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Research: Wind power pricier, emits more CO2 than thought

'Windfarm output is never zero. Sometimes it's less'
Bill Gates

Bill Gates battles Kermit the Frog in the name of open source

Radio Reg Twittering Shuttleworth's gas
Flag China

The9 exposed as China's supercomputing powerhouse

Exclusive The ninth mode of art runs on HP clusters
Steve Jobs

An iPhone with a keyboard?

Never say never

David Davis tells El Reg that Labour is 'mesmerised' by tech

Interview Liberties sacrificed for 'an illusion'

Google

Google deigns to comply with a privacy law

Corporate Rainmen avoid panic attack over word count

Are the ice caps melting?

PBEM Climate science's bipolar disorder

Indies celebrate Independence Day

Interview Finding the sharing button
Music and Media • 4 Jul 15:57

PC World pips Asus to UK Atom sub-laptop premier

Who has the first SCC with Intel's new chip?
Reg Hardware • 4 Jul 15:39

DARPA calls for 'DUDE' combo infra-nightscope

As in 'Dude, where's my multispectral imaging device?'
Science • 4 Jul 15:23

Welcome back, WiReD!

Competition Photoshoppers, pick up your brushes...
Bootnotes • 4 Jul 15:20

Apple drags its heels on iPhone security patches

Waiting for the second coming
Mobile • 4 Jul 14:39

Serco sharpens the IT guillotine

Job cuts consultation underway
Channel Register • 4 Jul 14:12

Ofcom flashes cash guarantees at BT for fibre investment

Next gen network quid pro quo tabled
Networks • 4 Jul 13:54

Consider yourself Moderatrixed

And be damn grateful about it, worms
Bootnotes • 4 Jul 13:22

IPS finds no nuggets in ID checking goldmine

Claims targets exceeded, but fee income tiny
Government • 4 Jul 13:00

MoD mega gov-IT project only mildly catastrophic - NAO

Military celebrate limited-disaster triumph
Government • 4 Jul 12:47

Mystery over Verisign boss' shock exit

Like déjà vu all over again
Financial News • 4 Jul 12:23

TVonics MFR-300 micro digital TV set-top box

Review Bringing digital to Scart-free tellies
Reg Hardware • 4 Jul 12:13

eBay Australia ditches PayPal scheme

Seller fury prompts backdown
Small Biz • 4 Jul 11:26

'Anaconda' 200m rubber snake generator scheme gets funding

'Bulge' wave power - a hard one to swallow?
Environment • 4 Jul 11:17

Geldof backs Davis 'For Freedom' by-election

Banana republic, sceptic isle redux
Law • 4 Jul 11:09

BOFH: The admin gene

Episode 24 That mysterious gift
BOFH • 4 Jul 11:02

Opera update fixes stability bugs

And mystery code injection flaw
Applications • 4 Jul 11:00

Palm, BlackBerry-beating demand for 3G iPhone claims researcher

US consumers eye Apple smartphone
Reg Hardware • 4 Jul 10:10

Microsoft gets hip with da yoof to flog email

Doing it for charidee
Applications • 4 Jul 10:07

BSA slams EC's 'narrow-minded' interoperability vision

EIF 2.0 draft ruffles some proprietary software feathers
Applications • 4 Jul 10:02

MS readies Vista code injection risk fix

Redmond security gnomes get tough
Enterprise Security • 4 Jul 09:52

Government waves cutlass at IT budget

Offshoring ahoy!
Government • 4 Jul 09:49

Oracle risks loss of influential BEA users

Free from Applications Unlimited
Applications • 4 Jul 09:46

Solar-curtain "soft house" plan proposed by MIT prof

Architect Watch Soft buildings: require no foundation of hard facts
Environment • 4 Jul 09:42

Apple takes axe to MacBook Air SSD price

Overnight, £300 cheaper
Reg Hardware • 4 Jul 09:26

Would a data notification law improve UK data security?

How to prevent more government data disasters
Government • 4 Jul 08:00

Judge grants Viacom 12TB of YouTube user records

Google's privacy comeuppance
Law • 3 Jul 21:28

Nut launches death threats at Debian women

Exclusive 'You're killing freesource'
Developer • 3 Jul 19:59

EU still greasing IBM antitrust probe despite PSI withdrawal

'Your complaint stands'
Servers • 3 Jul 19:44

Strange cults, vocal surgery and the quiet man: Inside Microsoft

Radio Reg Mary-Jo Foley on life after Gates
Applications • 3 Jul 19:05

Microsoft flogs subscriptions to the unwary and confused

Comment Bad omens
Applications • 3 Jul 18:58

'HD TV gas' 17,000 times worse for planet than CO2, claims boffin

Nitrogen Trifluoride emissions balloon on flat-panel production
Reg Hardware • 3 Jul 16:16

Microsoft touts trustworthy browsing with IE8

If it asks if you'd like to see some puppies, just say no
Enterprise Security • 3 Jul 15:45

Wife-slaying Linux guru may have 'developmental disability'

Lawyers brand Hans Reiser 'mentally incompetent'
Law • 3 Jul 15:27

UK and US agree biometric heavily vetted trusted traveller deal

'Built on UK success' - have the yanks lost the plot?
Government • 3 Jul 14:06

The Moderatrix will see you now

Cue Aunt, cue Agony
Bootnotes • 3 Jul 13:36

Transatlantic data sharing talks stumble over access to justice

Sharing is caring, says EU
Government • 3 Jul 12:58

Linspire CEO defends Xandros buy-out

Hopes Linux will 'touch more people'
Channel Register • 3 Jul 12:26

Scareware runs amok on PlayStation site

Sony gamed by hackers
Enterprise Security • 3 Jul 12:20

What powers a solar-powered snail, kids?

Dumb and dumber science exams
Science • 3 Jul 12:06

ISO certifies Adobe's PDF

Standard delivers, albeit at leisurely pace
Applications • 3 Jul 11:54

UK.gov calls on white hat hackers to spot data leaks

HMRC debacle to foster 'culture change', says Cabinet Office
Government • 25 Jun 16:19
Bill Gates

Bill Gates cried to make the world a better place

Radio Reg Meanwhile, Google pays for Linus Torvalds' breakfast

Getac E100 rugged UMPC

Review Armour-plated 'ard drive

Exit sign

Farewell then, Symbian

Analysis Epoc's journey: from world-beater to basket case

Yahoo

Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! - the story so far

!!!!! All our exclamation marks in one place

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