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Business News Investor Icahn needs a loan of $7bn to tick off Mike Dell I do not like it, SAM-I-am. I do not like Michael's big plan World's richest hobo (Apple) has worked 'tax-free' in Ireland since '80s Ex-veep lifts lid on homeless fondleslab maker's finances Judge: Evidence will likely show Apple DID fix ebook prices Reckons DoJ can prove Cupertino 'knowingly participated in... conspiracy' ServiceKey, Oracle end 'grey market' code spat without bloodshed No damages, no tears, just a shedload of paperwork to fill BBC suspends CTO after it wastes £100m on doomed IT system Revealed: The digital monster that ate Shepherd's Bush Open wide, Google: Here comes an advertising antitrust probe Can one ever escape the Choc Factory, FTC 'ponders' Channel News Computacenter: We've so much cash we're GIVING AWAY MEELLIONS One-off 'return of value' to lucky shareholders Total Computer Networks latest to cock a snook at downturn Double-digit sales jump, profit rises less dramatic Westcon bidding farewell to chief bean counter John O'Malley set to exit next month Jumping on the ethernet bandwagon? You should! Cloud, virtualisation, mobile tech require fatter pipes Cloud News SAP shuffles execs to chase cloud success Former SuccessFactors CEO says Auf Wiedersehen El Reg drills into Office 365: Email migration Video Mail bonding with sysadmin Trevor Internet advertising giant (Google) 'mulls' map app Waze gobble Gonna offer anything less than $1bn? No Waze, Jose Data Centre News Fibre boosters trip the light fantastic with 800G BPS LINKS And more on the way Industry execs: Network admins an endangered species Ethernet Summit 'IT peasant, you are mere human middleware' Hey, you, dev. What do you mean, storage is BORING? Storagebod Listen, codemonkey, do you want to take this outside... The BOFH is BACK: And it's cloudy with a 90% chance of beatings Episode 3 So you deleted my advice? By accident? THREE times? Grim outlook for Big Storage as revenues dip across board Snapping up the minnows only keeps the wolf at bay for so long Hardware News Google releases Glass' roots, warns it may turn specs to bricks Tech specs also rumoured to gain Samsung OLED screens Reports: New Xbox could DOOM second-hand games market Updated The cost of your cloudy new console Curse you, old person, for inventing computers! Something for the Weekend, Sir? Too sexy for my (night)shirt Is the next-gen console war already One? Game Theory Microsoft’s new Xbox - and more STROKE this mouse to make apps POP, says Microsoft Windows 8 Start button comes to Redmond's rodents Data control in the cloud Research into how organizations are using cloud services for mission-critical applications and data. Download here Networks News Phones for the elderly: Testers wanted for senior service Column Reg readers, can you help? AT&T adds 61¢ 'Mobility Administrative Fee' for users Nickel and diming customers because it can Daft tweet by Speaker Bercow's loquacious wife DID libel lord Why is Sally feeling so very sorry? *innocent face* 4G LTE: Good for tweets and watching Dr Who. Crap at saving lives Critical Communications World Why cops, medics must stick to walkie talkies Policy News Internet cafés declared 'illegal businesses' in Ohio Wretched hives 'harm more people than do good' Now it gets serious: Fracking could RUIN BEER German brewers concerned about water purity plead case to Merkel Woolwich beheading sparks call to REVIVE UK Snoopers' Charter What? You don't agree? What are you, a terrorist? US Senator introduces 'Patent Abuse Reduction Act' Rackspace and industry groups like it, trolls maybe not so much 'Catastrophic failure' of 3D-printed gun in Oz Police test Panic on the streets of Sydney, as US says printed guns 'unstoppable' SoftBank gives Washington veto over Sprint board job The things you do to stop spooks worrying about Huawei Security News Sky News Google Play page defaced Security? They've heard of it Experts: Network security deteriorating, privacy a lost cause Ethernet Summit One suggestion: 'Don't armor the sheep, hunt the wolves' Wikileaks leaks documentary script about Wikileaks Simply no teddies left in this pram Security Twitteratti: Twitter's 2FA does sweet FA for biz Shared accounts? #FacebookIsBetter Feds slam hacker-friendly backdoors in jalopy, grub factories Kit easily violated by miscreants with 'minimal skill' Microsoft exposes green users' privates in web quiz snafu Web design 101 guys, this is basic stuff Did Kim Dotcom invent 2-factor authentication? Er, not exactly... Pull out your pagers and your Hammer pants, we're going back to the '90s INSIDE GCHQ: Welcome to Cheltenham's cottage industry Geek's Guide to Britain 'If this nerve centre didn't exist, neither would I' says Reg man Software News Microsoft caves to Google, pulls YouTube app from WinPhone Store Back to the older version for now Amazon expands Appstore reach, gives devs more user data Alternative Android store now in nearly 200 countries Peak Facebook: British users lose their Liking for Zuck's ad empire One in 10 UK Facebookers: I quit this... bitch Science News Paul Allen buys lovingly restored vintage V-2 Nazi ballistic missile First space rocket of humanity, used to bomb London China’s state-run rags brand Mars One mission a scam Beijing doesn't like the idea of its citizens visiting RED planet Bootnotes News Lego X-wing fighter touches down in New York's Times Square Biggest-ever brick model to plug Disney show 'Google IS a capitalist country... er, company' QuoTW Plus: 'Apple execs, I apologise for this theatre of the absurd'

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