Software

Microsoft's TextWorld gives AI a Zork-like challenge

Dungeon generator also excellent at training agents in procrastination
24 Comments
16 Jul 11:29

It walks, it talks, it falls over a bit. Windows 10 is three years old

Microsoft's apology for Windows 8 is maturing nicely
163 Comments
16 Jul 09:10

Apache Cassandra at 10: Making a community believe in NoSQL

A decade of technical promise and open-source fall-outs
10 Comments
16 Jul 08:03

Notes/Domino is alive! Second beta of version 10 is imminent

Analytical email, modern web dev tools and more, for both of you who still care
40 Comments
16 Jul 05:02

Farewell then, Slack: The grown-ups have arrived

CommentRumours of email's death have been greatly exaggerated
68 Comments
13 Jul 14:44

Microsoft: For God's sake, people, cut down on the meetings!

With a nudge and a wink, a spy in the mailbox will tell you stuff you probably already know
44 Comments
13 Jul 10:48

Microsoft bids adieu to inky fingers with whiteboard app

Didn't we have one of those already? Yes, but this empowers ideation!
24 Comments
12 Jul 18:03

Microsoft Teams goes free, as free as the wind blows... up to a point

Redmond broadsides Slack with unlimited message history and more storage
18 Comments
12 Jul 18:01

Softcat scores big in Scotland: Many a mickle makes a muckle

A cool £160m on the table for software and services
12 Jul 12:40

Forking hell. It's summer, and Windows 10 is already thinking about autumn

But Insiders will skip no more. Not for a while at least
44 Comments
12 Jul 09:52

Happy 10th birthday, Evernote: You have survived Google and Microsoft. For your next challenge...

225 million jotters can't be wrong
45 Comments
12 Jul 08:57

Salesforce ‘Einstein’ now smart enough for customer service

Your software pal who makes call centres less stabby
19 Comments
12 Jul 05:58
blender

Put WhatsApp, Slack, admin privileges in a blender and what do you get? Wickr

But are enterprises willing to pay for this suite smoothie?
15 Comments
11 Jul 22:47
Man suffering from stomach ache while lying on sofa

Micro Focus belches as it struggles to digest HPE Software

Integration a year behind schedule – IT system switch and culture clash blamed
11 Jul 18:10
Cat sleeps on laptop

Azure Dev Spaces has hit public preview, so El Reg took it for a spin

Or, if you will, an arthritic stagger around the park
24 Comments
11 Jul 12:06

Opinion

Farewell then, Slack: The grown-ups have arrived

CommentRumours of email's death have been greatly exaggerated
Man looks into his cellphone/mobile - which looks back at him

Is your smart device a bit thick? It's about to get a lot worse

Something for the Weekend, Sir?Don't trust consumers with their own data
102 Comments
25 May 10:01
Penguins argue

Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04: Make yourself at GNOME. Cup of data-slurping dispute, anyone?

CommentAnd sprinkle those angry YouTube vids with a pinch of salt, please
109 Comments
24 May 09:34
Red hate key on a keyboard

Your software hates you and your devices think you're stupid

Something for the Weekend, Sir?If you find our user interfaces unintuitive, that's YOUR problem, chum
138 Comments
11 May 09:05

News

Apple emits iPhone cop-block update – plus iOS, macOS, Safari patches

Grab those updates, including iOS 11.4.1 which may close off USB to prying Feds
18 Comments
09 Jul 22:14

Hardware rumours, goat-spanking search engines and plenty of Azure. It's last week in Redmond

Bing curries favour with England. Not so much Croatia
09 Jul 09:19

GitHub given Windows 9x's awesome and so very modern look

'GitHub Windows Edition' is not a Microsoft atrocity, just wicked fun with skins
96 Comments
09 Jul 06:02

Microsoft slows Dynamics 365 update cadence

Twice-annual tweaks is slower than Salesforce and Oracle, faster than other SaaS rivals
09 Jul 01:18

Oracle tells court: Boss man Mark Hurd didn't have docs relevant to HPE spat over Solaris

If he did, HPE has to prove he deliberately deleted them
06 Jul 15:03

GIMP masks font downloads, adds horizon fix in new build

A summer of straightened smug holiday snaps beckons
23 Comments
05 Jul 18:13

Have I been paid, Sage? Cloudy wage service locks out users

Folk confronted by 'Invalid Properties' error on login
20 Comments
05 Jul 09:48

They grow up so fast: Spam magnet Hotmail turned 22 today

Go on. Log in one more time. Just for posterity
77 Comments
04 Jul 19:16

A fine vintage: Wine has run Microsoft Solitaire on Linux for 25 years

Year of the Linux Desktop imminent for a quarter century
105 Comments
04 Jul 09:40

Not API: Third parties scrape your Gmail for marketing insights

Wait... you didn't read the user agreement?
46 Comments
03 Jul 13:12

New Android P beta is 'very close', 'near-final' but also just 'early'

How excited to be? Cautiously, unless you need to get cracking with testing for P's big changes
44 Comments
03 Jul 07:34

Micro Focus offloads Linux-wrangler SUSE for a cool $2.5bn

Hopes to slow plummet by flinging off, er, profitable bits
61 Comments
02 Jul 11:29
swiss mountainside

While you were basking in the sun, the relentless march of the Windows-maker continued

Lakes of data, buckets of quantum. IntelliMouse?! It's 7 days in Seattle
16 Comments
02 Jul 10:20
Cat in a small box photo via Shutterstock

Pi-lovers? There are two fresh OSes for your tiny computers to gobble

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ support arrives in Alpine 3.8.0 and Raspbian gets an update for newbies
26 Comments
02 Jul 08:06

Uh oh, Domo! Data biz still to IPO as value sinks to new lows

Analytics firm aims to raise $193m on Nasdaq
29 Jun 12:57

Ready, get Sets... no? App-grouping whizzery for Windows 10 killed

Maybe next time
37 Comments
28 Jun 10:43
Microsoft's three containerised Windows Server options

Microsoft releases new containerised cut of Windows Server

When Nano Server or Server Core are too small, 'windows' will be in the Goldilocks zone
28 Jun 01:42
Closeup of man's hands holding credit cards and using mobile phone. Pic vis SHutterstock

MongoDB turns on, tunes in, drops ACID and goes mobile

Document database biz cosies up to new and old-skool devs
16 Comments
27 Jun 15:30
Old man's hands typing on laptop

Relive your misspent, 8-bit youth on the BBC's reopened Micro archive

A simpler time at your fingertips
Quick fix - worker running while carrying a wrench

Microsoft has another crack at fixing Chrome problems in Windows 10

SMB1 networking and Media Center content playback revived
24 Comments
27 Jun 11:58
Password

Firefox hooks up with HaveIBeenPwned for account pwnage probe

For now, let's ponder browser version 61 adding code that lets extensions close tabs
30 Comments
27 Jun 07:28
Happy penguin, image via Shutterstock

A slick phone Linux for your pocket PDA? Ooh, don't mind if I do, sir

Gemini reels in Sailfish
19 Comments
26 Jun 14:00
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