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Chat among yourselves: New EU law may force the big IM platforms to open up
Send an iMessage to Facebook, and we'll talk
26 Nov 2021 20:36 | 25
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Sweden asks EU to ban Bitcoin mining because while hydroelectric power is cheap, they need it for other stuff
Lighting and warming homes in winter, or ransoming encrypted files and buying drugs? Hmmm
26 Nov 2021 19:32 | 108
Analysis
The rocky road to better Linux software installation: Containers, containers, containers
Let's be real: Everyone is trying to catch up with Apple
26 Nov 2021 17:25 | 49
Personal Tech
Reviving a classic: ThinkPad modder rattles tin to fund new motherboard for 2008's T60 and T61 series of laptops
When vendors don't update old models, someone must step up
26 Nov 2021 11:28 | 34
Personal Tech
Seaberry carrier board turns a Raspberry Pi into a desktop PC with 11 PCIe slots
It's a bit pricey, though
25 Nov 2021 19:09 | 35
Off-Prem
Economy class: AWS points set-your-own-cap Fleets service at cloudy desktop apps
Do users dream of Elastic fleets?
23 Nov 2021 11:45 | 2
OSes
Just because you can do it doesn't mean you should: Install Linux on NTFS – on the same partition as Windows
Never mind the practicality, feel the grief
22 Nov 2021 13:29 | 43
Software
Friday FOSS fest: Franz, RamBox, Pidgin and more
And lo, it was foretold, punter shall speak unto punter from a single app
19 Nov 2021 23:11 | 10
Software
The Rust Foundation gets ready to Rumbul (we're sure new CEO has never, ever heard that joke before)
And while we're here, a quick look at why the language is taking off
19 Nov 2021 11:33 | 66
Software
Streamlabs shamed into dropping 'OBS' from product name after open-source OBS Project wades into Twitter spat
Logitech-owned streaming software likes to copy others' homework
18 Nov 2021 16:31 | 11
Obituary
RIP Bernie Drummond: Celebrated ZX Spectrum artist and programmer on Batman, Head Over Heels, Match Day II
'He went from crazy doodler to craftsman instantly'
17 Nov 2021 17:02 | 17
Software
In the '80s, spaceflight sim Elite was nothing short of magic. The annotated source code shows how it was done
Load new commander (Y/N)?
17 Nov 2021 10:15 | 133
Storage
Seagate demos hard disk drive with an NVMe interface. Yup, one with spinning platters
Oh look, it's the promise of multiple actuators again
17 Nov 2021 08:04 | 48
Storage
Remember SoftRAM 95? Compression app claimed to double memory in Windows but actually did nothing at all
Microsoft's Raymond Chen was tasked with digging into the issue
15 Nov 2021 15:44 | 107
Legal
Ofcom slams slammers: Telcos fined for switching punters' phone lines without their knowledge or consent
Guaranteed Telecom, Met Technologies nurse £35k penalty, and to them that's meaningful
15 Nov 2021 10:46 | 15
Software
Randox's Certifly app for vaccinated international arrivals has to be side-loaded onto Android phones
Which, alongside its £20-a-pop COVID-19 tests, isn't a great look
15 Nov 2021 10:15 | 31
Off-Prem
Google denies Gmail users an early start to the weekend after problems accessing service
Prolonged outage in Europe and beyond dampens productivity
12 Nov 2021 12:11 | 16
Personal Tech
HP's solution to running GPU-accelerated Linux apps on high-end Z workstations: Rely on Microsoft's WSL2
Because Windows is what Linux users really want, right?
12 Nov 2021 10:15 | 32
Applications
In the spirit of open government, France dumps 9,067 repos online to show off its FOSS credentials
Have a gander at la République's open-source inner workings
11 Nov 2021 19:05 | 4
OSes
Felt Qt (might delete later)*: Two non-Gtk Linux desktops have put out new versions
TDE releases 14.0.11 and LXQt hits 1.0
09 Nov 2021 18:45 | 23
Personal Tech
Linux 5.16 to bring mainline support to Raspberry Pi 4 Compute Module – and the nifty devices built around it
Plus further step toward a full desktop on Apple M1 Arm Macs
09 Nov 2021 08:07 | 10
Personal Tech
The return of the turbo button: New Intel hotness causes an old friend to reappear
Finally – a purpose for the least-used key on your keyboard
05 Nov 2021 19:17 | 54
Security
No day in court: US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court rulings will stay a secret
Eight years after Snowden, you'll never know how much they spy on you…
05 Nov 2021 16:15 | 27
PaaS + IaaS
JEDI mind tricks: Google said Pentagon contract didn't align with company values. Now it's chasing another defence gig
Don't Be Evil... unless...
04 Nov 2021 17:38 | 12
Comment
Waterfox: A Firefox fork that could teach Mozilla a lesson
Why are some of Moz's axed projects bigger than its flagship?
04 Nov 2021 10:01 | 144
Software
Hey, Walkers. What's the difference between crisps and chips? Answer: You can't get either of them
Software upgrade hits snack production for over a week
02 Nov 2021 19:35 | 38
PaaS + IaaS
Microsoft wins JEDI contract, Amazon complains. Amazon wins NSA contract, watchdog says Microsoft right to moan
US Government Audit Office upholds Redmond's protest
01 Nov 2021 16:17 | 12
OSes
The Linux cloud swap that spells trouble for Microsoft and VMware
Containers just wanna be hypervisors
01 Jun 2017 09:12 | 49
Comment
Red Hat eye from the Ubuntu guy: Fedora – how you doin'?
More than a mere RHEL release testbed
19 Oct 2016 09:09 | 35
Analysis
One container to rule them all? No. Um, a plastic box* refresher
Real talk about this generation's coolest tech toy
05 Jul 2016 10:40 | 10
OSes
Linux is so grown up, it's ready for marriage with containers
Beats dating virtualisation, but – oh – the rules
07 Apr 2016 09:03 | 34
OSes
From Zero to hero: Why mini 'puter Oberon should grab Pi's crown
It's more kid-friendly... No really
02 Dec 2015 17:24 | 106
OSes
Old, not obsolete: IBM takes Linux mainframes back to the future
Your KVMs, give them to me
02 Nov 2015 16:57 | 28
How to
Cheat Win XP death: Your handy guide to keeping snubbed operating system ticking over
Little-known tool to save you from the XPocalypse
10 Apr 2014 11:04 | 88
Personal Tech
Bugger the jetpack, where's my 21st-century Psion?
Forgotten form factors #2: The handheld PC
07 Mar 2014 10:04 | 144
Analysis
Microsoft's licence riddles give Linux and pals a free ride to virtual domination
Hyper-V: The right answer to the wrong question
12 Dec 2013 11:02 | 84
Personal Tech
Inside Steve Ballmer’s fondleslab rear-guard action
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love to touch
06 Dec 2013 09:59 | 154
Personal Tech
How to relieve Microsoft's Surface RT piles problem
Burning problem for millions... oh where is that cooling cream of a Win32 API?
14 Nov 2013 10:03 | 80
OSes
Fed up with Windows? Linux too easy? Get weird, go ALTERNATIVE
Something really different to broaden your worldview
01 Nov 2013 10:05 | 169
Anniversary
How the clammy claws of Novell NetWare were torn from today's networks
In a parallel universe, the LAN king would have crushed Microsoft
16 Jul 2013 10:38 | 107
Servers
Windows NT grandaddy OpenVMS taken out back, single gunshot heard
HP signals end to legendary big iron beast
10 Jun 2013 12:44 | 147
Feature
How Microsoft shattered Gnome's unity with Windows 95
Who needs prior art when you've got lawyers?
03 Jun 2013 07:03 | 237
Review
Ubuntu without the 'U': Booting the Big Four remixes
Raring Ringtail without the OS X/Unity stuff
26 Apr 2013 14:24 | 94
Analysis
The GPL self-destruct mechanism that is killing Linux
Festering hacks, endlessly copied and pasted - thanks Eric!
09 Nov 2012 11:12 | 149
Servers
What's new in Windows Server 2012
Where do we begin...
02 Nov 2012 14:06 | 34
Servers
Windows Server 2012: Microsoft's other Big Push
Liam Proven walks us through the technical launch
01 Nov 2012 16:28 | 5
OSes
Party like it's 1999: CDE Unix desktop REBORN
Stirrings among Mars Curiosity screens
09 Aug 2012 07:34 | 98
Personal Tech
Raspberry Pi IN THE SKY: Wallet-sized PC is disaster drone brain
ARM-powered flying mercy bot to the rescue!
12 Jun 2012 14:01 | 64
