ATI wins approval for RS690 launch
October introduction for HDMI-, HDCP-friendly chipset?
ATI's AMD-oriented integrated North Bridge chip, the RS690, has won the approval of the PCI SIG, which this week certified the part for PCI Express compatibility, paving the way for the part's appearance on the chipset market.… 
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:50am eBay pursued by fashionistas
Vuitton, Dior sue for counterfeit auctions
Auctions of counterfeit couture on eBay have gotten the online tat bazaar into hot water with French fashion types, who are demanding it cough up €37m in a civil complaint.…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:50am  US mobilises fish in war on terror
Bluegills versus al-Qaeda
The US has responded to the possible threat of terror attack against its drinking water supplies by using fish to monitor the state of the H2O, the BBC reports.…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:50am Yahoo! guest's Dell laptop goes up in smoke
Lenovo ThinkPad burns at Los Angeles airport, too
Days after a ThinkPad decided enough spreadsheets already and committed suicide in spectacular fashion at Los Angeles airport, yet another Dell notebook has joined the list of self-immolating laptops, this time at Yahoo!'s US headquarters.…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:50am  Law chief wants wiretap evidence
While security chiefs abuse their power
Wire tap evidence should be admissible in court, attorney general Lord Goldsmith has told the Guardian newspaper after being briefed by his opposite number in the United States.…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:50am  Yachting blogger plagued by wind, power issues
But at least the kit is cool
Blog One of the things that makes it very easy to spot Americans who are cruising around the Med on sailing boats is the Iridium phones they seem to imagine they need. You only get two or three days to detect them, because they quickly discover that they can buy a Greek SIM card for less than the price of their next ten minutes, and then pretend the Iridium was a toy phone they brought for their children to play with.…
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California sues car makers
Who says they don't get irony?
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is suing six car manufacturers for selling products which contribute to global warming and damage the environment of California.…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:50am Astronomers ID Saturn's newest ring
Stunning snaps, Cassini style
Saturn has another, very diffuse, outer ring identified by astronomers working on the Cassini imaging data at NASA's JPL laboratory and the Space Science Institute in Boulder.…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:50am iSkoot brings Skype to Treo smart phones
VoIP over cellular
iSkoot the Sype-on-mobile-phones company has brought its VoIP software to Palm's Treo 650 and 700p, the firm announced this week even as it extended its network coverage to dozens of countries outside the US.…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:50am Google erases Operation Ore campaign site
Silence over Inquisition 21
Google has delisted www.inquisition21.com, the website campaigning against many of the Operation Ore child pornography convictions. The last time the search giant's crawlers checked the site out was on 10 September.…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:50am Dutch TV hounds Google Earth topless sunbather
Caught on camera
Here's a cautionary tale for those of you who like to indulge in a bit of light sunbathing in the privacy of your own patio: make sure you ring Google to see if they're planning a satellite pass-over before whipping off your top:…
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