The Reg: Anatomy of a killer bug: How just 5 characters can murder iPhone, Mac apps [Thu Sep 5 2013]

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Business News Arbor slurps Packetloop Plans expansion of Sydney operation LinkedIn looks at bank account, thinks: We'll raise one Instagram* * That's $1bn, in freshly sold shares, ploughed straight into the biz The only thing holding Dell back is ... er, Mickey D himself Blocks and Files Namesake CEO might need to shift off box-shift to avoid revenue dip Shareholders' advisors back Big Mike's deal to take Dell private Companies reckon the price is right and it takes PC pressures off the firm China, India the key to Micr-okia's fate says IDC Low-budget Lumia, Asha overhaul needed but lack of apps still a problem Channel News Microsoft to extend D-day for incentive reforms, say partners Channel: October launch date binned, January 'more likely' Cloud News Cassandra trundles into 2.0 release Facebook's database steps into expected future Amazon hits back at Microsoft with Redis ElastiCache Bezos & Co enlist Memcached's younger, smarter brother in cloud war Rotten routers caused Intermedia service crash, says CEO Wanna qualify for SLA credits, got 72 hours Data Centre News Intel shows off 'disaggregated' rack of servers, storage, and networking Breaking up is no longer hard to do Intel chases network gear and cold storage with Avoton Atoms Chipzilla implies profits from peddling puny processors? Intel's Avoton Atoms give microservers muscle – and Xeon-class features Now we see if there is a real business here Snide hashstags, F1 cars, death by PowerPoint: I'm sick of EMC hypegasms Storagebod Great, the new kit. Where's the beef, chief? Speaking in Tech: Stay a virgin at VMworld – wear a rubber unicorn head Podcast Plus: 'Software-defined bull****? I think that's called legacy' Hardware News Qualcomm reveals 'Toq' smartwatch Multi-day battery and wireless charging are the big ticket items Samsung stakes claim to smartwatch market with Galaxy Gear $300 for an arm-mounted mobile terminal Apple throwing separate Chinese iPhone event One more thing, in one more place … Second-gen Surface and Surface Pro rumored to be minor upgrades But NO, Redmond hasn't given up on Windows RT DON'T PANIC says Hynix, China fab explosion is no big deal Pics Fears of memory price spike misplaced says company Xbox One launch date REVEALED - and it's on the 360's birthday With Sony's cheaper PlayStation 4 hot on its little heels Barnes & Noble knock Nook slate down to £79 Readily rootable seven-inch Android slate, anyone? HDMI 2.0 spec arrives ... 1.0 years late New released supports high frame-rate 4K TV goodness, and much, much more Decks and plugs and rock and roll: Tascam CD-A750 cassette and CD combo Anniversary review I'll give you my tapes when you pry them from my cold, dead hands But it's only wafer thin: Skinniest keyboard EVER is designed by Camby biz Brit biz in world first, sparks memories of crappy ZX81s Furious Frenchies tell Apple to bubble off: Bling iPhone isn't 'champagne' Oenophiles: Nous cracher sur votre téléphone horrible, ha ha Cube computers come back with $US50 Android-or-Linux box Eight cubic inch device is no Mac but could take bite from RPi sales Seamless data management features with AOS 3.0 This ESG Lab validation report documents hands-on testing of the Avere FXT Series Edge Filer with the AOS 3.0 operating environment. Download here > Networks News Ofcom launches idiot's guide to traffic-shaping 'Streaming video is like driving a heavy lorry. But you're a car' Three used cheap deal to lure me into buying expensive slab, chap tells ASA Toothless advertising watchdog shows mobe network its best frowny face Policy News Australia votes and Vulture South picks the flesh off tech policy The juiciest piece of all is the heart and whoever wins, Australia's will be broken Kim Dotcom quits Mega to head new political party, fight extradition 'Mega is in excellent hands' NAO: UK border bods not up to scratch, despite billion-pound facial recog tech Agency slammed for cutting back on searches to deal with passport queues Ministry of Sound sues Spotify over user playlists Streamers are 'copying' our curated compilations, claim music moguls Universal Credit CRUNCHED: Dole handouts IT system to be rebuilt New boss says only good chunks will be rescued from £500m project UK fraud office hauls Olympus into court over accounting scandal Japanese firm faces rap for beancounting coverup MPs blocked from ogling 'web smut' 300,000 times – WHILE IN PARLIAMENT Stiff, in-depth research thwarted by zealous electronic Mary Whitehouses Security News Citadel botnet resurges to storm Japanese PCs Banking Trojan infects 20,000 IP addresses Software News Twitter just got sh**tier: Natter emitter hit by code critter, fritters web glitter Party like it's 2006 - because the site's gone back in time Doctors face tribunal over claims of plagiarism in iPhone app Could lose their licences to practise if they control-V'ed from textbook Anatomy of a killer bug: How just 5 characters can murder iPhone, Mac apps Analysis What evil lurks in the Unicode of Death ... oh, a buffer overrun Microsoft gives TechNet a one-off reprieve Subscribers sneer at 'token effort' 90 day grace period Science News Forget Mars: Let's get someone on the Moon – NASA veteran Former Apollo chief wants to stick solar panels there to power up half of Earth LOHAN slowly strips lens caps off hi-def imaging arsenal Lights, lots of cameras, plenty of action NASA releases first NuStar X-ray data burst Calls for Astroboffins to sift data, come up with bright ideas for future missions Bootnotes News 'Peeping while you're sleeping' NSA parody T-shirt ban BACKFIRES Spoof garment pulled over lawsuit fears, triggers Streisand Effect instead Seamless data management features with AOS 3.0 This ESG Lab validation report documents hands-on testing of the Avere FXT Series Edge Filer with the AOS 3.0 operating environment. 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