Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Help! I'm trapped on Schrodinger's runaway train! Or am I..?
There's an app for that, and it's utter pants
Security
Unlocking news: We decrypt those cryptic headlines about Scottish cops bypassing smartphone encryption
VidNew perspective on FBI, Interpol demands for backdoors
Software
The Curse of macOS Catalina strikes again as AccountEdge stays 32-bit
Apple: 'The apps you use every day.' Except that one. And that one. And those are right out
Data Centre
The time that Sales braved the white hot heat of the data centre to save the day
On CallIt's getting hot in here, so open all your doors
LATEST NEWS
Bootnotes
Who says HMRC hasn't got a sense of humour? Er, 65 million Brits
I missed my Self Assessment filing deadline because.... a rundown of the worst excuses
17 Jan 16:30 | 11
Personal Tech
EU declares it'll Make USB-C Great Again™. You hear that, Apple?
Bloc to make not-quite-universal connector universal within its bounds
17 Jan 15:57 | 49
Security
Stolen creds site WeLeakInfo busted by multinational cop op for data reselling
One Irishman and one Dutchman both nicked
17 Jan 14:31 | 2
Software
Time to burst out graphing: Get the Windows Insider experience... by taping a calculator to your monitor
Microsoft releases a Windows 10 Fast Ring refresh and previews new calc toys
17 Jan 13:34 | 11
Software
Autonomous Logistics Information System gets shoved off the F-35 gravy train in favour of ODIN
Snafu-ridden maintenance software behemoth to be replaced
17 Jan 12:11 | 41
Policy
Microsoft picks a side, aims to make the business 'carbon-negative' by 2030
Plans to cancel out emissions from power consumption since 1975. No word on warming through excessive corporate hot air though
17 Jan 11:39 | 23
Bootnotes
Help! I'm trapped on Schrodinger's runaway train! Or am I..?
Something for the Weekend, Sir?There's an app for that, and it's utter pants
17 Jan 10:00 | 63
Software
WebAssembly: Key to a high-performance web, or ideal for malware? Reg speaks to co-designer Andreas Rossberg
InterviewState of Wasm: 'Better support for high-level languages', plus interesting cross-platform news
17 Jan 09:16 | 22
Security
Unlocking news: We decrypt those cryptic headlines about Scottish cops bypassing smartphone encryption
VidNew perspective on FBI, Interpol demands for backdoors
17 Jan 08:34 | 85
Data Centre
The time that Sales braved the white hot heat of the data centre to save the day
On CallIt's getting hot in here, so open all your doors
17 Jan 08:04 | 65
Artificial Intelligence
Nowhere to run to, nowhere to hide, muaha... Boffins build laser-eyed intelligent cam that sorta sees around corners
Guess we can't escape our future Terminator overlords
17 Jan 06:01 | 14
Software
Copy-left behind: Permissive MIT, Apache open-source licenses on the up as developers snub GNU's GPL
Share all our code modifications with others? Think again, hippie
17 Jan 01:58 | 31
Cloud
Google Cloud rolls out of bed, slips on suit, draws up premium support, vows to take it SLO to lure enterprises
Meanwhile, AMD snags Intel exec as server chip boss
17 Jan 01:02 | 4
Security
Bad news: Windows security cert SNAFU exploits are all over the web now. Also bad: Citrix gateway hole mitigations don't work for older kit
VidGood news: There is none. Well, apart from you can at least fully patch the Microsoft blunder
16 Jan 23:13 | 18
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Software
Google reveals new schedule for 'phasing out support for Chrome Apps across all operating systems'
June 2020 is the end for users on Windows, Linux and Mac
Data Centre
China tells America, with a straight face, it will absolutely crack down on hacking and copyright, tech blueprint theft
Wow, it's all coming up Trump right now, huh?
Security
Bad news: Windows security cert SNAFU exploits are all over the web now. Also bad: Citrix gateway hole mitigations don't work for older kit
VidGood news: There is none. Well, apart from you can at least fully patch the Microsoft blunder
Software
The Curse of macOS Catalina strikes again as AccountEdge stays 32-bit
Apple: 'The apps you use every day.' Except that one. And that one. And those are right out
Security
Yo, sysadmins! Thought Patch Tuesday was big? Oracle says 'hold my Java' with huge 334 security flaw fix bundle
House of Larry delivers massive update for 93 products
Software
No Mo'zilla for about 100 techies today: Firefox maker lays off staff as boss talks of 'difficult choices' and funding
Enjoy that new version 72? Donate.mozilla.org is a thing, folks
Security
Top Euro court advised: Cops, spies yelling 'national security' isn’t enough to force ISPs to hand over massive piles of people's private data
AnalysisOpinion is preliminary, though a good start
Emergent Tech
The dream of a single European patent may die next month – and everyone is in denial about it
German Constitutional Court is much more dangerous than people think
Software
Microsoft's on Edge and you could be, too: Chromium-based browser exits beta – with teething problems
Redmond loves Linux so much this Internet-Explorer-replacement is for Windows, macOS only right now
Security
Unlocking news: We decrypt those cryptic headlines about Scottish cops bypassing smartphone encryption
VidNew perspective on FBI, Interpol demands for backdoors
Networks
Remember when Netscout got so upset at 'challenger' label in Gartner Magic Quadrant, it sued? Well, top court just ended all those shenanigans
Connecticut Supremes affirm trial judge's decision to toss 'pay to play' claim
16 Jan 20:23 | 13
Policy
Azure consultant's Google image search results hotlinking sueball booted off the pitch by High Court
British copyright law probably wasn't right way to do this one
16 Jan 16:50 | 17
Software
The Curse of macOS Catalina strikes again as AccountEdge stays 32-bit
Apple: 'The apps you use every day.' Except that one. And that one. And those are right out
16 Jan 16:10 | 121
Business
The $4.3bn trial of the century is over! Now we wait for judgment
Autonomy Trial'A very long haul' says judge as HPE v Lynch and Hussain reaches its end
16 Jan 15:35 | 31
Cloud
Load of Big Green for Microsoft: Lloyds Banking Group inks company-wide Managed Desktop deal
Bankers ring in 2020 by thwacking employees with the Windows stick
16 Jan 15:10 | 12
DevOps
Get hands on with Kubernetes, service meshes – and more – at our fantastic Continuous Lifecycle London conference
EventDive into an all-day workshop – now at early-bird prices – for practical advice from experts in the field
16 Jan 14:00 |
Policy
This is also a system for GPs, right? UK doctors seek clarity over Health dept's £40m single sign-on funding
Docs keen to hear how, as promised, project will make their own logins less of a Hancockup
16 Jan 13:21 | 56
Software
Shhhhhh: Fujitsu bags another £12m from Libraries NI as bosses fail to bookmark replacement
Software licensing issues made it harder to turn the page
16 Jan 12:26 | 10
Software
Google reveals new schedule for 'phasing out support for Chrome Apps across all operating systems'
June 2020 is the end for users on Windows, Linux and Mac
16 Jan 11:45 | 45
Emergent Tech
The dream of a single European patent may die next month – and everyone is in denial about it
German Constitutional Court is much more dangerous than people think
16 Jan 10:57 | 46
Security
Spanking the pirates of corporate security? Try a Plimsoll
ColumnExecs don't care to keep things shipshape if they don't see a return.... so let's MAKE them
16 Jan 10:00 | 54
Reg Lectures
Peek inside this fascinating effort to map Britain's subterranean tubes – a deep sprawl of unrecorded infrastructure beneath our feet
Register LectureJoin us next month in a cosy pub to hear all about Ordnance Survey's latest project
16 Jan 09:15 |
Science
The mysterious giant blobs of gas around our galaxy's black hole are actually massive merger stars being shredded
Yum, long noodle-like stars
16 Jan 06:54 | 28
Security
Top Euro court advised: Cops, spies yelling 'national security' isn’t enough to force ISPs to hand over massive piles of people's private data
AnalysisOpinion is preliminary, though a good start
16 Jan 06:03 | 80
Artificial Intelligence
Facial-recognition algos vary wildly, US Congress told, as politicians try to come up with new laws on advanced tech
VidMost-accurate algorithms showed 'little to no bias', so nothing to fear, eh?
16 Jan 03:14 | 9
Data Centre
China tells America, with a straight face, it will absolutely crack down on hacking and copyright, tech blueprint theft
Wow, it's all coming up Trump right now, huh?
16 Jan 01:54 | 47
Software
No Mo'zilla for about 100 techies today: Firefox maker lays off staff as boss talks of 'difficult choices' and funding
Enjoy that new version 72? Donate.mozilla.org is a thing, folks
16 Jan 01:02 | 67
Security
What do Brit biz consultants and X-rated cam stars have in common? Wide open... AWS S3 buckets on public internet
Exposed: Intimate... personal details belonging to thousands of folks
15 Jan 23:54 | 14
Security
Yo, sysadmins! Thought Patch Tuesday was big? Oracle says 'hold my Java' with huge 334 security flaw fix bundle
House of Larry delivers massive update for 93 products
15 Jan 21:33 | 8
Software
Microsoft's on Edge and you could be, too: Chromium-based browser exits beta – with teething problems
Redmond loves Linux so much this Internet-Explorer-replacement is for Windows, macOS only right now
15 Jan 20:41 | 51
Software
Look sharp: Microsoft Blazor's gone mobile. Fancy developing mobile apps with C# web technology?
Going like Blazor(s) everywhere, says Microsoft, but will this enthusiasm last?
15 Jan 19:00 | 11
Software
Huawei invites app developers to board the HMS Core to gran their pieces of eight
£20k 'incentive' up for grabs if you can get something into the App Gallery before the end of Jan
15 Jan 18:00 | 3
Personal Tech
A fine host for a Raspberry Pi: The Register rakes a talon over the NexDock 2
ReviewNo Continuum this time, now it's all about the Android
15 Jan 15:23 | 71
Software
It's just semantics: Bulgarian software dev Ontotext squeezes out GraphDB 9.1
Now sing with us: Validation, governance and security
15 Jan 14:20 |
Business
Ex-Autonomy CFO Sushovan Hussain's part in the accounting badness was 'wildly overblown'
Autonomy TrialOne-time chief finance suit's legal defence sums up at end of marathon $5bn trial
15 Jan 13:40 | 30
Cloud
Totally Subcontracted Business: TSB to outsource entire IT estate to IBM for a cool $1bn after 2019 meltdown
Big Blue to build and run private cloud
15 Jan 13:10 | 93
Software
Boeing aircraft sales slump to historic lows after 737 Max annus horribilis
This is what happens when you scrimp on software dev, testing and docs
15 Jan 12:33 | 143
Cloud
AppSheet. Gesundheit! Oh, we see – it's Google pulling no-code development into a cloudy embrace
We'll 'empower millions of citizen developers' says Google. Now where have we heard that before?
15 Jan 12:03 | 30
Internet of Things
Behold the Internet of Turf: IoT sucks waste energy from living plants to speak to satellites
Surely only a matter of time before the Matrix has you?
15 Jan 11:30 | 30
Networks
One company on the planet, US-based Afilias, meets the criteria to run Colombia's trendy .co registry – and the DNS world fears a stitch-up
Special reportSouth American nation's government accused of fixing TLD contract amid bitter business war
15 Jan 10:45 | 7
Networks
Problems at Oracle's DynDNS: Domain registration customers transferred at short notice, nameserver records changed
Must have missed Oracle's December memo: 'It is now time that we part ways with this business'
15 Jan 10:00 | 41
Policy
Squirrel away a little IT budget for likely Brexit uncertainty, CIOs warned
Plus: 'Member when we modelled sales for Remain? Good times – analyst
15 Jan 09:15 | 155
Data Centre
Packet up, I'll take it: Data-center ops giant Equinix gobbles bare-metal server biz
Meanwhile: IBM Power processors to appear in a Google Cloud near you, if you ask nicely
15 Jan 07:07 |
Science
15 years on, Euroboffins finally work out what it took to send the Huygens Titan probe into such a spin
Negative torque didn't bring the plucky spacecraft down, thankfully
15 Jan 06:03 | 33
