Think of a number: A tale of iffy discount codes, supermarket loyalty cards and Hotels.com
Points-powered getaways could cost booking site dear
06 Jul 2020 | 7
Employed as an intern at Vulture Central in 2018, Richard Speed stuck around and managed to achieve the lofty title of Reporter after demonstrating his prowess at carrying beer glasses. He studied English Literature and Computer Science at university before spending a quarter of a century at the sharp, pointy end of IT. Now he much prefers writing about it rather than having to make it work. Richard covers Microsoft and open source software. He is also responsible for the Bork!Bork!Bork! feature, and the On Call and Who, Me? columns.
A bad day in New Zealand: Rocket Lab's 13th mission ends in failure
'Pics or It Didn't Happen' won't be sending back any pics any time soon
06 Jul 2020 | 8
If there's a lesson to be learned in these torrid times, it's that civilisation is fleeting – but Windows XP is eternal
Bork!Bork!Bork!Airport antics for a Microsoft OS well past its prime
06 Jul 2020 | 23
When a deleted primary device file only takes 20 mins out of your maintenance window, but a whole year off your lifespan
Who, Me?In praise of UNIX and knowing when to deliberately drive a server off a cliff
06 Jul 2020 | 90
It's not a Windows 10 release without something breaking so here's a troubleshooter for your OneDrive woes
Microsoft emits a fix for those fearful of Registry tinkering
03 Jul 2020 | 30
UK government shakes magic money tree, finds $500m to buy a stake in struggling satellite firm OneWeb
Whitehall buddies up with Bharti to complete constellation
03 Jul 2020 | 82
Cool IT support drones never look at explosions: Time to resolution for misbehaving mouse? Three seconds
On CallThinking in binary, dreaming in hexadecimal, and this is what they'll remember you for
03 Jul 2020 | 154
Microsoft sees the world has moved on, cranks OneDrive file size upload limit from 15GB to more useful 100GB
Hunting for the right file is the 'bane to anyone's productivity' allegedly
02 Jul 2020 | 18
UK space firms forced to adjust their models of how the universe works as they lose out on Copernicus contracts
Surprise! The UK has been shut out of an EU-led project
02 Jul 2020 | 130
Microsoft takes tweaking tongs to Windows 10's Start Menu once again
Icon backgrounds banished, but some Insiders may have to wait for new toys
02 Jul 2020 | 59
Well bork me sideways: A railway ticket machine lies down for a little Windoze
Bork!Bork!Bork!Southampton Central: 'Old fashioned', 'tired', and now... borked
02 Jul 2020 | 41
'90s retro resurrection PowerToys hits 0.19, bringing raft of fixes and a final flash from the desktop
Stability gains for Windows-fiddling throwback
01 Jul 2020 | 4
Hats off to the brave 7%ers who dived into the Windows 10 May 2020 Update within a month of release
Still outstanding issues but gaining ground faster than previous efforts
01 Jul 2020 | 45
UK lawmakers welcome Microsoft's sack of training pressies for hard-pressed Brits as jobs searches spike
New skills aplenty and Teams tweaks from Uncles Brad and Satya
01 Jul 2020 | 1
Born slippy: NASA Mars rover Perseverance to persevere on Earth a little longer as launch date pushed back again
A delay until 2022 looms as sensor problems on Atlas V add a few more days to schedule
01 Jul 2020 | 10
One map to rule them all: UK's Ordnance Survey rolls out its Data Hub and the juicy API goodness that lies therein
It's free too – until you've burned through £1,000 worth of data, that is
01 Jul 2020 | 35
Two out of three parachutes... is just as planned for Boeing's Starliner this time around
Abort test simulated a very bad day – now, how about getting it to the ISS?
30 Jun 2020 | 21
Memories are made of chips: 'Surge in online activity' helps Micron make off with $5.4bn in Q3
Yep, that's WD and Xilinx smirking in the background
30 Jun 2020 | 1
One does not simply repurpose an entire internet constellation for sat-nav, but UK might have a go anyway
Blighty pondering OneWeb as the new Brexit Satellite
30 Jun 2020 | 259
Come glide with me: Virgin Galactic gives Unity some fresh air, looks forward to rocket-powered flight
In briefPlus: On-orbit battery replacement and scrub-a-dub-dub, my launch is a dud?
29 Jun 2020 | 14
Microsoft has a cure for data nuked by fat fingers if you're not afraid of the command line
In briefPlus: Windows Forms on Arm64 in .NET 5, Live Events to live on
29 Jun 2020 | 58
Now that's a train delay Upminster with which London travellers shall not put
Bork!Bork!Bork!Who are we kidding? TfL's prisoners will just resign selves to 20 hour wait
29 Jun 2020 | 24
Finally, a wafer-thin server... Only a tiny little thin one. Oh all right. Just the one...
Who, Me?The UPS gets its revenge in a tale of fire, fury and farming
29 Jun 2020 | 142
It's now safe to turn off your computer shop: Microsoft to shutter its bricks-and-mortar retail locations worldwide
'Reimagined' flagships to endure, but that place you used to go to when the Apple Store was too busy is going away
26 Jun 2020 | 66
