Software

The eternal battle for OpenStack's soul will conclude in three years. Again

CommentBeyond cars, toasters and American Gods
22 May 08:08

Hi! I’m Foxy! It looks like you want to run Flash. Do you need help?

Firefox 55 to get all up in your face if a web page needs Adobe's hell-spawn
45 Comments
22 May 02:58

Dell kills botched BIOS update that murdered punters' PCs

'Call our tech support... have you tried turning it on and off again?'
21 Comments
19 May 15:17

Bye bye MP3: You sucked the life out of music. But vinyl is just as warped

Something for the Weekend, Sir?You scratch mine, I'll scratch yours
277 Comments
19 May 09:29

Kill Google AMP before it KILLS the web

Open source insiderTrust, independence, credibility – we've heard of those
107 Comments
19 May 08:25

Mi casa es su casa: Ubuntu bug makes 'guests' anything but

Overly accommodating Linux distro can't enforce access policy
25 Comments
19 May 05:01

What is dead may never die: a new version of OS/2 just arrived

Game of Clones: ArcaOS 5.0 promises to pick up where OS/2 4.51 and eComStation left off
116 Comments
19 May 02:00

Windows 10: Triumphs and tragedies from Microsoft Build

Redmond's OS needs to be cool for consumers, but its best chances are with business
86 Comments
18 May 16:02

The real battle of Android's future – who controls the updates

AnalysisGoogle shows its hand
65 Comments
18 May 12:12

Sorry Google, it's boring old workloads that are pumping up AWS and Azure, not sexy AI

CommentSpend big or go home
11 Comments
18 May 09:11

You think your day was bad? OS X malware hackers just swiped a Mac dev's app source

Appropriately named Panic has its repository raided after founder gets infected
38 Comments
18 May 00:07

Sick of Java and C++? Google pours a cup o' Kotlin for Android devs

Compatible with 'droid libraries, statically typed language is leaner and safer
26 Comments
17 May 23:17
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SAP puts its heads in multiple clouds

Google, Azure and AWS all on board, the latter in a VMware-like managed service
17 May 07:34
chart of Fusion debugging tool

Behold, auto-completing Android bug reports – because you're not very thorough

People can't be bothered to recount crashes, so machines are here to help
11 Comments
15 May 06:04
Linus Torvalds with toy penguins

Linus Torvalds stops personally signing Linux kernel RC tarballs

But Linux 4.12 rc1 made it out before Mother's Day anyway, thanks to new kernel.org plan
14 May 22:12

Opinion

The Seventh Seal

The eternal battle for OpenStack's soul will conclude in three years. Again

CommentBeyond cars, toasters and American Gods
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Bye bye MP3: You sucked the life out of music. But vinyl is just as warped

Something for the Weekend, Sir?You scratch mine, I'll scratch yours
277 Comments
19 May 09:29
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Kill Google AMP before it KILLS the web

Open source insiderTrust, independence, credibility – we've heard of those
107 Comments
19 May 08:25
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Sorry Google, it's boring old workloads that are pumping up AWS and Azure, not sexy AI

CommentSpend big or go home
11 Comments
18 May 09:11

News

For now, GNU GPL is an enforceable contract, says US federal judge

The software hippies' minds are going to be blown over this one
102 Comments
13 May 09:57

'Judge Java' to sueball-slinging smut studio: Test your pirate-hunting tools or walk the plank

Alsup wants torrent-chasing biz to work that IP detector hard
12 Comments
12 May 17:00

Oracle crushed in defeat as Java world votes 'No' to modular overhaul

Dire warnings ignored, plea for unity heard
36 Comments
12 May 15:29

TensorFlow: I want to like you, but you're tricksy

Hands-onWrestling with Google's machine learning framework
18 Comments
12 May 09:02

A bleary-eyed Microsoft wakes up after its cloud, IoT party, clears throat: 'Oh yeah, so Windows...'

BuildA roundup of things you might actually use
19 Comments
11 May 21:22

Microsoft touts next Windows 10 Creators Update: It's set for a Fall

BuildCross-device clipboard, OneDrive placeholder files, mixed reality headsets...
62 Comments
11 May 16:03

Microsoft backtracks: 'We are going to support .NET Framework with ASP.NET Core 2.0'

Build'You do not abandon your users' .NET Foundation chief tells El Reg
14 Comments
11 May 14:31

Mozilla to Thunderbird: You can stay here and we may give you cash, but as a couple, it's over

Beleaguered email client team gets its 'Dear John' letter
135 Comments
11 May 07:30

OpenWRT and LEDE agree on Linux-for-routers peace plan

There can be only one and it looks like the vote is bad news for the LEDE brand
18 Comments
10 May 03:56

Microsoft's .NET-mare for developers: ASP.NET Core 2.0 won't work on Windows-only .NET

BuildProgrammers left with not-quite-as-good .NET Core
41 Comments
09 May 18:01

HPE dumps Grandpa Software in Micro Focus care home, hightails it

Shares slip 5.2 per cent
09 May 13:04

Take a sneak peek at Google's Android replacement, Fuchsia

Early days yet but check out that silky-smooth UI
48 Comments
09 May 10:26

London app dev wants to 'reinvent the bus'

Why? Because, errr, data. And, ummm, apps
67 Comments
09 May 08:16
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European Investment Bank tosses €25m to MariaDB

Finland, Finland, Finland, the place to build open DBs!
12 Comments
09 May 06:37
Java image by Gil C via Shutterstock

Oracle fires Java warning at IBM and Red Hat

Consensus not in the DNA, giant claims
23 Comments
08 May 11:25

Debianistas get Jessie mass package update

Not a new version, but a bunch of bug-fixes
08 May 01:04
March of the penguins photo via Shutterstock

Linux homes for Ubuntu Unity orphans: Minty Cinnamon, GNOME or Ubuntu, mate?

Fear not – there's life beyond the community lifeline
50 Comments
05 May 09:34
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systemd-free Devuan Linux hits RC2

GNOME, KDE, and Cinnamon are now off the menu
134 Comments
05 May 05:43

Today's bonkers bug report: Microsoft Edge can't print numbers

Redmond's hot new browser counts '1,2,3,4' as '1,1,4,4'
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Fortran greybeards: Get your walking frames and shuffle over to NASA

Space agency has US$55k in prizes to those who can accelerate old code
72 Comments
04 May 06:28

Windows 10 S forces Bing, Edge on your kids. If you don't like it, get Win10 Pro – Microsoft

We're gonna make 'em an offer they can't refuse
143 Comments
04 May 06:03
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US Navy developers test aircraft carrier drone control software

Turning a flying robot petrol station into a sort of maritime NSA
22 Comments
03 May 14:04
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