Intel chief pens congratulatory letter to President-elect Biden urging work on immigration and domestic manufacturing
Stuff that helps with Chipzilla's bottom line, basically
Feature
Imagine things are bad enough that you need a payday loan. Then imagine flaws in systems of loan lead generators leave your records in the open... for years
Leaky data systems fixed now, but the issue affected millions
Cloud
Yep, the usual suspects are sitting down to feast: Dominant vendors get a fat slice of CIA cloud pie and so do IBM and Oracle
Yes, even Amazon got a piece of 'multi-billion' dollar meal
Internet of Things
Amazon's ad-hoc Ring, Echo mesh network can mooch off your neighbors' Wi-Fi if needed – and it's opt-out
Ring, Echo owners get emails explaining how to switch off incoming functionality
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Cloud
Revenues are up, the boss is about to give his keynote, and results are due. Time to sell shares, says Salesforce CFO
$2.5m worth – 1,000 pairs of Nike Air Mag sneakers or a second-hand Pagani? Decisions, decisions
25 Nov 16:30 | 2
Business
Dell reports green shoots in enterprise infrastructure biz after seven consecutive quarters of shrinkage
SMEs are spending again, claims tech giant
25 Nov 15:55 |
Software
Thought the M3 roadworks took a while? Five years on, Vivaldi opens up a technical preview of its email client
Take the M3 exit to offline mail and calendar shenanigans
25 Nov 15:00 | 10
Networks
That other controversial Chinese telco: The FCC rejects ZTE's petition against its 'national security threat' designation
Local US carriers to remain unable to buy its kit with federal funding
25 Nov 14:15 |
Bootnotes
Ad banned for suggesting London black cabs have properties that prevent the spread of coronavirus
'It's like being in my own bubble back here'
25 Nov 13:30 | 20
Software
Retired engineer confesses to role in sliding Microsoft Bob onto millions of XP install CDs
'While Bob never got to play on the big stage, he always followed the band around and got to ride on the bus'
25 Nov 12:46 | 11
Security
Ticketmaster: We're not liable for credit card badness because the hack straddled GDPR day
Lawyers for fined firm make eyebrow-raising claim to irate ex-customer
25 Nov 11:59 | 29
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Mall of duty: Black Ops. No, you're not a customer, you're just an ad audience metric
Quis custodiet ipsos bork-es?
25 Nov 11:05 | 10
Bootnotes
Considering the colonisation of Mars? Werner Herzog would like a word
Famed director dispenses a reality check for wannabe Martians
25 Nov 10:02 | 61
Software
MongoDB loses its mind with marketing budget movie mania: Yep, it's Hackers with drop-down menus
This must have cost a packet...
25 Nov 09:03 | 7
Sponsored
How Intel Optane PMem speeds up analytics – without breaking the bank
Expensive DRAM doesn’t scale for memory-hungry applications
25 Nov 08:00 |
Networks
NASA building network cables so fast they can survive supersonic flight - could this finally deliver unbreakable RJ45 latching tabs?
Needed for probe testing how X-59 can break sound barrier without breaking eardrums
25 Nov 06:57 | 40
Software
VMware says faster growth will come once customers get back inside data centres
SaaS revenue tops licences for the first time in solid Q3
25 Nov 05:58 |
Poll
Mysterious metal monolith found in 'very remote' part of Utah
Authorities warn aliens to get a permit before they do this sort of thing
25 Nov 04:02 | 97
UPDATED
Google binned two apps by China’s Baidu, which says researchers got it wrong by linking it to personal info leaks
Palo Alto Networks spotted subscriber IDs and MAC addresses on the move
25 Nov 01:58 | 14
Software
India takes aim at Alibaba with new round of Chinese app bans
43 apps axed, including those helping buyers and sellers of digital tat bazaar
25 Nov 00:01 | 2
Networks
Comcast to impose 1.2TB-a-month broadband download limits across more of America from next year
Plus or minus some caveats
24 Nov 22:51 | 45
Internet of Things
Amazon's ad-hoc Ring, Echo mesh network can mooch off your neighbors' Wi-Fi if needed – and it's opt-out
Ring, Echo owners get emails explaining how to switch off incoming functionality
24 Nov 20:46 | 69
Security
VMware urges sysadmins to apply workarounds after critical Workspace command execution vuln found
If you've been pwned in the past, pay special attention to this one
24 Nov 19:04 |
Sponsored
How automation improves SAP customers’ IT operations
‘This transformation was necessary: we need more speed and less work’
24 Nov 18:00 |
Software
Cut-price Microsoft 365 seats mark Small Business Saturday – but only US firms need apply
Any opportunity to nudge customers cloudwards, but no word on whether generosity will extend to Europeans
24 Nov 17:14 | 4
Internet of Things
Vodafone launches platform that promises to play nicely with dusty legacy IoT kit
What untold treasures could these primitive technologies hold?
24 Nov 15:43 | 4
Cloud
Yep, the usual suspects are sitting down to feast: Dominant vendors get a fat slice of CIA cloud pie and so do IBM and Oracle
Yes, even Amazon got a piece of 'multi-billion' dollar meal
24 Nov 14:48 | 22
Policy
Intel chief pens congratulatory letter to President-elect Biden urging work on immigration and domestic manufacturing
Stuff that helps with Chipzilla's bottom line, basically
24 Nov 14:00 | 42
Science
Social isolation creates craving in the same brain region as wanting food or addictive drugs, study finds
What do 20 pizzas and five hours of face time with your most boring mate have in common?
24 Nov 12:23 | 22
Networks
Telcos face £100k-a-day fines unless they obey new UK.gov rules on how to deploy Huawei 5G gear in their networks
2027 ban prelude will be new Ofcom micromanagement powers
24 Nov 11:27 | 25
Not a complete, er, Travis-ty: Travis CI tries calming open source users after price changes and perceived quality drop
That’s another fine service mesh you’ve gotten us into: Consul refines access control, adds basic visualisation
JetBrains opens up TeamCity for external authentication, throws in new Python runner
A hot mesh? Istio team hopes so as it bets on user experience to lure devs with v 1.8
Feature
Imagine things are bad enough that you need a payday loan. Then imagine flaws in systems of loan lead generators leave your records in the open... for years
Leaky data systems fixed now, but the issue affected millions
24 Nov 10:28 | 19
Review
I work therefore I ache: Logitech aims to ease WFH pains with Ergo M575 trackball mouse
Lower back roasting on an open fire, carpal tunnel nipping at your... too early?
24 Nov 09:30 | 95
Promo
Whatever is stopping your team from building great apps, this can help
Check out this OutSystems Tech Talk
24 Nov 08:31 |
Security
Marketers for an Open Web ask UK competition watchdog to block launch of Google's anti-tracking Privacy Sandbox
Group claims adtech 'has nothing to do with privacy' but is rather an attempt 'to take control of the web'
24 Nov 07:28 | 28
Software
Apple gives real-world events longer pandemic-prompted App Store fee reprieve
Nice tweak, but nothing epic enough to erode monopoly money
24 Nov 07:03 | 4
Data Centre
Nutanix is all about 'land and expand' sales now and thinks you won’t mind that at all
And it’s working: metrics measuring contract value grew in Q1 2021 as customers signed for subscriptions
24 Nov 06:01 |
Data Centre
NEC to sell the accelerator cards it puts into supercomputers – for about $11,000 a pop
2.45 TeraFLOPS number-munching PCIe card to be bolted into x86 servers
24 Nov 04:58 | 24
Comment
AMD performance plummets when relying on battery power, says Intel. Let's take a closer look at those stats
Is it possible to pull the RUG from under these numbers?
24 Nov 02:41 | 66
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Comment
AMD performance plummets when relying on battery power, says Intel. Let's take a closer look at those stats
Is it possible to pull the RUG from under these numbers?
Security
Apple's global security boss accused of bribing cops with 200 free iPads in exchange for concealed gun permits
Exec, two officers, one other charged
Bootnotes
Frenchman who wanted to 'smash a guy's face in' fined €135 – despite correctly filling out paperwork stating why he left home during lockdown
'In his own way, he was trying to fulfil the letter of the law' says cop
Security
Crooks social-engineer GoDaddy staff into handing over control of crypto-biz domain names
Web traffic, email redirected, personal info exposed in DNS hijacking
Review
I work therefore I ache: Logitech aims to ease WFH pains with Ergo M575 trackball mouse
Lower back roasting on an open fire, carpal tunnel nipping at your... too early?
Internet of Things
Amazon's ad-hoc Ring, Echo mesh network can mooch off your neighbors' Wi-Fi if needed – and it's opt-out
Ring, Echo owners get emails explaining how to switch off incoming functionality
Feature
Imagine things are bad enough that you need a payday loan. Then imagine flaws in systems of loan lead generators leave your records in the open... for years
Leaky data systems fixed now, but the issue affected millions
Security
VMware urges sysadmins to apply workarounds after critical Workspace command execution vuln found
If you've been pwned in the past, pay special attention to this one
Data Centre
NEC to sell the accelerator cards it puts into supercomputers – for about $11,000 a pop
2.45 TeraFLOPS number-munching PCIe card to be bolted into x86 servers
Poll
Mysterious metal monolith found in 'very remote' part of Utah
Authorities warn aliens to get a permit before they do this sort of thing
STORIES
Policy
Alibaba chief says China's new internet laws aren’t just good, they’re right and welcome and necessary
As Beijing brings in another that regulates internet infomercials and stops teens buying their tat
24 Nov 01:01 | 14
Security
Crooks social-engineer GoDaddy staff into handing over control of crypto-biz domain names
Web traffic, email redirected, personal info exposed in DNS hijacking
23 Nov 22:52 | 41
Security
Apple's global security boss accused of bribing cops with 200 free iPads in exchange for concealed gun permits
Exec, two officers, one other charged
23 Nov 21:17 | 98
Bootnotes
Frenchman who wanted to 'smash a guy's face in' fined €135 – despite correctly filling out paperwork stating why he left home during lockdown
'In his own way, he was trying to fulfil the letter of the law' says cop
23 Nov 18:25 | 33
