When HP unveiled its “Project Moonshot” effort last November to create hyperscale servers based on Calxeda’s EnergyCore variant of the ARM RISC processor, cynics said it was no doubt interesting in terms of engineering, but that the “Redstone” servers were nonetheless a publicity stunt. Tuesday’s preview of the next-generation “Gemini” servers, due later this year Read more

Websites that allow MP3 files to be recorded from YouTube are feeling the wrath of the Chocolate Factory, and popular ripping site YouTube-mp3 is calling foul. “Google is accusing us to threaten your safety and wanted us to close this service. If we wouldn’t comply they threatened to sue us,” said no-last-name Philip on YouTube.mp3′s Read more

Sixteen-year-old Yasser Lopez will likely have a “miraculous recovery” despite a three-foot spear having been thrust through his head. “If you had to have a spear go through there [the head], then this spear chose the right path to go with the least damage,” neurosurgeon Ross Bullock told ABC News. The Reg admits to some Read more

Security guru Bruce Schneier has questioned some of the excuses coming from the antivirus industry as to why it is taking them so long to pick up advanced malware like Flame and Stuxnet. Schneier’s scolding was inspired by a mea culpa published in Wired by F-Secure’s top security man, Mikko Hypponen. He admitted that when Read more

Julian Assange has sought refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London and is seeking asylum over the decision by the UK courts to extradite him to Sweden. “This afternoon Mr Julian Assange arrived at the Ecuadorian Embassy seeking political asylum from the Ecuadorian government,’ said the Ecuadorians in a statement. “As a signatory to the Read more

Google has denied that it tried to cover up certain aspects of its Street View data slurp as the UK Information Commissioner’s Office reopens its investigation into the incident. The ICO recently cracked open its cold case files on the Street View cars’ sniffing of data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks. This was a result of Read more

In a cascade of acronyms Ofcom has proposed price caps on high-speed leased-line connections: but only outside London where competition is having a hard time getting a foothold. Ofcom’s consultation argues that within the capital BT’s dominance in leased connectivity is being successfully challenged, and by “the capital” Ofcom includes West and East London, but Read more

Exclusive A fine “balancing act” is needed to prevent a “clash” between British Home Secretary Theresa May’s controversial plans to bring in a data communications-snooping law and the “rights” of the UK citizen, European Commission vice-president Viviane Reding warned when questioned by The Register. The justice commissioner laid out her proposals in January this year Read more

Samsung is going to have to do better in software if it wants to stay up near the top of the tech industry, its new CEO said today. “Samsung needs to improve its competitiveness in software, and is now at a crossroads. To become the top global technology company, we need to challenge and innovate Read more

The Cabinet Office has confirmed it expects the delayed £4bn IT Hardware Services framework to finally go live at month end. The three-year gig was due to start from 1 June but bidding companies were only informed by Government Procurement Services (GPS) if they had made the provisional supplier list on that day. The final Read more