 | | The Register | |  | ITV HD World Cup matches to be shown on Sky, Virgin
Pay services sign up
Virgin Media and Sky viewers will get to watch ITV's HD channel on 2 April.… What is your recession sales strategy?
| Ubuntu Koala food console gets its cron on
Scalr on schedule
Scalr - the open source admin console for Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud and its Eucalyptus doppelganger - has added a cron job task manager to its arsenal, giving you more freedom to write and schedule scripts on sky-high virtual servers.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
| Shuttleworth heir opens up on Ubuntu biz
Canonical kingdom spans 10 million machines
When you have Mark Shuttleworth as your backer, as commercial Linux distributor Canonical does, it is a bit like having money in the bank when the bank also believes fervently in your cause. It is a rare combination, and one that has allowed the Ubuntu project to reach out from its Linux desktop beginnings into commercial servers - and with the latest releases, cloudy infrastructure - without having the profit pressure that most startups have to deal with as they try to grow.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
| Google '99.9%' certain to pull China search plug
At some unspecified point in the future
Google is now "99.9 per cent" certain it will shut down its Chinese search engine, according to a report citing "a person familiar with the company's thinking."… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
| Is EMC looking away from STEC?
The silence is deafening
Comment Since STEC revealed that EMC had over-ordered back in November last year, the company has been waiting for EMC orders to get back on track. Will they?… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
| Football U goes to 3Leaf for HPC
Hut one, hut two, MPI
Florida State University, like most state schools in the US with a storied (American) football program, also has a respectable comp sci department that is not afraid to spend a little cash on a new technology when it comes along. And that's how the Seminoles have ended up being one of the first customers of upstart server maker 3Leaf Systems.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
| Toshiba BDX2000 budget Blu-ray Disc player
The HD DVD company's first BD box
Review Toshiba is late to the Blu-ray party, having waited a decent interval after the death of HD-DVD. The BDX2000 - oh, how futuristic products used to seem, just by adding the millennium to their name - is its first offering. It’s a sleek unit, with a pull-down front panel that hides the disk tray, display, controls and an SD card slot.…
| Lib Dem candidate admits to unnatural vice
She once supported Labour
The political blogosphere is getting itself all lathered up about the orientation of adult film producer and Lib Dem parliamentary hopeful, Anna Arrowsmith, aka Anna Span.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
| Programmer gets 4 years in TJX hack case
Dirty laundry delivered via FedEx
A former Barclays Bank programmer received 46 months in prison for helping TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez launder as much as $800,000, according to news reports.… What is your recession sales strategy?
| ICANN delays decision on pornography domain
.xxx must wait. Yet again
ICANN has delayed its ruling on the proposed .xxx internet porn domain until this summer.… What is your recession sales strategy?
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| Wired News | | | Red Menace: Stop the Ug99 Fungus Before Its Spores Bring Starvation
Its spores ride the wind, wiping out wheat crops and breaching science's best defenses. Inside the race to stop the Ug99 fungus.
Brendan I. Koerner
2010-03-15T04:00:00Z
| New Phones Still Sold With Old Versions of Android
Google has been cranking out new versions of Android operating system faster than handset makers can keep up with. As a result, the latest Android phones to hit the stores carry an older version of the OS, which means consumers often have no access to new apps or features.
Priya Ganapati
2010-03-15T04:00:00Z
| March 15, 1985: Dot-Com Revolution Starts With a Whimper
A Massachusetts computer company buys the first domain name, and gets the .com ball rolling.
John C Abell
2010-03-15T04:00:00Z
| IPad, SchmiPad: 10 E-Readers and Tablets You Can Get Right Now
The iPad may not be out for several weeks, but there are still some excellent choices if you're looking for a tablet-like device for reading e-books. We compare 10 recent e-readers and tablets.
Dylan F. Tweney
2010-03-15T04:00:00Z
| Gallery: 10 Damn-Near Perfect Cars
Autopia selects 10 car designs that have stood the test of time.
Chuck Squatriglia
2010-03-15T04:00:00Z
| Cash for Geeks: Kickstarter Connects Projects With Patrons
If dipping into your life savings to develop that great idea or project isn't an option (as in, you don't have savings), the crowdsourced fundraising service called Kickstarter just might be your only financial hope.
John Pavlus
2010-03-15T04:00:00Z
| Gowalla Tops Foursquare at SXSW Web Awards (But Benson Smokes 'em All)
Winners are all over the map at South by Southwest's 13th annual awards ceremony honoring the internet's best and brightest. Thank god for host Doug Benson's satirical jabs at the contenders.
Michael Calore
2010-03-15T02:43:00Z
| Internet 'In Running' for Nobel Peace Prize: BBC
'The internet' is in the running for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. Modesty does not prevent us from reporting that the internet's candidacy was championed by the Wired for advancing 'dialogue, debate and consensus.'
John C Abell
2010-03-14T21:19:00Z
| Demotix Hooks DIY Journos Into Mainstream
A new type of wire service acts as a middleman between freelancers and big media companies, with the aim of firing up free speech in the Middle East and other regions.
Keith Axline
2010-03-14T20:46:00Z
| SXSW Keeps Austin Weird, Wired and Wild
Geeks party like rock stars at South by Southwest's interactive and film festivals. A photo tour of the Saturday night scene.
Lewis Wallace
2010-03-14T05:08:00Z
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