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Firefox to warn users who visit p0wned sites

Do you really want to go there? And does Mozilla, which hasn't figured out how to do this and preserve security, privacy

24 Nov 00:55 | 38

SurfaceBook 2 battery drains even when plugged in

Microsoft's power pack can't deliver the juice fast enough to keep up

24 Nov 04:02 | 65

Boss made dirt list of minions' mistakes, kept his own rampage off it

It was more of a RAM-page, actually, and it crashed a mainframe

24 Nov 06:01 | 115

Fujitsu imagines adjusting your rear view mirror for better hearing

Yes, hearing: vibrating glass turns mirror into 'superdirective speaker'

24 Nov 07:02 | 15

Linus Torvalds on security: 'Do no harm, don't break users'

Fixing for the sake of security alone means 'all your work was just masturbation'

24 Nov 08:02 | 113

Munich council finds €49.3m for Windows 10 embrace

Open source dream officially dies in Bavarian city

24 Nov 09:04 | 214

Something for the Weekend, Sir?

10 years of the Kindle and the curious incident of a dog in the day-time

Feel the full weight of Jerusalem, base cur!

24 Nov 09:35 | 75

A certain millennial turned 30 recently: Welcome to middle age, Microsoft Excel v2

Launched a million business plans, sank Lotus...

24 Nov 10:02 | 158

Another toothless wonder? Why the UK.gov's data ethics centre needs clout

Budget confirmed its creation, but where does it fit in?

24 Nov 10:25 | 11

'Treat infosec fails like plane crashes' – but hopefully with less death and twisted metal

We never learn from incidents, says Europol security adviser

24 Nov 11:04 | 76

BOFH: The trouble with, er, windows installs

The numbers don't lie...

24 Nov 11:28 | 53

EU's data protection bods join the party to investigate Uber breach

UK.gov told to sever ties with 'grubby, unethical' company

24 Nov 12:03 | 12

UK emergency crews get 4G smartmobes as monkeys attempt to emerge from Reg's butt

Samsung inks deal to give crews up to 250k handsets

24 Nov 12:33 | 57

Digital Entrepreneur Awards help UK tech cop an eyeful of... WTF?

The 1970s called, it wants its dancers back

24 Nov 13:06 | 51

Seek 'passion' and tech skills will follow, say recruiting security chiefs

Infosec staffing needs a shot in the arm

24 Nov 13:29 | 32

Business as usual, says Aruba veep after Meg exits daddy HPE

Networking subsidiary insists everything is Just Fine

24 Nov 14:03 | 5

Dark fibre arts: Ofcom is determined to open up BT's network

But will it make a difference?

24 Nov 14:33 | 59

156K spam text-sending firm to ICO: It wasn't us, Commissioner

Get fined £45,000 by Brit regulator anyway

24 Nov 15:02 | 47

Forget Sesame Street, scientists pretty much watched Big Bird evolve on Galápagos island

New finch species developed in just two generations

24 Nov 15:32 | 59

Activist investor rages at Mellanox for dismissing Marvell's advances

Why won't you let us create value for shareholders?

24 Nov 16:02 | 15

Plans to thwack Official Secrets Acts smacked: Journo-gagging reform postponed

Why do we mention thrashing in the 'best schools'? Read on

24 Nov 16:14 | 13

UK spy court ruled immune from judicial review – for now

Judges reject Privacy International's case against Investigatory Powers Tribunal

24 Nov 16:43 | 25

Military test centre for frikkin' laser cannon opens in Hampshire

In other news, shares in mirror manufacturers have soared

24 Nov 17:15 | 81

Team Trump goes in to bat for Google and Facebook

24 Nov 17:46 | 82

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