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Net-talking toaster to burn news onto bread

Your Daily Telegraph Slice, Sir

Many things have appeared on toast before: Marmite, Vegemite, jam and even Cylons from Battlestar Galactica. Now a designer’s invented a toaster that’s able to burn pretty much anything onto your morning slice, including the news.…

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11.09.2008 18:26:34 - The Register

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'UK's Chernobyl' spam spreads Trojan

Fallout hits inboxes

A widespread spam campaign claims that a nuclear power plant on the outskirts of London exploded on Tuesday afternoon.…

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11.09.2008 18:03:40 - The Register

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Classical downloads service hits right note on DRM

Flac and MP3 supported

If you prefer Bach to the Beastie Boys and Mozart to Madonna, then you’ll be pleased to hear that an iTunes rival’s been created that panders only to the desires of classical music fans.…

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11.09.2008 17:50:49 - The Register

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PA Consulting begs for mercy after data loss axing

'Please Jacqui, noooo!'

PA Consulting has blamed its loss of the personal details of the entire UK prison population on a rogue employee in an apparent plea not to be kicked off any more big government contracts.…

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11.09.2008 17:12:18 - The Register

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C&W orders up base stations for Tesco

Ericsson kit to aisle 12

Ericsson has announced a sizeable contract with Cable & Wireless to provide kit for a world-spanning GSM network, but anyone hoping for competition in the mobe market had better get a job at the local supermarket.…

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11.09.2008 16:55:58 - The Register

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Ten of the Best iPod rivals

Flash colours? No thanks

Round-up Yes, the news is dominated by this week's revamped iPods, but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of other good media players out there. Put off the colourful Nano, or the shiny Touch? Then here are ten of the best alternatives. Counting down, in reverse order, we kick of with the...…

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11.09.2008 16:02:04 - The Register

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Laptop-crazy consumers will keep PC market afloat

Big big servers dominate HPC sector

IDC has dialled up its 2008 PC market forecast as raging sales of cheap laptops allow the industry to “resist economic pressures” – for now, anyway.…

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11.09.2008 14:46:04 - The Register

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Ice in fuel caused Heathrow 777 crash

Nasty chill provoked reduced fuel flow

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has concluded that the 17 January crash-landing of a Boeing 777 at Heathrow was probably caused by "ice within the fuel feed system" which restricted flow to the engines.…

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04.09.2008 18:37:35 - The Register

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Mythbusters busted over RFID gagging

Host backtracks on corporate pressure claims

The co-host of popular science television show Mythbusters has backtracked on claims that the Discovery Channel spiked a planned exploration of RFID security after coming under commercial pressure from credit card companies.…

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04.09.2008 18:19:34 - The Register

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Red Hat buys Qumranet, sidesteps Microsoft

Deep down and virty

Red Hat has bought Qumranet, the company behind KVM virtualisation technology, for about $107m in cash.…

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04.09.2008 17:37:34 - The Register

Net-talking toaster to burn news onto bread

Your Daily Telegraph Slice, Sir

'UK's Chernobyl' spam spreads Trojan

Fallout hits inboxes

Classical downloads service hits right note on DRM

Flac and MP3 supported

PA Consulting begs for mercy after data loss axing

'Please Jacqui, noooo!'

C&W orders up base stations for Tesco

Ericsson kit to aisle 12

Ten of the Best iPod rivals

Flash colours? No thanks

Laptop-crazy consumers will keep PC market afloat

Big big servers dominate HPC sector

Ice in fuel caused Heathrow 777 crash

Nasty chill provoked reduced fuel flow

Mythbusters busted over RFID gagging

Host backtracks on corporate pressure claims

Red Hat buys Qumranet, sidesteps Microsoft

Deep down and virty

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