Trips to Mars may be OFF: The SUN has changed in a way we've NEVER SEEN [Thu Oct 23 2014]

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Business News Disney and chums halt Comcast-TWC, AT&T-DirecTV weddings FCC reaches to pull back curtain, TV networks run screaming from sunlight Smartphone giant _____ puts citizens' private data beyond reach of oppressive regime _____ Take a guess and fill in the blanks How to hit the top of Google's rankings: 'Use a new dot-thing gTLD' You know what they, say – when the Cutts away ... Pay a tax on every gigabyte you download? Haha, that's too funny. But not to Hungarians Sssh, don't give anyone any ideas, Hungary Australia to 'relieve' telcos of need to disclose intercepts Updated Administrivia-reduction measure said to have no consumer benefit Chinese hackers slurp iCloud passwords, Apple's CEO jumps into his jet for China Beijing wants answers from Tim 'Demon Headmaster' Cook EMC profits flatline as VCE joins the storage-tastic federation Just gotta hope the Fed holds out against activist investors Facebook pays INFINITELY MORE UK corp tax than in 2012 Thanks for the £3k, Zuck. Doh! you're IN CREDIT. Guess not Look out, it's 'H' from Brussels: New Euro digi-czars take post Who are they and what will they be doing? We take a look Lufthansa tosses IT biz to Big Blue, inks outsource deal with IBM Cutting costs to compete with hungry little rivals Warning to those who covet the data of Internet of Precious Things There's nothing for you here: it's personal data – watchdogs Computer misuse: Brits could face LIFE IN PRISON for serious hacking offences Vague wording leads to legal uncertainty, says JCHR VMware's new enemy no. 1 isn't Hyper-V, it's Vladimir Putin Healthy quarter marred by plunge in Russian sales and missed US federal deal Data Centre News SNIA's Australia/New Zealand chapter winds itself up Board declares mission accomplished Big Azure? Microsoft and IBM ink deal on business cloud Enterprise round-up time... VMware, Cisco, EMC lovechild to live in Big Daddy EMC's house EMC absorption rumours confirmed Panzura's cloudy gear hits others' WAN optimisation kit for six If you believe their claims. Promising if true, mind It's Big, it's Blue... it's simply FABLESS! IBM's chip-free future Worstall on Wednesday Or why the reversal of globalisation ain't gonna 'appen Managing identity to drive business Join us in the Reg Studios on 26 November HPC Wales stretches its reach to Northern Ireland Selling cycles across the Irish Sea Hardware News Ooh la la! Nokia France leak: Windows Phone DEFENESTRATED in Microsoft Lumia revamp Haricots renversés sur Facebook Really... an iKeyfob? Apple continues war on fanbois' pockets Relax: it's just a patent... for now Freescale lassos Ethernet cables around car, calls it 'Internet of Things' Dev kit for the auto sector PARC Alto source code released by computer history museum A slice of history: the GUI before the Apple Back to the ... drawing board: 'Hoverboard' will disappoint Marty McFly wannabes Buzzing board (and some future apps) leave a lot to be desired Security News Is your home or office internet gateway one of '1.2 MILLION' wide open to hijacking? Doublecheck your NAT-PMP settings now Guns don't scare people, hackers do: Americans fear identity theft more than shooting sprees Citizens know their stats DEATH by PowerPoint: Microsoft warns of 0-day attack hidden in slides Might put out patch in update, might chuck it out sooner APPLE support doc CONFIRMS 'ORGANIZED NETWORK ATTACKS' China govt: It wasn't us, honest Pagers shout data center creds, pop star airport arrivals Encryption: IBM and Australian spooks have heard of it, but aren't using it NOT OK GOOGLE: Android images can conceal code It's been fixed, but hordes won't have applied the upgrade In dot we trust: If you keep to this 124-page security rulebook, you can own yourname.trust Step 1: Don't get owned. Step 2: Use HTTPS. Step 3: ... Software News Google opens new Inbox – email for people too dumb to use email Vid Inbox? In-bollocks to that Microsoft promises Windows 10 will mean two-factor auth for all Sneak peek at security features Redmond's baking into new OS Amazon rolls cloud and on-prem into single sign-on service ActiveDirectory and Samba AWS bridge Google+ goes TITSUP. But WHO knew? How long? Anyone ... Hello ... Wobbly Gmail, Contacts, Calendar on the other hand ... Science News Worst one-night stand EVER: Randy humans bedded Neanderthals 60,000 years ago Siberian thigh bone reveals promiscuous past Trips to Mars may be OFF: The SUN has changed in a way we've NEVER SEEN +Comment Only nuke power can save us from radiation Comet Siding Spring revealed as flying molehill Hiding from this space pimple isn't going to do humanity's reputation any good

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