Security
European Cybercrime Centre confident it's kicked credit card crims – again
Poised to reveal similar haul to 2020's €40M loss prevention total
02 Dec 2021 08:21 | 4
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Three key ransomware actors changed jobs on October 18 – the same day REvil went dark
Underground industry grows in complexity and sophistication, says Santander Group researcher
02 Dec 2021 05:58 | 4
Off-Prem
Meta won't migrate future acquisitions out of AWS
The Artist Formerly Known as Facebook and the cloud colossus become best cloudy buds – especially around PyTorch
02 Dec 2021 03:55 |
Virtualization
Nutanix, VMware end legal fight over CEO Rajiv Ramaswami
Now they can get back to arguing about computers and clouds
02 Dec 2021 02:58 |
Personal Tech
Samsung wheels out new silicon that turns cars into 5G-fuelled entertainment hubs
Nice wheels! Thanks, it's got eight Cortex-A76 cores, a 5G modem and 32GB of RAM
01 Dec 2021 07:56 | 30
Software
Need a new CEO, Salesforce? Have two – Bret Taylor and Marc Benioff to share the job
Restores twin CEO structure that ended in 2020, no indication this has deeper meaning
01 Dec 2021 05:58 |
Security
UK intel chief says MI6 must outsource innovation – and James Bond's in-house 'Q' is nonsense
China is on the march, Russia loves to destabilise, no intelligence agency can stop 'em without help
01 Dec 2021 03:56 | 39
Servers
Cisco tells UCS owners they may have a screw loose – in the server chassis
Power supplies are screwed up because they're not all screwed in
01 Dec 2021 01:03 | 8
Science
Hubble space 'scope brings its Cosmic Origins Spectrograph back online
Work continues on code to make the observatory operate happily when control unit message sync glitches out
30 Nov 2021 06:58 | 9
Off-Prem
Euro-telcos call on big tech to help pay for their network builds
Aka 'rebalancing global technology giants and the European digital ecosystem'
30 Nov 2021 06:16 | 32
Security
Panasonic admits intruders were inside its servers for months
Spotted the crack after it ended – still not sure what was lost
30 Nov 2021 04:27 | 10
On-Prem
HPE sees 'no indication' its tech was sold to Chinese military, seeks answers from Uncle Sam on sanctions
In the dark about how New H3C chip org ended up on USA’s naughty list
29 Nov 2021 23:54 | 11
Personal Tech
It's 2021 and someone's written a new Windows 3.x mouse driver. Why now?
For those of you who virtualise Microsoft’s finest and struggle with the pointer, this developer has an answer
29 Nov 2021 06:58 | 38
AI + ML
Warning: China planning to swipe a bunch of data soon, so quantum computers can decrypt it later
Meanwhile, the Middle Kingdom’s military plans an AI offensive – in the labs and on the field of combat
29 Nov 2021 06:31 | 73
re:Invent
AWS is on the threshold of adulthood, but is nowhere near grown up
The cloudy concern is a prodigy, but early promise is no guarantee of dominance
29 Nov 2021 03:58 | 11
Security
Australia will force social networks to identify trolls, so they can be sued for defamation
At the same time, will overrule court decision that traditional publishers are liable for comments on social media
29 Nov 2021 01:15 | 55
Legal
India backs away from digital services tax after US pressure
Will keep taxing, but consider payments as credits for future global tax regime
26 Nov 2021 04:01 | 13
Personal Tech
LG Electronics anoints new CEO, elevates exec who grew laptop biz too
M&A department elevated in importance, gets more resources
26 Nov 2021 00:58 | 1
Security
Google advises passwords are good, spear phishing is bad, and free clouds get attacked
Ad giant's first stab at providing the 'world's premier security advisory' starts with the obvious
25 Nov 2021 06:59 | 11
Software
Giant Japanese corporations to launch bank-backed digital currency
Central bank and government to observe effort run by railways, telcos, industrial titans, and private banks
25 Nov 2021 05:58 | 19
Security
US bans Chinese firms – including one linked to HPE’s China JV – for feeding tech to Beijing's military
Other additions to Entity List are accused of helping Pakistan, North Korea make nukes, missiles
25 Nov 2021 01:11 | 33
Virtualization
VMware waiting for Tanzu take-off, tops guidance as customers kick tyres
Clouds and hardware types queueing up to talk now Virtzilla is free of Dell
24 Nov 2021 07:53 | 1
Software
India to ban private cryptocurrency, create official version instead
Description of new 'Official Digital Currency Bill' appears to allow general use of blockchain
24 Nov 2021 06:45 | 4
Networks
Mature networking vendor seeks flexible commitment from software suitors
Cisco’s new software license agreement means one payment can cover code and services
24 Nov 2021 05:57 | 3
Security
China trying to export its Great Firewall and governance model
Beware of Communists bearing internet governance proposals, says Australian Strategic Policy Institute
24 Nov 2021 02:56 | 31
LogoWatch
Qualcomm kinda spins out Snapdragon – as a brand, not a business
Marketing jargon alert: Modernized, streamlined, brand iconography and more prominent fireballs inside
23 Nov 2021 08:01 | 8
OSes
AWS commits to update its own Linux every other year
Starting with a release called Amazon Linux 2022 that just hit preview
23 Nov 2021 05:53 | 7
OSes
Microsoft quietly delivers Windows 11 Enterprise VMs for devs
Loaded with all the goodies coders need to run wild with new OS, and packaged for four hypervisors
23 Nov 2021 04:01 | 9
Security
Indian bank smacks down allegation it exposed 180 million customers' accounts
Infosec firm says it found unpatched software, Bank admits Exchange may not have been in the best shape
23 Nov 2021 01:58 | 1
Software
India hovers over the Pause button for Big Tech's march onto one hundred million farms
By revisiting farm reform, PM Modi has left the future of the contentious 'AgriStack' uncertain
22 Nov 2021 08:01 | 2
Virtualization
VMware recalls full vSphere update over driver dramas
Interoperability issues with Ethernet controller sends vSphere 7 Update 3 back to the drawing board
22 Nov 2021 05:58 | 6
Security
After four bans, TikTok finally passes the Pakistan challenge
Video app promises not to let naughty content cross the border, and to ban those who try
22 Nov 2021 04:59 | 5
Servers
IBM tells POWER8 owners: The end is nigh for upgrades
If you want more memory or internal storage, ordering before April 2022 is wise
22 Nov 2021 01:59 | 11
Software
Server errors plague app used by Tesla drivers to unlock their MuskMobiles
CEO blames 'increased verbosity of network traffic'
21 Nov 2021 23:58 | 216
Personal Tech
Indian PC market sets all-time records as Q3 shipments top 2019 total
Wearables also soared, with Apple pushed out of the charts by local brands like Fire-Boltt
19 Nov 2021 08:04 |
On-Prem
TI will splash out up to $30B on wafer fabs
Definitely building two more, may add another pair
19 Nov 2021 05:58 | 5
AI + ML
Robo-Shinkansen rolls slowly – for now – across 5km of Japan
Railway wants self-driving bullet trains overseen by staff that aren't trained as drivers
19 Nov 2021 04:54 | 83
On-Prem
Citrix initiates 'Restructuring Program' – jobs and facilities to go
Sets aside up to $90M just for employee severance packages
18 Nov 2021 23:46 | 10
Networks
Cisco thinks you're happy to wait ages for new kit, then pay premium prices
Supply chain pain will persist deep into 2022, so it's not like you have a choice if you're in Switchzilla's world
18 Nov 2021 07:57 | 19
Software
Indian PM calls on the world to save youth from Bitcoin
Narendra Modi positions India as a place democracies should come to build tech – and diplomatic ties
18 Nov 2021 04:58 | 12
Off-Prem
Open Infrastructure Foundation adopts cross-cloud resource manager Taibai
China-based FiberHome donated code after consultation – didn't just "throw it over the wall"
18 Nov 2021 01:58 |
Virtualization
VMware pulls vSphere update that only made things worse
vSphere 7 Update 3b was supposed to fix a high availability glitch, crashing hosts, and more
18 Nov 2021 00:21 | 4
Off-Prem
OVHcloud to share its OpenStack automation for use in on-prem clouds
Also finds a way to bring its water-cooled servers to third-party bit barns, especially in Asia
17 Nov 2021 06:07 | 2
Off-Prem
Ready, player anyone? China's gaming ban left cloud providers looking for someone to play with
Canalys CEO reckons up to 30 per cent of big Chinese clouds' infrastructure is under-used, new datacentre builds deferred
17 Nov 2021 03:35 | 3
OSes
Microsoft slows Windows 10 release cadence to yearly. If they're all as dull as the November Update, this is fine
Intros x64 emulation for Windows on Arm – but only on Windows 11
17 Nov 2021 01:31 | 45
Storage
Snowflake wrestles Python, chases China, and ingests unstructured data
Cloudy analytics contender is also having a look at Amazon's Graviton silicon
16 Nov 2021 14:16 |
Software
Splunk CEO jumps ship, share price slumps despite surging growth
Doug Merritt thanked for service, but no explanation offered for change
16 Nov 2021 06:57 | 2
Security
Chinese Communist Party official expelled for mining cryptocurrency
Middle Kingdom floats fresh data security rules, too, with eight-hour privacy breach notification requirement
16 Nov 2021 00:49 | 10
Networks
Boffins use nuclear radiation to send data wirelessly
Shall we call it Die-Fi? Or NoTooth? Either would be unkind, as this experiment used little radiation, but much exotic hardware
15 Nov 2021 06:28 | 75
On-Prem
Toshiba to become Threeshiba – company split to spur growth as strife persists
One company for devices, one for office kit, another for infrastructure, batteries & tech services, Kioxia stake to be sold
15 Nov 2021 04:59 | 6
Security
FBI spams thousands with fake infosec advice after 'software misconfiguration'
Looks like feuding hackers wanted to expose Feds' failings as a public service. We want to believe
15 Nov 2021 02:30 | 9
OSes
Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.16 rc1 with new performance-enhancing memory tech
Emperor Penguin rates Memory Folios tech – source of that performance bump – as most important new feature in 'not huge' release
15 Nov 2021 00:48 | 7
Off-Prem
WTF is 'Computing First Networking'? Think load balancers for the age of edge
The 'pre-process data on the edge' idea turns out not to be that simple
12 Nov 2021 07:14 | 18
Security
AMD reveals an Epyc 50 flaws – 23 of them rated high severity. Intel has 25 bugs, too
Think of an attack – DoS, arbitrary code execution, memory corruption – and one of these vulns allows it
12 Nov 2021 06:02 | 22
OSes
Huawei hands its cloud Linux to China's only open source foundation
OpenEuler now an Open Atom Foundation project, China Telecom has released a cut, tech minister loves the idea
12 Nov 2021 02:58 | 4
Security
USA signs internet freedom and no-hack pact it's ignored since 2018
Joins 79 nations supporting Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace – China and Russia aren't on the list
11 Nov 2021 05:31 | 22
Security
New Zealand spooks say satellite snooping is obsolete – better intel is found elsewhere
Kiwis are done with dishes, and the Five Eyes alliance is cool with it
11 Nov 2021 04:16 | 18
Software
What? Apple products need management?! Cupertino intros device management for SMBs
Cloudy tools to enrol users, disperse apps, backed with on-site service
11 Nov 2021 00:34 | 19
On-Prem
Samsung reveals buzzword-compliant DRAM ready for 5G, AI, edge, and metaverses
Smartphone-derived LPDDR5X said to be faster and more miserly than predecessors
10 Nov 2021 06:56 | 14
Software
UK Treasury and Bank of England starting to sound serious about 'Britcoin'
Flags any effort to create central bank digital currency as major national infrastructure project
10 Nov 2021 04:58 | 85
