Security Macbook seized or stolen? But you've set a FileVault password, right? Ha, it's useless Luckily, there's a security fix 16 Dec 00:48 | 10
On-Prem Wetware disruption transforms Microsoft Australia as MD bails So long and thanks for all the clouds, Pip Marlow, and hello Steven Worrall 16 Dec 02:58 | 2
Security Ransomware scum face unified white hat army BitDefender, Trend Micro, Check Point, Emisoft, others, join No More Ransom project 16 Dec 03:58 | 18
On-Prem Facebook hires Hillary Clinton to lead assault on fake news* *Headline may be fake. Facebook's really outlined four tactics to crimp fake news 16 Dec 05:02 | 44
Personal Tech Could a robot vacuum cleaner monitor your data centre? El Reg takes LG's webcam-and-WiFi equipped Roboking Turbo+Homeview for a spin 16 Dec 06:02 | 24
Personal Tech Brace yourself, network admins, Amazon Video just hit 200 nations Six yankee dollars a month everywhere except the Eurozone 16 Dec 06:33 | 21
Security German infosec agency urges security review after Yahoo! flensing Local companies take security seriously, says BSI head, but give 'em fake phone numbers and addresses anyway 16 Dec 07:02 | 5
On-call Sysadmin 'fixed' PC by hiding it on a bookshelf for a few weeks User who though he knew everything was satisfied by doing precisely nothing 16 Dec 07:28 | 102
Video NASA – get this – just launched 8 satellites from a rocket dropped from a plane at 40,000ft You boffins are just showing off now 16 Dec 07:58 | 67
SaaS Cloud-happy Oracle dodges rumors it is axing its traditional hardware ... as sales of traditional hardware fall Meanwhile, co-CEO Safra Catz joins Team Trump 16 Dec 08:36 | 18
Edge + IoT New US rules on 'vehicle-to-vehicle' communications under consultation Connected vehicles 16 Dec 09:03 | 34
Legal UK Home Office slurps 1,500 schoolkids' records per month Wants to create 'hostile environment' for illegal immigrants 16 Dec 10:17 | 75
Personal Tech Fox's meal Sky ready to smother Europe with foreign language OTT content Could launch preemptive strike on local pay TV 16 Dec 11:01 | 12
Legal Around 1.4 million people have sub-10Mbps speeds - Ofcom Sooo. Universal Service Obligation. You reckon £1bn-£2bn will cover it? 16 Dec 12:04 | 51
Security US voting machine certification agency probes potential hack Working with security firm and the Feds to investigate 16 Dec 12:40 | 31
Bootnotes Will Wikipedia honour Jimbo's promise to STOP chugging? WMF meets December Sprint fundraising target. Let's see. 16 Dec 13:07 | 33
Security National Lottery whacked with £3m fine for suspect ticket win 'More likely than not' a fraudulent prize claim was made 16 Dec 13:33 | 26
Software Oracle finally targets Java non-payers – six years after plucking Sun Thought Java was 'free'? Think again (and you owe us $$$ in 2017) 16 Dec 13:58 | 149
Software London's Winter Wonderland URGENTLY seeks Windows 10 desk support Has Hyde Park BSOD crashed Christmas? 16 Dec 14:12 | 77
Software 'So sorry' Evernote rips up privacy changes And we won't read your notes - promise 16 Dec 14:43 | 34
Legal US Supreme Court to hear case that may ruin Lone Star patent trolls Memories of East Texas venue shopping 16 Dec 14:52 | 57
Personal Tech TCL snags global deal to build n'flog BlackBerrys Canadian smart phone maker passes baton to the Chinese 16 Dec 15:38 | 4
NSF Kids Santa's sleigh gets 21st century makeover £200,000 ex VAT and the prototype ... not that any will ever be made 16 Dec 16:01 | 17
Security Banks 'not doing enough' to protect against bank-transfer scams Must do more to identify fraudulent payments 16 Dec 17:02 | 49
Security Don't panic, friends, but the Chinese navy just nicked one of America's underwater drones Uncle Sam would like it back, please, pronto 16 Dec 19:06 | 131
Legal USPTO: Hi, Ask Me Anything. Reddit: Can we trademark 'AMA'? USPTO: No. In fact, here's two dozen pages of 'No', 'Nope' and 'No way' 16 Dec 20:00 | 22
Security Houston, we have a problem: 'App dev stole our radio station' Bloke accused of seizing control, redirecting calls, pretending to be the boss 16 Dec 20:53 | 18
Devops Check your privilege: CoreOS's container tech rkt gets priv-escalation defense on Intel chips Code canned when it oversteps the mark 16 Dec 21:29 |
Legal Crim charges slapped on copyright trolls who filmed porn, torrented it then sued downloaders Disgraced smut-slinging catch one in the eye from Uncle Sam 16 Dec 23:56 | 40