Blackberry baffled by Dutch cops' phone encryption cracked brag

Has Holland made a hash of it?

Windows 10 shattered Remote Desktop's security defaults – so get patching

All users of Windows, Office, and Adobe software, should update ASAP

Comcast repeatedly crams modem upgrade demands into browsers

No, I'm quite happy with my own gear, says punter

Kentucky spies stricken: Ban on web snaps of horror accidents mulled

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Hardware

2015's horror PC market dropped nine per cent

Only Apple managed to grow and if you add iPad sales it's the number two client vendor
13 Jan 04:58
Security

$30 webcam spun into persistent network backdoor

Bring on the Internet of dangerously hacked things
13 Jan 03:58
Science

NASA photos: Dawn's December deep-dive haul arrives on Earth

Pics beamed across space eventually show stunning detail
13 Jan 03:02
Data Networking

EFF wants Cisco in front of a judge over tech for China's 'Great Firewall'

Files amicus brief in decade-old Falun Gong case
13 Jan 01:57
Law

Kentucky spies stricken: Ban on web snaps of horror accidents mulled

Bourbon Belt banishes bloody binary bulletins?
13 Jan 00:59
DevOps

Continuous Lifecycle London: Speakers, sessions announced

Reg Events Who’s talking what, where
12 Jan 13:21

Don't miss Lights out! Newbie IT manager's dark basement trip

Security

Blackberry baffled by Dutch cops' phone encryption cracked brag

Has Holland made a hash of it?
13 Jan 00:35
Hardware

Not good enough, VW: California nixes toxic mix fix in strict interdict

Three out of ten, must try harder to end its air pollution emissions test nightmare
12 Jan 23:45
Broadband

Europe, China line up their best bureaucrats for epic 5G battle

The world's lamest Tough Mudder course
12 Jan 23:26
Software

Mozilla tells Persona single sign-on to singularly sign off

Never heard of it? Never will do, either
12 Jan 23:02
Software

Windows 10 shattered Remote Desktop's security defaults – so get patching

All users of Windows, Office, and Adobe software, should update ASAP
13 Comments
12 Jan 22:31
Data Networking

Fortinet tries to explain weird SSH 'backdoor' discovered in firewalls

Update your firmware or suffer the consequences
13 Comments
12 Jan 21:39
Software

Skype finally catches Google with group video chat

Has it finally fixed mobile video issues?
12 Jan 21:23
Storage
WAves

Avere replenishes FXT filer accelerator appliances

Faster, thinner, more flash, extra dash
12 Jan 21:00
Law
inspector clouseau

Sigh ... c'est la vie: France mulls mandatory encryption backdoors

Europe at odds over secure comms
13 Comments
12 Jan 20:39
Law

New US freedom of information law aimed at fixing 'broken' system

Bill to simplify FOIA requests passes House – but with security services carve-out
12 Jan 20:17
Mobile

T-Mobile US CEO Legere apologizes/refuses to apologize for BingeOn

Analysis A change of tune? More a learning experience
12 Jan 19:56
Broadband

Comcast repeatedly crams modem upgrade demands into browsers

No, I'm quite happy with my own gear, says punter
34 Comments
12 Jan 19:40
Storage

Devilish flash DIMMer Diablo gets $19m and new CEO

Comment Funding round coincident with legal foe getting another defeat
12 Jan 19:23
Science

Human cost of California gas well leak revealed

Refugees would fill 176 double-decker buses, BBC explains
21 Comments
12 Jan 18:20
DevOps

Ansible dumps Van Halen product names for Led Zeppelin references

Will v2.0 incompatibilities leave users dazed and confused?
12 Jan 17:51
The Channel

HPE smashes champers bottle on side of punter experience centre

Trying to ‘demonstrate the art of the possible’. Right
12 Jan 17:33
Security

Join The Register at Enigma, USENIX’s new security conference

Promo Deciphering the Underground, one paper at a time
12 Jan 17:01
Applications

Microsoft’s Get Windows 10 nagware shows signs of sentience

RoTM Humanity versus GWX: Are we ready for the battle?
106 Comments
12 Jan 16:14
Security

Cybercops cuff two in hunt for DDoS extortion masterminds

Zombie master suspects tracked to Bosnia
12 Jan 15:29
Financial News

Scality given $10m funds from partner HPE. Plans to polish RING

HPE showers 'petabyte-scale' SDN firm Scality in gold
12 Jan 14:55
Government

MoJ extends yet another IT contract in transition to 'tower model'

Good luck, prisoners
12 Jan 14:31
Science

Boffins switch on pinchfist incandescent bulb

An efficient new spin on old school tungsten tech
58 Comments
12 Jan 14:05
Applications
zombie_648

Come in Internet Explorers, your time is up. Or not. Up to you

Zombie IEs 8, 9 and 10 limp on
40 Comments
12 Jan 13:39
Developer
2001: A Space Odyssey

Eric Schmidt, for one, welcomes our new robot overlords

And Facebook’s CTO ... AI?
21 Comments
12 Jan 13:05
Security

One Ring to pwn them all: IoT doorbell can reveal your Wi-Fi key

All you need is a screwdriver and a smartphone
43 Comments
12 Jan 12:51
Security

Biz jabber tool Slack realises it needs a Chief Security Officer

New hire comes from CIA-funded document management firm
12 Jan 12:27
Media

Wikimedia Foundation bins community-elected trustee

Also appoints former Google exec to another seat
16 Comments
12 Jan 12:01
Cloud

Southend-on-Sea splashes £1.5m on hybrid cloud data centre

Deal will create 'agile' services, apparently. Erm, ever heard of G-Cloud?
14 Comments
12 Jan 11:34
Storage

All-flash hot-shot Elastifile pulls open wallet for big B-round

Storage software startup wth mild XtremIO flavour
12 Jan 10:50
Government

EU lawmaker committees call for single EU telco regulator

And we need a 'harmonised framework' for spectrum allocation as well
12 Jan 10:04
Security

Asian cyber-spies fling Seven Pointed Dagger against Myanmar, NGOs

Ninja malware in multi-pronged attack
12 Jan 09:31
The Channel

Former prez of Misco parent Systemax declared bankrupt

Ex-exec Pim Dale falls on hard(er) times
12 Jan 09:02
Security

Open Web Application Security Project issues new secure coding bible

Independent security advice can keep you out of The Register's security section
12 Comments
12 Jan 08:29
Bootnotes

Wanted man sends selfie to replace 'terrible' police mug shot

I don't look like 'James Brown on the run' says court-dodger
38 Comments
12 Jan 08:02
CyberSec

Future Snowden hunt starts with audit of NSA spooks' privileges

No more sudo cp -R * /dev/DVD
32 Comments
12 Jan 07:32
Science

Philae's phinal phlop: Lonely lander didn't answer wakeup signal

Odds of revival: tiny. Odds of brick on comet: unbackable
18 Comments
12 Jan 06:58
Security

Turkish carder scores record 332-year jail term

135-years for yanking 11 bank cards, on top of previous 199-year stretch
12 Comments
12 Jan 06:32
Virtualization
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Microsoft kicks VMware right in its weakest, cloudiest spot

Improved VMware-to-Azure backup service shows, again, the weakness of vCloud Air
25 Comments
12 Jan 06:01
Cloud

Citrix buys System Center control freak, sells CloudPlatform

And for good measure gives XenDesktop and XenMobile a tweak or three
12 Jan 05:27
Security

Drupal uncrosses fingers, promises secured patching

Don't worry too much about CSRF, security wonks chirp
12 Jan 05:00
Security

FRITZ!Box home broadband routers' security FRITZed

SOHOpeless vuln gives attackers free VoIP calls
10 Comments
12 Jan 04:01
HPC

5.34 petaflop SGI monster forecast at US National Center for Atmospheric Research

SGI scores deal for new 'Cheyenne' super
12 Jan 03:07
Servers

Cisco forgot its own passwords for seven weeks

No, you're not the worst sysadmin in the world if you can't log on to a new UCS box
21 Comments
12 Jan 02:02

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