Google submits complaints about Microsoft licensing to UK competition regulator
Now Microsoft has regulator breathing down its neck in three regions
PaaS + IaaS01 Dec 2023 | 6
Paul Kunert is EMEA region editor at The Register. In addition to overseeing our output in that part of the world, his areas of coverage include the global technology supply chain, IT outsourcing, and cloud services. Paul was previously editor of Channel Register. In a career spanning more than 25 years, he has held various positions including chief reporter.
Regulator says stranger entered hospital, treated a patient, took a document ... then vanished
Scottish health group to tweak security checks, access authorization to avoid a repeat
Security01 Dec 2023 | 88
Server sales down 31% at HPE as enterprises hack spending
Customers still 'digesting' shipments bought in 2022, says exec in mixed fiscal year for hardware biz
On-Prem29 Nov 2023 | 12
Adobe's buy of Figma is 'likely' bad for developers, rules UK regulator
Competition Markets Authority claims merger will reduce innovation for designers and other creative types
Software29 Nov 2023 | 11
Black Friday? More like Blackout Friday for HSBC's online and mobile banking
Updated Think of all the crap discounted things you won't need to buy now
Off-Prem24 Nov 2023 | 39
UKFast founder Lawrence Jones convicted of rape
Ex-hosting biz boss to be sentenced for historic offences after being found guilty of earlier sexual assault
Legal24 Nov 2023 |
HP chief throws about AI fairy dust in hopes of reviving slumbering PC giant
What is double of 15% sales shrinkage?
Personal Tech22 Nov 2023 | 6
Capita scores £239M contract to manage mega public sector pension scheme
Cabinet Office clearly over Capita's breach in March that saw pension data exposed to criminals
Public Sector21 Nov 2023 | 33
Europe says Adobe's $20B buy of Figma will kill competition
Updated Software duo must respond with remedies – plus: closing deal in '23 likely a Figma of their imagination
Software20 Nov 2023 | 9
Amazon to staff: Come into the office – it'd be a shame if something happened to your promotion
We know who's been naughty and who's been nice, says box-shifting-cum-cloud-computing biz
On-Prem15 Nov 2023 | 33
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean AI's not after you
Brit telco BT's digital boss asks people 'how did horses feel when cars were invented? They didn't complain or go on strike'
Bootnotes14 Nov 2023 | 62
Microsoft hits Alt+F4 on internal ChatGPT access over security jitters, irony ensues
Apparently the move was in error
AI + ML10 Nov 2023 | 14
Wipro: Get back to the office for three days a week or else
Still, at least it isn't forcing everyone to wear smart casuals...
On-Prem08 Nov 2023 | 19
UK data watchdog fines three text spammers for flouting electronic marketing rules
'High-pressure' sales tactics targeted people registered with Telephone Preference Service
Security03 Nov 2023 | 13
Qualcomm in recovery position following annus horribilis
Smartphone sales not nearly so bad and just think of the AI potential for margins
Systems02 Nov 2023 | 7
Tenfold electric vehicles on 2030 roads could be a shock to the system
Robust policies for renewables needed to increase energy mix to nearly 50%
Offbeat27 Oct 2023 | 345
AWS CEO talks up AI to focus minds of Wall Street types
Q3 sales below forecasts, profits up, and conversation centers on LLMs and GenAI
PaaS + IaaS27 Oct 2023 | 2
Regulator delays Adobe's $20B buy of Figma, derails deal deadline
Updated Competition and Markets Authority needs more time to consider 'complex case', new deadline set for February 2024
Software26 Oct 2023 | 11
Shucks Chuck, how many employees pay = one Cisco CEO?
Robbins and the C suite bumper pay day on back of router and switch kingpin's 2023 double digit sales swing
Networks24 Oct 2023 | 3
Dropbox drops bucks to ditch digs in long-term WFH model
SF corporate nerve center will be 87% smaller than pre-pandemic as others mandate in-person work
On-Prem23 Oct 2023 | 10
Microsoft admits 'power issue' downed Azure services in West Europe
Updated Work ongoing to manually recover some storage nodes
PaaS + IaaS23 Oct 2023 | 16
Millions of smart meters will brick it when 2G and 3G turns off
Public Accounts Committee demands timetable for replacements, because things have run so smoothly so far...
Public Sector23 Oct 2023 | 349
Microsoft CEO Nadella's compensation drops... to $48M
Try to hold back your tears as CEO to employee pay ratio hits: 250 to 1
Software20 Oct 2023 | 12
Imagine a world without egress fees or cloud software license disparities
UK regulator lists series of potential remedies for anti-competitive practices early on in probe
Public Sector20 Oct 2023 | 5
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated
Networks19 Oct 2023 | 10
Come work at HQ... or find a new job, Roblox CEO tells staff
Games developer latest to row back on WFH flexibility. 'Zoom fatigue is real,' says bigwig
On-Prem18 Oct 2023 | 38
Buyer's remorse haunts 3 in 5 business software purchases
They never do tell you about the unexpected costs and overly complex implementations
Applications18 Oct 2023 | 41
Look, boss – Nvidia's still cool with staff working from home
Plus: Stanford prof tells off industry for making decisions based on anecdotal data
Offbeat16 Oct 2023 | 25
Brit watchdog slams Microsoft as it clears $69B Activision Blizzard buy
'Tactics employed by Microsoft are no way to engage with us'
Software13 Oct 2023 | 16
UK government embarks on bargain bin hunt for AI policy wonk
Con: You won't get a Menlo Park salary. Pro: You won't have to meet Zuck
Public Sector13 Oct 2023 | 14
US construction giant unearths concrete evidence of cyberattack
Simpson Manufacturing yanks systems offline, warns of ongoing disruption
Cyber-crime12 Oct 2023 | 11
Brit competition regulator will make or break Vodafone and Three union
Interested parties invited to speak now or forever hold your peace
Networks12 Oct 2023 | 42
Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone
Bernstein estimates value of agreement, warns it and similar deals may end if DoJ wins antitrust case
Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 12
IDC: AI is a solution for a PC industry with a sales problem
Articulating use cases? Erm, yes but customers are captivated
Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 13
Datacenter cabling biz Volex confirms digital break-in
All sites operational, no 'material' financial impact expected but stock markets still worried
Cyber-crime09 Oct 2023 |
When is a PC an AI PC? Nobody seems to know or wants to tell
Canalys EMEA Forum HP and Lenovo developing machines with LLMs – maybe it'll be in the price?
AI + ML05 Oct 2023 | 36
Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025
Canalys EMEA Forum And the repair parts will be repairable too. Batteries, SSDs and more will no longer be sealed into casing
Personal Tech05 Oct 2023 | 52
Intel's Gelsinger grades his chip flip a hit, but AMD exec thinks it's more silicon slip
Canalys EMEA Forum Exiting fab biz was 'turning point' for House of Zen, claims Darren Grasby
Personal Tech05 Oct 2023 | 7
UK IaaS market: Deeper probe by competition regulator lands soon
Updated Ofcom to refer findings to CMA – which insiders say will home in on egress fees, interoperability and licensing
PaaS + IaaS03 Oct 2023 | 5
From frying Panos into the Fire? Amazon confirms hiring of Microsoft veteran
Device chief, who quit the beast of Redmond last week, takes similar role at arch rival
Personal Tech28 Sep 2023 | 2
Meta spends $181M to get out of lease at vacant London offices
Biz signed 20-year term in 2021 before COVID-19 caused the WFH revolution followed by redundancies
On-Prem27 Sep 2023 | 40
MOVEit breach delivers bundle of 3.4 million baby records
Progress Software vulnerability ID'd in enormous burglary at Ontario's BORN
Cyber-crime26 Sep 2023 | 7
Oracle's $130M-plus payday still looms on horizon for Larry and Safra
And shareholders – presumably not Ellison who still owns 42% – are still not happy about it
Databases26 Sep 2023 | 11
Intel aims to patch semiconductor skills gap with one-year cert program
New fabs won't achieve much without specialized staff to fill them
Systems25 Sep 2023 | 4
Call me an Apple fan, says Huawei founder and chief exec
Ren Zhengfei says he still takes lessons from American rival
Offbeat21 Sep 2023 | 8
Menacing marketeers fined by ICO for 1.9M cold calls
Five businesses facing half a million in collective penalties for illegally phoning folk registered with TPS
Security21 Sep 2023 | 30
As TikTok surveils staff's office hours, research indicates WFH is good for planet
Not leaving home for work cuts an individual's carbon footprint by 54%, says research
On-Prem20 Sep 2023 | 60
Unity talks of price cap and fees for only largest games developers
That sound? It's the screeching noise of a massive U-turn as games engine biz admits mistakes
Software19 Sep 2023 | 16
The Clorox Company admits cyberattack causing 'widescale disruption'
Back to 'manual' order processing for $7B household cleaning biz, financial impact will be 'material'
Cyber-crime19 Sep 2023 | 8
Azure SQL Database takes Saturday off on US east coast following network power failure
At least it was the weekend
PaaS + IaaS18 Sep 2023 | 3
Google exec: Microsoft Teams concession 'too little, too late'
If you don't tackle Redmond's abuse of software licensing in rival clouds it'll be game over for innovation, warns Amit Zavery
Cloud Infrastructure Week15 Sep 2023 | 39
Activist investor to GoDaddy: Cut costs, improve sales, or sell
Starboard Blue LLC says management failed to create shareholder goodness, 'change needed'
Off-Prem14 Sep 2023 | 26
Capita class action: 2,000 folks affected by data theft sign up
Pensioners, employees and medical pros among those aiming to be compensated for data exposure
Cyber-crime13 Sep 2023 | 13
Alibaba CEO, chair and head of breakway cloud biz quits suddenly ahead of IPO
Daniel Zhang does different handover to the one expected
Cloud Infrastructure Week11 Sep 2023 | 1
IBM Software tells workers: Get back to the office three days a week
Managers warn company goals can't be achieved unless coders get more face time and less FaceTime
AI + ML11 Sep 2023 | 156
22 million Brits suffer broadband outage blues and are paying a premium for it
Southampton top for connectivity flops, says Uswitch research
Networks08 Sep 2023 | 70
Coffee Meets Bagel outage caused by cybercriminals deleting data and files
Did you potentially miss the love match of your life in week-long blackout? Nope, nobody could access it
Cyber-crime06 Sep 2023 | 3
Newport Wafer Fab blames UK government over 100 redundancies plan
Forced sale of Britian's biggest semiconductor component maker creating uncertainty over its future
Systems06 Sep 2023 | 15
Microsoft still prohibits Google or Alibaba from running O365 Windows Apps
Almost a month after AWS concession, Redmond keeping mum on reason for locking rivals out
PaaS + IaaS25 Aug 2023 | 40
CEO Zooms through the bad news on Q2 earnings call
Alienating FOSS community and some employees? Web-based collaboration biz delights shareholders
Off-Prem22 Aug 2023 | 5
Biting the hand that feeds IT
