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Daily Headlines 9 July 2014

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Business News Amazon woos dispute-stung Hachette scribes with 100% ROYALTIES Says writers can get paid as long as publisher gets nothing Silicon Valley royalty royally slammed for 'persistent, troubling deficit' of diversity Few women and minorities? What is this, the US Congress? How to earn $7,000 a month plus benefits: Be a teen tech INTERN Youth flown out to meet Facebook's youth-in-chief Bloodied Samsung's profits down 25% as it clings to mobe crown How will it ever survive on $7.1bn operating profit? T'esla – China and your brand: Trademark spat threatens Musk's dream Wheels will come off electric motor biz if Chinese bloke wins court fight Profit-free Box trousers $150m in funding. So much for an April IPO Equity cushion, but no Twitter-style market float... yet Panic like it's 1999: MS Office macro viruses are BACK VBA IS NOT DEAD, shrieks infosec chap Mexican watchdog sinks teeth into Carlos Slim over 'market fixing' Comment But comms-TV split-up could help titan gain MORE ground Doctor Who season eight scripts leak online BBC asks fans to EXTERMINATE copies before they materialise Atmel buys more IoT capability Slings $US140 at Newport Media for wireless SOCs Data Centre News Why is VMware hiring data center gurus in JAPAN? It doesn't take a vExpert to work it out... Virty giant plans Pacific assault on Microsoft and Amazon EMC huffs, gives XtremIO a polish, shows off shiny data services New starter box and larger clusters for your enhappiment EMC gobbles cloud upstart TwinStrata Unveils flash VMAX models too A Google-style hyper-scale data centre... but WITHOUT the Google At least that's the claim from new hyper converged upstart Hardware News BlackBerry claims ugly duckling Passport mobe is a swan in the offing Oddball square screen may not be as crazy as it seems Prepare yourself for PlayStation pr0n: Sony shows off PS 4 beta-fest Pics PlayStation TV, Destiny, The Order and more 'iPhone 6' survives STAB ATTACK. Truly, it is the JESUS Phone Vid Or, this is just a very naughty boy Battle ready: Valiant Hearts and Company of Heroes: Western Front Game Theory War is Fun Hell It's finally happened: Bloke builds BOFH-style goofing-off cattle prod BZZZT: Slapper man seeks funds for jolt-a-slacker device Networks News Virgin Media goes titsup AGAIN. The cause? Yet MORE DNS strife ISP refuses to comment on why outages keep happening Kiwi ISP 'Slingshot' stones geo-blocked content The last time someone tried this it ended badly, quickly Policy News Uber kindly agrees not to price gouge during disasters Cab-killer bows to 1970s oil price protection laws Revealed: SECRET DNA TEST SCANDAL at UN IP agency Exclusive El Reg publishes scorching internal report, ex ICANN CEO named Samsung in Brazilian strip: Robbers snatch $6.3m in gear from plant Armed thugs take unboxing to whole new level Universal Discredit: Gov admits Treasury HASN'T signed off biz case Iain Duncan Smith's welfare IT reform plan looks doomed Manhattan drone pair cuffed for NYPD chopper near miss 'Reckless endangerment' rap for late-night flight Gendarmes grab French Bitcoin exchange in €200k sting Liberté, Égalité, but not crypto-currency Security News Teensy card skimmers found in gullets of ATMs Hi-tech fraudsters treading more softly, but gas still yields=ing bang for buck FAKE Google web SSL certificates tip-toe out from Indian authorities Could go through root stores like a bad biryani Russian MP fears US Secret Service cuffed his son for Snowden swap Seleznev Jnr is 'prolific trafficker in stolen credit card data', it is alleged PATCH NOW: Microsoft swats 29 security bugs, Adobe closes hijack hole Dear Windows Journal, today I got owned China's 'Deep Panda' crew targets Middle East policy wonks - report Spy hackers now ignoring domestic threats - infosec bods Computing student jailed after failing to hand over crypto keys +Comment Sledgehammer once again used to crack a nut IEEE expands malware initiatives Clearing-house for software metadata Insecure AVG search tool shoved down users' throats, says US CERT Sneaky 'foistware' downloads install things you never asked for Software News But WE want to rule the Internet of STUFF – Intel, Dell, Samsung & chums Going up against Microsoft, Cisco, Qualcomm and their lot Science News Voyager 1 hears 'sounds of space' as solar tsunami sweeps past Boffins now very, very, sure craft is in interstellar space Would it be BAD if the Amazon rainforest was all FARMS? Well it WAS, once Used to be all fields round here: Jungle tribesman saying Reg reader fires up Pi-powered anti-cat garden sprinkler system Vid Crap in my begonias? Oh no you don't, you furry little sod 'Biggest ever flying bird' was 21-foot TERROR with ripsaw teeth Pic 'Travelled for extreme distances while crossing ocean waters in search of prey' Wireless-controlled contraception implant is coming, says MIT I love you baby, but we can't do it without encryption Bootnotes News Dubai to get HUGE climate-controlled DOMED CITY and giga-mall Cosmetic surgery with direct access to shopping and a show

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