On-Prem
Telstra: Don't expect HFC NBN sales to resume before July
Incumbent rolling in slightly fewer billions this half year
15 Feb 00:49 | 2
15th > February > 2018 Archive
Networks
Roses are red, Ajit Pai is tickled. Broadband from SpaceX gets him out of a pickle
Musketeers to launch first internet satellites this weekend
15 Feb 01:35 | 31
Science
Sorry, Elon, your Tesla roadster won't orbit for billions of years
Astroboffins calculate MuskMobile will only last millions of years, has decent chance of bonking Earth, Venus
15 Feb 03:01 | 70
On-Prem
NetApp’s third quarter revenues charge forward
Tax charge kills GAAP net income but underlying numbers are strongly positive
15 Feb 04:04 |
Software
Waddawewant? Free video codecs! When do we... oh, look, the last MPEG-2 patent expired!
Never again shall an MPEG-2 encoder be chased out of a Linux distro
15 Feb 05:01 | 17
OSes
Bloke sues Microsoft: Give me $600m – or my copy of Windows 7 back
Frank Dickman is a hell of a super hero name, we gotta say
15 Feb 06:06 | 233
Networks
Cisco surges after pricing switches-plus-subscriptions just below old hardware prices
Borg attack incoming as M&A crew eye repatriated $67bn
15 Feb 06:28 | 7
AI + ML
Look out, Wiki-geeks. Now Google trains AI to write Wikipedia articles
Er, well, ish. Text summarization is still pretty tricky for non-humans, though
15 Feb 07:03 | 18
Security
PCI Council and X9 Committee to combine PIN security standards
One PIN to rule them all, one PIN to find them, one PIN to rule them all and in the darkness bind them
15 Feb 07:29 | 10
Comment
Magic Leap's staggering VR goggle technology just got even better!
Rony keeps feeding the hype machine! Wow! Woo! Yay! Hoopla! Panowie!
15 Feb 08:05 | 52
Updated
UK names Russia as source of NotPetya, USA follows suit
'Almost certain' assessment enough for official blast from Foreign Office
15 Feb 08:33 | 53
Geek's Guide to Britain
Life's a beach – then you're the comms nexus of the British Empire and Marconi-baiting hax0rs
Inside Porthcurno's world-spanning telegraphy web
15 Feb 09:05 | 45
On-Prem
Stephen Elop and the fall of Nokia revisited
English translation of probe into Finnish phone giant's twilight makes for interesting reading
15 Feb 09:29 | 110
On-Prem
Zuckerborg, Microsoft, Amazon letting the side down for green energy among hyperscalers
But they're trying, bless 'em, says IHS Markit report
15 Feb 10:28 | 12
Networks
Home fibre in the UK sucks so much it doesn't even rank in Euro study
Want high speeds? Go to Latvia
15 Feb 11:26 | 77
Bootnotes
Iran: We have defeated evil nuclear-sensing Western lizards!
It's not David Icke, it's Ayatollah Khamenei's former top general
15 Feb 11:55 | 56
On-Prem
Mobile phone dealer boss faces 12 years in director limbo
Did somebody say VAT fraud? Yes, the Insolvency Service did
15 Feb 12:36 | 15
On-Prem
So... Nokia's taking a long, hard look at its health unit
Not so strategic now
15 Feb 13:09 | 3
Science
Robot cars will kill London jobs – but only from 2030, say politicans
London Assembly report shines light on UK.gov's auto auto plans
15 Feb 13:34 | 52
Legal
BBC presenter loses appeal, must pay £420k in IR35 crackdown
IT contractors warned to get house in order
15 Feb 13:55 | 125
Science
Arrrgh! Put down the crisps! 'Ultra-processed' foods linked to cancer!
Just kidding – vague definitions, confounding factors mean you probably shouldn't panic... yet
15 Feb 14:26 | 95
Security
Essex black hat behind Cryptex and reFUD gets two years behind bars
Goncalo Esteves sobbed as he was sentenced
15 Feb 15:03 | 10
Updated
Charity accused of leaving sensitive notes behind after office move
Yep, it's another case of the unchecked filing cabinet
15 Feb 15:34 | 17
Security
Dell EMC squashes pair of VMAX virtual appliance bugs
vApp Manager contained undocumented default account
15 Feb 15:58 | 2
OSes
Microsoft's Windows 10 Workstation adds killer feature: No Candy Crush
Now can you remove it from every Start Menu?
15 Feb 16:29 | 135
SaaS
Oracle slurps bot-wrangling security minnow Zenedge
Buy price not revealed
15 Feb 17:18 |
OSes
That terrifying 'unfixable' Microsoft Skype security flaw: THE TRUTH
Oh yeah, we patched that in October, Windows giant yawns
15 Feb 19:58 | 38
Personal Tech
Apple Macs, iThings, smart watches choke on tiny Indian delicacy
Watch out for text bomb that crashes apps and devices over and over and...
15 Feb 20:43 | 22
SaaS
When it absolutely, positively needs to be leaked overnight: 120k FedEx customer files spill from AWS S3 silo
Passport scans, drivers licenses, etc, exposed online
15 Feb 21:29 | 20
Personal Tech
Top tip: Don't bother with Facebook's two-factor SMS auth – unless you love phone spam
Pick another 2FA method: Social network is having a What The Zuck moment
15 Feb 22:40 | 26
Security
Former ICE top lawyer raided US govt database to steal aliens' identities
While kicking folks out of 'Murica, Raphael A. Sanchez committed fraud in their names
15 Feb 23:19 | 36
Analysis
FCC inspector general sticks corruption probe into chairman Ajit Pai amid $4bn media merger
Fine line between free market and favors for pals
15 Feb 23:59 | 44
Biting the hand that feeds IT
