So, bye-bye mighty nerd haven Fry’s, took Silicon to the Valley... and now you must die End of an era for iconic electronics shop chain 25 Feb 2021 | 31
California’s net neutrality rules finally good to go after judge boots Big Cable’s lawsuit Judge Mendez also suggests trying to use 1934 law in 2021 is... sub-optimal 24 Feb 2021 | 11
Federal Reserve falls over in massive hours-long tech outage, knocks down US inter-bank transfer system Few details beyond 'operational error' 24 Feb 2021 | 8
Robocall bagmen admit they collected millions of dollars from victims scammed by bogus IRS officials, lenders Duo picked up sacks of cash sent via FedEx, UPS, USPS etc 24 Feb 2021 | 8
Microsoft president asks Congress to force private-sector orgs to admit when they've been hacked Senate intelligence committee hears ideas in light of SolarWinds disaster 24 Feb 2021 | 26
US government jobs report predicts pandemic will lead to boom times for IT industry Along with epidemiologists. As for the hospitality industry… not so much 23 Feb 2021 | 7
IT contractor caught charging Uncle Sam expert rates for newbies, agrees to pay back $6m in settlement Triple-I worked on Homeland Security and ICE systems 23 Feb 2021 | 28
Nominet sets the date for extraordinary meeting where members could fire CEO Showdown over future of the .uk operator set for late March, shenanigans already alleged 23 Feb 2021 | 50
The perils of non-disclosure? China 'cloned and used' NSA zero-day exploit for years before it was made public Check Point says Beijing 'reconstructed' Equation Group's hacking tool long before leak 23 Feb 2021 | 39
Mobile World Congress to run this year's Barcelona event in June with 50,000 attendees. We're speechless And the COVID-19 precaution? A negative test 72 hours before 18 Feb 2021 | 55
New FCC boss leaps into action by… creating three committees to look at longstanding problems and come back at some point Nothing says urgency like non-binding future reports 17 Feb 2021 | 14
Microsoft Teams still on mute: Vid conf system crashes, 'potential networking issue' blamed Updated So, Zoom again then? 17 Feb 2021 | 11
Nominet claims effort to replace its board with 'safe hands' is invalid, refuses to put it to member vote Having apparently lost, UK registry operator tries desperate legal gambit 17 Feb 2021 | 69
UK dev loses ownership claim on forensic software he said he wrote in spare time and licensed to employer Ex-copper signed over copyright to bosses, judge rules 17 Feb 2021 | 70
LastPass to limit fans of free password manager to one device type only – computer or mobile – from next month Cough up if you want to use it with your laptop and phone 16 Feb 2021 | 82
British owners of .eu domains given an extra three months to find a European address Brexit bonus for EU, it's losing millions after endless rule changes 11 Feb 2021 | 96
Nominet vows to freeze wages and prices, boost donations, and be more open. For many members, it’s too little, too late Analysis Board of dot-UK registry operator scrambles to save itself 11 Feb 2021 | 76
This scumbag stole and traded victims' nude pics and vids after guessing their passwords, security answers Nicholas Faber joins accomplice Michael Fish in admitting he raided university portal for sensitive info 11 Feb 2021 | 88
No joy for Julian Assange as Uncle Sam confirms it will keep pushing for WikiLeaker's extradition to America Biden-era Dept of Justice forced to make call after UK judge blocks on mental health grounds 10 Feb 2021 | 38
Faced with the sack, Nominet CEO half-apologizes for taking the 'wrong tone,' asks angry members to hear him out Campaign to oust him and 'carpetbagger' board picks up speed 09 Feb 2021 | 64
US govt drops challenge to California’s net neutrality law, signals shift to once again safeguard connections New FCC boss Rosenworcel makes it plain she will bring back protections 09 Feb 2021 | 9
Someone tried to poison a Florida city by hijacking its water treatment plant via TeamViewer, says sheriff Attempt to flood supply with sodium hydroxide thwarted, safeguards would have kicked in anyway, we're told 09 Feb 2021 | 83
Qualcomm reports profits up 165%, strong revenues... and its stock price dives. What's a chip biz to do? People still itching to get our Snapdragons, CEO swears 04 Feb 2021 | 2
Ever wanted to own a piece of the internet? Now you can: $1 for a whole gTLD... or $2.8m if you want a decent one Uniregistry announces auction of 20+ dot-words with no minimum for some 04 Feb 2021 | 60
Ring, Ring, why don't you give me a call? Amazon-owned doorbells aren’t answering after large-scale outage Updated Turning smart homes into dumb ones 03 Feb 2021 | 79