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Daily Headlines 21 November 2014

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Business News Assange™ slumps back on Ecuador's sofa after detention appeal binned Swedish court rules there's 'great risk' WikiLeaker will dodge prosecution E-vote won't happen for next Oz election Can't be secured, can't be done First Congress, now top govt watchdog digs into ICANN's internet grab We reveal the key questions US auditors are asking over IANA takeover Uber bends over for internal privacy probe amid stalking claims As Al Franken fires off an angry letter. Thanks, Al Euro digi chief 'H-dot' #twitterfail: 'My favourite app is the weather app' Oettinger's attempt to follow Ansip goes titsup Comet’s might-have-been saviour 'not paying biz debts' Lewisons Wholesale's Clive Coombes facing 8 CCJs totalling over £125k After USA FREEDOM Act's failure, what's next for mass surveillance? Analysis Patriot Act foes could be in for a disappointment Our system handles £130bn and it's BUST. Want the job of fixing it? Apply to UK.gov And you thought financial IT was scary Giant bank IT cockup of 2012 'could have brought down ENTIRE financial system' £56m fine for blundering RBS, Ulster and Natwest Yet more NSA officials whisper of an internal revolt over US spying. And yet it still goes on Drake, Binney, Snowden were not alone, report reminds us Bada-Bing! Mozilla flips Firefox to YAHOO! for search Microsoft system will be the default for browser in US until 2020 Channel News Oracle to axe over 450 jobs in Euro support centres – sources Exclusive Database giant declines to comment Data Centre News Gartner mages: And the Enterprise Archiving Magic Quadrant top spot goes to... HP. Yes, really Pure: We've created the Everlasting Gobstopper of Storage – 'Forever Flash' Upstart claims 'perpetual storage' CERN IT boss: What we do is not really that special You'll all be doing the same - in about 10 years' time Huawei: KRYDER STORAGE CRISIS is REAL and 'we’re working on it' The shark threatening to eat big data just got bigger Non-profit or charity? Win a data centre makeover from Nutanix Promo Last chance for your Web-scale Wish You think the CLOUD's insecure? It's BETTER than UK.GOV's DATA CENTRES We don't even know where some of them ARE – Maude Azure TITSUP caused by INFINITE LOOP Fat fingered geo-block kept Aussies in the dark Extreme adds switches and partners SDN stack embiggened Hardware News Nexus 7 fandroids tell of salty taste after sucking on Google's Lollipop Web giant looking into why version 5.0 of Android is crippling older slabs You'll go APE for our new Gorilla Glass 4, Corning reckons Mythbusters team whored out to promote 'Glass Age' Apple bitchslaps iPhone rival Xiaomi: World No 1? That's BIG TALK Techie smacks back with talk of homeland triumph. Ooooh Samsung Galaxy Note 4: Spawn of Galaxy Alpha and a Note 3 unveiled Review You don't need to follow trends to be stylus Networks News Download alert: Nearly ALL top 100 Android, iOS paid apps hacked Attack of the Clones? Yeah, but much, much scarier – report Giving mobile users the applications they want is child's play Buy in or magic up your own Hackers seize Detroit's database, demand $800k. Motor City shrugs: OK, take it Bitcoin blackmail backfire bungle Greening the copper with NFV, lower power optics from GreenTouch Network boffins slash link power budgets Security News Citadel Trojan snooped on password managers to snatch victims' logins And then vanished into the night Privacy bods offer GOV SPY VICTIMS a FREE SPYWARE SNIFFER Looks for gov malware than evades most antivirus A life of cybercrime, a caipirinha and a tan: Fraudsters love a Brazilian School of Crooks in South America Webcam hacker pervs in MASS HOME INVASION You thought you were all alone? Nope – change your password, says ICO CAPTCHA rapture as 'thousands' affected by seven year-old bug Fix committed for JQuery validation plugin demo script Astro-boffins start opening universe simulation data Got a supercomputer? Want to simulate a universe? Here you go GOTCHA: Google caught STRIPPING SSL from BT Wi-Fi users' searches Choc Factory to build crypto bridge 'soon' Software News Roll up, roll up, Microsoft's rolled up dozens of OS fixes Linux VMs over 2TB now possible and Cloud Platform gets a scaled-up cleanup Google, Rockstar to bury zombie Nortel patent lawsuit Ceasefire called in anti-Android skirmish Be real, Apple: In-app goodie grab games AREN'T FREE – EU Cupertino stands down after Euro legal threats Webcast: Managing identity to drive business Join us in the Reg Studios on 26 November What should America turn to for web advice? That's right: GOV.UK – says ex-Obama IT guru Analysis Uncle Sam could learn a thing or two from Brits Bittorrent wants to sink Dropbox with Sync 2.0 From beta to alpha to pro Science News NXT: The first SPAAAACE cryptocurrency Our plucky Playmonaut eyes stratospheric profits Blighty's HUMAN DNA-strewing Moon mission raises £200k 3 days, and Kickstarter moves lander 37% nearer takeoff Slapnav: Looking for KINKY dark matter? Switch on the GPS! Boffins use spare atomic clocks to check for errors CERN's 2014 Xmas gift from the Large Hadron Collider: Two new baryons Strange beauty a downer for exotic physics

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