Another RAC staffer nabbed for storing, sharing car crash data
Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Surely there won't be a third for roadside assistance biz
Security03 Feb 2023 | 34
Paul Kunert is the UK editor at The Register. In addition to running the London office, areas of coverage include the technology supply chain, IT outsourcing, cloud services and more.
Super Bock says 'cyber' nasty 'disrupting computer services'
Portugal's biggest exporter of beer warns of restrictions to supply chain
Cyber-crime02 Feb 2023 | 12
OpenText completes Micro Focus buy, CEO says bye to 8% of workforce
Here's your new desk, phone, security card, and an unpleasant missive for some
Software01 Feb 2023 | 4
NetApp ditches 8% of staff as customers put away wallets
210,000+ people in IT now lost their job since start of 2022
Storage31 Jan 2023 | 6
Sweating the assets: Techies hold onto PCs, phones for longer than ever
Discounts coming to clear inventory as device makers hit by inflation, interest rates, conflict in Ukraine
Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 66
JD Sports admits intruder accessed 10 million customers' data
No payment details exposed in breach, says retailer, but shoppers told to be 'vigilant about potential scams'
Cyber-crime30 Jan 2023 | 25
WAN router IP address change blamed for global Microsoft 365 outage
Command line not vetted using full qualification process, says Redmond. We think it involved chewing gum somewhere
Networks30 Jan 2023 | 65
Google institutional investor calls for wider cuts: 30k jobs
TCI Fund run by Brit billionaire Chris Hohn also wants ad biz to slash salaries
Off-Prem25 Jan 2023 | 53
Google's Pichai tells underlings exec bonuses will be clipped
Staff in Q&A session yesterday to discuss 12,000 job cuts
Off-Prem24 Jan 2023 | 12
Sorry seems to be tech execs' favorite word as DB player Aiven lays off 1 in 5
Finnish open source biz joins elite in correcting pandemic hiring frenzy
Databases23 Jan 2023 | 3
Google dumps 12,000 employees after project probe
You can work from home today – to process the news
Off-Prem20 Jan 2023 | 55
Mailchimp 'fesses up to second digital burglary in five months
Social engineering helped intruders break into customers' inboxes again
Cyber-crime19 Jan 2023 | 11
Time to buy a phone as shops use discounts to clear out inventories
More stock is NOT wanted as shipments plunge to lowest point in decade, Apple floats to top
Personal Tech19 Jan 2023 | 52
Microsoft and community release scripts to help mitigate Defender mess
Techies forced to mop up after update caused ASR rules to detect false positives, wiping icons and apps shortcuts
Software16 Jan 2023 | 42
Microsoft Defender ASR rules strip icons, app shortcuts from Taskbar, Start Menu
Happy Friday 13th sysadmins! Techies find workarounds but Redmond still 'investigating'
Security13 Jan 2023 | 40
What goes up must come down: Logitech sales tumble amid PC slump
CEO 'disappointed' by prelim top and bottom lines for latest full quarter
Personal Tech12 Jan 2023 | 22
Microsoft to offer unlimited time off for US staff
Incoming corporate policy may lead to stress and burnout for staff, reduced costs for Redmond
Software12 Jan 2023 | 36
PC sales slump to pre-pandemic level in Q4. 'Boom' is over, says IDC
Vendors lower prices to stimulate demand but inflation, fears of recession trump discounts
Personal Tech11 Jan 2023 | 8
Second-hand and refurbished phone market takes flight amid inflation hike
Who needs shiny new blowers when there's bills to pay and kids to feed? Answer: fewer and fewer folk
Personal Tech10 Jan 2023 | 40
Corporations start testing Windows 11 in bigger numbers. Good luck
Accensure and L'Oreal among biz users, yet general adoption still well behind predecessor
OSes05 Jan 2023 | 144
Atos opens 'exploratory talks' with possible investors in breakaway Evidian biz
Aircraft maker Airbus linked with IT services provider's security, digital and big data unit
On-Prem03 Jan 2023 |
Salesforce's new hires are less productive, says CEO Benioff
Founder and bossman asks if WFH freedoms to blame
SaaS19 Dec 2022 | 34
With pay strikes ending, BT merges divisions to save £100m in annual costs
A day after Openreach engineers overwhelmingly accept new compensation, telco says it will merge Enterprise and Global businesses
Networks16 Dec 2022 | 18
Corporate execs: Get back, get back, to the office where you once belonged
Sing it in the key of C-suite, because operations truly doesn't care
On-Prem16 Dec 2022 | 183
Ericsson sells Russian network support biz to local managers
Transfers group of employees to new owners, makes 400 other local staff redundant
Networks15 Dec 2022 | 7
Twitter will lose 32 million users by end of 2024, Insider Intelligence predicts
'Technical issues and proliferation of hateful content' blamed
Personal Tech14 Dec 2022 | 110
Oracle clouds never go down, says Oracle's Larry Ellison
That summer heatwave in Britain? Our servers were just resting
SaaS13 Dec 2022 | 23
World's governments to keep spending to erase technical debt
Never mind the corporate sector slowdown, taxpayers' wallets open for business
On-Prem12 Dec 2022 | 4
Greater London wing of comms union urges BT workers to reject pay offer
No backdated pay, no allowances, no substantial rises for all grades, 'we feel it falls falls way short of your expectations'
Networks09 Dec 2022 | 11
Five British companies fined for making half a million nuisance calls
Nice. They went after vulnerable people and folks over 60 who opted out of marketing calls
Security08 Dec 2022 | 54
Musk's Hotel California erected at Twitter HQ, as some offices converted into bedrooms
You can check out any time you like, and you can eventually leave. Right? Right?
Offbeat07 Dec 2022 | 107
This is the best pay offer you'll get without more strikes, union tells BT workers
Tens of thousands of engineers and call center staff can vote on negotiated pay settlement on 15 December
Networks07 Dec 2022 | 29
Windows 11 still not winning the OS popularity contest
Microsoft releases out of box experience update to simplify and speed up migrations
OSes05 Dec 2022 | 154
Tech contractor who uses an umbrella company? UK tax is coming after them
Britain's wallet-checkers suspect VAT avoidance from some of them – to the tune of 10,000-case tribunal backlog
Legal05 Dec 2022 | 69
Salesforce calls some workers back to the office amid slowing sales
Months after CEO Benioff said return to office mandates don't work, a bunch told to come in three days a week, take half customer calls in-person
SaaS02 Dec 2022 | 9
Musk says spat with Apple over App Store ejection threat for Twitter was 'misunderstanding'
Lovely visit to meet Tim Cook at Apple Park HQ forces big change in tone from world's richest man
Offbeat01 Dec 2022 | 80
Arm hands board seats to Intel and Qualcomm alumni ahead of IPO
Flotation delayed but chip designer's board just keeps on growing
Systems01 Dec 2022 | 3
Just 22% of techies in UK aged 50 or older, says Chartered Institute for IT
Why not recruit mature folk from outside industry? Why not keep experience in place for longer
Offbeat01 Dec 2022 | 147
As recession looms, Workday warns that legacy HR systems need updating
Company hopes future will be 'nearly impossible to navigate' without its wares
SaaS30 Nov 2022 | 15
Elon Musk picks fight with Apple for slashing advertising spend on Twitter
CEO claims platform threatened with expulsion from App Store, asks if device maker hates free speech
Personal Tech29 Nov 2022 | 79
BT performs U-turn, agrees to up wages for 85% of UK staff
Cost of Living Pay Rise due in January, if unionised workers vote for it in consultative ballot
Networks29 Nov 2022 | 20
Musk: Twitter will have 1 billion monthly users inside 18 months
Meanwhile reports say more ad buyers are staying away
Personal Tech28 Nov 2022 | 216
It would take a 'catastrophic' recession to stop tech spend growth, says IBM boss
Tells Economic Club of New York no one he knows is trimming IT budgets
Off-Prem18 Nov 2022 | 21
US Justice Department requests more info from Adobe on $20b Figma buy
Antitrust scrutiny into one of the biggest deals for a private software developer
Software18 Nov 2022 | 4
Multi-tasker Musk expects to reduce time at Twitter, seek another leader
Comment comes as CEO testifies in suit questioning $56b Tesla pay
Personal Tech17 Nov 2022 | 133
Cisco starts 'talent movement options', and restructuring amid real estate cuts
Profit down in latest quarter but forecast for 2023 raised
Networks17 Nov 2022 | 4
Investor tells Google: Cut costs now and stop paying staff so much
Also wants Alphabet to slash losses in Waymo division, buy back shares, lots of them
Off-Prem16 Nov 2022 | 70
Amazon founder Bezos to donate 'majority' of $126bn fortune
Comment Climate change goals? Tick. Upping wages and improving working conditions for warehouse staff? Come on Jeff, charity begins at home
Offbeat15 Nov 2022 | 39
Warren Buffett buys billions of dollars worth of TSMC stock
There's gold in them there chip mountains? World's sixth richest man seems to think so
Systems15 Nov 2022 | 6
Micro Focus prepares for private ownership, turnaround still WIP
Russia and strong dollar weigh heavy on 2022, but OpenText is ready for COBOL expert
Software14 Nov 2022 | 1
Arm reports record royalties but total revenues slide
Licensing down 53% due to major one-off deals signed a year ago
Systems11 Nov 2022 | 3
BT preparing to offer financial support to inflation struck staff
CEO says UK government cap on energy has given it wiggle room, hopes payment will end further strikes
Networks11 Nov 2022 | 2
Apple and Amazon conspired to raise iPhone and iPad prices, claims class action lawsuit
Alleges agreement choked resellers using Amazon Marketplace, eliminated 98% of competition
Legal10 Nov 2022 | 11
Musk sells $3.95 billion in Tesla shares, paid eleven times more for Twitter
Meanwhile, more advertisers pause spending on loss-making social media platform and user base said to be declining
Personal Tech09 Nov 2022 | 62
Unlucky for some: Meta chops 13% of global workforce
Zuck admits biz recruited too hard during pandemic and decline in advertising forced his hand
Personal Tech09 Nov 2022 | 87
Euro clouds lodge another complaint against Microsoft over anti-competitive licenses
Updated CISPE says Redmond's recent concessions did not level the playing field
Off-Prem09 Nov 2022 | 26
Swiss drone-busting eagle squadron grounded permanently
Pilot project in Geneva ends potential danger to welfare of the birds
Offbeat08 Nov 2022 | 41
Parody Elon Musk Twitter accounts will be suspended immediately, says Elon Musk
This is no laughing matter, says very stable genius, as Kathy Griffin forced to tweet from dead mom's account
Offbeat07 Nov 2022 | 127
BT re-enters pay talks to prevent further strikes, says union
What forced the change in attitude? The impact on 40,000 broadband connections possibly
Networks04 Nov 2022 | 6
Kyndryl loses $281m in the quarter as modernization agenda continues
How to turn a classic infrastructure biz into something fit for the cloud era
On-Prem03 Nov 2022 | 5
Biting the hand that feeds IT
