5th December 2008 Archive • The Register

Get in the lake, Sparky: Databricks touts new ingestion file sources

Lustre HPC file systems no longer disappear in a puff on Amazon Web Services – but you'll pay more

MWC now stands for Mighty Wallet Crusher? Smaller firms counting the cost after mobile industry event scrapped

Would-be .org gobbler Ethos Capital promises to keep prices down in last-ditch effort to keep $1.1bn deal alive

Credit Karma's enriched: Turbo Tax daddy Intuit snaps up personal finance platform for $7bn

Just the place you'd want to spot a BSOD: While waiting in line for a roller coaster that lifts you up 124ft

Huawei claims its Google Play replacement is in 'top 3' app stores after Trump turns off tap to the Chocolate Factory

Microsoft polishes Sphere, carts backups off to Azure – and mystery mobile claims to run Windows 10 and Android

Apple tries to have VirnetX VPN patent ruling overturned again, US Supremes say no... again

Password killer FIDO2 comes bounding into Azure Active Directory hybrid environments

Microsoft uses its expertise in malware to help with fileless attack detection on Linux

Samsung cops to data breach after unsolicited '1/1' Find my Mobile push notification

Continuous Lifecycle London 2020: Save £100s now – early-bird tix offer ends this week. This is one conference you don't want to miss

Are we having fund yet, npm? CTO calls for patience after devs complain promised donations platform has stalled

Google Cloud embraces GitOps with new Application Manager for Kubernetes

Honeycomb CTO Charity Majors to deliver keynote at our fabulous Continuous Lifecycle London conference

In-depth: Deloitte and accounts expert both cleared what HPE described as 'contrived' Autonomy sales

Don't worry, IT contractors. New UK chancellor says HMRC will be gentle pushing IR35 rules

BAE Systems tosses its contractors a blanket... ban on off-payroll working under upcoming IR35 tax reforms

The Wristwatch of the Long Now: When your MTBF is two centuries

Xiaomi in the UK: Multi-eyed Mi Note 10 hits Blighty festooned with cameras and hefty battery life

HP Ink: No way, Xerox. We're not accepting your takeover. Well, we'd never say never. Maybe even maybe? Hello, you still there? Please?

Huawei unfolds latest shot at the phone-tablet hybrid with reinforced hinge and reassuringly Xs-sive price

Realme's 5G handset is a bargain at €599 – but it's only for cool young people. Sorry

Geek's Guide

RIP Katherine Johnson: The extraordinary NASA mathematician astronauts trusted over computers

SpaceX Falcon 9 meets watery end, and NASA needs someone to go to Mars and whack its mole

If you're struggling to keep new year resolutions, try NGTS-10b, a mere 1,000 LY away. One year is just 18 hrs

Worried about future planet-cleansing superbugs? But distrust AI? Guess you're not interested in these antibiotics

Good news, everyone: The US military says it will be ethically minded about how it develops AI

London's top cop dismisses 'highly inaccurate or ill informed' facial-recognition critics, possibly ironically

Talk about making a rod for your own back: Pot dealer's seized €54m Bitcoins up in smoke after keys thrown out with fishing gear

Hey, remember Microsoft's IoT Linux gear? After two years, Azure Sphere is finally here

Verity Stob

Flat Earther and wannabe astronaut killed in homemade rocket

Come on baby light me on fire: McDonald's to sell 'Quarter Pounder' scented candles

Life in plastic, with a classic: Polymer £20 notes released into wild sporting Turner art

Yo, Imma let you finish, but for the 6,000 people still using that app on a daily basis ... we have a question: why?

5th > December > 2008 Archive

Get in the lake, Sparky: Databricks touts new ingestion file sources

Lustre HPC file systems no longer disappear in a puff on Amazon Web Services – but you'll pay more

MWC now stands for Mighty Wallet Crusher? Smaller firms counting the cost after mobile industry event scrapped

Would-be .org gobbler Ethos Capital promises to keep prices down in last-ditch effort to keep $1.1bn deal alive

Credit Karma's enriched: Turbo Tax daddy Intuit snaps up personal finance platform for $7bn

Just the place you'd want to spot a BSOD: While waiting in line for a roller coaster that lifts you up 124ft

Huawei claims its Google Play replacement is in 'top 3' app stores after Trump turns off tap to the Chocolate Factory

Microsoft polishes Sphere, carts backups off to Azure – and mystery mobile claims to run Windows 10 and Android

Apple tries to have VirnetX VPN patent ruling overturned again, US Supremes say no... again

Password killer FIDO2 comes bounding into Azure Active Directory hybrid environments

Microsoft uses its expertise in malware to help with fileless attack detection on Linux

Samsung cops to data breach after unsolicited '1/1' Find my Mobile push notification

Continuous Lifecycle London 2020: Save £100s now – early-bird tix offer ends this week. This is one conference you don't want to miss

Are we having fund yet, npm? CTO calls for patience after devs complain promised donations platform has stalled

Google Cloud embraces GitOps with new Application Manager for Kubernetes

Honeycomb CTO Charity Majors to deliver keynote at our fabulous Continuous Lifecycle London conference

In-depth: Deloitte and accounts expert both cleared what HPE described as 'contrived' Autonomy sales

Don't worry, IT contractors. New UK chancellor says HMRC will be gentle pushing IR35 rules

BAE Systems tosses its contractors a blanket... ban on off-payroll working under upcoming IR35 tax reforms

The Wristwatch of the Long Now: When your MTBF is two centuries

Xiaomi in the UK: Multi-eyed Mi Note 10 hits Blighty festooned with cameras and hefty battery life

HP Ink: No way, Xerox. We're not accepting your takeover. Well, we'd never say never. Maybe even maybe? Hello, you still there? Please?

Huawei unfolds latest shot at the phone-tablet hybrid with reinforced hinge and reassuringly Xs-sive price

Realme's 5G handset is a bargain at €599 – but it's only for cool young people. Sorry

RIP Katherine Johnson: The extraordinary NASA mathematician astronauts trusted over computers

SpaceX Falcon 9 meets watery end, and NASA needs someone to go to Mars and whack its mole

If you're struggling to keep new year resolutions, try NGTS-10b, a mere 1,000 LY away. One year is just 18 hrs

Worried about future planet-cleansing superbugs? But distrust AI? Guess you're not interested in these antibiotics

Good news, everyone: The US military says it will be ethically minded about how it develops AI

London's top cop dismisses 'highly inaccurate or ill informed' facial-recognition critics, possibly ironically

Talk about making a rod for your own back: Pot dealer's seized €54m Bitcoins up in smoke after keys thrown out with fishing gear

Hey, remember Microsoft's IoT Linux gear? After two years, Azure Sphere is finally here

Flat Earther and wannabe astronaut killed in homemade rocket

Come on baby light me on fire: McDonald's to sell 'Quarter Pounder' scented candles

Life in plastic, with a classic: Polymer £20 notes released into wild sporting Turner art

Yo, Imma let you finish, but for the 6,000 people still using that app on a daily basis ... we have a question: why?

5th > December > 2008 Archive

NASA delays Mars tank launch until 2011

Green Hills spins out military Integrity for masses

STEC director 'creative' with CV

What the heck is an IT Architect anyway?

HP claims market-topping 2.5-inch storage

Government grants itself even more data sharing power

Sony Ericsson Walkman W902 mobile phone

Customs warns of killer consoles

Atlantis Hubble mission set for 12 May

HP boxes Mother Earth into submission

Logitech launches real wood guitar at virtual-axe Heroes

MIT boffins crack fusion plasma snag

Microsoft hires Yahoo! search boss

Second Firefox 3.1 beta under starters order

Electric car seller hits brakes as UK EV sales plunge

EU asks Google for privacy advice

Craiglist rant man on criminal libel rap

Acer unveils smartphone launch date

South Korea spends big to become games powerhouse

Missile Defence multikill space interceptor in hover test

BOFH: The Christmas party

RIM Vodafone BlackBerry Storm

Armed robbers take Paris jewellers for £70m

Medion marches out heavyweight entertainment laptop

Facebook phone goes on sale

HDS points customers at dashboard to dodge sales slowdown

007 Warhead screenplay sold for £46K

Amazon MP3 fuels indie gloom

Gaming add-on forces players to excercise

How successful are business productivity initiatives?

BitTorrent net meltdown delayed

Jacqui promotes police handhelds

Mobile social network brings adwords to SMS

EDS carpeted for struggling prison project

Supplier sounds fake netbook warning

Openreach reaching for more cash

DARPA orders 'fridge-sized' laser energy cannon

Armed anti-paedophile cops swoop on video site uploader

Brits not turned on by mobile internet

Cryptic formula hints at Metal Gear Solid 4 on Xbox 360

America loses 1.9 million jobs in 11 months

Amazon parks human genome on cloud

EMC preps (limited) layoffs