Asahi Linux devs merge effort to run Linux on Apple M1 silicon into kernel Slated for inclusion in version 5.13, due about three months from now 09 Apr 2021 | 12
Cisco takes small steps towards IT-as-a-service, more software-defined networking For compute and SD-WAN only, with plenty of details not yet in place 09 Apr 2021 | 1
‘Can COVID-19 vaccines connect me to the internet?’ It’s not The Register asking. The question comes from the official Australian government vaccine advice service (and the answer is ‘No’) 09 Apr 2021 | 33
Biden administration effectively slaps bans on seven Chinese supercomputer companies for military links Organizations added to Entity list 09 Apr 2021 | 7
Xen releases a new version 4.15 after a slightly delayed development process Teases new ‘Hyperlaunch’ tech that will allow booting of whole VM fleets 08 Apr 2021 |
Huawei re-org: Chinese giant merges its cloud and compute business units Reports of cloud team's demise may be premature 08 Apr 2021 | 1
Indian defense chief admits China’s cyber-weapons would ‘disrupt large number of systems’ whenever Beijing presses the button Video Working to improve 'cyberwalls', but for now swift recovery is main strategy 08 Apr 2021 | 14
Toshiba launches cloudy managed IoT database service running its own GridDB And ponders whether to let itself be bought by private equiteer CVC for $20bn 08 Apr 2021 | 1
Atheists appeal to higher power for intercession over alleged sins against privacy Membership data row ascends to desk of California attorney-general 07 Apr 2021 | 41
Seagate claims it shipped its third zettabyte of storage in record time 36 years to hit 1 ZB. Then, like buses, none for ages, then 2 ZB almost at once 07 Apr 2021 | 20
IBM creates a COBOL compiler – for Linux on x86 What’s this got to do with Big Blue's hybrid cloud obsession? Cloudifying COBOL ... until you repent and go back to z/OS 07 Apr 2021 | 83
Taiwan’s PC-fest COMPUTEX cancels real-world edition – three months after promising in-person gathering If you can’t guess why, how’s life under that rock? 07 Apr 2021 | 3
VMware adds support for 80-core Ampere Altra chips to its experimental Arm hypervisor The ‘we think this is mostly for SmartNICs’ stance is looking a little thinner 06 Apr 2021 | 2
Australian ponders requiring multiple IDs to sign up for social media, plus more crypto-busting backdoors Yes, this could mean Zuck gets your passport and credit card. We’re sure he’ll take care of them properly … 06 Apr 2021 | 101
Myanmar junta suspends all wireless broadband networks until further notice As night-time internet cut-offs stretch beyond 50 consecutive days 06 Apr 2021 | 4
Pakistan’s IT minister objects to tax changes he thinks may harm local IT industry Crackdown on offshore payments to freelancers hits a nerve 01 Apr 2021 | 3
Wi-Fi slinger Ubiquiti hints at source code leak after claim of ‘catastrophic’ cloud intrusion emerges Says customer data wasn't touched, doesn't say much about being rooted 01 Apr 2021 | 25
VMware builds narrow one-way road to move its crown jewels towards cloudy subscriptions ...but only on clouds it controls. Multi-cloud licensing is still all sorts of fun 31 Mar 2021 | 1
South Korean regulator recommends Apple be prosecuted for hampering fair trade probe Alleges staff took down the internet when investigators visited, even got a little physical 31 Mar 2021 | 10
Xiaomi scoots off to build electric cars, pumps $10bn into the tank to get things rolling Logowatch Also reveals first foldable with U-shaped hinge to lighten things up 31 Mar 2021 | 4
Payment app MobiKwik denies customer data was stolen from it, has no idea how the info ended up on the dark web: Maybe it was your fault? Talk about living in hope 31 Mar 2021 | 9
Cisco turns more Catalyst 9000s into application platforms, so devs and NetAdmins can share a view ThousandEyes agent to run on switches that don't do Docker, hook into AppDynamics to monitor all the things 30 Mar 2021 | 3
Apple expands third-party repairer program, mostly in Asia Applicants sought from Afghanistan to Vietnam – even Moscow and Myanmar – with the rest of world allowed later this year 30 Mar 2021 | 11
Toshiba brings quantum-inspired computer out of the cloud and onto the desktop Simulated Bifurcation Machine burns algorithms onto FPGAs, pops 'em into a vanilla workstation, and offers 10x performance for some problems 30 Mar 2021 | 8
Big tech suggests Vietnam rewrite its digital tax plans Nice economy you’ve got there. It’d be a shame if growth slowed 30 Mar 2021 | 8