Euro SPACEMAN snaps staggering images of our Blue Planet [Mon Dec 29 2014]

Daily Headlines 29 December 2014

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Business News Toffee, Apple? U.S. fanbois get their sticky fingers on Nork-teasing flick The Interview KA-CHING! Freedom of Info at 10: Tony Blair's WORST NIGHTMARE Apart from Dr Kelly coming back from the dead, that is ... Norks blame U.S. for TITSUP internet, unleash racist rant against Obama Accuses Washington of 'playing hide and seek' Christmas Eve email asked Oz telcos for metadata retention costs by Jan 9th 7-day extension allowed for questions inc. 36-month retention option and benefits to telcos of storing data Doctor Who's tangerine dream and Clara's death wish in Last Christmas TV Review Time-travelling Scrooge goes all fuzzy Judge kills Facebook's bid to dismiss private message sniffing case Users will get their day in court Sony releases Nork flick The Interview straight to DVD (digital video download) Oh look, like we totally didn't see this happening Internet governance group pushes on without, er, internet organizations We're going to Davos, baby! Xiaomi: It really ISN'T a biz-miracle idiot tax like Apple Worstall on Wednesday Chinese customers won't pay Cupertino's 50 per cent markup Makers of Snowden movie Citizenfour sued by ex-oil exec 'The film glorifies international espionage for profit' it's claimed Data Centre News BOFH: A miracle on PFY Street Episode 17 Secret Santa shamescapades... Ireland: Hey, you. America. Hands off Microsoft's email cloud servers FREEZE SaaS-HOLE We can change a bit from 0 to 1 WITHOUT CURRENT, say boffins And we can do it at room temperature. Ha! Stitch that 2014 AD: A year in storage. STILL not enough nails for the disk coffin lid Beard Stroke Fat lady's not singing, but she is sitting on it Hardware News Tesla parades sleek model body and fab batt at Roadster fans More power + less drag = 400-mile range between charges Dotcom 'saved' Xmas for Xbox – but no one can save Sony's titsup PlayStation Network Updated Rotund baron pays off gang to end DDoS spree 'I've got a brick feeling about this' - El Reg's guide to the best Lego films + TV Ditch the Christmas Radio Times, surf this lot LG Flow punches Sonos right in its portable battery speaker hole Also: Bonky play tech for seamless cans handoff Reg man confesses: I took my wife out to choose a laptop for Xmas. NOOOO It may be a lovely orange but a Chromebook is NOT a PC Ghosts of Christmas Past: The long-ago geek gifts that made us what we are Product Roundup ZX computers, Meccano and more SEXY GOLD FireFOXY LADY hits Japan in transparent kimono today Sunroof phone in curious big-market debut Wanna play PlayStation games but don't have a console? Samsung's got a TV for that 2015 models to include built-in support for PlayStation Now Q*bert: The Escher-inspired platform puzzler from 1982 Antique Code Show You had to be elegant then, there was no brute force option Grab a SLIM MODEL for Xmas cheer: Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact Review Sony's new small slab pulls Nexus 9’s hair and steals its lunch money Pond, rocks or quicksand in your 1km garden? Get a rugged DECT phone Help! Muriel! Wolves are overhauling the ride-on! Windows Phone bumping along the bottom Microsoft's stats for developers advise them to aim low … in Russian or Spanish Networks News Lizard Squad hacking gang moves from PlayStation, Xbox Live to Tor Floods network with 3,000 relays, project devs shrug Mobe not-spots 'landmark deal'? We ain't thick, Javid Coverage increase promise is (mostly) cobblers Internet community split on who should run IANA ICANN Board pushes for ICANN control; others disagree Security News Sony fingers DDoS attackers for ruining PlayStation's Xmas Malefactors turned festivities into a turkey for online gamers PlayStation clambers back online days after DDoS attack PARALYSED network Updated Gaming service STILL struggling to return to life Vawtrak challenges almighty ZeuS as king of the botnets Crimeware-as-a-Service NSA's Christmas Eve confession: We unlawfully spied on you for 12 years, soz Agency cynically dumps blunder dossier at 1:30pm on Dec 24 ISC.org website hacked: Scan your PC for malware if you stopped by Cryptographically signed BIND, DHCP code safe, we're told Online armour: Duncan Campbell's tech chief on anonymity 101 Crypto toolbox, Part II Of Tor, TAILS and Jabber White hats do an NSA, figure out LIVE PHONE TRACKING via protocol vuln SS7 hole already used in Ukraine & Russia Rackspace restored after DDOS takes out DNS 11-hour incident blocked traffic from reaching rackspace.com and some subdomains Software News When algorithms attack: Facebook sez soz for tacky 'Year in Review' FAIL It's been really sh*tty, thanks for being a part of it! Open Source's 2014: MS 'cancer' embrace, NASDAQ listings and a quiet dog Shame and coming late can be good things ... right? Microsoft promises open plan mobile Office. Who sits by the Windows? Open Document? DropBox? Check. Google Drive? NOOO Devuan rebels hope to deliver Debian fork in 2015 343 people on the mailing list, €3,473 in cash and systemd replacement under way Science News Euro SPACEMAN snaps staggering images of our Blue Planet Vid Watch as the ISS speeds through Northern Lights Festive post-pub noshtastic neckfiller: HEARTY HOG MAW Offally good pig haggis (piggis?) from the cheery Pennsylvania Dutch Vid: Reg lecture launches readers from Clerkenwell to outer space Register Events We lay on liquid and solid fuel, naturally Mysterious STAR set to appear on Christmas Eve above Blighty: The ISS No forecast of wealthy Oriental visitors following, however Cambridge boffins and Boeing fly first hybrid airplane over British skies Video New battery technology shows promise for future flying Privacy-loving BOXING KANGAROO BIFFS DRONE out of the sky Testy marsupial mum deals harshly with electric pest Bootnotes News 2014: The condensed conference keynotes We sit in the dark to bring you disruptive enlightenment

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