OSes Linus Torvalds says Linux 4.10 just 'blew up' as rc6 bloats 'Small and calm release candidate' suddenly gets 'a bit distressing' as rc8 looms 30 Jan 00:26 | 17
Security Ransomware killed 70% of Washington DC CCTV ahead of inauguration Huge ransomware. The best ransomware. Ransomware fixed with a wipe-and-restore 30 Jan 01:01 | 27
On-Prem Zuck quits anti-social Hawaiian land title lawsuit Traditional owners still have to put up the Facebook founder as a neighbour 30 Jan 02:02 | 15
Networks Secret HPE letter tells sales team and partners to keep selling Arista 'confidently' HPE's all-but quoting Rick Astley as Cisco finds another way to nobble Arista imports 30 Jan 02:29 | 5
Bootnotes 'Maker' couple asphyxiated, probably by laser cutter fumes Don't try this at home. And if you do, please RTFM about ventilation 30 Jan 04:02 | 56
Security Marketing company leaks 17,000 recorded phone calls, many with credit card numbers Firm that leaked 13M records shames firm that leaked 400k 30 Jan 04:58 | 8
Virtualization Google Cloud kicked QEMU to the kerb to harden KVM Alphabet subsidiary decided hardware emulator that's plagued Xen had to go 30 Jan 05:58 | 6
SaaS Oracle effectively doubles licence fees to run its stuff in AWS Larry Ellison did promise Oracle's cloud would be faster and cheaper 30 Jan 06:40 | 47
Software PDP-10 enthusiasts resurrect ancient MIT operating system Incompatible Timesharing System now compatible with modern machines 30 Jan 07:00 | 46
On-Prem Boeing's 747 to fly off the production line for the foreseeable future Big freighter order keeps the Jumbo Jet aloft and it was the internet wot won it 30 Jan 07:30 | 50
Security Big Blue's BigInsights has big-ish bugs Guests gain XSSive privileges in IBM's Hadoopery 30 Jan 08:02 |
Networks Avaya's bankruptcy protection is a 'good thing,' says Europe North veep Yes it is. You at the back, stop sniggering! 30 Jan 08:33 | 6
Feature To Hull with the crap town naysayers: UK Culture City's got some amazing... telecoms 'People do tend to have a negative perception of Hull' 30 Jan 09:02 | 60
Opinion If USA wants a say in 5G, Cisco HAS to buy Ericsson You gotta buy American, right? Right? 30 Jan 09:36 | 25
Networks Baird is the word: Netflix's grandaddy gets bronze London landmark HD TV in 1945? Nearly 30 Jan 10:04 | 39
Storage So the co. that won the bid for Violin Memory is called (drumroll): VM Bidco... Two failed attempts to sell company revealed in Chapter 11 filings 30 Jan 10:33 | 2
Bootnotes God save the Queen... from Donald Trump. So say 1 million Britons Parliament receives petition to prevent President's state visit 30 Jan 11:32 | 257
Security UK Cybersecurity: Permanent job salaries growing faster than contractor pay rises Tie me up, tie me down 30 Jan 12:18 | 12
Obit Smiley techie Datacore chairman Ziya Aral: RIP Tech visionary pushed parallel IO processing to the end 30 Jan 12:48 | 2
On-Prem Facebook ‘Happy Birthday’ lawsuit rolls on Could be costly for Zuck. But who really cooks the Spam? 30 Jan 13:05 | 18
On-Prem Study shows 'BYOK' can unlock public cloud market for businesses Bring your own key to the encryption kingdom 30 Jan 13:34 |
Legal Mumsnet ordered to give users' real life IDs and messages to plastic surgeon they criticised Dr Jesper Sorensen takes aim at forum posters 30 Jan 13:45 | 48
Networks Please come back! TalkTalk woos customers with broadband offers Competitors are raising prices. Who knows, it could work 30 Jan 13:50 | 35
On-Prem Facebook ad biz comes under scrutiny in MPs ‘Fake News’ probe Does Clickbait cause blindness? Yes it does 30 Jan 14:08 | 16
Analysis Has President Trump’s executive order on 'Public Safety' killed off Privacy Shield? We are all 'Removable Aliens' now 30 Jan 14:25 | 50
Bootnotes Corn-based diet turns French hamsters into baby eating cannibals Hammy eating pups alive 30 Jan 15:33 | 48
On-Prem Judge allows plan for Intel to reanimate McAfee. The brand, we mean Apparently survived YouTube shooting 30 Jan 15:56 | 17
Personal Tech Father of Pac-Man dies at 91 Masaya Nakamura famous for popularising the iconic 80s arcade game 30 Jan 15:58 | 33
On-Prem Flashy Intel sees the XPoint of solid state NAND revenues top $800m/quarter with XPOint forecast to be a 2018 revenue driver 30 Jan 16:35 | 3
On-Prem Sony takes $1bn writedown: Streaming has killed the DVD star Feeling pretty Blu-ray 30 Jan 16:54 | 59
Security Ransomware avalanche at Alpine hotel puts room keycards on ice If at first you succeed, try, try again, think extortionists 30 Jan 19:02 | 18
Legal This bot shorts stocks when Trump tweets (don't fret, the profit is used for good) Software exploits presidential tantrums aimed at big biz 30 Jan 19:18 | 19
Legal Australia to review effectiveness of ISPs' copyright-defending website blocks And a good job too, seeing as blocks can be dodged by setting DNS to 8.8.8.8 30 Jan 20:42 | 23
Legal Don't worry, America: Elon Musk says he'll have a word with Trump Could this get any weirder or more silly? 30 Jan 22:59 | 64
Usenix Enigma 2017 Forgot your GitHub password? Facebook cooks up spec to reset logins via social network Open protocol published for all app, web devs to implement 30 Jan 23:14 | 5
Analysis See you around, Larry: AWS is our new Oracle, says Microsoft's Nadella As cloud era sweeps in, Redmond faces up to fresh competition 30 Jan 23:31 | 8
Legal Trump's cartoon comedy approach to running a country: 'One in, two out' rule for regulations What else do you expect from a glorified hotel manager? 30 Jan 23:53 | 145