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ASA raps Paddy Power over gambling dwarf ad 'Irresponsible', declares watchdog The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered online gambling outfit Paddy Power "not to repeat" the approach it adopted in a newspaper ad which showed a "short man" in the back of stretch limo flanked by women under the title "Who says you can't make mo Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Late bets on new Who hit Paddy Power's pocket Ten punts around Matt Smith's home town The largely unexpected announcement that 26-year-old Matt Smith will become the next Doctor Who was possibly not quite as unexpected in the actor's home town of Northampton, according to bookmakers Paddy Power.…Free Download - The Reg Guide to Stor Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Ryanair battles ASA over 'saucy schoolgirl' ad Refuses to withdraw 'offensive' image Ryanair has locked horns with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over a newspaper advert featuring a "saucy schoolgirl", the BBC reports.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Linux beats Windows 2008 power-saving measures Ensuring your servers stamp as small a carbon footprint as possible on the earth and in your datacenter can encompass everything from making sure they are shipped in recyclable packaging to hiring an analyst who can predict the total lifecycle environmental impact. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Congress still afraid to define 'internet gambling' Whatever it is. It's illegal The intellectual haze that envelopes American internet gambling policy thickened the past week, as lawmakers failed to define what exactly constitutes "unlawful" internet gambling. As absurd as it sounds, two years after the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling E Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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IT ignorant on pending power shortages IT managers are being accused of ignorance over their power consumption figures, despite spiralling energy prices and the looming 'energy crunch,' which could lead to power shortages in four years time.IT consul Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Antarctic meteorite points to smashed dwarf planet Lost world of early solar system Two pieces of meteorite found in 2006 in the Graves Nunataks area of Antarctica are likely fragments of a dwarf planet destroyed in the solar system's youth, New Scientist reports.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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IEEE task force approves power boost over Ethernet Convergence took on a new meaning last week when the IEEE 802.3at task force approved the third draft of the PoE (Power over Ethernet) Plus specification, which will converge power lines with Ethernet over an Ethernet cable.? Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Experts hack power grid in no time Cracking a power company network and gaining access that could shut down the grid is simple, a security expert told an RSA audience, and he has done so in less than a day.Ira Winkler, a penetration-testing consu Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Information watchdog raps Government over access to data Health dept under staffed and under performing The Department of Health is not dealing with freedom of information (FOI) requests properly because of a lack of staff, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said. The ICO has rebuked the Government department over its FOI behaviour.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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McCain raps Obama over school vouchers, union ties
(AP) AP - John McCain, the father of private school students, criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama on Friday for choosing private over public school for his kids. The difference, according to the Arizona Republican, is that he — not Obama — favors vouchers that give parents more school choices. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Judge raps Ellison over missing e-mails Oracle CEO Larry Ellison failed to preserve e-mails as well as interview materials related to a book called "Softwar" that should have been supplied in connection with a shareholder lawsuit filed in March 2001 against the company, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Georgia raps Russian move to forge ties with breakaway regions - Xinhua Georgia raps Russian move to forge ties with breakaway regionsXinhua - 54 minutes agoTBILISI, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Russia acted in "brutal breach" of international law in establishing diplomatic ties with two breakaway regions of Georgia, Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Say hi to Haumea - our fifth dwarf planet 'Bizarre' trans-Neptunian object honours Hawaiian goddess The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has decreed that the object formerly known as 2003 EL61 will henceforth be addressed as "Haumea", and joins Ceres, Eris, Makemake and Pluto in the solar system's league of dwarf planets.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Boston-Power expands laptop battery production Battery making startup Boston Power is more than tripling production of its Sonata laptop battery, a device that offers faster charging and longer life than conventional lithium-ion batteries, it is due to announce Thursday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Mozilla's Asa Dotzler on Firefox, Fighting Bloat and the Problem With Democracy As Mozilla prepares to celebrate its tenth anniversary on Monday, March 31st, Wired.com spoke with one of the browser maker's longest-term employees. Community development director Asa Dotzler tells us how Firefox was born, how the tough decisions about adding features get made, and what Firefox 3 w Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Mozilla's Asa Dotzler on Firefox, Fighting Bloat and the Problem With Democracy As Mozilla prepares to celebrate its tenth anniversary on Monday, March 31st, Wired.com spoke with one of the browser maker's longest-term employees. Community development director Asa Dotzler tells us how Firefox was born, how the tough decisions about adding features get made, and what Firefox 3 w Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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'Bloody' is an offensive word declares ASA Too f**kin' right The Sun newspaper has been ordered not to use the word 'bloody' on posters in future. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it was socially irresponsible to use the word in an advert that appeared in a public place.…Free Download - The Reg Guide to Storage and Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Windfarm lobby bows to ASA and cuts CO2 saving figures Spinners' numbers overblown The British Wind Energy Association, which promotes the UK windfarm industry, has been forced to halve its figures on carbon-emission reductions by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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ASA rules against citing 'hits' in ads Not a measure of true popularity An advert that claimed a website received over five million 'hits' every month has been banned because the metric is likely to mislead readers. The UK's advertising watchdog said that 'hits' is an unreliable measure of website popularity.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |