Software

Android-ocalypse postponed: Jide withdraws Remix OS from consumer frontline

The All Grown-up Android gets sent back to school
26 Comments
18 Jul 10:34

Apache says 'no' to Facebook code libraries

Anti-patent-lawsuit restrictions land tools on banned list
22 Comments
17 Jul 21:58

Three Microsoft Outlook patches unpatched, users left to DIY

It's 2017 and attachments with "..." in their names caused crashes
27 Comments
17 Jul 06:30

Linus Torvalds may have damned systemd with faint praise

He's definitely set Linux 4.13 ball rolling, with Intel Canonlake support and scaled-up Xen VMs
187 Comments
17 Jul 04:05

Open-source world resurrects Oracle-free Solaris project OmniOS

People power!
11 Comments
13 Jul 21:04

Don't panic, but your Bitcoins may just vanish into the ether next month

Well, actually, do panic. A pending code change could bring a period of instability
75 Comments
13 Jul 20:31

Set your alarms for 2.40am UTC – so you can watch Unix time hit 1,500,000,000

It's gonna be spectacular!
106 Comments
13 Jul 19:13

Will the last person at Basho please turn out the lights?

NoSQL database flinger fades as former engineers work to save Riak
20 Comments
13 Jul 11:15

Speaking in Tech: What is a Windows 10 licence worth these days?

PodcastAnd: Anyone fancy a Phillips CM8833 mkii?
29 Comments
12 Jul 16:33

JavaScript spec gets strung out on padding

ECMAScript 2017 addresses left-pad gate, alongside various improvements
26 Comments
12 Jul 07:01

Ubuntu Linux now on Windows Store (for Insiders)

What fell sorcery is this?
125 Comments
11 Jul 14:25

Mappy days! Ordnance Survey offers up free map of UK greenery

All part of master plan to convince people to go outside
34 Comments
11 Jul 13:58
Neo The Matrix

Microsoft drops Office 365 for biz. Now it's just Microsoft 365. Word

All Redmond's major business offerings have become The One
109 Comments
10 Jul 15:28
A grey beard

Multics resurrected: Proto-Unix now runs on Raspberry Pi or x86

Seminal time-sharing OS needs emulator for ancient Honeywell DPS8M CPU
73 Comments
10 Jul 06:30
GNU logo

Roland McGrath steps down as glibc maintainer after 30 years

Open source is only for two-thirds of a life, says veteran
30 Comments
10 Jul 02:58

Opinion

'OK, everyone. Stop typing, this software is DONE,' said no one ever

Open Source InsiderSome times it really is, though

At the feet of the Great Monad, or, How the functional programming craze plays out

StobDost thou know the Seven Immutable Laws of FP?
61 Comments
31 May 12:01
The Seventh Seal

The eternal battle for OpenStack's soul will conclude in three years. Again

CommentBeyond cars, toasters and American Gods
22 May 08:08
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Bye bye MP3: You sucked the life out of music. But vinyl is just as warped

Something for the Weekend, Sir?You scratch mine, I'll scratch yours
301 Comments
19 May 09:29

News

Banking app startups go TITSUP as payment slurper keels over. Again

Total Inability To Support Users' Purchases – and the second time in four months
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06 Jul 20:29

TfL, WTH is my bus? London looks up from its mobile

UpdatedNo word on what caused the feed to go silent
53 Comments
06 Jul 07:59

Windows Insiders with SD cards turn into OneDrive outsiders

Microsoft's decided only NTFS devices are allowed
94 Comments
06 Jul 03:05

Microsoft boasted it had rebuilt Skype 'from the ground up'. Instead, it should have buried it

Users slam attempt to infuse app with social media magic
235 Comments
05 Jul 20:40

Cloud sales shift as enormo Microsoft reorg continues – sources

Enterprise, corporate sales become one
23 Comments
03 Jul 14:58

Linux 4.12 kernel lands: 'Go forth and use it' quoth Linus Torvalds

'No reason to delay'
61 Comments
03 Jul 05:05

Four Brits cuffed in multimillion-quid Windows tech support call scam probe

Malicious chats mostly came from India, say police
61 Comments
28 Jun 17:59

Rackspace shoves Splunk in its data trunk

Managed cloud biz’s next move? Machine learning, obviously
28 Jun 15:26

Met Police laggards still have 18,000 Windows XP machines in use

Never fear – they're moving to, er, Windows 8.1 instead
58 Comments
28 Jun 10:09

Looking for an Ubuntu Unity close cousin? Elementary, my dear...

Matching DNA and personality types
48 Comments
28 Jun 09:00

Tanks for the memories: Building a post-Microsoft Office cloud suite

AnalysisRedmond owned it, Google invaded. Your options
47 Comments
28 Jun 07:03

HMS Windows XP: Britain's newest warship running Swiss Cheese OS

UpdatedSpotted on carrier control room screens - reports
137 Comments
27 Jun 13:52
Neural network image via Shutterstock

Sony open-sources NNabla neural network learnings

En-NNabla-blement of answer to Google's TensorFlow?
27 Jun 11:36
Ambulance

Software glitch led to London Ambulance Service outage – report

Update 18 months earlier meant recycle bin drained system resources, leading to crash
23 Comments
27 Jun 10:00
Linus Torvalds flips the bird

Linus Torvalds slams 'pure garbage' from 'clowns' at grsecurity

'I stopped trying to be polite about their BS', says Torvalds who plans Linux 4.12 next week
93 Comments
26 Jun 07:01
Tommy Lee Jones delivers implied facepalm. From No Country for Old Men Copyright Miramax Pictures. 2007.

Microsoft recommends you ignore Microsoft-recommended update

Left hand quits trying to meet right hand, waves at customers saying 'don't break Skype'
54 Comments
26 Jun 01:11

Tech giants flash Russia their code blueprints in exchange for access

What could possibly go wrong?
27 Comments
24 Jun 00:57
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Red Hat dons hyperconverged headware

When is a server a hyper-server? When it bundles V12N, RHEL, Gluster and Ansible
23 Jun 06:58

Tesla's driverless car software chief steps down

Chris Lattner 'wasn't the right fit', says Elon Musk-led biz

Challenging dodgy generalisations on IT spending

Reg Reader ResearchI think you'll find it's not as simple as that
21 Jun 09:58

Debian 9 feels like home with security upgrades and a flaming vulpine warming your toes

ReviewStrong and stable release from conservative distro
42 Comments
21 Jun 08:23
Chrome vs. Firefox

Google, Mozilla both say they sped up the web today. One by blocking ads. One with ads

Guess which was which. Hint: Firefox now crushes trackers on Android
59 Comments
21 Jun 04:16
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