OSes All Systems z are Go: IBM ports Google language to mainframes Hm, why could that be? Could it be to run things like Docker? 12 Jan 00:44 | 10
Bootnotes Hacks rebel after bosses secretly install motion sensors under desks Well done, thanks for giving PHBs everywhere a great idea for 2016 12 Jan 01:13 | 147
Servers Cisco forgot its own passwords for seven weeks No, you're not the worst sysadmin in the world if you can't log on to a new UCS box 12 Jan 02:02 | 22
HPC 5.34 petaflop SGI monster forecast at US National Center for Atmospheric Research SGI scores deal for new 'Cheyenne' super 12 Jan 03:07 | 7
Security FRITZ!Box home broadband routers' security FRITZed SOHOpeless vuln gives attackers free VoIP calls 12 Jan 04:01 | 11
Security Drupal uncrosses fingers, promises secured patching Don't worry too much about CSRF, security wonks chirp 12 Jan 05:00 |
SaaS Citrix buys System Center control freak, sells CloudPlatform And for good measure gives XenDesktop and XenMobile a tweak or three 12 Jan 05:27 | 3
Virtualization Microsoft kicks VMware right in its weakest, cloudiest spot Improved VMware-to-Azure backup service shows, again, the weakness of vCloud Air 12 Jan 06:01 | 27
Security Turkish carder scores record 332-year jail term 135-years for yanking 11 bank cards, on top of previous 199-year stretch 12 Jan 06:32 | 15
Science Philae's phinal phlop: Lonely lander didn't answer wakeup signal Odds of revival: tiny. Odds of brick on comet: unbackable 12 Jan 06:58 | 18
Security Future Snowden hunt starts with audit of NSA spooks' privileges No more sudo cp -R * /dev/DVD 12 Jan 07:32 | 40
Bootnotes Wanted man sends selfie to replace 'terrible' police mug shot I don't look like 'James Brown on the run' says court-dodger 12 Jan 08:02 | 41
Security Open Web Application Security Project issues new secure coding bible Independent security advice can keep you out of The Register's security section 12 Jan 08:29 | 13
Channel Former prez of Misco parent Systemax declared bankrupt Ex-exec Pim Dale falls on hard(er) times 12 Jan 09:02 | 4
Security Asian cyber-spies fling Seven Pointed Dagger against Myanmar, NGOs Ninja malware in multi-pronged attack 12 Jan 09:31 | 3
Legal EU lawmaker committees call for single EU telco regulator And we need a 'harmonised framework' for spectrum allocation as well 12 Jan 10:04 | 8
Storage All-flash hot-shot Elastifile pulls open wallet for big B-round Storage software startup wth mild XtremIO flavour 12 Jan 10:50 | 3
Channel Southend-on-Sea splashes £1.5m on hybrid cloud data centre Deal will create 'agile' services, apparently. Erm, ever heard of G-Cloud? 12 Jan 11:34 | 17
Legal Wikimedia Foundation bins community-elected trustee Also appoints former Google exec to another seat 12 Jan 12:01 | 24
Security Biz jabber tool Slack realises it needs a Chief Security Officer New hire comes from CIA-funded document management firm 12 Jan 12:27 |
Security One Ring to pwn them all: IoT doorbell can reveal your Wi-Fi key All you need is a screwdriver and a smartphone 12 Jan 12:51 | 56
AI + ML Eric Schmidt, for one, welcomes our new robot overlords And Facebook’s CTO ... AI? 12 Jan 13:05 | 27
Reg Events Continuous Lifecycle London: Speakers, sessions announced Who’s talking what, where 12 Jan 13:21 |
Channel Come in Internet Explorers, your time is up. Or not. Up to you Zombie IEs 8, 9 and 10 limp on 12 Jan 13:39 | 43
Science Boffins switch on pinchfist incandescent bulb An efficient new spin on old school tungsten tech 12 Jan 14:05 | 73
Channel MoJ extends yet another IT contract in transition to 'tower model' Good luck, prisoners 12 Jan 14:31 | 11
On-Prem Scality given $10m funds from partner HPE. Plans to polish RING HPE showers 'petabyte-scale' SDN firm Scality in gold 12 Jan 14:55 | 1
Security Cybercops cuff two in hunt for DDoS extortion masterminds Zombie master suspects tracked to Bosnia 12 Jan 15:29 | 2
RoTM Microsoft’s Get Windows 10 nagware shows signs of sentience Humanity versus GWX: Are we ready for the battle? 12 Jan 16:14 | 220
On-Prem HPE smashes champers bottle on side of punter engagement centre Trying to ‘demonstrate the art of the possible’. Right 12 Jan 17:33 | 3
Devops Ansible dumps Van Halen product names for Led Zeppelin references Will v2.0 incompatibilities leave users dazed and confused? 12 Jan 17:51 | 7
Science Human cost of California gas well leak revealed Refugees would fill 176 double-decker buses, BBC explains 12 Jan 18:20 | 31
Channel ANS Group consumes specialist network minnow Eison Execs' eyes bulge as 'intelligent' WAN and SDN opps falls into view 12 Jan 18:34 | 1
Comment Devilish flash DIMMer Diablo gets $19m and new CEO Funding round coincident with legal foe getting another defeat 12 Jan 19:23 |
Networks Comcast repeatedly crams modem upgrade demands into browsers No, I'm quite happy with my own gear, says punter 12 Jan 19:40 | 44
Analysis T-Mobile US CEO Legere apologizes/refuses to apologize for BingeOn A change of tune? More a learning experience 12 Jan 19:56 | 5
Legal New US freedom of information law aimed at fixing 'broken' system Bill to simplify FOIA requests passes House – but with security services carve-out 12 Jan 20:17 | 6
Legal Sigh ... c'est la vie: France mulls mandatory encryption backdoors Europe at odds over secure comms 12 Jan 20:39 | 29
Storage Avere replenishes FXT filer accelerator appliances Faster, thinner, more flash, extra dash 12 Jan 21:00 |
Software Skype finally catches Google with group video chat Has it finally fixed mobile video issues? 12 Jan 21:23 | 12
Networks Fortinet tries to explain weird SSH 'backdoor' discovered in firewalls Update your firmware or suffer the consequences 12 Jan 21:39 | 34
Software Windows 10 shattered Remote Desktop's security defaults – so get patching All users of Windows, Office, and Adobe software, should update ASAP 12 Jan 22:31 | 58
Legal Telstra costed fibre to the premises before it was Telstra Cabinet documents reveal a history of might-have beens for Australia's internet 12 Jan 22:43 | 16
Software Mozilla tells Persona single sign-on to singularly sign off Never heard of it? Never will do, either 12 Jan 23:02 | 13
Networks Europe, China line up their best bureaucrats for epic 5G battle The world's lamest Tough Mudder course 12 Jan 23:26 | 1
Personal Tech Not good enough, VW: California nixes toxic mix fix in strict interdict Three out of ten, must try harder to end its air pollution emissions test nightmare 12 Jan 23:45 | 23