Kilograms and pounds in the same article. I suppose we should be grateful that El Reg isn't planning any Mars missions.
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SpaceX Bangabandhu-1 launch held up while Dragon splashes down on time
We put Huawei's P20 triple-lens snapper through its paces
Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign
Raspberry Pi gives us all new 'Pi Zero W' for its fifth birthday
SpaceX's used flight-proven rocket to loft Euro satellite this year
HR botches redundancy so chap scores year-long paid holiday
Logging on to United's frequent flyer site might take longer than a flight
Watch: SpaceX finally lands Falcon rocket on robo-barge in one piece
Champagne weekend for Blue Origin with third launch
NASA's Orion: 100,000 parts riding 8 million pounds of thrust
UK drivers left idling as Tesla rolls out Autopilot in US
Microsoft Office 2016 for Windows: The spirit of Clippy lives on
Microsoft replaces Windows 10 patch update, isn't saying why
Windows 10 climbs to 3.55 per cent market share, Win 8.1 dips
Three-mile-high pyramid found on alien dwarf world, baffles boffins
NASA: 'Closest thing yet to ANOTHER EARTH' - FOUND
New Windows 10 will STAGGER to its feet, says Microsoft OS veep
What is the REAL value of your precious, precious data?
You missed something
A skilled bricklayer without a supply of bricks is valueless. Give her a lorry-load of bricks and mortar and her value shoots up. Google's data analysis skills and power are valueless without data to work with.
In other words, the value of my, and your, and his personal data is the loss to Google (and others) if access to that data is denied. And that loss is considerable - it's Google's whole business. It looks as if our data is valuable after all.
The coming of DAB+: Stereo eluded the radio star
Thecus N4310 4-bay: A NAS-ty beast for the budget-conscious
Over 50? Out of work? Watch out because IT is about to eat itself
Death becomes it: Grim Fandango Remastered
ZX81 BEATEN at last as dev claims smallest Chess code crown
Broadmoor: My Journey Into Hell, The Chimes and Cowboys and Indies
Microsoft will give away Windows 10 FREE - for ONE year
German iron meets Monaco's highlands: Audi A1 review
Purple glistening plasma, you say? Orion plummets back to Earth
eBay frets as right to resell comes under scrutiny
Top admen beg Microsoft to switch off 'Do Not Track' in IE 10
Virgin Media's 'bye-bye to buffering' beardy Bolt boast BANNED
Behold: First look at Office 2013, with screenshots
ESA's first Vega rocket blasts off without a hitch
UltraViolet: Hollywood's giant digital gamble is here
Canonical releases first alpha of Ubuntu 12.04
Spillover from 400lb man squeezed fellow flier into galley
NASA's nuclear Mars tank arrives at launch site
Apple dealers hit with Lion bar
Nokia E6 smartphone
Kindle Store awash with auto-generated crap 'books'
Crap stuff drives out good stuff - again
I'm an Amazon Kindle author and I'd happily pay a fee of £10 to publish. I'd have liked to have got an ISBN, but they're only available in batches of 10 for > £100.
Plug - look for The Boy by Peter Kendell on Kindle :)
Paris - because I'm sure she'd be my biggest fan, if only...