Software
Firefox now defaults to DNS-over-HTTPS for US netizens and some are dischuffed about this
Good for privacy – or an alarming move towards further internet centralisation?
25 Feb 16:34 | 31
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Software
Credit Karma's enriched: Turbo Tax daddy Intuit snaps up personal finance platform for $7bn
That'll be good for their credit rating
25 Feb 11:56 | 15
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Just the place you'd want to spot a BSOD: While waiting in line for a roller coaster that lifts you up 124ft
This bodes well
25 Feb 09:05 | 35
Software
Huawei claims its Google Play replacement is in 'top 3' app stores after Trump turns off tap to the Chocolate Factory
The re-badged progressive web apps should help fill it out a bit
24 Feb 16:49 | 26
Software
Microsoft polishes Sphere, carts backups off to Azure – and mystery mobile claims to run Windows 10 and Android
RoundupAlso: Beware the disconnected car
24 Feb 12:25 | 2
Software
Windows 7: Still looking after business (except when it isn't)
Bork!Bork!Bork!The operating system that will not die lingers on in NatWest's ATMs
24 Feb 10:45 | 46
Software
Windows Dressing: Psst... Fast Ring folks, whispers Microsoft. You're in this for the cool icons, right?
Fluent, fluent everywhere but not a patch that works
21 Feb 12:50 | 13
Software
Your McDonald's demo has expired. For full functionality, please purchase a licence or try another fast-food joint
Bork!Bork!Bork!I'll take a Big Mac, large fries and... um, are you OK?
21 Feb 09:15 | 67
Software
Oracle plays its Trump card: Blushing Big Red gushes over US govt support in Java API battle... just as Larry Ellison holds Donald fundraiser
Unfortunate timing – the Obama admin also supported the database giant
20 Feb 21:49 | 12
Software
Appy days? Microsoft's Word, Excel and PowerPoint now live under one roof on mobile – but look out for Office 365 popups
And that's one hell of a privacy agreement
20 Feb 16:17 | 11
Software
The great big open-source census: Most-used libraries revealed – plus 10 things developers should be doing to keep their code secure
Linux Foundation hears your gripes about naming schemes, legacy code, and more
20 Feb 07:03 | 17
Software
Chrome deploys deep-linking tech in latest browser build despite privacy concerns
It's not a bug, it's a feature, explains the Chocolate Factory
20 Feb 02:07 | 43
Software
Larry Tesler cut and pasted from this mortal coil: That thing you just did? He probably invented it
ObitPARC, Apple and Amazon – computing pioneer dies at 74
19 Feb 16:25 | 60
Software
Red Hat tips its Fedora at CoreOS Container Linux stans: Hop onto something else, folks, cos this one's on a boat to Valhalla
Support ends May 26. Users fretting over Fedora CoreOS's limitations might want to jump into Flatcar
18 Feb 14:15 | 3
Software
Oracle gets a bit touchy-feely as CEO Catz shares a digital transformation bedtime story
CommentJust what is it you lot actually do anyway?
18 Feb 10:31 | 6
Software
OK, which Dombås stuffed Windows 10 to bursting at Swedish flatpack flinger?
Bork!Bork!Bork!If only there was some way of organising the space
18 Feb 09:15 | 75
Software
Chrome 81 beta hooks browser up to Web NFC, augmented-reality features
'Web apps should be able to do anything native apps can'
17 Feb 16:10 | 29
Software
Microsoft's coding for noobs hits 1.0, decompiling to C# in Visual Studio, and Windows 10X makes its debut... on Mac
RoundupAlso: No HoloLens 2 at Barcelona
17 Feb 14:01 | 6
Software
Early adopters delighted as Microsoft pulls plug on Mobile Backend as a Service. Haha, only joking – they're fuming
'Horrible news' for invested devs
17 Feb 11:45 | 49
Software
Windows Terminal and Azure Data Studio both get a tickle from the Microsoft update fairy
Also: Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 eyes its operating system shackles
14 Feb 18:26 | 8
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Security
Samsung cops to data leak after unsolicited '1/1' Find my Mobile push notification
UpdatedTight-lipped chaebol still won't talk about the dodgy app, though
Policy
BAE Systems tosses its contractors a blanket... ban on off-payroll working under upcoming IR35 tax reforms
'As soon as I got the note saying I'm inside, I started chasing another role'
Personal Tech
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to save data from a computer that should have died aeons ago
Who, Me?Drain you of your sanity, face the thing that should not be
Bootnotes
Flat Earther and wannabe astronaut killed in homemade rocket
RIP 'Mad' Mike Hughes
Policy
Don't worry, IT contractors. New UK chancellor says HMRC will be gentle pushing IR35 rules
But critics advise to take that with a 'pinch of salt'
Science
SpaceX Falcon 9 meets watery end, and NASA needs someone to go to Mars and whack its mole
RoundupAlso: Musical Soyuz seats ahead of next ISS mission
Policy
The Wristwatch of the Long Now: When your MTBF is two centuries
ColumnFace it: In 2220, your great-great-great-great-great-great grandkid will not find a compatible SoC for your tat
Science
RIP Katherine Johnson: The extraordinary NASA mathematician astronauts trusted over computers
Obit'She was an American hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten'
Software
Windows 7: Still looking after business (except when it isn't)
Bork!Bork!Bork!The operating system that will not die lingers on in NatWest's ATMs
Security
Google rolls out Titan keys to Europe, Japan. Plus: Group Policy bug is a feature, not a flaw, says Microsoft
RoundupAnd Adobe in remote-code execution patch non-shocker
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Software
Another week, another bunch of Windows 10 machines punched by a patch
As 1809 is nudged toward the darkness, the Baron of Bork has plans for 1903 and 1909
14 Feb 14:30 | 52
Software
25 years of Delphi and no Oracle in sight: Not a Visual Basic killer but hard to kill
AnalysisProductivity or performance? Hey, why not both?
14 Feb 13:00 | 153
Software
We're afraid it might be terminal: Tesco top-up box looking less than tip-top
Bork!Bork!Bork!Windows XP – the gift that keeps on giving (until you need it to actually do something)
14 Feb 09:15 | 28
Software
Microsoft brings the pane: You'll be looking at Xamarin and React Native to design apps for dual-screen gizmos
Surface Neo is the most interesting new Windows device in years, but will weary devs support it?
13 Feb 15:58 | 35
Software
Microsoft: Yeah, dual screens are pretty rad, but check out our purple calendar
GPU shenanigans and Linux love also headline a Fast Ring build with… wait for it… new stuff
13 Feb 13:45 | 7
Software
Oracle tells Supremes: Fair use? Pah! There's nothing fair about 'Google's copying'
Should they be allowed to grab our stuff just cos it's 'popular' and it works?
13 Feb 12:32 | 51
Software
It's official: In May, Microsoft will close the door, lock the vault, brick over the entrance of dreaded Windows 10 1809
Now let us never speak of this again
12 Feb 23:21 | 41
Software
Another Windows 10 build sneaks out amid all the foldable fandango
Hey kids, put down those folding fondleslabs and get on Slow Ring with Grandpa Windows
12 Feb 16:15 | 6
Software
Dual screens, fast updates, no registry cruft and security in mind: Microsoft gives devs the lowdown on Windows 10X
Huge changes for how apps run but will it win over users?
12 Feb 13:58 | 118
Software
NBD: A popular HTTP-fetching npm code library used by 48,000 other modules retires, no more updates coming
Downloaded 17m times a week, now coders should consider an alternative
12 Feb 07:44 | 25
Software
Ever had a script you just can't scratch? Excel on the web now has just the thing
It won't be like VBA this time, we promise
11 Feb 20:00 | 44
Software
It's a Bing thing: Microsoft drops plans to shove unloved search engine down throats of unsuspecting enterprises
Default-hijacking browser extension pulled from Office Pro Plus installations
11 Feb 17:01 | 55
Software
Microsoft ups the ante with fix-fixing patch that leaves some Windows Server 2008 machines unable to boot
UpdatedShe applied the fix to fix the fix... I don't know why she did the apply. Perhaps it'll die
11 Feb 11:47 | 37
Software
Windows 7 will not go gentle into that good night: Ageing OS refuses to shut down
Users rage, rage against the dying of the light (and support)
10 Feb 12:31 | 110
Software
Starliner snafu could've been worse: Software errors plague Boeing's Calamity Capsule
NASA: Defects risked 'loss of vehicle'
10 Feb 11:42 | 79
Software
A new entry in the franchise: Microsoft Windows and the Goblet of Meh
RoundupGood news for Windows on ARM64 users in this week's round up
10 Feb 10:50 | 6
Software
HPE's orders to expert accountant in Autonomy trial revealed
Autonomy trialEven then he said there was no need to break out hardware sales
10 Feb 09:15 | 51
Software
Ex-Autonomy CFO Sushovan Hussain was accused of sexual misconduct against Darktrace staff – report
Security biz says it was a long time ago and he didn't technically work for them anyway
07 Feb 17:15 | 11
Software
Come to Five Guys, where the software is as fresh as the burgers... or maybe not
Bork!Bork!Bork!French terminal flashes sous-vêtements at Paris patty punters
07 Feb 12:00 | 65
