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Business News OCZ goes titsup, flogs own corpse to Toshiba HERCULES IS DISPLEASED, shoves disk-maker into pit of deadly accountants 'Hey honey, I know you'd rather KNIT but' ... 'Sexist' Microsoft U-turns in Xbox One ad brouhaha Gamers slam cheesy letters for loved ones Small-biz bosses: Want staff plans from Obama Care site? See ya in 2014! Come back in 12 months, it'll probably be working then Bitcoin value breaks $1,000 barrier in FRENZIED HYPEGASM IT admin who lost his stash howls in anguish Just who is Apple's most frustrated fanboi? Surprise – it's GOOGLE Engineer claims poor support has driven advertising king to roll its own tools Partners to Microsoft: We are NOT ready for cloudy stuff yet Channel boss Sorgen 'inspired' by channel types, delays programme overhaul Twitter mobs attack wrong celebrity Ian Watkins after child abuse case Efforts to save Eurozone possibly imperilled - read on Halfway through Meg Whitman's HP turnaround time: Is it working? Analysis Certainly not in the bag yet, that's for sure Judge rules investors can sue Meg Whitman and HP over Autonomy Shareholders claim that chief and company misled them about Autonomy's health HOT AIR leads to RISES: Apple shares soar after iPad, MacBook releases Peak Apple Hope for Cupertino: Stock's up to highest level since January Channel News Tech Data goes for big gun credit man amid accounts probe Hauls in former Sun and Oracle bigwig Kevin Corcoran Data Centre News Meet the Cluster teams: Colorado and Texas HPC blog Colorado launches Mars probe, Texas stylin' and profilin' Mini-cluster competitor configs revealed SC'13 $2,500 limit is no bar to student imaginations What are you, APPLE? Storage upstart patents filesystem wrapper tech A wee bit more technical than rounded corners, one hopes Amazon fires up worldwide Read Replicas for hosted MySQL Write on one continent, read from replicas nearby Speaking in Tech: Amazon showed me a 1980s HAIR METAL bar Podcast Plus: 'Dad, I'm so glad you're finally teaching me to use a Chromebook' HP storage bods: We're not up there with EMC, but we're CRUSHING IBM Though Big Blue's revenues have plunged quite a bit Hey, boffins, Google wants you to train your AI on VIDEO GAMES 'Who knew a constant diet of violence would lead to such a cruel robot army?' Micron: Our STACKED SILICON BEAUTY solves the DRAM problem Logic? You want logic? It’s at the bottom IDC's explicit snapshot: Everyone who's anyone in object storage: In 3D Magic Quadrant? Pshaw. Check out our boxtastic MarketScape Dropbox is most pleasurable storage cloud for the old in-out Boffins analyse cloudy contenders' overheads and put Amazon last Hardware News Hello! Still here! Surface 2! Way better than iPad! says slightly desperate Microsoft Kickstand, kid spying, man, what does it take, you guys? How STEVE JOBS saved Apple's bacon with an outstretched ARM Feature And how a 'surprisingly small' UK company conquered the world PS-PHWOARRR: We review Sony’s next-gen PlayStation 4 Review Is PS4 the games console giant’s unfinished symphony? Kobo Arc 10HD: The bookworm's fondleslab? Review Android quad-core speed reader – unless you want to read PDFs, that is Moto G: Google's KitKat bruiser could knock out, bury Landfill Android Analysis 'Loss leaders' and competitive advantage Thai man reportedly dies clutching his scorched iPhone 4S Third-party USB adapter again suspected of delivering fatal jolt VIOLENT video games make KIDS SMARTER – more violent the BETTER Says new study. Moral panic, meet some facts Want to reach out and touch your Chromebook? How does $299 grab you? Acer serves up touchy-feely Chrome OS kit at tablet prices Hybrid storage performance leadership Tolly evaluates the performance of ioControl against conventional hybrid storage to find ioControl provided up to 700% better performance in block level access tests. Download here > Networks News WTF is the Internet of Things and how insurers will use it against you Sysadmin Blog The humbling sensation of having your stupidity monitored Microsoft announces new Skype China partner Guangming Founder gets the gig as snooping fears persist Beer giant San Miguel to become mobile operator Router hops just took on a deliciously refreshing new meaning Policy News World Trade Organisation chief warns global deals are ABOUT TO TANK Negotiators 'stop making the tough political calls' in Geneva Small software firm wins $28.4m after lobbing sueball at LOCKHEED MARTIN Unfair competition: Jury rules firm was shut out of F-16 fighter jet manual market Google tries to MAP its way out of competition trouble in Brussels 'We've gone the extra mile,' Mountain View claims Telcos can be forced to turn copyright cop, block websites – EU law man Pirates can be choked... 'in principle', advocate general advises US puts Assange charge in too-hard basket - report It's a lovely time of year to visit Stockholm Eurocrats recommend right to sue American companies over snooping Citizens need protection against the NSA Security News THOUSANDS of Ruby on Rails sites leave logins lying around Unexpired session cookies can be stolen, re-used Microsoft very sore after backdoor access by NSA, will encrypt networks Snooping on private messages 'breach of the 4th Amendment' GCHQ was called in to crack password in Watkins child abuse case Not just battling terrorists, it hunts down online predators too NSA spied on 'radicalisers' porn surfing so as to discredit them, reveals Snowden Ninety per cent of people surf porn, ten per cent are liars Euro computer emergency teams need better support – ENISA 'We're here to help' Software News OpenSUSE 13.1: Oh look, a Linux with YOU in mind (and 64-bit ARMs) Review Modest, reliable, not trying to be cool. Bit like Debian, then Visual Studio 2013: 50 Shades of Grey not a worry for MONSTER dev TOOL Review Improvements all 'round, but buggy on cloud and devices I'm Feeling LUCKY OR LAZY™? Chrome gets hands-free voice search When that finger simply cannot possibly be lifted Science News WATCH video of DEATH-WISH Comet ISON from FAR SIDE of the SUN Vid Imagery shows iceball buffeted by solar belch Fishy fishers' fishing figures fingered using Google Earth Gulf pics Grad student claims thousands more tonnes caught than reported Adorable, much-loved SEAHORSES are VICIOUS SLURPING KILLERS Magical docile attitude is just a front for expert stalking skills Rare FELLATIO-lovin' APES 'face extinction from interacting with HUMANS' No, not that sort of interaction. Humans just want to eat them ROBOT SWARM positions itself over EARTH ... to probe our magnetic field For the poles, they are a-changin' Boffins: Bonkless Brits fondling slabs, not each other Gross Monthly nookie incident index down from 6.1 to 4.9 over 12 years China: 'JADE RABBIT' will be FOUND ON MOON Cute 'Yutu' robot will cruise the Bay of Rainbows NASA shines a light on rehab plan for crocked Kepler probe Looking where the Sun don't shine helps probe to get its act together Bootnotes News New exploding whale vid once again shows true porpoise of internet Forget cute cats: here's another COMBUSTIBLE CETACEAN Hybrid storage performance leadership Tolly evaluates the performance of ioControl against conventional hybrid storage to find ioControl provided up to 700% better performance in block level access tests. Download here >

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