Huawei tells the FCC it can't force US carriers to scrap its gear – that's Congress's job We're sure the comms watchdog will take that on board
+Analysis Dell to spin out remaining VMware stake, cements Friends With Benefits status for at least five years ‘Market does not appreciate hardware/software combo’ says Big Mike. So virty giant gets freedom, customers are promised no change
Video Blue Origin sends Mannequin Skywalker aloft again, testing out comfier capsule for future space tourists One day you too can experience a few minutes of free fall with great visuals... if you can afford it
Virtualization Windows comes to Apple M1 silicon as Parallels delivers native desktop hypervisor Meanwhile, ESXi on Arm spotted booting Windows
Security University of Hertfordshire pulls the plug on, well, everything after cyber attack Another UK institution topples at the hands of miscreants 15 Apr 15:04 |
Webcast Vintage? Good for vinyl records, bad for systems of record Emulation could make more sense than migration. Here’s why… 15 Apr 14:14 |
Personal Tech Last chance to grab an iPhone Mini as savvy analyst reckons Apple will scrap it next year Incoming iPhone 13 could be final slimline version 15 Apr 13:33 | 5
Storage Microsoft OneDrive for Windows 7 drives off a cliff for Business users Accidental borkage ... or a not-so-subtle hint that it really is time to move on? 15 Apr 12:47 | 10
Bootnotes Listen, son... Monster trucks just aren't cool anymore. Real winners drive Tesla Roadsters Matchbox goes green with sustainably produced toys based on electric cars 15 Apr 12:01 | 10
Legal Docking £500k commission from top SAS salesman was perfectly legal, rules judge Chap brought in $27m deal – so bosses withheld two-thirds of his pay 15 Apr 11:14 | 29
Databases Google proposes Logica data language for building more manageable SQL code COBOL-inspired caps lock English just don't add up when dealing with large SQL codebases 15 Apr 10:25 | 45
Applications Microsoft calls time on Timeline: Don't worry, more features that nobody asked for coming your way Activity history tracker over mobile devices set to become history 15 Apr 09:40 | 12
Software IBM signs up to Eclipse Foundation's Adoptium working group to push out free, certified JDK binaries Makes a change from the waves of redundancies 15 Apr 08:58 |
On-Prem Infosys says staff are leaving it again – a sign COVID crunch is receding Full year impact of the compensation hike of Q4 will be felt into FY 22, says Infosys 15 Apr 08:31 | 3
Legal Jackie 'You have no authority here' Weaver calls on the UK to extend Coronavirus Act provisions for online meetings Because local democracy is hilarious – oh, and transparency's good too 15 Apr 08:11 | 30
Personal Tech Irish privacy watchdog sticks GDPR probe into Facebook after that online giveaway of 533 million profiles Oh, you mean the 'features that make it easier for people to find and connect with friends on our services'? 15 Apr 07:26 | 18
Off-Prem Azure adds programmatic pricing API to help you sniff out global deals Seventeen currencies - not just the Greenback - are now just an API call away 15 Apr 07:05 | 1
Networks Vote to turf out remainder of Nominet board looks inevitable after .uk registry ignores reform demands PublicBenefit.uk campaign reports 97 per cent of its supporters behind effort 15 Apr 06:32 | 46
Personal Tech OMG! New free speech social network won’t allow members to take the Lord’s name in vain ‘Frank’ reckons it won’t follow Parler’s path to plug-pulling because it has its own servers and ‘the best security’ . But it also uses Cloudflare … 15 Apr 06:17 | 47
Virtualization Windows comes to Apple M1 silicon as Parallels delivers native desktop hypervisor Meanwhile, ESXi on Arm spotted booting Windows 15 Apr 04:04 | 14
Video Blue Origin sends Mannequin Skywalker aloft again, testing out comfier capsule for future space tourists One day you too can experience a few minutes of free fall with great visuals... if you can afford it 15 Apr 02:31 | 11
+Analysis Dell to spin out remaining VMware stake, cements Friends With Benefits status for at least five years ‘Market does not appreciate hardware/software combo’ says Big Mike. So virty giant gets freedom, customers are promised no change 15 Apr 01:28 | 3
Security Is it still possible to run malware in a browser using JavaScript and Rowhammer? Yes, yes it is (slowly) Firefox 'fully compromised' in 15 minutes via SMASH attack 15 Apr 00:18 | 7
Security Nigerian email scammer sent down for 40 months in the US, ordered to pay back $2.7m to victims Among the victims: the United Nations 14 Apr 22:32 | 16
Security Report: Aussie biz Azimuth cracked San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, ending Apple-FBI privacy standoff Mozilla-authored code in iOS exploited, since patched, it is claimed 14 Apr 21:37 | 11
Science Ice, ice maybe? Astrobotic will ride SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to the Moon in 2023 and drop off NASA's water-hunting rover Firm's Griffin lander to do the honours 14 Apr 20:34 | 2
Updated What the FLoC? Browser makers queue up to decry Google's latest ad-targeting initiative as invasive tracking 'Federated Learning of Cohorts' groups users together and is already being tested in Chrome 14 Apr 19:33 | 24
Networks Huawei tells the FCC it can't force US carriers to scrap its gear – that's Congress's job We're sure the comms watchdog will take that on board 14 Apr 18:45 | 6
Sponsored Wish HCI could do more? Maybe it’s time for some disaggregation, says HPE If you don't know what you'll need three to six months from now, 'disaggregated dHCI can be a better play' 14 Apr 18:00 |
Security Chrome and Chromium updated after yet another exploit is found in browser's V8 JavaScript engine JS component seems to be focus of researchers and miscreants alike 14 Apr 17:02 | 6
Databases SAP's operating profits might be down but cloud-fixated ERP biz thinks things are looking up enough to hike full-year guidance Shrugs off 21% slump – that's just infra shift, share awards 14 Apr 16:01 | 2
AI + ML A keyboard? How quaint: Logitech and Baidu link arms to make an AI-enabled, voice-transcribing mouse Dictates 3 languages, translates into 6, available only in China 14 Apr 14:56 | 30
Networks UK watchdog blesses Virgin Media and O2's union, says there's no risk of market distortion or competition loss Hard luck, BT 14 Apr 13:55 | 22
OSes There's no place like GNOME: System 76 introduces COSMIC desktop GUI for its Pop!_OS Linux Private preview for now, Windows and macOS users sought for testing 14 Apr 13:03 | 34
AI + ML US Homeland Security sued for 'stonewalling' over use of Clearview facial recognition Potential surveillance nightmare could be unfolding in secret, civil-rights warriors fear 14 Apr 12:15 | 13
Exclusive Element rolls out bridge for Microsoft Teams to cross into Matrix's encrypted comms land For a small fee, of course – and no video or voice yet 14 Apr 11:30 | 1
SaaS State of Maine says Workday has shown 'no accountability' for farcical $56.4m HR upgrade It takes two to tango, says SaaS vendor 14 Apr 10:49 | 19
Personal Tech Got $10k to burn? Ultra-rare Piet Mondrian-esque Apple laptop is up for grabs on eBay Colourful PowerBook 170 was a one-off for Japanese women's golf tournament 14 Apr 10:02 | 23
Security Spy agency GCHQ told me Gmail's more secure than Microsoft 365, insists British MP as facepalming security bods tell him to zip it Keep using the provided tools, NCSC says 14 Apr 09:16 | 100
Networks Telecoms Diversification Task Force urges UK government to give smaller hardware vendors a bigger slice of the 5G pie Filling the void left by Huawei 14 Apr 08:30 | 2
Off-Prem OVH services still not fully restored as boss rates ongoing recovery efforts a 'real nightmare' 'A huge Tetris' as biz struggles prepping kit for relocation under renewed COVID lockdown 14 Apr 07:58 | 24
AI + ML Neural networks give astronomers huge boost in identifying galaxies: 27 million done, 600 million to come AI algorithms in large-scale astronomy are mandatory, study says 14 Apr 07:27 | 21
Software Grab, the superapp that made Uber quit Southeast Asia, to go public through controversial 'SPAC' Ride-sharing, food-delivering, payment-processing, home-insuring and money-lending org thanks COVID for pumping up its financials 14 Apr 07:01 | 6
Legal China requires 'self-correction' of monopolistic behaviour by 34 local web giants Alibaba was just the beginning, says regulator, as it forbids western web titans' favourite bullying behaviours 14 Apr 06:02 | 16
Off-Prem Tata Consultancy Services added just 7 customers in FY21 ... and 40,000 staff as revenue, profit flattened IT giant is learning to live with repeated sprints rather than mega-deals 14 Apr 05:01 | 6
Networks COVID-19 kicks mobile giant CK Hutchison's '3' twice: Robs operator of roaming revenue, sends data use soaring Many European customers flee, Asia signs up in big numbers 14 Apr 03:58 |