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Channel News

HP and Deutsche Post seal outsourcing deal

Pushing the envelope

Comms News

Apple's iPhone numbers do not add up

Millions being unlocked - or gathering dust at Carphone Warehouse

Netgear recalls 82,000 powerline Ethernet adaptors

Overheating hazard
Palm punts unlocked Treo 500 smartphone

Vodafone-free

Hardware News

HP plunks 16GB SSD drive into slim business PCs

Small drive for fat wallets

Shuttle launches Intel X38-equipped gaming SFF PC

Pair of PCIe 2.0 slots on board

Management News

Leaked email reveals civil service laptop rules

Civil servant finally leaks data correctly - to us...

ID cards delayed, Microsoft in court and HP buys bills

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RIPA could be challenged on human rights

Forcing encryption keys out of defendants a little iffy
MP calls for law to force online shops to verify customer age

Just asking isn't enough

Music and Media News

Music biz targets ISPs - official

Midem 'Clean up your networks'

Qtrax puts legal face on P2P

Midem $30m blown on Desperation Derby
Sony signs on for made-to-order DVD service

Niche titles given life through HP

Odds and Sods News

BOFH: What GPS is for

Episode 3 For having fun with the Boss, of course!

Just how cute are cats? W3C can help

HTML 5 - now with added <em>phasis
New Bond film title voted a 'Licence to Thrill!'

Beeb poll heartily endorses Quantum of Solace
Best Buy nixes in-store Heath Ledger shrine

Apologises for Brokeback Mountain DVD Mountain
Man stumps record £375k for number plate

New owner 'privileged' to sport F1
ER thesp joins Doctor Who

Alex Kingston to guest in two-parter
Polish IT worker calculates exact speed of snail mail

And guess what, it's slower than a...

Reg Hardware News

Logitech reinvents the Bluetooth headset

Music, chatter and style all rolled into one

DuBreq Stylophone pocket organ makes a comeback

Forgotten Tech Old age tech for the new era
Viewsonic VX2240w 22in monitor

Unwired Video Review A great display for gaming?
Apple applies to light up laptop touchpads, iPod clickwheels

Visual feedback
Nokia E51 executive phone

Review Does the business
Sony shrinks Blu-ray laser

Microscopes at the ready
High Court orders Manhunt 2 release to be re-evaluated

Gory game to hit the shelves at last?
Handsets for the teenager or businessman in your life

Pick-your-image phones
IBM's anti-MacBook Air goes up for sale on eBay

Forgotten Tech Fancy a 5155 Portable Computer, anyone?

Science News

MPs squeeze science back onto select committee list

What's in a name

When Green Computing attacks - hype or heaven?

Reg Debates You decide
Giant solar plants in Negev could power Israel's future

DLD08 Payback time for the unlucky, oil-free desert?
Scottish Government to block wind farm plan

Two fingers to Isle of Lewis turbines
Tesla shifts gear out of park and into interim

One gear fits all?
Oz organ recipient changes blood group

A 'one-in-six-billion miracle'
DfT magicians conjure a nation of car sharers

The p***t will have whatever they're smoking...

Security News

Bush orders NSA to snoop on US agencies

Cyber attack fear used to expand spy grid

Bank turns London man into RFID-enabled guinea pig

Halifax customer bites back
Spamford Wallace's MySpace riches come under attack

Analysis The FTC's quest for spam stopping balls
Rogue trader blows sox off control systems

Developer turned gambler drops French bank in $7.2bn hole
Best Buy 'framed' by pesky Windows virus

Malware hitches a ride on digital photo frames
Growing virus production taxes security firms

The engines cannae take it, captain
Malware authors target Mac emerging markets

Following the money
Critics split over DDoS attacks on Scientology

Xenu phobia

Software News

'Tofu' license pits open source against meat

JavaScript development goes to the dogs

DRM in latest QuickTime cripples Adobe video editing code

Artists and producers fume
Microsoft's smiley browser face turns sour

Doubts about IE on Acid
HP gets an ology for FOSS

Knows its licenses
Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2 tweak out now

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