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Microsoft plays 'Spot the Azure VM that can disappear any time'

Oh noes! Half the NHS runs on Windows 7! Thankfully, here's Citrix with a virty vaccine

Co-op Bank online and mobile banking goes TITSUP*

Managing the Linux kernel at AWS: 'A large team of security experts' dealing with fallout from Spectre, Meltdown flaws

It may be out of sync with the US govt, but Huawei is rolling out its Harmony OS to more devices in 2020

The Windows Phone keeps ringing but no one's home: Microsoft finally lets platform die

Join us on our new journey, says Wunderlist – as it vanishes down the Microsoft plughole

Kiwi tax probe squeezed $25m out of Microsoft – now it's Oracle's turn

Alleged Nigerian social engineer wins free flight to the US for business email fraud and love scams

It's the end of the 20-teens, and your Windows PC can still be pwned by nothing more than a simple bad font

Americans should have strong privacy-protecting encryption ...that the Feds and cops can break, say senators

Intel might want to reconsider the G part of SGX – because it's been plunderstruck

Continuous Lifecycle London blind bird offer takes off soon: Book your place today at our DevOps conference

Hey kids! Forget about Disney – who fancies a trip to DevOps World?

CloudBees SaaSifies Jenkins X running on Google Cloud Platform

Watch next month: Don’t get bogged down by multi-cloud complexity. Help is at hand

When is an electrical engineer not an engineer? When Arizona's state regulators decide to play word games

It’s been two years since net neutrality was killed in the US. Let’s celebrate by having another fight over it

Worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free: Amazon's Alexa NHS contract released

Two can play that game: China orders ban on US computers and software

In tribute to Galaxy Note 7, BBC iPlayer support for loadsa Samsung TVs goes up in flames

Final update doled out to those who let Google sit on their face: Glass Explorer Edition cut off from the mothership

Xerox woos HP stock owners with talk of layoffs, selloffs and cash payouts post merger

Apple tipped to go full wireless by 2021, and you're all still grumbling about a headphone jack

Geek's Guide

ESA trumpets 'world's first space debris removal' with 4-armed junk botherer

We've heard of spam filters but this is ridiculous: Pig-monkey chimeras developed in a Chinese laboratory

Brewing in spaaaaace: SpaceX sends a malting kit to the International Space Station

Forget sharks with lasers, NASA kits out an elephant seal with a sensor-studded skullcap

RISC-V Xmas gifts: SiFive emits vector-enabled cores, Western Digital teases new SweRVs, VxWorks hugs ISA, Samsung rolls it into 5G...

I'll take your frame to another dimension, pay close attention: This AI auto-generates 3D objects from 2D snaps

Tesla has a smashing weekend: Model 3 on Autopilot whacks cop cars, Elon's Cybertruck demolishes part of LA

Homeland Security backs off on scanning US citizens, Amazon ups AI ante, and more

Verity Stob

And then there were two: HMS Prince of Wales joins Royal Navy

Internet jerk with million-plus fans starts 14-year stretch for bizarre dot-com armed robbery

Behuld – zee-a internet ouff tuilet tissuoe at Meecrusufft Sveden. Bork bork bork!

Brian Eno's latest composition: A giant Christmas card with Julian Assange on it

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It may be out of sync with the US govt, but Huawei is rolling out its Harmony OS to more devices in 2020

Not for the mobe market, more an IoT future for microkernel-based system

10 Dec 19:58 | 1

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The Windows Phone keeps ringing but no one's home: Microsoft finally lets platform die

I'm not crying, there's just a little bit of dust in my eye

10 Dec 13:30 | 39

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Join us on our new journey, says Wunderlist – as it vanishes down the Microsoft plughole

10 Dec 07:51 | 43

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Kiwi tax probe squeezed $25m out of Microsoft – now it's Oracle's turn

New Zealand's Inland Revenue Department has questions about transfer pricing

09 Dec 14:30 | 18

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Things Microsoft will be glad to never see again: Windows 10 1809 and Windows Phone Office

RoundupNew builds, Project Scarlett and much more

09 Dec 11:18 | 24

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Gee, S/4HANA. Just what I always wanted: Customers are wary of what's in SAP's sack

So the decades we invested in the last platform mean nothing?

09 Dec 10:00 | 27

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WebAssembly gets nod from W3C and, most likely, an embrace from cryptojackers online

Standardization of wasm for the web offers a new take on the same old problems

06 Dec 21:31 | 73

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If you want an example of how user concerns do not drive software development, check out this Google-backed API

CommentApp detection interface sparks privacy worries

06 Dec 01:42 | 48

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Windows 10 Insiders: Begone, foul Store version of Notepad!

You say 20H1, they say 2004, let's call the whole thing off

05 Dec 12:59 | 76

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Microsoft emits long-term support .NET Core 3.1, Visual Studio 16.4

Ready to go, but beware 'unfortunate breaking change' in Windows Forms

05 Dec 11:06 | 27

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Customers in 'standoff' with SAP over 2025 end of support for Business Suite: Who'll blink first?

Users doubtful 5 years enough to get everyone moved in time

04 Dec 12:22 | 26

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Newly born Firefox 71 emerges from its den – with its own VPN and some privacy tricks

Mozilla continues exploring privacy as a source of revenue

04 Dec 06:01 | 108

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Mayday in Moscow as devs will be Russian to Putin mandatory apps on phones, laptops, TVs

Don't be Stalin, you only have until July, thanks to new law

03 Dec 22:04 | 55

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It's Hipp to be square: What happened when SQLite creator met GitHub

The 'Hub is not really about Git any more, says Fossil architect

03 Dec 12:13 | 41

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I'll give you my Windows 7 installation when you pry it from my cold, dead hands (and other tales)

RoundupPlus: New Surface SDKs, Outlook as web app, Azure updates and more

02 Dec 10:58 | 69

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Vote rigging, election fixing, ballot stuffing: Just another day in the life of a Register reader

Who, Me?Nudity, inebriation and a desire to see a band live on stage. The Christmas countdown has begun!

02 Dec 08:02 | 106

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After four years, Rust-based Redox OS is nearly self-hosting

A better operating system thanks to Rust's combination of safety and performance?

29 Nov 17:13 | 118

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That's Microsoft price: Now you can enjoy a BSOD from the comfort of your driving seat

Windows struck down at Asda Click & Collect 'Drive Thru'

29 Nov 11:24 | 58

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We've found it... the last shred of human decency in an IT director – all for a poxy Unix engineer

On CallYeah, we're gonna need you to bring us his head

29 Nov 08:15 | 123

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Open-source Windows Terminal does the splits: There ain't no party like a multi-pane party

Latest preview will also 'crash less'! Hooray!

27 Nov 13:09 | 29

Microsoft plays 'Spot the Azure VM that can disappear any time'

Oh noes! Half the NHS runs on Windows 7! Thankfully, here's Citrix with a virty vaccine

Co-op Bank online and mobile banking goes TITSUP*

Managing the Linux kernel at AWS: 'A large team of security experts' dealing with fallout from Spectre, Meltdown flaws

It may be out of sync with the US govt, but Huawei is rolling out its Harmony OS to more devices in 2020

The Windows Phone keeps ringing but no one's home: Microsoft finally lets platform die

Join us on our new journey, says Wunderlist – as it vanishes down the Microsoft plughole

Kiwi tax probe squeezed $25m out of Microsoft – now it's Oracle's turn

Alleged Nigerian social engineer wins free flight to the US for business email fraud and love scams

It's the end of the 20-teens, and your Windows PC can still be pwned by nothing more than a simple bad font

Americans should have strong privacy-protecting encryption ...that the Feds and cops can break, say senators

Intel might want to reconsider the G part of SGX – because it's been plunderstruck

Continuous Lifecycle London blind bird offer takes off soon: Book your place today at our DevOps conference

Hey kids! Forget about Disney – who fancies a trip to DevOps World?

CloudBees SaaSifies Jenkins X running on Google Cloud Platform

Watch next month: Don’t get bogged down by multi-cloud complexity. Help is at hand

When is an electrical engineer not an engineer? When Arizona's state regulators decide to play word games

It’s been two years since net neutrality was killed in the US. Let’s celebrate by having another fight over it

Worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable and royalty-free: Amazon's Alexa NHS contract released

Two can play that game: China orders ban on US computers and software

In tribute to Galaxy Note 7, BBC iPlayer support for loadsa Samsung TVs goes up in flames

Final update doled out to those who let Google sit on their face: Glass Explorer Edition cut off from the mothership

Xerox woos HP stock owners with talk of layoffs, selloffs and cash payouts post merger

Apple tipped to go full wireless by 2021, and you're all still grumbling about a headphone jack

ESA trumpets 'world's first space debris removal' with 4-armed junk botherer

We've heard of spam filters but this is ridiculous: Pig-monkey chimeras developed in a Chinese laboratory

Brewing in spaaaaace: SpaceX sends a malting kit to the International Space Station

Forget sharks with lasers, NASA kits out an elephant seal with a sensor-studded skullcap

RISC-V Xmas gifts: SiFive emits vector-enabled cores, Western Digital teases new SweRVs, VxWorks hugs ISA, Samsung rolls it into 5G...

I'll take your frame to another dimension, pay close attention: This AI auto-generates 3D objects from 2D snaps

Tesla has a smashing weekend: Model 3 on Autopilot whacks cop cars, Elon's Cybertruck demolishes part of LA

Homeland Security backs off on scanning US citizens, Amazon ups AI ante, and more

And then there were two: HMS Prince of Wales joins Royal Navy

Internet jerk with million-plus fans starts 14-year stretch for bizarre dot-com armed robbery

Behuld – zee-a internet ouff tuilet tissuoe at Meecrusufft Sveden. Bork bork bork!

Brian Eno's latest composition: A giant Christmas card with Julian Assange on it

Software

It may be out of sync with the US govt, but Huawei is rolling out its Harmony OS to more devices in 2020

The Windows Phone keeps ringing but no one's home: Microsoft finally lets platform die

Join us on our new journey, says Wunderlist – as it vanishes down the Microsoft plughole

Kiwi tax probe squeezed $25m out of Microsoft – now it's Oracle's turn

Things Microsoft will be glad to never see again: Windows 10 1809 and Windows Phone Office

Gee, S/4HANA. Just what I always wanted: Customers are wary of what's in SAP's sack

WebAssembly gets nod from W3C and, most likely, an embrace from cryptojackers online

If you want an example of how user concerns do not drive software development, check out this Google-backed API

Windows 10 Insiders: Begone, foul Store version of Notepad!

Microsoft emits long-term support .NET Core 3.1, Visual Studio 16.4

Customers in 'standoff' with SAP over 2025 end of support for Business Suite: Who'll blink first?

Newly born Firefox 71 emerges from its den – with its own VPN and some privacy tricks

Mayday in Moscow as devs will be Russian to Putin mandatory apps on phones, laptops, TVs

It's Hipp to be square: What happened when SQLite creator met GitHub

I'll give you my Windows 7 installation when you pry it from my cold, dead hands (and other tales)

Vote rigging, election fixing, ballot stuffing: Just another day in the life of a Register reader

After four years, Rust-based Redox OS is nearly self-hosting

That's Microsoft price: Now you can enjoy a BSOD from the comfort of your driving seat

We've found it... the last shred of human decency in an IT director – all for a poxy Unix engineer

Open-source Windows Terminal does the splits: There ain't no party like a multi-pane party

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Apple sues iPhone CPU design ace after he quits to run data-center chip upstart Nuvia

We've heard of spam filters but this is ridiculous: Pig-monkey chimeras developed in a Chinese laboratory

Remember the Dutch kid who stuck his finger in a dam to save the village? Here's the IT equivalent

Brewing in spaaaaace: SpaceX sends a malting kit to the International Space Station

Things Microsoft will be glad to never see again: Windows 10 1809 and Windows Phone Office

Two can play that game: China orders ban on US computers and software

Tesla has a smashing weekend: Model 3 on Autopilot whacks cop cars, Elon's Cybertruck demolishes part of LA

Managing the Linux kernel at AWS: 'A large team of security experts' dealing with fallout from Spectre, Meltdown flaws

The Windows Phone keeps ringing but no one's home: Microsoft finally lets platform die

Apple tipped to go full wireless by 2021, and you're all still grumbling about a headphone jack

Microsoft takes us to 2004 with new Windows 10 so you don't mistake it for Server 2003

See you on the other side, Egon: Confluent invites relational devs to dip toe into Kafka's streams with ksqlDB

Microsoft stocking fillers: Powershell 7, maybe even next year's Windows 10. But forget about Surface Earbuds

Microsoft finds Huawei to get Chinese biz back on its sales ledger: US permits Redmond software supply line

That code that could never run? Well, guess what. Now Windows thinks it's Batman

WinUI and WinRT: Official modern Windows API now universal thanks to WebAssembly

IBM, Microsoft and Linux Foundation link arms to fight patent trolls with 'multimillion' scheme

Security giants line up behind push to stop stalkerware being used on smartphones

AWS shoves Java 11 support into Lambda serverless toy box

Email! HUH! Yeah. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing...

Oracle and Google will fight in court over Java AGAIN and this time it's going to the Supremes

White Screen of Death: Admins up in arms after experimental Google emission borks Chrome