Personal Tech Finally kicked that Minecraft habit? Story time! Mojang says an epic narrative-mode is in the works 19 Dec 00:29 | 9
OSes Red Hat CFO reaches for eject cord after Street-beating performance Linux firm ups annual guidance yet again 19 Dec 00:56 | 5
Software Microsoft drops early Chrissie pressie on Mac Office fanbois Stocking-fillers land for Mac Outlook 19 Dec 01:58 | 11
Legal Net Neut: Verizon flips the bird to FCC on peering deal crackdown You can't stop us creating web traffic fast-lanes, telco says 19 Dec 02:36 | 16
On-Prem Johnson & Johnson snatches your .baby for $3m Don't expect to see Wholovesyou.baby anytime soon 19 Dec 03:28 | 5
Kiwicon Kiwi hacker 'menace' pops home detention tracker cuffs Hack unit worn by on-parole crim. Blackmail said crim. Profit 19 Dec 03:57 | 9
Software Forget Google's robot cars, now it's on to ANDROID cars Next OS to come built into auto dashboards, sources claim 19 Dec 05:04 | 32
Legal NBN Co reveals product roadmap and Telstra planning deal Hybrid fibre-coax trials to commence in late 2015 19 Dec 05:05 | 4
Channel Microsoft fires legal salvo at phone 'tech support' scammers Sick callers face fingering from Redmond's revenge 19 Dec 05:30 | 52
Security Hack hijacks electric skateboards, dumps hipsters in the gutter Automated attacks crash riders on the fly 19 Dec 06:02 | 18
Science India's heavy launch rocket passes flight test Short flight for GSLV Mk-III proves crew-capsule-carrying-chops 19 Dec 06:33 | 20
Channel How much for a wrist job? A tenner normally, but for this one, over $30k Tosser alert: Diamond-encrusted Apple gold watch out next summer 19 Dec 07:02 | 19
OSes Judge spanks SCO in ancient ownership of Unix lawsuit IBM win means Linux is saved! Again! 19 Dec 07:31 | 68
Security Movie industry's evil plan to destroy the internet is going precisely nowhere Yes, it would damage the DNS; no, it's not going to happen 19 Dec 08:02 | 51
Security Git thee behind me, Git crit security bug! Update anything on the desktop that touches GitHub if you want to live 19 Dec 08:29 | 14
Software VISC-y business: Can Soft Machines keep the free lunch counter open? It's a multicore world alright, but the ghost of Transmeta lingers 19 Dec 09:01 | 3
Storage Fujitsu’s customers come big data samba dancing Get down on the analytics dance floor 19 Dec 09:28 |
Crypto toolbox, Part I Armouring up online: Duncan Campbell's chief techie talks crypto with El Reg Truecrypt, PGP, GPG - but NEVER Skype 19 Dec 10:02 | 71
Channel Webcam-snooping spawn of ZeuS hits 150 banks worldwide Chthonic exploits Word bug to hijack browsers, steal passwords 19 Dec 10:28 | 6
Legal Google Tax part 94: EU's H-dot wavers over copyright levy Here’s a little number about charging the Choc Factory 19 Dec 11:03 | 31
Game Theory Reviewed: LittleBigPlanet 3, Lara Croft's latest raid and more Festive family video gaming fun 19 Dec 11:22 | 13
Channel Daisy Group: so long AIM, it's been emotional, sort of B2B comms and tech outfit to cancel share trading from 22 January 19 Dec 11:24 | 1
Channel Merlot and hot dogs: Atos snaps up Xerox's outsourcing biz for $1.05bn Plan for world domination based on shrugs and '3-year strategic plan’ 19 Dec 11:41 | 4
Networks Iliad owner coughs €2.3bn for Orange Switzerland Telco shopping trip finally bears fruit for French biz bloke 19 Dec 11:59 | 6
OSes Linux 'GRINCH' vuln is AWFUL. Except, er, maybe it isn't Securo-bods in bunfight over priv-escalation problem 19 Dec 12:21 | 34
Security Welsh council rapped for covert spying on sick leave worker 'Incredibly intrusive' use of powers prompts slap from ICO 19 Dec 12:38 | 98
Legal UK air traffic bods deny they 'skimped' on IT investment after server mega-fail '90s kit isn't 'ancient', indignant chief exec tells Parliament 19 Dec 13:57 | 62
Channel Windows Server 2003 custom support could cost MILLIONS Got a few million tucked under the mattress for Microsoft? 19 Dec 15:04 | 5
Legal Apple v BBC: Fruity firm hits back over Panorama drama Guess who's off Tim Cook's Christmas card list 19 Dec 15:56 | 72
Legal Hackney council leaked thousands of locals' data in FoI blunder Names, addresses and rental accounts outted in spreadsheet snafu 19 Dec 17:03 | 21
Science Vulture 2 design hero describes epic 'hobby' project Chris Dodd talks spaceplane with The Engineer 19 Dec 17:23 | 5
Site News The Shock of the New: The Register redesign update 4 Some changes for your delectation 19 Dec 17:58 | 112
Security Feds finger Norks in Sony hack, Obama asks: HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE KOREA? Blaming Kim Jong Un is like Saddam's WMDs all over again 19 Dec 19:52 | 85
Networks T-Mobile US to refund $90m for bogus charges: Un-Carrier to Un-Crammer Scram, cram scams, thank you, ma'am 19 Dec 20:38 | 4
On-Prem BlackBerry CEO Chen says to expect profits ... in 2016 For now, revenues still spiraling toward drain 19 Dec 20:56 | 5
Security Sony Pictures hack is Hollywood's 'Snowden moment' say infosec bods Keys to sysadmin accounts nicked, abused, it appears 19 Dec 21:43 | 22
Security ICANN: The TRUTH about that hacker attack on our DNS zone file database But vague details raise questions about org's security 19 Dec 21:54 | 9
Personal Tech Super Cali's futuristic Tesla batt swap focus – even though car tech test is an expected bonus Free charge or a fast battery switch – take your pick 19 Dec 22:55 | 24
Security Staples comes clean: 1+ million bank cards at risk after hack Run for the tills! Run for the tills! 19 Dec 23:40 | 25