Toshiba formally and finally exits laptop business
Last Dynabook shares shuffled off to new owner Sharp
Security
Android user chucks potential $10bn+ sueball at Google over 'spying', 'harvesting data'... this time to build supposed rival to TikTok called 'Shorts'
These are the class-action-suit-joining 'droids lawyers are looking for. (We'll get our coats)
Software
British Army does not Excel at spreadsheets: Soldiers' newly announced promotions are revoked after sorting snafu
Those who won lost; those who lost won
Software
Angular framework support brings Microsoft's Visual Studio into line with its way cooler little brother, VS Code
Keep up, old-timer
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Personal Tech
Just like when you 'game over' two seconds into a new level... Facebook launches Gaming app without games on iOS
Zuck, Google, Microsoft platforms barred from Apple's iOS software souk
07 Aug 19:54 |
Software
Have I Been Pwned to go open source – 10bn credentials, not so much, says creator Hunt
Heavy burden for one valiant man to carry, and it needs sharing
07 Aug 18:39 | 3
Policy
Ancestry.com: Let arbitrator decide on auto-enrolling membership lawsuit
This is not a matter for the San Diego court, says digital family history service
07 Aug 17:38 | 5
Personal Tech
Apple faces further iPhone 12 supply chain woes, per famed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo
Taiwanese optics suppliers in the frame, reportedly
07 Aug 16:30 |
Software
British Army does not Excel at spreadsheets: Soldiers' newly announced promotions are revoked after sorting snafu
Those who won lost; those who lost won
07 Aug 14:30 | 17
Science
The sun is shining, the birds are singing. You can shut the curtains and tour The National Museum of Computing in VR
We don't have to go... outside... to have a good time, oh no
07 Aug 13:42 | 5
Security
Android user chucks potential $10bn+ sueball at Google over 'spying', 'harvesting data'... this time to build supposed rival to TikTok called 'Shorts'
These are the class-action-suit-joining 'droids lawyers are looking for. (We'll get our coats)
07 Aug 12:23 | 23
Bootnotes
Search for 'things of value' in a bank: Iowa cops allege this bloke broke into one and decided on ... hand sanitiser
Plus: CDC still telling folks not to drink it
07 Aug 11:30 | 19
DevOps
Machine log roller Sumo Logic expands to swallow AWS data-watching, DevOps performance
I always feel like ... somebody's watching me (and they're doing it continuously)
07 Aug 10:55 |
Software
Angular framework support brings Microsoft's Visual Studio into line with its way cooler little brother, VS Code
Keep up, old-timer
07 Aug 10:10 | 3
Personal Tech
That's how we roll: OWC savagely undercuts Apple's $699 Mac Pro wheels with bargain $199 alternative
Doesn't matter if design was perfected at dawn of humankind, you still have to pay Cupertino tax
07 Aug 09:24 | 53
Reg Standards Bureau
First alligators, then dogs, now Basil Fawlty is trying to standardise social distancing measures
You know this, guys: 7.14 linguine. Get with the programme!
07 Aug 08:47 | 29
DEF CON
So you've decided you want to write a Windows rootkit. Good thing this chap's just demystified it in a talk
Demirkapi shows how drivers can be misused for deep pwnage
07 Aug 08:15 | 2
Virtualization
VMware gets into apps with Bluetooth-pinging COVID-safe-office tools
And expands its Horizons VDI into new clouds
07 Aug 07:38 |
On Call
I got 99 problems, and all of them are your fault
Stiffened sinews and floppy disks
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Q: What’s big, red and pulses UV light into the cosmos three times a night? A: Mars
Boffins find atmospheric oddities that make the planet blink in Spring and Autumn
07 Aug 06:53 | 13
Personal Tech
Rejoice! China's smartphone market drops 10% as 5G purchases surge
The Middle Kingdom is thought to be a few months further down the road to economic recovery and smartmobes are discretionary purchases
07 Aug 06:29 | 5
Security
Chrome Web Store slammed again after 295 ad-injecting, spammy extensions downloaded 80 million times
Not exactly the first time this has happened, by a very long chalk
07 Aug 06:02 | 8
Personal Tech
Toshiba formally and finally exits laptop business
Last Dynabook shares shuffled off to new owner Sharp
07 Aug 05:05 | 21
Security
Trump administration labels WeChat, TikTok ‘threats’ to national security, bans transactions with both
On grounds that they can track users, conduct corporate espionage and oppress Chinese-Americans
07 Aug 03:32 | 60
Networks
China slams 'dirty' America's 'clean network' plan, reminds world of PRISM snoop-fest exposed by Ed Snowden
'Everyone can see that the US goal is to keep its monopoly in science and technology' says Chinese foreign minister
07 Aug 02:40 | 28
Security
Capital One fined $80m for shoddy public cloud security. Yeah, same bank in that 106m customer-record hack
All that money must be wired to the US Treasury immediately
07 Aug 01:22 | 3
Security
Foreshadow returns to the foreground: Secrets-spilling speculative-execution Intel flaw lives on, say boffins
A misunderstanding about the vulnerability means defenses fall short
07 Aug 00:00 | 4
Science
Geneticists throw hands in the air, change gene naming rules to finally stop Microsoft Excel eating crucial data
Spreadsheet woes spanning 16+ years force official update
06 Aug 22:58 | 207
Black Hat
When it comes to hacking societies, Russia remains the master at sowing discord and disinformation online
China can't hold a candle to GRU's shenanigans, says expert
06 Aug 21:49 | 35
Updated
Intel NDA blueprints – 20GB of source code, schematics, specs, docs – spill onto web from partners-only vault
Leaker only 'a bit concerned' about getting sued
06 Aug 19:31 | 29
Personal Tech
OnePlus Nord is surprisingly fixable compared to earlier stablemates, but common repairs require disassembly
Drop the heat gun, pal: minimal glue means there's hope for brave butterfingers among you
06 Aug 16:00 | 12
Storage
Frosty the plaintiff: Yeti Data flings surprise trademark sueball at Snowflake
Blizzard of litigation ahead of purported $20bn IPO
06 Aug 15:15 | 2
Personal Tech
Well, that was quick: Google brutally culls Pixel 4 and 4 XL before successor hits market
They didn't even make it a year
06 Aug 14:35 | 13
Security
Think carefully about cyber insurance, says NCSC. But don't worry about buying off ransomware crooks
Should your policy cover that? Well that's up to you
06 Aug 14:00 | 9
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Intel NDA blueprints – 20GB of source code, schematics, specs, docs – spill onto web from partners-only vault
Leaker only 'a bit concerned' about getting sued
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US voting hardware maker's shock discovery: Security improves when you actually work with the community
ES&S takes the bold step of not ignoring vulnerability reports
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Microsoft introduces Open Service Mesh for Kubernetes, plans quick donation to CNCF
'Customers are trying to use Istio and having a hard time, we see this from the support ticket volume'
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Geneticists throw hands in the air, change gene naming rules to finally stop Microsoft Excel eating crucial data
Spreadsheet woes spanning 16+ years force official update
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EY to outsource compute function, sending 800 staff into the loving arms of... IBM
Global Service Delivery Centres in Poland, Argentina, India, China and the Philippines all impacted, as are staff in UK and US
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Mozilla warns more Firefox website breakage to come because devs just aren't checking for SameSite snafus
UK govt portal among those borked
Security
USA decides to cleanse local networks of anything Chinese under new five-point national data security plan
‘Clean Network’ initiative bans use of Chinese clouds, names Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent as compromised
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Ever wonder how a pentest turns into felony charges? Coalfire duo explain Iowa courthouse arrest debacle
Get. The. Terms. Of. The. Audit. In. Writing
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Toshiba formally and finally exits laptop business
Last Dynabook shares shuffled off to new owner Sharp
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I got 99 problems, and all of them are your fault
Stiffened sinews and floppy disks
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Storage
Work-from-home shift trickles down to Western Digital as cloud builders stuff storage in bit barns to meet demand
How to survive a pandemic
06 Aug 13:25 | 1
Cloud
CSI GitHub: That big outage last month? It's always DNS. Or it was Kubernetes. Maybe it was a heady blend of both
'Impact was increased when a redeploy was triggered in an attempt to mitigate'
06 Aug 12:50 | 3
Software
Greatest crossover of all time: Microsoft, Samsung preview Android on Windows via Your Phone app
Continuum reborn? Not quite, and some features are Sammy-only for now
06 Aug 12:15 | 19
Personal Tech
Call of duty, modem warfare: Taiwanese Qualcomm rival MediaTek teams up with Intel for first stab at 5G laptop chipset
Reminding Chipzilla of days gone by...
06 Aug 11:47 | 9
Exclusive
EY to outsource compute function, sending 800 staff into the loving arms of... IBM
Global Service Delivery Centres in Poland, Argentina, India, China and the Philippines all impacted, as are staff in UK and US
06 Aug 11:15 | 24
Storage
Data warehouse firm hopes more will follow Yellowbrick road for real-time analytics, speedy cloud data transfer
But the competition is fierce
06 Aug 10:38 | 1
Review
Oppo Find X2 Neo: We're not getting any slimmer through lockdown, but phones are
Lovely-to-hold blower sadly missing some features for the price
06 Aug 09:54 | 10
Security
National Crime Agency says Brit teen accused of Twitter hack has not been arrested
Bognor Regis man still faces 20 years in clink, though
06 Aug 09:10 | 26
