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But they should expect a discharge or worse, not medals The US Marine Corps is investigating how compromising photos of some of its female members came to be shared on Facebook and Google Drive by fellow marines.…

Current-measuring circuits flawed, potentially over-charge homes, study finds Some smart meters might more accurately be described as fake meters because they present false readings about energy consumption.…

Will decision bring back need to use specific browsers? Sir Tim Berners-Lee has controversially decided to back the introduction of digital rights management – aka anti-piracy and anti-copying mechanisms – as a Web standard.…

Boring, bland... yes, this AI will fit right in at today's newsrooms Robots are elbowing their way into journalism and could steal “hundreds” of jobs, fearful news hacks have told academics.…

Unaccountable? Check. Pointlessly bureaucratic? Check. Blocking reform? Check Analysis It's March again so it must be time for an annual checkup on the Internet Governance Forum – the United Nations body that is tasked with working through the complex social, technological and economic issues associated with a global communications network, and runs an annual conference to that end.…

Big Blue will build 50-qubitter in 'next few years' IBM says it will build commercially available quantum computing systems accessed through its cloud platform, but D-Wave has a claimed quantum computer 400 times bigger.…

Some furious, others rather interested Software company Solarwinds, which sells IT management tools, has infuriated customers after a faulty alert exposed customers' entire client lists to their competitors.…

Both deny allegations The president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, colluded with confidante Choi Soon-sil to take bribes from Samsung Group, the country's special prosecutor said today.…

Blasts data between on-prem and public cloud SwiftStack v5's Cloud Sync provides two-way replication between on-premises data centres and Google Cloud Storage, Amazon S3 and Glacier.…

Civil servants belatedly nixed PDF metadata Exclusive The UK Home Office's Investigatory Powers Unit (HOIPU) anonymously responded to an Ofcom consultation urging the regulator to maintain a "security"-related ban on GSM devices that help people get cheap calls abroad.…

A: It's five more than answer to the ultimate question IBM UK is looking to chop the Technical Services Support team within the Global Technology Services division by up to 10 per cent, according to company insiders.…

IT man betrayed us for partner, says Columbia Sportswear A sportswear company in Oregon has alleged that a senior IT manager left a backdoor in its systems before departing to a business partner and illegally used that access almost 700 times for his new employer's benefit.…

Sorry your broadband is crap, Ronaldo needs a new Jag BT has beaten arch-rival Sky in its bid to splash £394m retaining the rights for the UEFA Champions League and Europa League.…

Just days left to save £100s on DevOps and containers extravaganza The clock is ticking on our early bird offer for Continuous Lifecycle, our three-day dive into all things DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and Containers.…

Firm said to have helped Trump and Leave.EU campaign to be asked a couple of questions The Information Commissioner's Office is investigating how voters' personal information is being utilised for political campaigns.…

Government service provider 'propping up its share price' ahead of merger with HPE The British government must wake up to service delivery implications of the latest mega-layoff scheming at CSC given the number of sensitive public sector contracts held, and work with the business and others to "root out the worst excesses of capitalism".…

Just when you thought Spamageddon had been fixed Just when long-suffering Virgin Media customers thought their spam woes had been fixed, it seems the firm's inbound mail server is now blocking the delivery of mail.…

Kicks in on April Fools' Day Accounting-as-a-service firm Sage is hiking its cloudy payroll software prices by half, The Register has learned.…

It is the world’s largest online vid-slinger, after all When the world’s largest online silo of video content decides to come out and launch its own TV subscription service, including sought after live sports content, it’s not just the traditional pay TV industry which should be concerned, but the streaming giants too. YouTube TV is here and Apple has to return fire.…

Googles' rise is permanent, Microsoft wants you to give Office 365 a beating Google and Microsoft have both increased the cash on offer under their bug bounty programs.…

MAVEN was on track to come within seven seconds of Phobos The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft last week made a hasty burn to avoid a likely collision with Martian moon Phobos.…

You may have thought romance was dead before this ... erm ... remarkable MongoDB cover of Sia's 'Cheap Thrills' came along Vendors' music video homages are always just … erm … remarkable The Register has spotted a new music video homage by a vendor and because they're always so excellent, bring it to you for your entertainment.…

HPE admits to contract fail, will give failed kit forensic analysis but may also crimp report Hewlett Packard Enterprise “failed to deliver on the contractual terms” it agreed with Australia's Taxation Office after 3Par storage arrays twice failed at the Office, according to commissioner of taxation Chris Jordan. But the cause of the problems may never be publicly revealed.…

You're on the sh*t-list and will be shouted at, says Linus as he gives the world Linux 4.11 rc1 Linux 4.11's first release candidate has been released, but not without a little friction after Linus Torvalds railed at the quality of some code sent his way during the merge process for the new update to the platform.…

Not us, says India. Which leaves China, Facebook, Tencent, YouTube and …. ? “Data breach hunter” Chris Vickery has claimed that he will shortly reveal a “1.4 billion identity leak”.…

Redmond offers six years extra support for Windows, SQL Servers, cheap if you pay now Microsoft last year promised a new “Premium Assurance” product to provide security updates for Windows Server and SQL Server for an additional six years. And now it's delivered: Premium Assurance went on sale as of last week with incentives to cough up sooner rather than later.…

Makes India grate again as 15 day sign-off option binned to clear application backlog. The United States has suspended “premium” processing of H-1B visas, the skilled worker visa often used by technology companies to bring workers to the nation.…

Ill-fated Akatsuki suffers more setbacks – now, its cameras The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) has said it is shutting down two of the five cameras on its planetary probe around Venus due to power glitches.…

Seat-back systems deliberately cripple non-Pana code – lawsuit Panasonic has been hit with a lawsuit accusing the electronics giant of monopolizing the market for in-flight entertainment (IFE) devices with a series of dirty tricks.…

* Allegedly! Amazon, the target of multiple lawsuits alleging labor law violations and the subject of criticism over cutthroat work culture, appears to be pilot testing its tough-love approach to worker management in its burgeoning media production business.…

Hardware maker offers to replace or repair at-risk kit Netgear on Thursday said that four of its product lines may experience "higher-than-normal failure rates" and that it is contacting affected customers to assess whether replacement or repair is appropriate.…

Ride-sharing tech bros accused of shady behavior shocker Not content with cultivating a toxic, sexist and hostile corporate culture, Uber is on a collision course with cops worldwide.…

One used AOL. Yes, all of these apply to Vice President Mike US Vice President Mike Pence has been accused of hypocrisy after it was revealed he used his personal AOL account for state government business.…

Or maybe takes a cue from the White House's leak crackdown The European Patent Office (EPO) is seeking new powers that it would allow it to search the bags and electronic devices of its staff and office visitors.…

Storage news saved for the end of the week TGI (Thank God It’s) Friday and so time to retrieve back burner storage news received in the week and bring it to the fore;…

Also handed four months' chokey, suspended for 12 The Royal Air Force officer who sent his Airbus Voyager into an accidental dive from 33,000 feet, injuring passengers and crew, has been dismissed and given a suspended prison sentence.…

Regulation in effect from this week, 180 days to comply Major financial firms operating in New York need to comply with tougher cybersecurity rules that came into effect this week.…

Hipster hangout devs praised, vuln never exploited Slack quickly squashed a potential account hijack bug hours after it was reported.…

Flt Lt Andrew Townshed pleaded guilty to letting Nikon wedge Airbus' control stick A Royal Air Force pilot has been cleared of perjury – but will be sentenced at court martial today after admitting he allowed his digital camera to jam his military airliner’s controls, sending it into a 4,000ft plummet.…

Theresa May appoints former International Criminal Court judge The Prime Minister has today appointed Lord Justice Fulford as the first Investigatory Powers Commissioner, who will be the chief overseer of the UK's new surveillance laws.…

TechLive demo has raised a lot of questions Interview The TechLive session revealed Symbolic IO's IRIS i1 box, and its tech continues to raise lots of questions. How do the components work? Why have certain design choices been made? How does the IRIS system compare to other servers?…

Intends to determine correct employment status HMRC has unveiled its tax calculator for contractors to determine whether they should cough up more cash in its freelancer tax clampdown next month.…

More market share than HPE, IBM and NetApp combined The latest IDC Storage Tracker says top dog Dell Technologies has more external storage revenue share than HPE, IBM and NetApp combined.…

Thumb-twitchers will just have to go for a walk this weekend. Or read a book Gamers desperate to play on their new Nintendo Switches these weekend may have to wait a bit longer, with many reporting their preorders have been delayed.…

Embattled app's owners to appeal verdict Taxi app Uber has lost its legal challenge to Transport for London’s requirement that its drivers must pass English language tests, according to reports.…

Whitehall can't even convince UK it's not watching everything we do UK surveillance laws could be an obstacle to the creation of a US-Europe Privacy Shield-style arrangement post-Brexit.…

€80 a go. The anti-bacterial soap is free Is your significant other staying a little longer at Mobile World Congress than you expected? You may want to ask them about the robo sex house recently installed nearby the mobile extravaganza venue in Barcelona.…

CTO alludes to Brexit as a factor in sluggish UK sales MWC Weak customer spending on networking gear will pick up once organisations start splashing cash on next gen tech like 5G, with Brexit also playing a part in sluggish sales, Colin Kincaid, CTO at Cisco's Service Provider Business has said.…

Tell us, what’s the picture? Survey We’re running a survey to find out just what kind of impact flash drives and their arrays have had on your business. We’d like to know your experiences with them be they good bad or plain right ugly.…

It's the internet of sh*tty things, says Intel's Raj Samani MWC Greater accountability is needed in the rush to connect absolutely everything to the net – including toilet roll holders and pregnancy tests – Europol's CyberCrime Centre advisor and Intel Security CTO Raj Samani has said.…