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US House okays making internet tax exemptions permanent

Trade deal includes forever renewal of banning ISP charge

Microsoft to OneDrive users: We're sorry, click the magic link to keep your free storage

Unlimited storage still going away though

No root for you! Google slams door on Symantec certs

Google being 'alarmist' claims Symantec

Steve Jobs mural highlights plight of Syrian refugees

Security

France says 'non' to Wi-Fi and Tor restrictions after terror attack

Daesh-bags won't kill liberté, égalité, fraternité
40 Comments
11 Dec 22:23
Business

Volkswagen blames emissions cheating on 'chain of errors'

Manufacturer claims issue 'largely concluded.' Others beg to differ
78 Comments
11 Dec 22:21
Government

US House okays making internet tax exemptions permanent

Trade deal includes forever renewal of banning ISP charge
38 Comments
11 Dec 22:14
Government

Silicon Valley's Congresswoman comes to the defense of Tor

Lofgren asks pointed questions of Homeland Security
24 Comments
11 Dec 21:41
Storage

Microsoft to OneDrive users: We're sorry, click the magic link to keep your free storage

Unlimited storage still going away though
67 Comments
11 Dec 21:05
Bootnotes

Steve Jobs mural highlights plight of Syrian refugees

Banksy's back at it
81 Comments
11 Dec 20:46

Don't miss SpaceX starts nine-day countdown to first flight of the new Falcon

Hardware

Japan unveils net-wielding police drones for air patrol

Cop copters to snag misbehaving civilian flyers
26 Comments
11 Dec 20:44
Security

No root for you! Google slams door on Symantec certs

Google being 'alarmist' claims Symantec
28 Comments
11 Dec 18:54
Security

Car parking mobile apps are vulnerable to hacking, say infosec folk

Man-in-the-middle diddle affects sadly unnamed apps
11 Dec 18:03
Storage

Could NetApp buy SolidFire? It would be outside its comfort zone

Analysis George Kurian’s outfit can only go so far with retro-fitting
11 Dec 17:02
Developer

Android developers: Enter our competition to win great prizes

Promo Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+, Galaxy Tab S2
11 Dec 16:02
Developer

Google tries to spread the SQL cloud love

Here's some cash. Please come and use our beta
11 Dec 15:12
Cloud

Adobe: We locked our customers in the cloud and out poured money

Profits double after shift to software subscriptions
91 Comments
11 Dec 14:36
Science
Kjell Lindgren of NASA (left), Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center) and Kimiya Yui

ISS 'naut trio return to snowy terra firma

Soyuz capsule touches down in chilly Kazakhstan
11 Comments
11 Dec 14:10
Developer
Open Live Writer is released as open source

Microsoft releases Windows Live Writer as open source

Favourite blogging tool now ready for hacking - but cross platform will not be easy
11 Dec 13:41
Cloud

Amazon Web Services clears fog with public cloud fee price list API

Biz reckons it wants to make flogging cloud less misty
11 Dec 13:10
Mobile

Mozilla backs away from mobile OS as Android looks invincible

When in a hole, stop digging
41 Comments
11 Dec 12:38
Bootnotes

NZ unfurls proposed new flag

Out with the Union Jack, in with the Silver Fern
99 Comments
11 Dec 12:14
Financial News

Millionaire staffers pop corks at Atlassian as Oz biz raises $462m

First day of IPO and shares soar by a third
11 Dec 11:46
Security

Predictable: How AV flaw hit Microsoft's Windows defences

An ecosystem issue explained
35 Comments
11 Dec 11:14
Security

NetNames confirms easily.co.uk whacked by cyber crims

'Unauthorised access' gained.... no data stolen but change your password anyway'
12 Comments
11 Dec 10:45
Media

Rupert Murdoch wants Google and chums to be g-men's backdoor men

In Brief Media mogul agrees with Republican senator in 'safety over privacy' claim
62 Comments
11 Dec 10:34
PLAYMOBIL - Full Coverage

Spanish village mounts Playmobil extravaganza

PICS Elvis spotted among miniature masses, our man on the spot reports
22 Comments
11 Dec 10:01
Bootnotes

Name that HPE boozer: Last orders please

Final chance to dub private London drinking club
28 Comments
11 Dec 09:27
Site News

Cash'n'Carrion Xmas goodies - last delivery dates loom

Still 10 per cent off everything in our big Yule sale
11 Dec 09:02
Jobs

Electrician cuts wrong wire and downs 25,000 square foot data centre

On-Call Reader tried to scare his boss by warning of a one percent chance of failure. But his boss liked those odds ...
158 Comments
11 Dec 08:30
Cloud

Microsoft offers Linux certification. Do not adjust your set. This is not an error

When 'they' say the cloud changes everything, 'they' might be right
60 Comments
11 Dec 08:02
Security

Hackers add exploit kit to article asking 'Is cyber crime out of control?'

Net menaces show warped sense of humour in attack on Grauniad story
24 Comments
11 Dec 07:29
Storage
Geometric_Objects

'MySQL of object storage' Minio: Any user, any dev, any scale... really?

Object storage for everyone
11 Dec 07:02
Security
Homer Simpson driving

Hundreds of thousands of engine immobilisers hackable over the net

Kiwicon Kiwi hacker finds brutal holes in location, tracking units
16 Comments
11 Dec 06:31
Cloud

Typo in case-sensitive variable name cooked Google's cloud

Patch to Container Engine needed just one more item of shift key action
58 Comments
11 Dec 05:55
Science

ISS trio set for televised taxi ride home

Depart orbiting outpost this morning, next stop Kazakhstan
11 Dec 04:58
Laptops and Tablets

Tablet computer zoom error saw plane fly 13 hours with 46cm hole

Qatar Airways flight took off from wrong spot, hit lights, made it home without alarm
87 Comments
11 Dec 03:58
Data Centre

Dell creates new Extreme team for all data centre kit, at any scale

Meet Dell's super-duper, learning, loving, sharing, talking hyper-scaling team
11 Dec 02:58
Security

Google cloaks Android in Red Screen of malware Dearth

Safe browsing mode extended to fool phishing without increasing boosting batteries
10 Comments
11 Dec 02:03
Security

Overhaul Wassenaar or ruin next Heartbleed fix, top policy boffin says

Kiwicon Stop crooks, not 100 cross-border collaboration during crises
11 Dec 01:02
Security

US State Department sicko pleads guilty to sextortion from UK embassy

Online blackmailer faces lengthy stretch inside
19 Comments
11 Dec 00:58
Software

Still running IE10? Not for long, says Microsoft

Browser support will be running out for most users on January 12
45 Comments
11 Dec 00:51
Cloud

VMware finds back door for US military mega-deal, but Nutanix, Citrix protest again

Small deal with US Army expanded, and set alarms ringing
11 Dec 00:22
Business

Judge adds new army to Uber driver suit

Opens door for more plaintiffs in class action case
10 Comments
10 Dec 23:27
Business

SpaceX starts nine-day countdown to first flight of the new Falcon

Hoping to avoid rocket roasting on an open fire
30 Comments
10 Dec 21:07
Government

Social media snitching bill introduced into US Congress by intel bosses

Companies told to watch customers for terrorist tendencies
29 Comments
10 Dec 20:21
Networks

Verizon sees AT&T 'sponsored data' billing scheme, says 'me too!'

Another telco signs on for net neutrality end-run
10 Dec 20:01
Security
Collection of antique keys

US government pushing again on encryption bypass

FBI chief and deputy CTO bring issue back to the table
76 Comments
10 Dec 19:38
Hardware
Big Sur

Facebook one-ups Google with open hardware release

Deep learning mindgrab war hots up
13 Comments
10 Dec 19:16
Infrastructure
Fruit and vegetables on display on the shelves of a supermarket

HP Euro Cloud28 app store open for biz, 'get yer infra-as-service ere'

Branding nightmare if UK actually withdraws from EU
10 Dec 17:30
DevOps

Node.js Foundation gets a small sprinkling of Yahoo!

Server-side JavaScript giant pitches in
11 Comments
10 Dec 17:01
Storage

NetApp wades into UK engineering pool, crowns first local techie officer

Grant Caley to play Babelfish between users, sales teams
10 Dec 16:25
DevOps

Structure this: Open-source containers project unboxed

Open Container Initiative gets formalised
10 Dec 16:10

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