Security Android 5 lock-screens can be bypassed by typing in a reeeeally long password. In 2015 Patch if you can, or use a PIN or pattern unlock code 16 Sep 00:28 | 56
Channel HP Inc to pink-slip 3,300 workers amid biz-split bloodbath PCs-and-printing side of IT giant also shedding workers, talks up 3D printers 16 Sep 00:43 | 9
Security NATO gets a front-door to look for Microsoft backdoors Renews security contract with Redmond 16 Sep 00:58 | 11
Security Microsoft's 'anti-malware Device Guard' in Windows 10: How it works, what you need Redmond unbuttons shirt to reveal more detail on hypervisor-based tech 16 Sep 01:32 | 21
Legal Heartland hack: Russian bloke coughs to role in 160m credit card theft Vladimir Drinkman swallows medicine, awaits sentencing 16 Sep 01:58 | 1
Science WARM, WOBBLING MOON believed to hide MOIST CRADLE of life Cassini space probe planning low pass in October 16 Sep 02:28 | 16
On-Prem The 'vampire squid' wants a bankers' blockchain Plutocrats look at Bitcoin technology as a distributed trade ledger 16 Sep 03:01 | 10
Networks Arista joins data centre 25/50/100 Gbps switch battle Broadcom's Tomahawk underpins high-speed low-cost iron 16 Sep 03:58 | 1
Personal Tech Mercedes mulls driverless limo future Über, but without Über. Or drivers 16 Sep 05:00 | 12
Personal Tech Game CARTRIDGES make a comeback ... for smartmobes Plan calls for games once Big in Japan to become small in Japan again 16 Sep 05:31 | 28
Bootnotes The ONE WEIRD TRICK which could END OBESITY Department of the Bleedin' Obvious reports in after massive study 16 Sep 06:04 | 151
Video Brown kid with Arab name arrested for bringing home-made clock to school Dallas cops cuff hardware hacker for making 'movie bomb' 16 Sep 06:32 | 203
Bootnotes Facebook gains power to Like any word ever written The Social NetworkTM signs up as voting member Unicode Consortium 16 Sep 07:02 | 6
Storage LTO issues mighty seventh-generation 15TB tape format Muscle-bound LTO-7 smashes compressed data transfer target but misses on capacity 16 Sep 07:22 | 6
Networks Wi-Gig signals are bouncing off the walls, can't settle on the sofa Boffins check out 60 GHz radio around the home and find it's not yet fit for domestic duties 16 Sep 07:42 | 19
Personal Tech Juniper sees 30m virtual reality headsets shifted by 2020, as China lifts ban Rise in VR mirrors rise in online adult viewing. An opportunity? 16 Sep 08:02 | 3
Personal Tech Chipzilla has its knockers … and now they’re cool in this venting sports bra Don’t be a boob, admit tits good 16 Sep 08:32 | 22
Worstall on Wednesday Robots, schmobots. The Rise of the Machines won't leave humanity on the dole Change is constant. Embrace it 16 Sep 08:57 | 96
Security Cybercrim who fleeced students faces scramble to repay stolen cash Launderer for phishing op has three months to return £630,000 or face another five years inside 16 Sep 09:33 | 15
IBC 2015 UHD everywhere ... but it's not quite ready to drink, yet Audio adventures, growing pains, and pirates ahoy at Euro broadcasting show 16 Sep 10:03 | 5
SaaS NATS climbs into the cloud to fight legacy software snafus Air traffic body hopes move will cut delay time on next outage 16 Sep 10:31 | 21
Channel Serco CEO Soames brags about £250m sale of BPO private sector biz Good deal ... equates to a loss of £165m in just four years. Great work, everyone 16 Sep 11:06 | 2
On-Prem Uber is killing off iconic black cabs, warns Zac Goldsmith MP also asks if company is practising predatory pricing to drive out competition 16 Sep 11:27 | 71
Podcast Speaking in Tech: Oracle – now all your instances are belong to us Windy City cloud tax challenged, could be blown away 16 Sep 11:41 |
Personal Tech Asus ZenBook UX305: With Windows 10, it suddenly makes perfect sense Giving the MacBook Air a run for its money 16 Sep 12:07 | 124
Security Homeland Insecurity: OIG audit identifies numerous deficiencies 'May allow unauthorized individuals access to sensitive data'. You don't say 16 Sep 12:21 | 7
Channel From the frying pan, into the fire: HP Services veteran Craig Wilson is off Grabs hose en route to BPO biz Xchanging – he'll need it 16 Sep 12:36 | 1
Software US Catholic Church launches app for Jesus-phone Is the data stored in the cloud … where God lives? 16 Sep 12:40 | 49
Storage PernixData offers dollops of free software … you’ll upgrade later, ya will, ya will Containerised element still looks a bit wonky 16 Sep 12:57 | 5
On-Prem US feds save billions through data center consolidation But agencies fail to meet 'cut and reinvest' targets 16 Sep 13:06 | 2
On-Prem Google stretches tentacles into the health market New 'Alphabet' corporate entity rolls out exciting world domination plans 16 Sep 13:33 | 8
Temperature Check What Reg readers really think will affect IT in the next three years... Cloud, analytics, even politics 16 Sep 14:05 | 9
Channel In EU-US data sharing we trust – but can we have that in writing, say MEPs Signs of split between EU apparatchiks and elected reps 16 Sep 14:33 | 7
Databases MariaDB bakes native encryption into 10.1RC - with some Google loving No performance sacrifice, open source DBMS developer says 16 Sep 14:36 | 3
On-Prem Bigger – and better? How your IT infrastructure budget will change You'll spend more - but it'll be worth it, says Dave Cartwright 16 Sep 15:01 | 3
SaaS Tencent targets Alibaba, seeds data cloud with £1bn investment Chinese tech giants strap on the boxing gloves 16 Sep 15:33 |
On-Prem 'Boring' Amazon computational rival scoops $8m VC backing Iron.io brings the sexy, its own type of sexy 16 Sep 16:04 | 1
On-Prem 'Soft' market will make Imagination's profits droop, warns firm Chipmaker warns of impending flop, blames sagging trading conditions 16 Sep 16:29 |
Updated Cryptome founder revokes PGP keys after weird 'compromise' 'Holding secrets is a withholding racket'. Really? 16 Sep 17:01 | 12
Security AirDrop hole deposits stealth malware on all pre-iOS 9 Apple devices Clicked no? No matter, hackers can replace your apps anyway – so get updating to version 9 16 Sep 17:29 | 12
Software Bug forces Apple to halt watchOS 2 update – still emits iOS 9 on time Cupertino says its arm-candy update not yet ready for primetime 16 Sep 17:41 | 10
First look Microsoft rolls out Windows 10 Mobile preview update Build 10536 comes ahead of possible October 6 hardware launch 16 Sep 18:09 | 27
Security Shedload of security bugs squashed in iOS 9 – what the hell went wrong with iOS 8? Apps hijacking devices, text files executing code 16 Sep 18:55 | 36
Legal US librarians defy cops, Feds – and switch on their Tor exit node Plod FUD fails to ground pilot program 16 Sep 19:40 | 63
Pics Ahmed's clock wasn't a bomb, but it blew up the 'net and Zuckerberg, Obama want to meet him Teen's arrest goes viral, support pours in from the web 16 Sep 20:06 | 223
Storage Nexenta catches micro-services bug, slings its Edge into containers It's what all the cool kids are doing, right? 16 Sep 21:43 |
Legal Hey, remember Zune? Zune's dead, baby. Zune's dead Streaming service will be absorbed into Windows, Xbox-friendly Groove 16 Sep 22:37 | 20
Legal Obama edges toward full support for encryption – but does he understand what that means? Leaked doc says no backdoors, doesn't grasp basics of crypto 16 Sep 22:46 | 22
SaaS Oracle: Over here, look over here! At the cloud! No, not at our glum licensing numbers Hurd n' Catz talk up fast-growing cloud business as other units see drops 16 Sep 22:55 | 7