QWERTY-tastic BlackBerry Classic actually a classic [Mon Jan 5 2015]

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Business News Secretive Chinese smartphone maker gets TALKY over HUGE Xiaomi sales Not so tight-lipped on thunderous growth spurt Norks SCOLD Prez Obama over Sony mega hack payback sanctions 'Groundlessly stirring up bad blood', moans official Hey look! Microsoft's workforce isn't all white men But it is pretty white, and there sure are a lot of men US watchdog boss pencils in net neutrality February showdown – report FCC chairman said to be finally ready for vote Cops think Mt Gox meltdown was an 'INSIDE JOB' – report Research shows less than 1% of missing funds lost to attacks, it's claimed Prez Obama slaps sanctions on Norks in payback for Sony hack Never mind deadly labor camps and famine, Hollywood is under attack! Magic streaming beans? Sure, have my cow - music biz Any day now, they'll suddenly have a Giant IPO Beanstalk 1,000mph ROCKET CAR project dogged by beancounters Bloodhound put back on trail by motherly Jaguar UK.gov: Sod SIGINT, let's turn GCHQ into a TECH CRECHE Israel-style 'grad trainee' scheme mooted by ministers Fill 'er up: 'Leccy car firm Tesla brings back PUMP SERVICE Charger plugs itself in Let it go, let it go ... Sales of games, video and music up for second year But kid flick Frozen still massively outselling FIFA 15 Zuckerberg asks the public to tell him where to go in 2015 Now be polite people UFOs in the '50s skies? CIA admits: 'IT WAS US' Don't put away the tinfoil hat yet - only half of sightings accounted for World, face Palm: PDA brand to RISE FROM THE GRAVE Chinese mobe maker bags trademarks from HP Universal Pictures told off for scaring kids with nasty vid ASA asks: 'Won't somebody please think of the children' No wind-up: Second New Year's honour for Baylis music box Hoberman and former Dragons' Den star Caan also awarded medals Stale pizza, backup BlackBerrys, payroll panic: Sony Pictures mega-hack What went down when it all, er, went down Really, govt tech profit cash grab is a PRIZE-WINNING idea? Worstall on Wednesday Where's the incentive to innovate? Data Centre News VMware planning 'biggest launch' on Feb 2 vSphere 6, step into the spotlight Hardware News Acer WAVES AROUND 15.6-INCH Chromebook WHOPPER It's big AND hard, apparently Sony grovels, offers freebies after PlayStation network spent Xmas TITS UP Games giant rolls over, starts the year on its knees Apple's 16GB iPhones are a big fat lie, claims iOS 8 storage hog lawsuit Size DOES matter, two fans gripe to court Brit iPad sellers feel the pain of VAT-free imports Blighty sellers face collapse unless tax laws are tightened QWERTY-tastic BlackBerry Classic actually a classic Review Back to the future with jolly useful tool El Reg tests portable breathalyzers: Getting drunk so you don't have to Putting booze readers through the paces (all for science, of course) Networks News VPN users reckon Netflix is blocking them Winter is coming to the Game of VPNs Music fans FUME over PJ Harvey ticket CHAOS as Somerset House site buckles Arts centre blames high level of traffic for customer woe Huawei? Apple and Samsung's worst nightmare, pal 3 of the top 5 smartphone vendors now Chinese 30 years ago today, the first commercial UK 'mobile' phone call was made It was 1 Jan 1985 ... El Reg's Giant Mobile Industry Roundup of 2014: Part Deux Part 2 BlackBerry squares, not-spots and ... cloudobile? T-Mobile US CEO on wearables: 'Apple Watch is the tipping point' ...and contracts are history, says crystal-ball-gazing bigwig El Reg's Giant Mobile Industry Roundup of 2014 Part 1 iPhone-gasms, a Wintel for phones and more... If BT gets EE, it will trigger EU treasure hunt for fixed lines Opinion Examining the motives of EU telco 'old boys' networks Security News Leakers publish Xbox One SDK, may have Halo 5 Sandbox pop suggests route to homebrew games Google unveils Windows 8.1 zero-day vuln – complete with exploit code Sorry, Microsoft, your time's up Islamic script kiddies aim killer blow - at Bristol bus timetable website West (of England) travel info crayoned over by idiots Sony-blasting Lizard Squad suspects quizzed by UK and Finnish cops Hey, David Icke! Quick man, check your PayPal account! 'Lizard Squad' launches commercial DDoS tool Cynical cash-in leverages PSN grinch attacks Want to have your server pwned? Easy: Run PHP Over three-quarters of all installs are insecure, research shows Office MACROS PERIL! Age-old VBScript tactic is BACK in biz attack 'Office macro exploits only cool thing Visual Basic used for,' quips securobod Software News Ugly Microsoft code NUKED Bing and Yahoo! – report Apparent blunder led to brief search blackout on Friday night Science News Ground control to 2014: A year in SPAAAAAAAAAACE Review of 2014 Four-legged landings and history-making comet-chasers SpaceX six days from historic rocket landing attempt How Musk’s rocketeers are hoping X marks the spot

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