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Exclusive The Confessions of SoBe Owns
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Part II: How a pair of American spies created the Soviet Silicon Valley

Radio Reg Affairs, social security checks and the mini-fab
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Home Secretary goes crazy on drugs... policy

Comment Cannabis abuse prompts irrational legislating
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Your personal data just got permanently cached at the US border

Fact or fiction? US Feds won't say
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HP pays $13.9bn for EDS

Updated Silicon Valley opens a branch in Texas

Black hole

MS whips lens cap off WorldWide Telescope

To reveal? The inexorable blackness of space

Windows

Microsoft slams OEMs over XP SP3 install cock-up

Suffers serious image problem

Romanian and Turkish scientists turn circuit boards into oil

Biomess goes biomass
Environment • 13 May 19:59

How ComScore can track your mouse clicks

Explores stream of unconsciousness
Networks • 12 May 12:02

Google and Facebook socialize world+dog

Having faces is not enough
Reg Developer • 13 May 19:24

Fedora 9 - an OS that even the Linux challenged can love

Plenty of muscle for hard core nerds too
Servers • 12 May 20:34

HP buys EDS: What are they thinking?

Analysis Backward looking forward statements
Financial News • 13 May 12:07

Next Ubuntu LTS in 2010, unless Linuxes synchronize

Common components
Servers • 13 May 19:08

Debian fixes serious crypto bug

Locksmith overtime for sys admins
Enterprise Security • 13 May 18:23

Google Android winners shun publicity

No, I don't want to be your 'friend'
Reg Developer • 13 May 17:54

Windows Server 2008 bundles get first 'public' airing

Taking care of the little guy
Channel Register • 13 May 17:52

Brocade cranks its Fibre switches and HBAs to 8Gb/s

Speedier SAN selection sighted
Data Networking • 13 May 15:55

Drive-by download attack compromises 500K websites

A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
Channel Register • 13 May 15:46

AT&T defends 'open' wireless network

Innovation '08 A mixed message
Wireless • 13 May 15:27

Dallas kids tracked for their own good

No more playing by the ol' water hole
Mobile • 13 May 14:36

Welsh Darth Vader dodges jail

'The drink is strong in this one'
Bootnotes • 13 May 13:59

Son of 419 victim contacts El Reg

Dad taken for $70k, pondering suicide
Bootnotes • 13 May 13:54

El Reg shares the knowledge

Reg Research Primed for business
IT Director • 12 May 12:53

Korean DMZ droids 'unfit for combat'

Fleshy troops hand tin soldiers a can of whup-ass
Policing • 13 May 13:50

SOCA denies ditching crime boss hunt

Still seeking Mr Big
Policing • 13 May 13:46

Becta asks EC to probe Microsoft school deals

Unfair licensing for non-interoperable products
Government • 13 May 13:25

Vendor touts notebook as desktop server replacement

Marvel at its quad-core processor! Gasp at its one-hour battery life!
Reg Hardware • 13 May 13:01

Gizmondo console revamp 'on track' for Q4 launch, claims boss

Only here for the Freer
Reg Hardware • 13 May 12:27

Heathrow 777 crash: Siberian cold to blame?

Probe into 'reduced fuel flow' considers possible freezing
Science • 13 May 12:04

Ofcom sharpens cutlasses for pirate radio assault

Internal docs expose plans for fines, surveillance
Government • 13 May 11:34

Taser rolls out taser-on-a-roll, new military zapbomb deal

Stunning new technology
Government • 13 May 11:33

UK punters love Nokia, hate McDonalds

Still buying more burgers than phones though
Mobile • 13 May 11:31

Brits favour ASBOs for unruly mobile users

A step too far?
Reg Hardware • 13 May 11:25

Lewis Hamilton and friend targeted in computer blackmail plot

Unwiped disc palaver
Crime • 13 May 11:15

LapDome Planet Business laptop bag and shade

Review Now you can type and tan
Reg Hardware • 13 May 10:51

Airbus revises A380 delivery schedule

Further delays
Science • 13 May 10:19

Sony OLED TV longevity claim challenged

Quoted lifespan not realistic, claims analyst
Reg Hardware • 13 May 10:18

Tiscali crosses Carphone Warehouse from bidders list

Dance card amended
Networks • 13 May 09:39

Oz driver sticks seatbelt on slab of beer

Do I buckle up the tinnies, or the 5-year-old kid?
Bootnotes • 13 May 09:35

Kiwi airliners converted into giant iPod docks

'Your aircraft becomes an authorised Apple accessory'
Entertainment • 13 May 09:20

Computer Misuse Act changes are delayed further

DoS attacks not criminal till October
Law • 13 May 08:54

UK's tallest bovine soars to 6ft 6in

An awful lot of bullock
Biology • 13 May 08:45

NetBeans extension makes simple work of PHP

Preview in review
Reg Developer • 13 May 08:44

Intel said to feed Google solid state drives

SSD shortage coming?
Channel Register • 13 May 01:10

TJX credit card heist suspect, 2 others, accused of new scam

Dave and Busted
Crime • 13 May 00:48

AMD excises two senior execs, while promoting server chief

Central Engineering roadmap task force formed
Servers • 12 May 23:57

Microsoft denies Zune copyright cop

Innovation '08 We play both sides of the IP fence
Law • 12 May 23:35

USAF Colonel goes on the offensive with botnet destroyer plan

Enemies reduced to 'hunks of metal and plastic'
Government • 12 May 23:02

Babbage's Difference Engine hits Silicon Valley

Wafers? Nah. How about bronze and wood?
PCs & Chips • 12 May 22:35

Data Domain guns de-duping gear

Quad-core injection
Storage • 12 May 21:22

HP in talks to buy EDS

Hurd's big bite
Financial News • 12 May 20:44

BOFH: Shiny new computer room

Episode 17 What's the catch?
BOFH • 9 May 11:02
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How a pair of American spies created the Soviet Silicon Valley

Radio Reg Espionage, affairs and PCs: Ahh, Zelenograd

LG KF700 slider phone

Review Triple-action, touch-screen handset

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Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! - the story so far

!!!!! All our exclamation marks in one place

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The Phorm files

Updated All yer data pimping news in one place

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