BBC World

Troop bomb training 'inadequate'

The coroner at an inquest into the death of four soldiers in an Afghan blast says there were training "inadequacies".

Justice vote carried in assembly

The Northern Ireland assembly votes in favour of devolving justice and policing powers, despite objections from the UUP.

Facebook killer monitoring probed

Merseyside Police refers its monitoring of the sex offender who murdered teenager Ashleigh Hall to the police watchdog.

Israel backs East Jerusalem build

Israel approves 1,600 new homes in east Jerusalem, threatening to overshadow the US vice-president's visit.

Irish 'plot to kill cartoonist'

Seven people are arrested in the Irish Republic over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

Man jailed over website murder

A man who stabbed his ex-lover to death after seeing a Facebook photo of her with a new boyfriend is jailed for life.

'Insurance for all' plan for dogs

All dog owners in England and Wales would need insurance against their animals attacking people under Labour proposals.

Tories urged UUP to back NI deal

David Cameron says his party has done all it can to encourage the Ulster Unionists to back a deal on policing powers.

Labour peer to end non-dom status

Labour peer and donor Lord Paul has said he will end his controversial "non-dom" status from the next tax year.

Prince fined over Kenya assault

Princess Caroline of Monaco's husband is fined 200,000 euros for assaulting a hotel owner in Kenya in 2000.

UK gives condom aid ahead of World Cup 'festivities'

The UK donates £1m ($1.5m) to South Africa to buy 42m condoms, as the nation builds up to the football World Cup.

Man Utd return 'excites' Beckham

David Beckham insists he will not show any nerves when he faces Manchester United at Old Trafford for the first time with AC Milan on Wednesday night.

Worsley recalled for Calcutta Cup

England make just two changes to the starting XV for Saturday's Calcutta Cup match against Scotland at Murrayfield.

FA probes England security breach

The Football Association is looking into a security breach after a recording emerged purporting to carry discussions between England coaches and players.

Does the UK need fewer graduates?

Targets for getting young people into university should be scrapped, say graduate recruiters. What do you think?

Taking a chance

Can we write off the rehabilitation of offenders?

Luxury train

Do 'different types of people' really travel in first class?

Cameron's NI pact

Will the Tory leader now regret joining up with the UUP?

Mark Easton

It can be hard for MPs to give a balanced picture

Tracked down

Paedophile priest left alone by Church and state

Throwing arm

The soldier who chucked a grenade back at the Taliban

Lift firm guilty over gym death

A lift company pleads guilty to breaching health and safety laws after a City banker was crushed to death at her gym.

Suicide family 'were from Russia'

Three people who apparently jumped to their deaths from a Glasgow tower block were from Russia, police confirm.

Chevron looks for refinery buyer

The Chevron oil firm is looking for bids for a refinery that directly employs around 1,400 people in Pembrokeshire.

Second man on teen rape charges

A second man has been charged with raping and sexually abusing a 15-year-old schoolgirl over a three-day period.

Nigeria under fire over killings

A Christian organisation in Nigeria accuses security forces of failing to stop hundreds being killed in clashes near the city of Jos.

EU concern over end of tanker bid

Brussels says it hopes European aerospace group EADS was not prevented from fairly bidding for a major US defence deal.

Israel and Syria in nuclear bids

Israel and Syria both tell a conference in Paris they want to use nuclear power to generate electricity.

Raids 'kill Indonesia militants'

Indonesian security forces kill three alleged militants and investigate whether one is key Bali bomb suspect Dulmatin.

Dutch bishops order abuse inquiry

Dutch bishops order an inquiry into alleged sexual abuses of children by Catholic priests, threatening a new scandal.

Indian MPs approve women's bill

India's upper house sees a second day of uproar as it backs a bill to reserve a third of all parliamentary seats for women.

Trade gap widens unexpectedly

The UK goods trade deficit with the rest of the world widens in January, causing the pound to dip below $1.50.

Crime row reopens amid Tory claim

The Tories say new figures back up its case that violent crime has risen under Labour, reopening a long-running political row.

Illegal cord blood sample warning

Parents, hospitals and private firms are being warned over risky and illegal collections of umbilical cord blood

Call to scrap 50% student target

Targets for getting young people into higher education should be scrapped and top-up fees raised, say graduate recruiters.

Third of EU emissions 'imported'

Research shows some EU countries "import" about a third of their carbon emissions from developing countries.

Wonderland film breaks 3D record

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland enters the UK and Ireland box office at number one, with record opening takings for a 3D movie.

Hard drive evolution could hit XP

Hard drives are about to undergo one of the biggest format shifts in 30 years but it could cause problems for Windows XP users.

The Register

FA launches security probe after England team bugged

<h4>Lancaster Gate-gate</h4> <p>Reported attempts to sell recordings of conversations between England squad players and coaches have sparked a security breach investigation at the FA.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p>

Terracotta's Ehcache back-ends Hibernate

<h4>Web Sessions gets some tweaks, too</h4> <p>If you want to make money, and perhaps especially in the open source software racket, you have to keep improving your software to help it get more widely adopted among enterprise customers who get nervous if they don't hand over big wads of cash to someone to babysit the code. That's why Terracotta, a maker of systems programs that help Java applications scale, has made a number of acquisitions and has tweaked two key programs in its portfolio.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p>

Smartphone app botnet experiment blows up a storm

<h4>WeatherFist shows phone vulnerability, devs claim</h4> <p>Security researchers fooled nearly 8,000 iPhone and Android users into joining a mobile smartphone "botnet" under the guise of installing an apparently innocuous weather app.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p>

Nokia killed free navigation, alleges EU complaint

<h4>The fall of Nav4All</h4> <p>A customer of the late Nav4All has filed a complaint with the EU, alleging that Nokia abused its market position to drive the competition out of business.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p>

Doctors tell government to stop the health records roll-out

<h4>SCR ain't ready for primetime</h4> <p>The British Medical Association is calling on the Department of Health to suspend the roll-out of summary care records.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

Open source boss quits Sun Oracle

<h4>Simon Phipps rides out of Ellison town</h4> <p>Sun Microsystems' veteran Simon Phipps quit his chief open source officer post at the Oracle-owned company yesterday.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p>

Tories ask: Why BBC3, BBC4?

<h4>Is this the wrong question?</h4> <p>Conservative culture front bencher Jeremy Hunt is asking what’s the point of BBC3 and BBC4? It’s a good time to ask the question. In an interview with the <em>Independent</em>, Hunt queried why <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/tally-ho-why-hunt-has-the-scent-of-bbc-blood-in-his-nostrils-1917714.html" target="_blank”">£100m</a> was being spent, merely to attract "very, very small" audiences.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p>

Northerners give up ID cards for Lent figures suggest

<h4>Has gov gotten cold feet on ID scanning centres?</h4> <p><strong>Comment</strong> The initial rush to join the government's ID card scheme appears to have eased, with applications from people in the Northwest running at an average of as little as 14.5 per working day.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

Android - the winning formula for tablets and netbooks?

<h4>It's the only game in town, says the maker of the other iPad</h4> <p>What might the iPad have been? Apple announced it as a <a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/01/27ipad.html" target="_blank">Magical and Revolutionary Device,</a> defining "an entirely new category". But it actually only addresses a small part of the yawning gap between mobile handsets and notebook computers, where there's still a lot of defining to be done. There's space there for dramatically different reimaginations of the iPhone, for counter-attacks from handset companies, and for diverse devices based on Google's Android.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/859/atth0s1n.pdf?td=rss">The power of collaboration within unified communications</a></p>

Critical bug does a Custer on Apache for Windows

<h4>Old warrior clobbered</h4> <p>Older versions of the Windows flavour of Apache's web server software are vulnerable to a critical code injection flaw as well as a pair of lesser security bugs.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p>

UK still lousy on electronic nosiness

<h4>Report shows state of international surveillance heavyweights</h4> <p>A new report highlights a depressingly consistent drift towards ever greater control of the population using new technologies.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

Cisco promises to 'forever change the internet'

<h4>Stock jumps as rumors fly</h4> <p>Today will see Cisco making an announcement that it claims will "forever change the internet". The stock market certainly believed it, sending the IP giant's shares to their highest level in more than a year ($26.34) yesterday. Given Cisco's heritage and product strategy it has more likelihood than most of delivering on its claim, but remains tightlipped about the details - sparking rumors from a gigabit wholesale network to an extended wireless core play to a set-top box.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

Kentucky woman breastfeeds sheriff's deputy

<h4>Third degree assault rap for 'biohazard' mam squirt</h4> <p>A Kentucky woman cuffed for public intoxication added a third degree assault charge to her rap sheet after allegedly squirting breast milk into a sheriff's deputy's face.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p>

Employers call for end to Mickey Mouse degrees

<h4>Send fewer to uni, charge 'em more</h4> <p>A recruiters group is calling for an end to government targets to get 50 per cent of school leavers involved in higher education.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p>

Windows 7 speculation claims SP1 will land in Q4 2010

<h4>Pretty much slotting into Microsoft's typical roadmap, then...</h4> <p>Microsoft has pulled the release of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 forward to the final quarter of this year, according to a speculative report.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p>

What's so bad about Samsung's Bada?

<h4>Samsung's iPhone pitch comes to life</h4> <p>Samsung has been showing its first Bada phone, able to download applications from Samsung's version of iTunes and nowhere else. But will Bada really challenge Apple and the iPhone?…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

Toshiba Satellite U500 Ducati Edition

<h4>Superbike performance?</h4> <p><strong>Review</strong> When you think of Italian superbike marques, you think of the colour red - a vigorous, powerful, thrusting hue. Yet Toshiba has chosen to deck its Ducati-themed Satellite U500 out in - dare we say it, slightly feminine - white.…</p>

Vodafone ships Mariposa-infected HTC Magic

<h4>Android phone comes riddled with bots</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Vodafone has been blamed for shipping Mariposa botnet malware and other nasties on a HTC Magic Android smartphones it supplied.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p>

Tories promise medals not money for science and R&D

<h4>Hooverpreneur promises cultural change</h4> <p>James Dyson's policy review for the Tory party calls for cultural changes to put science and engineering at the centre of British society.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/859/atth0s1n.pdf?td=rss">The power of collaboration within unified communications</a></p>

Florida woman prangs car while shaving her privates

<h4>Muff driving incident astounds Highway Patrol</h4> <p>A Florida Highway Patrol officer has admitted his incredulity at a woman who pranged her car while shaving her privates.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/859/atth0s1n.pdf?td=rss">The power of collaboration within unified communications</a></p>

Virtualisation and the private cloud

<h4>At last, the C word</h4> <p><strong>Lab</strong> IT, like every industry, is from time to time compelled by those with PR budgets to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous marketing. Over the course of the last two years we have witnessed one of the most over-hyped marketing terms being pushed with such vigour that it is today almost impossible to speak with any vendor without them claiming their solutions are designed to help customers make an inevitable transition to using cloud services.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p>

Intel Euro boss pledges Brussels-friendly marketing funds

<h4>Still got a whole lot of love for white box sellers</h4> <p>Intel will continue to offer coop marketing funds and discounts to the channel on Europe whatever the outcome of its appeal against a Brussels ruling that it had abused its monopoly.…</p>

Vodafone cuts more staff

<h4>More shop assistants, fewer management</h4> <p>Vodafone will be 375 heads smaller by the end of March, though in the next few months company will apparently be recruiting an additional 170 "customer facing" individuals.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p>

Daily Mail commentard out-tw*ts the Tw*t-O-Tron

<h4>Indignation logic short-circuit threatens democracy</h4> <p>Fans of the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/10/have_your_say/">Twat-O-Tron</a> will be delighted and disturbed in equal measure to learn that one <em>Daily Mail</em> commentard has managed to surpass the hideous turdspurts which emanate from Middle England's automated indignation generator.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

Mobile-phone wallet stymied by lack of understanding

<h4>Either that or people just don't care</h4> <p>The financial industry's lack of understanding is what's preventing us from using our phones to pay for things, so the Mobey Forum is going to educate it.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p>

Tilera wins VC from Broadcom, Quanta, NTT

<h4>Cash for homegrown multicores</h4> <p>Last November, <em>El Reg</em> told you about how multicore chip maker Tilera <a target="new" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/02/tilera_quanta_servers/">was lining up</a> its third round of venture capital funding, a $25m pile of cash that would include $10m from Taiwanese PC maker and server wannabe Quanta Computer. On Monday, when the funding finally closed, it turned out that chip maker Broadcom and the financing arm of Japanese telco NTT are also kicking in some dough.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p>

Yellow Dog Linux licks CUDA

<h4>Nvidia GPUs sit up and bark</h4> <p>Remember Terra Soft and its Yellow Dog Linux for Power processors?…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p>

Nazi-doodlebug-powered father of all paintball guns patented

<h4>Invention made in 'exploding turnip' town. Coincidence?</h4> <p>Intriguing and/or terrifying news from the world of paintballing today, as it has emerged that an inventor in America has been granted a patent on a fearsomely powerful new paintball gun, powered by the same "bunker buster" principle as secret World War II Nazi superweapons.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p>

Android native code kit apes iPhone game 3D

<h4>Graphics beyond Java</h4> <p>Google has opened the door to iPhone-like 3D games on certain Android handsets, offering support for the OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics standard with its latest Android Native Development Kit (NDK).…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

US spreads Web2.0rhea to Iran, Sudan, Cuba

<h4>This Tweet kills fascists</h4> <p>US citizens are now free to invite Iranian, Sudanese, and Cuban citizens into the Web2.0rhea revolution.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p>

Microsoft rejiggers EU browser ballot after complaints

<h4>Random choices now random</h4> <p>Microsoft has updated the algorithm used to generate the browser ballot screen it's pushing out to certain Windows users in the European Union, after some complained that the ostensibly random ballot was far from random.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p>

Thailand approves extradition of credit card hack suspect

<h4>Losses top $153m</h4> <p>A criminal court in Thailand has approved the extradition to the US of a Malaysian man suspected of participating in credit card thefts of more than $152m, according to a local news report.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

Open source webdesktopmobile kit refreshes for iPhone, Android

<h4>Appcelerator appcelerates</h4> <p>Appcelerator has taken the beta tag off its <a target="_blank" href="http://www.appcelerator.com/">open source Titanium development kit</a>, a means of building native desktop and mobile applications using traditional web-development tools such as JavaScript, Python, Ruby on Rails, html and CSS.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/859/atth0s1n.pdf?td=rss">The power of collaboration within unified communications</a></p>

Steve Jobs says 'No' to iPhone-to-iPad tether

<h4>(One) word from the mountaintop</h4> <p>Steve Jobs has spoken: Apple's "<a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/01/27ipad.html" target="_blank">magical and revolutionary</a>" iPad will not allow iPhone-to-iPad 3G tethering.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p>

Intel investigates after retailer sold fake CPUs

<h4>'Sochet' LGA not as good as real thing</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Intel says it's investigating the sale of fake desktop processors by online electronics retailer Newegg in a scandal that's prompting outrage among customers and recriminations among sellers.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p>

'Crazy' man cuffed for plotting cyber extortion scheme

<h4>Threatened to drag firm 'through the muddiest of waters'</h4> <p>A California man was charged with extortion after he allegedly threatened to send millions of emails and social networking messages that maligned a large life insurance company unless he was paid almost $200,000.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p>

iSuppli: Semi recovery a 'false spring'

<h4>2010 revenues to barely exceed 2007</h4> <p>A consensus is evolving that the semiconductor industry is going to recover mightily in 2010. But the analysts at iSuppli want to remind everyone that things are only going to feel so good this year because they were so bad in late 2008 and through 2009.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

ASA to take over Facebook, Twitter regulation

<h4>Remit to include social media</h4> <p>Advertising regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will take over the regulation of companies' social networking pages by the end of the year, according to advertising industry proposals.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

UK.gov urged to slash DNA retention plan

<h4>Database rejig 'not enough' for human rights</h4> <p>Government plans designed to bring the National DNA Database in line with human rights legislation have been criticised today by an influential group of MPs as not going far enough.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

Ubisoft undone by anti-DRM DDoS storm

<h4>Protests over anti-piracy controls hobble games firm</h4> <p>Ubisoft has confirmed its rights management servers were hit by a fierce DDoS attack over the weekend that left some customers unable to play its games for much of Sunday.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

BBC protects 'unique' 1Xtra listeners from radio cull

<h4>All gone a bit <strike>Pete Tong</strike> <cite>Logan's Run</cite> at 6Music</h4> <p>The BBC has justified 1Xtra’s survival in the Corporation’s recent biz strategy <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/02/bbc_6music_web_cuts/">cull</a> by claiming that the station’s “unique” audience, which is made up of fewer listeners than death row candidate 6Music, is worthy of more investment.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p>

Crap Scottish weather favours ginger hair

<h4>Student offers rainy explanation for Billy Bremner</h4> <p>A genetics research student has suggested that the comparatively high number of ginger-haired people among the Scots and Irish may be due in part to crap weather.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/892/legoland.pdf?td=rss">Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing</a></p>

Panasonic DMC-G2 Micro Four Thirds camera

<h4>Hands on with test pics and video</h4> <p><strong>First Look</strong> With a DSLR dangling from my neck, unpacking the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 was certainly quite a contrast. The diminutive lens is remarkably light and, even when married to the body, you certainly don’t feel like you’re being burdened by bulk.…</p>

Paypal freezes Cryptome

<h4>And sits on its cash</h4> <p>eBay Inc has suspended Cryptome's PayPal account, confiscating donations made to the site in the past two weeks. New York architect John Young has refunded around $5,300 to donors.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p>

BBC: Grasp the high-speed runaway nettle

<h4>...in the cloud that's in the fast lane</h4> <p><strong>Competition</strong> Hats off to BBC Online's Silicon Valley correspondent Maggie Shiels, who on her dot.maggie blog offers some defining purple prose for the new era in computing.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud</a></p>

Botnet takedowns 'don't hurt crooks enough'

<h4>Punching fog</h4> <p>The takedowns of the Mariposa and Waladec botnets last week were victories for the good guys, but security experts warn that although cybercrooks suffered a bloody nose they collectively retain the upper hand in their ongoing conflict with law enforcement and its security industry allies.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p>

Exiled iPhone Wi-Fi apps move to Cydia

<h4>So there is competition then?</h4> <p>Developers kicked out of the iTunes store for using private APIs are turning to the unregulated Cydia store, and think the demographic might even suit them better.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p>

EU ministers want new life for IP enforcement

<h4>New laws if that doesn't work, please</h4> <p>European Union minsters have told EU governing bodies to revive plans to create a pan-EU law criminalising intellectual property infringement, and to make more use of a new body to cooperate on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

3PAR tiering faster than FAST

<h4>Supports STEC SSD too</h4> <p>Faster than EMC's FAST: you can order 3PAR's automatic data moving across storage tiers software right now. 3PAR is also adding solid state storage to its arrays.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?</a></p>

'Curiosity' nuclear Mars tank passes key tech test

<h4>Good to go for 2011 - 'knock wood', says NASA bigwig</h4> <p>NASA bigwigs say that their nuclear powered, laser-packing robotic tank, intended to prowl the ochre plains of Mars, has had its most troublesome bugs ironed out and will be ready to blast off for the red planet next year.…</p><p><a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work</a></p>

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Safe and Affordable Jetpack: Just $90,000

For years, man has been trying to build a jetpack which would be safe and cheap enough to use by anyone other than Lee Majors on the title sequence of The Fall Guy. It turns out we’ve been doing it wrong. Instead of starting with a pack and adding on the jet, we should have torn the giant engines from a plane and strapped them to some poor schmuck. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8HdNqFJV8liKmgSR5AlgAy9x1pA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8HdNqFJV8liKmgSR5AlgAy9x1pA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8HdNqFJV8liKmgSR5AlgAy9x1pA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/8HdNqFJV8liKmgSR5AlgAy9x1pA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/_F5zmaoTySE" height="1" width="1"/>

Amazon Is Building a Better Browser for Kindle

Browsing the web on one of Amazon’s Kindle e-readers is like taking a step backwards in time. It’s clunky and has only limited support for web standards and bare-bones JavaScript capabilities. But now Amazon may be looking to add browser engineers to the Kindle team, according to the job listings on the company’s website. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Pvj8DkmMXWRVsmXx_6PUlkhXZ0s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Pvj8DkmMXWRVsmXx_6PUlkhXZ0s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Pvj8DkmMXWRVsmXx_6PUlkhXZ0s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Pvj8DkmMXWRVsmXx_6PUlkhXZ0s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/AHt3_8yvp0A" height="1" width="1"/>

Motorola's Backflip Will Make You Come Unhinged

Despite some of forward-thinking hardware, Moto's Backflip is crippled by a horrid Android skin. And there's only so much one can do with 3.1 inches. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Dxfmaf1-yh91VwinmCCJgIwuttk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Dxfmaf1-yh91VwinmCCJgIwuttk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Dxfmaf1-yh91VwinmCCJgIwuttk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Dxfmaf1-yh91VwinmCCJgIwuttk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/sc9Ha3XIxUs" height="1" width="1"/>

March 9, 1454: This Man Is a Continent ... or Two

Amerigo Vespucci is remembered in the names of two continents, not because he was first to visit them, but because he was first to realize that they were something new to Europeans. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cXLmJ5S-jUm9V3yWTzvUWAP-4kM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cXLmJ5S-jUm9V3yWTzvUWAP-4kM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cXLmJ5S-jUm9V3yWTzvUWAP-4kM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cXLmJ5S-jUm9V3yWTzvUWAP-4kM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/57gBWTkpAuk" height="1" width="1"/>

Turn an FM Transmitter Into a Micro Pirate Radio

Seize the airwaves to fight corporate radio's preprogrammed junk. It all starts with a soldering iron and a cheapo FM transmitter. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rDhHpbBQWb56xVgE6XSgS20kTj0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rDhHpbBQWb56xVgE6XSgS20kTj0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rDhHpbBQWb56xVgE6XSgS20kTj0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/rDhHpbBQWb56xVgE6XSgS20kTj0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/afchz8L4Di0" height="1" width="1"/>

Most Dangerous Object in the Office: Shocknife SK-2

There's no sharp point or edge, but the electrodes in the polycarbonate Shocknife deliver a stabbing 7,500 volts. Ouch. Kilo-ouch. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/39KDzso1wmqa9UMIXuIhMWYzcrk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/39KDzso1wmqa9UMIXuIhMWYzcrk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/39KDzso1wmqa9UMIXuIhMWYzcrk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/39KDzso1wmqa9UMIXuIhMWYzcrk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/56Mh3v9vSSY" height="1" width="1"/>

10 Perfect 'Snowicane' Cars, Picked by You

A few of them are completely impractical, and two of them don't actually exist, but damned if you didn't come up with a good list. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/x5P7d8YlgWfeBxsrKy2iRdi6LGQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/x5P7d8YlgWfeBxsrKy2iRdi6LGQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/x5P7d8YlgWfeBxsrKy2iRdi6LGQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/x5P7d8YlgWfeBxsrKy2iRdi6LGQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/SE3E6gdDUO0" height="1" width="1"/>

A Closer Look at Sony's New Skin for Android Phones

Sony's new user interface is designed as a skin that will go on top of the Android operating system and aggregate social networking feeds. Take a closer look at it how it compares to Motorola's MotoBlur and the HTC Sense. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bZYGT1N-EJBb-vjIPg_rw4qDdQI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bZYGT1N-EJBb-vjIPg_rw4qDdQI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bZYGT1N-EJBb-vjIPg_rw4qDdQI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/bZYGT1N-EJBb-vjIPg_rw4qDdQI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/6WL3-4TCaPQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Meet the Winners of Webmonkey's Google I/O Giveaway

We're sending two talented monkeys to the Google I/O developer conference in May. We asked our readers to submit their web creations, and we picked the winners from the best of the submissions. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vJkXv5jhN48HVOJ1i1SGokVfIOU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vJkXv5jhN48HVOJ1i1SGokVfIOU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vJkXv5jhN48HVOJ1i1SGokVfIOU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vJkXv5jhN48HVOJ1i1SGokVfIOU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/OmH1huGnjQU" height="1" width="1"/>

Digital-Ad Spending May Eclipse Print This Year

Spending on digital advertising is poised to surpass print for the first time in 2010, according to a new study prepared even before the announcement of Apple’s iPad, with all of that hardware's game-changing potential. But another view is: So what? It’s bound to happen soon if not this year. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BpINL-3SryQo2prOpmA4rtHD-aY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BpINL-3SryQo2prOpmA4rtHD-aY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BpINL-3SryQo2prOpmA4rtHD-aY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BpINL-3SryQo2prOpmA4rtHD-aY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/w-DS6jOEc3U" height="1" width="1"/>

Feds Move to Break Voting-Machine Monopoly

The Justice Department is moving to break up an alleged electronic voting-machine monopoly. The authorities say Election Systems & Software has a 70 percent market share of voting equipment in the United States. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/G22X4fG-wTLJuuSxoNKQcuvc1O4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/G22X4fG-wTLJuuSxoNKQcuvc1O4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/G22X4fG-wTLJuuSxoNKQcuvc1O4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/G22X4fG-wTLJuuSxoNKQcuvc1O4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/OZu-8bn0DrI" height="1" width="1"/>

Grab 1,000+ MP3s From SXSW BitTorrent, Free and Legal

Fire up that bit torrent client to download more than 5 gigabytes of free MP3s from bands playing the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas, next week and catch up on the latest in music with just a couple of clicks. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ewmZEmVTnOLAa1JfrRpDbO_07FI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ewmZEmVTnOLAa1JfrRpDbO_07FI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ewmZEmVTnOLAa1JfrRpDbO_07FI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ewmZEmVTnOLAa1JfrRpDbO_07FI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/iOJlEstwNtM" height="1" width="1"/>

All of Life's Ingredients Found in Orion Nebula

The Herschel Telescope identifies all the ingredients needed for life as we know it, 1,300 light-years away in the Orion Nebula. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/agHEWFUYXXxg3xZem5vr5FMpCgQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/agHEWFUYXXxg3xZem5vr5FMpCgQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/agHEWFUYXXxg3xZem5vr5FMpCgQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/agHEWFUYXXxg3xZem5vr5FMpCgQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/y5re4FDGpC8" height="1" width="1"/>

Low Tolerance for Pain May Be Genetic

In a study of patients with osteoarthritis, people who reported feeling more pain shared a genetic variant. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/EOHwlecX-_lOzuMFVXz3btHkxGQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/EOHwlecX-_lOzuMFVXz3btHkxGQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/EOHwlecX-_lOzuMFVXz3btHkxGQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/EOHwlecX-_lOzuMFVXz3btHkxGQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/SQ2YGE6BsqE" height="1" width="1"/>

HP's Windows 7 Slate Strikes at the iPad

HP is set to launch a new tablet that will strike back at Apple's iPad. The new HP slate is a sleek design, startling in its resemblance to the iPad but will offer Flash support. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/S37cOZZ_9ATeVhKxQZQjGML-GnE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/S37cOZZ_9ATeVhKxQZQjGML-GnE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/S37cOZZ_9ATeVhKxQZQjGML-GnE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/S37cOZZ_9ATeVhKxQZQjGML-GnE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/RuvrKKPGFHs" height="1" width="1"/>

New 'Iron Man 2' Trailer: Rourke Rocks as Whiplash

With more bad guys and more badass wisecracks and weaponry, the latest peek at the highly anticipated sequel should whet fanboy appetites for the movie's May 7 release. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tXXl6YX-4__LA-BYOPCbkuMKC_4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tXXl6YX-4__LA-BYOPCbkuMKC_4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tXXl6YX-4__LA-BYOPCbkuMKC_4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/tXXl6YX-4__LA-BYOPCbkuMKC_4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/AmBj6RZPFqM" height="1" width="1"/>

Justices to Weigh Religion, Speech Rights in Funeral Flap

The Supreme Court agrees to settle a boundary dispute between freedom of speech and freedom of religion -- both rights protected by the First Amendment. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RzLwDLWm3BXe7G1Rjallq0Qy59c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RzLwDLWm3BXe7G1Rjallq0Qy59c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RzLwDLWm3BXe7G1Rjallq0Qy59c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/RzLwDLWm3BXe7G1Rjallq0Qy59c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/ozNowZ4FKs8" height="1" width="1"/>

Download Mosaic and Browse 1993's Web

A few adventurous hackers have posted source code for NCSA Mosaic 2.7 on the web. If you're running a modern Linux distro, you can download the web's first proper browser and go back to the days before the gold rush. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FJ6I_MlDB5coexdCyTdCQL_i_mI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FJ6I_MlDB5coexdCyTdCQL_i_mI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FJ6I_MlDB5coexdCyTdCQL_i_mI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/FJ6I_MlDB5coexdCyTdCQL_i_mI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/bRTTXZj8mbs" height="1" width="1"/>

Kindness Breeds More Kindness, Study Shows

Scientists are quantifying the spread of acts of kindness through a social network. They find that those daily acts of kindness really do bloom. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/5qm4WUyp54qjYreN2dgPvrKTQU8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/5qm4WUyp54qjYreN2dgPvrKTQU8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/5qm4WUyp54qjYreN2dgPvrKTQU8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/5qm4WUyp54qjYreN2dgPvrKTQU8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/O5mJoaJCIhY" height="1" width="1"/>

Chile Earthquake Moved Entire City 10 Feet to the West

GPS measurements show that the Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile moved the city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/822pDDkpKcFR5YZ-ylEZ5OrV1AI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/822pDDkpKcFR5YZ-ylEZ5OrV1AI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/822pDDkpKcFR5YZ-ylEZ5OrV1AI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/822pDDkpKcFR5YZ-ylEZ5OrV1AI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/eGtqvcukG9I" height="1" width="1"/>

Valve Brings Hit Games, Steam Service to Mac

The successful digital-distribution service will bring titles like <cite>Left 4 Dead</cite> and the upcoming <cite>Portal 2</cite> to Apple's computers for the first time. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mhvh_Fqw8pMnVX0iT2muqTAFGFw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mhvh_Fqw8pMnVX0iT2muqTAFGFw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mhvh_Fqw8pMnVX0iT2muqTAFGFw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/mhvh_Fqw8pMnVX0iT2muqTAFGFw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/wLN3m_gQpb8" height="1" width="1"/>

Forget Airport Body Scanners: DARPA Wants to X-Ray Earth

The Department of Defense already has omnipresent eyes in the sky, underwater and, of course, on the ground. It’s only when you start going underground that the surveillance powers of the Pentagon begin to wane — at least until now. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YrknQaOGJdVJc9COT05YU_TUux8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YrknQaOGJdVJc9COT05YU_TUux8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YrknQaOGJdVJc9COT05YU_TUux8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YrknQaOGJdVJc9COT05YU_TUux8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/voYyoTcUgL8" height="1" width="1"/>

Four In Five Consider Web Access A Fundamental Right

Four in five adults believe access to the Internet is a fundamental right — with those feelings particularly strong in South Korea and China — and half believe it should never be regulated, according to a global survey. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qqKvSwUhNVKSmCfDZ9LV1KZ1ifg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qqKvSwUhNVKSmCfDZ9LV1KZ1ifg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qqKvSwUhNVKSmCfDZ9LV1KZ1ifg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qqKvSwUhNVKSmCfDZ9LV1KZ1ifg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/KaiuvqaVSYY" height="1" width="1"/>

Hands-On With Lensbaby Fisheye and Soft-Focus Optics

Our hands-on impressions of Lensbaby's new fish-eye and soft-focus optics. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/T48Bbtqvmgf041ijk1Z6kklnBt8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/T48Bbtqvmgf041ijk1Z6kklnBt8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/T48Bbtqvmgf041ijk1Z6kklnBt8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/T48Bbtqvmgf041ijk1Z6kklnBt8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/nw6UNVmozC4" height="1" width="1"/>

Ford's First EV Isn't Sexy, But It's Smart

Ford’s first mass-market electric vehicle isn’t a sexy sports car. It isn’t a sleek sedan. And it isn’t cool compact. It’s a van. A delivery van, to be exact, designed specifically for fleet use. It isn’t the sexiest way to break into the electric arena, but it’s a smart move for Ford and a logical place for EVs. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JtDQyDkUy2mb4V99e7izl8NVBLI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JtDQyDkUy2mb4V99e7izl8NVBLI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JtDQyDkUy2mb4V99e7izl8NVBLI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/JtDQyDkUy2mb4V99e7izl8NVBLI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/ju4U_ijaEVE" height="1" width="1"/>

Oscar Upset: Avatar Loses to The Hurt Locker

Avatar lost the Best Picture Oscar Sunday to The Hurt Locker. Avatar filmmaker James Cameron also ceded the best director accolade to Locker director Kathryn Bigelow, who steered the Iraq War movie to the Academy Awards’ top honor. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/z3KeG8ccAVxPopgNT-xs7Eynt1c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/z3KeG8ccAVxPopgNT-xs7Eynt1c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/z3KeG8ccAVxPopgNT-xs7Eynt1c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/z3KeG8ccAVxPopgNT-xs7Eynt1c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/-6qAqVY8aBo" height="1" width="1"/>

Video: iPad Debuts at the Oscars

If anyone doubted that Apple doesn’t care about the geek market for the iPad, and is shooting direct for the mainstream, last night’s Oscar ceremony confirms it. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1T3kLtLRk0pPCjfVuxlSP0Zf0nM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1T3kLtLRk0pPCjfVuxlSP0Zf0nM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1T3kLtLRk0pPCjfVuxlSP0Zf0nM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1T3kLtLRk0pPCjfVuxlSP0Zf0nM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/uMbdEeDd_pg" height="1" width="1"/>

Mr. Know-It-All on Space Junk, Arresting Images, LinkedIn Requests

"Crack a brew and deal," Mr. Know-It-all advises a <cite>Wired</cite> reader, who's worried that all that junk floating in space could collide and (gasp!) knock out his DirecTV. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HOxTiz7pcH4a9UcduCNN98KiLr4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HOxTiz7pcH4a9UcduCNN98KiLr4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HOxTiz7pcH4a9UcduCNN98KiLr4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/HOxTiz7pcH4a9UcduCNN98KiLr4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/sGm7VtVi_FI" height="1" width="1"/>

March 8, 1955: The Mother of All Operating Systems

It was a simple idea, really: Give the darn computer a permanent set of instructions on how to handle all the other instructions. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/q0mWuJzGbtvkkWkUcQtAhqJ5_mQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/q0mWuJzGbtvkkWkUcQtAhqJ5_mQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/q0mWuJzGbtvkkWkUcQtAhqJ5_mQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/q0mWuJzGbtvkkWkUcQtAhqJ5_mQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/_tF7xutvj0U" height="1" width="1"/>

High-End Hemp Speakers Are All the Buzz

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Tone Tubby hemp cone speakers. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y-gs-py_pCG7m6xoZOnoR41xga8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y-gs-py_pCG7m6xoZOnoR41xga8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y-gs-py_pCG7m6xoZOnoR41xga8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/y-gs-py_pCG7m6xoZOnoR41xga8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/q_zNQnFwVmg" height="1" width="1"/>

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