The Reg: Despite Microsoft Surface RT debacle, second-gen model in the works [Mon Aug 12 2013]

Daily Headlines 12 August 2013

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Linux and AIX Bare-Metal Recovery Webinar In this webinar David Huffman, CEO of Storix, shares his knowledge on how to improve your existing Linux recovery strategies for better disaster preparedness. View the webinar

Business News Werner Herzog's latest film warns drivers not to text while driving Public service message sponsored by AT&T Study finds online commentards easily duped, manipulated Just garden-variety chumps, really Tumblr! boss! bags! $81m! if! he! stomachs! FOUR! YEARS! at! Yahoo! David Karp needs to stay at Purple Palace to cash in Big Mike shoots email to Dell staff: My backers and I are your best bet Founder tries to drum up support for takeover bid Sources spill CEO Heins' beans: BlackBerry 'open' to going private But anyone got $4.8 BILLION it can borrow? Apple returns to courtroom once again to contest ebook shafting Analysis Well done, US courts – you're creating a monopsony Oracle automates master data management workflow Governance wonks and DBAs: this module's for you Channel News Asus boss flushes down tabs, says 'Windows RT has not been successful' End of the assembly line for ARM-powered Win 8 tabs from Taiwanese giant Enormo reseller Insight smacked by software licensing slide UK 'didn't perform well' Cool cars, cat-crushing chronometers, cashmere ... is this your IT boss? Identify status symbols in the tech chain - it's as easy as a flick of the wrist Cloud News Don't trust us? Try these Office 365 stats, says Microsoft Cloudy uptime updates planned Data Centre News MS gets you hooked on Server 2012 Datacenter, jacks up the price for R2 Redmond has 'broken its record' for increases Flash angel Fusion-io flies too close to Facebook, Apple, plummets to Earth Analysis PCIe cache darling's wings melt, paperwork covered in red after year at the top It's now or never for old sysadmins to learn new tricks Sysadmin blog Watch out for your jobs, says Trevor Pott Enterprise whales leave R&D to the startup minnows Storagebod Until you hit on something tasty - then we'll eat you up Hardware News Despite Microsoft Surface RT debacle, second-gen model in the works Nvidia CEO: 'We're working really hard' on follow-up to $900m disaster Amazon to ship Android-based gaming console by year's end? Sources claim Kindley console could be ready for the holidays DON'T PANIC: Amazon's Chromecast late-ship email was a blunder You'll get your streaming stick soon enough, Chromebois Google Glass: Would you pay a mere $299 to plop one on your brow? Research analyst: Under three hundred bucks the proper price for über-trendy wearable Asus will bung 'Nexus 7 2' fondle-droids on Blighty's shelves this month Pics Fortnight or so wait for quad-core 4.3 slab Linux and AIX Bare-Metal Recovery Webinar In this webinar David Huffman, CEO of Storix, shares his knowledge on how to improve your existing Linux recovery strategies for better disaster preparedness. View the webinar Networks News Moneybags pour shower of gold on new mega-precise GPS system Makers: We'll show where you are to within an inch for 1,000 bucks Tu Me to go: Tu Go to be Telefonica's 'NEXT BIG AMAZEBALLS' for voice VoIP done like email, ish Policy News NSA to world: we're only watching 1.6% of internet Trust us: we're hardly paying attention to the stuff we do collect Apple wins Samsung import ban, loses 'Battle of Rounded Corners II' Pyrrhic victory bans only Sammy's ancient kit from US entry Obama proposes four-point plan to investigate US data spooks Snowden insignificant, POTUS says he was going to do it anyway Juniper under bribery investigation by US regulators DOJ and SEC pounce on networking vendor over 'possible violations' 2 in 5 top Brit biz bosses expect IT dept to drive 'technical innovation' You there, with the keyboard, you're the reason China and US are spanking the UK Second LulzSec Sony website hacker starts a year in the cooler And 21-year-old must do 1,000 hours unpaid work, cough up $600k to media goliath... lulz? NSA gets burned by a sysadmin, decides to burn 90% of its sysadmins Need to end planet-wide-snooping leaks? That'll do the trick, thinks US spymaster Watchdog drags Home Office to naughty step for dragging feet on FOIs Theresa May's tardy dept told: 'Big Brother's Big Brother is watching you' Jimbo: Software used for network-level smut-blocking DOESN'T WORK Quotw Plus: 'It appears that IBM took the state of Queensland for a ride' Serious Farce Office: 32K secret BAE probe files spaffed to WRONG bod Anti-fraud squad coughs to stunning evidence leak blunder Security News Android bug batters Bitcoin wallets Old flaw, new problem Admins warned: Drill SSL knowledge into your Chrome users Google research finds whopping SSL click-through rates Software News Web ad giant (Google) pops Adwords into Maps for iOS and Android You didn't think they were doing this for free, did you? PayPal lets Brit 'burb-dwellers buy stuff using their ugly mug Lost your credit card? Just flash your face and spend, spend, spend Science News 1,100 haiku heading to Mars on next NASA mission MAVEN orbiter / silently sails sentiment / 'round the Red Planet This weekend: Watch HOT STARS shower! Moon won't interfere – boffins Perseid meteors in high-def sky-streak, unless cloud blocks 'em out Open source 'Cubesat' set to soar Arduino-powered satellites arrive at International Space Station on Saturday ULTIMATE cuppa contenders prepare to go mug-to-mug Expert tasting panel poised to test 12 brews Linux and AIX Bare-Metal Recovery Webinar In this webinar David Huffman, CEO of Storix, shares his knowledge on how to improve your existing Linux recovery strategies for better disaster preparedness. View the webinar

Whitepapers High Performance for All While HPC is not new, it has traditionally been seen as a specialist area – is it now geared up to meet more mainstream requirements? Cloud based data management Frost and Sullivan confirms the complexity of backup/recovery due to heterogeneity of devices, etc and details how Asigra is addressing these issues. Reg Reader Research: SaaS based Email and Office Productivity Tools Read this Reg reader report which provides advice and guidance for SMBs towards the use of SaaS based email and Office productivity tools. Steps to Take Before Choosing a Business Continuity Partner This Aberdeen Analyst report details the necessities in creating business continuity plans and if there’s the need to outsource part/all of the process. Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup/Recovery Gartner published its Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup/Recovery to help organizations navigate the myriad of solutions available. Search more Resources

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