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'In making this Batmobile copyright ruling, we cite one sage Bruce Wayne'

Plus: 'Well, the internet experiment escaped the lab'

QuoTW This week a new iPhone rocked up, we got creeped out by Blighty spooks and everything seemingly went up in smoke for emissions cheat Volkswagen.

So how about some of our favourite quotes from the past seven days?

Apple's iPhone 6S and 6S Plus went on sale on Friday and, naturally enough, fanbois around the world naively formed an orderly queue for a marketing stunt that has happened every year since 2007.

In Glasgow, Reg reader Joseph Heenan duly staked out his local Apple store and noticed the fanbois were even more enthusiastic than usual:

Keeping the cheering up for a lot longer than last year (it's 09:30 now and they're *still* at it).

Some people are just really into a smaller battery, a fused screen and a weightier pocket drooper, we guess ...

Facebook has rolled out some improved security features that have the industry optimistic. Among those fighting Zuck's corner was Andy Yen, co-founder of Proton Mail. He offered up the following thoughts:

We are glad that giants like Facebook are supporting these efforts and if more companies join in, the movement to improve privacy online will be unstoppable.

And if the idea of "unstoppable" online privacy doesn't have you sceptical, try swallowing this one.

The US and China claim they have agreed to stop hacking each other. In a deal about as likely as cats and dogs calling a cease-fire, the two nations want us to believe state-sponsored hacks are a thing of the past.

Prez Barak Obama:

We have agreed that neither the US nor the Chinese government will conduct, or knowingly support, cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property – including trade secrets or other confidential business information – for commercial advantage.

Barry, you already got re-elected. No need to make the absurd false promises any more.

But don't be mistaken in thinking that government fibbing is exclusive to the yanks.

Us limeys aren't exactly squeaky clean, either. Just take a look at Britain's national health service ...

The NHS has been found letting anyone and everyone make crazy claims about their mobile apps. Researchers from the Imperial College London dug into the app library, and found blinders such as this:

A dermatology app claiming to have been downloaded over 35,000 times purported to identify pre-cancerous moles. However, on testing it was found to have just 10 per cent sensitivity to classify biopsy-proven melanomas correctly.

Looking to get rich quick?

Perhaps you should try your hand at speculating on IPv4 addresses. This week, ARIN confirmed that the US had completely run dry. How could this happen?

Internet daddy Vint Cerf explained:

When we designed the internet 40 years ago, we did some calculations and estimated that 4.3 billion terminations ought to be enough for an experiment. Well, the experiment escaped the lab.

And we close things this week with members of the US Court of Appeals panel channelling their inner Dark Knight.

In deciding a case over copyright protection for the Batmobile the three-judge line up decided to borrow a quote from Bruce Wayne himself:

As Batman so sagely told Robin, in our well-ordered society, protection of private property is essential.

Aww, Gotham City. Always brings a smile to our Vulture face. ®

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