UK 'bans' iPod radio add-on
Griffin Technologies' iTrip iPod add-on is illegal in the UK, British distributor A M Micro has said. The iTrip connects to an iPod and transmits songs by FM radio to any radio receiver in the vicinity. While its operation in the US is permitted by the Federal Communications Commission, over... Read on »
Commodore 64 licence deal heralds emulator clamp down
Dead for almost a decade, the Commodore brand name is about to be re-animated and with it one if the erstwhile home computer giant's best-known machines, the Am... sorry, the Commodore 64. Well, sort of. Tulip, the Dutch PC maker which acquired Commodore in 1997, has licensed the C64 brand... Read on »
Microsoft defends security track record
Software designed by humans will always have flaws, says Microsoft, but the company argues that its security record is improving Microsoft has admitted it does not expect to ever release completely secure, flawless code, but denied that its software was any less secure than any other complex code. The company... Read on »
Word is out: MPs can't talk the talk
Selling politics to today's youth is no easy task. But while Iain Duncan Smith, the Conservative leader, flails in a search for... Read on »
Security glitch in Mac OS X?
Forgotten your Mac OS X Screensaver password? No problem... Obviously if you're relying on a screensaver password to protect your sensitive data,... Read on »
Printer ink seven times more expensive than Dom Perignon
Printer manufacturers are ripping off consumers by overcharging for printer cartridges, according to a study by the Consumer Association's Which? magazine. Which? slams the cost of printer ink. A Colour HP cartridge, for example costs £29 or (put another way) 1.70 per millilitre. That's seven times more expensive than the... Read on »
Google bombed by missing WMDs
Thought many of you would get a kick out of this... ;) A Register reader's web page that satirizes the USA's inability to find a casus belli for the invasion of Iraq has tickled the UN's weapons inspection team. Type "Weapons of Mass Destruction" into Google's main search and hit... Read on »
Amazon trying to license Apple's Music Store - report
Amazon is talking to Apple about licensing the Mac maker's online Music Store, the New York Post reports. The paper claims the negotiations are at an "advanced" stage, but its sources say that the deal is by no means a done thing. Amazon has yet to offer digital downloads for... Read on »
Anger over web hosting hitches
A internet company which hosts thousands of websites has been hit by hackers again. Around 3,000 customers of web hosting firm Bargainhost.co.uk found their websites affected for a second time in two months. According to the firm, the hackers posted anti-war slogans on "most of our customers websites". Some had... Read on »
Malaysian govt tells public to quit buying CDs, DVDs
If the music and movie industry won't lower the price of CDs and DVDs, there's only one thing to do: punters should stop buying them. Just ask the Malaysian government. This week, Deputy Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk S Subramaniam told buyers to quit spending - temporarily, at... Read on »
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