It was thought Carlisle couldn't be worse – then Virgin Media rocked up [Fri May 18 2018]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 18 May 2018 ***************************************************************** It was thought Carlisle couldn't be worse – then Virgin Media rocked up ISP fined £385k for cable-laying chaos in northern border city ***************************************************************** Business * Last night's net neutrality episode had some good one-liners but a repetitive plot Upcoming 5G storyline could make The FCC a ratings killer * Brit IT contractor wins appeal against HMRC to pay £26k in back taxes Universal credit consultant takes on taxman over IR35 law * Brit prosecutors fined £325k after losing unencrypted vids of police interviews CPS failed to protect data of victims of serious sex offences * Capita cost-cutting on NHS England contract 'put patients at risk' – spending watchdog Outsourcing badboy staring at £3m compensation payout * Real fake scam offers crypto-coin to replace frequent flier points True lies from SEC designed to educate - hang on, what's the interest rate on this thing? * Zuck to meet Euro MPs for ‘please explain’ session Brussels wants a ‘full and detailed explanation’ – good luck with that, folks! * Trump’s new ZTE tweets trump old ZTE tweets No deal! No talks! Fake news! China bad! So much winning! Data Centre * China changes its mind on Bain's Toshiba chip takeover plans US financier will be allowed to acquire memory biz after all * Microsoft's Azure green-lit for use by US spies Government deal clears the way for a run at JEDI * 1.5m Brits pay too much for mobile and crappy broadband – Ofcom Wake up, people! * It was thought Carlisle couldn't be worse – then Virgin Media rocked up ISP fined £385k for cable-laying chaos in northern border city * Dell EMC's PowerMax migration: Let's just swaaap out this jet engine mid-flight Vows customers will have constant online access, no downtime * Red Hat's CloudForms to slum it by wrangling boring old VMs Life's suite for hybrid infrastructure running under new RHV update * Catalyst 9000 the, erm, catalyst for surging Cisco software sales Switchzilla's switches outstripped by code DevOps * Git push origin undo-my-last-disaster When it can be described, it can be automated Emergent Tech * Boffins bash out battery busting build for bonkers boost Patent sought for honeycomb design that could massively lengthy battery life * Great Scott! Bitcoin to consume half a per cent of the world's electricity by end of year Marty McFly dangles extension lead as miners get busy * Map app chaps Waze add shout-at-sat-nav support for Ford cars You better reel in that unsolicited backseat driving * Three-hour outage renders Nest-equipped smart homes very dumb Poor users left manually fiddling with thermostats, fumbling locks Personal Tech * Super Cali goes ballistic: mugshot site atrocious Beccara says extortion scheme immoral and felonious * Microsoft returns to Valley of Death? Cheap Surface threatens the hardware show No margin for error * OnePlus smartmobe brand modelled on 'a religion', founder admits Shenzhen cult gathers the faithful Security * LocationDumb: phone tracker foul-up exposes world+dog to tracking Securus wasted its money: the data was just sitting there * Biometrics: Better than your mother's maiden name. Good luck changing your body if your info is stolen The eyes have it * Blighty's super-duper F-35B fighter jets are due to arrive in a few weeks Defence secretary compares them to... WW2 Lancasters. Just a sec there, Gav * Russian malware harvesting Telegram Desktop creds, chats Python pogrommer may have outed himself on YouTube * Oh, great, now there's a SECOND remote Rowhammer exploit Send enough crafted packets to a NIC to put nasties into RAM, then the fun really starts Software * I got 257 problems, and they're all open source: Report shines light on Wild West of software It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under * Meet Asteroid, a drop-in Linux upgrade for your unloved smartwatch Hickory dickory Docker, the containers ran on the clock... er Science * Get an eyeful of the stunning galaxies near us in ultraviolet light New pictures from LEGUS survey will help boffins understand how stars form * Astroboffins find most distant source of oxygen in the universe 13 billion light years away, so no chance to have a huff * Free whitepaper * Web threats: Challenges and solutions Web threats employ blended techniques, an explosion of variants, and targeted regional attacks. Learn how to to ensure security, regulatory compliance, and business continuity ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing, The Cursitor, 38 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1EN, UK The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2018 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: