The RegisterBiting the hand that feeds ITYahoo! talks! to! Time! Warner- July 7, 2008 And others... Yahoo! spent the holiday weekend locked in talks with Time Warner. The two are looking for a way to split Yahoo! up in order to fend off Microsoft's takeover attempt.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/yahoo_time_talks/ How to be an instant Web me-2.0 developer- July 7, 2008 If you're so smart, how come you ain't rich Stob Are you a Web 1.0 duhveloper in a rut Is rich web codery passing you by in Internet time Do you nibble on the ASCII Alphabetti Spaghetti of server-side processing, while younger, feck- (careful) and talent-less colleagues slurp the UTF-Eightti Vermicelli of client-side coquetryhttp://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/web20_for_developers/ EU forms an opinion on CUS'ing- July 7, 2008 But wants to see more polite radios Common Use of Spectrum such as the 2.4GHz band that makes Wi-Fi possible should become more prevalent to drive innovation and efficient spectrum use, the EU Spectrum body says. But legislation may be needed to ensure radio systems play nicely together.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/eu_rsgp_cus/ AVG chokes fake traffic spew- July 7, 2008 LinkScanner to quit scanning links Updated After howls of protest from countless web masters, AVG has promised to quit spewing fake traffic across the internet.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/avg_stems_fake_traffic/ Europe drafts law to disconnect suspected filesharers- July 6, 2008 Three strikes and you're out France has suggested an amendment to the pan-European Telecoms Package, which would bar broadband access to anyone who persists in illegally downloading music or films.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/06/europe_drafts_law_to_disco... Indies celebrate Independence Day- July 4, 2008 Finding the sharing button Interview Did anyone, I wonder, ever buy just one Motown single Or just one 2-Tone single And while you're pondering... can you even remember what major label your favourite artist is on Unigram, perhaps. Or Polycorpse.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/04/indies_day_interview/ 2010: the 5TB 3.5in HDD cometh- July 4, 2008 Hitachi promises 1TB per square inch Hitachi has pledged to release a 5TB 3.5in hard drive within two years, and it claims two of the drives will boast enough capacity to store everything in your brain.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/04/hitachi_5tb_hdd_2010/ PC World pips Asus to UK Atom sub-laptop premier- July 4, 2008 Who has the first SCC with Intel's new chip PC World today claimed to have beaten Asus to the punch by launching the first Small, Cheap Computer in the UK equipped with an Intel Atom processor.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/04/pcworld_scc_vs_asus/ DARPA calls for 'DUDE' combo infra-nightscope- July 4, 2008 As in 'Dude, where's my multispectral imaging device' DARPA, the renowned bulgy-bonced battle-boffinry bureau (apparent motto: "If you can't beat them... well, some sort of murderous killer robot army would seem to be in order") has just issued its latest call for notions. This time, the Pentagon science chiefs want a new and ultra-puissant combo nightsight module.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/04/darpa_dude_nightscope/ Welcome back, WiReD!- July 4, 2008 Photoshoppers, pick up your brushes... Competition More than a decade after it crashed and burned so spectacularly, WiReD - the house magazine for the Children of the Corn - is returning to the UK.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/04/wired_competition/ |