China unveils massive blockchain cluster running homebrew tech
1,000 servers capable of 240 million transactions a second, because Beijing wants to watch everything
On-Prem03 Feb 2023 |
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Microsoft warns some Azure usage notifications – including abnormalities – are broken
There's a lot of manual work to do from now to March to make sure you don't break the cloud bank
Off-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 10
India sidelines Big Tech in push for farming cloud, goes open source instead
Also cuts import duties to attract EV-battery makers and keep smartphone factories humming
Software02 Feb 2023 | 1
China reportedly producing quantum computers – good luck observing one
More supposition than superposition as local media goes on Sci-Fi journey
Systems02 Feb 2023 | 10
200MP smartphone and first premium PC spearhead Samsung's pro push
Updated Galaxies dive into Apple territory
Personal Tech01 Feb 2023 | 30
Intel cuts some workers’ pay to fund its future
Still plans a ‘competitive dividend’ for investors
Systems01 Feb 2023 | 20
Counterfeit crud crooks crossed over to e-commerce during COVID
Piracy-as-a-service, 'bulletproof' ISPs, fake influencers, and big Chinese e-tailers turned a blind eye
Networks01 Feb 2023 | 3
Broadcom's VMware battle plan is to challenge hyperscalers
As 17 percent of customers see Virtzilla's short term strategic significance shrinking
Software01 Feb 2023 | 7
Amid FTX's burning wreckage, Japan outpost promises asset withdrawals in February
Well what do you know – plenty of hard-nosed regulation by central authorities actually protected investors
Cyber-crime31 Jan 2023 | 9
South Korea makes crypto crackdown a national justice priority
It's listed alongside issues like tackling gang violence, drugs, and sex crimes
Cyber-crime31 Jan 2023 | 2
After less than half a year, Intel quietly kills RISC-V dev environment
Did Pathfinder get lost in sea of red ink? Or is Chipzilla becoming RISC averse?
Software30 Jan 2023 | 28
Japan, Netherlands reportedly join US in China tech export ban
But the first rule of Chip Fight Club must be observed. Meanwhile Beijing may have its own shadow bans
Systems30 Jan 2023 | 18
China stops recognizing online study, orders kids back to foreign unis
Asia In Brief PLUS: NTT’s haptics advance; Australia cracks down on influencers; Korean Uni websites hit by Chinese protestors; and more
On-Prem30 Jan 2023 | 6
User was told three times 'Do Not Reboot This PC' – then unplugged it anyway
On-Call Even with instructions staring them in the face, this genius couldn't get it right
Software27 Jan 2023 | 152
Poor Meta. Technical debt and user training made its exabyte-scale data migration tricky
Welcome to the real world, kids. And for the rest of us, a future at which Meta is gulp! – better at large-scale analytics
Databases27 Jan 2023 | 11
Developers: What if someone said you’d never have to meet with marketing again?
Atlassian thinks it’s made that possible by extending automation from Jira to Confluence
Devops25 Jan 2023 | 8
Go to security school, GoTo – theft of encryption keys shows you need it
Ongoing probe into cloud storage attack finds customer data exfiltrated
Security25 Jan 2023 | 49
Microsoft: You're not out of love with cloud, you're just 'optimizing' it for a bit
Q2 results include modest revenue increase, steep consumer and net income decrease
Software25 Jan 2023 | 8
Well that escalated quickly: India demos homebrew mobile OS
BharOS is based on the Linux kernel and is apparently incapable of running malware
OSes25 Jan 2023 | 39
India uses emergency powers to order takedown of BBC documentary
Is a critical account of PM's past actions a real emergency, a political emergency, or a free speech emergency?
Legal24 Jan 2023 | 55
Chinese mobe-makers play a long game with homebrew chips
Modest, low-volume chips will pay off over time, apparently
Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 14
Windows 10 paid downloads end but buyers need not fear ISO-lation
Microsoft pulls the plug as of January 31, alternatives are easy to find
OSes24 Jan 2023 | 78
XenServer, split from Citrix, promises per-socket prices 'unlike certain other hypervisors'
Yeah, we know: Cost alone won't lead to success. But it may be hiring, unlike certain other tech giants
Virtualization23 Jan 2023 | 9
India's Supreme Court finds Google's appeal against monopoly fines unappealing
Vast and unpleasant – for Google – changes to the Android ecosystem remain a possibility
OSes23 Jan 2023 | 4
India floats plan to make big tech pay for news, walks back government censorship
Asia In Brief PLUS: Taiwan’s new supercomputer; China-linked cybercrims strike; Australian content clampdown; and more
Security23 Jan 2023 | 2
Atlassian CEO's bonkers scheme to pipe electricity from Australia to Singapore collapses
Analysis 4,000km extension cords are hard to build
On-Prem22 Jan 2023 | 62
Apple releases Lisa source code on landmark machine's 40th birthday
Retro Tech Week 26 megabytes of history are yours for the downloading
Personal Tech21 Jan 2023 | 52
New IT boss decided to 'audit everything you guys are doing wrong'. Which went wrong
On Call Pet consultant took down the datacenter in attempt to find other people's errors
Systems20 Jan 2023 | 173
Netflix changes CEO-sharing arrangement, teases paid password-sharing
Reed Hastings steps down as joint boss to become board chair
Personal Tech20 Jan 2023 | 29
Crims steal data on 40 million T-Mobile US customers
Sixth snafu in five years? Crooks have this useless carrier on speed dial
Cyber-crime20 Jan 2023 | 12
Punch-drunk Apple Watch called 15 cops to a boxing workout when it heard 'shots'
Hey Siri, did you know know that swatting is a bug, not a feature?
Offbeat19 Jan 2023 | 69
Indian official reveals 'plan' to build a national mobile OS
Analysis History tells us it will flop. But success might not be the real goal, so much as poking Big Tech
OSes19 Jan 2023 | 31
Like Uber, but for China: Beijing creates state-owned meta rideshare service
Private services smeared for 'disorderly expansion and data security problems'
Personal Tech19 Jan 2023 | 6
Oh, WoW: Chinese gamers to be cut off from Blizzard games next week
Contractual mess has players wondering if preserving progress in Warcraft, Overwatch, and StarCraft will be possible
Personal Tech18 Jan 2023 | 7
You can't handle the truth! Indian government suggests its own fact checkers judge what's right on social media
Classy: slips obviously conflicted idea in alongside changed gaming rules on last day of consultation period
Personal Tech18 Jan 2023 | 2
Crypto exchanges freeze accounts tied to North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group
Well whaddya know, the crypto ecosystem did the right thing by stiffing the WannaCry bandits
Cyber-crime17 Jan 2023 | 11
Tencent fired 100 people for corruption during 2022
A couple have already been jailed, others shown the door for embezzling or arranging sham contracts
Security17 Jan 2023 | 7
Microsoft to offer ChatGPT-as-a-service from Azure real soon now
Addition of the chatbot everyone's talking about, and to, comes as Azure OpenAI goes GA
AI + ML17 Jan 2023 | 19
Twitter starts auction to flip the bird, furniture, pizza ovens, gadgets galore
Am I bid $50 for a ten-foot neon logo? Or $25 for an @ symbol planter box?
Offbeat16 Jan 2023 | 49
Sysadmin infected bank with 'alien virus' that sucked CPUs dry
who, me? No good deed escapes scripting SNAFUs
On-Prem16 Jan 2023 | 68
Basecamp details 'obscene' $3.2 million bill that caused it to quit the cloud
Reckons Dell kit could have stretched that dollar further
Off-Prem16 Jan 2023 | 98
China aims to grow local infosec industry by 30 percent a year, to $22 billion by 2025
Optimistically suggests international collaboration – including on standards – will help it get there
Government Tech Week16 Jan 2023 | 9
This can’t be a real bomb threat: You've called a modem, not a phone
On-Call Security was nonetheless very, very, interested in hearing this comms engineer tell his tale
Security13 Jan 2023 | 178
Microsoft fumbles zero trust upgrade for some Asian customers
Enhanced access privileges for partners choke on double-byte characters, contribute to global delays
Security13 Jan 2023 | 4
Cisco warns it won't fix critical flaw in small business routers despite known exploit
Software support ended in 2021, so we’re relying on SMBs knowing how to block ports
Networks13 Jan 2023 | 42
NASA overspent $15m on Oracle software because it was afraid an audit could cost more
Houston, we have a problem: Millions wasted on license penalties
Software13 Jan 2023 | 40
Fujitsu has a yen for 'large-scale' acquisitions and billions of yen to fund them
Digital transformation is still a thing and Japanese giant wants to buy anyone that can do it
Software12 Jan 2023 | 7
Cloud Software Group confirms 15 percent headcount cut
CEO of Citrix/TIBCO mashup says company has 'strong foundation' and rolls out the Broadcom playbook of focusing on 'top customers'
Software12 Jan 2023 | 4
Microsoft to move some Teams features to more costly 'Premium' edition
Wants around $10 a month for stuff you get free today, plus plenty more new features
Software11 Jan 2023 | 152
Citrix and Tibco staff report sweeping redundancies
Future is cloudy at the Cloud Software Group
Software11 Jan 2023 | 1
Health insurer Aflac blames US partner for leak of Japanese cancer policy info
Zurich’s Japanese outpost also leaks a couple of million records
Cyber-crime11 Jan 2023 | 2
I spy with my little Pi: Upgraded cameras for single board computer
Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 adds autofocus and wider field of view
Personal Tech10 Jan 2023 | 13
Virgin Orbit doesn't
First sat launch from UK soil experienced 'anomaly' after entering space, did not deploy payloads
Science10 Jan 2023 | 135
Microsoft boosts Azure networking, storage with composable infra grab
Slurps ‘Fungible’, a manufacturer of DPUs and fabrics that will join Redmond’s engineering gang
Off-Prem10 Jan 2023 | 2
Pakistan’s government to agencies: Dark web is dangerous, please don’t go there
Advice follows embarrassing leak of audio from Prime Minister’s office
Security10 Jan 2023 | 12
China's Hisense bakes Teams into Android-powered commercial displays
Sees collaborationware as its route into foreign markets
On-Prem09 Jan 2023 | 12
Cleaner ignored 'do not use tap' sign, destroyed phone systems ... and the entire building
On Call The natural enemy of the IT pro is the builder – they’ll cover you in dust, hose you down, or worse
On-Prem06 Jan 2023 | 160
Should open source sniff the geopolitical wind and ban itself in China and Russia?
Opinion Can it even do that? And does FOSS deserve an exemption to sanctions?
Software01 Jan 2023 | 213
Computing's big question for 2023: How many more questions can we endure?
The answers aren't much fun either
Personal Tech31 Dec 2022 | 77
An IT emergency during a festive visit to the in-laws? So sorry, everyone, I need to step out for a while
On-Call Sometimes bringing your work laptop on a trip pays off
Storage30 Dec 2022 | 65
Biting the hand that feeds IT
