Heading off a potential FCC debacle
Policy analyst Randolph J. May says the FCC needs to revise set-top equipment rules, or costs to consumers will be great. 
© 2025 CNET News Fri, 22 Sep 3:10am Photos: Gala for HP's Dunn
Hewlett-Packard's embattled chairman, Patricia Dunn, accepts a "hall of fame" leadership award at a gala dinner in San Francisco.
© 2025 CNET News Fri, 22 Sep 3:10am A fish-controlled robot
Blog: Debates about evolution notwithstanding, some people apparently can't wait for aquatic life to travel on land.That's one theory,...
© 2025 CNET News Fri, 22 Sep 3:10am  Adaptec plays Snap with low-end filers
Yes to Active Directory, no thanks to Windows
Adaptec aims to sort out confusion in its NAS product line with new low-end filers that run the same software as its larger models, and can therefore integrate with Microsoft's Active Directory.…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:51am  The cat peed on my laptop...
and other bizarre data recovery disasters
It's not only IT Help Desks that get strange queries and requests. Data recovery specialists at UK-based firm Disklabs have compiled an illuminating list of the oddest requests for assistance it receives from the 50,000 cases a year it deals with involving people needing to get their data recovered.…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:51am PC thief steals court PC during trial
Double jeopardy
A light-fingered California crook has been convicted of stealing computers from a courthouse while on trial for computer theft.…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:51am Internet safety talks for UK kids
Digital playground monitors
The government has announced plans for an internet safety campaign for secondary school children across Britain in a move that is hoped to crack down on child sex abuse.…
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Dunn's Hall of Fame moment
HP's embattled chairman is inducted into the Bay Area Council's Hall of Fame, and the press gets shunned.
© 2025 CNET News Fri, 22 Sep 3:10am A movie for all stereotypes, 'Borat' previews in S.F.
Blog: Nothing unifies a group of twentysomethings like an anti-semitic Kazakh journalist.The comedy about a bumbling, racist reporter...
© 2025 CNET News Fri, 22 Sep 3:10am All the news that's fit to open-source
Blog: An experiment in citizen journalism has just gotten a big boost from the pros.Reuters has given $100,000 to NewAssignment.net,...
© 2025 CNET News Fri, 22 Sep 3:10am MSI P965 Neo-F Core 2 Duo mobo
Budget board
Review Following on from the abundance of features served up by the Asus P5B Deluxe we reviewed t'other week, I've an inkling that MSI's P965 Neo is going to look a little primitive in comparison. It should be remembered, however, that the Neo is MSI's less glamorous offering, with the P965 Platinum edition catering to those with richer tastes...…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:51am Hezbollah cracks Israeli radio code
Hopping mad
Hezbollah fighters reportedly used Iranian-supplied technology to tap Israeli radio comms during last month's war in southern Lebanon. The intelligence gleaned from these intercepts helped frustrate Israeli tank attacks, according to Hezbollah and Lebanese officials.…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:51am Looking for a one night stand?
Text 4 luvin
Those looking for a quick shag are more likely to use text to set up dates, according to a survey of 1,000 people carried out by online dating service Parship.co.uk.…
© 2025 The Register Fri, 22 Sep 2:51am  HP's snowballing shame
Buggin' hell
And the hits just keep on coming. The latest embarrassments for HP include claims of bugging its own chief executive, attempting to install a trojan on a reporter's computer, and the forthcoming spectacle of their ousted chairwoman hauled before a congressional committee.…
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