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Trio of Atomic edge boxen to sharpen the Things' bite Dell has developed the Edge Gateway 3000 Series of boxes so IoT customers can do some data analysis at the edge of their IoT network, to make real-time local decisions about the operations of IoT-monitored machinery and reduce bandwidth needs for data transfer to a central site.…

You'll have to wait for Galaxy S8 MWC Samsung's press event at Mobile World Congress was subdued in comparison to recent years, reflecting a difficult year for the company, and the conspicuous absence of the forthcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone.…

Walked past a jail? Expect to become a crime suspect The Prisons and Courts Bill, introduced to Parliament last week, will force mobile networks to deploy fake mobile phone masts around the outside of prisons to snoop on mobile phone users.…

A quick grip of Huawei's latest flagship phones Hands On Another year, another Huawei flagship phone. This time it is the 5.1" P10 (€649) and the 5.5" P10 Plus (from €699), following a similar pattern to the 2016 P9 and P9 Plus.…

Business being split off so stakes can be sold Toshiba confirms its memory business will be separated from the main Toshiba business in preparation for a part or majority stake sale.…

Ubuntu on Win 10 more useful... but does Microsoft really love Linux The Windows 10 Creators Update is set for release shortly, and comes with significant improvements to the Windows Subsystem for Linux, also known as Bash on Windows or Ubuntu on Windows.…

Company says, er, just go by our Twitter comments Mondays are a terrible way to start the week, but spare a thought for HSBC customers whose online business banking is not quite so online.…

Beating data loss Sysadmin Blog Imagine yourself as Donald Trump's sysadmin. Trump's first month as President of the United States of America has been notable for the number of information leaks that have occurred. Trump has called these leaks criminal and seems intent on rooting out whistleblowers. Some poor sysadmin is going to be told to prevent these leaks, but just how possible is that in today's world?…

Don't wait - update now D-Link has resolved an authentication bypass flaw in one of its enterprise switches.…

Is it going to do HCI... who knows? Interview After thinking that stand-alone external storage array vendors might need to get into the hyperconverged market, we received a tip that Nimble Storage was thinking that too. So we asked Nimble's CEO, Suresh Vasudevan, a few exploratory questions.…

IT transformation and Brexit could mean a perfect storm for gov tech Public sector contractors in the UK are starting to down tools across a range of projects ahead of the new tax regime in April, leaving numerous projects hanging in the balance.…

Sales, marketing and product management people relieved of their duties, livelihoods HPE looks to have started writing pink slips for Simplivity people.…

Matter is going to move more freely and cheaply than ever before If a time machine could slingshot us back a quarter of a century to 1992, we’d visit a world in which print and broadcast media chugged along in rude health. Everyone read newspapers, and watched television because, well, what else could you do to stay informed?…

SIGSTINK: User body odor fault Machines don’t have noses – but they can now attempt to identify scents thanks to a nifty new algorithm.…

The bee-autiful game Video The humble bumblebee can be taught how to play soccer, even though its brain is only around the size of a sesame seed.…

ESA wants daredevils to help it test the Small Satellites Mission Service atop a Vega launcher If you've got an application for a small satellite and a stomach for risk, the European Space Agency wants to hear from you. Next year, it's planning a multi-launch demonstration from its Vega spacecraft on a proof-of-concept flight for the Small Satellites Mission Service.…

Intel just doesn't sell this kit yet. Not in the cloud. Not on-premises. Not anywhere Remember when PC or server-makers would breathlessly announce they'd just become the first, the very first, to get their hands on some new silicon and that doing so made them Terribly Clever? And represented enormous advantage to you, because you could buy that silicon right now instead of waiting, well, weeks for someone else to offer it?…

Here's a point release to get a bit excited by, plus updates to VMware and Oracle hypervisors Updates to commercial hypervisors are like buses: none for ages and then two come along at once!…

Edge, IE can find themselves running unexpected code if cooked by a malicious site Google's Project Zero has revealed a bug in Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Edge browsers.…

Telstra Health and Australian gov miss deadline in bungled privatised registry rollout The Australian government's attempt to rush the rollout of a privatised cancer registry has backfired, with Telstra Health unable to meet a March deadline for data integration.…

3Par account managers have soothing tales of extremely dumb mistakes Users of HPE's 3Par kit say the company's private explanation of the twin outages at the Australian Taxation Office suggest the hardware problems may have been caused by user error.…

South Australia is bigger than France. But AEMO's predictions use two weather stations Another revelation has emerged that won't reassure large-scale electricity users in Australia: the market operator missed a coming heatwave because it didn't consider State-wide weather forecasts, relying instead on data from just two urban weather stations.…

Attack is hard, discovery is easy, so fix it right

Wearables and VR and, er Android MWC Nokia held its long-anticipated phone comeback in Barcelona’s Museum of Contemporary Art, but then took us through an archeological virtual tour through Nokia’s own ancient history.…

While Samsung’s away, rivals try and sit in the Android King’s Chair MWC This year’s flagship smartphones will run even faster and have even more features than last year’s flagship smartphones, The Register discovered today.…

Too enthusiastic? Too enthusiastic Sunday storage sum-up It's been one of those overwhelming-tidal-waves-of-news weeks. Here's an attempt to catch up.…

Big money and a bold design is giving the brand another shot MWC Fans of the classic BlackBerry style phone have finally got one running Android - never mind sliders and touch screens with the BlackBerry badge.…

You don't hate freedom, do you? You love America, right? The US Department of Defense wants you to contribute unclassified code to software projects developed in support of national security.…

You can ask to be removed, but it's up to officers to listen, Home Office cheerfully concludes After unlawfully hoarding millions of mugshots of one-time suspects, UK police chiefs were this week told to delete the snaps – but only if people in the photos complain. And even then, requests can be easily waved away.…

US Cyber Command boss lays out plans for next decade NSA and US Cyber Command boss Mike Rogers has revealed the future direction of his two agencies – and for the private sector, this masterplan can be summarized in one word.…

Who could possibly have a grudge against Susan Fowler? The engineer who claims Uber is rife with sexism and lying executives has said someone is researching her background for a smear campaign.…

It's not fine The acting head of the US Federal Trade Commission, Maureen Ohlhausen, has sought to assure people that the critical Privacy Shield data-sharing agreement will hold up despite President Trump's recent executive orders on immigration.…

Taxi app maker liable because its cabbies are interchangeable with robots, lawsuit claims Uber, facing scrutiny for its "toxic" culture of sexual harassment and for alleged trade secret theft from Alphabet's Waymo, has been hit with yet another lawsuit alleging that one of its drivers attempted to rape a passenger.…

No need for ISPs to tell you what info they're slurping up New rules due to take effect next week that would have required your ISP to obtain consent before selling your private details have been killed off by the new chair of the US Federal Communications Commission.…

Comverse CEO Kobi sent down for a record 2.5 years after back-dating stock options The head of a defunct surveillance and communications software company has been given the longest-ever prison sentence for back-dating stock options.…

Teen's shock as Jesus mobe turns into hottest tech Vid Demonstrating yet again that Apple trails Samsung in mobile phone trends, an iPhone 7 Plus owner has reported that her prized possession recently blew up on her.…

Fibre Channel revenues flag as Broadcom acquisition spooks IP network buyers It was a double whammy. Brocade saw hyper-converged infrastructure eat into its SAN networking sales as Broadcom acquisition-caused uncertainty drove IP Networking sales downwards too.…

Something happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear A substantial number of Gmail users have been affected by a potential but unconfirmed hack of unknown origin or purpose.…

Can you hearable me? When a technology hype flops, do you think the industry can use it as a learning experience? A time of self-examination? An opportunity to pause and reflect on making the next consumer or business tech hype a bit less stupid?…

Cloud CRM with cloud synchronisation turned OFF A version of Microsoft Dynamics 365 with cloud turned off is coming in the second quarter.…

The new Ferrari of the storage world Analysis Symbolic IO has rewritten the server hardware and operating system rule book with its its computationally defined storage (CDS) and says apps like database queries run 60 times or more faster on its system. If these claims are real then server suppliers like Cisco, Dell, HPE and others are in for a mighty market shock as one IRIS server could replace five or more standard servers.…

We'll have no repeat of 1667, ye lubberly scallywags! The Dutch are preparing to invade English seas with a fleet of 90 vessels after a previous expedition boarded the Royal Navy’s flagship and stole the Royal Coat of Arms from her.…

Windows of volcanic glass The British government has published a transparency report into the use of disruptive and investigatory powers by State actors, which ironically reveals absolutely nothing about the use of said powers.…

'Automated' vehicles – who pays for damage? Insurers would be primarily responsible for paying out damages stemming from accidents caused by "automated vehicles" under new UK legislation laid before the UK parliament.…

The AA-powered, pocket-sized touch daddy The Psion Series 5 has stormed a Reg poll of technologies readers would most like revived.…

Nice one, Sheryl Sometimes it's wise not to boast that you're so rich, a $500m damages award against you is chump change.…

Top bants, guys. Archbishop of Banterbury-tier stuff IBM staffers might not feel there's much to laugh about at the moment, with more swathes of redundancies on the way or the directive to kill off home working, but at least there's still plenty of banter to be had at the firm.…

Let the hype wars commence Hot on the heels of Arqiva revealing plans for a 5G trial with Samsung this morning, Ericsson and BT have also announced a partnership to develop 5G projects.…

Clock is ticking on early bird tickets Events We’re very happy to reveal that Red Hat’s Jen Krieger will be delivering a keynote at Continuous Lifecycle London, our three-day DevOps, Agile, CD and Containers conference this May.…

Put the bamboo down and step back Something for the Weekend, Sir? I came too soon. Normally this is not a problem. Coming early allows me to regather my strength so that I can then go at it, full-on, for the next eight hours.…