Software

Ubuntu sends trash to its desktop's desktop

Canonical picks up after Apple – 17 years later
34 Comments
16 Aug 14:28

Google paying Apple BEEELLIONS to stay search top dog on iDevices, say analysts

But it could turn off taps at any moment
32 Comments
15 Aug 13:57

HP Inc vows: We're not walking away from Continuum

AnalysisAnd no, neither is Microsoft, thanks very much
19 Comments
15 Aug 10:01

Old Firefox add-ons get 'dead man walking' call

After version 57, plugins go to browser heaven
102 Comments
14 Aug 04:56

Ancient IETF 'teapot' gag preserved for posterity as a standard

'Error 418: I'm a teapot' scores 'reserved' status in IANA Status Code Registry
52 Comments
14 Aug 01:29

At last! Vivaldi lets you kill looping GIFs

#FirstWorldProblems
33 Comments
11 Aug 13:21

What's your point, caller? Oracle fiddles with major database release cycle numbers

AnalysisSay goodbye to 12.2.0.2, and hello to 18
18 Comments
11 Aug 11:58

Official: Windows for Workstations returns in Fall Creators Update

Microsoft scales Windows 10 to support four CPUs, 6TB of RAM, ReFS and RDMA
89 Comments
11 Aug 04:57

Revealed: The naughty tricks used by web ads to bypass blockers

AnalysisA behind-the-scenes look at the cat and mouse game played by publishers and devs
211 Comments
11 Aug 00:39

Favored Swift plans to settle down next year: ABI stability incoming

Version 5 due 2018, future proposed changes must come with working code attached
09 Aug 19:53

Major Oracle E-business suite upgrade coming in 2019. Or maybe 2020

If you can't wait, Big Red says its new SaaS apps will behave just like software modules
09 Aug 07:02

70% of Windows 10 users are totally happy with our big telemetry slurp, beams Microsoft

Alternatively: 30% have found the option to switch it off
194 Comments
09 Aug 06:04
Windows and Linux logos

Windows Subsystem for Linux is coming to Windows Server

CMD, PowerShell and Bash. Three command line interfaces should be enough for anyone?
39 Comments
09 Aug 01:14
VR

Meet VRfox: Mozilla's latest attempt at regaining browser share

v55 first desktop browser to support WebVR standard
08 Aug 16:19

Commonwealth Bank: Buggy software made us miss money laundering

Mandatory reports stopped flowing, suits don't notice for 3 YEARS... but bank throws devs under bus
61 Comments
07 Aug 00:57

Opinion

Confessions of an ebook eater

StobIn which Chronicles of Delphi scribe Verity gives praise to post-book world

Ten new tech terms I learnt this summer: Do you know them all?

Something for the Weekend, Sir?Let's assume you've already heard of 'clickbait headline'
145 Comments
21 Jul 09:11

You can't DevOps everything, kids. Off the shelf kit especially

CommentWaterfalling for the, er, 'boring' stuff
17 Comments
21 Jul 08:34

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

Open Source InsiderSome times it really is, though
144 Comments
20 Jun 09:00

News

Apple signals it's willing to let next-gen web apps compete with iOS apps

AnalysisService Workers land in WebKit, clearing way for better in-browser applications
23 Comments
04 Aug 20:26

Google drops poker face, allows gambling apps on Play Store

Ban lifted in UK, France and Ireland as an 'experiment'
37 Comments
04 Aug 10:51

CMD.EXE gets first makeover in 20 years in new Windows 10 build

New features? Sorry. Just new colours, because modern monitors give CLIs the blues
150 Comments
04 Aug 07:36

Linux kernel hardeners Grsecurity sue open source's Bruce Perens

UpdatedOur customer contract doesn't violate GPLv2, biz insists in defamation lawsuit
129 Comments
03 Aug 19:49

Programmer's < fumble jeopardizes thousands of medical reports

Oh Danny boy, the typos, the typos are galling
56 Comments
03 Aug 19:24

Did eye just do that? Microsoft brings gaze tracking to Windows 10

Beta tech on Insider builds now
44 Comments
02 Aug 15:04

If you love your email standards, SMTP your feet: 35 years later

Granddaddy celebrates one score and 15 years of inbox-filling antics
71 Comments
02 Aug 12:31

Browser trust test: Would you let Chrome block ads? Or Firefox share and encrypt files?

Mozilla spins share 'n' synch as Google spins its own virtues
55 Comments
02 Aug 07:27

How can you kill that which will not die? Windows XP is back (sorta... OK, not really)

Usage up 0.08% while Windows 10 continues to win converts
86 Comments
01 Aug 15:07

Skype for Business is not Skype – realising that is half the battle

Wait, come back. There are some... good bits, promise
77 Comments
01 Aug 08:06

Windows Subsystem for Linux to debut in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

Out of beta, still won't let you read Linux files from Windows
81 Comments
31 Jul 06:00

Petition calls for Adobe Flash to survive as open source zombie

Dev thinks we need to keep notable .SWFs readable for the sake of posterity
76 Comments
31 Jul 02:58
Swearing and ranting

Linus Torvalds pens vintage 'f*cking' rant at kernel dev's 'utter BS'

Dev bounces back with 'fair enough' as rc3 for 4.13 lands
126 Comments
31 Jul 01:58
The latest Windows 10 Insider build links to your phone

Latest Windows 10 preview lets users link an Android to their PC

Cortana, turn off my computer!
48 Comments
28 Jul 10:58
Node Summit 2017, Day 2

We're into lap 21 and Node.js features have again overtaken those attempting to teach it

Node SummitCommunity races to keep docs current
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27 Jul 22:56

Microsoft: Get in, IT nerds, you're now using Insider builds and twice-annual Windows rollouts

Trust us, we never screw anything up
64 Comments
27 Jul 21:52

Flash... Nu-uh! Tech folk champing at the bit to switch off life support

But others ain't so pleased
51 Comments
27 Jul 12:18
Container ship, photo via Dmitry Chulov Shutterstock

Microsoft previews Azure Container Instances – with per-second billing

Easier containers on MS's cloud – but Linux-only for now
18 Comments
27 Jul 11:51

GitHub wants more new contributors, because that's what GitHub is for

'I started an eternal flamewar over code brackets and all I got was this stupid badge'
Node Summit 2017

Tired: Java. Desired: Node.js. Retired: The suggestion a JavaScript runtime is bonkers

Node SummitEr, according to these JS framework fans
27 Comments
26 Jul 20:36

Confessions of an ebook eater

StobIn which Chronicles of Delphi scribe Verity gives praise to post-book world
75 Comments
26 Jul 12:24
Cortana photo via Shutterstock

Got bot? How to put it to work with Microsoft's Cortana Skills

Hands onThis is not how Redmond got devs hooked on Windows
26 Jul 08:37
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