22nd August 2006 Archive • The Register

If at first you don't succeed... Rackspace files IPO papers to go public once again, hopefully with better timing

Rip and replace is such a long Huawei to go, UK telcos plead, citing 'blackouts' and 'billion pound' costs: Are Vodafone and BT playing 'Project Fear'?

Smile? Not bloody likely: Day 6 of wobbly services and still no hint to UK online bank's customers about what's actually wrong

Where do you stand on self-service and automation? Tell us the pros and cons from your viewpoint

Android 11 will let users stop device-makers from killing background apps, says Google

So Darned Kind of you, Facebook: SDK bug sends popular iOS apps crashing earthwards

Microsoft to pull support for PHP: Version 8? Exterminate, more like...

The reluctant log trawler: The buck stops with the back-end

An email banning our staff from using TikTok? Haha, funny story about that, we didn't mean it – Amazon

Tony Blair tells Russian infosec conference that cross-border infosec policies need more gov intervention

TomTom bill bomb: Why am I being charged for infotainment? I sold my car last year, rages Reg reader

Digicert will shovel some 50,000 EV HTTPS certificates into the furnace this Saturday after audit bungle

Continuous Lifecycle Online is this Thursday: Get your ticket while you can, and tune into these fantastic sessions

Rancher rides off into the SUSE-set after acquisition by Linux outfit

Microsoft integrates Azure Functions with Dapr – for when you run Azure Functions outside Azure. Confused yet?

Languishing lodash library loophole finally fitted for a fix: It's only taken since October to address security bug

Software biz Advanced set to lay off 6% of its workforce, blames that virus

South Korea joins the ‘we’re going to be self-sufficient in more tech and then export bucketloads’ club

Tata Consultancy Services says pandemic's most powerful punches landed in Q1 - and it's still dancing

Philippines government tech agency seeks 750 percent budget boost for COVIDigital transformation

Soft press keys for locked-down devs: Three new models of old school 60-key Happy Hacking 'board out next month

Pandemic proves just the tonic for PC sales as shipments shoot upwards

A volt from the blue: Samsung reportedly ditches wall-wart from future phones

Lovely new dongles and lusciously lengthy cables are Intel's new offerings

Geek's Guide

The world's nonsense keeping you awake in middle of the night? Good news. Go outside and see this two-tail comet

Spotted the ISS in the sky yet? How about pulling out some spare kit and giving it a listen?

If the Solar System's 'Planet Nine' is actually a small black hole, here's how we could detect it... wait, what?

Mars InSight to stretch its arm and look around as mole-mashing ops are paused

We've paused Sigfox roof aerial payments, says WND-UK, but we'll make you whole after COVID

Privacy watchdogs from the UK, Australia team up, snap on gloves to probe AI-for-cops upstart Clearview

Heir-to-Concorde demo model to debut in October

FYI: You do all know that America's tech giants, even Google, supply IT to the US military, right?

Verity Stob

Hungry? Please enjoy this delicious NaN, courtesy of British Gas and Sainsbury's

Cereal Killer Cafe enters hipster heaven, heads online: Coronavirus blamed for shutters being pulled down

Boolean bafflement at British Airways' Executive Club: Sneaky little Avioses - Wicked, Tricksy, False!

Another anti-immigrant rant goes viral in America – and this time it's by a British, er, immigrant tech CEO

22nd > August > 2006 Archive

If at first you don't succeed... Rackspace files IPO papers to go public once again, hopefully with better timing

Rip and replace is such a long Huawei to go, UK telcos plead, citing 'blackouts' and 'billion pound' costs: Are Vodafone and BT playing 'Project Fear'?

Smile? Not bloody likely: Day 6 of wobbly services and still no hint to UK online bank's customers about what's actually wrong

Where do you stand on self-service and automation? Tell us the pros and cons from your viewpoint

Android 11 will let users stop device-makers from killing background apps, says Google

So Darned Kind of you, Facebook: SDK bug sends popular iOS apps crashing earthwards

Microsoft to pull support for PHP: Version 8? Exterminate, more like...

The reluctant log trawler: The buck stops with the back-end

An email banning our staff from using TikTok? Haha, funny story about that, we didn't mean it – Amazon

Tony Blair tells Russian infosec conference that cross-border infosec policies need more gov intervention

TomTom bill bomb: Why am I being charged for infotainment? I sold my car last year, rages Reg reader

Digicert will shovel some 50,000 EV HTTPS certificates into the furnace this Saturday after audit bungle

Continuous Lifecycle Online is this Thursday: Get your ticket while you can, and tune into these fantastic sessions

Rancher rides off into the SUSE-set after acquisition by Linux outfit

Microsoft integrates Azure Functions with Dapr – for when you run Azure Functions outside Azure. Confused yet?

Languishing lodash library loophole finally fitted for a fix: It's only taken since October to address security bug

Software biz Advanced set to lay off 6% of its workforce, blames that virus

South Korea joins the ‘we’re going to be self-sufficient in more tech and then export bucketloads’ club

Tata Consultancy Services says pandemic's most powerful punches landed in Q1 - and it's still dancing

Philippines government tech agency seeks 750 percent budget boost for COVIDigital transformation

Soft press keys for locked-down devs: Three new models of old school 60-key Happy Hacking 'board out next month

Pandemic proves just the tonic for PC sales as shipments shoot upwards

A volt from the blue: Samsung reportedly ditches wall-wart from future phones

Lovely new dongles and lusciously lengthy cables are Intel's new offerings

The world's nonsense keeping you awake in middle of the night? Good news. Go outside and see this two-tail comet

Spotted the ISS in the sky yet? How about pulling out some spare kit and giving it a listen?

If the Solar System's 'Planet Nine' is actually a small black hole, here's how we could detect it... wait, what?

Mars InSight to stretch its arm and look around as mole-mashing ops are paused

We've paused Sigfox roof aerial payments, says WND-UK, but we'll make you whole after COVID

Privacy watchdogs from the UK, Australia team up, snap on gloves to probe AI-for-cops upstart Clearview

Heir-to-Concorde demo model to debut in October

FYI: You do all know that America's tech giants, even Google, supply IT to the US military, right?

Hungry? Please enjoy this delicious NaN, courtesy of British Gas and Sainsbury's

Cereal Killer Cafe enters hipster heaven, heads online: Coronavirus blamed for shutters being pulled down

Boolean bafflement at British Airways' Executive Club: Sneaky little Avioses - Wicked, Tricksy, False!

Another anti-immigrant rant goes viral in America – and this time it's by a British, er, immigrant tech CEO

22nd > August > 2006 Archive

Review criticises software for NPfIT

Nurses bemoan lack of IT training

Profane trademark rejected

Sony: PS3 not in production

Cisco buys into TV-on-demand

AOL CTO resigns over privacy 'screw-up'

NASA sheds light on dark matter

LG preps 60in single-scan plasma TV panel

French union demands eBay blocks fakes pre-emptively

BT cuts off Euro1net customers

ATI roadmap 'drops Intel chipsets'

Poll sheds light on US mobile searching habits

Sun's open sourcing of Java: avoid the red herring

Gongs on offer for stupid security measures

iStuff touts iCast iPod FM transmitter

French Elvis download exclusive to Orange

JCB set for world speed record

Sony Ericsson previews touchy-feely 3G phone

Java 6 Platform Revealed

US authorities had free rein over world's bank data

Information commissioner fines accountant

Deutsche Telekom forced to open network

Troubled Dell in PC price hike shocker

ATI to launch Radeon X1950 series tomorrow

Integration appliances

Stupid operating systems or stupid operators?

Ryanair adopts nude passenger security regime

Sun confirms all about 64-thread Niagara II

Mitnick gets hit by Pakistani crackers

Swedish TV in news porn outrage

Nokia launches self-service upgrades

Intel begs for multi-threaded software aid

Sony readies slimline mobile-on-desktop PC-TV

IBM and Oracle must change software pricing – AMD

US tweaks airbag snitch rules

Geeks pray $100,000 box will solve software crisis

CMU promises to fix speech recognition with a chip

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