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Ballmer gives Norwegian students free love

Beware the flying herring

Microsoft believes it has "lost" a generation of developers who might have embraced Windows and .NET, thanks to the Mac and open source frameworks and operating systems.…

26.09.2008 23:26:30 - The Register

Adobe cites bad blood for closed Flash

Wary of corporate agendas

Everyone loves open source - well, everyone apart from Microsoft, that is. The only problem with open source is deciding how much code control you're willing to relinquish, especially when open source puts your precious bits and bytes - and ultimately your own product plans - into the hands of your competitors.…

26.09.2008 20:57:00 - The Register

Damien Hirst buys Paris porn collage

Brit artist circle jerk

26.09.2008 20:45:52 - The Register

Net pariah Intercage back among the dead

No more Global Crossing

Updated After returning from the dead two days ago, network provider and internet pariah Intercage has once again been knocked offline.…

26.09.2008 20:29:34 - The Register

VMware reach exceeds grasp

Heaven is a data center

Comment Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for? - Robert Browning…

26.09.2008 19:38:18 - The Register

Apple NDA kills Jesus Phone gospels

Black market inflation

Apple's clampdown over access to information on the iPhone's Software Development Kit (SDK) has plumbed new depths, forcing a book publisher to withdraw a programmers guide scheduled for December 2008.…

26.09.2008 18:46:23 - The Register

Our IT Crowd prize draw - we have a winner

Lucky C'n'C subscriber to enjoy Pinewood thespshmooze

We're delighted this afternoon to announce the winner of our Cash'n'Carrion The IT Crowd draw, who's secured a pair of tickets to view the filming of the show at Pinewood studios and, gasp, the chance to shmooze with the cast in the green room before the cameras roll.…

26.09.2008 18:08:29 - The Register

HP waves goodbye to 9,300 EMEA employees

European unions condemn 'job-shedding'

Hewlett-Packard will cut 9,300 jobs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, following its $13.9bn takeover of EDS in August.…

26.09.2008 17:48:00 - The Register

Poptastic MySpace Music launches, without indies

Big splash for Big Music

MySpace Music, the ambitious new joint venture between the major record labels and News Corporation, has finally gone live. Don't let the name mislead you - the only thing it has in common with the scrappy ethos of the original "MySpace" is the name.…

26.09.2008 17:46:46 - The Register

Phorm mulls incentives for ad targeting wiretaps

Opt in, save a starving African

Phorm is considering tugging on ISP subscribers' heartstrings by offering to donate to charities if they opt to let it profile their internet use for advertisers.…

26.09.2008 17:30:05 - The Register