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GitHub wants more new contributors, because that's what GitHub is for

'I started an eternal flamewar over code brackets and all I got was this stupid badge'

NetApp swallows Icelandic cloud management software biz

Last FalconStor CEO survived just six weeks before being replaced

Why does the market care so much about Cisco's security biz?

Software definer wants you to befriend the 'BFC', do a bit of 'reverse virtualization'

Oracle caves, promises to crack open Java EE as v8 crawls ever closer

UK.gov is hiring IT bods with skills in ... Windows Vista?!

Virtual assistant backlash imminent so buy them anyway

Comp sci world shock: Bonn boffin proposes P≠NP proof, preps for prestige, plump prize

US DoD, Brit ISP BT reverse proxies can be abused to frisk internal systems – researcher

No, the cops can't get a search warrant to just seize all devices in sight – US appeals court

Berkeley boffins build better spear-phishing black-box bruiser

So long and thanks for all the phish: Red teams need to be smarter now

Berners-Lee and the open-data bunch: £60k for your best collab dataset register ideas

Kill something, then hire cleaners to mop up the blood if you want to build a digital business

HPE PointNext globo boss grilled by El Reg

Reg Radicals lecture encompasses far right, libertarians, and mushrooms...

Malware? In my Docker container? It's more common than you think

Twitter's twits turned troll's tech taunt into thought-provoking tonic

I want to break free! Kubernetes has a life beyond containers

Contain(er) your enthusiasm, nerds: Docker-backed OCI runtime spec hits 1.0

Wisconsin advances $3bn bribe incentives package for Foxconn

Sorry, but those huge walls of terms and conditions you never read are legally binding

Microsoft president exits US govt's digital advisory board as tech leaders quit over Trump

Infosys CEO quits, citing 'untenable atmosphere' created by critics

FTC wants AT&T to kick in $4bn to help balance US budget. Why? Some dodgy ads or something

Atari shoots sueball at KitKat maker over use of 'Breakout' in ad

So, Nokia. What makes you think the world wants your phones?

Where there's smoke there's a Galaxy Note: Refurbished Model 4 batteries recalled

Ten spacecraft – from Venus Express to Voyager 2 – all tracked same solar flare

Space boffins competing for $20m Moon robot X-Prize are told: Be there by March 31 – or bust

How to build your own DIY makeshift levitation machine at home

Batteries that don't burn at the drop of a Galaxy Note 7? We're listening

Smyte might brighten fraud plight: How machine-learning can be used to thwart crooks

Not another Linux desktop! Robots cross the Uncanny Valley

How are you feeling today? Don't tell us, save for it this handy emotion-detection code

Revealed: The secret CEO texts that tell the tale of Uber-Waymo's self-driving tech spat

Drive-thru drive-by at McDs after ice cream no-show, say cops

British Airways waves Bing dong: At least it's not a tech cockup

I say, BING DONG! Microsoft's search engine literally cocks up on front page for hours

Russia's answer to Buckminster Fuller has a buttload of CGI and he's not afraid to use it

Software

Ubuntu sends trash to its desktop's desktop

Google paying Apple BEEELLIONS to stay search top dog on iDevices, say analysts

HP Inc vows: We're not walking away from Continuum

Old Firefox add-ons get 'dead man walking' call

Ancient IETF 'teapot' gag preserved for posterity as a standard

At last! Vivaldi lets you kill looping GIFs

What's your point, caller? Oracle fiddles with major database release cycle numbers

Official: Windows for Workstations returns in Fall Creators Update

Revealed: The naughty tricks used by web ads to bypass blockers

Favored Swift plans to settle down next year: ABI stability incoming

Major Oracle E-business suite upgrade coming in 2019. Or maybe 2020

70% of Windows 10 users are totally happy with our big telemetry slurp, beams Microsoft

Windows Subsystem for Linux is coming to Windows Server

Meet VRfox: Mozilla's latest attempt at regaining browser share

Commonwealth Bank: Buggy software made us miss money laundering

Opinion

Confessions of an ebook eater

Ten new tech terms I learnt this summer: Do you know them all?

You can't DevOps everything, kids. Off the shelf kit especially

'OK, everyone. Stop typing, this software is DONE,' said no one ever

News

Apple signals it's willing to let next-gen web apps compete with iOS apps

Google drops poker face, allows gambling apps on Play Store

CMD.EXE gets first makeover in 20 years in new Windows 10 build

Linux kernel hardeners Grsecurity sue open source's Bruce Perens

Programmer's < fumble jeopardizes thousands of medical reports

Did eye just do that? Microsoft brings gaze tracking to Windows 10

If you love your email standards, SMTP your feet: 35 years later

Browser trust test: Would you let Chrome block ads? Or Firefox share and encrypt files?

How can you kill that which will not die? Windows XP is back (sorta... OK, not really)

Skype for Business is not Skype – realising that is half the battle

Windows Subsystem for Linux to debut in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

Petition calls for Adobe Flash to survive as open source zombie

Linus Torvalds pens vintage 'f*cking' rant at kernel dev's 'utter BS'

Latest Windows 10 preview lets users link an Android to their PC

We're into lap 21 and Node.js features have again overtaken those attempting to teach it

Microsoft: Get in, IT nerds, you're now using Insider builds and twice-annual Windows rollouts

Flash... Nu-uh! Tech folk champing at the bit to switch off life support

Microsoft previews Azure Container Instances – with per-second billing