Ex-Soviet engines fingered after Antares ROCKET launch BLAST [Fri Oct 31 2014]

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Business News Google's Mr. Roboto, Andy Rubin, to bid sayonara Android daddy heading off to startup land Lenovo completes Motorola purchase for $2.9bn – $10bn less than Google paid for it Ah, but the patents Google keeps were worth every penny BT: Consumers and cost cutting save the day Telco adds 88,000 broadband users, sees £4.38bn in sales NHS quango fatcats spend £2m tax dosh on iPads and iPhones British health chiefs coughed small fortune on Apple gadgets Apple dealer CANCOM: We're RAKING IT IN EBITDA doubles year-on-year at the German firm Sales down at UK's oldest tech distie: Northamber losses widen in fiscal '14 But chairman Phillips is rosy about future Samsung's flagging phone fortunes hit profits hard Net earnings nearly halve in the third quarter compared to last year All change at the top of HP's enterprise biz Same strategy, but can the newbies make it work? China set to be buried under mountain of surplus robots, warns biz chap Can't stop the damn things reproducing. Unlike humans Twitter, IBM, in deal to create brainy Big Blue Bird #Enterprise #BigData #Analytics #BuzzwordFest Channel News Distie titan TD Azlan to cut ties with Huawei 'Can't shift the gear', say channel whispers Data Centre News Desktop Linux users beware: IT's decided you need management VMware reveals VDI for Linux desktops plan, plus China lab to do the development Struggling tape bods Quantum a few quids in after good quarter Firm is growing again Facebook OCP crowd to ogle MICROSOFT'S server-room SECRETS Open Compute Project claps eyes on Redmond blueprints Keep up with the fast-moving world of flash array storage How to pick the right kind SkyHawk array swoops down, 136TB claws extended Skyera offering more capacity, less power usage This time it's SO REAL: Overcoming the open-source orgasm myth with TODO If the web giants need it to work, hey, maybe it'll work Forget WHITE BOX, it's time for JUNK BOX NETWORKING Storagebod Readers: Could you build a complete data environment off eBay? Amazon's hybrid cloud: EC2 wrangled by Microsoft's control freak Plug-in for System Centre gives Windows Server control of Bezos' bit barns Remember Internet2? It's now a software-defined metacloud Boffins can slice network into their own private connections for research and fun Hardware News Sony borks fanboi funboxes with dodgy PS4 update Ready for the new firmware? Not so fast Watch out, Samsung and Apple: Xiaomi's No 3 in smartphones now From obscurity to selling 19 million mobes a quarter Making an entrance: Remote door-opening tech Breaking Fad Personal portal peace of mind Humanity now making about 41 mobes EACH SECOND 327 MEEELLION mobes shipped in Q3, say very tired analysts Microsoft fitness bands slapped on wrists: All YOUR HEALTH DATA are BELONG TO US Wearable will deliver 'actionable insights for healthier living' Internet Security Threat Report 2014 An overview and analysis of the year in global threat activity: identify, analyze, and provide commentary on emerging trends in the dynamic threat landscape. Download here > Networks News Brazil greenlights $200m internet cable to Europe in bid to outfox NSA Only one problem: it won't make the slightest difference. And they know it Verizon set to pay $64 MEEELLION for overbilling customers Company looks to settle charges of bloating family bills EE launches 150Mbps '4G+' in Central London LTE-A - Faster phones for Hoxton Hipsters Security News Danish court finds Pirate Bay cofounder guilty of hacking CSC servers Jury doesn't buy 'evil hackers pwned my computer' defense BIGGEST THREAT to Europe’s cybersecurity? Hint: not hackers Largest EVER Europe-wide cybersecurity exercise The ULTIMATE CRUELTY: Sandworm uses PowerPoint against Swiss bank customers From espionage to cybercrime UK smart meters arrive in 2020. Hackers have ALREADY found a flaw Energy summit bods warned of free energy bonanza UK consumers particularly prone to piss-poor patching Java a hot spot – new report Carders offer malware with the human touch to defeat fraud detection Huge credit card heists mean crims want to cash out - fast Mozilla releases geolocating WiFi sniffer for Android As if the civilians who never change access point passwords will ever opt out of this one Drupalocalypse! Devs say it's best to assume your CMS is owned SQLi hole was hit hard, fast, and before most admins even knew it needed patching Software News CoreOS offers private Docker container registries for world+dog Your containers, your data center, behind your firewall Samaritans 'suicide Twitter-sniffer' backfires over privacy concerns 900,000 twitterati monitored without consent Programming Office 365: Hands On with Microsoft's new APIs Analysis Half-baked samples – is this stuff really ready? Science News Ex-Soviet engines fingered after Antares ROCKET launch BLAST Speculation rife, but Orbital claims it's too early to tell NASA: Spacecraft crash site FOUND ON MOON RIM 'What fun!' exlaims NASA boffin who found the LADEE Bootnotes News Apple CEO Tim Cook tells world: 'I’m proud to be gay' It is 'among the greatest gifts God has given me' Internet Security Threat Report 2014 An overview and analysis of the year in global threat activity: identify, analyze, and provide commentary on emerging trends in the dynamic threat landscape. Download here >

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