BOFH: The Geek's Countergambit – outwitted at an electronics store [Mon Feb 14 2022]

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BOFH: The Geek's Countergambit – outwitted at an electronics store

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Silicon giant still not saying what it will mean in the real world

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Microsoft tempts G Suite customers with 60% discount

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Intel chases after Bitcoin miners with dedicated chip

Silicon giant thinks there's real money to be made in the web metaverse 3.0 chain hype

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Fibre broadband uptake in UK lags behind OECD countries

Not very 'world-beating'

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RAID expansion comes to OpenZFS at last

Don't get too excited, filesystem fans – there are limits

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UK government's chief digital officer departs

Ex-IBMer leaves behind no clear plan for sprawling legacy estate

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India bans drone imports to help local manufacturers take off

Amid much droning on about self-sufficiency, components will still be able to cross the border

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Indonesia's new mega-telco to build 18,000km submarine cable to the US

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Facebook exposes 'god mode' token that could siphon data

Ban of Chrome extension by Brave reveals risk of potential API abuse at Meta

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Apple emits emergency fix for exploited-in-the-wild WebKit vulnerability

Flaw imperils Safari – and every iOS browser because of Cupertino's T&Cs

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US govt: Here are another 15 security bugs under attack right now

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Ransomware crew dumps stolen Optionis files online

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CIA illegally harvested US citizens' data, senators assert

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UK regulators accept Google's Privacy Sandbox promises

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Make assistive driving safe: Eliminate pedestrians

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'Boombox' function sparks Tesla recall

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No help for IT contractors on IR35 tax errors

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BOFH: The Geek's Countergambit – outwitted at an electronics store

So top secret even the manufacturer doesn't know about it

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World's top chipmaking equipment maker claims Chinese rival may infringe IP

Lithography titan ASML names DongFang JingYuan Electron as a worry

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