The Register
|
Health minister promises Rate-My-Doc! service (30/12/08 12:52)
AManFromMars for medicsBen Bradshaw, the UK health minister, wants the NHS Choices website to include a rate-your-doctor section where patients can mark their GP's skills, bedside manner and even post anonymous comments.… The Register
Motor quango thumbsup for satnav speed restrictions (30/12/08 12:36)
Sorry Dave, I can't let you go that fastA new report from an influential quango looking into the idea of satnav speed governors for cars has come out in favour of such plans. The Commission for Integrated Transport (CfIT), working with the Motorists' Forum, believes that useful safety gains and some carbon-emissions savings could be achieved by the use of the devices.… The Register
French get iPhones everywhere (30/12/08 12:32)
Orange is not the only fruitFrench retailers have started selling iPhones, previously only available from network operator Orange, though at such a high mark-up that the offer is not that tempting.… The Register
HP caught flogging to Iran (30/12/08 11:48)
Inkjet printers of deathHP has been selling printers via a third party distributor to Iran, in probable breach of US sanctions.… The Register
Free wireless broadband boosted (30/12/08 11:45)
FCC proposes smut for allFCC Chair Kevin Martin has proposed dropping the content-filtering requirement attached to the AWS band, in the hope that someone will build a network if they're not required to remove all the pornography.… The Register
Record industry refused Jammie Thomas appeal (30/12/08 11:36)
Judge scratches 'making available'The judge in the Jammie Thomas filesharing case has refused the Recording Industry Ass. of America's (RIAA) attempt to revive arguments that "making [music files] available" is copyright infringement.… The Register
Windows Media Player flaw denied (30/12/08 10:41)
Security pantomimeResearchers reckon a security bug in Windows Media Player creates a means for hackers to inject hostile code onto vulnerable systems. However Microsoft has denied this, saying that the bug only creates a means to crash the software without posing a more damaging security risk.… The Register
AMD details job cuts (30/12/08 10:39)
More than expectedAMD laid off 600 people in the fourth quarter of 2008, rather than the 500 it expected to let go.… The Register
Google Calendar phishing scam surfaces (30/12/08 09:47)
Mark your diaryFraudsters are using Google's Calendar service as a means to develop a new strain of phishing scam.… The Register
Demise of British tank industry
Can't make flintlock muskets any more, eitherComment Oh woe! The country which invented the tank (Blighty) may soon no longer have a tank industry! The end of yet another era is at hand. It's just like Concorde! And the Vulcan, Lightning, etc. Let gloom be unconfined - Santa won't be bringing any more British tanks for Christmas in years to come.… The Register
Results: 91 to 100 of 2873 <<< 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 >>> |