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Falling NAND prices to drive NVMe SSD uptake, say industry watchers

Debate around Huawei espionage fears in UK about as clear as those darn Brexit negotiations

Children of Wales to be prepped for the vibrant world of work with free Office 365 ProPlus

O2 brings forth a Friday fail for some unlucky UK customers

US prosecutors whack another three charges on list against ex-Autonomy boss Mike Lynch over $11bn HP biz gobble

Oracle spaffed $30bn on buybacks over the past 9 months, but analysts warn it can't last forever

Android clampdown on calls and texts access trashes bunch of apps

Don't get the pitchforks yet, Apple devs: macOS third-party application clampdown probably not as bad as rumored

Uncle Sam's disaster agency FEMA creates disaster of its own: 2.3 million survivors' personal records spilled

Security storm brewing for Oracle Java-powered smart cards: More than a dirty dozen flaws found, fixes... er, any fixes?

Hey, what's Mandarin for 'WTF is going on?' Nokia phones caught spewing device IDs to China, software blunder blamed

Don't have a heart attack but your implanted defibrillator can be hacked over the air (by someone who really wants you dead)

Atlassian bats eyelashes at the enterprise with AgileCraft acquisition

Hey, DevOps fans. We've got another TLA for you to write down: CDF

From on-prem to serverless, here’s how to transform your software ops

Wanna improve your software ops? Need to cut through container hype? Like saving cash?

Facebook's at it again: Internal emails show it knew about Cambridge Analytica abuse 'months' before news broke

Campaigners cry foul over NHS Digital plans to grant policy wonks and researchers access to patient-level data

TV piracy ring walks the plank after Euro cops launch 14 raids and shutter 11 data centres

Pre-checked cookie boxes don't count as valid consent, says adviser to top EU court

Netflix wants to choose its own adventure where Bandersnatch trademark case magically vanishes

We fought through the crowds to try Oculus's new VR goggles so you don't have to bother (and frankly, you shouldn't)

Who pressured WHO to put gaming on a par with drug addiction to help silence political dissent? Oh hi there, China

Stop us if you're getting deja-vu: Uber used spyware to nobble dial-a-ride rival, this time Down Under, allegedly

Geek's Guide

Boeing big cheese repeats pledge of 737 Max software updates following fatal crashes

NASA: We need commercial rockets! SLS: Oh no you don't!

What made a super high-tech home in Victorian England? Hydroelectric witchery, for starters

'Naut trio successfully dock at ISS after Soyuz rocket goes all the way

Our amazing industry-leading AI was too dumb to detect the New Zealand massacre live vid, Facebook shrugs

Autopilot engineer drove off to Chinese rival with our top-secret blueprints in the glovebox, Tesla claims in sueball

New phone who dis? Facial recognition models more farcical despite progress

Our Skyborg (actual US govt program) will be just like IBM Watson, beams Air Force bod

Verity Stob

Google sparks online outcry after its currency converter goes haywire for third time this year

Not quite the Bake Off they were expecting: Canadian seniors served weed-infused brownies

Russian sailors maroon themselves in Bristol Channel after drunken dinghy ride goes awry

'It's full of beer!' Miracle fridge reveals itself to pals tuckered out from cleaning flooded cabin

Software

US prosecutors whack another three charges on list against ex-Autonomy boss Mike Lynch over $11bn HP biz gobble

What interesting timing

23 Mar 00:37 | 13

Oracle at headquarters in Silicon Valley, CA,

Oracle spaffed $30bn on buybacks over the past 9 months, but analysts warn it can't last forever

Big Red in net debt for first time in over a decade – reports

22 Mar 12:37 | 11

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Android clampdown on calls and texts access trashes bunch of apps

Users unchuffed, devs pulling bricked wares off Google Play

20 Mar 10:15 | 68

Don't get the pitchforks yet, Apple devs: macOS third-party application clampdown probably not as bad as rumored

AnalysisThe v10.15 will bring tighter security, the escape hatch should remain open for now

20 Mar 01:27 | 40

Microsoft buffs up its open-source halo to fine sheen with PostgreSQL GUI in Azure Data Studio

And an extension for those who prefer Visual Studio Code – but all very preview at the mo

19 Mar 13:55 | 6

Oracle's long-running pension plan class action case: C'mon, judge, reject a jury trial – Big Red

Wants court to decide on accusations it failed to properly police pension investments

18 Mar 11:45 | 12

Apple: Group FaceTime allows up to 32 people! Skype: Hold my beer

RoundupPlus: Builds, Teams, a bit of Xbox and other things Microsoft fiddled with last week

18 Mar 10:42 | 22

College student with 'visions of writing super-cool scripts' almost wipes out faculty's entire system

Who, Me?Turns out he probably wasn't smart enough to automate a Unix system update

18 Mar 08:07 | 146

What do WLinux and Benedict Cumberbatch have in common? They're both fond of Pengwin

Distro designed for Windows Subsystem for Linux gains a snappier moniker as 1.2 looms

15 Mar 16:24 | 54

A cat peering through a zipper

Microsoft unzips Zipline, lets world+dog have a go with cloudy storage compression tech

UpdatedZipline, George and Bungle: It's a Rainbow* of open-sourcing at Redmond

15 Mar 12:38 | 18

three execs worried in office

Just look at Q! Watch out Microsoft, the next Android has a proper desktop PC mode

Foldable support too

15 Mar 11:03 | 41

Brit prisoners to be kept on the straight and narrow with JavaScript and CSS

That's the sound of the men, working on the blockchain gang

15 Mar 09:35 | 70

huawei shop

Can't do it the US way? Then we'll do it Huawei – and roll our own mobile operating system

Just a plan B, claims Chinese giant, in case we get cut off from Android, Windows

14 Mar 21:26 | 38

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Latest Fast Ring build grazes big red button, unintentionally ejects some Windows Insiders

Meanwhile, Skip-Ahead testers glimpse Notepad of the future

14 Mar 12:32 | 14

Boeing... Boeing... Gone: Canada, America finally ground 737 Max jets as they await anti-death-crash software patches

Mad Max airline grudgingly backs decision 'out of an abundance of caution'

13 Mar 19:54 | 142

Nippier blob copying in Azure Storage Explorer? You bet your Az

Command line smarts leave blobs all a bit GUI, thanks to AzCopy

They're BAAACK: Windows 10 nagware team loads trebuchet with annoying reminders to GTFO Windows 7

UpdatedHail of notifications incoming... just be thankful 8 passed you by

13 Mar 10:50 | 162

Windows XP point-of-sale machine gets nasty sniffle. Luckily there's a pharmacy nearby

XP lingers like that cold you just can't shake

13 Mar 10:16 | 64

On the eve of Patch Tuesday, Microsoft confirms Windows 10 can automatically remove borked updates

Install. Uninstall. Boot. Repeat

12 Mar 10:55 | 81

Burn an offering and backup your system cuz Windows 10 19H1 might actually arrive for spring

RoundupPlus: C# editor for Mac fans, Chredge browser news, and more

12 Mar 09:15 | 14

Airlines in Asia, Africa ground Boeing 737 Max 8s after second death crash in four-ish months

Software may have played a grim role in both fatal accidents

11 Mar 18:50 | 155

MOST READ

businessman shrugging - illustration via shutterstock

Chap joins elite support team, solves what no one else can. Is he invited back? Is he f**k

QUIZZICAL LOOK

We fought through the crowds to try Oculus's new VR goggles so you don't have to bother (and frankly, you shouldn't)

Woman says oops after data breach... or spome other mistake, possibly. Illustration by Shutterstock/sergey sobin

Hey, what's Mandarin for 'WTF is going on?' Nokia phones caught spewing device IDs to China, software blunder blamed

TV set with pirate flag isolated on white background

TV piracy ring walks the plank after Euro cops launch 14 raids and shutter 11 data centres

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Small Brit firms beg for 'light touch' as only half are ready for digital tax reforms due next month

We also have Brexit to be utterly unprepared for, yo

11 Mar 15:05 | 53

Microsoft tweaks Windows 10 on Arm64 to play nicely with KVM

Put away the glue and duct tape, and luxuriate in virtualised goodness

11 Mar 12:38 | 15

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS media released with APT fix as end of support nears

Canonical will keep Trusty Tahr fixes flowing... for a fee

08 Mar 17:08 | 12

Kylie Jenner attends the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018, in New York

Still fewer Windows 10 devices out there than Instagrammer Kylie Jenner has dollars

Microsoft now only 200 million short of that tricky first billion

08 Mar 13:46 | 30

No foxes allowed

Skype for Web arrives to bring the world together. As long as the world is on Chrome and... Edge?

Hello? Is this thing on?

08 Mar 12:05 | 38

Oracle

Oracle UK tweaks financial reporting, sees revenues rise

Ah, nice move, Big Red – but what's the plan for next year?

Raspberry Pi Model 3A+

Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ support to arrive in Linux 5.1

Bonzer Arm update SoCs it to 'em

07 Mar 17:01 | 29

.NET Core 3 Preview 3 takes a bow, but best not hold your breath for the final release

Faint hopes of a Visual Studio 2019 treat dashed on the rocks of 'late 2019'

07 Mar 14:10 | 17

'Java 9, it did break some things,' Oracle bod admits to devs still clinging to version 8

'I want to explain why it was necessary'

07 Mar 11:39 | 70

Microsoft flings the Windows Calculator source at GitHub

Something about calc.exe bugging you? Get in there and fix it

07 Mar 10:28 | 56

Oracle to lure boffins with cloud credits, see if enterprise-grade tech can speed up research

Big Red puts name on $3m NSF project: Because academics love a good cloud credit, amirite?

06 Mar 12:08 | 4

ReactOS 0.4.11

ReactOS 0.4.11 makes great strides towards running Windows apps without the Windows

Just nothing too recent, OK?

05 Mar 17:05 | 88

laughing colleagues in front of laptops

Linux 5.0 is out except it's really 4.21 because Linus 'ran out of fingers and toes' to count on

Ohhh, Torvalds! You are a card!

05 Mar 14:20 | 39

irritated man

UK.gov's Verify has 'significantly' missed every target, groans spending watchdog

Unclear what risks come with flinging it at the private sector

05 Mar 11:07 | 48

Hotdogs

What links US Supreme Court, copyright legal bills, and stadium hot dog prices? A: Oracle

You can't full me, Larry: Rimini swerves $13m invoice in crucial ruling on 'full' versus 'all'

04 Mar 20:44 | 7

Band banned, Tarka arrives on Windows 10 and Visual Studio hits RC status

RoundupJust another week at Microsoft then

04 Mar 10:02 | 22

Happy graduation day, Containerd! Canonical has something for you

Support due in Microk8s and Charmed Kubernetes

01 Mar 14:10 | 4

If at first you don't succeed, you may be trying to install that Slow Ring Windows 10 build

Click your heels together three times and say 'there's no OS maker like Microsoft'

01 Mar 13:01 | 49

The biggest uptick in demand for software devs by bosses is for... rubs eyes blockchain engineers?!?

Java meanwhile manages to be both the third-most-loved and second-most-hated programming language

28 Feb 08:00 | 54

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