Microsoft's new 'power app converging model' hits public preview with Custom Pages
Aims to heal perplexing split between Canvas and Model-driven apps
29 Jul 2021 | 1
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Microsoft abandons semi-annual releases for Windows Server
Special capabilities on Azure leaving on-premises users behind
28 Jul 2021 | 9
DevOps still 'rarely done well at scale' concludes report after a decade of research
Interview Puppet Field CTO Nigel Kersten speaks to the Reg about 10 years of studying DevOps adoption
28 Jul 2021 | 15
A bunch of apps will be able to bypass Microsoft's new store and use own update methods
Risky and annoying?
27 Jul 2021 | 46
Google updates timeline for unpopular Privacy Sandbox, which will kill third-party cookies in Chrome by 2023
'The W3C doesn't get to be the boss of anyone, the decisions are going to be made at each of the browsers'
26 Jul 2021 | 23
Thinking about upgrading to Debian Bullseye? Watch out for changes in Exim and anything using Python 2.x
v11 set for mid-August release
26 Jul 2021 | 32
Ably blog claims company doesn't need Kubernetes to scale, surge in traffic takes down entire website
Updated 'Well that went well'
22 Jul 2021 | 20
Everyone cites that 'bugs are 100x more expensive to fix in production' research, but the study might not even exist
It's probably still true, though, says formal methods expert
22 Jul 2021 | 82
Google Cloud's Intrusion Detection Service attempts to make security 'invisible' but cost will be the big giveaway
Fancy new system shown off at online summit
21 Jul 2021 | 8
Ubuntu on a phone, anyone? UBports reaches 18th stable update, but it's still based on 16.04
Improving the Google-free mobile OS has proven to be an uphill struggle
20 Jul 2021 | 30
Windows 11: What we like and don't like about Microsoft's operating system so far
Hands On Brace yourself, there have been some changes to the Start menu, File Explorer
19 Jul 2021 | 185
The framework that will not die: Microsoft gives Web Forms designer fresh lick of paint in Visual Studio 2022
Now supports drag-and-drop editing and live data
19 Jul 2021 | 3
JavaScript, GitHub, AWS crowned winners in massive survey of 32,000 developers
Devs across the world reveal their tools, language choices, and more
16 Jul 2021 | 20
LibreOffice 7.2 release candidate reveals effort to be Microsoft-compatible
Also: New built-in UNO inspector. What's UNO? Read on...
15 Jul 2021 | 75
It had to happen: Microsoft's cloudy Windows 365 desktops are due to land next month
The good: It's a Windows PC running in the cloud. The bad: It's a Windows PC running in the cloud
14 Jul 2021 | 83
Report: 83% of UK software engineers suffer burnout, COVID-19 made it worse
Lessons of Agile still relevant, still not being applied
14 Jul 2021 | 93
OpenSearch, the AWS-sponsored Elasticsearch fork, reaches 1.0 milestone
Long-running legal dispute looks close to settlement
13 Jul 2021 | 7
Linux Mint 20.2 is a bit more insistent about updating but not as annoying as Windows or Mac, team promises
New release also brings a few refreshed apps and refinements
12 Jul 2021 | 63
Lightweight VS Code is only getting heftier with addition of official web server extension
v1.58 is a sizeable update that also brings terminals in the editor
12 Jul 2021 | 24
CentOS Stream: 'I was slow on the uptake, but I get what they are doing now,' says Rocky Linux founder
Interview Greg Kurtzer: Red Hat did the right thing and the new scenario is better than the old
09 Jul 2021 | 29
Microsoft defends intrusive dialog in Visual Studio Code that asks if you really trust the code you've been working on
'All the subtlety of a GDPR cookie banner and the charm of Clippy'
07 Jul 2021 | 67
Nvidia launches Cambridge-1, UK's most powerful supercomputer, in Arm's neighbourhood
Plus: free supercomputing for 5 healthcare partners. Charm offensive to support Arm takeover plans?
07 Jul 2021 | 27
SQL Server beta for Windows Server Containers terminated 'with immediate effect'
Microsoft identifies 'ecosystem challenges' as reason for not supporting its own system
06 Jul 2021 | 14
GitHub Copilot auto-coder snags emerge, from seemingly spilled secrets to bad code, but some love it
Analysis Great wow factor but is it legal? Is it ethical? Is code that can't be trusted any use?
06 Jul 2021 | 35
