Edward who? GCHQ boss dodges Snowden topic during last speech [Wed Oct 22 2014]

Daily Headlines 22 October 2014

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Business News San Franciscans: Lyft and UberX want to take you to the airport If your driver doesn't pull you out of the car and smash your phone first, that is Apple, GT bury hatchet – but sapphire screen spat skinny stays secret GT to sell off factory to repay Cupertino loans if deal is approved EMC calls sudden event to reveal 'New business development' VCE absorption tipped, but let's not forget Cloudfather Tucci's time is nearly up Innovation agenda's code for kids plan still a work in progress Australia to spend AU$3.5m helping teachers to help kids think like computers Marissa! Mayer! ends! 21! month! dry! spell! as! Yahoo! sales! grow! Purple Palace finally tilts revenue upwards ... but income downwards How Magic Leap got $542m from Google: Dress as a SPACEMAN with dayglo dancers Vid Virtual insanity reality ARM heads: Our cores still have legs ... as shares tumble amid 'peak smartphone' fears Chip shipments up 19% in Q3, but revenues missed Who will be Europe's privacy champion? Oh, go on then, Mr Deputy Assistant chief becomes the boss. And it took EU HOW LONG to decide that? Yes, yes, Steve Jobs. Look what I'VE done for you lately – Tim Cook New iPhone biz baron points to Apple's (his) greatest successes Defence giant BAE coughs $230m for cloud heavy SilverSky Multinational gets defensive over emails Lords take revenge on REVENGE PORN publishers Jilted Johns and Jennies with busy fingers face two years inside That's PROFESSOR Woz to you from now on, young whippersnapper Apple co-founder signs up to teach at Australian University FedEx helps deliver THOUSANDS of spam messages DIRECT to its Blighty customers Don't worry Wilson, I'll do all the paddling. You just hang on Who's that sniffing around BlackBerry? Oh, is it YOU again, Lenovo? Hope springs eternal as possible purchase mooted yet again Data Centre News How much will it take to make OpenStack better? Well, stack dev Mirantis just bagged $100m ... We'll knock out a wall there, put through some pipes there Reg man has the cure for IBM storage: Just swallow 10 firms Comment It'll only set you back a few billion Microsoft and Dell’s cloud in a box: Instant Azure for the data centre Analysis A less painful way to run Microsoft’s private cloud Migrate to the cloud and watch your business take flight Expand your horizons Reg Vulture grills Xen hypervisor daddy on latest storage upstart Interview Coho Data techie gets technical on flash-disk rivals Will EMC swallow cloudy upstart? These analysts seem to think so Maginatics baits hook with software-only storage Most cloud apps flout EU data protection rules – study Data Protection Directive not passed yet, though... VMware gives up on dual-persona smartphone concept AirWatch has other ideas about the best way to deliver apps to your pocket Hardware News You get what you pay for: Kingston's SSDNow V310 960GB whopper Review Enterprise-worthy TBW stats ... with price tag to match OnePlus One cut-price Android phone on sale to all... for 1 HOUR Still teasing... ICO warns UK broadcasters over filming using drones Must comply with data protection rules, m'kay? Networks News Telstra ambit claim gets ACCC pushback Tell 'em they're DREAMING, son NSA approves Samsung Knox for use by TOP SECRET g-men Nine gadgets from chaebol green-lighted Steelie Neelie orders Germany to sort out its mobe charges – or EU will go FULL LEGAL Explain this 80% hike or PAY, thunders EC commish ESNet's 100 Gbps Atlantic link almost ready to flow London, Geneva added to destinations for giant research net Security News Google puts Chrome credentials on USB drives for two-factor authentication Company teams up with FIDO Alliance to support push-button security keys Apple grapple: Congress kills FBI's Cupertino crypto kybosh plan Encryption would lead us all into a 'dark place', claim G-Men Chinese APT groups targeting Australian lawyers Have a bit of sympathy, people: lawyers hold YOUR data and juicy stuff about big deals Edward who? GCHQ boss dodges Snowden topic during last speech UK spies would rather 'walk' than do 'mass surveillance' Hacked and ashamed? C'mon, Brits – report that cybercrime Gov.uk campaign: Consumer security led to '£670m losses' Carders punch holes through Staples Investigation launched into East Coast stores Palo Alto Networks boxes spray firewall creds across the net Crummy configurations to blame, Moore hardening offered as remedy Quantum key security steps outside the box 'Device independent' proof a step closer ... if you obey the laws of physics Software News Preview redux: Microsoft ships new Windows 10 build with 7,000 changes Latest bleeding-edge bits borrow Action Center from Windows Phone Hey Apple, we're gonna tailor Swift as open source – indie devs throw down gauntlet GPL language clone is 'a friendly nudge' to Cupertino Web developers: Special guests will give you a leg-up to Azure Promo Weekly webinars becoming pleasantly crowded UNIX greybeards threaten Debian fork over systemd plan 'Veteran Unix Admins' fear desktop emphasis is betraying open source Science News MARS NEEDS WOMEN, says NASA pretendnaut: They are light, eat less 'Some might find the idea offensive' concedes boffin Luscious LOHAN t-shirts fly into Vulture Central Then fly straight out to our Kickstarter backers Watch live! NASA video streams Orionid meteor shower – or go outside and look yourself Vid Earth passes through Halley’s Comet debris

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