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Business News Qualcomm: Chinese patent licensees still aren't playing fair Chipmaker lowers guidance for 2015 as China thumbs nose Net Neutrality protests planned for Thursday: Time to learn your chant Netizens unhappy at leaked FCC plan that may leave them out in the cold Microsoft's TV product placement horror: CNN mistakes Surface tabs for iPAD STANDS Cloud first, mobile first? More like iCloud first Ireland's data cops: Yes, we probed LinkedIn. Don't ask what we found Was career-climbers' website naughty? Did it get a slap? NOBODY knows MoJ hands £125m to outsourcing giant Atos Soz, Computacenter, Fujitsu, HP ... you lost out Former Apple chief John Sculley says Steve Jobs 'never forgave him' Web Summit Dublin crowd told Jobs held grudge after being pushed out Trickle-down economics WORKS: SpaceShipTwo is a PRIME EXAMPLE Worstall on Wednesday Why billionaires SHOULD spend stupid cash on innovation We're doing great, say dot-London chiefs ... Unfortunately, few agree Dot-rodeo, dot-vodka, dot-fishing, dot-horse not flying off the shelves, funnily enough Apple patents AUTOGRAPHS. Checkmate, eBay Novelists! Now you can please fans without getting your nib wet (so to speak) 'You have no right to see me NAKED!' Suddenly, everyone wakes up at the Google-EU face-off Web ad giant's 'PR roadshow' finishes in Brussels FTC to flog Butterfly Labs' Bitcoin holdings Orderly liquidation to help fund possible refunds HP's pet lizard is FERAL PERIL says wildlife group Calls for boy-and-his-lizard tear-jerker to point out iguanas are illegal in Oz Channel News Exetis Micro P parent smirks, files another set of bumper numbers Sales and operating profit up at DCC Technology Systemax: Senior Blighty bods let us down, so we cut them Group sales flat in Q3, losses narrow on back of B2B goodness Microsoft tells resellers to use Office 365 as loss leader Veep for smallbiz urges resellers to focus 'customer lifetime value', not first-up profit UK Cabinet Office's £200m IT bonanza: I got 999 contracts but a pitch ain't won (yet) Bidding's only just opened and I feel bad for you, son Data Centre News Dell in convergence emergence resurgence New FX chassis offers mix 'n' match server/storage/network rigs, with microserver option Nexenta snuggles up to Seagate's spinning models Object storage software now talks to firm's HDDs Speaking in Tech: Biz bods chat LIVE from OpenStack Summit Podcast Is it 'still a box of razor blades'? Hear it from biz bods 'Fess up, storage admins: Working with EMC's VMAX made you feel like a WIZARD Storagebod VMAX3 could be end of an era Google offers cheap and easy network hookups with Cloud Interconnect Trace the tracks of Google's peers 7 questions we're dying to ask the internet's MOST EXCITING BLOKE There's no foolin' the UN's telecommunicatin' schoolin' Houlin Fujitsu waves 50PB+ MONSTER at hyperscale storage freaks Like what you CD10000? Google revs up Container Engine to drive Docker in its cloud Hosted Kubernetes tools aim to help devs build cloud-first apps RBS faces BIGGEST ever fine for THAT huge IT meltdown – leak British regulator prepares wrist slap, or possibly spanking for banking group Hardware News Microsoft: OK, we'll TRY indirect sales for Surface Pro 3 in Japan ... but we're not promising anything Call of Duty, GTA V DO NOT make Blighty YOUTH more VIOLENT Oldie gamers... the jury's out Google's Nest partners up with utility company – on smart thermostats Web Summit Vows: Your data is safe with us The late 2014 Apple Mac Mini: The best (and worst) of both worlds Review News of its death has been greatly exaggerated Google Glassholes haven't achieved 'social acceptance' - report And this is why smartglass sector IS A FLOP... for now Intel Skylake processor release date slipping: reports Could be as late as October 2015 Focus on 5 SIEM requirements In order for SIEM to help usher in more effective security and risk management strategies - particularly as they relate to threat mitigation, embracing trends, and aligning with business priorities - these five issues must be solved. Download here > Networks News UK superfast broadband? Not in my backyard – MP Vaizey fiddles with phone as MP tells of Cheltenham's woes Fatty Brit 4G networks SLOW DOWN. Too much Bacon, perhaps? Leap in demand puts pressure on service, love handles blamed Can you really run your business on a smartphone? We face the challenge Why Comrade Cameron went all Russell Brand on the UK’s mobile networks Analysis National Roaming Rǝʌolution, innit! Security News 158 new malware created EVERY MINUTE One for YOU and YOU and YOU and YOU Feds investigate Homeland Security background checker security breach Extent of problem at contractor USIS still being assessed Watchdog bites hotel booking site: Over 3k card details slurped SQL flaw ‘oldest trick in the book' – ICO Russia to ban iCloud.. to PROTECT iPhone fiddlers' pics 'n' sh*t State secrets: This is local data for local people Crypto collision used to hijack Windows Update goes mainstream Final nail in the coffin for the MD5 hash Israeli ex-spies want to help you defend your CAR from cybercrooks Who needs a lock pick when you've got an electronic key? Who wants to be A MILLIONAIRE? Not so fast, Visa tells wannabe pay-by-bonk thieves But crims will probe contactless cards for flaws, experts warn Huffy BlackEnergy vxers cry: 'f*ck U Kaspersky', thank Cisco for 0-days 'U never get a fresh Black En3rgy!' Google puts down POODLE, now wants to eradicate breed Cupertino closes coffin with gotofail nail Software News Wanna be Facebook? It just open-sourced some of its web server code. Now to find 1bn users... Proxygen appears under a BSD license Eye laser surgery campaigner burned by Facebook takedown +Comment Are you really judge, jury, and executioner, Zuck, or just plain dumb? Rich techbro CEOs told to SLEEP ROUGH before slamming the poor 'The biggest problem isn't Ebola or ISIS — it's income inequality' Science News Antares apocalypse: Orbital points finger at turbopump FAIL Half-century-old Russian motors to be dumped Met Office: 2014 was FIFTEENTH WARMEST UK SUMMER on record Cherrypick shocker! 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