Chrome 'Conformance' for JavaScript frameworks says: If you don't follow our rules, your project won't build
Google knows best
17 Jun 2021 | 2
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Utopia? Echoes of Delphi and Dreamweaver in new visual editor for React
'I loved the idea of FrontPage, and learnt so much' confesses Utopia founder
17 Jun 2021 | 8
Systemd 249 release candidate includes better support for immutable OSes and provisioning images
Along with a slew of other new features
16 Jun 2021 | 89
Say helloSystem: Mac-like FreeBSD project emits 0.5 release
Why? Because the Mac has lost its way and modern OSes are too controlled and too complex, creator argues
16 Jun 2021 | 65
Debian's Cinnamon desktop maintainer quits because he thinks KDE is better now
Panic over for users as others step up to take his place
15 Jun 2021 | 73
Google opens Workspace to anyone with a Google account, but you'll need to cough up for the good stuff
Chocolate Factory presses home its advantage in web-based collaboration
14 Jun 2021 | 11
Mark it in your diaries: 14 October 2025 is the end of Windows 10
Wasn't it to be the 'last version of Windows'? Maybe not...
14 Jun 2021 | 124
Version 8 of open-source code editor Notepad++ brings Dark Mode and an ARM64 build, but bans Bing from web searches
'When a search engine does the censorship instead of its job, it's not reliable anymore'
08 Jun 2021 | 46
Microsoft flips request to port Visual Studio Tools for Office to .NET Core from 'Sure, we'll take a look' to 'No'
Basically, it doesn't work
07 Jun 2021 | 19
openSUSE leaps to 15.3 – now built with 'same binary packages' as SUSE Enterprise
Latest version ups stablity but also makes it easier to migrate to commercial wares
04 Jun 2021 | 17
Microsoft to unveil 'what's next for Windows' ... Rounded corners and what else?
June 24 event to preview Win Tech: The Next Generation
03 Jun 2021 | 33
Code contributions to GCC no longer have to be assigned to FSF, says compiler body
It's not me, it's GNU
02 Jun 2021 | 26
Too easy. Microsoft introduces moderation for Winget package repo after spike in bad submissions
Belated recognition that maybe, just maybe, someone should check submissions to official Windows package receptacle
02 Jun 2021 | 15
Hyper-V bug that could crash 'big portions of Azure cloud infrastructure': Code published
Now patched: 'A function that can be called with attacker-controlled data (which it shouldn't) and dereference twice a pointer (boom)'
02 Jun 2021 | 10
VC's paper claims cost of cloud is twice as much as running on-premises. Let's have a look at that
Analysis 'You’re crazy if you don’t start in the cloud; you’re crazy if you stay on it' - but others disagree
02 Jun 2021 | 43
Firefox 89: Can this redesign stem browser's decline?
New visuals, simplified menus, though Mozilla has yet to fully state its position on 'privacy preserving ads'
01 Jun 2021 | 190
AWS ECS Anywhere goes live. Is it worth the Amazon fee?
Amazon's container service running on-premises: a turnaround for a company that once scorned hybrid cloud
01 Jun 2021 | 12
AWS Free Tier, where's your spending limit? 'I thought I deleted everything but I have been charged $200'
Analysis Amazon's cloud arm criticised by users facing unexpected bills
28 May 2021 | 85
Docker introduces developer environments in containers
DockerCon But you can pull down your dev environment from Docker. Is it solving a problem that doesn't exist, though?
27 May 2021 | 8
Microsoft releases command-line package manager for Windows (there are snags)
Nice try, but package management will never work as well on Windows as it does on Linux
27 May 2021 | 65
Microsoft previews Hot Reload for .NET developers, sets date for .NET 6
Build Faster Entity Framework, complete C++ 20 support in Visual Studio, but complications remain
27 May 2021 | 3
Big changes for devs: Chrome 91 lands with WebAssembly SIMD, JSON modules, clipboard file support
Faster WebAssembly, and last stages of trial to test Trust Tokens
26 May 2021 | 6
What to do about open source vulnerabilities? Move fast, says Linux Foundation expert
QCon Plus The CIO does not decide how soon you need to respond. 'The person who decides is the attacker'
26 May 2021 | 40
Azure anywhere: Arc adds App Service, Function apps, Event Grid and more to on-premises Kubernetes
Build It will even keep working if Microsoft's cloud has an outage, honest
25 May 2021 | 3
