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Cloud28+ to support Azure and Hyper V too... oh and Docker containerisation The appeal of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Cloud28+ market was limited by its grounding in Helion Open Stack, so support for Microsoft, VMware and Docker tech was confirmed for version two launched today.…

Is that video evidence in your backup cloud really the file you uploaded? It was bound to happen before long: backup company Acronis has decided the blockchain has a role in your data protection regime.…

A brief examination of regulatory capture Sysadmin Blog Canadian internet providers are frequently bemoaned as terrible. Americans get lots of media play about getting the sharp end of the stick from their providers, but many Canadians look longingly at the internet packages south of the border and wonder: what's the holdup in Canada?…

Hacker finds video, etc/passwd leak in Vidyo teleconf tool used by US Army, NASA and CERN Sydney security tester Jamieson O'Reilly has reported a since-patched vulnerability in popular video platform Vidyo, used by the likes of the US Army, NASA, and CERN, that could see videos leaked and systems compromised.…

Ransomware authors appear to have given up and gone home The authors of the TeslaCrypt ransomware have handed over their master keys in what appears to be a decision to kill off the net menace.…

An outfit called Waverley Labs claims to have developed an in-ear translator A company called Waverly Labs claims to have developed a realt-time-in-ear translation unit.…

Hacker rescues Hollywood house from URL scam squatters WhiteHat Security founder Jeremiah Grossman has published details that could help victims of domain hijacking.…

NextDC to break ground in Brisbane and Melbourne Australian bit barn builder NextDC has acquired land on which it will build new data centres in Brisbane and Melbourne.…

Opaque apps mean you're not clicking what you think you're clicking Skycure security researcher Yair Amit has revealed a chained Android attack path that will greatly enhance attackers' ability to compromise 1.34 billion devices, or 95 percent of those in use.…

It'll be HTML 5 or nothing real soon now, vAdmins vAdmins will soon have just one graphical option with which to operate vCenter, after VMware decided to can its Windows client and replace it and other current tools with a single HTML 5 client.…

Viable technology or full of hot air? Google I/O 2016 Google's I/O developer conference isn't just about code – the Chocolate Factory has many schemes and attendees have been drawn to a large balloon hovering in a corner of the conference venue.…

Not CPUs, but a custom ASIC for machine learning applications Google's long-rumoured efforts to build its own silicon have come to fruition.…

Spy agency just happened to delete document. And its backup. Whoopsie! The CIA says that it accidentally deleted a report at the heart of a Senate investigation into the agency's use of torture.…

Multi-level memory is superior to binary Memory could be getting an upgrade beyond the two states used in binary, as researchers have designed a magnetic element with six stable magnetic states, according to a paper published in Applied Physics Letters.…

Switchzilla manages to squeek past analyst estimates in Q3 Cisco says that it is optimistic on its financial outlook despite a "challenging environment" that saw the networking giant's quarterly revenues drop slightly.…

State-sponsored hackers without overtime? A professional hacking group called Suckfly is targeting India's infrastructure and economic base by zeroing in on individuals and installing tools to access their work networks.…

Not 'Namey McNameface' pleads Burke Google I/O 2016 Google has been using its developers conference to show off forthcoming improvements in Android N and is taking the unusual move of asking the public to name it.…

In case you were wondering what John Fanning was up to these days The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is claiming victory after the US Court of Appeals upheld a verdict it won over reputation site Jerk.com.…

Comes as regulator introduces new crowdfunding rules The chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mary Jo White, has warned that the biggest risk the financial system faces is cybersecurity.…

The future is voice, says Chocolate Factory Google I/O 2016 Google is getting into the digital helper game with the launch of Assistant, a Siri-style online helper, and promised Google Home – an Echo-like listening station that can be used to house the helper.…

New method could make it harder for hackers in the future Researchers have devised a method of generating random numbers that could shake up computer encryption.…

New obligations on providers of essential services The European Council has adopted new cybersecurity rules to make networks and information services across the European Union safer and more secure.…

Low price point invites sales A hacker is attempting to sell 117 million LinkedIn users' emails and passwords on the dark web.…

Hook, line and stinker Security firm ESET has uncovered a long running cyber-espionage campaign in Ukraine, and seemingly targeted at separatists.…

Specifically, get in on that ultramobile premium market. You know, for gamers... The PC market is doomed. We know this. You know this. Gartner knows this, but it reckons vendors can bleed out a few more pennies if they start selling high-end rigs for gamers.…

Smaller, faster, denser - the future of commercial memory? IBM has claimed a significant break through in phase-change memory which could potentially replace DRAM.…

Regulator mulls Ingram's acquisition by China's HNA Tech distributor Ingram Micro has snapped up UK channel services minnow Comms-care for an undisclosed sum.…

Throws elastic challenge back at Microsoft Amazon’s released AWS instances packing 2TB serving mega memory-hungry workloads such as SAP HANA.…

Who owns what and how it'll all work Analysis We have a new phone company today, and it’s European. And the badge says Nokia.…

'The way work works has changed'. Winter is coming

Encryption, corporates have heard of it Enterprises are routinely storing corporate password files in the cloud through Microsoft’s OneDrive backup technology.…

Orbital testing for future networking swarms NASA has deployed a couple of CubeSats using off-the-shelf smartphone tech which it hopes will "test out the potential for using a network of small, low-cost satellites to perform complex science missions".…

Meanwhile, the Investigatory Powers Bill is 'delivering' Promises on broadband make up the mainstay of a new Digital Bill, first revealed at The Register back in January and formally revealed in the Queen’s Speech today. It’s one of 21 new legislative proposals.…

Giant on back foot against free smartphone, says co-CEO Google’s free distribution of Android damaged Oracle’s business – according to Oracle.…

Prince Philip Prestel hack preserved for posterity An archive that tells the story of how the 1980s hack of Prince Philip’s mailbox led to UK anti-hacking legislation has been deposited at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC).…

A continent chokes on its kale In a rebuke to the EU, and environmental activists worldwide, the biggest scientific metastudy yet conducted of genetically modified foods concludes they’re good for human health and the environment.…

Cross-site scripting flaw gives evil websites access to local files Google has emailed Android developers advising them to update Android Studio, the official Android IDE, to fix security bugs. Other versions of the JetBrains IntelliJ IDE, on which Android Studio is based, are also affected.…

Pays £242m to branch out as smartphone sector dwindles Chip-designer ARM has snapped up London-based imaging and embedded computer biz Apical for £242m, in a bid to further branch out from the slowing smartphone market.…

Impressive vid of inaugural launch Russian space agency Roscosmos has released an impressive rocketcam video shot from the Soyuz-2.1a which last month became the first mighty lifter to depart the country's new Vostochny cosmodrome.…

Beyond the scope of the button-pusher Sysadmin Blog Who are you, dear reader, and why are you reading this? If you've a yen to answer that literally, by all means please do, but the question is somewhat more metaphorical in intent.…

Report authors call on gov.UK, business to up their spend Leaving the EU could mean UK universities lose a whopping £1bn research funding, according to report released by Digital Science today.…

'It cannot be certain' spending has increased at ALL – NAO The Cabinet Office has lost its enthusiasm for prising open Whitehall's wallet and handing more cash to SMEs, according to a report by the Committee of Public Accounts today.…

Don't be the one left standing when the music stops A major investor in Pandora wants the company to sell out while it can.…

Email brownout turns customers' faces red Embattled UK web hosting company 123-Reg has wobbled again.…

Flaw was rated 9.8/10 as it allowed complete re-write of online stores Independent security researcher Nethanel Rubin has reported a since-patched vulnerability in eBay's Magento e-commerce platform that could have allowed hackers to compromise retailers.…

Darwin award up for grabs as crims and Kaspersky push each other to survive or die Kaspersky white hats have again ruined the Cryptxxx malware by offering victims a free decryption tool that will unwind all variants of the menace.…

National Computing Infrastructure's Andrew Howard shares his experience running OpenStack at scale Interview A year on from when Gartner asserted that OpenStack was a “science project”, The Register talked to the National Computing Infrastructure's Andrew Howard to see where one of Australia's biggest OpenStack deployments is at.…

Hand-carved, hipster, artisanal micro macroprocessor The 6502 CPU is a fondly-remembered CPU for good reason: along with chips from Motorola, Intel and Zilog, it helped create the personal computer business in the 1980s.…

Researchers find crusty Stuxnet, Conficker, are still the web's top threats The crusty headless Conficker worm is the web's most prolific web threat, says security Check Point.…

ASA can be DoSsed by XML, VPN attacks It's Borg Bug Day, and this week Cisco's issued patches of interest to users of its Adaptive Security Appliances (ASAs).…