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Dell profits sink 17% as revenues rise
28 Aug 2008 at 11:23pm
Bad Day at Round Rock
Dell posted a surprise 17 per cent drop in profits for its fiscal second quarter, even though its revenues handily beat Wall Street estimates.?
GoogleTube cheers online gay porn ruling
28 Aug 2008 at 10:36pm
Court boots Veoh suit, steels DMCA
Much to Google's delight, a federal judge has dismissed a porn infringement suit brought against online video site Veoh.com.?
McAfee SiteAdvisor sued over 'spyware' tag
28 Aug 2008 at 8:45pm
If 7Search wins, you lose
In a case that could tie the hands of companies trying to protect their customers from internet threats, a website owner with past ties to a notorious piece of spyware has filed a lawsuit claiming it is being unfairly maligned by warnings from McAfee that the site poses a risk to its customers.?
Engineer accidentally deletes cloud
28 Aug 2008 at 7:05pm
Off-demand computing - First Amazon, now FlexiScale
Another large cloud is on the fritz.?
Blu Christmas coming, format fans forecast
28 Aug 2008 at 6:35pm
But DVD is very far from defunct
IFA Christmas is going to be a truly festive season for Blu-ray Disc, the organisation behind the optical disc standard forecast today.?
Samsung unwraps MacBook Air beater
28 Aug 2008 at 4:51pm
Thin'n'light... and very stylish
IFA Samsung promised its X360 "premium" laptop would be "lighter than Air" - it isn't, but it's a smartly spec'd thin'n'light notebook nonetheless.?
Data watchdogs did not want to see eBay bank server
28 Aug 2008 at 4:48pm
Watching the watchmen
The man who paid £35 for a server stuffed full of Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest customer details has been left less than impressed with the reaction of UK data regulators.?
DSGi sharpens axe for 50 staff
28 Aug 2008 at 4:39pm
'Challenging times'
Struggling electrical retail giant DSGi has told around 50 employees working at its business unit that they could lose their jobs.?
Larry Ellison gets huge pay rise
28 Aug 2008 at 3:29pm
What else can you give California's richest man?
The richest boss in tech just got a little bit richer, and this time it's not his customers squeaking.?
DARPA develops zap-bomb electropulse countermeasures
28 Aug 2008 at 3:12pm
First, get pulse bombs to work
US military boffins are preparing highly sophisticated technical defences against the dreaded electromagnetic pulse bomb, a weapon which has long been anticipated but never successfully built.?
Acer H1 revs jump but profits slump
28 Aug 2008 at 2:59pm
Market share up
Acer increased sales in the first half of 2008 by 31 per cent to $8.14bn.?
Bloomberg kills Steve Jobs
28 Aug 2008 at 2:46pm
Apple big cheese obit cock-up
Bloomberg yesterday dispatched Apple supremo Steve Jobs to the hereafter with a 17-page obit inadvertently published during an apparent update, Gawker reports.?
Philips pitches black with monster contrast LED backlight
28 Aug 2008 at 2:25pm
More black than black is our motto here...
IFA In move to take on the likes of the Pioneer Kuro and Panasonic's Viera, Philips has announced the 42PFL9803 TV with black-enhancing LED backlight technology.?
Password pants-off at Lloyds Bank
28 Aug 2008 at 1:08pm
Rogue staffer tinkers with login trousers
Updated: Set yourself a rude password at Lloyds TSB, and it is just possible that you might find it changed to something politer. That was the experience of Lloyds customer Steve Jetley, who attempted to set "Lloyds is pants" as his telephone banking password.?
McKinnon loses extradition fight
28 Aug 2008 at 12:35pm
European court clears injunction, washes hands of hacker case
The European Court of Human Rights has refused to intervene in preventing the US extradition of accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon.?
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