Let's go space truckin': 1970s probe Voyager 1 is now 14 billion miles from home
NASA's long-lived spacecraft reaches another milestone
18 Sep 2020 | 9
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.
This is how demon.co.uk ends, not with a bang but a blunder: Randomer swipes decommissioning domain
Namesco says soz, Brit data watchdog investigating
18 Sep 2020 | 19
Behold the Bloo Screen of Death: Bathroom borkage stops spray play
Bork!Bork!Bork!Flushed out
18 Sep 2020 | 34
Amazon gets its tax excuses in early amid rising UK profits – but leaves El Reg off the press list. Can't think why
A charm offensive, or just plain offensive?
18 Sep 2020 | 35
He was a skater boy. We said, 'see you later, boy' – and the VAX machine mysteriously began to work as intended
On CallGo pivot on this
18 Sep 2020 | 112
Relics of the past to be found in Oxford: A medieval friary, a Saxon wall, and... Windows 7
Bork!Bork!Bork!Shopping paradise forgot to pay for more support
17 Sep 2020 | 17
One down, two to go: Astra's first attempt to reach orbit scuppered by iffy guidance
In briefAlso: Cygnus named for Columbia 'naut, and Space Shuttle Endeavour dressed up for launch
17 Sep 2020 | 10
Amazon Transcribe can now ID 31 languages from audio so uncultured swines don't have to
Give that tagging finger a rest
17 Sep 2020 | 8
Never mind that you can run Meet on any old computer, Google unveils specialised hardware for vid-chat plat
Ad giant takes aim at the meeting room – even though nobody's there
16 Sep 2020 | 17
Research into deflecting potentially world-destroying asteroids is apparently not a 'national priority' for the UK
Blighty didn't miss out on ESA award like with Copernicus, it's just more worried about space junk than Hera
16 Sep 2020 | 37
Ever found yourself praying to whatever deity runs Microsoft Teams? You're not alone
Don't mind us just trying to enlighten the mood
16 Sep 2020 | 28
Peek-a-boo! Windows Insiders play hide and seek with a Friday night update
In briefAlso: GitHub and Teams action while Universal Print presses on
15 Sep 2020 | 6
As if you needed another reason not to use Visual Studio, C++ extension for Visual Studio Code is live
Optional extra pack a bit like Microsoft Plus! but with CMake instead of Pinball
15 Sep 2020 | 19
Tesco self-service separates innocent Reg reader from beer after collapsing into heap of Windows dialog boxes
Bork!Bork!Bork!Is that... XP? Can't be – venerable OS expired last year
15 Sep 2020 | 25
Up from the depths, 864 servers inside, covered in slime, it's Natick!
Microsoft went to sea, sea, sea to see what it could see, see, see...
14 Sep 2020 | 37
Nvidia says regulators will be 'very supportive' of $40bn Arm buy despite concerns about chip designer's independence
Meanwhile, co-founder petitions UK.gov to keep HQ and jobs at home
14 Sep 2020 | 51
Typical '80s IT: Good idea leads to additional duties, without extra training or pay, and a nuked payroll system
Who, Me?We know it is a bore, but check your backup and restore
14 Sep 2020 | 98
Microsoft tweaks the editor. Reg news desk is fine – it's just the Visual Studio Code August update
Avoid bloated pulls thanks to more formatting smarts
11 Sep 2020 |
NASA puts an Astrobee to work sweeping the ISS. Yep, floating cube good at taking pics and hanging around....
Updated... but humans still needed to fix the 'Hygiene Compartment'
11 Sep 2020 | 6
Climb every mountain, wsl --mount every Linux disk in latest Windows Preview
But beware last week's update: WSL borkage may await ye with sharp, pointy Element Not Found errors
11 Sep 2020 | 18
How about a lovely processor thermal trip? Hot day in Italy brings out the banking bork
Bork!Bork!Bork!The only lockdown excursion we'll be taking - courtesy of some heated hardware
11 Sep 2020 | 5
The power of Bill compels you: A server room possessed by a Microsoft-hating, Linux-loving Demon
On CallLuckily, earthly pleasures dished out by the exorcist
11 Sep 2020 | 199
Desperately seeking regolith: NASA seeks proposals for collecting Moon dirt
Hand-over to happen on the lunar surface. Legally speaking
10 Sep 2020 | 25
No, it's not the trailer for the new Dune, it's the potential view from the 'Super Hi-Vision Camera' on Japan's 2024 mission to Mars
Hayabusa's heading home, but 8K's going to Mars
10 Sep 2020 | 9
