DSEI 2021
Computer and data scientists should be as highly regarded as 'warriors' says top UK cybergeneral
Translation: Skills shortage here!
Interview
Turing Award winner Barbara Liskov on CLU and why programming is still cool
Error handling and encapsulation remain the name of the game
Devops
Stressed-out IT workers, software devs – we're not being funny but have you tried rebooting your breathing?
Forget productivity, find a way to unplug and recover
Obituary
Sir Clive Sinclair: Personal computing pioneer missed out on being Britain's Steve Jobs
Lifelong cost focus was his namesake company's corporate downfall
Latest News
Applications
Apple, Google yank opposition voting strategy app from Russian software stores
Oh, sorry, we thought you wanted us to obey the law?! – Silicon Valley
18 Sep 00:57 | 10
Applications
Google extends right-to-be-forgotten to app permissions on older Android devices
Software unused after a few months will lose access to sensitive features unless exempted
17 Sep 22:58 | 6
Security
Yes, of course there's now malware for Windows Subsystem for Linux
Once dismissed proof-of-concept attack on Microsoft OS through WSL detected in the wild
17 Sep 22:06 | 17
OSes
Microsoft: VM requirements for running Windows 11 are the same as physical PCs – except we won't check them
Schrödinger's OS
17 Sep 21:03 | 16
Applications
Microsoft doles out Office Long Term Servicing Channel for cloud refuseniks
Redmond doesn't do things by half – unless it's Long Term Support
17 Sep 19:57 | 6
Obituary
Sir Clive Sinclair: Personal computing pioneer missed out on being Britain's Steve Jobs
Lifelong cost focus was his namesake company's corporate downfall
17 Sep 18:50 | 34
Bootnotes
Punchy Biden-lookalike grandad goes viral for fighting boxing gadget
'If you don't get your timing right you get whacked round the back of the head' admits scrappy octogenarian
17 Sep 17:53 | 8
Security
Something phishy: Tech recruiters jabbed by fake COVID-19 Passport scam
Tells clients it is tackling the issue
17 Sep 16:42 | 13
Storage
Snowflake doubters voice reservations over data warehouse's attempt to break into financial services
On-prem systems hold advantages in terms of known costs, say insiders
17 Sep 14:38 | 5
On-Prem
Consultants' eyes light up as UK.gov dangles £4bn over 6 years for 'large-scale digital transformation programmes'
Phrase is catnip for software market
17 Sep 13:45 | 4
Security
Is it OK to use stolen data? What if it's scientific research in the public interest?
Not always, but Swiss team says you can manage the risks
17 Sep 13:02 | 34
Off-Prem
Amazon UK business swelled by 50%+ in 2020, and taxes soared. Lol, no, it means those paid by its staff
Jeff Bezos founded biz at the 'apex of the Big Tech tax avoiders'
17 Sep 12:15 | 26
Devops
Stressed-out IT workers, software devs – we're not being funny but have you tried rebooting your breathing?
Forget productivity, find a way to unplug and recover
17 Sep 11:22 | 18
Register Debate
Still divided on whether teachers, parents or politicians are to blame
Can we close the education divide? Maybe, but not by stuffing it with computers and smart boards
17 Sep 10:45 | 4
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
So I’ve scripted a life-saving routine. Pah. What really matters is the icon I give it
J’appuie sur le starter et voici que je quitte la terre
17 Sep 09:13 | 99
PRIVACY AND YOU
De-identify, re-identify: Anonymised data's dirty little secret
Jeffrey Singh, stamp-collecting bachelor (35) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin – is that you?
Is it OK to use stolen data? What if it's scientific research in the public interest?
Not always, but Swiss team says you can manage the risks
Can WhatsApp moderators really read your encrypted texts? Yes ... if you forward them to the abuse dept
Where did people think spam and harassment reports were going?
ProtonMail deletes 'we don't log your IP' boast from website after French climate activist reportedly arrested
Cops can read the SMTP spec too, y'know
Personal Tech
Relics from the early days of the Sinclair software scene rediscovered at museum during lockdown sort-out
Remember when a games developer could be one guy with a ZX Spectrum?
17 Sep 08:30 | 21
On Call
Electron-to-joule conversion formulae? Cute. Welcome to the school of hard knocks
Shake, rattle and roll is incompatible with your PABX
17 Sep 07:29 | 130
Off-Prem
Korea's NAVER Cloud outlines global ambitions, aim to become Asia's third-biggest provider
Alibaba is number two in much of the region, but is a bit on the nose right now
17 Sep 07:03 |
Sponsored
Build it fast and they will come? Yeah, but they’ll only stay if you build it right
Here’s where to start
17 Sep 06:30 |
DSEI 2021
Royal Navy will be getting autonomous machines – for donkey work humans can't be bothered with
No robot killers 'in my lifetime' says admiral
17 Sep 05:47 | 27
Security
WTF? Microsoft makes fixing deadly OMIGOD flaws on Azure your job
Clouds usually fix this sort of thing before bugs go public. This time it's best to assume you need to do this yourself
17 Sep 04:58 | 28
AI + ML
Businesses put robots to work when human workers are hard to find, argue econo-boffins
The lure of shiny new tech isn't a motivator, although in the USA bots are used to cut costs
17 Sep 03:55 | 14
Virtualization
After eight years, SPEC delivers a new virtualisation benchmark
Jumps from single-server tests to four hosts – but only for vSphere and RHV
17 Sep 02:57 |
MICROSOFT'S WORLD
WTF? Microsoft makes fixing deadly OMIGOD flaws on Azure your job
Clouds usually fix this sort of thing before bugs go public. This time it's best to assume you need to do this yourself
Microsoft's Azure Virtual Desktop now works without Active Directory – but there are caveats
General availability of Azure AD-joined VMs
The age of the Service Pack is over. The time of the Modern Servicing Model has come
It's CUs and GDRs here on out for Microsoft's SQL Server
Microsoft adds hybrid meeting features to Teams, including interruption-detecting AI
Companion mode? We've got that too says Google
Networks
Forget that Loon's balloon burst, we just fired 700TB of laser broadband between two cities, says Google
Up to 20Gbps link sustained over the Congo in comms experiment
17 Sep 00:22 | 33
Personal Tech
Apple's M1 MacBook screens are stunning – stunningly fragile and defective, that is, lawsuits allege
Latest laptops prone to cracking, distortions, owners complain
16 Sep 22:38 | 44
PaaS + IaaS
Microsoft's Azure Virtual Desktop now works without Active Directory – but there are caveats
General availability of Azure AD-joined VMs
16 Sep 22:16 |
AI + ML
It's bizarre we're at a point where reports are written on how human rights trump AI rights
But that's what UN group has done
16 Sep 21:40 | 11
Don't Miss
AI caramba, those neural networks are power-hungry: Counting the environmental cost of artificial intelligence
Feature (And, also worryingly, its increasing financial cost)
Security
Aviation-themed phishing campaign pushed off-the-shelf RATs into inboxes for 5 years
Not all promises of international flight itineraries are real, warns Cisco Talos
16 Sep 20:35 | 2
Personal Tech
RIP Sir Clive Sinclair: British home computer trailblazer dies aged 81
From pocket calculators to ZX Spectrum and beyond
16 Sep 19:46 | 205
Software
The age of the Service Pack is over. The time of the Modern Servicing Model has come
It's CUs and GDRs here on out for Microsoft's SQL Server
16 Sep 19:01 | 7
Sponsored
Hack yourself before someone else does it for you
Breach and attack simulation tools help you raise your game, Keysight says
16 Sep 18:00 |
Updated
Bepanted shovel-toting farmer wins privacy payout from France TV
Unwitting star of #Slipgate viral images awarded reduced damages, tempts Streisand effect
16 Sep 17:10 | 21
Software
OpenSilver throws Microsoft Silverlight devs a lifeline as end of support looms – or you could forget it ever happened
Open-source project migrates deprecated apps to WebAssembly
16 Sep 16:02 | 5
Security
Ransomware-hit law firm secures High Court judgment against unknown criminals
You tell 'em, 4 New Square chambers
16 Sep 15:15 | 30
AI + ML
If it were possible to evade facial-recognition systems using just subtle makeup, it might look something like this
Interested in poking away at machine-learning models? This academic study could be a good start
16 Sep 13:47 | 37
SaaS
What have the Romans ever done for us? In ServiceNow's new Rome release, replaced intranets, for one
Adds Teams integration for new ‘Employee Centre’, automated automation for service desk
16 Sep 13:01 | 1
DSEI 2021
Computer and data scientists should be as highly regarded as 'warriors' says top UK cybergeneral
Translation: Skills shortage here!
16 Sep 12:14 | 33
Science
UK funds hydrogen-powered cargo submarine to torpedo maritime emissions by 2050
Green machine will also suck up microplastics between Glasgow and Belfast
16 Sep 11:28 | 49
RANSOMWARE
When the bits hit the fan: What to do when ransomware strikes
Don't trust the insurer's techies, take the blame and other practical tips
Ransomware-hit law firm secures High Court judgment against unknown criminals
You tell 'em, 4 New Square chambers
Ransomware crims saying 'We'll burn your data if you get a negotiator' can't be legally paid off anyway
Grief Corp are already under US sanctions, says Emsisoft
Confessions of a ransomware negotiator: Well, somebody's got to talk to the criminals holding data hostage
We can't deny people are paying up left, right, and centre...
Register Debate
Technology doesn’t widen the education divide. People do that
And no, we don’t want a generation of early-years coders
16 Sep 10:45 | 51
Databases
UK Cabinet Office calls off its search for a 'partner' in Whitehall SaaS ERP migration
'This is not the outcome you were hoping for,' bidders told
16 Sep 10:00 | 3
Interview
Turing Award winner Barbara Liskov on CLU and why programming is still cool
Error handling and encapsulation remain the name of the game
16 Sep 09:15 | 6
Feature
De-identify, re-identify: Anonymised data's dirty little secret
Jeffrey Singh, stamp-collecting bachelor (35) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin – is that you?
16 Sep 08:28 | 71
Networks
Myanmar junta demanded telcos activate phone interception tools – and we refused, says Telenor
Norwegian carrier insists it's quitting Asian nation to defend human rights – but the buyer it lined up is accused of shady dealings
16 Sep 07:57 | 13
Sponsored
Virtual reality means the future of education is right before our eyes
Keeping the headset clean is as important as keeping the content clean
16 Sep 07:30 |
Analysis
Oracle sets its own JDK free, sort of, for a while
Welcome to the No-Fee Terms and Conditions, which makes the Java dev kit a bit more appealing
16 Sep 06:57 | 15
Security
It's time to delete that hunter2 password from your Microsoft account, says IT giant
And go passwordless, use auth app, keys, Windows Hello, or codes to login
16 Sep 05:58 | 73
Networks
India changes telco tax laws to help carriers avoid hitting the wall
Moratorium offered to ease burden of $22B debts
16 Sep 05:33 |
Security
This is AUKUS for China – US, UK, Australia reveal defence tech-sharing pact
Will build nuke-powered subs together and share cyber, AI, quantum and mysterious 'undersea capabilities' tech
16 Sep 03:27 | 124
Science
SpaceX successfully sends four amateurs into orbit for three-day tour
Vision from window seats didn't stream, everything else worked
16 Sep 01:40 | 28
Networks
Huawei CEO hopes to woo foreign boffins to work on 6G in Shanghai campus that feels just like home
Staff also told to 'seize the patent position' on sixth-gen mobile networks
15 Sep 23:48 | 14
SPONSORED STORIES
Virtual reality means the future of education is right before our eyes
Keeping the headset clean is as important as keeping the content clean
How AWS created Aurora, a database built for the cloud
Rewriting the rules with logs
Operating your network isn’t enough. You need to develop (for) it
Time to drive NetOps beyond the command line
Improve your business resiliency with disaster recovery in a hybrid cloud infrastructure
No need to be so DRaaStic?
Devops
Travis CI quietly fixed a bug that exposed secret keys
For at least a week, cloning a public repo made upstream environmental variables accessible
15 Sep 21:58 |
Networks
DARPA plans thousands-strong satellite constellation Space-BACN sandwich
Mmmm... BACN. Is there anything it can't do?
15 Sep 21:27 | 6
Software
Feeling saucy? Wave of Microsoft releases includes go-live licence for .NET 6
On track for November release, but why is ASP.NET more loved than wanted?
15 Sep 20:35 | 4
On-Prem
Microfluidic processor brings us one step closer to a future of squishy DNA computing
'Our hope is that DNA-based CPUs will replace electronic CPUs in the future'
15 Sep 19:23 | 10
Popular
Personal Tech
RIP Sir Clive Sinclair: British home computer trailblazer dies aged 81
From pocket calculators to ZX Spectrum and beyond
AI + ML
It's bizarre we're at a point where reports are written on how human rights trump AI rights
But that's what UN group has done
Security
WTF? Microsoft makes fixing deadly OMIGOD flaws on Azure your job
Clouds usually fix this sort of thing before bugs go public. This time it's best to assume you need to do this yourself
Personal Tech
Apple's M1 MacBook screens are stunning – stunningly fragile and defective, that is, lawsuits allege
Latest laptops prone to cracking, distortions, owners complain
Security
Yes, of course there's now malware for Windows Subsystem for Linux
Once dismissed proof-of-concept attack on Microsoft OS through WSL detected in the wild
Software
The age of the Service Pack is over. The time of the Modern Servicing Model has come
It's CUs and GDRs here on out for Microsoft's SQL Server
Updated
Bepanted shovel-toting farmer wins privacy payout from France TV
Unwitting star of #Slipgate viral images awarded reduced damages, tempts Streisand effect
On Call
Electron-to-joule conversion formulae? Cute. Welcome to the school of hard knocks
Shake, rattle and roll is incompatible with your PABX
Networks
Forget that Loon's balloon burst, we just fired 700TB of laser broadband between two cities, says Google
Up to 20Gbps link sustained over the Congo in comms experiment
Virtualization
After eight years, SPEC delivers a new virtualisation benchmark
Jumps from single-server tests to four hosts – but only for vSphere and RHV
STORIES
Science
SpaceX prepares to launch four civilians and a glass dome into space
Musk to demonstrate his is mightier than Bezos or Branson's
15 Sep 18:31 | 14
Storage
Speciality electronics outfit boasts of 64-fold density increase for its latest space-ready MRAM parts
Takes Avalanche's latest STT-MRAM tech and packs it into rad-hard ceramic squares
15 Sep 17:28 | 6
On-Prem
New release of SweRVolf RISC-V SoC project aims for lower barrier to entry
FOSSi Foundation's Olof Kindgren on the origins, future, and success of the RISC-V ISA
15 Sep 16:28 | 1
Databases
Vector database Pinecone promises to bring ML data management under control with 2.0 release
Hybrid disk and RAM system should slash costs, firm says
15 Sep 14:59 |
