The RegisterBiting the hand that feeds ITInside man in failed 72m electronic heist jailed- July 7, 2008 Former HSBC clerk gets nine years A former HSBC worker who tried to steal 72m ($141m) from the bank through an audacious electronic heist has been jailed for nine years.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/hsbc_electronic_heist_sent... Microsoft: Yes! We're! talking! to! Icahn!- July 7, 2008 Raider would flip Yahoo! to Ballmer Microsoft confirmed today that it has been talking to Carl Icahn about possibly taking over Yahoo! should he succeed in ousting the board of directors.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/ms_icahn_talks/ 3 calls foul on T-Mobile price promise- July 7, 2008 Says offers more minutes, but for less money UK operator 3 has called in the Advertising Standards Authority to rule on T-Mobile's claim that no one gives more minutes for thirty quid - on the grounds that 3 offers more minutes for a lower price.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/3_challenges_t_mobile_ad/ Google's spycar revs up UK privacy fears- July 7, 2008 Privacy campaigners launch Street View ambush Google's Street View cars, which grab real photographs of streets and the people in them for the search giant's Maps service, have come under fire from privacy campaigners.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/google_spycar_slammed/ No PAYG 3G iPhone in UK until Christmas- July 7, 2008 Carphone Warehouse names the date The Carphone Warehouse has announced that pay-as-you-go 3G iPhones will be available "in time for Christmas" - a rather longer wait than hopeful buyers were anticipating.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/07/cw_payg_iphone_launch/ Meet the UK's most spammed man- July 7, 2008 Workshop foreman in junk mail hell Receiving a few hundred spam messages a day is bad enough, but spare a thought for an unfortunate Orange user who's the target of a server-straining 44,000 junk mail missives every 24 hours.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/most_spammed/ Samsung SP-A400B movie and business projector- July 7, 2008 The Head & Shoulders of the projector market Review Forget TVs - to get a truly huge picture, a projector is the only way to go, and if you want to take full advantage of HD media, theres no better way to show it off. It neednt cost you a huge amount either.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/07/review_samsung_sp_a400b_pr... BenQ administrator threatens to sue Siemens- July 7, 2008 Irregularities claimed Was BenQ Mobile insolvent in May 2006, long before it filed for liquidation The company's insolvency administrator in Germany, Martin Prager, is preparing a multi-million euro lawsuit against Siemens in the belief that it was.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/insolvency_administrator_b... Bon-viveur boffin: Biomimetic bird, bat & bug bots are bllocks- July 7, 2008 Pooh-poohs flap-happy eggheads Everyone knows about the current rage for biomimetics - the building of machines or robots which copy design features from living creatures. But now a top UK biomech boffin has hurled cold water over the whole idea.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/biomimetics_pooh_pooh/ Vodafone prevails in 2bn UK tax spat- July 7, 2008 HMRC to appeal Vodafone has won a key ruling in its long-running battle with the UK government over a disputed 2.2bn tax bill.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/vodafone_uk_tax_bill_court... |