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All about the applications platform layer RegCast Tune into our webcast at 2PM GMT today and check out the Reg panel of experts as they explore the results of The Reg Tech Panel's epic “Platforms & Operations Survey”. They also tease out the potential benefits and pitfalls of the application pla ...

Can Cyber Monday® save etail? Economic gloom hasn't plundered the stockings of US online retailers nearly as much as some had been expecting. In fact, online sales were up on Black Friday, the traditional start of the US holiday shopping season — but just barely.… Free Download - The Reg Guide ...

Taking tasking to task Mini Poll Last week we asked whether IT systems could actually help to drive better business practice. However, as one comment mentioned, if the wrong things are measured then the behaviour of employees can end up skewed towards the metrics, hiding the desired results. "If I b ...

Monty chides Sun for premature, bug-riddled release MySQL creator Michael “Monty” Widenius has gone on a noisy rant about last week’s release of MySQL 5.1 because Sun Microsystems has unleashed the database even though it still contains “fatal bugs”.…

No change - but police continue to bend the law New guidelines on the use of police stop and search powers under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in respect of individuals taking photos in public are to be published this afternoon, according to a spokesman for the National Police Improvements Ag ...