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Business News Oz lawyers wig out over data retention Too much data, too little protection Microsoft shareholders approve of CEO Satya Nadella's MASSIVE PACKAGE Windows supremo banks $84m Double hammer blow to ICANN and pals' internet power grab bid Controversial 'net governance program rejected by businesses and IGF IDC revises mobe sales forecasts. New crystal ball, anyone? Comment Beancounters lick fingers, pick random numbers UK.gov quietly slips extra cash to AUTO ROBOTICA bods £9m added to next year’s driverless car trials, fourth city added IBM inks another billion-dollar deal... with The Other Advertising Giant Not Google, WPP - and $1.35bn buys it 7 years of cloudy IT services UK.gov dumps another £40m into unpopular SME broadband scheme Only £7.5m of £100m available has been allocated UK slaps 25 per cent 'Google Tax' on tech multinationals Tell us, Chancellor, how you plan to tax 'profitless' firms US retail giant Target fails to get banks' MEGABREACH lawsuit slung out of court Judge cites its actions and inactions when hackers hit DEAD STEVE JOBS accuses Real Networks of 'HACKING' iPods Fruity firm's co-founder testifies from BEYOND the GRAVE Give nerds their own PRIVATE TRAIN CARRIAGES, say boffins The Thinkfluencers' Express will depart from platform 94 5/4... Is EU right to expand 'right to be forgotten' to Google.com? Worstall on Wednesday The basic idea might be nuts, but the specific point is spot on Microsoft hikes support charges by NINETY TWO PER CENT $259 per call becomes $499. And a Merry Christmas to you too, Satya Australia to social media: self-censor or face AU$17,000 FINES Anti-bullying bill calls on social networks to help out or be banished to naughty corner Apple denied 'App Store' trademark by Australian court Selling software online? There's LOTS of app stores for that Data Centre News NetApp goes for a ride on Vmware's EVO: RAILs ROBO RAIL FlexPod-style CoreOS's Docker-rival Rocket: We drill into new container contender Analysis Can CoreOS achieve liftoff in Linux container space race? Why Intel's Kings of Xeon handed Cloudera a $740m cash pot Analysis Taking the long view Darwin, Beer and Big Data? Must be a Reg Lecture Video Reg Events Let's hear it for the data geeks Rethinking desktop delivery Time to break out of the Windows upgrade cycle Storage for BUILDERS: No, it's not a roomy cupboard, it's Nasuni's BIM file bash Cloudy firm looks towards architectural market Huawei and Inspur Electronics challenge Q3 server status quo IBM, HP under threat from Asian invaders Dig into Iron Mountain and you'll find Seagate and EVault Cloudy DR dares to enter underground data dungeons Yes, you heard me – the storage infrastructure WARS are over Sysadmin blog Players are still fighting for dominance, though Google will see other clouds and raise them a PCI certification Chocolate Factory's cloud now cleared for credit card crunching Hardware News Speaking in Tech: Android 5.0 Lollipop is a TRAIN WRECK Podcast I'm a Google fandroid, but WTF was it trying to achieve here? Firmware update kills Lenovo Home Media Network HDDs. Here's how to resurrect them 'I am disgusted with their attitude' huffs angry customer 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 FCC puts AT&T and Comcast gobbles back on the table Deadlines set for merger decisions after commission restarts clock Outage STILL hitting Virgin Media Business broadband customers 13,000 affected; company says number is “small” Should you call on comms suppliers when you go for a BYOD setup? Help is at hand EE's not-spot-busting small cell trial delights Cumbrian villagers What’s the opposite of a NIMBY? Security News Facebook cosies up to ESET for malware detection Is this the world's largest comparative test? Google kills CAPTCHAs: Are we human or are we spammer? Do you make up these questions, Mr Wonka? Not sure what RFID is? Can't hack? You can STILL be a card fraudster with this Android app Sorry, mate - you want iOS? We can't help you Hawking: RISE of the MACHINES could DESTROY HUMANITY Prof Steve also says net firms should do more to fight terror and crime Sony Pictures struggles as staff details, salaries and films leaked Fury and Annie now doing the rounds - along with staff's privates Alca-Lu security stuff goes virtual 'Your device may be infected with malware' GCHQ boffins quantum-busted its OWN crypto primitive 'Soliloquy' only ever talked to itself Fort Lauderdale websites DDoSed after Anonymous threats over feeding ban Turns out the whole thing was pointless anyway Software News Microsoft: So sorry for NOT paying Xbox indie game devs on time $397bn IT giant says payment will take two weeks Developers offering Mozilla-like experience will work on Firefox-like experience for iThings Moz caves after years of stalling Another lick of Lollipop: Google updates latest Android to 5.0.1 Will the second lick taste better? Concerning Microsoft Azure Active Directory Sysadmin Adam Fowler puts Azure AD to the test Ten Linux freeware apps to feed your penguin Product round-up Out with the old and in with the GNU Evernote aims at corporate market with new chat feature Hopes to become workflow software Science News Magnifico! Galileo GPS satellite nudged back into correct orbit Second system still AWOL for the moment Bootnotes News Man asks internet for $1k for pebbles. INTERNET SAYS YES ...to the tune of 13x times what he asked for...* 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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