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Daily Headlines 3 March 2014

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Business News Qantas' biggest problems are … Apple, Samsung and Google? Now that YOU control the in-flight experience, all seats are the same Apple investors fall for CEO Cook's product-presentation prank In other news: Apple TV sales topped $1bn last year, Cook shows his feisty side Apple to maintain phone profit lead through years of 'enormous transition' – report Windows Phone the rising star? Didn't see that one coming Apple beats off troll in German patent fracas Court saves Cupertino from $2bn raid on its $159bn cash hoard Bitcoin or bust: MtGox files for bankruptcy protection Exchanges 'fesses up to losing 750,000 Bitcoins But... you work in IT... Why aren't we RICH? Something for the Weekend, Sir? Buy my fantasy tech... watch my heels... and... POP! PayPal row heats up as eBay chair calls Icahn claims 'false and misleading' Mud-slinging begins as investor pushes for PayPal spin-off It's a BLOCKBUSTER: Minecraft heads to the silver screen Warner Bros to make movie out of addictive block-shifting game VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger's DARKEST FEARS revealed Form 10-K shows Virtzilla knows it has a lot of work to do in the hybrid cloud Channel News Tom Kelly: IT depts and channel partners FEAR the cloud Ex-Logicalis boss talks fluffy stuff as he lands at IaaS firm Ospero Ingram chief on $100m SLASH FEST: 'It doesn't take a genius' to see IT market's changing Job cuts, closures and 'we'll take advantage of cheap labour' Hitachi Data Systems hands out P45s ... to EXECUTIVES Storage firm cutting costs amid yet another restructure Data Centre News Cisco kicks off $300k Internet of Things security competition Borg wants an Internet of secure things and wants you to do the heavy thinking AVG killing cloud storage service LiveKive to be offed in August Ethernet boffins get ready to kick off 400G development Networking's unkillable gorilla to get faster again in 2016 or 2017 Brit colo outfit Alphadex offline all weekend after attack Little explanation offered leaving users mad as hell as hundreds of sites go dark CarelessDotData: 'The state is not going to do dastardly things' with your privates Quotw Plus: 'Thin-skinned... thinks he owns the material he conduits' Hey, IT department! Sick of vendor shaftings? Why not DO IT, yourself Secret CIO Let go of the shopping trolley and skill up, popeye Software containers for BYOD/mobile device management: Big Tin Can This baby will never escape from the bit of string back to corporate Microsoft Research co-develops cloud data scrambler 'Melbourne Shuffle' will make it harder for cloud operators to mine or sniff your data Stanford academics unleash Quasar cluster juggler on mega bit barns Exclusive Quasar beams jobs onto under-provisioned servers Hardware News Apple fanbois DENIED: Mac Pro deliveries stalled until April Incredibly expensive 'dustbin' computer's deliveries delayed French silver foxes use Fujitsu's Grandroid mobes... to send each other selfies Soon they'll send them to Japanese pals using Babelfish-like social network feature Battling with Blizzard's new WoW expansion and Diablo revamp Preview El Reg gaming mistress given sneak peek at the dev's EU HQ A guide to transactional email With this guide, find out what you might be missing in your transactional emails. Download here > Networks News BT demands end to Ofcom wholesale broadband subsidies for BSkyB, TalkTalk Telco giant claims watchdog has driven competition deep into network Facebook cans Windows and Firefox Messenger apps No need to ask what's up with all the titsup, what with WhatsApp on the up-and-up Policy News How a Facebook post by blabbermouth daughter cost her parents $80,000 As she yammered to her chums online: 'SUCK IT' Yes: You CAN use your phone as a satnav while driving – appeals court California judges rip up bloke's $165 ticket after two-year legal battle Chicago man lobs class-action sueball at MtGox Bitcoin exchange accused of 'intentional and systematic' misappropriation of funds Anti Gmail data-mining lawsuit hits possible stumbling block Email content skimming claims may not qualify as class action, says Judge Lucy Koh UK man Lauri Love accused of hacking US Federal Reserve Lawyer: We'll 'vehemently oppose' extradition attempts Steelie Neelie eats crow, welcomes mere €1bn Euro broadband fund From 'regret' to 'a great week for Europe’s Digital Agenda' in a year Fed chairwoman casts doubt on Bitcoin regulation in the US Yellen dampens hopes of lawmaker seeking cryptocurrency ban Security News IM demo for TOR coming soon Instantbird to land on an onion by end of March RSA booked TV's Stephen Colbert to give the final speech. This is what happened next RSA 2014 Comic gives security bods a healthy dose of truthiness Secret Service probes possible data-leak hack attack at Sears – report So far, so good – no sign of any database breach, says US goliath Crap hospital databases next goldmine for cyber-crooks, say Microsoft's botnet slayers RSA 2014 Your medical files are worth big bucks to fraudsters Two in five Brits cough up for CryptoLocker ransomware's demands Cowed victims hand over thousands rather than install basic security measures Government-built malware running out of control, F-Secure claims TrustyCon What if antivirus companies are whitelisting state malware... Software News Daimler hints at Android-powered telematics in future cars Job ad seeks devs with Chocolate Factory expertise Open source 3D sensing libraries kiboshed, maybe by Apple Effort led by Cupertino acquisition PrimeSense pulls the plug Fitbit fans: Want your Netflix to pause when you nod off? There's almost an app for that Video Food for thought from web TV biz's Hack Day Get Quake III running on Raspberry Pi using Broadcom's open-source GPU drivers, earn $10K Full code and documentation offered for mobile graphics chip Microsoft dangles carrot at SMEs, eases Windows 8 Enterprise licensing Taken out Software Assurance? Help yourself to side-loading apps John Lewis unzips mega Oracle ERP package Exclusive Planning for Christmas 2018 Science News Frenchman eyes ocean domination with floating, mobile Bond villain lair Sub hangars, abyssal probe, immense tower with 'Eye' at the top Google sticks its servers behind genomics alliance Chocolate Factory wants to cure YOU Bootnotes News Inquietante testimonio gráfico: Electrosonda orgásmica anal aplicada… ¡a un TORO! NSFW Nuestro fotógrafo sufre pesadillas - Lo mismo puede ocurrirle a usted Insecure hipsters with BEARD ENVY spur facial hair transplant craze Sod the London Look, it's all about the Rasputin Look Booze and bacon sarnies: A recipe for immortality? Now you can live forever, Reg research suggests A guide to transactional email With this guide, find out what you might be missing in your transactional emails. Download here >

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