laboratory (NPL) - birthplace of the Dambusters' bouncing bomb and perhaps the internet - say they have used an electron microscope to analyse Viking swords. In a surprise twist, it turns out that the old-time Scandinavian pests, many of whom moved to England to become our ancestors, actually imported their best steel from Afghanistan.…
As Emotiv Systems’ Epoc neuroheadset is currently going through a rocky patch, Barbie maker Mattel has stepped in with what's rumoured to be a similar type of brainwave toy.…
As Emotiv Systems’ Epoc neuroheadset is currently going through a rocky patch, Barbie maker Mattel has stepped in with what's rumoured to be a similar type of brainwave toy.…
The largely unexpected announcement that 26-year-old Matt Smith will become the next Doctor Who was possibly not quite as unexpected in the actor's home town of Northampton, according to bookmakers Paddy Power.…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
The largely unexpected announcement that 26-year-old Matt Smith will become the next Doctor Who was possibly not quite as unexpected in the actor's home town of Northampton, according to bookmakers Paddy Power.…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
Microsoft has promoted Bob Muglia to president of the firm’s server and tools biz.…
Microsoft has promoted Bob Muglia to president of the firm’s server and tools biz.…
Israeli military forces have reportedly hacked into a Hamas-run TV station to broadcast propaganda.…
Israeli military forces have reportedly hacked into a Hamas-run TV station to broadcast propaganda.…
2009 will finally see Microsoft Office documents arrive on the iPhone, it seems, with Soonr allowing access to documents stored in the cloud while QuickOffice makes good on its promise of local editing.…
2009 will finally see Microsoft Office documents arrive on the iPhone, it seems, with Soonr allowing access to documents stored in the cloud while QuickOffice makes good on its promise of local editing.…
Logitech has withdrawn financial guidance for the year and will cut 15 per cent of salaried staff.…
Logitech has withdrawn financial guidance for the year and will cut 15 per cent of salaried staff.…
La Policía trabaja ahora en la identificación del cadáver de la pequeña, de apenas unos días, para localizar a sus progenitores y aclarar las causas de su fallecimiento. Leer. Escuchar
Now on demand In December, The Register ran three live webcasts about software-driven productivity gains.…
Now on demand In December, The Register ran three live webcasts about software-driven productivity gains.…
The touchscreen mobile market has expanded yet again, following Motorola’s introduction of the MotoSurf A3100.…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
The touchscreen mobile market has expanded yet again, following Motorola’s introduction of the MotoSurf A3100.…
Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms
The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominations for its annual awards, which will see The Dark Knight battle Frost/Nixon for the best picture crown.…
The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominations for its annual awards, which will see The Dark Knight battle Frost/Nixon for the best picture crown.…
The government has announced further funding for police mobile data devices, intended to equip those forces which received no funding in the initial push announced last year.…
The government has announced further funding for police mobile data devices, intended to equip those forces which received no funding in the initial push announced last year.…
A newly-released composite colour infrared image of our galaxy's core has revealed the Milky Way's centre in all its turbulent glory.…
A newly-released composite colour infrared image of our galaxy's core has revealed the Milky Way's centre in all its turbulent glory.…
Review The relentless march of the iPod into the price bracket known as 'Good God! How much?' makes the near simultaneous release by Sony and Samsung of the new runts of their MP3 player litters more interesting than would otherwise be the case. A couple of 2GB USB stick-style MP3 players with FM radios and screens each for under £40? Can't be bad... or can it?…
Review The relentless march of the iPod into the price bracket known as 'Good God! How much?' makes the near simultaneous release by Sony and Samsung of the new runts of their MP3 player litters more interesting than would otherwise be the case. A couple of 2GB USB stick-style MP3 players with FM radios and screens each for under £40? Can't be bad... or can it?…
Google has finally released a version of its Picasa software for the Apple Mac.…
Google has finally released a version of its Picasa software for the Apple Mac.…
Bemasked protest group Anonymous is marking the first anniversary of its campaign against the Church of Scientology with a round of further demos.…
Bemasked protest group Anonymous is marking the first anniversary of its campaign against the Church of Scientology with a round of further demos.…
Seagate says it's the first HDD manufacturer to ship 500GB 3.5-inch disk platters with its 1TB, 2-platter Barracuda 7200.12 HD product.…
Seagate says it's the first HDD manufacturer to ship 500GB 3.5-inch disk platters with its 1TB, 2-platter Barracuda 7200.12 HD product.…
Macworld Expo Microsoft has announced two products designed to provide users of Office 2008 for Mac with improved access to existing server-based Microsoft services.…
Macworld Expo Microsoft has announced two products designed to provide users of Office 2008 for Mac with improved access to existing server-based Microsoft services.…
Over the past year, the gaunt appearance of Apple founder Steve Jobs has alarmed many Mac and iPod lovers. In a public letter, Jobs said the weight loss had been a mystery to him and his doctors until a few weeks ago. He says he will be undergoing a "relatively simple" treatment for a hormone imbalance.
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Palestinians say Israeli attacks on Gaza intensified before dawn Tuesday. Israeli soldiers seized several buildings inside Gaza City. Late Monday, three Israeli soldiers were killed by what Israeli officials say was an errant tank round. An international diplomatic effort to bring about a cease-fire is making no progress.
President-elect Barack Obama is expected to choose former congressman Leon Panetta to head the CIA. Panetta has relatively little experience in national security matters, although he did participate in daily intelligence briefings with President Bill Clinton when he served as Clinton's chief of staff between 1994 and 1997.
Siemens went to the US courts to try and get Seagate to cough up patent royalties - only to be told its patents were invalid.…
Siemens went to the US courts to try and get Seagate to cough up patent royalties - only to be told its patents were invalid.…
The Taiwanese government is moving closer to a $6bn bailout of the country's chipmakers who are suffering from the credit crunch and falling prices for DRAM despite production cuts.…
The Taiwanese government is moving closer to a $6bn bailout of the country's chipmakers who are suffering from the credit crunch and falling prices for DRAM despite production cuts.…
Skype will be launching a new client tomorrow just for Mac users, which provides screen sharing, bigger avatars and Wi-Fi hotspot access to the ubiquitous VoIP service.…
Skype will be launching a new client tomorrow just for Mac users, which provides screen sharing, bigger avatars and Wi-Fi hotspot access to the ubiquitous VoIP service.…
Telecoms companies must be clearer about additional charges they levy and must help customers to understand them better, telecoms regulator Ofcom has said.…
Telecoms companies must be clearer about additional charges they levy and must help customers to understand them better, telecoms regulator Ofcom has said.…
Astronomers, publishers and computing experts claimed a "significant milestone" in the New Year's Day edition of heavyweight boffinry journal Nature, saying it is "the first time a major scientific journal has used a 3-D PDF of graphics in an article".…
Astronomers, publishers and computing experts claimed a "significant milestone" in the New Year's Day edition of heavyweight boffinry journal Nature, saying it is "the first time a major scientific journal has used a 3-D PDF of graphics in an article".…
LG is to follow Panasonic and release a series of TVs with integrated Freesat tuners later this year.…
LG is to follow Panasonic and release a series of TVs with integrated Freesat tuners later this year.…
There are splits within the Palestinian community in Lebanon between those who support the Palestinian Authority and peace talks, and those who support Hamas and its rejection of Israel. But all the major Palestinian factions in Lebanon have made a point of working together during the Gaza conflict.
Mail volume suffers when the economy suffers, but this economic downturn is hitting the Postal Service particularly hard. The ailing housing and financial sectors, once heavy users of direct mail marketing, are cutting back. In the last fiscal year, mail carriers delivered 9.5 billion fewer letters and packages than the year before.
Germany is the biggest customer of Russia's state natural gas monopoly, Gazprom. It supplies more than 40 percent of Germany's gas. Some worry that Russia is using its natural resources as a political weapon, but others say the influence goes both ways.
Micro-blogging site Twitter had to temporarily suspend accounts belonging to Barack Obama, Britney Spears and other celebrities after they were hijacked by miscreants and used to spread scandalous and false information that appeared to come from their owners.…
Micro-blogging site Twitter had to temporarily suspend accounts belonging to Barack Obama, Britney Spears and other celebrities after they were hijacked by miscreants and used to spread scandalous and false information that appeared to come from their owners.…
Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman has reportedly cleared the way for taking a pop at Arnold Schwarzenegger's job of California governor in 2010.…
Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman has reportedly cleared the way for taking a pop at Arnold Schwarzenegger's job of California governor in 2010.…
Macworld Expo Microsoft wants you to know that it's not just the Mac that's holding a 25th birthday party: 2009 marks the 25th year that Redmond has developed software for Apple's quarter-centarian computer.…
Macworld Expo Microsoft wants you to know that it's not just the Mac that's holding a 25th birthday party: 2009 marks the 25th year that Redmond has developed software for Apple's quarter-centarian computer.…
The secret to business according to Sun Microsystems' chief executive Jonathan Schwartz is to first build volume and then figure out how to make money from the audience you've created.…
The secret to business according to Sun Microsystems' chief executive Jonathan Schwartz is to first build volume and then figure out how to make money from the audience you've created.…
The economic meltdown has put a damper on a lot of things, but it seems to have been less of a wet blanket for investors in startups in the green technology and renewable energy in 2008 - if you exclude the final quarter of the unusually dismal year.…
The economic meltdown has put a damper on a lot of things, but it seems to have been less of a wet blanket for investors in startups in the green technology and renewable energy in 2008 - if you exclude the final quarter of the unusually dismal year.…
Nintendo may have cleaned up in console sales in 2008, but more US gamers spent their free time time playing Sony's "last-gen" Playstation 2, according to Nielsen Media Research.…
Nintendo may have cleaned up in console sales in 2008, but more US gamers spent their free time time playing Sony's "last-gen" Playstation 2, according to Nielsen Media Research.…
It's been a rough start for President-elect Barack Obama in his first week back at work in Washington, from violence flaring in Gaza to showdowns brewing in the U.S. Senate. But Obama is staying focused on his economic stimulus plan, even if key Republicans remain skeptical.
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The religion of virtualization may be all over the IT trade press, but apparently the data centers of the world haven't heard the good news yet and have been buying up PCs, servers, and storage gear like crazy to support their application and data loads. And if data from British IT consultancy Compass is any guide, IT budget growth over the past four years has been driven by capacity needs, which are outpacing price/performance improvements.…
The religion of virtualization may be all over the IT trade press, but apparently the data centers of the world haven't heard the good news yet and have been buying up PCs, servers, and storage gear like crazy to support their application and data loads. And if data from British IT consultancy Compass is any guide, IT budget growth over the past four years has been driven by capacity needs, which are outpacing price/performance improvements.…
Compared to the current job market, IT professionals should recall the collapse of the dot-com bubble with a fondness for the good ol' days.…
Compared to the current job market, IT professionals should recall the collapse of the dot-com bubble with a fondness for the good ol' days.…
With the new year under way and all of the problems in the old year still largely unsolved, people in the IT sector are looking around for a little good news and some prospects for growth. There are a lot of clouds out there right now, and Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, thinks the rain is going to be good, particularly for Linux.…
With the new year under way and all of the problems in the old year still largely unsolved, people in the IT sector are looking around for a little good news and some prospects for growth. There are a lot of clouds out there right now, and Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, thinks the rain is going to be good, particularly for Linux.…
A researcher has discovered a way to reliably exploit a known security vulnerability in a wide class of Cisco System routers, a finding that for the first time allows attackers to hijack millions of devices with a single piece of code.…
A researcher has discovered a way to reliably exploit a known security vulnerability in a wide class of Cisco System routers, a finding that for the first time allows attackers to hijack millions of devices with a single piece of code.…
Use of Apple's Safari browser grew in December to 7.93 per cent, up from 7.13 per cent in November, suggesting a parallel growth in adoption of Mac OS X, according to browser-usage figures released today by internet-analyst Net Applications.…
Use of Apple's Safari browser grew in December to 7.93 per cent, up from 7.13 per cent in November, suggesting a parallel growth in adoption of Mac OS X, according to browser-usage figures released today by internet-analyst Net Applications.…
Jobs ha escrito un comunicado donde explica que sigue un tratamiento para recuperarse que durará hasta primavera aproximadamente. Leer. Escuchar
Iomega has announced a home storage and media server that backs up files on connected PCs and plays digital media content to connected output devices.…
Iomega has announced a home storage and media server that backs up files on connected PCs and plays digital media content to connected output devices.…
Rumour suggests that some parts at least of the controversial US missile-defence programme are doomed, with the axe set to fall as soon as President-Elect Obama takes office. Nonetheless, the last days of 2008 saw a $400m contract award to one of the most controversial missile-defence weapons of them all - the Groundbased Midcourse Defence (GMD) rocket interceptors.…
Rumour suggests that some parts at least of the controversial US missile-defence programme are doomed, with the axe set to fall as soon as President-Elect Obama takes office. Nonetheless, the last days of 2008 saw a $400m contract award to one of the most controversial missile-defence weapons of them all - the Groundbased Midcourse Defence (GMD) rocket interceptors.…
UIQ has finally thrown in the towel and reportedly applied for bankruptcy in the Swedish courts.…
UIQ has finally thrown in the towel and reportedly applied for bankruptcy in the Swedish courts.…
Ever since Steve Jobs said he would not be giving the keynote speech at MacWorld, there have been lurid rumours that his health had taken a serious turn for the worse - but the Apple bigwig has finally had a go at putting the world straight.…
Ever since Steve Jobs said he would not be giving the keynote speech at MacWorld, there have been lurid rumours that his health had taken a serious turn for the worse - but the Apple bigwig has finally had a go at putting the world straight.…
Friends Reunited could see its carrying value slashed by ITV when the television channel releases its year-end review of past acquisitions.…
Friends Reunited could see its carrying value slashed by ITV when the television channel releases its year-end review of past acquisitions.…
The Home Office has denied it has made any change to rules governing how police can remotely snoop on people's computers.…
The Home Office has denied it has made any change to rules governing how police can remotely snoop on people's computers.…
Chaos in India’s Parliament – the Lok Sabha - shortly before Christmas saw the passage, without debate, of a major new bill designed to sweep up a number of outstanding IT issues from cybercrime to online porn.…
Chaos in India’s Parliament – the Lok Sabha - shortly before Christmas saw the passage, without debate, of a major new bill designed to sweep up a number of outstanding IT issues from cybercrime to online porn.…