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Business News VC who wants to split California REVEALED as Silk Road Bitcoin slurper Auction winner says he'll use BTC hoard to save us from weakening real-world money No sueballs needed: Microsoft and Canon buddy up on patent deal Redmond adds yet another name to its litany of IP pacts Amazon reseller lobs sueball at etailer and Apple over listings yank H2F alleges 'conspiracy' because its kit was so cheap Xiaomi: Hidden Android dragon is growing fast, despite being unknown in the West Look out Samsung, look out Apple Google buys shagadelic playlist biz Songza Analysis Google dude. I'm about to get, er, intimate – which music should we play? Nationwide Building Society's services out for the count Internet, mobile and faster payments all down in mysterious outage Twitter takes on GOOGLE, swallows wannabe YouTube firm Buys user-generated vid platform Snappy TV 'Disruptive innovation' is nonsense? Not ALWAYS, actually Worstall on Weds Check out Google v Big Auto, eggheads, then come back to me Golf bloke to Richard Branson: Get on board the future bus, where there's 'NO WEATHER' Not Bong, actual quotes from tech startup love-in Channel News NSA, GCHQ spies have hurt us more than they know – cloud biz Security is 'major concern', say half of potential customers Lenovo: Our IBM deal will definitely go through this year. Honest US gov, check our history - we're squeaky clean on securo-matters Data Centre News VMware's super-secret MARVIN: It's software-defined war on future IT Sysadmin blog Life after servers? Don't talk to me about life after servers! Simplivity drops sweet OmniCubes into channel's cup Hypes up hyperconvergence as a tasty deal Listen bud – crud FUD flood is dud, says Dell: 'We do support VSAN' Blocks and Files IT titan scoffs at rivals' whisperings Running Cisco's VoIP manager? Four words you don't want to hear: 'Backdoor SSH root key' Hardwired login in Unified Comms Domain Manager What makes a tier-1 enterprise flash array a superior beast? Storage monoliths enter the fray Amazon sues former employee who took Google cloud job Alleges breach of non-compete clause in contract Speaking in Tech: 'Software-defined' anything makes me BARF in my MOUTH Podcast Plus: Open source is a MYTH - look at OpenStack... Noticed a sudden explosion of analytics firms? So has Microsoft's chairman Thompson on Virtual Instruments' probe 'n' sniff tech Seagate's bought a disk drive array firm. Déjà vu? You betcha Xyratex buyout seems awfully like ancient X-IO history Cisco doesn't make hyper-converged gear, but if it did, it'd probably look like this Blocks and Files IT giant can have our recipe for free Who wants to strap on a helmet and crash test vSphere? VMware creates private beta community, but don't join if you plan virtual nukes Microsoft, Google et al form club to push 25/50 Gbps Ethernet New consortium plans faster Ethernet delivered faster than rival standard groups Hardware News HDMI, thy end is near: Qualcomm's Wilocity gobble will let mobes, tabs beam 4K vid to TVs WiGig-Wi-Fi crossover to knock your SoCs off We need to talk about SPEAKERS: Soz, 'audiophiles', only IT will break the sound barrier Feature Design, DSPs and the debunking of traditional hi-fi Networks News Ericsson and ZTE run a demo, join the 'our 5G is the real 5G' club More speed records and roadmaps for a standard that doesn't exist Microsoft joins Qualcomm's gang in Internet of Stuff standards fight Tech firms choose sides or go it alone on Web Everywhere interoperability ISPs haul GCHQ into COURT over dragnet interwebs snooping 'Exploitation of network infrastructure is unlawful,' says co-claimant Virgin Media struck dumb by NATIONWIDE DNS outage Customers fume: 'Basic infrastructure - get a grip' What's the big deal about Big SQL? Answering many of the common questions that relational database management system (DBMS) users have about Big SQL. Download here > Policy News HOLD THE FRONT PAGE: US govt backs mass spying by US govt Sucks to be you, Johnny Foreigner. But think of all the terrorism Uncle Sam's tackling Amazon tells FTC: If you want to fine us for kids' in-app cash blowouts, we'll see you in court Don't tar us with Apple's brush says Bezos & Co Lords try shoehorning law against REVENGE SMUT into justice bill Lib Dems suggest a year in jail for posting ex-lovers' topless selfies online Fibre to YOUR premises NBN still on table pending telco talks No mention in new roadmap but NBN Co 'actively working on products' Trick-cyclists rally round in defence of Facebook emoto-furtling study 'All real men ignore consent and privacy' Security News Travel website Hotel Hippo yanked offline after data leaks spotted Whose credit card details and address d'ya fancy reading? Cybercrooks breed SELF-CLONING MUTANT that STEALS your BANK DETAILS Fresh Cridex variant plays merry hell via email MONSTER COOKIES can nom nom nom ALL THE BLOGS Blog networks can be force-fed more than they can chew Redmond's EMET defense tool disabled by exploit torpedo With latest version shot to pieces, work begins on beta bomb Software News No, modular Java isn't dead. It'll be in Java 9 – honest Project Jigsaw, nixed from Java 8, is back and ready for Phase Two Google policy wonk patronises Brits over EU search biz probe Downgrading rivals? Whetstone: 'I just don't think it's really true' Linux turns the crank on code for cars Got a feel for your automobile Science News Brit SPACE HEDGEHOG team flies student Mars payload Second attempt at experimental podule cluster stratomission NASA: Climate-change satellite to end CO2 debate in orbit AT LAST Updated Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 finally gets into Spaaaace Like frozen burgers, 'Bigfoot' DNA samples have a touch of horse Brit boffin tests 37 supposed Sasquatch samples, finds all are known animals NIST shows off one-way photon-passing metamaterial A light take on a diode could be just the thing for photonic networks What's the big deal about Big SQL? Answering many of the common questions that relational database management system (DBMS) users have about Big SQL. Download here >

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