Security
Judge bins sueball lobbed at Malwarebytes by rival antivirus maker for torpedoing its tool
Litigious security biz upset at blanket PC ban
10 Nov 00:44 | 13
10th > November > 2017 Archive
Poll
The NAKED truth: Why flashing us your nude pics is a good idea – by Facebook's safety boss
We can explain, insists multibillion-dollar social network
10 Nov 01:57 | 74
Bootnotes
'Sticky runway' closes Canadian airport
Don't laugh: Goose Bay strip is where an A380 landed after its engine blew up in September
10 Nov 03:01 | 47
Video
Samsung shows off Linux desktops on Galaxy smartmobes
Ubuntu – all of it – running Eclipse on a phone, and a DeX dock
10 Nov 03:56 | 43
SaaS
Hey, Nvidia – who loves you, and who do you love? A. Cloud giants
Cryptocurrency mining is another story, though
10 Nov 03:58 | 1
Networks
Qualcomm touts deal with Chinese giants to really consider using $12bn of its chips
Non-binding 'memorandum of understanding' inked with four smartphone builders
10 Nov 04:58 | 1
On-Prem
Inmarsat aircraft Wi-Fi lift off set to fill coffers
Pre-tax profit dipped a few percentage points, though
10 Nov 06:01 | 13
Personal Tech
Harry Potter to get the Pokémon GO treatment
Can expelliarmus get your kid to put down their phone? You'll need to know soon
10 Nov 06:30 | 27
On-Call
User asked help desk to debug a Post-it Note that survived a reboot
It had an error code on it and was on a monitor, which made it an IT problem
10 Nov 07:01 | 213
On-Prem
System Center's first semi-annual release debuts
Try Redmond's upgrade treadmill in Tech Preview to see if you can hack the pace
10 Nov 07:29 | 3
Comment
Metal 3D printing at 100 times the speed and a twentieth of the cost
If the Desktop Metal can pull this off, a revolution is coming
10 Nov 08:02 | 94
Networks
NASA shoots for 200Mbps networks on swarming satellites
Saturday launch will hoist super-manoeuvrable CubeSats that find each other in space
10 Nov 08:27 | 5
On-Prem
UK.gov: IT contracts should be no more than 7 years. (Not 18, Fujitsu)
Let's see how that works out
10 Nov 09:02 | 39
Personal Tech
ZX Spectrum Vega firm's lawyers targeted by empty-handed backers
Where's the money coming from to fund these sueballs, angry folk ask watchdog
10 Nov 09:20 | 48
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
The day I almost pinned my tushie as a Google Maps landmark
My blue jean contents are disruptive
10 Nov 10:01 | 50
Register Lecture
History shows why geeks will never, ever, ever... get along
Schismogenesis? Isn’t that a posh word for Flame War?
10 Nov 10:35 | 21
Part One
Android at 10: How Google won the smartphone wars
It's like Windows at 20. But slurpier
10 Nov 11:05 | 109
Episode 15
BOFH: But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the eeeeeeeeeeee-ARRRRRRRGGGGHHHH
10 Nov 11:26 | 55
Personal Tech
Automatic for the people: Telcos forced to pay for giving you crap services
BT, TalkTalk engineer a no-show? ... £25 for you
10 Nov 12:01 | 29
Legal
Uber loses appeal against UK employment rights for workers
Tribunal upholds minimum wage, paid rest break luxury for minions
10 Nov 12:21 | 39
Security
WikiLeaks drama alert: CIA forged digital certs imitating Kaspersky Lab
Vault 8 release says spooks used disguise to siphon off data
10 Nov 12:31 | 29
Comment
UK Home Sec thinks a Minority Report-style AI will prevent people posting bad things
Calling all precogs!
10 Nov 12:52 | 74
Open Source Insider
Firefox 57: Good news? It's nippy. Bad news? It'll also trash your add-ons
Unless you're lucky and there's already a WebExtensions equivalent
10 Nov 13:19 | 284
On-Prem
Capita forced to pay out £66m to investors over Connaught fund farce
Watchdog finds outsourcer's oversight severely lacking
10 Nov 13:49 | 9
Storage
Whomp. Intel's promised fatter Optane drive arrives
Offers advice on getting better Optane benchmark boosts
10 Nov 14:25 | 3
Bootnotes
Sean Parker: I helped destroy humanity with Facebook
Sorry isn't enough, Sean
10 Nov 15:04 | 42
Legal
Equifax Q3 results: Not as bad as you might have hoped – hack only cost biz about $87m
Sales up, profits not so much
10 Nov 15:38 | 8
Legal
Computing in schools improved, but still needs major patching – report
This programme is not fully supported, please contact your national administration
10 Nov 15:46 | 45
Science
Greenhouse gas-sniffing satellite to be built and tested in Britain
By a multinational... But, er, RULE BRITANNIA!
10 Nov 16:05 | 35
+Comment
HPE gets carried array with HPC: Partners up with DDN
High-performance servers get data-pumping storage arrays
10 Nov 16:25 | 3
Software
Word on the Rimini Street: Software support firm smiles through Oracle pain
Q3 sales up, global footprint enlarged post NASDAQ listing
10 Nov 16:54 |
Storage
Quantum CEO exits as scale-out storage rescue fails
Tape, DXi and SOS all trend down as SW-defined cloud-native star rises
10 Nov 17:21 | 2
Security
Microsoft president says the world needs a digital Geneva Convention
Mr Smith goes to Switzerland
10 Nov 17:57 | 30
Security
How did someone hijack your Gmail? Phishing, keylogger or password reuse, we're guessing
If you run a website with user accounts, take a look at this research, ta
10 Nov 19:50 | 27
Personal Tech
Brace yourselves, fanboys. Winter is coming. And the iPhone X can't handle the cold
Speaking of white scenes, Apple's diversity is still grim
10 Nov 20:08 | 158
Interview
You wanted robo-butlers. Instead, you're getting robo-BOFHs
Machine-learning tech tries to figure out when your servers are about to fail
10 Nov 21:11 | 8
Biting the hand that feeds IT
