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The Register, 24.04.13 06:38 UTC

Galaxy S4 radiant, but has black holes

First Look Samsung's Galaxy S4 is as wonderfully polished as you would expect from the Korean manufacturer's latest flagship, but the software the company says turns it into a “life companion” ...

The Register, 24.04.13 06:38 UTC

Reddit: So very sorry for naming innocent man as Boston bomber

Condé Nast-owned community website Reddit has issued an apology for an "online witch hunt" launched by its users in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent manhunt. Reddit enthusiasts ...


The Register, 24.04.13 06:17 UTC

Ofcom to UK: Really - you're using the same password for everything?

Brits are taking serious security risks by continuing to use the same password for multiple websites, communications watchdog Ofcom warned today. Worse still, the regulator - which published a report ...


The Register, 24.04.13 05:09 UTC

Bill Gates offends Koreans after sticking hand down trousers

Bill Gates has managed to offend the whole of South Korea after brazenly breaking the country's strict but unwritten handshake rules. He greeted female President Geun Hye Park with the customary ...


The Register, 24.04.13 05:09 UTC

BitTorrent offers file synch tool for PCs and NAS

BitTorrent has opened the Alpha testing program for its new BitTorrent Sync tool to all. Announced last January but only available to a select few, BitTorrent Sync looks a bit like the numerous ...


The Register, 24.04.13 04:46 UTC

Huawei preps new mobes to overhaul Apple

Huawei says it’s on track to almost double its smartphone sales this year with a target of 60 million units shifted, as it looks to peg back “superheroes” Samsung and Apple, but admitted its ...


The Register, 24.04.13 01:20 UTC

Boffins explain LED inefficiencies

One of the problems with using LED-based lamps to replace incandescent or fluorescent lamps is that they're expensive: not only do they need more electronics than the alternatives, LED efficiency is ...


The Register, 24.04.13 00:35 UTC

AWS says private clouds aren't real clouds

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Adam Selipsky has told an event in Sydney, Australia, that private clouds aren't really clouds. There's an element of “of course he would say that, wouldn't he” about ...


The Register, 23.04.13 23:36 UTC

VMware profits flat-line even as services revenues grow

Say what you will about VMware, but it has been brilliant about extracting the most amount of profit possible out of what used to be a virtual monopoly on x86 server virtualization in the data ...


The Register, 23.04.13 23:36 UTC

Oz broadband speeds collapsed in 2012

Akamai's State of the Internet report reveals a sharp slowdown in Australian Internet download speeds to the end of 2012. According to the report, which is gathered by analysing traffic through ...