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How a tax form kludge gifted the world 25 joyous years of PDF

A worthy lesson in nifty programming and embracing standards

Tesla fingers former Gigafactory hand as alleged blueprint-leaking sabotage mastermind

Musk blames bad Tripp, drags fella into lawsuit

Mate, have a Flutter on the Darts: Google's mobe app toolkit for Fuchsia, others emerges

Preview release arrives to entice devs who believe cross-platform code is a good idea

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich quits biz after fling with coworker rumbled

Security

Israeli government weighs in on Facebook privacy, promises action

Intelligence boss whines about smartphone privacy
21 Jun 20:02
Security

Want to know what all that Fortnite hype is about? Whoa, Android fans – mind how you go

Malware writers preying on the game-curious with fake apps
21 Jun 19:37
Policy

US Supreme Court blocks internet's escape from state sales taxes

5-4 decision brings ecommerce in line with physical shops
21 Jun 19:19
HPC

Fujitsu kicks off field trials for post-K exascale computing processor

Prototyping wrapped up with delivery around 2021
21 Jun 17:29
Business

Brit reseller Aria PC's appeal against HMRC VAT fraud finding gets under way

Firm disputes findings of taxman and First-Tier tribunal
21 Jun 16:32
Security

WannaCry is back! (Psych. It's just phisher folk doing what they do)

Spamming scum fire out phishing frighteners
21 Jun 15:47

Don't miss Atari accuses El Reg of professional trolling and making stuff up. Welp, here's the interview tape for you to decide...

Emergent Tech

Accountants HATE them: Microsoft's Xbox harnesses blockchain to pay games publishers

But it used to use Excel and print-outs, just like us normies
21 Jun 14:59
Storage

By gum, that's chewy: Samsung's NF1 fattens M.2 card capacity with wider gumstick format

8TB drive can give 2U diskless servers 576TB capacity
21 Comments
21 Jun 14:09
DevOps

Serverless Computing London: Last chance to grab blind bird tickets

EventsWe’re about to hit go on agenda...
21 Jun 13:45
Data Centre

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich quits biz after fling with coworker rumbled

Top chip boss broke rules by having 'consensual relationship' with staffer, probe finds
52 Comments
21 Jun 13:27
The Channel

BlackBerry CEO: We need help from the channel to grow

Slight hiccup expected as former phone-maker diversifies
21 Jun 13:08
Storage

Micron: Hot DRAM, we're still shifting piles of kit, but somebody's missing our XPoint

Won't say who but we'll point with an elbow. *Cough* Intel *Cough*
21 Jun 12:29
Software
TSB bank in a UK high street

Test Systems Better, IBM tells UK IT meltdown bank TSB

UpdatedHired to assess migration chaos, Big Blue suggests lack of rigorous go-live criteria
50 Comments
21 Jun 11:55
Business

Dixons Carphone profits drop 24% amid hack 'n' high street struggles

CEO puts on a happy face
36 Comments
21 Jun 10:31
Security

Israel cyberczar drops hints about country's new security initiative

Israel Cyber WeekPM pops in to brag about industry wins
21 Jun 09:46
Storage

Qumulo tries to SoC it to nearline with Xeon D integrated systems

Range extension encroaches on Dell's Isilon territory
21 Jun 08:31
Personal Tech

How a tax form kludge gifted the world 25 joyous years of PDF

A worthy lesson in nifty programming and embracing standards
84 Comments
21 Jun 08:06
Security

Please tighten your passwords and assume the brace position, says plane-tracking site

Data breach at Flightradar24 scored some email addresses and hashed passwords
23 Comments
21 Jun 07:30
Personal Tech

Atari accuses El Reg of professional trolling and making stuff up. Welp, here's the interview tape for you to decide...

We're so very sorry that we found the MP3. Sad
118 Comments
21 Jun 07:01
Virtualization

VMware set to reveal blockchain, better app store, new AWS client

VMworld content catalogues are live and we’ve trawled ‘em
21 Jun 06:25
Science

NASA eggheads draw up blueprints for spotting, surviving asteroid hits

First America frets about aliens at its borders, now actual alien bodies turning up from space
35 Comments
21 Jun 06:04
Software

Microsoft open-sources UI Recorder tool for Windows 10 developers

An easy way to create automated user-interface tests
16 Comments
21 Jun 04:56
Internet of Things
suits clapping

HPE: You want full-blown enterprise software on our Edge boxes? You got it

Microsoft, SAP among app houses to 'validate' Edgeline
21 Jun 02:40
Networks
Fabric bolts photo via Shutterstock

Cisco passes around antidotes to noxious NX-OS code execution bugs

The June collection has some lovely fabric patches
21 Jun 01:44
Software
Dart board

Mate, have a Flutter on the Darts: Google's mobe app toolkit for Fuchsia, others emerges

Preview release arrives to entice devs who believe cross-platform code is a good idea
21 Jun 00:44
Security

Are your IoT gizmos, music boxes, smart home kit vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks? Here's how to check

Fancy website, code emitted – Roku, Google, etc stuff at risk
20 Comments
21 Jun 00:11
Security

IBM’s McAfee-as-a-service cloudy antivirus wobbled for nearly a day

UpdatedBig Blue’s restored its backups and says A-V-as-a-service is serviceable again
20 Jun 23:31
Security

Script kiddie goes from 'Bitcoin Baron' to 'Lockup Lodger' after DDoSing 911 systems

US bloke gets 20 months for knackering city govt IT
16 Comments
20 Jun 22:15
Artificial Intelligence

You've seen the hype. Now you're curious. Why not have a crack at AI using this online lab...

...from Microsoft, which also just bought upstart Bons.ai
20 Jun 21:40
Security

Microsoft Edge bug odyssey shows why we can't have nice things

UpdatedFixing security issues in the face of standards gaps and vendor silence isn't easy
40 Comments
20 Jun 21:10
Security

Tesla fingers former Gigafactory hand as alleged blueprint-leaking sabotage mastermind

Musk blames bad Tripp, drags fella into lawsuit
88 Comments
20 Jun 20:27
Security

Private sector needs a little sumthin' sumthin' to get it sharing threat intel – US security chap

Israel Cyber WeekSharing's caring, intone government bods
20 Jun 19:52
Storage

WD's Purple reign continues: 12TB helium disks for vid spy tech

Eight platters serving up 1.5TB each for data-belching surveillance cameras
13 Comments
20 Jun 18:49
Cloud

Microsoft CEO wades into ICE outcry: Cool it, we only do legacy mail

UpdatedEthics! Principles! But no talk of scrapping federal contract either
51 Comments
20 Jun 16:33
Security

Did you have locking down AI and blockchain as possible Intel SGX uses? If so, congrats...

Israel Cyber WeekBias-enabling algorithms and smart contract tech no one quite trusts now easier to secure
20 Jun 16:00
Storage

Microsoft: Blobs can be WORMs in the new, regs-compliant Azure

Storage goes immutable as Redmond plays catch-up
20 Jun 15:34
Software

Teradata lobs sueball at SAP, alleges HANA based on its 'trade secrets'

Claims German biz used ERP to 'lure' them into joint venture
13 Comments
20 Jun 14:49
Business
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JURI's out, Euro copyright votes in: Whoa, did the EU just 'break the internet'?

No, but not everyone's happy with the changes
82 Comments
20 Jun 13:37
Storage
Speed

Who dares wins, they say, so Toshiba's SAS drive plans another hit on SATA

Faster interface aims to replace 6Gbit/s dead end in servers
20 Jun 12:42
Bootnotes
Spinal tap 11 volume knob

MSDN unleashes a fresh round of unintentional innuendo bingo

It's Carry On Coding as Microsofties fiddle with knobs
76 Comments
20 Jun 12:18
Policy

EU negotiator: Crucial data adequacy deal will wait until UK hands in homework

Wants to shut off access to Europol, security DBs
47 Comments
20 Jun 12:12
Networks

Priceless: The cost to BT for bothering you with spam? 1.5 UK pence per email

Incumbent telco fined £77k for sending 5 million of the things
38 Comments
20 Jun 11:21
Security

Shared, not stirred: GCHQ chief says Europe needs British spies

Director insists collaboration will continue after Brexit
97 Comments
20 Jun 10:46

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