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Business News Hedge fund invests $2bn in Microsoft, thinks Redmond is undervalued 'Microsoft could be the largest cloud company in the world' Eric Schmidt defends Google's teeny UK tax payouts - again Brit firms in US do the same, sniffs Choc Factory chief Channel News The software industry: So efficient, we invented shelfware Have you considered helping customers to stop overspending? First the PCs, now System X: Is IBM ready to flog server biz to Lenovo? HPC blog Speculation mounts over elective X86-ectomy... Cloud News Cloudmeter pulls big data from the network, not the servers Adds Insight app nanny to Stream data siphoner CA piles into API management with Layer 7 acquisition If stuff is moving to the cloud, you might as well own the transfer point The enterprise software gravy train stalled in 2012 Big data, analytics, and cloud build up a head of steam Securing the Internet of Things - or how light bulbs can spy on you Analysis Fifty billion hackable devices batten down the hatches Platform clouds can make enterprises all teeth and no tail Red Hat and VMware want to be your private parts Facebook to plonk $1.5bn data centre in Iowa - report FarmVille for realsies... bitch Data Centre News SanDisk '2-3 years' away from mass-producing 3D flash chips 19nm NAND wafers ready by Q3 2013 Are you being robbed of sleep by badly designed servers? Sysadmin Blog Mornings, nights, they all blur into one for our man Trevor Hardware News Spies catch Acer's Windows 8-incher before it hides Smaller unit should be less intimidating to punters First Firefox OS developer phones to launch on Tuesday Spanish-made mobes in basic and advanced models Disgo 8400G 7.9in Android tablet Review A 3G fondleslab for £150, where's the catch? iPhone too heavy? Volkswagen brings out motorised ride-on dock Forget swapping batteries! Just plug in a petrol engine Ready for the car 2.0? Nvidia preps UPGRADABLE car system 'K.I.T.T., you try something like that again, I'll put sugar in your gas tank' Ten Windows 8 Ultrabooks Product Roundup A selection of sexy slimline laptops for your mobile computing pleasure Networks News Voda wants NBN access to boost regional 4G spread Country Oz needs a fibre diet to suck nutrients out of wireless broadband Web minister Maria Miller: UK WILL hit 2015 broadband target Fibre to reach 10m households by end of Parliament, she insists Policy News New poll says Assange could win Australian Senate seat 26 per cent of Aussies “likely” to vote for Leaker-In-Chief Brussels accuses chip makers of collusion Smart card silicon market under investigation US Senate vote to add internet sales tax this week Foreign companies prepare to cash in German watchdog whacks Google with PIDDLING FINE over Street View slurp 'Discount rate' punishment won't deter ad giant, rages Hamburg commish EC sends antitrust complaint to smart chip cartel suspects Fireside chat fails to satisfy ICO probes Home Office refusal to reveal Snooper's Charter details Data watchdog demands answers about Orwellian-sounding Request Filter Harassed Oracle employee wins case, cops huge legal bill 'A very high price to pay for her victory' says Judge Japanese Feds urge ISPs to support Tor ban plan Anonymous on the internet? You must be up to no good Security News Java still vulnerable despite recent patches Sun rises in the East US Air Force top guns beat off competition in NSA hacking fight Forget volleyball, there are systems to crack Microsoft: Worried about web privacy? Tell us everything... Redmond wants to look at your privates BadNews, fandroids: MILLIONS of Google Play downloads riddled with malware Dodgy apps spaff premium-rate txts, lol Blogger, activist pals answer Anons' CISPA website blackout call Oh noes, I can't access filmsuck.net DDOS strikes BitCoin exchange Mt.Gox Virtual currency in real trouble Software News Red Hat renames JBoss application server as WildFly New effort to focus on Java EE 7 certification How long will it take Facebook Home to hit 1bn downloads? 76 years Android app installed 500,000 times since its release Fed up with database speed? Meet Big Blue's BLU-eyed boy Analysis El Reg drills into 10TB/s acceleration tech Amazon: We're expanding into TWO HUNDRED countries Merrily piggybacking off Android Science News And they're off: Hubble, Herschel race for hot pics of space filly Pics Scopes trot out new snaps of Horsehead Nebula More and more likely that double CO2 means <2°C: New study Yes, it warms the planet - just not as much as thought

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