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• iPhone jailbreak tools updated to open firmware 1.1.4

  ZiPhone, iNdependence tweaked

• The Phorm files

  All yer data pimping news in one place

• How Phorm plans to tap your internet connection

  Exclusive Under the hood of BT's data pimping machine

• O2's Companion halted

  New billing system hates BlackBerrys

• Tiscali confirms sell-off is on the table

  Down Pompei

• Broadband big boys waiting on data pimping

  Smaller ISPs wouldn't touch Phorm with yours

Developer News

Hardware News

Management News

• Wikileaks judge reverses takedown order

  Constitutional concerns

• eBay makes nice with MercExchange

  'OK. Fine. We'll buy your patents'

• Microsoft class action to go ahead as spammers crack Gmail captcha

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• Ofcom to clamp down on 'unfair' charges

  Bill paying probe

• Dutch tax office deletes 730,000 tax returns

  IT chaos

• HMRC appoints 37 data guardians

  Beefs up data responsibility

• Software company says it can still resell Microsoft licences

  Despite attempts to stop the practice

Music and Media News

Odds and Sods News

• Vote now for your fave sci-fi movie quote

  Reader poll One line to rule them all

• BOFH: Vampires!

  Episode 7 And robots. We're being replaced by robots

• Armed robbers target Oz biker shindig

  Not the brightest idea

• Swedes demand return of heraldic lion's todger

  Nordic Battlegroup emasculated

Reg Hardware News

• Sony rolls out new digicam, quite literally

  No batteries required

• Samsung Armani mobile phone

  Review Brand on the run?

• Asus to drive in Lamborghini-brand handset

  Shift your conversations up a gear

• Paramount, DreamWorks rip up HD DVD release list

  Blu-ray discs coming in the summer

• Sony preps Blu-ray boosting PS3 bundle

  And a separate package for gamers

• Metal Gear Solid 4 to launch on 12 June

  The game the PS3 was made for, apparently

Science News

• Mobo maker builds 'powerless' processor cooling fan

  Stirling Engine put to work

Security News

• Most spam comes from just six botnets

  Diary of the Dead

• Alleged Kiwi botnet mastermind in court

  Black sheep

• Gooner fan site nobbled by malware

  Arsenal in ARP poisoning outrage

• Symantec and Trend grapple with buffer overflow bugs

  Who guards the guards?

Site News

Software News

• Nokia starts tagging photos

  I know where you were last summer

• Time for UML tools to evolve

  Refactoring gap

• 7000 Leap Year Babies attack Steve Ballmer

  After choking imaginary giraffe