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No more days off after typing 'git clone' To lighten the burden of massive Git source code repositories, Microsoft has created a virtualized file system that allows developers to interact with large codebases without sending excessive amounts of data across the network.…

Only 8,500 miles off, President Snowflake Apple has agreed to open a new iPhone assembly factory in India. Officials in the nation say Apple will spin up factories in the Karnataka province.…

Bleeding – speaking – edge of sysadmin interface development Listen up. Storage array vendor Tintri has a video demonstrating that speech-recognizing Amazon Echo's Alexa can be used to trigger array system management ops. Is this a profound industry first, ushering in a whole new sysadmin landscape, or just eye candy-style gimmickry?…

What the FCC did next Interview US Congress could be discussing net neutrality legislation within three months, replacing controversial FCC-created regulations, according to an academic with the ear of the administration.…

Rubber gloves on as techies probe root cause An anti-malware update from Sophos caused borked systems at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) on Thursday.…

Developers remain unconvinced by CASC's novel innovation Changes introduced this week that mean code-signing certificates for Windows can only be sold in hardware form or run through a cloud-based "service" are continuing to be a concern for some developers.…

Board takeover still on the cards In another wonderful example of the US capitalist system's ability to enable businesses to eat each other for short-term shareholder reward, an activist investor is looking to take over Quantum's board and restore shareholder value.…

It's all the fault of the GBP, says US titan... doesn't mention Mr Farage Adobe, the developer of overpriced software for creative types, is just about to get a whole lot more expensive in the UK with steep rises set to be introduced from next month.…

Imagine playing office football with a compute rack on castors Public cloud will become unaffordable for players who reckon the best thing to do with industrial data is shovel it en masse into the white 'n' fluffy stuff, reckons HPE.…

New spear-phishing method for copy-pasting military hardware Chinese state-sponsored hackers are targeting military and aerospace interests in Russia and Belarus.…

New memory, quad-level cell flash, and increased layering Micron is working on two next-generation XPoint products, a new memory, and extending 3D flash beyond 64 layers.…

Guys, this Black Mirror episode is really long and too realistic Copyright infringement and use of counterfeit goods in China could downgrade a citizen's "social credit" with lifelong consequences as the country gears up to overhaul its IP laws and institutions.…

Decisions, decisions. Lucky number 13? Poll Peter Capaldi will demateralise as the 12th Time Lord this Christmas after four years.…

The highest levels of service Another month, another problem with comedy outfit 123-Reg whose long-suffering customers are this time suffering from an email outage.…

And no one has any idea what to actually do about it The UK defence secretary has accused Russia of using hacking to destabilise the West.…

Spending fluctuates on how 'companies respond to our decisions' Communications regulator Ofcom splashed an extra 11 per cent on legal costs in 2015/16 compared with the previous year, spending £4.9m seeing off threats from operators.…

I'm an 'early riser', if you know what I mean Something for the Weekend, Sir? I've been up all night, doing the business like hammer and tongs, going at it again and again. I can be relentless when I'm on the job – a man of action and drama.…

Report warns of 'inconsistent' and 'chaotic' response to routine data breaches A scathing parliamentary report into UK.gov’s infosec practices has called for the government to step up its efforts to protect Britain from cyber attacks in the face of today’s “chaotic” practices.…

Firm still Helping People Exit ahead of the CSC spin merger Hewlett Packard Enterprise is bundling hundreds more UK Enterprise Services (ES) staff out of the door ahead of the looming ‘spin merger’ with CSC.…

Over to you, dear readers. Start your MS Paint engines! Logowatch Artist David Hockney has redesigned the masthead of The Sun newspaper – and in the spirit of free expression and artistic endeavour we want you, dear Reg readers, to join us in honouring this beacon moment in the cultural life of Great Britain.…

Boffins urge bosses to keep their developers cheerful Miserable software developers produce miserable software, to the further detriment of organizational productivity and personal health.…

Identifying fake news is too hard at the moment, say developers, but we can spot lies in headings Two AI researchers are behind a daring open challenge to fight the spread of outrageous headlines that are completely detached from reality. (As if anyone would write such things, tut-tut.)…

Happy days as reader impersonates The Fonz ON-CALL Welcome to another Friday and therefore to another edition of On-Call, The Register's regular recycling of readers' recollections!…

It's not Advanced Persistent Threats, it's Adequate Pernicious Toerags Usenix Enigma 2017 The chief technical director of GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre has rebuked infosec companies for spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt about hackers to sell products.…

New classes of bugs found by machine-learning-powered tools Usenix Enigma 2017 Machine-learning systems are unearthing new classes of bugs in operating systems and apps, according to bods from America's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).…

Even detachables like the Surface are making buyers snooze The tablet computer market has slumped into “spiraling decline”, according to box-counter IDC.…

Security ops service adds more sources telling you when to panic, and how much ServiceNow has made some new friends in the information security industry and will use its new friends to tell you how fast to panic about intrusions.…

We take a look at a couple of startups and their hype Comment Containerized apps will gravitate to using containerized system services such as storage and security.…

Coming soon: Cracking IoT kit and industrial control systems Popular offensive hacking toolkit Metasploit now works on hardware, including cars, after a major update to the 13-year old platform.…

The Australian Synchrotron warns it's been wormholed, but not dangerously UPDATE The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) is investigating a computer security breach at the Australian Synchrotron that saw hackers steal scientists' usernames and passwords Friday.…

NSX-T takes network virtualization into the weird world of cloud-native apps VMware has revealed a new cut of its NSX network virtualization product, “NSX-T”.…

No, not Trump... think clouds and parcels Amazon.com shares sank in after-hours trading after its Q4 2016 earnings fell short of analysts' estimates.…

'AND WE MAY NEVER MAKE A PROFIT,' laughs photo-spaff app maker all way to the bank Millennial vanity magnifier Snap Inc, the post-profit maker of Snapchat, hopes to raise $3bn in an initial public offering.…

Don't forget the human touch, says Citrix Promo Webinars are seen as the top-performing lead generator, and the growing business use of mobile devices is extending their reach ever further.…

Public to finally get to see regulator orders before vote The new chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, has come good on a promise to modernize the regulator by getting rid of its most infuriating habit: secret orders.…

US ISP is always app-y to take your money Comcast has kicked off a beta program that will let customers watch TV on Roku hardware, but only if they pay extra.…

More than 1,000 government computer systems shut down A county in Ohio, US, has had to shut down its entire IT infrastructure due to a ransomware outbreak.…

So brave, so very brave Tech goliaths Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are planning to take a stand against the Trump Administration's hardline immigration policy ... because their bottom line demands it.…

Despite the layoffs, Mozilla insists it will be increasing its headcount Mozilla is ending its Connected Devices initiative, the flailing software maker's effort to influence the design and development of networkable things.…

Workaround is to disable the thing – no fix just yet for unlucky corps hit Updated Anti-malware firm Webroot has apologized after an update pushed out this week borked computers at unlucky companies, leaving the PCs unbootable.…

2-in-1s are all about 'generating customer love' In its advice to the manufacturing community, Microsoft has said it wants PC builders to focus on quality and features that differentiate PCs from Macs. It's also seeking to migrate high-end features, and AR, into cheaper kit.…

Hello darkness my old friend Microsoft program manager Mads Torgersen has posted about the company's programming language strategy, stating that the plan for Visual Basic has shifted from co-evolution with C# to a focus on "core scenarios".…

No customs union, everything else TBD The UK government has published its long-awaited white paper on negotiating a withdrawal from the European Union.…

Update your StruxureWare Data Center Expert to v7.4, quick! Schneider Electric has issued a patch for its StruxureWare Data Center Expert industrial control kit following the discovery of a flaw that could allow remote access to unencrypted passwords.…

'It's a nice opportunity,' says Canuck outsourcing giant While most of the world looks on in despair at Trump, Canadian outsourcer CGI is rubbing its hands together at the prospect of some lovely new business.…

DevOps takes on the challenge Promo By working closely together, development and operations teams are improving the speed and quality of application development. But what about the database?…

Cloud provider offers DR-as-a-service using flash Analysis All-flash arrays are now the storage choice du jour for storing fast access primary data but have not been used for storing secondary data, such as unstructured data, ordinary files and just-in-case disaster recovery (DR) data. But change is coming, driven by cheaper flash drives and the realisation that fast access to secondary data is, obviously, better than slow access.…

Steve Jobs didn't just stiff Apple devs, he stiffed Pixar VFXers too VFX workers who created animations for Pixar and Disney movies have won $100m in an out-of-court settlement of a wage-fixing lawsuit.…

Weaker pound and UK revenue decline pooping on the party Vodafone posted a sales fall of 20 per cent to €1.7bn (£1.4bn) in the UK for its third-quarter results, dragging overall sales down 3.9 per cent to €13.7bn (£11.6bn) compared with the previous year.…

Oz police go watchdog over profiteering pot-pushers Aussie coppers have got into the consumer rights business after a distraught stoner turned to them to complain about profiteering by her local pot dealer.…