Does Samsung want you to buy new phones? Asking 'cos Galaxies now get four years of security updates
Even kit from 2019 is covered and so are the modestly priced A and M series
23 Feb 2021 | 40
Simon is The Register's APAC editor, and is based in Australia. He covers the region's news as well as virtualization, data center infrastructure, software, cloud platforms, and more.
China sets new rules for Ant Group to play by if it wants to think again about a float
Banks given limits to their involvement with web giants’ online lending operations
22 Feb 2021 | 3
Australian government fights Facebook news ban by threatening 0.01% of Zuck's ad revenue
Talks continue but pay-for-news law won’t be amended
22 Feb 2021 | 49
Malware monsters target Apple’s M1 silicon with ‘Silver Sparrow’
Behaves like a legit software installer and phones home for instructions, but lacks a payload
22 Feb 2021 | 43
Atheists warn followers of unholy data leak, hint dark deeds may have tried to make it go away
Rival atheists accused of not believing in privacy law
19 Feb 2021 | 108
Australia facepalms as Facebook blocks bookstores, sport, health services instead of just news
Reg writer on the spot reports that life without news links on The Social Network™ is just fine
19 Feb 2021 | 87
Microsoft admits some Azure, Exchange, Intune source code snaffled in SolarWinds schemozzle
We’ll be fine, says Redmond security crew. No word on whether you will be too once crims analyse their haul
19 Feb 2021 | 4
Microsoft kills broad entry-level IT certifications, replaces them with all-Microsoft curriculum
‘Technology Associate’ exams that taught general skills like Python, HTML and Java are on the way out. No refunds offered
18 Feb 2021 | 46
India splashes cash to lure telecoms and network kit-makers in need of manufacturing muscle
Wants big players to build locally for locals, then build export capability
18 Feb 2021 | 3
Groupware is not dead! HCL drops second beta of Notes/Domino version 12 and goes all low-code and cloudy
26 years after IBM paid Lotus $3.25bn, the Notes email client might be getting useful
18 Feb 2021 | 35
Facebook bans sharing of news in Australia – starting now – rather than submit to pay-for-news-plan
Analysis + Update As News Corp and Google strike global news payments deal and bill passes lower house
17 Feb 2021 | 126
European Space Agency open to hiring astronauts with a physical disability
‘Help Wanted … in Space’ signs go up for first time in over a decade
17 Feb 2021 | 18
Amazon to build its own consumer hardware in India, starting with Fire TV sticks
Minister claims investment attraction regime is working, also asks for help getting products from villages into Marketplace
17 Feb 2021 | 7
Google Cloud forges new passage to India with Tata Communications
Azure and AWS already have same cloud deal, but hey - new friends!
17 Feb 2021 |
France's cyber-agency says Centreon IT management software sabotaged by Russian Sandworm
Web hosts infiltrated for up to three years in attack that somewhat resembles SolarWinds mess
16 Feb 2021 | 15
Recovery time objective missed by four weeks, but Parler is back online
LA hosting outfit SkySilk puts itself in the hot seat because it thinks other clouds wrongly act as judges
16 Feb 2021 | 137
Devuan adds third init option in sixth birthday release
Veteran Unix Admins offer new cut of
systemd-free Debian derivative and get the name right this time16 Feb 2021 | 46
Does a national Digital Intelligence Unit sound a bit sinister? India's new one will co-ordinate action on SMS scams
Maybe it can use the spatial data that India also liberalised yesterday to deliver promise of unplugging rogue operators
16 Feb 2021 | 4
Microsoft says it found 1,000-plus developers' fingerprints on the SolarWinds attack
As FireEye reveals how suspicious second phone signed up for 2FA gave the game away
15 Feb 2021 | 77
Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai get back on the phone with Australia for more pay-for-news talks
Compulsory arbitration code clears committee without amendments, but cracks show as one major local signs big Google deal
15 Feb 2021 | 9
Voyager 2 receives and executes first command in 11 months as sole antenna that reaches it returns to work
Resets clock to avoid going into safe mode
15 Feb 2021 | 117
Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.11, says it's so good your significant other wants you to test it on Valentine's Day
AMD admirers get plenty to swoon over, Intel’s SGX also makes it unto the kernel, as did some head-scratching gaming kit
14 Feb 2021 | 16
Myanmar Junta delivers harsh cyber law and more IP blocking orders
Gives itself power to snoop and block anything, anytime – but at least it’s also consulted with industry
12 Feb 2021 | 25
Microsoft issues emergency fix for Wi-Fi foul-up delivered hot and fresh on Patch Tuesday
WPA3 access may cause Blue Screen of Death
12 Feb 2021 | 38
