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<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/26/review_mobile_phone_nokia_n79/</guid><title>Nokia N79 smartphone</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/26/review_mobile_phone_nokia_n79/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Change for change's sake?&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Review&lt;/strong&gt; We reviewed Nokia's &lt;a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/19/review_nokia_n78/"&gt;N78&lt;/a&gt; back in the summer of 2008 and even in the quick turnover world of mobile phones it almost seems a little too soon to be looking at its successor. But here it is, looking leaner, fitter and offering some significant improvements – it's almost as if Nokia just couldn't wait to get it out there.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:02:03 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/26/amd_shanghai_adds/</guid><title>AMD keeps promise with fresh Shanghai</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/26/amd_shanghai_adds/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Opterons heated/cooled&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AMD has ramped up its 45 nanometer chip making process, delivering lower-voltage and higher-clock-speed variants of its "Shanghai" Opteron processors. These Shanghai chips are coming to market just when AMD said they would, representing a tiny bit of good news in a twelve-month cycle that has been pretty hard on AMD, its partners, and its shareholders.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:02:03 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/25/tice_nsa_revelations/</guid><title>NSA whistleblower: warrantless wiretaps targeted journos</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/25/tice_nsa_revelations/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Door to room 641A cracked open&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Russell Tice has dropped another bombshell. More than two years after he leaked the existence of the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program to the &lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt; in late 2006, Tice says warrantless wiretaps specifically targeted journalists and news organizations - all day, every day.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:38:41 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/24/video_sony_netbook_hands_on/</guid><title>Hands on with Sony's Vaio P netbook</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/24/video_sony_netbook_hands_on/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Sorry, 'lifestyle PC'&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Video&lt;/strong&gt;  …&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:02:03 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/24/extreme_pron_law_live/</guid><title>Extreme porn law goes live next week - are you ready?</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/24/extreme_pron_law_live/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Is it or isn't it? A survival guide to your hard disk&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Unless you happen to have been living on Mars for the last year or so, you probably know that next week (&lt;a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/26/pr0n_ban_date/" target="_blank"&gt;January 26&lt;/a&gt; to be precise) it will become a criminal offence (in England and Wales) to possess pictures that the government deems to be "extreme porn". You might also be aware of two diametrically opposed views on this legislation.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:02:05 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/24/latest_monster_security_breach/</guid><title>Monster.com suffers database breach deja vu</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/24/latest_monster_security_breach/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Millions (more) at risk&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the second time in 18 months, employment search site Monster.com has lost a wealth of personal data belonging to millions of job seekers after its database was illegally accessed.…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=1234567891?" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=1234567891?" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/24/best_and_worst_macs/</guid><title>25 years of Mac - the good, the bad, and the cheese grater</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/24/best_and_worst_macs/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Confessions of a dangerous fanboi&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opinion&lt;/strong&gt; On Saturday, January 24th, the Apple Macintosh turns 25. Over the short history of personal computing, no machine has inspired so much love and so much loathing, so many fanatical fans and so many frothing detractors.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:31:48 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/24/samsung_posts_q4_2008_earnings/</guid><title>Samsung posts first-ever quarterly loss</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/24/samsung_posts_q4_2008_earnings/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;22bn won gone down memory drain&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There's more gloomy financial news from the tech sector today with Samsung reporting its first-ever quarterly loss.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:28:56 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/24/google_analytics_gmail_bug/</guid><title>Google Analytics crippled by autoimmune disease</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/24/google_analytics_gmail_bug/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Prefers Hotmail to Gmail&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You have no interest in using Google Gmail? You're not alone. Google Analytics feels much the same way.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:08:10 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/citrix_xenserver_preview/</guid><title>Citrix resurrects King George as hypervisor</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/citrix_xenserver_preview/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;XenServer revolution&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As it preps the next release of its XenServer virtual machine hypervisor, Citrix is reliving the American Revolution.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:21:18 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/poll_most_without_broadband_dont_want_it/</guid><title>Most Americans without broadband don't want it</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/poll_most_without_broadband_dont_want_it/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Get yer wires off ma yard, Obama!&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While the US government is considering spending $6bn to expand broadband access to under-served areas as part of a &lt;a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/16/us_house_stimulus_bill/"&gt;wider economic stimulus package&lt;/a&gt;, a new survey suggests most American high-speed internet holdouts simply aren't interested in broadband.…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=12345678922?" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=12345678922?" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/botmaster_sentencing_kerfuffle/</guid><title>BOFH-loving botmaster wants life as security consultant</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/botmaster_sentencing_kerfuffle/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Feds want him in prison&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An American security consultant who stole hundreds of thousands of online bank passwords by employing a massive botnet that he often administered from work deserves at least five years in prison, prosecutors have told a federal judge.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:48:06 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/digital_cinema_push/</guid><title>Paramount deal paves digital cinema roll-out</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/digital_cinema_push/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Lights, 3-D projector, action&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures announced a direct-to-exhibitors digital movie deal on Thursday in what it claimed marked an industry first.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:20:46 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/barrett_retires/</guid><title>Intel chairman Craig Barrett retires</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/barrett_retires/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Timing is everything&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Intel had &lt;a href="http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20090123corp_a.htm?iid=pr1_releasepri_20090123ra" target="_blank"&gt;announced&lt;/a&gt; that its chairman, Craig Barrett, will retire at the company's annual stockholders' meeting this May.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:17:39 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/digital_tv_delay/</guid><title>US to postpone analog TV death</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/digital_tv_delay/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;June D-Day&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The US Senate is poised to pass a bill delaying the country's transition to digital TV.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:01:42 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/ssc_pledges_ev_aero/</guid><title>World's fastest production car to gain electric twin</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/23/ssc_pledges_ev_aero/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Ten-minute charge to yield 200-mile range, developer claims&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;'Leccy Tech&lt;/strong&gt; Shelby Super Cars has announced details of the Ultimate Aero EV, the 'leccy brother to its $620,000, 1287bhp, 257mph production car world speed record holder.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:09:32 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/us_navy_r2_d2_lasers/</guid><title>R2-D2 robots with frikkin lasers on them in development</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/us_navy_r2_d2_lasers/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Finally, an answer to the raygun-packing shark&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Momentous news from the world of rayguns today. While the keenly anticipated hat-mounted laser cannon for pool sharks has yet to hit the consumer market, the &lt;em&gt;Reg&lt;/em&gt; can reveal that the US military is working on a deadly beam weapon mounted on an R2-D2 robot.…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=12345678922?" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=12345678922?" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/tjx_sale/</guid><title>TJX closes book on infamous security breach with sale</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/tjx_sale/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Everything must go&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;TJX, the discount retailer that was the target of one of the largest information security breaches on record, rewarded customers with a a special sale offering 15 per cent discounts in all its US and Canadian stores on Thursday.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:19:41 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/samsung_android_launch_speculation/</guid><title>Samsung Android to land within months?</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/23/samsung_android_launch_speculation/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Exec hints at pre-July launch&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Samsung has already confirmed that it'll launch a phone based on Google’s Android OS this year, but the launch date may be closer than anticipated.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:07:34 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/sa_handset_shipments_report/</guid><title>Credit crunch bites into handset shipments</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/23/sa_handset_shipments_report/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Tough times ahead?&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Global mobile phone shipments fell ten per cent during the final quarter of 2008, and 2009’s overall shipments won’t be very good either, a market analyst has forecast.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:58:09 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/t34_net_robot/</guid><title>Robot 'Spider-man' casts net to nab burglars</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/23/t34_net_robot/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Catches thieves just like flies...&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Updated&lt;/strong&gt; If we brought you news of a new web robot then you’d probably think we meant a some form of online android, right? But a Japanese firm’s developed the mechanical equivalent of Spider-man.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:28:04 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/virgin_puts_legal_p2p_on_ice/</guid><title>Virgin puts 'legal P2P' plans on ice</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/virgin_puts_legal_p2p_on_ice/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Historic deal consigned to history&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exclusive&lt;/strong&gt; Big label pressure has forced British cable ISP Virgin Media to suspend plans to introduce a legal music sharing service for its subscribers, just weeks ahead of its launch, &lt;em&gt;The Register&lt;/em&gt; has learned.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:02:31 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/jacqui_imp_facebook/</guid><title>Facebook-based privacy campaign to spam Wacky Jacqui</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/jacqui_imp_facebook/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;10 for effort, 0 for irony appreciation&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More than 3,000 people have agreed to protest against the privacy threat from the government's forthcoming consultation on communications data... by joining a Facebook group.…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/609/?td=btmtl"&gt;Free Download - The &lt;em&gt;Reg&lt;/em&gt; Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/saaspoint_google_apps/</guid><title>Saaspoint takes on role of Google Apps middleman</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/saaspoint_google_apps/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Me love you long time&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Saaspoint has inked an enterprise partner programme deal with Google to use the web kingpin’s online Apps product to deliver desktop and mobile applications to corporate and SMB customers.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:36:03 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/bt_monthly_rises/</guid><title>BT price rises go down well</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/bt_monthly_rises/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Line rental jumps up&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BT is raising the cost of monthly line rental from £11.50 to £12.50 and increasing daytime call charges.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:34:31 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/mckinnon_extradition_review/</guid><title>Judges grant McKinnon extradition review</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/mckinnon_extradition_review/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Gimme shelter&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Judges have granted a review of the Home Secretary's decision to continue with extradition proceedings against Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:29:55 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/stradivari_reverse_engineering/</guid><title>Boffin: Lost Stradivarius violin tech reverse-engineered</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/stradivari_reverse_engineering/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Now I shall clone Anne-Sophie Mutter. Mmm...&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A retired Texas university professor says he has successfully reverse-engineered the long lost violin-making technology of Antonio Stradivari, the legendary 17h-century builder whose instruments are still considered the finest ever made - and which command prices of $5m apiece.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:52:02 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/qimonda_files_insolvency/</guid><title>Qimonda goes titsup</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/qimonda_files_insolvency/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Chips are down for German firm&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;German chip maker Qimonda has filed for insolvency after it failed to nail down a rescue package amid a huge drop in memory chip prices.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:06:55 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/emc_refreshing_celerra/</guid><title>EMC paints go-faster stripes on Celerra</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/emc_refreshing_celerra/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;De-duplication, flash and SSD, oh my&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;EMC will announce a souped-up Celerra product line with capacity upgrades, file-level de-duplication and flash solid state drive (SSD) options later this quarter in a direct charge at NetApp's FAS3000 line.…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=1234567891?" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=1234567891?" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/review_netbook_lg_x110/</guid><title>LG X110 netbook</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/23/review_netbook_lg_x110/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Sexiest rebadged MSI Wind yet&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Review&lt;/strong&gt; The X110 may mark LG's first foray into the netbook market, but it's really an LG-branded version of the well-established MSI Wind, this time with an HSDPA 3G modem added. And it's that add-on that really makes this netbook stand out, since it means you can slip in a SIM card and access the internet from virtually anywhere.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:02:09 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/business_intelligence_webcast/</guid><title>The role of IT in enabling business performance</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/business_intelligence_webcast/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Findings teased from Reg tech panel research&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regcast&lt;/strong&gt; The Reg expert panel discusses findings from recent reader research on sentiments of IT pros toward the Credit Crunch, in an hour-long webcast on 29 January at 2PM GMT. The team also tackle the role of IT in enabling business performance.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:57:01 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/indymedia_manchester_raid/</guid><title>Police seize Indymedia server (again)</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/indymedia_manchester_raid/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Linked to animal rights extremism case?&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kent Police yesterday seized a server hosted by by Manchester-based hosting firm UK Grid and rented by the independent news collective Indymedia UK.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:54:21 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/whisper_mode_for_uavs/</guid><title>Killer robots to get silent-running whisper mode</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/whisper_mode_for_uavs/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;&lt;em&gt;Watch&lt;/em&gt; the skies. Don't listen&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Georgia-based researchers have announced plans to eliminate one of the last remaining weaknesses of the deadly robotic aerial kill flotillas now poised to end humanity's dominance over planet Earth. The airborne machine spies and automated assassins are now to receive whisper mode, and prowl the skies in eerie silence.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:46:11 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/conficker_worm/</guid><title>Countdown to Conficker activation begins</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/conficker_worm/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;A superbotnet will rise&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Security watchers are bracing themselves to respond to the activitation of the huge botnet created by the Conficker superworm.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:40:59 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/worlds_smallest_fuel_cell/</guid><title>World's smallest working fuel cell developed</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/23/worlds_smallest_fuel_cell/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Tiny cell creates tiny power&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The world’s smallest working fuel cell has been created. It measures a paltry 3mm across.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:38:17 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/belgium_censorship/</guid><title>Belgium wants in on European web blocklist</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/belgium_censorship/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;When in Bruges, do as the [censored] do&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In a brave attempt to generate some international interest in its internal affairs, Belgium &lt;a href="http://www.datanews.be/fr/news/90-53-21867/le-gouvernement-entend-verrouiller-les-sites-pedophiles.html"&gt;declared&lt;/a&gt; last week that it intends to join the ranks of European nations operating a hidden list of blocked websites.…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=1234567893?" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=1234567893?" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/bank_error_in_your_favour/</guid><title>US couple leg it with 'gift from God' bank error</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/bank_error_in_your_favour/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Take the divine $175k and run&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A Pennsylvania man is languishing in county jail after he and his wife withdrew more than $175,000 erroneously credited to their bank account and legged it to Florida, AP reports.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:25:25 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/italian_job_solution/</guid><title>IT manager sorts &lt;em&gt;Italian Job&lt;/em&gt; cliffhanger</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/italian_job_solution/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Wins 3 nights in Turin with his 3.2 tons of gold&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A Surrey IT manager has won three nights in Turin for sorting &lt;em&gt;The Italian Job's&lt;/em&gt; cliffhanger ending, having successfully forged a cunning, highly practical plan to save the gold.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:25:46 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/unravelling_pc_form_factors/</guid><title>Unravelling PC form factors</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/unravelling_pc_form_factors/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;One size does not fit all&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Workshop&lt;/strong&gt; What difference does the form factor of a PC make? The most critical consideration when buying a business computing device is function: does the device support any necessary applications and software packages in a secure manner, at an acceptable base price and with a reasonable rate of maintenance and IT support.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:23:21 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/acer_intros_10in_aa1/</guid><title>Acer intros 10in Aspire One netbook</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/23/acer_intros_10in_aa1/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Don't mention the 'L' word...&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Updated&lt;/strong&gt; Acer has formally unwrapped the 10in Aspire One, which it said it'll equip with a six-cell battery for a claimed seven-hour runtime.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:15:04 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/obama_foi/</guid><title>Obama insists on FOI</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/obama_foi/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;iPrez tells gov agencies to spill&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New US president Barack Obama has ordered government agencies to release more information under that country's Freedom of Information Act, reversing the previous administration's policy of withholding information.…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=12345678922?" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=12345678922?" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/seagate_complaceny_blasted_away/</guid><title>Seagate's complacency blasted away - what now?</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/seagate_complaceny_blasted_away/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Navigating the tanker through treacherous waters&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;During 2008 Seagate became a technology follower. Business results at the end of the year tore the veils from its executives' eyes as they looked a half billion dollar loss in the face. Now there is a new CEO, and a determination to get a strong grip back on the business.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:00:19 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/personal_data/</guid><title>Home Office promises better personal data guards</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/personal_data/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;ICO orders tightening of loose lips&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Home Office has promised privacy regulator the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) that it will handle citizens' personal data securely in the future, after the ICO found it in breach of the Data Protection Act.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:51:36 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/termination_rates_ruling/</guid><title>Payback time for Ofcom on incoming call charges</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/termination_rates_ruling/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Mobile Termination Rates II: The Slashening&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The UK's competition commission has ruled that regulator Ofcom got the termination rates for mobile calls wrong, while the Competition Appeals Tribunal has decided that such mistakes should be acknowledged retrospectively.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:48:08 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/sun_red_hat_marcap/</guid><title>Sun to be eclipsed by Red Hat?</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/sun_red_hat_marcap/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Market capitalisation trends suggest a spell in the shade&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Silicon Valley's punditocracy are quite exercised by the fact that Red Hat could soon be worth more than Sun in market capitalisation terms - the latter's market value is trending down while the former's is trending up.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:02:03 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/dabetamax_shop_relays/</guid><title>DABetamax shop boosters 'could break the law'</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/dabetamax_shop_relays/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Consumer woes ahead for radio relays?&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The DAB lobby's latest attempt to make digital radios more attractive could fall foul of consumer legislation. Ofcom this week gave regulatory approval to in-store relays which &lt;a href="http://www.drdb.org/index.php?internalPage=news.php&amp;amp;internalHeaderPage=news_hd.html"&gt;boost the signal&lt;/a&gt; of digital radios in outlets like Currys and John Lewis - two chains who have been trialling the boosters over the past year.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:02:03 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/review_smartphone_htc_s740/</guid><title>HTC S740 Qwerty keyboard smartphone</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/01/23/review_smartphone_htc_s740/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;An HTC for touchscreen-phobes&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Review&lt;/strong&gt; At first glance, HTC's S740 looks like a revamped version of the slim'n'sexy &lt;a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/08/review_htc_touch_diamond/"&gt;Touch Diamond&lt;/a&gt;, but with a numeric keypad and a pull-out Qwerty keyboard. Even the angled back is similar to the Diamond's. But when you pick it up, it soon becomes clear that the differences go much deeper.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:02:03 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/it4_communities/</guid><title>UK's top IT volunteers named</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/it4_communities/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Doing it for charidee&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;IT4Communities, which links charities with IT professionals who volunteer time and expertise to help organisations sort out technology projects, or start new projects, has released the shortlist for its 2008 awards.…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=1234567891?" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=1234567891?" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/microsoft_job_cuts_analysis/</guid><title>Microsoft cuts 5,000 jobs - but Ballmer's hiring</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/microsoft_job_cuts_analysis/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Redmond treads water&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Analysis&lt;/strong&gt; Microsoft just announced the &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/22/microsoft_q2_results/"&gt;first job cuts&lt;/a&gt; in its history. You know things are bad. But how bad?…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:44:43 GMT</pubDate></item>

<item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:theregister.co.uk,2005:story/2009/01/23/sun_first_cuts/</guid><title>Open source and Java feel first Sun cuts</title><link>http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/23/sun_first_cuts/</link><description>&lt;h4&gt;Strap in&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sun Microsystems axed 1,300 employees on Thursday, the first wave in a series of planned redundancies intended to cut head count by almost a fifth.…&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:36:30 GMT</pubDate></item>

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