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AMD to fix slippery hypervisor-busting bug in its CPU microcode

AnalysisPatch for Piledriver chips emitted this week to kill off potentially exploitable glitches

HP Enterprise Services readies deeper cuts in UK: Now 1,000 techies face axe

ExclusiveFriday memo warns hundreds more at risk

Everything bad in the world can be traced to crap Wi-Fi

Something for the Weekend, Sir?You know it’s going to go wrong, don’t you?

Microsoft wants to lock everyone into its store via universal Windows apps, says game kingpin

Hardware

AMD to fix slippery hypervisor-busting bug in its CPU microcode

Analysis Patch for Piledriver chips emitted this week to kill off potentially exploitable glitches
17 Comments
06 Mar 14:02
Security

Amazon douses flames, vows to restore Fire OS fondleslab encryption

Under-Fire web biz finds reverse gear after outcry from Fire and Kindle owners
15 Comments
06 Mar 03:12
Media

You're fired! No – you're acquired! Reality TV hits Silicon Valley startups

First, Trump with The Apprentice. Now, Jason Calacanis in San Francisco
15 Comments
05 Mar 01:57
Science

Fifth time's the charm as SpaceX pops satellite into orbit

Rocket water landing is a washout
58 Comments
05 Mar 01:16
Developer

Microsoft wants to lock everyone into its store via universal Windows apps, says game kingpin

Redmond responds: Our OS is so great!
68 Comments
05 Mar 00:52
Bootnotes

Electrified bird bum bomb shuts down US nuclear power plant

Excrement short-circuit fingered for fowl play
33 Comments
05 Mar 00:34

Don't miss French parliament votes to jail tech execs who refuse to decrypt data

Security

Norman Conquest, King Edward, cyber pathogen and illegal gambling all emerge in Apple v FBI

Analysis But it actually makes more sense than that
63 Comments
05 Mar 00:00
Security

Snowden is a hero to the security biz – but not for the reason you'd expect

RSA 2016 Whistleblower's revelations mean vendors make bank
15 Comments
04 Mar 22:31
Security

Beleaguered bank boss brought-up in Bitcoin bribery brouhaha

Creeps finagled positions on bank board
04 Mar 22:17
Security

French parliament votes to jail tech execs who refuse to decrypt data

Because terrorism
35 Comments
04 Mar 21:58
Business

HP Enterprise Services readies deeper cuts in UK: Now 1,000 techies face axe

Exclusive Friday memo warns hundreds more at risk
29 Comments
04 Mar 21:14
Security

BlackEnergy malware activity spiked in runup to Ukraine power grid takedown

But its role in the attack remains unclear
04 Mar 20:47
Law

Google gives ringing endorsement to US VPN providers with 'right to be forgotten' expansion

Chocolate Factory rolls out geolocation filter on search results
25 Comments
04 Mar 20:06
Law
Uncle Sam, photo via Shutterstock

How the FBI will lose its iPhone fight, thanks to 'West Coast Law'

Analysis Uncle Sam can't argue against science
75 Comments
04 Mar 19:37
Science

SpaceX Falcon 9 set yet again to soar aloft

Fifth go at SES-9 comms sat launch tonight
04 Mar 18:30
Financial News
Ice_hockey_game

Pretty, Nimble, but these financials just aren't nimble enough

Revenue rises tempered by deepening losses
04 Mar 17:27
Virtualization

HPE targets Nutanix, squeezes into hyperconvergence suit

I know it's crowded. Breathe deeply, folks
04 Mar 16:58
The Channel

LCD price fixing settlement helps sweeten Tech Data's bottom line

Profits jump nearly a fifth on tight cost controls
04 Mar 16:47
Media

We’re not holding biz to ransom, says pay to play ad-blocking outfit

No, really. We’re here to help
29 Comments
04 Mar 15:57
Applications

'$5bn for Slack?! I refuse to pay!' You don't pay – and that's its biggest problem

Comment Of unicorns, centaurs and the #Slacklash
29 Comments
04 Mar 14:55
Security

If NatWest texts you about online banking fraud, don't click the link

It looks pukka but it's actually fraudsters, warns watchdog
28 Comments
04 Mar 14:03
Media

Mechanical black hole: Microsoft settles music royalties sueball

Over to you Google
04 Mar 13:32
Security

Outsourced Virgin Media techies botched this infosec bod's Poodle fix

Firm says it'll rebrief everyone to 'meet its usual high standards'
35 Comments
04 Mar 13:05
Financial News

Hardware – yes, hardware – is driving Hewlett Packard Enterprise's top line

But it came at a cost: Operating profits down by almost half
04 Mar 12:39
Bootnotes

Brit firm unleashes drone-busting net cannon

SkyWall100: Gas-powered intelligent projectile interceptor
62 Comments
04 Mar 12:21
Business

Machismo is ruining the tech industry for all of us. Equally

Opinion Why can't we all just get along?
72 Comments
04 Mar 12:02
Government

North Dorset Council hit by ransomware, flips the bird at miscreants

'We will not make ransom payments in such circumstances'
37 Comments
04 Mar 11:48
SPB

LOHAN sponsor knocks up nifty iMac fish tank

Something to entertain while waiting for the FAA
12 Comments
04 Mar 11:25
Security
Container meltdown

Backup bods at Microsoft lose CA audit data after server crash

Spare us your files, guv?
20 Comments
04 Mar 10:57
Media
Zuckerberg photo Facebook

Facebook paid £4k in tax. HMRC then paid Facebook £27k – for ads

Free content ad network says it'll pay much more tax in future, though. So that's OK
46 Comments
04 Mar 10:26
Broadband

Everything bad in the world can be traced to crap Wi-Fi

Something for the Weekend, Sir? You know it’s going to go wrong, don’t you?
101 Comments
04 Mar 10:01
Government

E-borders will be eight years late and cost more than £1bn

'Essential...but the Home Office is blasé about delivery'
32 Comments
04 Mar 09:34
DevOps

Docker may be the dumbest thing you do today

Welcome to the enterprise minefield
32 Comments
04 Mar 09:02
Jobs

Vendor rep 'Stinky Sam' told to wash and brush teeth or lose job

On-Call (Tales of Sales) Chap reeked of 'rotting onions', crashed a train simulator but came up smelling of roses
28 Comments
04 Mar 08:28
Infrastructure

Rejoice, sysadmins, there's a new glamour job nobody understands

Gartner's anointed 'IoT Architect' as the must-have business card of tomorrow
19 Comments
04 Mar 07:57
Media

No more Nookie for Blighty as Barnes & Noble pulls out

Can you keep your books? No guarantees
58 Comments
04 Mar 07:31
Government

Essex cop abused police IT systems to snoop on his in-laws

'Award-winning' boy in blue given 'final written warning'
47 Comments
04 Mar 07:00
CyberSec

Rent a denial-of-service booter for $60, wreak $720k in damage

Or $7.2 million a day, by some measures
04 Mar 06:30
Security

Q&A: Bruce Schneier on joining IBM, IoT woes, and Apple v the FBI

RSA 2016 It's going to get worse before it gets better
04 Mar 06:02
Media

Facebook can block folks using pseudonyms in Germany – court

Real-name-only policy is governed by Irish law
33 Comments
04 Mar 05:30
Security

Chrome 49 goes live as Google pays bug mercs $51k to patch 26 holes

Eight high-severity flaws found
04 Mar 04:56
CyberSec

Actual pirates hack shipping biz servers to pinpoint vessels carrying precious booty

Skiff-sailing slimeballs screw shoddy shell
15 Comments
04 Mar 03:56
Government

India to educate 60 million more village homes about tech

290m people join program already targeting 520 million – Zuck on that, Facebook
04 Mar 03:33
Business

Worried by VMware's executive exodus? Dell should be

Misfortune or carelessness? Both are at work down Virtzilla way
04 Mar 02:58
CyberSec
ISIS fighters

US defense sec: We're cyber-bombing ISIS

Next-gen radio jamming starts
04 Mar 01:58
Science
Colossus computer from The Forbin Project

How exactly do you rein in a wildly powerful AI before it enslaves us all?

RSA 2016 Oxford uni egghead says plans are afoot
114 Comments
04 Mar 01:26
Networks

Net neutrality crusaders take aim at Comcast's Stream TV service

Complaint asks FCC to punish cable colossus
15 Comments
04 Mar 01:13
Phones

Surprise! That blood-pressure app doesn't measure blood pressure

Be still my beating heart? The iPhone won't notice
31 Comments
04 Mar 00:58
Science

Uncle Sam's boffins stumble upon battery storage holy grail

Analysis Eat it, Musk, Gates and Khosla
225 Comments
04 Mar 00:02

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