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In the red corner, Big Red, and in the blue corner... the rest of the tech industry
Innovation freedom may not be so free if US Supreme Court rules Google ripped off Oracle's Java APIs
Personal Tech
Beware the Friday afternoon 'Could you just..?' from the muppet who wants to come between you and your beer
On CallPolishing balls for mates is no way to make a living
Cloud
Hapless AWS engineer spilled passwords, keys, confidential internal training info, customer messages on public GitHub
UpdatedOnly up for five hours, but that's plenty of time for the wrong person to spot it
Software
Rockstar dev debate reopens: Hero programmers do exist, do all the work, do chat a lot – and do need love and attention from project leaders
Some engineers are just better than others... at being noticed
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Free Software Foundation suggests Microsoft 'upcycles' Windows 7... as open source
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Personal Tech
Apple: EU can't make us use your stinking common charging standard
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Bootnotes
It's a jungle out there when it comes to conservation tech – but there's a cloud for that
Courtesy of Species360 (not a move by Microsoft into the zoology space)
24 Jan 12:37 | 1
Business
It's good to talk: Union says IBM failed to consult system support techies as Scottish Power contract nears end
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BOFH
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Policy
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Cloud
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Cloud
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Personal Tech
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Software
Rockstar dev debate reopens: Hero programmers do exist, do all the work, do chat a lot – and do need love and attention from project leaders
Some engineers are just better than others... at being noticed
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Artificial Intelligence
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24 Jan 06:03 | 12
Security
Russian super-crook behind $20m internet fraud den Cardplanet and malware-exchange forum pleads guilty
Now 29-year-old faces years in the clink after long battle to bring him to justice
24 Jan 04:40 | 4
Networks
Protesters backing Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou during her US extradition hearings were 'duped paid actors'
What do we want?! $100. When do we want it? As soon as we finish this shift
24 Jan 02:26 | 16
Software
No big deal, Rogers, your internal source code and keys are only on the open web. Don't hurry to take it down
Updated'Closed source' blueprints available for all to gawp at – and potentially exploit
24 Jan 01:12 | 7
Data Centre
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Just don't mention the FPGAs
24 Jan 00:21 | 16
Networks
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This is Windstream, going dark...
23 Jan 20:21 | 8
Bootnotes
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Business
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23 Jan 18:00 | 15
Policy
One-time Brexit Secretary David Davis demands Mike Lynch's extradition to US is halted
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23 Jan 16:44 | 60
Cloud
Hapless AWS engineer spilled passwords, keys, confidential internal training info, customer messages on public GitHub
UpdatedOnly up for five hours, but that's plenty of time for the wrong person to spot it
23 Jan 16:33 | 18
Security
We need to make it even easier for UK terror cops to rummage about in folks' phones, says govt lawyer
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Personal Tech
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23 Jan 14:46 | 30
DevOps
Jenkins creator steps back from CloudBees and flings himself at startup Launchable
Bye-bye Kohsuke Kawaguchi
23 Jan 14:00 |
Security
Ooh, watch out Google. You've got competition. Verizon has a new 'privacy-focused' search engine
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23 Jan 13:30 | 28
Science
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Software
Keg-xistential issues: Fullers pours away £10m Infor ERP system after selling brewing business
Weren't you going to use it for 'continuous improvement'?
23 Jan 12:06 | 11
Artificial Intelligence
If the words 'new', 'AI', 'for', 'the', 'physical', 'world', 'accelerate' and 'Facebook' scare you, click this headline
Open-source distributed system teaches bots to find their way without a map, just cam, GPS, compass
23 Jan 11:16 | 14
Bootnotes
Good folk of Forfar: Alan Hattel would like you all to know he's not dead despite what it says on his tombstone
So give him a call FFS
23 Jan 10:45 | 44
Software
In the red corner, Big Red, and in the blue corner... the rest of the tech industry
ColumnInnovation freedom may not be so free if US Supreme Court rules Google ripped off Oracle's Java APIs
23 Jan 10:00 | 71
Artificial Intelligence
Rugby legend Will Carling tells El Reg: Techie stats bods will love this year's Six Nations
Well, AWS hopes you will because they're doing AI/ML/etc for it
23 Jan 09:15 | 29
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Cloud
Hapless AWS engineer spilled passwords, keys, confidential internal training info, customer messages on public GitHub
UpdatedOnly up for five hours, but that's plenty of time for the wrong person to spot it
Software
If you never thought you'd hear a Microsoftie tell you to stop using Internet Explorer, lap it up: 'I beg you, let it retire to great bitbucket in the sky'
We say take off and nuke the entire codebase from orbit. It's the only way to be sure
Cloud
Sorry to be blunt about this... Open AWS S3 storage bucket just made 30,000 potheads' privacy go up in smoke
Talk about high tech: Software maker exposes cloud silo of personal info in tale of security gone bong
Software
In the red corner, Big Red, and in the blue corner... the rest of the tech industry
ColumnInnovation freedom may not be so free if US Supreme Court rules Google ripped off Oracle's Java APIs
Security
Safari's Intelligent Tracking Protection is misspelled, says Google: It should be Dumb Browser Stalking Enabler
Chocolate Factory boffins doubt Apple can fix it, either
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Bootnotes
The Foot of Cupid emits final burst of flatulence in honour of fallen Python Terry Jones
Obit'Two down, four to go,' quips John Cleese as another member of comedy crew kicks bucket
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Co-Op Insurance and IBM play blame game over collapse of £175m megaproject
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Security
Who honestly has a crown prince in their threat model? UN report officially fingers Saudi royal as Bezos hacker
Rapporteurs call for investigation, technical security report leaks
Business
Stiff upper lip time, Brits: After bullying France to drop its digital tax on Silicon Valley, Trump's coming for you next
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Security
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Handy FireEye tool roots out indicators of compromise
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Science
Two billion years ago, snowball Earth was defrosted in huge asteroid crash – and it's been downhill ever since
PicSpace prang raised temperatures, melted glaciers, influenced climate, next thing we know: we're sharing AI-filtered selfies on Insta
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Software
If you never thought you'd hear a Microsoftie tell you to stop using Internet Explorer, lap it up: 'I beg you, let it retire to great bitbucket in the sky'
We say take off and nuke the entire codebase from orbit. It's the only way to be sure
23 Jan 01:44 | 79
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Cloud
Sorry to be blunt about this... Open AWS S3 storage bucket just made 30,000 potheads' privacy go up in smoke
Talk about high tech: Software maker exposes cloud silo of personal info in tale of security gone bong
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Security
Who honestly has a crown prince in their threat model? UN report officially fingers Saudi royal as Bezos hacker
Rapporteurs call for investigation, technical security report leaks
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Security
Safari's Intelligent Tracking Protection is misspelled, says Google: It should be Dumb Browser Stalking Enabler
Chocolate Factory boffins doubt Apple can fix it, either
22 Jan 21:53 | 18
Cloud
Chrome suddenly using Bing after installing Office 365 Pro Plus... Yeah, that might have been us, mumbles Microsoft
Bad-a-Bing, badda-boom: Netizens complain of browser hijacking
22 Jan 21:18 | 122
Policy
Judge snubs IT outsourcers' plea to Alt-F4 tougher H-1B visa rules: Bosses told to fill out the extra paperwork
Homeland Security memo not an abuse of power, court decides
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Emergent Tech
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Bootnotes
The Foot of Cupid emits final burst of flatulence in honour of fallen Python Terry Jones
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