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Bored at home? Cisco has just the thing: A shed-load of security fixes to install, from a Kerberos bypass to crashes

Switchzilla issues a whopping 30+ patches in time for the long UK weekend

Cisco has emitted a fresh round of software updates to address nearly three dozen security holes in its products.…




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Source code for seminal adventure game Zork circa-1977 exhumed from MIT tapes, plonked on GitHub

Revisit what it’s like to run a PDP-10 and be eaten by a grue

Source code for seminal adventure game Zork, dating back to 1977 and recovered from MIT tapes, was published this week on GitHub.…




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Behold: The ghastly, preening, lesser-spotted Incredible Bullsh*tting Customer

If you listen closely, you can hear how the creatures' full-throated call increases in volume when you are on holiday

On Call Friday is here! How is your weekend looking? Same as the last one, and the one before that? Never mind – before breaking into the lockdown lagers, join us for another entry in The Register's tales of those brave souls who are On Call.…




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Microsoft claims AWS has used new JEDI mind trick with secret contract objection filing

It's over, Amazon, we have the high ground (and all you had was a high price) says Redmond

Updated Amazon.com has filed a second, secret, appeal against the decision to award Microsoft the Pentagon's $10bn Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract.…




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Apple owes us big time for bungled display-killing cable design in MacBook Pro kit, lawsuit claims

iGiant not only screwed up the wiring, it knew it was shipping dodgy gear, it is claimed

Apple is potentially facing a class-action lawsuit over the failure of displays on its MacBook Pro line.…




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Backup and restore on AWS is a nightmare – is there a way to speed it up?

Apparently. But we’re so incredulous, we’re gonna test those claims on live internet TV…

Webcast “The journey to cloud” echoes through all organisations. It’s a Bildungsroman – a story of empowerment and betterment. A shiny, towering cityscape of gleaming edifices and elegant spires. It’s like an ascension into the actual clouds. Like dying and waking up in heaven.…




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DEF CON is canceled... No, for real. The in-person event is canceled. We're not joking. It's canceled. We mean it

Virus knocks hackers online: Show will try going virtual amid pandemic

Annual Las Vegas hacker gathering DEF CON has officially called off its physical conference for this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.…




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One malicious MMS is all it takes to pwn a Samsung smartphone: Bug squashed amid Android patch batch

Zero-click remote-code exec hole found by Googler, updates emitted

Samsung has patched a serious security hole in its smartphones that can be exploited by maliciously crafted text messages to hijack devices.…




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Need some weekend reading? How about the source code for UK, Australia's coronavirus contact-tracing apps

Problems aside, no one is sure how useful phone-based tracking will be

The NHSX, a technology group within the UK government's National Health Service, has released the source code for its Android and iOS COVID-19 coronavirus contact-tracing apps in an effort to allay privacy concerns and improve the code.…




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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Spacecraft with graphene sails powered by starlight and lasers

Nice way to get to Alpha Centauri though boffin tells us: 'Such a laser system could be used as a weapon'

Coin-sized pieces of graphene can be accelerated by firing low-powered lasers at them in micro-gravity conditions, say scientists. The technology could be a stepping stone to graphene solar sails, which could propel future spacecraft using starlight or a laser array.…




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12/8/13 - Like I belonged




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12/22/13 - What I really wanted




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2/9/14 - Out of boredom




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2/23/14 - They all clapped and cheered




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3/30/14 - One hundred words for snow




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5/11/14 - Calmly reminded




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5/31/14 - Wretched and unnecessary




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7/13/14 - Has she resigned herself




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9/07/14 - Shed a single tear




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10/5/14 - Teddy bear




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10/12/14 - I know you're scared




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10/26/14 - Excitement turned to something else




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12/14/14 - Nothing I've ever tried




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01/11/15 - Until the day she died




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03/16/15 - Things I liked about school




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07/26/15 - Heartshaped




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09/27/15 - I've always been scared of people like you




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10/11/15 - Under your bed




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11/15/15 - When confronted




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12/20/15 - To once again see the sparkle your eyes used to have




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02/07/16 - Nervously confessed their love




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02/21/16 - Being killed in the war




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04/24/16 - Waited all this time




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06/12/16 - And I felt so relieved




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08/01/16 - You never lived up to my dreams




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08/14/16 - Had resolved




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08/21/16 - The unexpected touch of a hand




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10/23/16 - A hundred times a day




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11/20/16 - And we never complained




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01/29/17 - That night in the haunted house




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04/02/17 - Finally stopped crying




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04/30/17 - Everyone I ever loved




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08/13/17 - Doomed to failure




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11/26/17 - My house after I died




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9/2/18 - Under my bed




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11/11/18 - I vowed to use all my powers




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6/9/19 - As we mopped up the blood




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Medical consultancy NovaMed inks deal as mask supplier

One-year-old company NovaMed has inked a deal with Hong Kong-based DHB Global that will see the start-up medical consultancy transitioning to a producer of healthcare personal protective equipment, or PPE. Under the deal finalised earlier this...




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McNeill wants probe into tourism entities not filing deductions

Opposition spokesman on tourism, Dr Wykeham McNeill, is calling for an investigation into allegations that some employers of tourism workers have not been turning over income tax deductions to government.  The situation has resulted in...




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Review of Aliens Versus Predator (Windows)

A review by Medio DeCritici (165). A 2020 Review - Aliens Versus Predator (PC, 1999)