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But can it run Avid? The Reg hands shiny new M1 MacBook to video production pro, who beats it with Bender, Handbrake, and ... Hypercard?

He was there the day Steve Jobs moved off PowerPC to Intel, and says the Arm transition looks better

AI + ML

What links AMD CPU guru Jim Keller, an AI chip upstart, and SiFive? This vector-crunching 64-bit RISC-V processor

Stressing the ex in x86

Servers

You've got it down Pat: Intel boss says 2020 was so strong, a 20% drop in data center sales now is to be expected

Server chip business doldrums blamed on 'digestion'

Security

If you have a QNAP NAS, stop what you're doing right now and install latest updates. Do it before Qlocker gets you

Storage box maker puts customers on red alert after outbreak in ransomware infections

Software

NASSCOM shakeup: Accenture's Rehka Menon becomes first woman to chair Indian IT trade org

Also, Dell and HP miss out on expanded board positions

23 Apr 13:27 |

Science

SpaceX flings another bunch of humans into orbit in reused capsule atop reused booster

Second jaunt to the International Space Station for Endeavour

23 Apr 12:39 | 9

Bork!Bork!Bork!

We've finally hit Peak Bork: Microsoft man reveals home-grown welcome back BSOD at Redmond HQ

A treat for returning workers as meeting cancelled due to roomful of bork

23 Apr 11:31 | 7

Hands on

Penguin takeover: We tried running some GUI Linux apps on Windows the official way – and nothing exploded

Microsoft's own distro lurks under the covers and applications magically appear in the Start menu

23 Apr 10:46 | 8

Episode 4

BOFH: Postman BOFH's Special Delivery Service

Back to the office we trudge, dragging our hooked tails behind us

23 Apr 10:01 | 31

Something for the Weekend, Sir?

Something went wrong but we won't tell you what it is. Now, would you like to take out a premium subscription?

Get with the disruptive app design, granddad: meaningless errors are cool

23 Apr 09:13 | 38

Personal Tech

From pregnancy tests to obscure industrial kitchen appliances, Doom really will run on almost anything

As long as the technical nous is there

23 Apr 08:30 | 5

On Call

George Clooney of IT: Dribbling disaster and damp disk warnings scare the life out of innocent user

Practical jokes: just don't

23 Apr 07:31 | 61

Vertically Unchallenged

Amazon CTO on Past, Present, Future of S3

Innovium Hitches Its Switches To SONiC’s Boom

One Giant Leap for Waferscale AI

Networks

Starlink creates risk of internet investment doom cycle, says APNIC researcher

Early users get speed, so policy-makers may stop building, but more users means slower speeds ...

23 Apr 07:04 | 15

Science

We admire your MOXIE, Earthlings: Perseverance rover gizmo produces oxygen for first time on Mars

First, COVID vaccinations, now atmosphere generators for an alien world? We're really cooking on gas now

23 Apr 06:26 | 14

Software

Happy news: Apple again extends fee waiver for online real time experiences

Sad news: Cupertino seems to think you won’t be comfortable going out until at least the end of the year

23 Apr 05:58 | 1

On-Prem

China’s highest-ranked university creates school dedicated to integrated circuits

Expects breakthroughs in design, materials and more. No pressure: Xi Jinping dropped in ahead of launch

23 Apr 04:58 | 1

Software

India seeks locally developed open source CRM and ERP for government users

#FOSS4GOV challenge will fund and mentor devs and startups to create govtech code

23 Apr 03:44 | 3

AI + ML

Watchdog 'enables Tesla Autopilot' with string, some weight, a seat belt ... and no actual human at the wheel

'The system not only failed to make sure the driver was paying attention, but it also couldn’t tell if there was a driver there at all'

23 Apr 02:33 | 64

Servers

You've got it down Pat: Intel boss says 2020 was so strong, a 20% drop in data center sales now is to be expected

Server chip business doldrums blamed on 'digestion'

23 Apr 00:02 | 2

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GigaIO adds composability pods and clusters update for resource-chomping HPC and AI folks

Seagate pats itself on back for flat Q3 results

Rubrik gains NetApp as a reseller

Regarding HPE’s May 4 unleash the power of data event

Security

If you have a QNAP NAS, stop what you're doing right now and install latest updates. Do it before Qlocker gets you

Storage box maker puts customers on red alert after outbreak in ransomware infections

22 Apr 21:57 | 32

Applications

Exam-monitoring biz Proctorio tried to silence a critic using copyright law. Now EFF sues to put an end to this tactic

Tweets linking to source code were fair use, say digital-rights warriors

22 Apr 20:31 | 8

Security

US aviation regulator warns of mid-air collision risk if Garmin TCAS boxes are not updated

Software fixes available, says FAA

22 Apr 19:30 | 20

OSes

Canonical and Microsoft get cosier with Active Directory integration in Ubuntu 21.04

SQL Server optimisations on way too, but 'Hirsute Hippo' not an LTS release so take-up may be tepid

22 Apr 18:45 | 12

Promo

Yes, you can bring your legacy apps to the cloud, but don’t bring their technical debt, too

Find out how OutSystems and AWS can help you clean up your legacy

22 Apr 18:00 |

SaaS

Adobe shareholders sign off on exec raises, with CEO Shantanu Narayen winning a plush $7m pay rise

Once again, the cloud makes it rain

22 Apr 17:00 | 3

Software

Greener Windows? Microsoft previews EcoQoS and Task Manager Eco Mode for would-be power-sipping devs

Noble aim to curb energy-hungry apps, but needs willing souls to trade performance for efficiency

22 Apr 16:01 | 8

Break point: Node.js 16, Ambasador Labs, Redis, Red Hat Satellite 6.9 and Atlassian buys ThinkTilt

April showers GitLab users with updates in release 13.11

Airship 2.0 floats in with improved Kubernetes support

Federated learning and time series are elementary in IBM Watson

On-Prem

Qualtrics posts revenue, subscription rise after leaving SAP's bosom

Plus: UiPath and Teradata give investors reason for cheer. Yes, plenty of the wrong people happy on a Thursday in lockdown

22 Apr 15:15 | 1

Science

Origami... in spaaaaace: Inflatable folded objects discovery brings new meaning to blowing up buildings

Space-saving structures could work well in 'space missions'

22 Apr 14:30 | 23

Security

MI5 wants to shed its cocktail-guzzling posho image – so it's opened an Instagram account

Lockdown's getting to everyone – even the social media monkeys

22 Apr 13:45 | 24

AI + ML

What links AMD CPU guru Jim Keller, an AI chip upstart, and SiFive? This vector-crunching 64-bit RISC-V processor

Stressing the ex in x86

22 Apr 13:00 |

Software

10 years later, Chrome OS starts to look like a proper OS with hardware diagnostics and the ability to scan documents

Are you really going to replace that battery, though, kids?

22 Apr 12:52 | 17

Science

Sucks to be you, any aliens living anywhere near Proxima Centauri's record-smashing solar flare

Our stellar neighbor's biggest-ever belch would frazzle us Earthlings

22 Apr 10:32 | 58

Bork!Bork!Bork!

Sure, your app is crap, but Windows won't tell. Promise

One billboard outside Blairsville, Georgia

22 Apr 09:15 | 17

Review

But can it run Avid? The Reg hands shiny new M1 MacBook to video production pro, who beats it with Bender, Handbrake, and ... Hypercard?

He was there the day Steve Jobs moved off PowerPC to Intel, and says the Arm transition looks better

22 Apr 08:45 | 59

Security

Apple, you've AirDrop'd the ball: Academics detail ways to leak contact info of nearby iThings for spear-phishing

Too bad there's no suggested solution... oh, wait

22 Apr 08:16 | 19

Virtualization

In 2020, VMware said its remote work kit was brilliant. Now it says you need its new stuff to do it right

Improves integration and maturity, not quite the new-buzzword-worthy step-change Virtzilla wants

22 Apr 06:55 | 2

Video

Microsoft loves Linux – as in, it loves Linux users running Linux desktop apps on Windows PCs

Come inside, penguinistas, install that WSL GUI preview, yes, open source is totally winning here

22 Apr 06:18 | 59

Security

Asian buyers set for security spending spree to catch up on shabby strategies

China already growing even faster than 13% regional acceleration

22 Apr 04:18 | 1

Logowatch

Huawei wins big intellectual property case in Europe – against fashion house Chanel

Court finds linked 'U' used on Smart Home app can't be confused with linked 'C' used on overpriced tat

22 Apr 02:29 | 40

Science

Ah, you know what? Keep your crappy space station, we're gonna try to make our own, Russia tells world

Come 2025, we're Putin this collaboration to bed

22 Apr 01:01 | 68

Away with legacy networks as healthcare providers power modern medical apps

Converged, future-ready networks unlock operational efficiencies, improve patient experience, says CommScope

21 Apr 23:30 |

Updated

Signal app's Moxie says it's possible to sabotage Cellebrite's phone-probing tools with booby-trapped file

More a declaration of war than turning the tables

21 Apr 22:04 | 33

Updated

University duo thought it would be cool to sneak bad code into Linux as an experiment. Of course, it absolutely backfired

'Our community does not appreciate being experimented on' says Kroah-Hartman

21 Apr 19:47 | 174

Security

Apple supplier Quanta Computer confirms it's fallen victim to ransomware attack

REvil gang starts publishing designs of what appear to be unreleased products

21 Apr 17:58 | 10

Databases

You only love me for my cache: New modules try to make NoSQL Redis more of a general-purpose database

7.0 out second half of the year

21 Apr 17:09 |

Off-Prem

Google is updating Meet so at least you won't have to look at your hollow, careworn face

AI exposure fiddling and a party video background to remind you of the fun you aren't having

21 Apr 16:00 | 10

But can it run Avid? The Reg hands shiny new M1 MacBook to video production pro, who beats it with Bender, Handbrake, and ... Hypercard?

What links AMD CPU guru Jim Keller, an AI chip upstart, and SiFive? This vector-crunching 64-bit RISC-V processor

You've got it down Pat: Intel boss says 2020 was so strong, a 20% drop in data center sales now is to be expected

If you have a QNAP NAS, stop what you're doing right now and install latest updates. Do it before Qlocker gets you

Latest News

NASSCOM shakeup: Accenture's Rehka Menon becomes first woman to chair Indian IT trade org

SpaceX flings another bunch of humans into orbit in reused capsule atop reused booster

We've finally hit Peak Bork: Microsoft man reveals home-grown welcome back BSOD at Redmond HQ

Penguin takeover: We tried running some GUI Linux apps on Windows the official way – and nothing exploded

BOFH: Postman BOFH's Special Delivery Service

Something went wrong but we won't tell you what it is. Now, would you like to take out a premium subscription?

From pregnancy tests to obscure industrial kitchen appliances, Doom really will run on almost anything

George Clooney of IT: Dribbling disaster and damp disk warnings scare the life out of innocent user

Vertically Unchallenged

Amazon CTO on Past, Present, Future of S3

Innovium Hitches Its Switches To SONiC’s Boom

One Giant Leap for Waferscale AI

Starlink creates risk of internet investment doom cycle, says APNIC researcher

We admire your MOXIE, Earthlings: Perseverance rover gizmo produces oxygen for first time on Mars

Happy news: Apple again extends fee waiver for online real time experiences

China’s highest-ranked university creates school dedicated to integrated circuits

India seeks locally developed open source CRM and ERP for government users

Watchdog 'enables Tesla Autopilot' with string, some weight, a seat belt ... and no actual human at the wheel

You've got it down Pat: Intel boss says 2020 was so strong, a 20% drop in data center sales now is to be expected

Get our Weekly newsletter

GigaIO adds composability pods and clusters update for resource-chomping HPC and AI folks

Seagate pats itself on back for flat Q3 results

Rubrik gains NetApp as a reseller

Regarding HPE’s May 4 unleash the power of data event

If you have a QNAP NAS, stop what you're doing right now and install latest updates. Do it before Qlocker gets you

Exam-monitoring biz Proctorio tried to silence a critic using copyright law. Now EFF sues to put an end to this tactic

US aviation regulator warns of mid-air collision risk if Garmin TCAS boxes are not updated

Canonical and Microsoft get cosier with Active Directory integration in Ubuntu 21.04

Yes, you can bring your legacy apps to the cloud, but don’t bring their technical debt, too

Adobe shareholders sign off on exec raises, with CEO Shantanu Narayen winning a plush $7m pay rise

Greener Windows? Microsoft previews EcoQoS and Task Manager Eco Mode for would-be power-sipping devs

Break point: Node.js 16, Ambasador Labs, Redis, Red Hat Satellite 6.9 and Atlassian buys ThinkTilt

April showers GitLab users with updates in release 13.11

Airship 2.0 floats in with improved Kubernetes support

Federated learning and time series are elementary in IBM Watson

Qualtrics posts revenue, subscription rise after leaving SAP's bosom

Origami... in spaaaaace: Inflatable folded objects discovery brings new meaning to blowing up buildings

MI5 wants to shed its cocktail-guzzling posho image – so it's opened an Instagram account

What links AMD CPU guru Jim Keller, an AI chip upstart, and SiFive? This vector-crunching 64-bit RISC-V processor

10 years later, Chrome OS starts to look like a proper OS with hardware diagnostics and the ability to scan documents

Sucks to be you, any aliens living anywhere near Proxima Centauri's record-smashing solar flare

Sure, your app is crap, but Windows won't tell. Promise

But can it run Avid? The Reg hands shiny new M1 MacBook to video production pro, who beats it with Bender, Handbrake, and ... Hypercard?

Apple, you've AirDrop'd the ball: Academics detail ways to leak contact info of nearby iThings for spear-phishing

In 2020, VMware said its remote work kit was brilliant. Now it says you need its new stuff to do it right

Microsoft loves Linux – as in, it loves Linux users running Linux desktop apps on Windows PCs

Asian buyers set for security spending spree to catch up on shabby strategies

Huawei wins big intellectual property case in Europe – against fashion house Chanel

Ah, you know what? Keep your crappy space station, we're gonna try to make our own, Russia tells world

Away with legacy networks as healthcare providers power modern medical apps

Signal app's Moxie says it's possible to sabotage Cellebrite's phone-probing tools with booby-trapped file

University duo thought it would be cool to sneak bad code into Linux as an experiment. Of course, it absolutely backfired

Apple supplier Quanta Computer confirms it's fallen victim to ransomware attack

You only love me for my cache: New modules try to make NoSQL Redis more of a general-purpose database

Google is updating Meet so at least you won't have to look at your hollow, careworn face

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