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Would you hire a hacker to run your security? 'Yes' say Brit IT bosses

We don't have enough securo bods in the industry either, reckon gloomy BOFHs
John Leyden, 30 Sep 11:46

WHY didn't Microsoft buy RIM? Us business blokes would have queued for THAT phone

Sysadmin blog Nothing cuts it if you're a sysadmin
Aaron Milne, 30 Sep 09:00

VMware vSAN test pilots: Don't panic but there's a chance of DATA LOSS

AHCI SATA controller won't play nice with Virtzilla's robo-storage beta
Simon Sharwood, 30 Sep 01:23

Samsung proposes 'remedies' to EU antitrust chief in fine dodge hope

Smartphone maker hopes to avoid penalties for its heated Apple patent war
Kelly Fiveash, 27 Sep 14:44

BlackBerry Black Friday: $1bn loss as warehouses bulge with hated Z10s

Biz plan in full: (1) Keep pumping out phones NO ONE WANTS (2) ??? (3) Er, no profit
Andrew Orlowski, 27 Sep 13:03

Google FAILS in attempt to nix Gmail data-mining lawsuit

No, Mr Ad Giant, you can't scan world+dog's emails without explicit consent
Kelly Fiveash, 27 Sep 11:19

Bill Gates: Yes, Ctrl-Alt-Del salute was a MISTAKE

Vid Billionaire software baron still smarting over 2001 on-stage burn?
Jasper Hamill, 26 Sep 17:43

Don't wait up for BBM on iPhone, Android – BlackBerry

Botched launch means another delay (till at least next week)
Andrew Orlowski, 26 Sep 11:38

Microsoft to execs: Please don't leave us. Here, have some shares

Needs 'continuity' after Ballmer's departure
Paul Kunert, 26 Sep 07:58

Chinese tat bazaar Alibaba snubs Honkers, eyes up Wall St float

$70bn IPO plotting has begun in New York, say 'sources'
Team Register, 25 Sep 14:07

Elop's enlarged package claim was a cock-up, admits Nokia chairman

'Twas an 'accident' to say whopping £15.6m payoff was unremarkable
Andrew Orlowski, 25 Sep 13:18

Look out, world! HP's found a use for Autonomy - rescuing Win XP bods

Life-support switch-off deadline looms, wouldn't want anything to happen to your lovely data
Chris Mellor, 25 Sep 10:43
three amigos movie poster + three speaking in tech podcast hosts: Greg Kniereman, Sarah Vela, Ed Saiptech

Speaking in Tech: 'Why are you talking on your iPad Mini?'

Podcast Everyone has to conquer their own personal El Guapo. For Sarah, it's the blinged-up iPhone 5S
Team Register, 25 Sep 08:28

Robocars, backseat fun, satnav 2.0: Meet the bit of Nokia Microsoft didn't buy

Interview Exec veep on the 'slow' pace of Windows 8, Ballmer, patents and more
Andrew Orlowski, 24 Sep 14:09

Opinion

yellow measuring tape - black writing

How do you choose your vendors?

Sysadmin blog Trevor Pott has a little list. What has he missed?
Trevor Pott, 17 Sep 08:29

Why Teflon Ballmer had to go: He couldn't shift crud from Windows 8, Surface

Analysis Revolting shareholders poised to glom on to Microsoft's non-stick CEO
Gavin Clarke, 27 Aug 13:57

News

Can't fit slab AND mobe in your tight pockets? 10 tablets with built-in 3G/4G

Product Round-up Fondle the web wherever you are without Wi-Fi or a clingy phone
Alun Taylor, 23 Sep 10:23

Oracle's Ellison talks up 'ungodly speeds' of in-memory database. SAP: *Cough* Hana

OpenWorld Plus new, RAM-heavy hardware promises 100x performance improvement
Neil McAllister, 23 Sep 09:59

VMware to customers: STOP INSTALLING OUR SOFTWARE! NOW!

Update 'Very critical' error in vSphere Replication 5.5 could cause 'irreversible' damage
Simon Sharwood, 23 Sep 06:02

Ex-BT boss bags £9 MILLION bye-bye bundle, moves to key gov post

Lord Livingston given 2.6 million company shares
Kelly Fiveash, 20 Sep 13:39

Axe falls: Virgin Media plans to kill 600 management jobs

Parent Liberty Global says telco can only grow with layoffs
Kelly Fiveash, 20 Sep 11:38

We saw you admire that rack: UK server sales are finally recovering

Splice the mainbrace, boys! Bulging treasure chests GREW in Q2
Paul Kunert, 19 Sep 16:03

How do you choose your vendors?

Sysadmin blog Trevor Pott has a little list. What has he missed?
Trevor Pott, 17 Sep 08:29

'British Bill Gates' Lynch laments HP's Autonomy 'botch-up'

Ex-CEO reckons he can help UK startups ... unless they're social media sites
Gavin Clarke, 16 Sep 16:03

IBM offloads customer services biz for half a BEELLION DOLLARS

Sells up 'commodity business' BPO to US tech distie Synnex
Paul Kunert, 11 Sep 11:14

HP dumped from Dow Jones Industrial Average

Booted from bellwether that still welcomes Microsoft, Intel and Cisco
The Register breaking news

Alibaba stands firm against Hong Kong exchange over IPO

Firm battles to keep management in control after it goes public

CSC boss post-NHS IT flop, Ford CEO 'pitched' as the next Steve Ballmer

Top Microsoft investors said to have lightly leaned on Gates
An engraving of a soldier launching a fire-arrow

Torched £30 server switch costs phone firm millions in lost sales

Where is configuration management when you need it?
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It's not the data you have, it's what you do with it

Computacenter's Bill McGloin looks ahead

Why Teflon Ballmer had to go: He couldn't shift crud from Windows 8, Surface

Analysis Revolting shareholders poised to glom on to Microsoft's non-stick CEO
management governance3

Config management: Enemy of agile approach or the reason it WORKS?

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (turn and face the strain)

IBM unleashes 'big data' on wind, solar power management

Chinese megaplant adopts Big Blue's cloud tech – no, not that cloud, the ones in the sky
Rik Myslewski, 12 Aug 23:38
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Tell me, professor, what is big data?

A whole different dimension, says data scientist Mark Whitehorn
Mark Whitehorn, 12 Aug 10:03