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Helpdesk? I have a software problem. And a GRIZZLY BEAR problem

On-CallWhat's worse: Text editors? Or a colossal carnivore outside the office?

US DoJ files motion to compel Apple to obey FBI iPhone crack order

PDFUncle Sam says Cupertino is only thinking about its marketing and PR strategy

Even Google is abandoning Google+

Android gaming service moves to its own ID scheme, but privacy policy looks the same

The paperless office? Don’t talk sheet

Bootnotes

No tit for tat, or should that be tat for tit ... Women selling stuff on eBay get lower bids

Study finds men get higher prices in cyber-auctions
20 Feb 00:25
Business

Yahoo! is! up! for! sale! – so! how! much! will! you! bid!?

We'll open the bidding with three dollars and a packet of chips
11 Comments
20 Feb 00:02
Business

Gird your coins: A phishing tsunami is smashing into America

Don't let crooks plunder your paycheck … that's our job, says IRS
19 Feb 22:37
CyberSec

Alleged Anonymous hacker rescued off Cuba by Disney cruise ship

FBI: It's a small, small world (after all)
19 Feb 21:44
Science

SpaceShipTwo ready to slip the surly bonds of Earth for Virgin Galactic

Updated The Hawk promises to take flight into space
11 Comments
19 Feb 20:57
Bootnotes

Solution to tech bros' disgust of SF homeless people launched

Satire CLEANR rides the augmented reality gravy train
21 Comments
19 Feb 20:42

Don't miss Meet the original Big Data, TED Talk, Thought Shower Futurist

Law

Uber is bombarding us with painfully probing subpoenas, cries Lyft

Dial-a-ride upstart says its main rival is using courts to plunder trade secrets
19 Feb 20:15
Law

US DoJ files motion to compel Apple to obey FBI iPhone crack order

PDF Uncle Sam says Cupertino is only thinking about its marketing and PR strategy
54 Comments
19 Feb 19:20
Storage

X-IO lights a fresh blaze in its iglu, puts it on ISE

Fifty per cent speed booster adds IOPS
19 Feb 16:56
Security

Android Xbot trojan poses as banking app, nicks your login creds

A Swiss Army knife for mobile ne'er do wells
19 Feb 16:37
Media

ADpocalypse NOW: Three raises the stakes

Analysis Official: app developers ensnared in network blocks
26 Comments
19 Feb 16:05
Science

Europe's ExoMars mission enjoys orchestral fanfare

Rousing soundtrack for Red Planet jaunt
19 Feb 15:56
Media

Q: How many guns to arm nine coachloads of terrorists?

A: 463, according to the BBC
43 Comments
19 Feb 15:22
Science

Easter Islanders didn't commit 'ecocide' after all, says archaeologist

Whoops. Bang goes that convenient greenie myth
33 Comments
19 Feb 15:02
Mobile
Billboad image via Shutterstock

UK carrier Three in network-wide ad-block shock

Google shield for millions?
58 Comments
19 Feb 14:26
Storage
PrimaryIO_2

PrimaryIO first flash cacher with VAIO support

No, not for Sony notebooks. VMware application IO filtering
19 Feb 14:03
Applications

SAP’s Byzantine licensing leaves its customers feeling exposed

Who exactly can you let into your system?
14 Comments
19 Feb 13:33
Bootnotes

Loved one just died? Pah, that's nothing

Imagine the trauma of smartphone 'time-to-content delay'
31 Comments
19 Feb 12:58
Bootnotes

El Reg blows chow down at Justretch.com

The nauseating alternative to Pilates
37 Comments
19 Feb 12:46
Phones

Microsoft patent filing confirms existence of 3D Jedi gesture phone

May the Force Touch be with you
22 Comments
19 Feb 12:38
DevOps

Can DevOps be applied to the whole company?

Reg Events You have 11 days left to save money on finding out...early bird expires soon
10 Comments
19 Feb 12:21
Security

Bacs corporate website still runs obsolete crypto

Months into campaign to get everyone else to upgrade
19 Feb 12:14
Data Networking

Google opens Cloud Vision API beta, world + dog asked to try it

60 cents to run OCR on 1,000 images. Not bad
19 Feb 11:56
Storage

StorPool CEO: 'We do not need another storage product'

Interview Vendor lock-in be damned, thunders Boyan Ivanov
19 Feb 11:25
Jobs

The paperless office? Don’t talk sheet

Something for the Weekend, Sir? What side are you on, anyway?
118 Comments
19 Feb 10:57
Media

Meet the original Big Data, TED Talk, Thought Shower Futurist

Andrew at Large Reg man talks digital economy, creeping existential unease
12 Comments
19 Feb 10:25
Financial News

SAP buys 'all the pretty data' firm Roambi

Massive data processing deserves a spot of warpaint
19 Feb 09:53
Security

Android device manager app vuln leaves millions at risk of pwnage

AirDroid grounded. Get patching, fanbois
19 Feb 09:31
DevOps
Kid nerds photo via Shutterstock

Hey British coders: DevOps – you're doing it wrong

Plus you need new metrics. Chin up, let's get this sorted
33 Comments
19 Feb 09:02
Jobs
Bear

Helpdesk? I have a software problem. And a GRIZZLY BEAR problem

On-Call What's worse: Text editors? Or a colossal carnivore outside the office?
55 Comments
19 Feb 08:40
Bootnotes
Rubber gloves. Pic: How can I recycle this

Triple-murderer prisoner keeps mobile phone in his butt for a week

Corrections Minister won't ask guards to don gloves and go where he won't to retrieve it
72 Comments
19 Feb 08:20
Science

New NASA theory: Moon radiation drops so HULK RIP MOON LIKE SHIRT

Seriously, this is how NASA is explaining canyons on Pluto's moon Charon
29 Comments
19 Feb 08:02
Networks

Even Google is abandoning Google+

Android gaming service moves to its own ID scheme, but privacy policy looks the same
41 Comments
19 Feb 07:32
Law

We're four years away from digitising England's courts – report

Online court would allow better access to litigants, says expert
17 Comments
19 Feb 07:05
Law

Facebook and Twitter back Apple's privacy stance

Does anyone in the tech industry think the FBI's iPhone crack request is sensible?
28 Comments
19 Feb 06:30
Science

Na na na na na na na na bionic-BATMAN! Boffins build bat-like electro-stimulated drone wings

Current makes polymer change shape POW! See the vid BLAM!
19 Feb 06:02
Servers

Dell shows off new rack-scale rigs, another overlap with EMC

Hey, Mike D! How does this sit with VxRack, EVO:SDDC, Vscale and your own G5?
19 Feb 04:58
Virtualization

Citrix prepares app publishing bridge to get carriers onto NFV

100Gbps of network-grooming power advanced as enough for thrusting LTE operators
19 Feb 03:58
Media

Subscription music download service drip.fm closes

They won't be giants, despite being They Might Be Giant's music-as-a-service provider
19 Feb 03:02
Security

PCI Council says bye-bye to big bang standards upgrades

PCI DSS version 3.2 will land in March or April and be 2016's only update
19 Feb 01:58
Data Networking

Arista cats hiss at Cisco, crack open the cream after bumper sales

Demand for 'programmable cloud' gear amid legal battle with Netzilla
19 Feb 00:58
Science

MIT boffins' code scans your health claims, tunes plans for bosses

Tool tells companies where to spend insurance bucks
16 Comments
19 Feb 00:03
Security

Feds look left and right for support – and see everyone backing Apple

Analysis iPhone unlock-gate: Day 2
135 Comments
18 Feb 23:31
Security
fail

Comodo's 'security' kit installed a lame VNC server on PCs on the sly

Modern antivirus: Easily crackable password, lets malware gain admin privileges
14 Comments
18 Feb 23:10
Data Networking
ocean_648

Brocade drifts on a flat open ocean, waiting for a 5G breeze to pick up

Cap'n Carney plays the waiting game
18 Feb 22:11
Media

FCC clicks off the safety, fires at America's great cable TV box rip-off

And everyone in the world agrees … oh wait, not everyone
52 Comments
18 Feb 20:41
Business

Bitcoin burrower biz Butterfly Labs billed $38m for 'bilking' buyers

But rig builder will avoid coughing up full settlement
12 Comments
18 Feb 19:57
Security

Under-fire Apple backs down, crafts new iOS to kill security safeguard

No, not the FBI thing – this is a fix for 'Error 53' bricked mobes
51 Comments
18 Feb 19:06
Cloud

Hey virtual SANs – say hello to a virtual filer

Infinit does for file boxes what virtual SANs do for SANs (Say that after a couple of martinis)
18 Feb 18:51

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