Software

Google bod wants cookies to crumble and be remade into something more secure

Shifting session identifiers into HTTP works, but Facebook and others won't be happy
40 Comments
15 Aug 20:53

Visual Studio gains some go-faster stripes for Android emulation

F#, TypeScript 3.0 and more go from preview to release with 15.8
26 Comments
15 Aug 15:06

Linux 4.18 arrives fashionably late while Zorin OS shines up its Windows

Wanting some Linux love, but just can't let that Windows 10 desktop go? Come this way...
36 Comments
14 Aug 16:02

Apple pulls iOS 12 beta 7 after less than 24 hrs

Devs reported performance issues then...
15 Comments
14 Aug 13:40

Hello darkness my old friend, what happened last week in Redmond?

For Skype Classic, not the sound of silence
46 Comments
14 Aug 11:33

Dropbox plans to drop encrypted Linux filesystems in November

UpdatedPenguinistas mobilise against decision to support only EXT4
66 Comments
14 Aug 07:30

Google keeps tracking you even when you specifically tell it not to: Maps, Search won't take no for an answer

Location, location, location!
167 Comments
13 Aug 19:35

Windows is coming to Chromebooks… with Google’s blessing

The host with the most
73 Comments
13 Aug 15:48

Database ballsup: NHS under pressure over fresh patient record error

Thousands of discrepancies reported between two databases
19 Comments
13 Aug 13:28

Oracle-botherer Rimini Street throws off credit shackles, plans 'aggressive' sales drive

Revenues, clients up in Q2 2018
10 Aug 18:09

Julia 0.7 arrives but let's call it 1.0: Data science code language hits milestone on birthday

You-hoo, Pythonistas and Rsters
26 Comments
10 Aug 08:04

For all the excitement, Pie may be Android's most minimal makeover yet – thankfully

AnalysisLess disruptive and accessible, with added Clippy
50 Comments
08 Aug 10:46
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Researcher found Homebrew GitHub token hidden in plain sight

'Kid, take a nap, I have a project to save'
11 Comments
08 Aug 09:38
Shrew

Pleasant programming playground paves popular Python path

Shrew'd thinking: Code Shrew helps peeps who want to, or need to, gobble a slice of Py
14 Comments
07 Aug 05:08
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Edge, Azure and Windows Phone receives a Telegram. Yup, it's the week at Microsoft

Managed Disks? Pick a size, any size...
16 Comments
06 Aug 09:42

Opinion

Microsoft Bob

Microsoft still longs to be a 'lifestyle' brand, but the cupboard looks bare

CommentIt's make-your-mind-up time
Asleep hammock, photo via Shutterstock

Why Google won't break a sweat about EU ruling

CommentIf you're expecting Tizens, Fires or alt-droids to flower, don't hold your breath
100 Comments
20 Jul 10:53

Farewell then, Slack: The grown-ups have arrived

CommentRumours of email's death have been greatly exaggerated
71 Comments
13 Jul 14:44
Man looks into his cellphone/mobile - which looks back at him

Is your smart device a bit thick? It's about to get a lot worse

Something for the Weekend, Sir?Don't trust consumers with their own data
102 Comments
25 May 10:01

News

Well, this makes scents: Kotlin code quality smells better than Java

Google-backed language seeps into Android apps, improves programming craftmanship
30 Comments
02 Aug 20:56

Amazon, ditch us? But they can't do without us – Oracle

Battle of database rivals fuelled by reports marketplace monster is flying off Big Red
80 Comments
02 Aug 11:05

Apple takes an axe to its App Affiliate Program

Review sites? Who needs 'em! Fanbois need never leave the App Store again
22 Comments
02 Aug 10:27

Peace pays dividend for OpenWRT as 'baseline' release lands on servers

Libre Linux for wireless, embedded kit unforks OpenWRT and LEDE
02 Aug 00:08

2TB or not 2TB: Microsoft fiddles with OneDrive as competition offers twice the storage

But they'll throw in copy of Excel to work out when space'll run out
43 Comments
01 Aug 16:41

Microsoft: We've almost dug Your Phone out behind sofa. But will it make Insiders app-y?

More a 'Droid photo-copier than an iMessage slayer... for now
23 Comments
01 Aug 11:01

Linux kernel 4.18 delayed: Bug ate my rc7, says Linus Torvalds

Kernel broken, so Penguinista-in-Chief reverted 4.18-rc7
26 Comments
01 Aug 07:04

Riddle me this: TypeScript's latest data type is literally unknown

Version 3.0 improvements in Microsoft's lang also include pumped up tuples
35 Comments
31 Jul 20:06

Brit competition bods to probe Experian and ClearScore merger

£275m credit-check borg must wait for watchdog approval
31 Jul 11:28

Span hits F#, LinkedIn gets mumbly, and UWP (yes, it's still clinging on) furnished with new toys

Microsoft wants everyone to be Fluent in this week's round-up
27 Comments
31 Jul 09:15

Microsoft devises new way of making you feel old: Windows NT is 25

Absurd hardware requirements and compatibility problems aplenty. Sound familiar?
169 Comments
30 Jul 11:58

Early experiment in mass email ends with mad dash across office to unplug mail gateway

Who, me?'So if I pressed Send now, it would go to all of them?' asks trigger-happy tech
158 Comments
30 Jul 08:05
Man surprised by calculator

Microsoft celebrates a bumper financial year ... by making stuff pricier

On-premises and cloud users, prepare to be adjusted
20 Comments
27 Jul 15:03

This is the contract you've been looking for: Pentagon releases JEDI bids

Single-award contract could run for up to a decade, worth a possible $10bn
18 Comments
27 Jul 12:53
Baby crying over feeding time

Some of you really don't want Windows 10's April 2018 update on your rigs

It's been three months and 16% have their heels firmly planted
135 Comments
27 Jul 11:27
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Another German state plans switch back from Linux to Windows

Lower Saxony says 'auf wiedersehen, pinguin'
141 Comments
27 Jul 06:01

Yakety-yak app HipChat whacked in Slack chat chaps' tech snatch pact

Slack swallows Atlassian's blueprints for biz apps – which now face the axe
27 Jul 00:00
sands of time

Oracle puts release of new freebie mini-database on ice to work out kinks

Issues 'too severe' to launch this summer
12 Comments
26 Jul 15:07
Rage

Windows 10 Insiders see double as new builds hit the deck – with promises to end Update Rage

Farewell Redstone. Hello, er, 19H1?
Penguin

Oracle Database 18: Now in downloadable Linux flavour

Oh, and Windows, but cool kids don't use that
30 Comments
25 Jul 15:11
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Enterprise Windows 10 users, Microsoft has some 'quality' patches coming your way

Third bunch of fixes aimed at pleasing business types
25 Comments
25 Jul 11:49
ReactOS

ReactOS 0.4.9 release metes out stability and self-hosting, still looks like a '90s fever dream

Last century called. They want their UI back, please
84 Comments
24 Jul 16:58
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