Build
Microsoft drops a little surprise thank-you gift for sitting through Build: The source for GW-BASIC
Take a trip down memory lane back to when every byte mattered
22 May 17:09 | 51
Software
Software
The longest card game in the world: Microsoft Solitaire is 30
And that means Windows 3.0 is too
22 May 12:10 | 48
Software
Mind your language: Microsoft set to swing the axe on 27 languages in iOS Outlook
Moenie die hoender ruk nie
22 May 08:15 | 66
On Call
Das reboot: That's the only thing to do when the screenshot, er, freezes
German efficiency was no match for user stupidity
22 May 07:26 | 141
Software
India makes contact-tracing app mandatory for passengers as domestic flights resume
By the time you get the status check the app needs, and get through the new check-in process, you'll wish you stayed home
22 May 06:28 | 10
Software
The Register calls for aid, and Microsoft's Rohan Kumar will answer... our questions about SQL Edge and Azure Synapse
BuildSlimming down SQL and living on the Edge
21 May 20:01 | 3
Software
SAP shareholders not happy about chopping and changing CEO model
We 'cannot afford a construction site in top management while in crisis mode' moans savings bank rep
21 May 19:14 | 1
Software
Linux desktop org GNOME Foundation settles lawsuit with patent troll
UpdatedShotwell case ends with Rothschild Patent Imaging backing off for good
21 May 17:30 | 48
Software
Document? Library? A new kind of component? Microsoft had a hard time explaining what its Fluid Framework is
BuildReal-time collaboration in Office 365 but .NET developers sidelined in favour of JavaScript
21 May 11:35 | 21
Software
Windows Terminal hits the big 1.0: Fit for production?
BuildMeanwhile, PowerToys gets the Run
20 May 17:27 | 37
Software
Microsoft announces official Windows package manager. 'Not a package manager' users snap back
BuildLinux envy? And why not use existing ones like Chocolatey?
20 May 15:38 | 66
Software
DirectX comes to Linux (via WSL2): Microsoft unveils tricks needed to flash a GPU at a penguin
BuildDriver code open-sourced
20 May 13:53 | 19
Software
Google rolls out pro-privacy DNS-over-HTTPS support in Chrome 83... with a handy kill switch for corporate IT
Plus: Web giant hears developers' extension concerns, ignores them
20 May 06:55 | 51
Software
PowerShell inventor Jeffrey Snover gets new gig driving ‘modern workforce transformation’
Which appears to involve buying lots of AI-infused Microsoft SaaS
20 May 06:26 | 6
Software
New Zealand releases Bluetooth-free COVID-19 tracing app
'Digital diary' with QR-code check-ins for now, wireless-capable upgrade in the works
20 May 02:45 | 42
Software
Microsoft aims to spread JAMstack through Azure App Service via GitHub and Visual Studio Code
BuildDevelopers, get ready to hook into Windows giant's cloud
19 May 23:02 | 1
Software
Project Reunion: Microsoft's attempt to tear down all those barriers it's built for Windows developers over the years
BuildPlus: Bye-bye Xamarin Forms, hello Multi-Platform App UI, for when Universal is not universal enough
19 May 20:58 | 21
Software
DB or not DB: Open-sourcer Percona pushes out plethora of SQL and NoSQL tweaks in bid to win over suits
Hopes to lure business types to shiny platform
19 May 19:10 |
Software
Microsoft promises big things for Edge... and they'll be ready for folks some time before universe's heat death
BuildFun goodies for developers... for everyone else, well, we hope you like Pinterest
19 May 16:30 | 10
Software
Could it be? Really? The Year of Linux on the Desktop is almost here, and it's... Windows-shaped?
BuildWindows Subsystem for Linux to gain out-of-the-box support for GUI apps, GPU chippery
19 May 15:00 | 113
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Bootnotes
Huge if true... Trump explodes as he learns open source could erode China tech ban
The Register presents White House transcript obtained by Stealth Anti-Tracing Intelligence Remote Exfiltration
Security
You know this Land of the Free thing, yeah? Well then, why allow the FBI to trawl through America's browsing history without a warrant?
50-plus advocacy groups call on US House of Reps to slap limits on surveillance law
Security
To test its security mid-pandemic, GitLab tried phishing its own work-from-home staff. 1 in 5 fell for it
Welp, at least that's better than industry averages, says code-hosting biz
Security
Dutch spies helped Britain's GCHQ break Argentine crypto during Falklands War
Five Eyes-style Euro intel alliance Maximator tipped UK off about Crypto AG machines
Cloud
IBM cuts deep into workforce – even its Watson and AI teams – as it 'pivots' to cloud
Services groups bear the brunt as thousands of workers given, in US at least, 30 days' notice, 90 days' pay
Security
Tech's Volkswagen moment? Trend Micro accused of cheating Microsoft driver QA by detecting test suite
AV maker denies allegation, says researcher is 'looking for attention'
Software
Google rolls out pro-privacy DNS-over-HTTPS support in Chrome 83... with a handy kill switch for corporate IT
Plus: Web giant hears developers' extension concerns, ignores them
Software
SAP proves, yet again, that Excel is utterly unkillable
It built a perfectly good analytics cloud yet has added a Microsoft spreadsheet plugin because that’s what punters want
Personal Tech
Equifax finally coughs up the money for its 2017 monster hack… to the banks for having to cancel your cards
What did happen to the $125 everyone was promised?
Security
Easyjet hacked: 9 million people's data accessed plus 2,200 folks' credit card details grabbed
UpdatedAll together now: The hackers were 'highly sophisticated'
STORIES
Software
TLS termination, Teams toys – and holy 5G, Batman, Microsoft buys UK network software biz Metaswitch
RoundupAlso: 'Twas the night before Buildmas
19 May 13:45 | 7
Software
Windows invokes Sgrîn Las Marwolaeth upon Newport
Bork!Bork!Bork!Apparently Welsh was not invented by Tolkien
19 May 08:15 | 21
Software
SAP proves, yet again, that Excel is utterly unkillable
It built a perfectly good analytics cloud yet has added a Microsoft spreadsheet plugin because that’s what punters want
19 May 07:52 | 76
Software
Podcast Addict banned from Google Play Store because heaven forbid app somehow references COVID-19
Meanwhile, Pushbullet pushes back after Chrome extension pulled
18 May 16:01 | 59
Software
India’s contact-tracing app unleashes KaiOS on feature phones
55 million users of $10 Bluetooth-enabled phones come into embrace of closed-source app
17 May 22:58 | 6
Software
Rust marks five years since its 1.0 release: The long and winding road actually works
Programming language ready to leave the wilderness for mass adulation
15 May 19:45 | 75
Software
Everything OK with Microsoft? Windows giant admits it was 'on the wrong side of history' with regard to open source
Tell-all with president Brad Smith reveals Obama warned tech giants that a privacy reckoning was coming
15 May 15:30 | 43
Software
Micros~1? ClippyZilla? BSOD Bob? There can be only one winner. Or maybe two
We asked for a new Microsoft nickname – and you answered. Goodness, you answered
15 May 11:20 | 71
Software
UK, Ireland users call on SAP to extend indirect licensing deadline again as COVID-19 ravages project plans
'People are going to lose a lot of time this year'
15 May 10:32 | 6
Software
ALGOL 60 at 60: The greatest computer language you've never used and grandaddy of the programming family tree
Back to the time when tape was king
15 May 09:47 | 164
Software
NHS contact tracing app isn't really anonymous, is riddled with bugs, and is open to abuse. Good thing we're not in the middle of a pandemic, eh?
AnalysisPlus: There are some worrying data protection implications
14 May 18:47 | 187
Software
You overstepped and infringed British sovereignty, Court of Appeal tells US in software companies' copyright battle
Angry judgments fly as SAS and World Programming spat rolls on
14 May 18:02 | 57
Software
Node.js creator delivers Deno 1.0, a new runtime that fixes 'design mistakes in Node'
Please help us rewrite the TypeScript compiler in Rust
14 May 16:17 | 36
Software
Let's slip into something a bit more relational: SQL database crowd strikes back with brace of cloudy releases
And you thought this was purely a NoSQL release this week?
14 May 14:45 | 1
Software
Flashy new toys for the next Windows 10? Sorry, fun-seeking Fast Ringers must make do with DoH for now
There ain't no party like a privacy party
14 May 12:30 | 4
Software
The end really is nigh – for 32-bit Windows 10 on new PCs
It’s 64-bit or nothing for PC-makers from now on. And face it, this isn't the year of Linux on the desktop
14 May 06:30 | 96
Software
Oracle to take IT out of the equation for HR, ship prebuilt metrics, KPIs to analyse carbon-based lifeforms
You have been weighed, measured, you have been found wanting
13 May 21:06 | 10
Software
Latest Microsoft 365 'wave of innovation' really just involves adding or renaming a bunch of update channels
What was Monthly is to be Current as Insider is banished in favour of Beta
13 May 19:00 | 11
Software
Third time lucky for Windows 10 2004? Microsoft yet again fiddles with code and adds a go-live SDK licence
Ooh... Aah... Just a little fix
13 May 17:30 | 8
