Friday, January 20th, 2017

Time	Event
12:51a	Assange reverse-ferrets on promise to fly to US post-Manning clemency http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/assange_stays_put_post_manning/ WikiLeaker folds hand in pledge poker If US investigators were hoping WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange would be deliver himself into their hands, then they are due for a disappointment.& (Comment on this)
1:28a	Uber coughs up $20m after 'lying about how much its drivers make' http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/uber_settles_with_ftc/ FTC settlement bars taxi app maker from publishing fiction about potential riches Cab app Uber has agreed to pay $20m to settle charges that it exaggerated how much drivers using its software can earn and downplayed the cost of financing cars through the company.& (Comment on this)
1:59a	Big Blue's blues diffuse: IBM's sales drain now more like a sad trickle http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/ibm_q4_2016_sales/ Biz optimistic 2017 will see cloud and mobile help boost bottom line IBM is touting growth in its cloud and cognitive business units as the enterprise giant wraps up a year of double-digit revenue declines.& (Comment on this)
3:02a	Operator of DDoS protection service named as Mirai author http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/krebs_mirai_authors/ Krebs says he's fingered author of epic IoT web assault code The author of the massive distributed denial-of-service attack malware Mirai, which ropes infected routers and internet of things devices into remotely controlled armies, is a New Jersey man, according to journo Brian Krebs.& (Comment on this)
4:00a	Mozillans call for new moz://a logo to actually work in browsers http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/mozillans_call_for_new_moza_logo_to_actually_work_in_browsers/ Logo picked to represent internet roots just confuses the internet LOGOWATCH Mozilla, sorry Moz://a's new logo is causing problems because it doesn't work when typed into browsers' address bars.& (Comment on this)
4:31a	On last day as president, Obama's CIO shrouds future .gov websites in secret code http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/on_last_day_as_president_obamas_cio_shrouds_future_gov_websites_in_secret_code/ New .gov domains will only ever offer HTTPS, says US CIO On United States president Barack Obama's last day in office, the U.S. Chief Information Officer and the Federal CIO Council have announced a new rule that will see all future .gov websites shrouded in impenetrable secret codes.& (Comment on this)
5:02a	Avaya files for bankruptcy http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/avaya_files_for_bankruptcy/ Decade-old capital structure needs a refresh for cloudier times Avaya has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, which allows organisations to re-organise their affairs in part by temporarily relieving them of obligations to creditors.& (Comment on this)
5:30a	What's SimpliVity CEO Doron Kempel and Arnie got in common? They'll both be back http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/doron_kempel_will_be_back/ From the special forces to, um, HPE Profile SimpliVity CEO and cofounder Doron Kempel is a two-time storage startup winner. With HPE buying his firm for $650m, what will he do next?& (Comment on this)
6:02a	Viral Chinese selfie app Meitu phones home with personal data http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/meitu_reversed/ Reg man submits self to invasive sparkly-unicorn androgyny transformation PIC The Meitu selfie horrorshow app going viral through Western audiences is a privacy nightmare, researchers say.& (Comment on this)
6:29a	Facebook bans Russia's RT ahead of Trump's Inauguration Day (then changes its mind) http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/russian_foreign_ministry_maria_zakharova/ Breaking news, literally Facebook apparently blocked Russia Today  the Kremlin-bankrolled broadcaster now known as RT  from posting anything other than text messages on the social network.& (Comment on this)
6:57a	IT team sent dirt file to Police as they all bailed from abusive workplace http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/on_call/ Saintly clients fled investment firm after workers revealed hellish smut mountain ON-CALL Welcome again to On-Call, which returns for 2017 with more tales of your fellow readers' experiences of horrible jobs at horrible times.& (Comment on this)
7:19a	Shocking crime surge  THE TRUTH: England, Wales stats now include hacking and fraud http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/cybercrime_stats_uk/ 'More realistic picture' we're told Crime stats for England and Wales have shown a huge year-on-year increase. Don't panic, though: it's due to the inclusion of fraud and computer misuse offences for the first time.& (Comment on this)
7:59a	Ain't no party like an 80-customer Cohesity party http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/cohesity/ Oh, bless Analysis Secondary storage silo converging startup Cohesity has added entry-level hardware as it reaches 80+ customers and 100+ US resellers.& (Comment on this)
8:26a	Apple, Amazon smash audiobook cabal after European pressure http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/apple_amazon_to_break_up_audiobook_cabal/ EU antitrust bod nods in approval as another market opens up Apple and Amazon have agreed to end the exclusivity deal that gave Audible sole access to the iBooks store.& (Comment on this)
8:41a	Unbreakable Locky ransomware is on the march again http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/locky_ransomware_horrorshow_returns/ Necrus botnet wakes up and starts fresh malware-cano Cisco is warning of possible return of a massive ransomware spam campaign after researchers noticed traces of traffic from the hitherto dormant Necrus botnet.& (Comment on this)
9:01a	My hole is a private thing  see for yourself http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/something_for_the_weekend_/ I am guilty of too much clouded thinking Something for the Weekend, Sir? My neighbours are staring at my hole and shaking their heads disapprovingly. They were a little surprised to receive my invitation to view my orifice, and it may not be as big as theirs, but I needed their advice on how to fill it.& (Comment on this)
10:03a	Seven pet h8s: Verity is sorely vexed http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/cerity_has_7_h8s/ Where's pocket Bjarne Stroustrup when you need him? Stob Peter Wayner, a tech columnist, claims to have identified the seven most vexing problems in programming. According to his subheadings, these are: multithreading, closures, "too big data", np-completeness, security, encryption and identity management.& (Comment on this)
10:34a	Toshiba scrambles to start chip biz minority stake sale  reports http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/toshiba_said_to_be_started_chip_biz_minority_stake_sale/ US nuclear power plant fiasco prompts fears of writedown Reuters is reporting that Toshiba has started its chip business minority stake sale process.& (Comment on this)
11:02a	DirecTV Now plagued with faults, but uptake not slowing http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/directv_now_plagued_with_faults_but_uptake_not_slowing/ AT&T's streaming service only behind HBO's despite user complaints AT&T's freshly hatched DirecTV Now OTT streaming service is forecast by most industry analysts to hit around 1 million subscribers after one year, following its launch at the end of November, but here at Faultline Online Reporter we believe the service has the potential to take off on a much bigger scale  providing it can overcome some initial obstacles.& (Comment on this)
11:34a	Yet another committee gives UK.gov a lashing for digital strategy delay http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/second_committee_slams_government_over_delayed_digital_strategy/ It's so important they held a 'three-week consultation'... over the Christmas hols At the current rate Julian Assange is more likely to see the light of day than the government's digital strategy  with a second Parliamentary committee having criticised its long-overdue publication.& (Comment on this)
12:02p	AWS offers $20 bribe to derps who buy old IoT condom-o-matic dunce dobbers http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/aws_iot_button_please_buy_this_begs_amazon/ Internet of Things: Make ordering johnnies great again Amazon Web Services is so desperate to shift its AWS Internet of Things Buttons that it is offering free AWS credits, tech support and even design services to anyone who buys them  and has relaunched its "enterprise program" to boot.& (Comment on this)
12:33p	StorageCraft gobbles Exablox to become data management monolith http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/exablox_startup_sells_out_to_storagecraft/ Data protection SW biz buys filer hardware startup Analysis Backup SW biz StorageCraft has bought Exablox, a startup making scale-out deduping filer arrays using underlying object storage software.& (Comment on this)
1:01p	The rise, fall, and rise (again) of Microsoft's killer People feature http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/the_rise_fall_and_rise_again_of_microsofts_killer_people_feature/ Here's what's in Build 15014 Microsoft has removed the much-anticipated "People Experience" from current beta builds of Windows 10, and will release it later this year instead of this spring.& (Comment on this)
1:32p	Chinese chip shop looks hot to trot as Tsinghua drops $30bn on factory http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/tsinghua_unigroup_building_30bn_flash_fab/ Largest fab in the Middle Kingdom to be surrounded by huge 'international city' Chinas flash-fancying Tsinghua Unigroup is going to build a $30bn-plus flash fab.& (Comment on this)
2:04p	Lords slam 'untrammelled' data sharing powers in Digital Economy Bill http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/lords_slam_untrammelled_data_sharing_powers_in_digital_economy_bill/ 'Deeply concerned' about possibility of sharing citizen info with companies A House of Lords committee has slammed the "inappropriate" and "untrammelled" powers laid out in the Digital Economy Bill to share citizen data across the public sector.& (Comment on this)
2:31p	Elementary, my dear IBM: When will Watson make money? http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/its_elementary_ibm_when_is_watson_going_to_make_some_money/ Big Blue talks 'silver threads' IBM Watson has taken heat from Wall Street for not adding to Big Blue's revenue as the company reported a 19th successive quarter of decline.& (Comment on this)
3:02p	All the cool kids are doing it  BT hikes broadband and TV bills http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/bt_hikes_broadband_and_tv_prices/ Move 'unjustified', says analyst BT is to hike its broadband and TV prices in an inflation-busting increase that will come into force this April.& (Comment on this)
3:30p	Sigfox veep: Our gear will be less pricey than kit for NB-IoT customers http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/sigfox_veep_interview/ As for that fabled IPO? May happen 'when market is right' French Internet of Things connectivity folk Sigfox are still hoping for a 2018 IPO  but it is not an "end in itself", a company rep told The Register.& (Comment on this)
4:00p	XIV goes way of the dinosaurs as IBM nixes fourth-gen storage array http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/xiv_facing_extinction/ Incoming FlashSystem A9000 with 3D TLC makes it obsolete IBM is not going to develop a fourth-generation XIV storage array because an upcoming FlashSystem A9000R using 3D flash can be sold for the same cost as disk.& (Comment on this)
4:33p	Trump's 'cyber tsar' Giuliani among creds leaked in mass hacks http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/trump_cab_creds_haveibeenpwned/ We've got four more years, people Passwords used by Donald Trump's incoming cybersecurity advisor Rudy Giuliani and 13 other top staffers have been leaked in mass hacks, according to a Channel 4 investigation.& (Comment on this)
5:00p	IBM is letting storage hardware revenues slip gently off into the night http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/ibm_storage_hw_revenues_same_old_same_old/ Benign neglect, managed decline, whatever Analysis <IBM's fourth quarter and full year 2016 results showed the now traditional storage hardware revenue decline, while all-flash array and software-defined storage revenues grew double digits.& (Comment on this)
5:30p	General Electrics plays down industrial control plant vulnerabilities http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/ge_scada_vulns/ Only a local hacker in a facility would be able to run an attack General Electric (GE) has pushed out an update to its industrial control systems following the discovery of vulnerabilities that create a way for hackers to steal SCADA system passwords.& (Comment on this)
8:08p	Rap for crap WhatsApp trap flap: Yack yack app claptrap slapped http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/whatsapp_security/ Security gurus condemn sensational reporting of encryption backdoor-that-wasn't Computer security experts and cryptographers have accused The Guardian of overblowing what was reported to be a backdoor in WhatsApp's encryption.& (Comment on this)
8:22p	Welcome to the Wipe House: President Trump shreds climate change, privacy, LGBT policies on WhiteHou http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/trump_wipes_whitehousegov/ We're gonna have the best 404s! The greatest 404s! With Donald Trump taking over the presidency Friday morning, a different type of transition has also taken place: a digital transition.& (Comment on this)
8:42p	CIA boss: Make America (a) great (big database of surveillance on citizens, foreigners) again! http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/new_cia_boss_says_no_american_will_be_forgotten/ New spymaster Pompeo ponders massive metadata collection, death for Snowden While Washington is busy with the inauguration of President Trump, not all political business has stopped. The incoming administration is hoping to get its new CIA boss appointed today, but the Senate is having none of it.& (Comment on this)
9:06p	Chevy Bolt electric car came alive, reversed into my workbench, says stunned bloke http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/chevy_electric_vehicle_comes_alive/ Self-driving ride take on a whole new meaning The future of self-driving cars is already with us  although maybe not in the way we had hoped.& (Comment on this)
9:35p	350,000 Twitter bot sleeper cell betrayed by love of Star Wars and Windows Phone http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/researchers_uncover_350k_dormant_twitter_bots/ Computer researchers uncover yuuuge dormant army Computer boffins Juan Echeverria and Shi Zhou at University College London have chanced across a dormant Twitter botnet made up of more than 350,000 accounts with a fondness for quoting Star Wars novels.& (Comment on this)
9:58p	Chinese investors gobble up owner of PCWorld, Macworld etc http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/20/idgs_chinese_child_partnering_to_buy_parent/ IDG into the hands of the Middle Kingdom  except its HPC bit Two Chinese investors are buying the owner of PCWorld magazine and the IDC market research outfit International Data Group (IDG)  but IDCs high-performance computing research businesses are not included in the sale.& (Comment on this)

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