Security
Why did Snowden swipe 900k+ US DoD files? (Or so Uncle Sam claims)
Secret memos snaffled using Freedom-of-Info law reveal govt official talking points
05 Jun 00:12 | 44
5th > June > 2015 Archive
Software
Google blames Flash for hobbling Chrome, says it sucks (too much power)
Selective playback to be the new default
05 Jun 00:59 | 30
On-Prem
Hackers steal files on 4 million US govt workers
Records swiped from Office of Personnel Management
05 Jun 01:20 | 24
Networks
Facebook Lite: Website strips off to lure in another billion users
Social NetworkTM makes sure it runs on developing world's landfill Androids
05 Jun 01:58 | 7
SaaS
FBI: Apple and Google are helping ISIS by offering strong crypto
Yet Fibbie insists he's not a back-door man
05 Jun 03:03 | 81
Security
Kaspersky says air-gap industrial systems: why not baby monitors, too?
IoT data-harvesting only encourages insecurity
05 Jun 04:02 | 57
Security
Ransomware-as-a-service business up for grabs to highest bidder
Buy my racket or I DECRYPT my victims, says student scumbag
05 Jun 05:00 | 6
On-Prem
You've been a Baidu boy! Tech giant caught cheating on AI tests
Looks like they may need to start developing some non-artificial integrity
05 Jun 06:02 | 3
OSes
Windows 8.1 market share grows, Windows 7 slips, Windows 10 lurks
Mac OS about to overtake XP according to Statcounter
05 Jun 06:28 | 44
Science
ESA shortlists three medium-sized missions for 2025 launch
The Little Mermaid scrying exoplanet atmospheres or Mjölnir in magnetic fields?
05 Jun 06:54 | 7
Personal Tech
The USB Lego, bluetooth coffee cups and connected cats of Computex 2015
The cloud's got consumer tech in a nasty tangle
05 Jun 07:22 | 25
Auscert
In the exploit biz? FULL DISCLOSURE is your best friend, boffin says
You don't need no broker, you just need game (theory)
05 Jun 07:43 | 1
Channel
HMRC ditches Microsoft for Google, sends data offshore
Tax doesn't have to be taxing for US firm with inside track
05 Jun 07:56 | 55
Servers
ICANN speak clearly now .gay has gone – Council of Europe
And could you sort out the Whois database while you're at it?
05 Jun 08:27 | 12
Channel
Plod IT spending fails to fall down the stairs as taxpayers cough £385m
Honest guv, he hit his head on the way into the server room
05 Jun 09:04 | 10
Networks
Vodafone IS talking to Virgin Media daddy Liberty Global
Plus: If Brexit happened we'd stay put, confirms CEO
05 Jun 09:35 | 7
On-Prem
EU-US safe harbour talks are lingering just outside port, says US
EU: Look, look, there's a storm coming!
05 Jun 09:58 | 10
On-Prem
Freeparking web hosting services go TITSUP after migration
Customers complain firm has gone silent and they've been ignored
05 Jun 10:31 | 25
Channel
Gremlins in the first six months? It's the seller's problem – EU court
Sellers now have to assume responsibility in faulty tech disputes
05 Jun 10:57 | 30
Legal
Star Trek's Lt Uhura hospitalised in LA after stroke
The Enterprise's interracial kiss pioneer now recovering in sick bay
05 Jun 11:20 | 23
Servers
Bin bods Brabantia breached, customer passwords trashed
Sorry, some customer details may have been 'compromised'
05 Jun 11:37 | 5
Channel
Acer bags its 4th – yes, 4th – UK boss in just 20 months
Gavin Parish quits to return to HP. Please welcome Preben Fjeld, boys and girls
05 Jun 11:59 | 1
Storage
What hyper-converged storage really means for you
Anticipate the pendulum and avoid the pitfalls
05 Jun 12:21 | 3
Channel
'Whitehall must address creaking IT', says ex CIO big wig
He's also not convinced by digital transformation programme
05 Jun 12:37 | 3
Reg Lectures
Camgirls, crypto currency and beer: The Register tours the Dark Net
Jamie Bartlett guides us around the web’s dirty underbelly
05 Jun 12:55 | 19
SaaS
Ed Snowden should be pardoned, thunders Amnesty Int'l
Campaign launched to get Obama to drop espionage charges
05 Jun 13:03 | 77
On-Prem
Fire, flood and vomit: Defeating the Great White Whale of Fail
Got a plan? Better get one quick
05 Jun 13:32 | 9
Channel
HMRC WLTM partner, GSOH, to help it escape the Aspire black hole
Guys, we're really gonna need some strategy now. And a bigger boat
05 Jun 14:01 | 6
Channel
Cisco CEO: Let's toss more execs on the employment bonfire
Getting cold in here, where's my new-look exec team? Feed 'em to the flames!
05 Jun 14:26 |
Channel
UK.gov to 'overhaul' hated digital services framework
No more body-shopping, we promise, honest
05 Jun 14:41 | 3
Page File
Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future
Inside story of the real-life Tony Stark
05 Jun 15:01 | 33
Episode 7
BOFH: Step into my office. Now take a deep breath
A veteran of the bore wars proves very hard to kill
05 Jun 15:21 | 42
Bootnotes
Sacré bleu! Parking machine labels French mayor ‘thieving bastard'
Zut alors! Rise of the machines? Baguettably non
05 Jun 15:40 | 28
SaaS
New US bill aims to zap patent trolls with transparency demands
VC club prez complains he doesn't wanna go back under his bridge
05 Jun 15:56 | 35
Channel
Oh no! That's another year you didn't grow, KCOM
Behold, execs have found the solution... it's called the cloud
05 Jun 16:19 |
SaaS
UK's richest man backs music minnow merger to annoy Ticketzilla
We're after you, LiveNation. Scared? You better be
05 Jun 16:31 | 7
Comment
Private cloud is NOT dead – and for one good reason: Control of data
Privacy, security, information sovereignty, what we all want, right?
05 Jun 17:20 | 28
Legal
Life in prison not appealing to Silk Road boss Ross Ulbricht – appeal filed
Seeks to overturn conviction
05 Jun 18:56 | 16
On-Prem
Intellectual Ventures: Toshiba is violating our patent! Toshiba: What patent?
USPTO tosses out claim over memory management
05 Jun 19:15 | 11
Channel
UK NHS IT supplier CSC coughs up $190m fine, three execs in the dock
Financial shenanigans lead CEO to hand back $3.7m bonus
05 Jun 19:17 | 5
Bootnotes
Spaniard sues eBay over right to sell the Sun
Tat bazaar unimpressed with solar punt
05 Jun 20:15 | 89
On-Prem
China's hackers stole files on 4 MEELLION US govt staff? Bu shi, says China
Maybe Uncle Sam should fix its own security first
05 Jun 20:31 | 41
Personal Tech
HTC execs: Oh dear, did we say we'd sell lots of smartphones? Our bad
Revised guidance slashes sales forecast by nearly a third
05 Jun 20:44 | 12
Security
ISIS command post obliterated after 'moron' jihadi snaps a selfie, says US Air Force
America takes photobombing REALLY seriously
05 Jun 21:32 | 78