Developer survey: C# losing ground to JavaScript, PHP and Java for cloud apps, still big in gaming
Plus: What puts off developers from adopting cloud? Price
Software
Another Chromium browser for Linux? Microsoft Edge arrives in preview form, no love for Arm yet
One question: Why Redmond, why? Ah, you need to meet developers wherever they are...
Interview
Who knew? Hadoop is over, says former Hortonworks guru Scott Gnau
Teradata veteran talks up his new home at InterSystems as best of both worlds
Software
Windows 10 October 2020 Update arrives: Nothing that will drop your jaw, but we've had enough of 2020's fun surprises anyway
Steady as she goes for Microsoft as Edge turns up and Start gets a buffing
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Personal Tech
Congrats, Meg Whitman, another multi-billion-dollar write-off for the CV: Her web vid upstart Quibi implodes
$2bn Alt-Netflix for those with short attention spans closes after short lifespan
22 Oct 00:22 |
Security
Thought the FBI were the only ones able to unlock encrypted phones? Pretty much every US cop can get the job done
Massive public records request reveals scale of warrantless surveillance
21 Oct 23:34 | 3
Analysis
Big Telco freaks out as unknown operator with great political connections vies for valuable 5G space in America
The swamp is full to the brim as usual in Washington DC, it seems
21 Oct 21:53 | 3
Security
Coronavirus outbreak triggered a rush of online attacks against retail loyalty schemes, Akamai reckons
Digital souks are sitting ducks for identity fraudsters
21 Oct 20:25 | 4
Security
How much does Oracle love you? Thiiiis much: Latest patch bundle has 402 fixes
How many times do you want to read the CVSS rating 9.8 today?
21 Oct 18:32 |
Software
Developer survey: C# losing ground to JavaScript, PHP and Java for cloud apps, still big in gaming
Plus: What puts off developers from adopting cloud? Price
21 Oct 17:24 | 12
Cloud
State of Iowa told no, you can’t use $21m coronavirus federal aid to help fund your $52m Workday roll-out
...even if your 18-year-old mainframe keeps getting flooded and falling over
21 Oct 16:27 | 8
Emergent Tech
SiFive reminds everyone you don't always need to offload vector math: Here's a RISC-V CPU that can process it, too
VIU75 core is 64-bit, runs Linux, supports RV vector extension
21 Oct 15:30 |
Software
Run Windows on a Chromebook: All the details. Not so fast, home user...
Parallels' Windows on Chrome OS solution is Enterprise-only, but why?
21 Oct 13:57 | 8
Software
Another Chromium browser for Linux? Microsoft Edge arrives in preview form, no love for Arm yet
One question: Why Redmond, why? Ah, you need to meet developers wherever they are...
21 Oct 13:00 | 24
Interview
Who knew? Hadoop is over, says former Hortonworks guru Scott Gnau
Teradata veteran talks up his new home at InterSystems as best of both worlds
21 Oct 12:15 | 8
Job Alert
Calling devs of all stripes: Here are some cool roles in software, electric vehicles, Reg wrangling, and more
And if you're hiring, send us your ads for free promotion
16 Oct 10:00 |
Software
Windows 10 October 2020 Update arrives: Nothing that will drop your jaw, but we've had enough of 2020's fun surprises anyway
Steady as she goes for Microsoft as Edge turns up and Start gets a buffing
21 Oct 11:30 | 20
Business
Logitech breezes past $1bn sales barrier in its Q2. That's a hell of a lot of mice, keyboards and web cams
Pandemic? Only in that not enough webcams are being made. CEO talks WFH trend, video calls and eSports
21 Oct 10:52 | 2
Cloud
AWS open sources porting assistant for .NET: Early days for 'a broad problem'
Microsoft says no need to move but gap between .NET Framework and .NET Core is growing
21 Oct 10:01 | 1
Personal Tech
Vivo Las Blowers: Chinese smartphone brand hops into Europe's crowded mobe market
Well, there's a Huawei-shaped opening thanks to Mr Trump and co
21 Oct 09:15 | 6
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Got an irritating itch you just can't scratch? That'll be Windows wanting an update
No, we're a chemist. We don't sell that sort of patch.
21 Oct 08:30 | 10
Personal Tech
Kick Google all you like, Mozilla tells US government, so long we keep getting our Google-bucks
In case you've forgotten: Google sends Mozilla about $400m a year
21 Oct 08:02 | 29
Personal Tech
Is Google fudging search rankings to benefit pages that embed YouTube vids? Or is this just another ‘bug’?
Websites featuring get super-fast rating despite slower reality
21 Oct 06:56 | 21
Sponsored
How cybercriminals play the domain game
And why AI tools will make you less vulnerable
21 Oct 06:00 |
Software
India floats superior ship-management software as a route to regional relevance
If ever there was a job for Docker and containers, this is it
21 Oct 05:02 | 9
Data Centre
Dell aims to become APEX creditor under new ITaaS plan
Promises one portal to drive cloud and on-prem workloads, with built-in kit-and-code-mart
21 Oct 04:02 |
Networks
Qualcomm and India’s top telco strike 5G pact, hit 1Gbps in trials
This goes some way towards explaining the 5G network kit Jio suddenly announced it had built and would sell
21 Oct 02:58 | 1
Security
OpenStack haven OpenDev yanks Gerrit code review tool after admin account compromised for two weeks
Source warehouse asks users to verify recent project commits to ensure they’re not malicious
21 Oct 02:08 | 1
Science
FYI: NASA appears to have scooped dirt from an asteroid 200 million miles away and plans to bring it back home
Would be nice if civilization could hold out for 2023 to see its return
21 Oct 01:10 | 61
Security
Top tip, everyone: Chinese hackers are hitting these 25 vulns, so make sure you patch them ASAP, says NSA
Plus this Chrome one being exploited in the wild, we note
20 Oct 23:40 | 12
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Emergent Tech
Let’s check in with that 30,000-job $10bn Trump-Foxconn Wisconsin plant. Wow, way worse than we'd imagined
Surreal tales from the Midwest
Data Centre
Cisco warns VMware vCenter bug puts hyperconverged tin in ‘unrecoverable’ state
Whatever you do, don’t run vCenter Server 7.0 U1 on HyperFlex. Just don’t go there unless you want horrible pain. Clear enough warning?
Cloud
State of Iowa told no, you can’t use $21m coronavirus federal aid to help fund your $52m Workday roll-out
...even if your 18-year-old mainframe keeps getting flooded and falling over
Security
Top tip, everyone: Chinese hackers are hitting these 25 vulns, so make sure you patch them ASAP, says NSA
Plus this Chrome one being exploited in the wild, we note
Policy
GSM gateways: Parliament obviously cocked up, so let minister issue 'ignore the law' decree, UK.gov barrister urges court
Something something national security, right?
Analysis
Google screwed rivals to protect monopoly, says Uncle Sam in antitrust lawsuit: We go inside the Sherman parked on a Silicon Valley lawn
Search engine giant has officially become 1990s Microsoft
Security
VMware patches, among other things, ESXi flaw that can be abused by miscreants on the network to hijack hosts
Adobe issues out-of-band patches, too, for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, etc
Storage
Intel offloads NAND business to South Korea's SK Hynix for a cool $9bn
Deal sees $7bn paid now, $2bn in 2025 when Intel hands over key IP and FAB workers
Business
IBM still not offering future revenue guidance, suffers yet another quarter of falling sales
Plus $2.3bn of restructuring coming due to NewCo split, cloud humming along, Red Hat roaring
Webcast
You’ve open sourced your relational database manager with PostgreSQL – but how can you keep it secure?
We'll help you manage risk while chasing your RDBMS dreams
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Analysis
What does everyone make of today's Google antitrust action? Only the stock market is happy with the status quo
Some state AGs feel US govt lawsuit is limited, tech groups worry about implications
20 Oct 22:45 | 44
DevOps
Microsoft takes Kubernetes right to the edge with release of Akri for IoT devices
Beware Greeks bearing gifts
20 Oct 21:39 |
Security
VMware patches, among other things, ESXi flaw that can be abused by miscreants on the network to hijack hosts
Adobe issues out-of-band patches, too, for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, etc
20 Oct 20:14 |
Analysis
Google screwed rivals to protect monopoly, says Uncle Sam in antitrust lawsuit: We go inside the Sherman parked on a Silicon Valley lawn
Search engine giant has officially become 1990s Microsoft
20 Oct 18:31 | 99
Cloud
Azure in Spaaaaaaaaace: Microsoft signs up with SpaceX's satellite net constellation Starlink
In space, no one can hear you scream, 'Office 365 is down again!' If only there was a way to minimize outages on Earth...
20 Oct 18:01 | 1
Cloud
MongoDB rolls out pick 'n' mix multi-cloud DBaaS, hopes to win over footdraggers by playing well with AWS, Google, Microsoft
Falls short as a generalist database playa, though, says analyst
20 Oct 17:02 | 6
Networks
Beloved US telco Verizon puts arm around Nokia, Microsoft, preps enterprise 5G for Europe, APAC
Lucky old us. Plus: Azure Edge biz service software bundled in
20 Oct 16:15 | 5
Security
Remember insider threat? Old news now. Focus on malware detection, says EU infosec agency
ENISA annual report also calls for better use of threat intel by frontline bods
20 Oct 15:25 | 8
OpenStack Foundation morphs into Open Infrastructure Foundation, OSGi finds a new home
Presto, crypto, change-o: Git 2.29 goes into final leg of project’s SHA-256 transition
Codify all the things! HashiCorp introduces build/deploy/release project Waypoint
Et tu, Atlassian? Company sharpens cloud focus, kicks on-prem out of the picture
Artificial Intelligence
We'll know what we node, we'll grok what we've graphed: Neo4j nails graph machine learning to data science workbench
Can help build more efficient recommendation algos, amongst other stuff it hopes users want
20 Oct 14:38 | 2
Adobe MAX
Adobe updates Creative Cloud: Pushes out Illustrator for iPad and full sky replacement in Photoshop
Plus: Is it real or is it Photoshop? First preview of Content Authenticity tool
20 Oct 13:45 | 14
Software
Microsoft unleashes production-ready Edge Runtime. WebView2: This time it's Chromium
Distributes it in self-updating Evergreen flavour and Fixed for people who hate surprises
20 Oct 12:33 | 12
Personal Tech
Oh Mi: Xiaomi shows off 80W wireless charging, claims battery fully fat again in under 20 minutes
Commercially available? Er.... not yet
20 Oct 11:39 | 56
