Software

Feature snatcher Microsoft tweaks OneDrive

But Placeholders won't be replaced until autumn
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20 Jul 12:01

Why can't you install Windows 10 Creators Update on your old Atom netbook? Because Intel stopped loving you

Meanwhile, Redmond extends security fixes to tired CPUs
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20 Jul 05:02

Speaking in Tech: We NEED to do a [insert buzzword] project!

PodcastWhy IoT failed, the AI takeover, the rise of content providers, and assorted chat
19 Jul 12:42

SQL Server 2017's first rc lands and – yes! – it runs on Linux

Penguinistas knock, Redmond lowers the Drawbridge
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19 Jul 02:58

Android-ocalypse postponed: Jide withdraws Remix OS from consumer frontline

The All Grown-up Android gets sent back to school
26 Comments
18 Jul 10:34

Apache says 'no' to Facebook code libraries

Anti-patent-lawsuit restrictions land tools on banned list
22 Comments
17 Jul 21:58

Three Microsoft Outlook patches unpatched, users left to DIY

It's 2017 and attachments with "..." in their names caused crashes
27 Comments
17 Jul 06:30

Linus Torvalds may have damned systemd with faint praise

He's definitely set Linux 4.13 ball rolling, with Intel Canonlake support and scaled-up Xen VMs
190 Comments
17 Jul 04:05

Open-source world resurrects Oracle-free Solaris project OmniOS

People power!
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13 Jul 21:04

Don't panic, but your Bitcoins may just vanish into the ether next month

Well, actually, do panic. A pending code change could bring a period of instability
75 Comments
13 Jul 20:31

Set your alarms for 2.40am UTC – so you can watch Unix time hit 1,500,000,000

It's gonna be spectacular!
106 Comments
13 Jul 19:13

Will the last person at Basho please turn out the lights?

NoSQL database flinger fades as former engineers work to save Riak
20 Comments
13 Jul 11:15
Windows 10 Tablet Mode has a full-screen All Apps Start menu

Speaking in Tech: What is a Windows 10 licence worth these days?

PodcastAnd: Anyone fancy a Phillips CM8833 mkii?
29 Comments
12 Jul 16:33
JavaScript/Node code for Google Assistant

JavaScript spec gets strung out on padding

ECMAScript 2017 addresses left-pad gate, alongside various improvements
26 Comments
12 Jul 07:01
Ice, image via Shutterstock

Ubuntu Linux now on Windows Store (for Insiders)

What fell sorcery is this?
126 Comments
11 Jul 14:25

Opinion

Ten new tech terms I learnt this summer: Do you know them all?

Something for the Weekend, Sir?Let's assume you've already heard of 'clickbait headline'

You can't DevOps everything, kids. Off the shelf kit especially

CommentWaterfalling for the, er, 'boring' stuff
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21 Jul 08:34

'OK, everyone. Stop typing, this software is DONE,' said no one ever

Open Source InsiderSome times it really is, though
144 Comments
20 Jun 09:00

At the feet of the Great Monad, or, How the functional programming craze plays out

StobDost thou know the Seven Immutable Laws of FP?
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31 May 12:01

News

Mappy days! Ordnance Survey offers up free map of UK greenery

All part of master plan to convince people to go outside
34 Comments
11 Jul 13:58

Microsoft drops Office 365 for biz. Now it's just Microsoft 365. Word

All Redmond's major business offerings have become The One
109 Comments
10 Jul 15:28

Multics resurrected: Proto-Unix now runs on Raspberry Pi or x86

Seminal time-sharing OS needs emulator for ancient Honeywell DPS8M CPU
73 Comments
10 Jul 06:30

Roland McGrath steps down as glibc maintainer after 30 years

Open source is only for two-thirds of a life, says veteran
30 Comments
10 Jul 02:58

Banking app startups go TITSUP as payment slurper keels over. Again

Total Inability To Support Users' Purchases – and the second time in four months
11 Comments
06 Jul 20:29

TfL, WTH is my bus? London looks up from its mobile

UpdatedNo word on what caused the feed to go silent
53 Comments
06 Jul 07:59

Windows Insiders with SD cards turn into OneDrive outsiders

Microsoft's decided only NTFS devices are allowed
94 Comments
06 Jul 03:05

Microsoft boasted it had rebuilt Skype 'from the ground up'. Instead, it should have buried it

Users slam attempt to infuse app with social media magic
235 Comments
05 Jul 20:40

Cloud sales shift as enormo Microsoft reorg continues – sources

Enterprise, corporate sales become one
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03 Jul 14:58

Linux 4.12 kernel lands: 'Go forth and use it' quoth Linus Torvalds

'No reason to delay'
61 Comments
03 Jul 05:05

Four Brits cuffed in multimillion-quid Windows tech support call scam probe

Malicious chats mostly came from India, say police
61 Comments
28 Jun 17:59

Rackspace shoves Splunk in its data trunk

Managed cloud biz’s next move? Machine learning, obviously
28 Jun 15:26
Windows XP Professional. Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corporation

Met Police laggards still have 18,000 Windows XP machines in use

Never fear – they're moving to, er, Windows 8.1 instead
58 Comments
28 Jun 10:09
Cumberbatch Sherlock Holmes

Looking for an Ubuntu Unity close cousin? Elementary, my dear...

Matching DNA and personality types
48 Comments
28 Jun 09:00
Toy tanks photo via Shutterstock

Tanks for the memories: Building a post-Microsoft Office cloud suite

AnalysisRedmond owned it, Google invaded. Your options
47 Comments
28 Jun 07:03
HMS Queen Elizabeth on her first sortie out of Rosyth, 26 June 2017. Crown copyright

HMS Windows XP: Britain's newest warship running Swiss Cheese OS

UpdatedSpotted on carrier control room screens - reports
137 Comments
27 Jun 13:52
Neural network image via Shutterstock

Sony open-sources NNabla neural network learnings

En-NNabla-blement of answer to Google's TensorFlow?
27 Jun 11:36
Ambulance

Software glitch led to London Ambulance Service outage – report

Update 18 months earlier meant recycle bin drained system resources, leading to crash
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27 Jun 10:00
Linus Torvalds flips the bird

Linus Torvalds slams 'pure garbage' from 'clowns' at grsecurity

'I stopped trying to be polite about their BS', says Torvalds who plans Linux 4.12 next week
Tommy Lee Jones delivers implied facepalm. From No Country for Old Men Copyright Miramax Pictures. 2007.

Microsoft recommends you ignore Microsoft-recommended update

Left hand quits trying to meet right hand, waves at customers saying 'don't break Skype'
54 Comments
26 Jun 01:11

Tech giants flash Russia their code blueprints in exchange for access

What could possibly go wrong?
27 Comments
24 Jun 00:57
red_hat_648

Red Hat dons hyperconverged headware

When is a server a hyper-server? When it bundles V12N, RHEL, Gluster and Ansible
23 Jun 06:58
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