Legal
Australia won't prescribe its national broadband network a high-fibre diet
Nobody gets 100 Mbps, so nobody buys 100 Mbps, so nobody needs 100 Mbps. QED
17 Jan 00:21 | 27
17th > January > 2018 Archive
Personal Tech
What do Cali, New York, Hawaii, Maine and 18 other US states have in common? Fighting the FCC on net neutrality
Attorneys General go to court to rescue internet protections
17 Jan 00:54 | 54
Security
BIND comes apart thanks to ancient denial-of-service vuln
No active exploits, but crashes are happening in the wild
17 Jan 01:57 |
Analysis
Today in bullsh*t AI PR: Computers learn to read as well as humans (no)
Nice tech, but shame on Microsoft, Alibaba's spinners
17 Jan 02:25 | 57
Networks
Google sinks cash into more submarine cables, plans more data centres
South America, Europe and Asia get pipes, DCs for Finland, Honkers and Hollywood
17 Jan 04:04 | 18
On-Prem
Storage Spaces Direct cheapens itself, hardware-wise, adds NVDIMM support
Good news – assuming software-defined storage is still viable after Meltdown/Spectre
17 Jan 05:01 | 1
Software
Flying on its own, Thunderbird seeks input on new look
Brings in designers to apply a new coat of UI before world thinks it looks too shabby to run
17 Jan 05:56 | 98
Networks
Google's 'QUIC' TCP alternative slow to excite anyone outside Google
Multiplexing-over-UDP idea has hit the standards track, but is mostly ignored
17 Jan 07:03 | 16
Security
Another round of click-fraud extensions pulled from Chrome Store
More than 500,000 users stung
17 Jan 08:01 | 17
Virtualization
VMware’s NSX world domination plan advances with not-just-point release
Version 6.4 brings the NSX GUI to the vSphere client
17 Jan 08:21 | 1
Usenix Enigma
Wanna motivate staff to be more secure? Don't bother bribing 'em
Also, don't get the BOFH to publicly smack them with a LART
17 Jan 08:39 | 60
On-Prem
'No evidence' UK.gov has done much to break up IT outsourcing
Carillion scandal part of a long tradition of big supplier addiction
17 Jan 09:00 | 52
On-Prem
Heathrow's air traffic radio set for shiny digital upgrade from Northrop
With built-in web servers. Yup, you read that right
17 Jan 09:32 | 45
Special report
Destroying the city to save the robocar
The fight for our public space
17 Jan 10:12 | 212
Usenix Enigma
Shafted by bosses, disdained by punters, loved by hackers – yes, it's freelance workers
Turns out they are a top target for phishers
17 Jan 11:03 | 8
Analysis
Biggest vuln bombshell in forever and storage industry still umms and errs over patches
Does it run in VMs, containers, systems running external code? Just. Patch. It
17 Jan 11:27 | 13
Storage
SPEC SFS 2014 benchmark smashed by storage newbie
NVMe over Fabrics shows its razor sharp performance teeth
17 Jan 11:51 | 7
Legal
National Audit Office report blasts UK.gov's 'muddled' STEM strategy
More people have skillz, but not in fields that need them
17 Jan 12:23 | 40
Storage
Going soft: Kaminario exits the hardware business
Software-centric business model to reach disruptive industry price point
17 Jan 12:52 | 6
Legal
Ofcom cracks on with spectrum auction rules, despite Three's legal challenge
UK telcos continue appeal to lower spectrum cap
17 Jan 13:26 | 6
Legal
PPI-pusher makes 75 MEEELLION nuisance calls, lands £350k fine
Firm slapped for 'blatantly ignoring telemarketing laws'
17 Jan 13:55 | 47
Storage
Another day, another Spectre fix slowdown: What to expect if you heart ZFS
Blogger records 7-8% toll on read IOPS
17 Jan 14:35 | 27
Legal
UK.gov slammed for NHS data-sharing deal with Home Office
Flouts doctors' guidelines, doesn't properly balance public interests, MPs told
17 Jan 15:15 | 12
Updated
Former Santander bank manager pleads guilty to computer misuse crimes
Customer details spilled to boyfriend
17 Jan 15:24 | 13
Bootnotes
France to lend Brexit Britain sore souvenir of Norman yoke – the Bayeux Tapestry
Prez Macron expected to agree loan when he meets PM
17 Jan 15:51 | 67
On-Prem
Sueball smacks AMD over processor chip security flaw silence
CEO, CFO in crosshairs after shareholder 'losses'
17 Jan 16:26 | 33
Comment
New Quantum head honcho thrown in at the deep end
CEO Patrick Dennis has his work cut out
17 Jan 17:10 | 2
Software
SAP boss promises to cull marketing dross on community network
Bill McDermott admits hub was seen as a 'channel to promote corporate messages'
17 Jan 17:59 | 2
Usenix Enigma
HTML5 may as well stand for Hey, Track Me Longtime 5. Ads can use it to fingerprint netizens
This language is wired for sound
17 Jan 20:21 | 47
Usenix Enigma
Who's using 2FA? Sweet FA. Less than 10% of Gmail users enable two-factor authentication
Your daily dose of digital depression
17 Jan 21:33 | 153
Legal
Hey. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. Get in here... so we can shake your hands – US Senate cyber-terror panel
So much for that grilling
17 Jan 22:36 | 8
Software
Hehe, still writing code for a living? It's 2018. You could be earning x3 as a bug bounty hunter
Oh, yeah, and learning new tricks and protecting stuff, sure
17 Jan 23:38 | 21
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