The Reg: Boffins confirm super-heavy Element 117 does exist – albeit briefly [Mon May 5 2014]

Daily Headlines 5 May 2014

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Business News SAP reshapes boards as innovation leader steps down Software boss Vishal Sikka's departure won't stop rapid trip to in-memory cloud-land Who's top Microsoft shareholder? Uh oh, it's STEVE BALLMER Sweaty ex-CEO now owns more shares than Bill Gates Twitter tunes out trashy Tweeters with much-needed muting module #LA-LA-LA-LA-I-CAN'T-HEAR-YOU French software developers are all beautiful women So says French dev tools outfit PC Soft ... unless they're being nasty and sexist Sony on the ropes after revising losses UP to $1.3 BEEELLION Blu-Ray business erased by interwebs and Bravia on the chopping block Channel News British Gas 'in talks' to outsource tech services desk, whispers insider Techies 'concerned' as energy giant chat to HCL and Cognizant Win XP war, huh! What is it good for? Enormo IT reseller Insight Clammy hand of Death touches old Microsoft OS, wallets suddenly crack open Bytes Tech Group in 'early' talks with acquisition target Future is services, services, services... oh and software (services) Systemax goes Dutch, devours SCC Netherlands 'Sub-scale' biz offloaded to tech services wannabe '25,000 Windows Server 2003 boxes' must be upgraded A DAY to meet OS support death date So says HP, which has plenty o' gear to shift, incidentally Data Centre News Docker ported into Hadoop as benchmarks show SCREAMING FAST performance Code committers hope unholy union of open source tech will spawn speedy gonzalez virtualization Oh Sony. Have we learned NOTHING from SuperAIT? Blocks and Files I don't care how brilliant it is, proprietary tape is OVER Aah, that warm sharing feeling. Just don't let the cloud rain on your firm How to get biz-level file sharing right the first time, every time Licensed to BILL: How much should you cough for software licences? Storagebod Nobody really knows - so we all get screwed Hardware News ARM tests: Intel flops on Android compatibility, Windows power Cambridge lab rat's verdict: 'We're still beating 'em' Source code for world's first MUD, Essex Uni's MUD1, recovered Ancestor to countless online worlds to be released as open source Shocking 'new iPhone' is also - BZZZZT!! - a Taser Australian Customs intercepts some nasty fakes Networks News Virgin Mobile Oz steals Vodafone's shipment of fail Credits offered for day-long outage Comcast and EA said to be planning streaming games service So, the carrier that didn't have enough bandwidth for Netflix wants to stream FIFA? Nominet boss quits after rough patch at helm of dot-UK registry Lesley Cowley in not all that surprising exit Policy News NBN Co hoses down 'user pays' story 'Connection will remain free' Yosemite National Park bans drones Modern day Ansel Adams must still schlep up mountains to make art Obama: I'm the CTRL-ALT-DEL President Immortalises IBM's three-finger salute and asks what NSA critics are smoking Australian government apps access smartmobe cams but 'don't film you' Department of Human Services says its apps need cameras to deliver better services The verdict is in: Samsung to pay Apple $120m chump change, but gets tiny rebate Legal warriors wax fat on both sides ZeniMax lobs sueball at Oculus, says space cowboy Carmack rustled its code Games maker wants slice of Facebook's fortune as compensation Steelie Neelie's 'Airbus of chips' plan taxis for June take-off Double or bust production plan for Internet of Thingies OUCH... right in the Androids! Google hit by another antitrust sueball This time it's about 'illegal monopoly' of mobile search Now is 'the wrong time to send hundreds of millions of dollars to Kremlin' - SpaceX boss Quotw Plus: 'Government’s website... is upper-case: GOV.UK' Security News Boffins tag Android app privacy fails Your pocket is leaking data Hackers ZERO IN on ZOMBIE XP boxes: Get patching, Internet Explorer 8 users Multi-pronged malfeasance targets gov, energy, finance Look what's screeching into the Internet of Stuff: SELF-DRIVING CARS Pics Microcontroller lords Freescale rev customisable motors Boffins pen 'Guide to better spamming' Small, widely-dispersed botnets ought to do the trick Script fools n00b hackers into hacking themselves Indian Facebook users targeting their mates shoot selves in foot Software News Watch out, Yahoo! EFF looses BADGER on sites that ignore Do Not Track Browser plugin nudges companies toward compliance Apple tips Shiraz down all its techies' throats (that's the rumoured name for OS X 10.10) iOS staff hauled into Mac development, claim sources Science News Laser deflector shields possible with today's tech – but there's one small problem Vid You'll need to use the Force when shields are up Boffins confirm super-heavy Element 117 does exist – albeit briefly Includes handy El Reg guide on how to make it SpaceX touts latest gear: new module, rocket demo Vid Musk lets slip plans for Dragon Mk 2 capsule Stephen Hawking: The creation of true AI could be the 'greatest event in human history' Unfortunately, 'it might also be the last' El Reg Quid-A-Day Nosh Posse crawls towards finish line 'Feel a bit weak', admits 780-Calories-per-day Toby Classified LOHAN payload is four-eyed beast Prototype panoramic camera hits the stratosphere Bootnotes News Evidence-based Tweets will SAVE the WORLD - and your waistline The ¡Bong! Interview 'They like the sound of the coral reefs exploding. The neoliberal b-' Creating your GOLDEN statue of NICOLAS CAGE FINALLY possible 3D printing bods to bring family jewels to the masses

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