Security Bad benchmarks bedevil boffins' infosec efforts 'Benchmark crimes' understate true performance impact of security controls 16 Jan 00:58 | 4
Security Canada charges chap alleged to run stolen data-mart Leakedsource Unlike similar services, this one sold purloined passwords 16 Jan 01:59 | 5
Science China's first space station to – ahem – de-orbit in late March Tiangong-1 is out of control and can't keep it up any more 16 Jan 04:01 | 80
Virtualization Developer plots server virtualization comeback for XenServer Plans open source revival of XCP, to go places Citrix won’t 16 Jan 05:03 | 12
Science Drone perves defeated by tinfoil houses Boffins figure out when drones are watching, without decrypting the video stream 16 Jan 06:02 | 62
On-Prem Airbus warns it could quit A380 production Needs to make six to eight a year, predicts it can get back to 25 a year once airlines wake up 16 Jan 06:57 | 141
Software ServiceNow unleashes its 'Kingston' release Company's journey from the heart of IT to the rest of the business continues 16 Jan 08:04 | 7
SaaS Veeam buys AWS EC2 instance backup and recovery biz Swallows N2WS so it can stick oar deeper in Amazon cloud 16 Jan 08:57 | 2
Legal Capita's UK military recruiting system has 'glitches' admits minister DRS still letting the armed forces down big time 16 Jan 09:29 | 37
On-Prem Hey Europe, your apathetic IT spending is ruining it for everyone Gartner predicts buyers ready to splash 4.5% more cash globally in 2018 16 Jan 09:55 | 15
Research Causes of software development woes Reg readers point the finger at ambiguous requirements 16 Jan 10:26 | 72
Science Amount of pixels needed to make VR less crap may set your PC on fire Wow, this is incredib- BLEEUUURGHGHGH 16 Jan 11:02 | 117
Security New Mirai botnet species 'Okiru' hunts for ARC-based kit Researchers: Code designed to hit Linux devices 16 Jan 11:56 | 11
Bootnotes Frenchman comes eye to eye with horror toilet python 'I could very well have been bitten in a sensitive place, if you know what I mean' 16 Jan 12:27 | 46
On-Prem DXC execs: Here's another deadline for skills profiling Staff got until 26 January to load bullets on employment gun 16 Jan 12:58 | 33
Security UK's Just Eat faces probe after woman tweets chat-up texts from 'delivery guy' ICO to investigate allegations of driver delivering side order of creepy 16 Jan 14:44 | 149
Channel Wave Tata, Capita: You've lost mega-contract to rival outsourcer Man from Pru tears up £722m deal five years ahead of time 16 Jan 15:17 | 33
Science Drone crashes after operator failed to spot extra building site crane UK govt's air prang watchdog publishes first UAV incident of the year 16 Jan 15:47 | 49
Legal Facebook, Schrems case cost Irish data watchdog €2m – reports But don't worry, it got €4m budget boost this year 16 Jan 16:15 | 8
Bootnotes Private submarine builder charged with murder of journalist Peter Madsen ruled fit to stand trial, but denies allegation 16 Jan 16:52 | 38
Security Android snoopware Skygofree can pilfer WhatsApp messages Sophisticated nasty also able to listen in based on location 16 Jan 17:30 | 18
Software Upset Equation Editor was killed off? Now you can tell Microsoft to go forth and multiply: App back from the dead Micro patch rejuvenates abandoned Office add-on 16 Jan 21:06 | 53
Bootnotes Butt plugs, mock cocks, late pay and paranoia: The world of Waymo star Anthony Levandowski… by his kids' nanny This is a work of fiction, says engineer's lawyer 16 Jan 21:52 | 77
Updated US senators vow to filibuster FBI, er, NSA's domestic, errr, foreign mass spying program Who's up for warrantless surveillance? 16 Jan 22:40 | 15
Servers Oracle says SPARCv9 has Spectre CPU bug, patches coming soon Big Red finally delivers patches for its x86 boxes – and 230-plus other problems 16 Jan 23:11 | 35
Security Hospital injects $60,000 into crims' coffers to cure malware infection Medics say they couldn't wait for backups to be pulled as ransomware ransacked kit 16 Jan 23:48 | 25