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Transport hit as snow sweeps in: Snowfalls of up to 16cm (6in) cause disruption to transport, with motorists warned to be aware of ice across much of Britain.
West deplores UN Syria vote veto: Western nations deplore the vetoing by Russia and China of a UN resolution condemning the crackdown in Syria, as dozens are killed in Homs.
'A little too much drink' warning: Drinking "just a little more than they should" puts people at risk of serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer, the government is warning.
Mitt Romney wins Nevada caucuses: Front-runner Mitt Romney looks set to convincingly win the Republican caucuses in Nevada, as he seeks to win his party's presidential nomination.
PM urged to cut wind farm subsidy: More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.
Seven dead in Kandahar car bomb: At least five police officers and two civilians have died in a car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.
Work contacts 'cut dropout rate': The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests.
Fidel Castro launches his memoirs: Former Cuban President Fidel Castro appears in public for the first time since April 2011 to launch a two-volume book of memoirs.
Vettriano's Butler in rare show: One of the most famous paintings by Fife artist Jack Vettriano has gone on public display for the first time in two decades.
'Wall-E'-style robot cleans tower: A water tower in Devon is cleaned by a robot which is said to resemble the children's movie character Wall-E.
GB set up final against Argentina: Great Britain beat Germany 2-0 to reach their first Champions Trophy final, where they will face hosts Argentina.
Triesman welcomes Terry decision: Former FA chief Lord Triesman tells the BBC it was right to strip John Terry of the England captaincy.
Lancaster praises English spirit: England's new-look side give interim coach Stuart Lancaster the best possible start by claiming a first win at Murrayfield in eight years.
VIDEO: The Big Interview - Rio Ferdinand: Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand talks to Football Focus's Dan Walker about the John Terry controversy, England and his club's push for the title.
Annuity sales 'unfair and opaque': The way annuities are sold is costing half a million retirees each year as much as £1bn in future pension income, the National Association of Pension Funds says.
Work programme on track: Grayling: Around 20% of unemployed people who have been on the government's main welfare-to-work scheme, the Work Programme, for at least 6 months have been found a job, the BBC has learnt.
Huhne's exit 'a loss to cabinet': Chris Huhne's resignation as Energy Secretary will be a loss to the cabinet and the Lib Dems, his former parliamentary private secretary tells BBC News.
Ed Davey is new energy secretary: Lib Dem minister Ed Davey is named the new energy and climate change secretary following Chris Huhne's resignation, while Norman Lamb takes over his role as business minister.
Health bodies reject NHS reforms: Physiotherapist leaders have joined the Royal College of GPs in calling for the health bill in England to be scrapped, increasing pressure on the government.
Malaria toll 'is twice as high': The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.
Pupils learn how to 'fail well': A top girls' school is planning a "failure week" to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience and learn from their mistakes.
Universities warned over access: The incoming fair access watchdog says universities will be fined for failing to recruit more students from poorer backgrounds.
Apple overturns Motorola's ban: Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.
FBI probes Anonymous phone hack: The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.
Prince optimistic for fisheries: Prince Charles says there is a reason to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but it is "critically urgent" to tackle overfishing.
Largest optical telescope created: Astronomers at the Paranal observatory combine four telescope to create the world's largest virtual device with a 130m-mirror.
Gruffalo author pens protest poem: Children's laureate and Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson writes a poem in protest at planned library closures across the country.
Acting veteran Ben Gazzara dies: US film and Broadway actor Ben Gazzara has died in New York at the age of 81.
The rush to the scooter: Scooters are becoming increasingly popular as people look to cut costs and stretch their budgets, but could the boom spark safety problems?
Quiz of the week's news: The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions.
Snow traps cars for hours on M40: Heavy snow causes widespread travel disruption with up to 100 motorists stuck for more than three hours on the M40.
Fresh protests at Syrian embassy: Fresh protests take place at the Syrian embassy in London over President Assad's regime.
Women urged to 'drop drink size': The Scottish government is launching a "changing attitudes" campaign to encourage women to drop a drink size.
Anti-social tenant moves planned: The process of evicting anti-social tenants could be simplified under plans being put forward by the Scottish government.
Police officer slashed with knife: A police officer is stabbed while responding to an emergency call in the Kilwilkie estate in Lurgan.
Husband on arson charge over fire: A man who allegedly set fire to his County Antrim home appears in court charged with arson.
Councils owed £2.3m by developers: More than half of Welsh councils are owed money from private developers which should be going towards community facilities.
Snowfall still a risk for weekend: Snow brings difficult driving conditions on some roads in Wales, including the Brecon Beacons and heads of the valleys.
ANC youth leader appeal dismissed: South African youth leader Julius Malema loses his appeals against the ruling ANC's decision to suspend him for bringing the party into disrepute.
Cairo clashes over football anger: At least four people are killed in clashes between Egyptian protesters and police, amid ongoing anger over deaths after a football match.
Europe 'at risk of early grave': Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd warns Europe faces an "early grave" if it continues to ignore Asia's rise.
England players go unsold at IPL: Seven England players and Ireland batsman Kevin O'Brien fail to attract bids at the Indian Premier League auction.
Thousands in rival Moscow marches: Tens of thousands of people march in Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, while his supporters hold a rally elsewhere in Russia's capital.
Europe freeze hits transport hubs: Freezing weather hits transport hubs across Europe, as a cold spell that has now claimed more than 200 lives continues.
Mexico 'cartel enforcer' detained: Police in Mexico say they have arrested the suspected leader of the Gente Nueva gang, the armed wing of the Sinaloa drug cartel.
William starts Falklands duties: Prince William starts work as an RAF search and rescue pilot in the Falkland Islands, having arrived in the territory on a six-week routine deployment.
BBC accuses Iran of intimidation: The BBC's Director General, Mark Thompson, accuses the Iranian authorities of intimidating those working for its Persian service.
Sinai gunmen release US tourists: Two US women tourists and their Egyptian guide who were kidnapped in the south of Egypt's Sinai peninsula have been released, security sources say.
Obama urges 'keep recovery going': Barack Obama challenges Congress to keep the recovery going as new data shows unemployment down to its lowest rate in three years.
Lance Armstrong team probe closed: US prosecutors close an investigation into allegations of criminal conduct over doping claims in a cycle team partly owned by Lance Armstrong.
Week in pictures: 28 January-3 February: News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February
The Queen: 60 photographs for 60 years: Sixty photographs for 60 years on the throne
In pictures: Venice in Solitude: Haunting views of Venice's waterways
Where the Titanic was born: Drawing offices where Titanic was designed
Day in pictures: 3 February 2012: 24 hours of news photos: 3 February 2012
Day in pictures: 2 February 2012: 24 hours of news photos: 2 February 2012
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In pictures: Egypt football clash: Many die in clashes after match between rivals
VIDEO: House of Commons: Ministers will "unwind" any tax avoidance schemes being used by public sector employees, Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander has announced.
VIDEO: Churchill and protege reunited: Paintings by Winston Churchill have gone on display alongside works by the now-famous Moroccan artist, Hassan El Glaoui, who owes his career to Churchill.
VIDEO: UK snow causes traffic disruption: Snowfalls of up to 15cm (6in) have caused disruption to road, rail and air travel in parts of Britain, with the threat of more delays later.
VIDEO: Tips for driving on ice and snow: The Highways Agency is warning drivers to take care on the roads, as the cold weather continues.
VIDEO: Big freeze continues across Europe: Snow and freezing temperatures across Europe have claimed more than 200 lives in the past week.
VIDEO: Bushell rides crashed ice course: The British team are going head to head against hundreds of downhill skaters in the latest leg of the Red Bull "crashed ice" world championship.
VIDEO: Fidel Castro launches memoirs: Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs.
VIDEO: How latest malware uses disguises: Spencer Kelly explains, with the help of some rather outlandish wigs, how malware changes and disguises itself to avoid detection.
VIDEO: Australian summer floods swamp homes: Flooding in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales has forced thousands of families from their homes.
What awaits William in the Falklands?: What awaits Flight Lieutenant Wales in the Falklands?
A Point of View: Mourning the loss of the written word: Historian Lisa Jardine mourns the lost art of letterwriting
The power of cooking skills: How letting children cook helps them eat better
Close encounters with Philippine witches: Searching for witches on a tropical island
Italy's young generation 'forced to leave': Country's beauty not enough to keep jobless from leaving
Games Makers start 2012 training: Thousands of volunteers attend Wembley Arena training session
Papers focus on freezing Britain: Even the sea freezes over as snow falls across Britain

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Tame the gas monster with sensors, suckers and a spiffy new fan: <h4>More performance-tuning for your home and office</h4> <p><strong>Part 3</strong> I'm pleased to say that what with the relatively warm 2011 and our conservation efforts we had the lowest consumption of electricity and gas at home of any year yet, a bit over 1,500kWh ('units') of electricity and under 4,000kWh of gas. (A typical UK household is nearer 3,300kWh 'leccy and 18,000kWh gas.) With our solar PV exports we were just carbon-negative for power by my calculations.…</p>
Eight... HD camera smartphones: <h4>Sharp shooters for parties and protests</h4> <p><strong>Product round-up</strong> You know that really annoying person who is videoing the gig with their camera phone to stick on Facebook when they get home? That's me. These days my TV is HD and my games console is HD, so it only makes sense that my phone – the device I use the most, day in and day out – should be HD too. Luckily, HD on smartphones is becoming more commonplace and so rather than judge these handsets on their mobile merits, this round-up focuses on their HD video camera performance.…</p>
Zuckerberg's 2012 personal income tax bill: $1.5 billion: <h4>That's 'billion', with a 'b'</h4> <p>If all goes according to plan, Facebook founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's share of the profit in his company's <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/01/facebook_files_ipo/">upcoming initial public offering</a> will result in him facing a tax bill of around $1.5bn for 2012.…</p>
Study links dimwits to conservative ideology: <h4>US, UK research: Thick kids more likely to become bigots</h4> <p>British and American children who are less intelligent are more likely to grow up to be conservative and/or bigots, according to new research published in <i>Physiological Science</i>.…</p><a href="http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=21735339&iu=/6978/textlink"><img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/12/13/office365-468x60.png" width=468 height=60></a>
Micron CEO Appleton dies in plane crash: <h4>Expert pilot, experimental aircraft</h4> <p>Steven Appleton, the long-time CEO at memory chip maker Micron Technology, died this morning in a crash of an experimental plane in the company's hometown of Boise, Idaho. He was 51 years old and one of the youngest CEOs and chairman in the Fortune 500.…</p>
Opinion poll: Anti-regulatory 'hype' unwarranted: <h4>Rival small-business boosters, Obama foes disagree</h4> <p>One advocacy group has published a survey it says proves that US small-business owners aren't unduly concerned with government regulations. Another group says that the first group's opinion poll is tainted by bogosity.…</p>
Facebook post-IPO: Free not fee will make Zuck a buck: <h4>Dam friction-less sharing and the company is toast</h4> <p><strong>Open ... and Shut</strong> No sooner did Facebook file its S-1 in preparation for an IPO than <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/02/facebook_ipo_analysis/">speculation kicked into high gear</a> on how Facebook could possibly sustain its $75bn to $100bn valuation. After all, despite its hugely impressive revenue and profit numbers, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-is-facebook-worth-2012-2">key components of its revenue model – like advertising revenue – are decelerating</a>. So should we expect Facebook to impose a paywall on some or all of its users, as MyLife.com chief executive <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/02/facebooks-next-big-move-a-paywall/">Jeff Tinsley suggests it could</a>?…</p>
European revolt over ACTA treaty gains ground: <h4>Poles stall, Slovenian ambassador calls for protests</h4> <p>The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty, <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/27/eu_signs_acta/">signed by most European countries last week</a>, may not be a done deal after all, as governments across the continent face a storm of protest.…</p>
US adds more jobs than expected in January: <h4>Lots of IT workers get pink slips</h4> <p>The US economy added 243,000 net new jobs in January and the unemployment rate has ticked down two-tenths of a point, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.…</p><a href="http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=21735339&iu=/6978/textlink"><img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/12/13/office365-468x60.png" width=468 height=60></a>
Apple iPhones, iPad back in German online store: <h4>Take 'em down, put 'em back – a busy morning for Apple IT</h4> <p>A German court has suspended the injunction that required Apple to remove its iPhone 4 and 3Gs, and iPad Wi-Fi + 3G from its online store in that country.…</p>
Biz urged to blast DNSChanger Trojans before safety net comes down: <h4>8 March cutoff following Operation Ghost Click</h4> <p>Half of all Fortune 500 companies still contain computers infected with the DNSChanger Trojan, weeks after a FBI-led takedown operations targeting the botnet's command-and-control infrastructure.…</p>
Dead gamer sat unnoticed for nine hours in net cafe: <h4>Stiff competition</h4> <p>A Taiwanese gamer sat dead in a chair at an Internet cafe for up to nine hours before fellow players noticed the poor guy had popped his clogs.…</p>
Mother charged with selling fake Facebook stock: <h4>Bogus shares also allegedly given out as Christmas presents</h4> <p>A Wisconsin woman has been charged over claims she tried to sell $1m worth of Facebook shares that she didn't own.…</p>
Steve Jobs sighted in Taiwan flogging Android tablets: <h4>Rumours of PlayBook Elvis discounted</h4> <p>In the cut-throat tablet market, a Taiwanese company has found one way to make its product stand out: paying an actor to dress up as Steve Jobs and make tasteless jokes about how he's dead.…</p>
Anonymous hackers leak Scotland Yard-FBI conference call: <h4>Were you talking about us?</h4> <p>Members of Anonymous have released an intercept of a conference call between investigators at the FBI and Scotland Yard during which operations against hacktivist group were discussed.…</p><a href="http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=21735339&iu=/6978/textlink"><img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/12/13/office365-468x60.png" width=468 height=60></a>
IBM snatches back SPC-1 benchmark crown: <h4>SVC does the business</h4> <p>IBM's SAN Volume Controller has done the benchmark business, again, and passed the half million SPC-1 IOPS mark using Storwize V7000 storage.…</p>
US tweet deportation: Chilling behind-the-scenes photos: <h4>The shock truth of what <i>really</i> went down at LAX</h4> <p>The <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/30/tweet_deportation/">story earlier this week</a> on the deportation from the US of A of two Brits who ill-advisedly tweeted they were off to "destroy America" left a few readers pretty shaken up at the way the Department of Homeland Security handles potential terrorist threats.…</p>
Gun controlled lamp hits the spotlight: <h4>Taking the pistol</h4> <p>One Taiwanese manufacturer took aim at traditional light switches this week and unveiled a lamp that can be turned on and off with the shot of a gun-shaped remote.…</p>
Sysadmins: Don't get in your own way: <h4>Be prepared to try new and irritating things</h4> <p><strong>Sysadmin blog</strong> I remember the first time I saw these automated supermarket tills. They intrigued me. Yet I was also afraid of the things. I was afraid that despite all of my knowledge and training I wouldn't be able to figure it out and I would end up looking like a fool. I avoided them for three years; the basis of this avoidance nothing more than irrational fear of that which I might not understand.…</p>
ARM rains on x86 as smartphones outship PCs: <h4>Netbooks cop a hiding</h4> <p>Netbooks are so yesterday's technology. Shipments of the small, not-so-cheap computers plunged during 2011 by 25 per cent, figures from market watcher Canalys show.…</p>
IBM bit-twiddlers want point releases for big iron: <h4>Software gurus to 'refactor' Big Blue's systems</h4> <p>The bit-twiddlers took over IBM's server business a year and a half ago, and it appears that they are starting to think about systems as if they were code, as if they could do dot releases in a nearly steady stream and keep their revenues from spiking up and crashing down all the time.…</p>
Sony throws smartphone party with Billabong: <h4>Blower out the water</h4> <p>Sony has gone surf-tastic, announcing a partnership with Aussie outdoors outfitter Billabong, which sees its Xperia Active handset branded with the extreme-sports logo and pitched towards the cool-dude generation.…</p>
Troubled Game wins reprieve on debt, mulls axing more stores: <h4>High street chain told to shape up</h4> <p>Game Group has been given a reprieve by its lenders, but the retailer may have to sell its overseas stores to secure it.…</p>
iPhones yanked from German shelves in Motorola patent war: <h4>Apple takes down 4 and 3G models - for now</h4> <p>Apple has removed the iPhone 4 and 3Gs from its stores in Germany, almost certainly in response to Motorola's <a href="http://www.reghardware.com/2011/12/09/apple_motorola_patents/">December action</a> rather than today's patent win.…</p><a href="http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=21735339&iu=/6978/textlink"><img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/12/13/office365-468x60.png" width=468 height=60></a>
BT reveals ultra-fast cable blowing plan for homes, biz: <h4>'Fibre-to-the-premise on demand' in 2013</h4> <p>BT is talking up plans to bring its ultra-fast fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband network to more of its customers in early 2013.…</p>
Apple FileVault cracked in under an hour by forensics biz: <h4>Passware scratches Lion's belly, penetrates fruity disk</h4> <p>Apple's FileVault disk encryption can be circumvented in less than an hour, according to a computer forensics firm.…</p>
Nokia pours oil on burning Symbian: <h4>Rips up roadmap, axes development</h4> <p><strong>Exclusive</strong> Nokia is said to be hastening the demise of its legacy Symbian platform, cancelling the development of all but one new Symbian-based device. Although Nokia Belle updates will continue to ship to existing customers, only one new model – a successor to the <a href="http://www.reghardware.com/2010/11/02/review_smartphone_nokia_n8/">N8 high-end camera phone</a> – will reach the market, the <i>Register</i> understands.…</p>
Boffins crack superconducting graphene's melting mystery: <h4>Next-gen high-speed transistors go 3D to slash leaks</h4> <p>Scientists in Manchester appear to have solved a problem with graphene that has plagued the super-material's fans since it was <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/21/two_dimensional_carbon/">sliced into being</a> in 2004.…</p>
Fibre-gobbling punters help BT deposit solid profit: <h4>Cuts also counter revenue dip in Q3</h4> <p>BT reported this morning that its sales had fallen 5 per cent for the three months ended 31 December, however earnings and cash generation remained steady, the company added.…</p><a href="http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=21735339&iu=/6978/textlink"><img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/12/13/office365-468x60.png" width=468 height=60></a>
Understanding the make-up of information management: <h4>Time to stop beating up IT</h4> <p><strong>On demand</strong> On January 25th, Regcast presenter Jon Collins was joined by Freeform Dynamics’ Martha Bennett, Jason Frost from Blueprint, and Will Thompson from Microsoft for our very first <a target="_blank" href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/2297/?td=art5">live event</a> of 2012.…</p>
Euro watchdog asks Google to HALT privacy tweak: <h4>Take a pause while French DP officers frisk you, Larry</h4> <p>A European Union watchdog has written to Google boss Larry Page asking him to explain how personal data will be safeguarded when the search giant puts its revised privacy policy into effect on 1 March.…</p>
Apple iPad beats Amazon Kindle Fire in satisfaction survey: <h4>Fanboys happier than Fireboys?</h4> <p>iPad owners are happier with their tablets than folk with other fondleslabs are with theirs, recent research reveals.…</p>
Satellite phones lift skirt, flash cipher secrets at boffins: <h4>Security though obscurity fails yet again</h4> <p>Researchers at the Ruhr-University Bochum have managed to extract the secret encryption algorithmns used by satellite phones, and discovered that it's a lot less secure than one might hope.…</p>
Toshiba Regza 40RL858 40in LED TV: <h4>Smart, but no mortarboard</h4> <p><strong>Review</strong> Toshiba is a bit of a wild card when it comes to TVs. While some of its screens are genuinely exciting, others are merely bargain bin fillers. Buying a cheaper Tosh is a classic case of <i>caveat emptor</i>.…</p>
RIM shot at Android: Free PlayBooks for devs: <h4>Knock up an app before Valentine's, get 16GB love-slab</h4> <p>RIM is offering a free PlayBook tablet to developers who submit an Android application to RIM's App World before Valentine's Day, though the T&Cs have yet to be revealed.…</p>
TV tuner maker intros mobile Freeview pick-up: <h4>Streams digital telly over its own Wi-Fi</h4> <p>TV tuner maker Hauppauge has introduced a mobile gadget that streams Freeview content to you phone, tablet or computer over its own wireless network.…</p><a href="http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=21735339&iu=/6978/textlink"><img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/12/13/office365-468x60.png" width=468 height=60></a>
Apple Europe poaches Xbox PR mastermind: <h4>Prepares for battle against Microsoft's 'everything' boxes</h4> <p>Apple has poached Microsoft's top product marketing bod in the UK to front up its app store in Europe.…</p>
Samsung 'Galaxy 4S' pic posted: <h4>Is S III stand-in snap real or Photoshop?</h4> <p>The Samsung Galaxy S II Plus, the smartphone the South Korean giant is said to be unveiling at this month's Mobile World Congress (MWC) show in place of the Galaxy S III, will be a skinny white boy.…</p>
Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 DNA splice is on - report: <h4>Apple-flavoured future features leaked</h4> <p>Windows 8 and Microsoft's next major phone operating system <i>will</i> merge, if reports are correct.…</p>
Next-gen Asus Eee Pad Transformer spied: <h4>TF300T snapped</h4> <p>A previously unseen Asus tablet has surfaced on the web prompting speculation that the Taiwanese company is working on the successor to the Eee Pad Transformer Prime.…</p>
100 MEEELLION .com domains now registered: <h4>Ready for those new gTLDs yet?</h4> <p>There are now over 100 million .com domain names on the internet.…</p>
Brit space agency sends up 1st satellite: <h4>Yes, this is news</h4> <p>So far, the UK space agency hasn't gone in for any of that headline-grabbing stuff like landing people on the Moon or launching Martian probes that get stranded in orbit before plummeting back to Earth – it leaves that sort of stuff to NASA and Roscosmos.…</p>
Fujitsu out bog standard 7in tab for big biz: <h4>Gingerbread do you?</h4> <p>Fujitsu has outed a non-descript 7in Android tablet that it'll be pitching at big business when the gadget goes on sale later this month.…</p><a href="http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=21735339&iu=/6978/textlink"><img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/12/13/office365-468x60.png" width=468 height=60></a>
'We're totally in LA pissing people off': <h4>Plus 'The horror!'</h4> <p><strong>Quotw</strong> This was the week when Facebook <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/01/facebook_files_ipo/">finally filed</a> for its IPO.…</p>
Second 'Blue Marble' NASA sat pic apes Apollo 17's stunner: <h4>Earth-snapping Suomi gets its kit out for the labs</h4> <p>After popular demand NASA's Suomi NPP satellite has beamed down another "Blue Marble" vision of the Earth in high definition.…</p>
Facebook's Googly IPO delivers on Sun man's vision: <h4>Selling data ain't like shiftin' boxes, boy</h4> <p>History may record Scott McNealy as a straight-dealing leader of a major Silicon Valley tech company.…</p>
BT Vision throws Microsoft Mediaroom under a bus for Linux: <h4>Set-top box software to be torn out and replaced over the net</h4> <p>UK hybrid TV service BT Vision plans to be the first customer to discard Microsoft's Mediaroom software, almost imminently, after at least a year-long effort to put in completely new software building blocks to rejuvenate the service.…</p>
Orange San Francisco 2: <h4>More hails of the city</h4> <p><strong>Review</strong> The Orange San Francisco was the smartphone bargain of 2011. For £99 you got a solid little handset with a 3.5in 480 x 800 screen, Android 2.1 and a 3.2Mp camera. The fact it was falling-off-a-wet-log easy to root and change ROMs – even I managed it – was the icing on the cake.…</p>
Judges retire to consider Assange’s last chance on extradition: <h4>Supreme Court is final shot for WikiLeaker-in-chief</h4> <p>The UK Supreme Court judges have retired to consider their verdict in Julian Assange’s <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/16/julian_assange_wins_supreme_court_appeal/">last shot</a> at escaping extradition to Sweden, with a final verdict possible within weeks.…</p><a href="http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=21735339&iu=/6978/textlink"><img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/12/13/office365-468x60.png" width=468 height=60></a>
SpaceX successfully tests SuperDraco rescue rockets: <h4>Aims to build the safest spacecraft ever</h4> <p>SpaceX has confirmed the successful test of its SuperDraco rocket engine, which will form the backbone of safety and landing systems for its Dragon spacecraft.…</p>

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