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Ex-Citibank IT bloke wiped bank's core routers, will now spend 21 months in the clink

Performance review sparks deletion, 110 offices knackered

Cats, dogs starve as web-connected chow chute PetNet plays dead

Failure forces humans to 'manually' feed ravenous pooches and pussies

Microsoft blames dying Surface Pro 3 batteries on software bug

Device life measured in minutes

Did Donald Trump really just ask Russia to hack the US govt? Yes, he did

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Cloud

Salesforce's data-losing NA14 instance is still a bit naughty

It's up and down like the Assyrian Empire! Or at least rather wobbly
28 Jul 03:57
Developer

Plenty of fish in the C, IEEE finds in language popularity contest

R: you ready for a top-ten spot?
28 Jul 02:52
Law

Qualcomm STEMs gender lawsuit with US$19.5 million

Class action engineers ways to pull down glass ceiling
28 Jul 01:46
News Bytes
Buzz Aldrin's Apollo XI expenses claim revealed
28 Jul 04:00
Avaya data leak bug
28 Jul 02:46
BEEEELLIONth iPhone sold
28 Jul 01:00
Hardware

Tesla autopilot driver 'was speeding' moments before death – prelim report

Turns out a simple thing could have saved his life
14 Comments
28 Jul 00:44
Broadband

How to upgrade cities to 40Gbps broadband without replacing today's fiber network

Verizon to test gear to boost speeds to homes, businesses
27 Jul 23:59
Hardware

Airbus doesn't just make aircraft – now it designs drone killers

Vid New security system downs sky spies from seven miles away
27 Jul 23:33
Business

Australian Banks ask permission to form anti-Apple cartel

iPhones' NFC chips sought for own transaction tech, rather than ApplePay alone
10 Comments
27 Jul 22:37
Security

Couple in the cooler for sucking $1m out of Uncle Sam via IRS 'Get Transcript' scam

DoJ says pair exploited web tools to file fake returns
27 Jul 21:41

Don't miss Microsoft adds useful feature to PowerPoint. Seriously

Security

Did Donald Trump really just ask Russia to hack the US govt? Yes, he did

And now denies it. But hey: News cycle!
85 Comments
27 Jul 20:22
Laptops and Tablets

Microsoft blames dying Surface Pro 3 batteries on software bug

Device life measured in minutes
19 Comments
27 Jul 19:36
Data Networking

Ex-Citibank IT bloke wiped bank's core routers, will now spend 21 months in the clink

Performance review sparks deletion, 110 offices knackered
21 Comments
27 Jul 18:57
Security

Jacob Appelbaum is a bullying sex pest, says ex-employer Tor Project

Anonymizing tool team concludes investigation and fires two others
16 Comments
27 Jul 18:42
Science

NASA peers through its SpeX: Aha! Jupiter's globe-warming hotspot

You can't get internet there, but Giant Red Spot is clue to 'energy crisis'
27 Jul 17:00
Cloud

Cats, dogs starve as web-connected chow chute PetNet plays dead

Failure forces humans to 'manually' feed ravenous pooches and pussies
40 Comments
27 Jul 15:46
Government
Q in James Bond

NATO holds up £2.5bn platter of IT procurement deals: Help yourselves

Alliance is to splurge cash on plethora of new hardware and software
27 Jul 15:02
Bootnotes

Church organist nabbed for playing glory hole in excelsis

One gift from God (a) man did not want to see
36 Comments
27 Jul 14:29
Security

Oh deer.io: Cyberpunks using one-stop DIY web biz shops

You don't even need to know web design to be a baddie
27 Jul 14:03
Bootnotes

Lowland Scots plunged into panic by marauding ostrich family

Nicola Sturgeon’s home county stalked by angry Struthionforme
34 Comments
27 Jul 13:24
Science

Gullible Essex Police are now using junk science lie detectors

And sent Constable Ned Kelly on an 11-week training course to use the things
75 Comments
27 Jul 12:49
Networks

Heart Internet goes TITSUP again

Total Inability To Support Usual Per... one server?
19 Comments
27 Jul 12:13
Financial News

Boo hoo. Brexit to hit Capita's bottom line

Don't worry, outsourcing giant is still doing a roaring trade
27 Jul 11:56
Applications

Microsoft adds useful feature to PowerPoint. Seriously

New non-linear view poses threat to cosmic order
41 Comments
27 Jul 11:34
Financial News

Brit chip bods ARM quietly piling up cash. Softbank will be happy

Processor design nets £100m in last quarter for Cambridge-based biz
27 Jul 11:23
Security

Saved from ransomware thugs... by rival ransomware thug

Chimera cybercrook competitor hands victims the keys
27 Jul 11:11
Financial News
Lady standing on a hand with a megaphone shouting into mans ear

QLogic boosted profits 700% in a year. What's that chomping sound?

Last quarterly results before the great Cavium slurp commences
27 Jul 10:48
Infrastructure
Man relaxes, stretches out, outs his feet up on a cloud.... Fun but hammy stock pic. Photo by Shutterstock

Getting comfortable with cloud-based security: Who to trust to do what

You don’t always have to do everything yourself. Really
27 Jul 10:05
Financial News
Businesspeople look at folder of papers in shock. Photo by Shutterstock

Speaking in Tech: Just expense it! You know you want to...

Podcast Yahoo, DNC emails and, er, business cards
27 Jul 09:30
DevOps

Why Agile is like flossing and regular sex

The difference between doing it and saying you're doing it
61 Comments
27 Jul 09:00
Storage

Get yer gnashers round 64-layer 3D NAND, beam WDC and Toshiba

Layered chippery leading to potential SSD capacity doubling
27 Jul 08:39
Government

MPs reiterate risks of mega £10bn Aspire contract overhaul

Sure you want to rely on 'digital' to plug slashed jobs?
27 Jul 08:18
Security

Explo-Xen! Bunker buster bug breaks out guests from hypervisor

Code dive Explo-Xen ... it rhymes with explosion
12 Comments
27 Jul 08:00
Science

NASA puts lenses through a different drill to stare at the Sun

19th century optics gets the 21st century treatment
14 Comments
27 Jul 07:30
Security

Zero-day hole can pwn millions of LastPass users, all that's needed is a malicious site

Updated Remote 'complete account compromise' possible, Google hacker finds
80 Comments
27 Jul 06:30
Security

Osram's Lightify smart bulbs blow a security fuse – isn't anything code audited anymore?

Four unpatched bugs remain after nine found
33 Comments
27 Jul 06:01
Security

Cisco busts ransomware rodent targeting bitcoin, cryptocoin subreddits

VXer mass posts to Reddit in sorrowful bid to make a living
27 Jul 05:30
Security

Cisco warns responders: Drop ego, assimilate with the IR playbook

Pay your dues, noob, or talk to Dunning and Kruger
27 Jul 04:55
Business

VW's first US settlement nearly settled

Nearly US$15 BEEELION set down for 2.0 litre 'dieselgate'
12 Comments
27 Jul 04:32
Hardware

Facebook Surround360 design lands at GitHub

DIY VR cam: only US$30k
27 Jul 04:05
Security

Did the Russians really hack the DNC or is this another Sony Pictures moment? You decide

Poll You're Putin me in a tough spot, here
71 Comments
27 Jul 03:04
Financial News
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Services income helps Juniper keep Q2 from collapse

Switches moving, routers and security decline
27 Jul 02:02
Science
Solar Impulse 2

Captain Piccard's planet-orbiting solar aircraft in warped drive drama

505-day trip won't engage much commercial interest
60 Comments
27 Jul 01:31
Games

Pokemon GO-ZILLA: Safety fears after monsters appear in Fukushima danger zone

What is it with the Japanese, radiation and made-up creatures?
42 Comments
27 Jul 00:55
Security

3D print biz Shapeways hacked, home and email addresses swiped

Hashed passwords exposed, too
26 Jul 23:54
Hardware

What's losing steam at Apple? Pretty much everything

Cook: Hey, we thought it was going to be even worse
68 Comments
26 Jul 23:34
Law

Europe gives Privacy Shield one year to work

But privacy watchdogs warn they'll be gunning for it come 2017
26 Jul 22:06

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