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    Amazon lures Microsoft WinPhone chief with Kindle

    34 min 57 sec ago
    Etailer claims third Redmond scalp

    Microsoft's man rallying developers and partners to buy into Windows Phone is reportedly jumping ship to help push Amazon's cross-platform Kindle push.…

    Apple TV surfaces on Best Buy

    44 min 6 sec ago
    Spec leak - or fishing expedition?

    US electronics retailer Best Buy has begun asking punters if they'd be interested coughing up $1499 for a 42in HD TV from Apple.…

    Micron grabs almost-retired COO for chief

    46 min 48 sec ago
    Mark Durcan will take over as CEO after death of Steve Appleton

    Chip-maker Micron Technology has named a new CEO following the death of Steve Appleton on Friday in a plane crash.…

    iOS 5 'crashes more apps' than Android

    49 min 56 sec ago
    Is it an upgrade problem, or a user problem?

    Recent data has shown that iOS apps crash more often than apps running on the Android platform.…

    IT budgets plunge in North America, Europe

    1 hour 7 min ago
    Rise in the East and Latin America

    If you were expecting for IT spending to go up this year and for new projects to get going – and perhaps to get a pay raise – the consensus is building that this is not going to happen. That's the bad news. The good news would seem to be that instead of being asked to do more with less, IT shops will be asked to do a lot more with a tiny bit more dough. But it's not that simple, so don't jump to conclusions.…

    EMC server flash rival slams VFCache

    1 hour 19 min ago
    Fusion-io thinks Lightning misses target

    EMC's VFCache server cache doesn't quite hit the mark. Although it validates server flash use, caching is not enough.…

    Twitter snaps up Google Asia exec

    1 hour 37 min ago
    Service could be set for greater expansion in the region

    Micro-blogging phenomenon Twitter is stepping up its efforts at international expansion and has pinched a senior Google executive in a clear sign the company could be looking to target Asia in the coming months.…

    PSN renamed Sony Entertainment Network

    1 hour 51 min ago
    SEN-sible name change?

    The PlayStation Network is to undergo a major rebranding this week when it is integrated into an all-new Sony Entertainment Network.…

    Boffins find prehistoric croc species with 'mate-attracting' skin helmet

    2 hours 4 min ago
    'Shieldcrocs' mingled with dinosaurs

    Bone-bothering US boffins have identified a new species of prehistoric crocodile, nicknamed "Shieldcroc" because of a flat ornamental skin shield on its ginormous head.…

    Motorola: refurb tablets shipped with former owners' data intact

    2 hours 16 min ago
    Whoops

    Motorola Mobility has admitted that some refurbished Xoom tablets were sent out to their new owners with previous users' data still present in the gadgets' memory banks.…

    Facebook's IPO unveils plans to invade China

    2 hours 23 min ago
    Social network would love to tap that

    Not content with almost total domination in Western markets, social networking behemoth Facebook could be planning an assault on China if it can just do a deal with the authorities there, its latest regulatory filing has revealed.…

    New dole system is 'digital by default', like it or not

    2 hours 42 min ago
    Claimants who do not comply will be 'nudged' by 'back office' workers

    Universal credit – the government's "new and improved" benefits system – will be the first major government service to be digital by default.…

    Doctors sick of anonymous-coward NHS feedback commentards

    3 hours 23 min ago
    Welcome to the internet, doc

    A leading GP has declared that the general public are too rude about doctors on the internet in a complaint that may amuse those of us more familiar with the culture of "Internet feedback".…

    Huawei-Symantec sneaks out of US back door

    3 hours 52 min ago
    Has it been booted out?

    Huawei-Symantec, the joint venture between Huawei and Symantec, has effectively stopped trading and is leaving the United States.…

    Hackers may be able to 'outwit' online banking security devices

    4 hours 20 min ago
    Investigators probe malware threat to 2-factor authentication

    Hackers may already able to use malware to outwit the latest generation of online banking security devices, security watchers warn.…

    MYSTERY as QLogic hurls InfiniBand from train

    4 hours 51 min ago
    Reg storage desk baffled in the case of the fibre fracas

    Comment  Storage networking and InfiniBand supplier is giving up on InfiniBand and selling that business line to Intel for $125 million.…

    Indian court grabs back 122 GSM licences from operators

    5 hours 19 min ago
    Firms devalue to the tune of $25bn

    India's Supreme Court has ruled that the 2G licences awarded in 2008 were not fairly distributed, and has snatched 122 of them back from the operators who were using them.…

    EMC crashes the server flash party

    7 hours 20 min ago
    Lightning strike with thunder to follow

    The perfect server flash storm hitting storage arrays has generated EMC's well-signalled Lightning strike; VFCache has arrived, extending FAST technology from the array to the server. Project Thunder is following close behind, promising an EMC server-networked flash array.…

    CA wins copyright wrangle against ISI

    9 hours 21 min ago
    Don't nick the source code kids

    Computer Associates has won a protracted legal battle against Sydney based software company Independent Systems Integrators ( ISI).…

    TV giant HBO invests $AU10m in Quickflix

    10 hours 20 min ago
    'Hug it out b***h' downunder

    Ambitious Australian IPTV company Quickflix has secured an international investment coup with a $AU10 million cash infusion from Home Box Office (HBO).…