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Business News NATO declares WAR on Google Glass, mounts attack alongside MPAA Yes, the National Association of Theater Owners is quite upset Australia's media regulator to oversee new data retention regime Bill pitched as essential anti-terror and crime measure Turnbull: Coding skills 'will be almost as important as literacy and numeracy' Comms Minister thinks digital technologies is baked into maths curriculum Australian E-Health records breached twice in the last year Sick system saw patients peep into two records More Microsoft staffers shown the door in Round 3 of job cuts Nadella creeps close to 18,000-layoff target Banksy denies Banksy impostor's claim to Banksy.com – which isn't owned by Banksy Street artist defends someone else's right to use his name UK.gov rushes out broken 'Orphan Works' system as EU Directive comes in +Comment It was there all along! Well, sort of there UK.gov set to burn half a BEELLLION POUNDS on one-dole-to-rule-em-all IT, claims PAC chair One boss after another leaps out of Universal Credit hot seat Whoa, back up a little CommVault: ANOTHER weak quarter? Hammer head promises improvements Inside the EYE of the TORnado: From Navy spooks to Silk Road Comment It's hard enough to peel the onion, are you hard enough to eat the core? Apple to PROTECT YOU from dreaded TROUSER EXPLOSIONS Pantleg conflag safety at last Indian DEITY reveals Internet of Things policy Solar-powered trash receptacles seen as road to $15 BEEELLION industry Deloitte's dumb rules stop us from telling you about everyone else's dumb rules Report's dire delivery process proves thesis that private sector is better at bureaucracy than bureaucrats Data Centre News Catalogic data copy sprawl smacker CEO Walsh talks to the Vulture Interview 'Sorry about the soapbox' Hey - who wants 4.8 TERABYTES almost AS FAST AS MEMORY? China's Memblaze says they've got it in PCIe. Yow Return of the disk drive bigness? Not for poor old, busted WD Modest rev rise as profits fall Dragon's Outsourcery flaunts UK.gov cloud bazaar credentials 'Still a lot of distrust for cloudening among these gov primitives', admit biz chiefs Storage, probably like a college girl buying a belt. Be ready for the freshman 15 Storagebod OMG, I just need to let my array out a bit Has NetApp solved the TLC for biz puzzle? We look at its MYSTERY SSD Mars sauce Analysis They MUST know something others don't. Right? IBM, backing away from hardware? NEVER! HPC Blog Don't be so sure, so-surers Samsung wants a bite of flash cache, will eat Proximal Data – sources AutoCache provider will slot nicely into Korea Co's offerings Google may hook Kubernetes deep into own cloud 'Highly differentiated experience' promised, details likely at November gabfest Storage array giants to point their back ends at Azure Site Recovery expands Hardware News No nudity, please, we're GAMING: Twitch asks players to cover up New rules apply equally to both sexes, as they should Hate the BlackBerry Z10 and Passport? How about this dusty old flashback instead? BlackBerry Classic aims to rekindle the flames Lawyers mobilise angry mob against Apple over alleged 2011 Macbook Pro crapness We suffered 'random bouts of graphical distortion' - fanbois This is why we CAN have nice things: Samsung Galaxy Alpha Review iPhone 6 botherer? Speaking in Tech: Amazon's Fire is being snuffed out Podcast Plus: What exaclty is a 'global computing fabric'? Apple spent just ONE DOLLAR beefing up the latest iPad Air 2 New iPads look a lot like the old one. There's a reason for that 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 Has the United Nations taken over the Internet yet? Impress at your next dinner party with this primer on what's happening at the ITU gabfest FCC boss clears way for internet TV and dismantling of cable bundles Wheeler says web services no different from broadcast channels Bangkok gets 'net exchange with help from ISOC Bit barns and their brethren busting out all over Asia Telstra (re)launches am app store (again) Is it over the top to keep fighting over the top players with the same underwhelming idea? Security News Big Retail: We don't hate Apple, just the credit card companies Group opens up (slightly) about Apple Pay competitor CurrentC The NO-NAME vuln: wget mess patched without a fancy brand Directory overwrite bug threatens all *nix boxen Naked and afraid: that's how Telstra's WiFi security makes you feel Bad dog: Redmond's new IE tool KILLS POODLE with one shot Azure and Office 365 to end SSL 3.0 support, too Big Retail's Apple Pay killer CurrentC HACKED, tester info stolen Listen for the sound of chuckling from Cupertino WHITE HOUSE network DOWN: Nation-sponsored attack likely 'Unclassified systems only', claim Presidential residentials BlackEnergy crimeware coursing through US control systems US CERT says three flavours of control kit are under attack Cisco: We made UCS secure but need your help to finish the job New hardening guide suggests shutting old services, expiring admins and locking logs Find My Phone does just one thing but Samsung's messed it up Hackers can p0wn smartmobes through handset location services Software News Microsoft opens Office 365 to devs with APIs, SDKs Put a REST into your calendar PEAK APPLE: iOS 8 is least popular Cupertino mobile OS in all of HUMAN HISTORY 'Nerd release' finally staggers past 50 per cent adoption Devs: Imagine a lithe, lightly-clad, sweaty body and what you'd do with it The Google Fit SDK wants you to take it for a ride Top research shop releases free boffinware for all Your research may be bleeding edge, but the way you do it probably isn't Science News MEN: For pity's sake SLEEP with LOTS of WOMEN - and avoid Prostate Cancer And, um, don't sleep with other men. If that's what worries you China lunar mission readies for return to Earth China's 'blue marble' shot puts all things lunar in perspective BONFIRE of the MEGABUCKS: $200m+ BURNED in SECONDS in Antares launch blast Vid And that's not counting the cargo and launchpad 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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