Top stories

Microsoft shoves US govt IT contract where ICE throws kids: Out of sight in a chain-link cage

Outcry over children being separated from parents raises ructions

What's all the C Plus Fuss? Bjarne Stroustrup warns of dangerous future plans for his C++

InterviewLanguage creator calls proposals 'insanity'

Hortonworks Data Platform update flicks on containerisation

Extends cloudy deals with IBM, Microsoft and Google

Now Microsoft ports Windows 10, Linux to homegrown CPU design

Illustration of a circuit board
Software

Now Microsoft ports Windows 10, Linux to homegrown CPU design

MSR's E2 processor EDGEs closer to reality... with a little help from Qualcomm, too
18 Jun 21:51
Security

Not so private eye: Got an Axis network cam? You'll need to patch it, unless you like hackers

According to magic people, VDOO people
18 Jun 21:05
Software

From here on, Red Hat's new GPLv2 software projects will have GPLv3 cure for license violators

We'll forgive you if you change your ways, says Linux giant
18 Jun 20:32
Cloud

Microsoft shoves US govt IT contract where ICE throws kids: Out of sight in a chain-link cage

Outcry over children being separated from parents raises ructions
18 Jun 20:13
Software

Apple hauled into US Supreme Court over, no, not ebooks, patents, staff wages, keyboards... but its App Store

'Monopoly' game continues
20 Comments
18 Jun 17:53
Storage

PC nerds: Can't get no SATA-isfaction? Toshiba flaunts NVMe SSD action

Claims years-in-dev tech doubles speed
18 Jun 16:19

Don't miss '90s hacker collective man turned infosec VIP: Internet security hasn't improved in 20 years

Policy

Asylum seeker spreadsheet data blurt: UK Home Office loses appeal to limit claimants

Family members can seek damages
18 Jun 15:22
Security

Strip Capita of defence IT contract unless things improve – Brit MPs

Committee calls for more public spending – but not with outsourcer
16 Comments
18 Jun 14:49
HPC

HPE pulls sheets off largest Arm-based supercomputer Astra

Will run national security, energy workloads
18 Jun 14:15
Software

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mark the life of Slack for Windows Phone

Farewell, dear app, we hardly knew ye (which might have been the problem)
15 Comments
18 Jun 13:36
DevOps
kids play with a container

Hortonworks Data Platform update flicks on containerisation

Extends cloudy deals with IBM, Microsoft and Google
18 Jun 13:04
Personal Tech
Google Pixel 2 Product

Google says Pixel 2's narcoleptic display is being fixed in June update

Wake up, little snoozy
30 Comments
18 Jun 12:16
Cloud
Javascript photo via Shutterstock

'No, we are not rewriting Office in JavaScript' and other Microsoft tales

The week's good, bad and weird from Redmond
41 Comments
18 Jun 11:46
Security

'90s hacker collective man turned infosec VIP: Internet security hasn't improved in 20 years

InterviewL0pht luminary Chris Wysopal talks to The Reg
23 Comments
18 Jun 11:13
Software

Audi chief exec arrested over Dieselgate car emissions scandal

Evidence sought on software 'defeat device'
31 Comments
18 Jun 10:53
Networks

Brit mobile phone users want the Moon on a stick but then stay on same networks for aeons

How does that work?
18 Comments
18 Jun 10:19
Security

Pwned with '4 lines of code': Researchers warn SCADA systems are still hopelessly insecure

BSidesHow Shamoon and Stuxnet et al ran riot
45 Comments
18 Jun 09:43
DevOps

What can you do when the pup of programming becomes the black dog of burnout? Dude, leave

Hey, friend. It's not your fault
51 Comments
18 Jun 08:56
Storage

It's roundup time – like scouring the local paper for pics of your kid, but with storage firms

This week among the lucky parents, GridGain, Memblaze and Western Digital. Well done
18 Jun 08:10
Software

What's all the C Plus Fuss? Bjarne Stroustrup warns of dangerous future plans for his C++

InterviewLanguage creator calls proposals 'insanity'
98 Comments
18 Jun 07:29
Business

Developer’s code worked, but not in the right century

Who, me?The user you really don’t want to mess with is a vigilant loyalty points herder
127 Comments
18 Jun 07:01
Networks

Google cuts price of cloudy interconnects from partners

If you can't get to a POP yourself, this plan's for you
18 Jun 06:28
Storage
Tintri T80

Tintri teeters on the edge of oblivion

Management faces the ghoulish and grisly truth
18 Jun 06:03
Cloud
Cloud desktop

AWS seeks ‘startup launch’ experience for end-user services

We smell a cloudy challenge to Citrix and VMware – and maybe Microsoft and Google
18 Jun 05:02
Security
Rat sillhouettes - Shutterstock

US-CERT warns of more North Korean malware

'Typeframe' springs from the same den as 'Hidden Cobra'
16 Comments
18 Jun 03:02
HPC

Linux literally loses its Lustre – HPC filesystem ditched in new kernel

Version 4.18 rc1 also swats Spectre, cuddles Chromebooks
10 Comments
18 Jun 01:29
Cloud

Google cloud VMs given same IP addresses ... and down they went

Yikes! And the fix is to delete and rebuild the VM.
23 Comments
17 Jun 23:23
Networks

Do NetAdmins like snacks? Asking cos here's a dish of tasty network news nibbles

RoundupJuniper's new routers emerge, Google QUIC-ens gets load balancing for HTTPS and more
17 Jun 22:41
Security

Silk road adviser caught, Kaspersky sues Dutch paper, and Vietnam's tech clampdown

RoundupAlso, Weight Watchers is light on security
16 Jun 11:57
Artificial Intelligence

AI military upstart attacked by Russian malware, Twitter fires up TensorFlow, and more

RoundupIncluding bad news for IBM Watson Health
11 Comments
16 Jun 10:03
Policy

UN's freedom of expression top dog slams European copyright plans

Rapporteur David Kaye not impressed with Article 13
29 Comments
16 Jun 07:00
Security

Boffins offer to make speculative execution great again with Spectre-Meltdown CPU fix

Good thing too because Intel's planned chip changes may break Google's Retpoline
63 Comments
16 Jun 01:09
Policy

Wires, chips, and LEDs: US trade bigwigs detail Chinese kit that's going to cost a lot more

'You want a war? Well done, you've got one' replies China
72 Comments
15 Jun 23:09
Internet of Things

Unbreakable smart lock devastated to discover screwdrivers exist

VideoTapplock: Once, twice, three times a screwup
191 Comments
15 Jun 21:32
Personal Tech

Jawbone bods allegedly jogged off to Fitbit with secret gadget blueprints

Staffers accused of swiping trade secrets face criminal charges
15 Jun 20:12
Personal Tech

Indiegogo lawyer asks ZX Spectrum reboot firm: Where's the cash?

Crowdfunder asks to be reimbursed on behalf of backers
57 Comments
15 Jun 18:55
Security

Sir, you've been using Kaspersky Lab antivirus. Please come with us, sir

US govt bans agencies from using Russian outfit's wares
41 Comments
15 Jun 16:45
Policy
Hmmm illustration via Shutterstock

DeepMind Health told to explain business model, relationship to Google

Review panel: We don't think AI firm has a hidden agenda, but…
14 Comments
15 Jun 15:23
Security

Former FBI boss Comey used private email for official business – DoJ

'I did not have an unclassified FBI connection at home that worked'
51 Comments
15 Jun 14:43
Bootnotes
Tired football kid. Photo by Matt Ragen/Shutterstock

Swiss cops will 'tolerate' World Cup rabble-rousers – for 60 minutes

The land of the cuckoo clock* brings you more endearingly cuckoo rules
56 Comments
15 Jun 13:33
Cloud

CIOs planning to snub Oracle for other cloudy vendors – analyst

Drop for Big Red shares as biz prepares to announce Q4 financial results
23 Comments
15 Jun 12:59
Software

Office 365 celebrates National Beer Day by popping out for a pint

UK users waiting for emails to download ponder early start to weekend
51 Comments
15 Jun 12:30
Emergent Tech

Drones Bill said to be ready for world+dog's crayons 'this summer'

Public consultation for Blighty's skeletal law inches closer
19 Comments
15 Jun 12:02

Older stories

Biting the hand that feeds IT © 1998–2018

Cookies Privacy Ts&Cs