Legal Google SO CAN scan ALL BOOKS onto its sites - judge Ad giant bags 'fair use' extracts win in copyright war with writers 15 Nov 00:38 | 79
re:Invent 2013 Make room, guys. Here comes the Postgres with the mostess on AWS WunderDB joins MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft on Jeff Bezos' cut-price lot 15 Nov 00:55 | 1
Security Hey, is that CSI: Hackers on TV? Oh, it's Microsoft's Cybercrime Center If in doubt, get the flashy, expensive 20ft video wall out 15 Nov 01:35 | 18
Legal Canadian teens cuffed over alleged Snapchat child sex pics ring 'Self-destructing' selfies not destroyed after all 15 Nov 01:58 | 43
Science Quantum computer in world record qubit stunner It's a bit more than just one or zero 15 Nov 02:27 | 26
Security Cisco suggests new economic metric: Gross Domestic P0wnage Count the cost of cybercrime to understand if government tech investments deliver 15 Nov 03:01 | 3
Software Jolla's Android-aping Sailfish OS smartphones to land in November Linux-mad ex-Nokia bods prep mobes for Helsinki launch 15 Nov 03:31 | 26
Personal Tech WHAT!? Lenovo THIRD-largest smartmober - Chinese grab local kit Android strengthens worldwide domination, Blackberry deader than paisley flares 15 Nov 04:02 | 4
Legal Coroner suggests cars should block mobile phones Volkswagen absolved as crash investigation calls for cars to go off the grid 15 Nov 04:32 | 146
Science Boffin says astronauts could hitch to Jupiter on passing asteroids Are you going my way, you big gorgeous big hunk of rock? 15 Nov 04:57 | 23
Virtualization Nutanix building elite squad of crack VMware designers Server/storage company hires fourth VCDX to join R&D team 15 Nov 05:31 | 1
Bootnotes Goodbye cruel world: Robot 'commits suicide' in KITCHEN FIREBALL Marvin's robotic and spiritual kin reduced to ashes in Austrian kitchen 15 Nov 06:02 | 34
Personal Tech Smartphone addicts go floppy under the sheets, warns DOCTOR WANG Switch it off to switch it on, advise docs 15 Nov 06:33 | 9
Personal Tech Samsung prepping smartphone with curvy three-sided display Report suggests flexi-handset will land next year 15 Nov 07:03 | 18
Software SourceForge responds to GIMP grump with crowdsourcing caper Only YOU can stop dodgy ad-slingers, if SourceForge agrees with you 15 Nov 07:21 | 30
Personal Tech We've found it – the ULTIMATE man-cave accessory Who among you can top this Aussie multimedia-electro-tool-chest? 15 Nov 07:39 | 31
Channel Emulex throws exec chairman's scalp to activist investors Profit-free firm gives in to list of demands 15 Nov 08:02 |
OSes Linux backdoor squirts code into SSH to keep its badness buried Fokirtor! It LOOKED like legitimate traffic... 15 Nov 08:29 | 88
Bootnotes Vladimir PUTIN officially HARDER than CHUCK NORRIS So say Taekwondo chiefs, and presumably they know 15 Nov 09:29 | 45
Science Google Earth SHOCK: ZERO point ZERO ZERO SIX of world forests disappear each year Not to mention 'Great Reversal' density increase 15 Nov 09:43 | 39
Legal Snappers attack Google Image problem, demand action from EC officials And what of those seemingly cosy chats between Almunia and Schmidt? 15 Nov 09:58 | 14
Quotw 'Scientists are coming to space with USBs which are infected' Plus: 'Microsoft you got some splaining to do' 15 Nov 10:14 | 8
Feature Tales from an expert witness: Lasers, guns and singing Santas Knowing your stuff can land you in court 15 Nov 10:28 | 41
SaaS Google spaffs $80m on Sun-powered kit: Calm down, Oracle. It's SOLAR Something's gotta juice all those servers, and it won't be fossil fuels forever 15 Nov 10:44 | 9
¡Bong! Post-Profit Prophet RUSSELL BRAND is the HUMBLE CHRIST of STARTUPS The more I lose, the richer you get 15 Nov 10:59 | 43
Science Flying 360° panoramic camera poised for lift-off Inventors rattle tin for 'incredible full-spherical images' snapper 15 Nov 11:14 | 16
Security BlackBerry on the brink: Security kink sinks rinky-dink Link sync in a blink Update your mobe's desktop software, then have a drink 15 Nov 11:32 | 7
Legal Whovians, your Doctor needs you: Take back the Day from One Direction Tousled-haired pop tarts can't get away with this 15 Nov 11:44 | 71
Something for the Weekend, Sir? MANUAL STIMULATION: Whack me with some proper documentation Why doesn’t software come with a book any more? 15 Nov 12:02 | 138
Blocks and Files Eat our dust, spinning rust: In 5 years, it'll be all flash all the time All-flash data centres are the way forward 15 Nov 12:11 | 51
Channel Local gov broadband provider in talks with 'interested' bidders San Francisco-based venture capital backer wants to flog its stake 15 Nov 12:20 |
Off-site news Check out The Register's Google+ page Maybe not the best week to make this announcement 15 Nov 12:30 | 34
Legal Miss Teen US 'sextortion' hacker pleads guilty 19-year-old cops to capturing pics and vids on hacked webcams 15 Nov 12:38 | 19
Channel 'Planned maintenance' CRIPPLES nearly HALF of all Salesforce instances in Europe, US Hours of outages not part of the plan 15 Nov 12:49 | 39
Networks Murdoch stands between your kids and filth with BSkyB network-level SHIELD En garde! Smut 'n' violence be gone! 15 Nov 13:03 | 58
Storage Military strategy game? Nope, these 'battle cards' are an EMC sales tool Pull out your swords, nerds, it's ... a marketing wrestling match 15 Nov 13:21 | 8
On-Prem Investors on Microsoft: What, Ballmer, leaving? Hand me my wallet Shareholders snap up more stocks on eve of CEO's departure 15 Nov 13:38 | 22
Personal Tech Apple, for one, welcomes its ROBOT factory OVERLORDS Fruity firm to replace grumpy workers with $10bn machines 15 Nov 14:13 | 34
Storage DRAM, bam, thank you ma'am: How XtremIO gets its speed Memory turbo-charges data access 15 Nov 14:36 | 4
Updated HP goes fishing for a UK storage boss, hooks HDS sales director Restructure, restructure, restructure 15 Nov 15:04 | 3
Channel Never been a better time NOT to be selling servers EMEA sales crash for eighth consecutive quarter, no vendor immune 15 Nov 15:27 | 3
Science WHO was it that TAMED the WOLF? Heel, Rex! No! Aarrghh! Bit of a bone of contention, that 15 Nov 15:31 | 25
Doctor Who @ 50 Build your own WORKING Sonic Screwdriver... for a UNDER A FIVER Our man embarks on the ULTIMATE maker project for fans 15 Nov 16:05 | 40
Science True fact: Britain is losing its brains C'mon, how many inventors does Hawaii really NEED? 15 Nov 16:30 | 41
Networks Google bigs up iOS Gmail app, leaves room for fat fingers of iPad-fondlers Slide over, 'appy fatso's in town 15 Nov 17:28 | 6
Applications New FCC supremo: Sort out your cell unlocking, mobe giants - OR ELSE 'Enough time has passed, and it is now time for the industry to act' thunders new chairman 15 Nov 17:58 | 18
Security File-NUKING Cryptolocker PC malware MENACES 'TENS of MILLIONS' in UK Back up before devil PC malware demands 860 BUCKS (530 quid) 15 Nov 18:44 | 106
SaaS DropBox puts locks on doors, hopes biz bods will buy the house Two-step auth, remote wipe, audit logs - what's not to like? 15 Nov 19:02 | 16
On-Prem Compuware investor lost patience with shake-up, slams down ultimatum Find a buyer or come up with some better ideas, stat 15 Nov 19:28 | 3
Devops Dr Wolfram touts coding language to revolutionise mankind ... just like Wolfram Alpha did 'It becomes trivial to write a program' 15 Nov 20:02 | 36
Science Space hotelier Bigelow wants capitalists to FIGHT comm-MOON-ist takeover Puffyball tech chief wants change to 1960s UN treaty 15 Nov 20:57 | 31
Personal Tech Sony's new PlayStation 4: Early faults ENRAGE some buyers Players report early-gen glitches, Sony thrusts new firmware download 15 Nov 21:21 | 84
OSes Dell orbits Linux a third time with revamped Sputnik notebooks New Ubuntu-powered kit brings Haswell chips, touchscreens 15 Nov 21:56 | 47
Security Stratfor email, credit-card hacker Hammond thrown in cooler for 10 YEARS Max sentence after Anonymous went on $700,000 spree with swiped cards 15 Nov 22:47 | 31
Doctor Who @ 50 Who’s Who: a Reg quest to find the BEST DOCTOR Matt Smith, Tom Baker or that one in Downton Abbey? 15 Nov 23:00 | 58
Analysis If this doesn't terrify you... Google's computers OUTWIT their humans 'Deep learning' clusters crack coding problems their top engineers can't 15 Nov 23:39 | 101