Software

Windows Admin Center: Vulture gets claws on browser-based server admin

Hands On... but finds some glitches
57 Comments
16 Apr 09:49

Linus Torvalds schedules Linux Kernel 5.0, then maybe delays 'meaningless' release

Definitely hails amazing shrinking kernel in 4.17 rc1
51 Comments
16 Apr 07:25

Go away, kid, you bother me: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla kick W3C nerds to the curb

Web standards body dressed down in spec spat
49 Comments
13 Apr 20:09

Former DXC UK chief Wilson lands at Micro Focus

From one burning deck to another
12 Apr 13:38

British government to ink deal for yet another immigration database

ExclusiveOnly £347m wasted in last overhaul
53 Comments
12 Apr 09:56

Google's not-Linux OS documentation cracks box open at last

'The Book', a first-draft programmer's Fuchsia how-to
75 Comments
12 Apr 06:33

It's April 2018, and we've had to sit on this Windows 10 Spring Creators Update headline for days

Bug gives Microsoft cold feet
80 Comments
12 Apr 05:28

Aw, all grown up: Mozilla moves WebAssembly into sparsely furnished Studio apartment

Invites devs for tour amid ongoing construction
19 Comments
11 Apr 21:10

Skype for Business has nasty habit of closing down… for business

It's not just you, VoIP app is prone to failures
43 Comments
11 Apr 19:33

Cisco shrinks Tetration for ESX and SaaS

See? We really are a software company now!
11 Apr 07:39

Get the FTP outta here, says Firefox

Apparently someone still uses src to suck content into web pages from FTP servers
35 Comments
11 Apr 02:58

JPEG XS pre-standard implementations emerging

Image boffins readying streaming codec for VR, cars, drones
11 Apr 01:58
Man confused by laptop

Are you SAP-py now?! ERP giant overhauls pricing model following indirect access drama

Audit and sales departments to be split up too
10 Apr 14:29
Windows File Manager

Modern life is rubbish – so why not take a trip down memory lane with Windows File Manager?

Open-source party like it's 1990... Nein?
118 Comments
09 Apr 09:46
angry phone user

Accenture, Capgemini, Deloitte creating app to register 3m EU nationals living in Brexit Britain

Great, now we just need to agree the policy
111 Comments
09 Apr 09:09

Opinion

Man on old phone, image via Shutterstock

Zucker for history: What I learnt about Facebook 600 years ago

Something for the Weekend, Sir?Zuckerberg, Gutenberg, let's call the whole thing off
Bearded man with crazed expression wearing multiple pairs of glasses

Ever wondered why tech products fail so frequently? No, me neither

Something for the Weekend, Sir?Celestial choirs are coming to your screen soon
167 Comments
26 Jan 09:57

Facebook Messenger ... for who now? Zuck points his digital crack at ever younger kids

CommentZuck Off, says UK Health Minister
58 Comments
06 Dec 15:09

What’s the real point of being a dev? It's saving management from themselves

CommentInsubordination in the face of impossible fads
53 Comments
20 Oct 11:29

News

Twitter API overhaul threatens to seriously shaft apps... again

UpdatedDevs get nervous as streams interface sunset approaches with no replacement ready
19 Comments
06 Apr 20:14

Facebook dynamites its own APIs amid data slurp scandals, wrecks data slurp applications

And quietly cancels plan to gobble hospital patient info
30 Comments
06 Apr 00:27

iOS 11.3 update throws Jamf-managed iStuffs into a loop.. into a loop.. into a loop... into a...

In Cupertino, MDM stands for 'Managed Device Misery'
33 Comments
04 Apr 19:03

Spring is all about new beginnings, but it could already be lights out for Windows' Fluent Design

It's hard to see where Microsoft will take the standard if third parties won't go near it
117 Comments
04 Apr 08:36

Tor ‘sunsets’ secure Messenger that never exited beta

Cross-platform chat client crueled by death of code underpinnings
03 Apr 05:05

Linux 4.16 arrives, keeps melting Meltdown, preps to axe eight CPUs

Kernel team mulls ditching chip architectures nobody used
46 Comments
03 Apr 04:01

Microsoft's Windows supremo Terry Myerson is now Terry BYE-rson

Top Redmond exec defenestrates self amid biz reshuffle
15 Comments
29 Mar 18:38

BlackBerry calls out between two worlds: Microsoft, Dynamics sandboxes walk with me

When container realms collide
29 Mar 13:46

Happy as Larry: Why Oracle won the Google Java Android case

CommentGet a licence or build something new. It's really that simple
111 Comments
29 Mar 10:43

Microsoft Store adds ‘private audience’ apps to its Store

A velvet rope for digital tat, to help with betas, promos and maybe Windows 10 S
17 Comments
29 Mar 07:32

Six months on, and let's check in on those 'stuttering' Windows 10 PCs. Yep, still stuttering

Gamers say performance woes haven't been addressed as Spring Creators Update looms
44 Comments
29 Mar 05:01

Java-aaaargh! Google faces $9bn copyright bill after Oracle scores 'fair use' court appeal win

You thought this was over? You thought wrong, laughs Larry
127 Comments
27 Mar 20:01
Penguins in mist, photo via Shutterstock

Microsoft loves Linux so much it wants someone else to build distros for its Windows Store

WSL blueprint open-sourced to tempt distro makers
64 Comments
27 Mar 18:45
ViperCard

Mac fans' eyes mist over: Someone's re-created HyperCard

VideoViperCard takes a bite out of old-style programming
24 Comments
27 Mar 06:27
Lewis Hamilton, left, and Kimi Raikkonen

Software gremlin robs Formula 1 world champ of season's first win

Talk about being in the pits: Hamilton, Mercedes gutted after weekend timing glitch
99 Comments
26 Mar 21:26
Linus Torvalds with toy penguins

Linus Torvalds says new Linux lands next week and he’s sticking to that … for now

Bloated rc7 may or not be a sign of delays
11 Comments
26 Mar 08:01

More ad-versarial tech: Mozilla to pop limited ad blocker into Firefox

Deteriorating web prompts browser maker to take a stand
63 Comments
24 Mar 01:21
Frozen disc, image via Shutterstock

UK Court of Appeal settles reseller's question: Is software a good?

The answer may dismay and confuse you
66 Comments
23 Mar 11:47
Man on old phone, image via Shutterstock

Zucker for history: What I learnt about Facebook 600 years ago

Something for the Weekend, Sir?Zuckerberg, Gutenberg, let's call the whole thing off
Woman leaping from winter to spring

Five things you need to know about Microsoft's looming Windows 10 Spring Creators Update

PollYeah, it's an El Reg listicle. What of it?
221 Comments
22 Mar 08:07
People whispering

SAP: Psst. Use our predictive analytics in your apps – you won't even know we're there

No-name brand software to help push Leonardo toolkit
21 Mar 19:32
Group of People Waving Filipino Flags in Back Lit

Programming languages can be hard to grasp for non-English speakers. Step forward, Bato: A Ruby port for Filipinos

Project hopes to bring dev skills to developing nation
104 Comments
21 Mar 16:02
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