Ex-org? Not at all! Three and a half years after X.Org Server 1.20, 1.21 is released
All thanks to Touchpad funding and a new maintainer – but X vs Wayland still a dilemma for community
OSes28 Oct 2021 | 43
Tim is based in the UK, and covers software development, open-source software, cloud platforms, and more for The Register.
Next.js 12: Middleware, ECMAScript modules, and lessening use of Node.js
Interview Vercel boss Guillermo Rauch speaks to The Reg about Rust, WebAssembly, Node TypeScript, and more
Software27 Oct 2021 |
Ever wondered where the 'cloud' was in Adobe Creative Cloud? Here it is in beta form
In-browser editing previewed for Photoshop and Illustrator
SaaS26 Oct 2021 | 22
Microsoft's UWP = Unwanted Windows Platform?
IT giant recommends migration for those unhappy with current functionality
Software26 Oct 2021 | 72
Google deliberately throttled ad load times to promote AMP, claims new court document
'Nice comparative boost' for AMP claimed to be achieved by actively slowing other formats
Legal26 Oct 2021 | 45
Microsoft under fire again from open-source .NET devs: Hot Reload feature pulled for sake of Visual Studio sales
Updated Windows giant has a funny way of 'loving' Free software
Software22 Oct 2021 | 40
New Relic guzzles down CodeStream to help devs jump straight from app error telemetry to offending code
'I can debug production from the IDE,' said CS boss Peter Pezaris
Software22 Oct 2021 | 4
GIMP 2.99.8 is here but what's happened to 3.0? If only stuff would not break all the time
Keeping up with technology changes 'taking a toll on development'
Software21 Oct 2021 | 12
No swearing or off-brand comments: AWS touts auto-moderation messaging API
Automate everything – but while human moderation is hard, robot moderation tends not to work
Applications21 Oct 2021 | 30
Software Freedom Conservancy sues TV maker Vizio for 'GPL infringement'
Companies using free-as-in-freedom software should meet their obligations, lawsuit says
Legal20 Oct 2021 | 40
Brave's homegrown search claims to protect your privacy but there's a long way to go if it's to challenge the big G
Ad-free now but not forever
Applications20 Oct 2021 | 39
It's heeere: Node.js 17 is out – but not for production use, says dev team
EcmaScript 6 modules will not stop growing use of Node, claims chair of Technical Steering Committee
Software19 Oct 2021 | 15
Windows 11 Paint: Oh look – rounded corners. And it is prettier... but slightly worse
New iconography, minimalism, less text – and at least it is not Paint 3D
Applications19 Oct 2021 | 112
Microsoft called out as big malware hoster – thanks to OneDrive and Office 365 abuse
Updated Infosec pro: 'OneDrive abuse has been going on for years'
Security18 Oct 2021 | 18
Amid drama at .NET Foundation, Microsoft's De Icaza reveals it was meant to be like GNOME Foundation
Which it isn't, as illustrated by exec director of the F# Foundation
Software18 Oct 2021 | 13
Google's VirusTotal reports that 95% of ransomware spotted targets Windows
Criminals follow the money, code flaws
Security14 Oct 2021 | 27
Ubuntu 21.10 brings GNOME 40 debut and a focus on devs
Also: Why Canonical thinks Ubuntu GUI on Windows 11 matters
OSes14 Oct 2021 | 27
Azure Emissions Dashboard shows how you and Microsoft are slowly killing the planet with your cloud workloads
Here's an even cheerier thought – it requires a Power BI Pro subscription
Off-Prem14 Oct 2021 | 9
As UK-based Civo's Kubernetes service goes live, boss claims the big cloud rivals are overpriced
Interview 'There's a misconception in the industry that hyperscalers are cheap'
Off-Prem14 Oct 2021 | 1
AlmaLinux Foundation chair says he stepped down to highlight value of community status
Close ties with CloudLinux remain, including former chair as 'guest attendee' at board meetings
Software13 Oct 2021 | 5
Microsoft .NET updates include C and C++ code in Blazor WebAssembly, release date for Visual Studio 2022
Just don't mention WPF
Software13 Oct 2021 | 21
OVH blames hour-long global outage on human error during 'routine' network reconfiguration
'No impact expected' then pop – and weren't they in the process of an IPO?
On-Prem13 Oct 2021 | 10
User locked out of Microsoft account by MFA bug, complains of customer-hostile support
Interview 'So sorry' says Microsoft Identity VP – but its unhelpful support systems will be hard to fix
Security12 Oct 2021 | 76
Jamstack research: Typescript and serverless are the winners
Figma dominating Adobe XD in UIs
Off-Prem11 Oct 2021 | 8
.NET Foundation focuses on 'issues with the community' after executive director quits
Analysis Or should that be the community's issues with Microsoft?
Software11 Oct 2021 | 11
Want to support Firefox? Great, you'll have no problem with personalised, sponsored search suggestions then
Dark pattern consent dialog invites users to share their location with advertisers
Applications08 Oct 2021 | 93
Alternative search providers write letter to EU complaining that Google antitrust action achieved diddly-squat
Interview 'There's no independent search engine really, other than Google and Bing'
Applications07 Oct 2021 | 26
Cloud Foundry insists Kubernetes transition still alive despite VMware's retreat
That is merely a 'failure of a single effort' says foundation
PaaS + IaaS07 Oct 2021 | 1
Want to check out Windows 11 but don't want to buy a new PC? Here's how to bypass the hardware requirements
Microsoft does not recommend this
OSes06 Oct 2021 | 101
Windows 11 in detail: Incremental upgrade spoilt by onerous system requirements and usability mis-steps
Not quite business as usual for Microsoft
OSes05 Oct 2021 | 183
Microsoft's .NET Foundation under fire as resigning board member questions its role
Interview 'Don't tell us you're about the community and then go do the business of Microsoft'
Software05 Oct 2021 | 42
HPE campaigns against 'cloud first' push in UK public sector
Comment Because HPE does not do public cloud? No, no, it is 'for the good'
PaaS + IaaS24 Sep 2021 | 31
GNOME 41: Slick with heaps of new features for users and devs – but annoyances remain
It'll take time for desktop environment to make its way into Linux distros anyway
OSes23 Sep 2021 | 27
DORA explorers see pandemic boost in numbers of 'elite' DevOps performers
Or is it that they're just more inclined to complete surveys about themselves?
Devops23 Sep 2021 | 22
More than three years after last release, X.Org Server 21.1.0 RC1 appears
Back from the brink with new features
Systems22 Sep 2021 | 48
Google emits Chrome 94 with 'Idle Detection' API to detect user inactivity amid opposition
Mozilla, Apple register dismay as worries surface over privacy, potential crypto mining behind user's back
Applications22 Sep 2021 | 37
An easier way to Flutter? Custom functions improve visual code builder but devs may still be frustrated
Interview FlutterFlow is a visual application builder for the popular framework
Software22 Sep 2021 | 6
Swift 5.5 unleashed with async keyword to fix 'pyramid of doom', plus other changes in 'massive release'
Full concurrency model at last
Software22 Sep 2021 | 19
Fix network printing or keep Windows secure? Admins would rather disable PrintNightmare patch
'Our >3,000 customers had to print again'
Security21 Sep 2021 | 51
Kali Linux 2021.3 released with new tools
Most users better off with rolling release, but quarterly build has more quality testing
OSes20 Sep 2021 | 6
Microsoft's Azure Virtual Desktop now works without Active Directory – but there are caveats
General availability of Azure AD-joined VMs
PaaS + IaaS16 Sep 2021 |
OpenSilver throws Microsoft Silverlight devs a lifeline as end of support looms – or you could forget it ever happened
Open-source project migrates deprecated apps to WebAssembly
Software16 Sep 2021 | 7
Feeling saucy? Wave of Microsoft releases includes go-live licence for .NET 6
On track for November release, but why is ASP.NET more loved than wanted?
Software15 Sep 2021 | 4
Linux kernel minimum compiler raised to GCC 5.1, allowing potential C11 use
Change also has handy side effect of fixing some warnings as errors
Software15 Sep 2021 | 27
Cryptocurrency world must protect itself from 'low-quality patents' says Square lawyer as biz joins Open Invention Network
Interview 'I think the legislative framework around patents needs a deep examination, and I don’t think I'm alone in saying that'
Personal Tech14 Sep 2021 | 8
Future of Jekyll project (engine behind GitHub Pages) in doubt?
Updated Some development continues (or maybe it's just feature complete)
Software14 Sep 2021 | 5
Java 17 arrives with long-term support: What's new, and is it falling behind Kotlin?
Text blocks, sealed classes, switch expressions, records, and more
Software14 Sep 2021 | 23
EU open source study highlights economic benefits but says Union is 'on the back foot' with industrial policy
Interview 'There is already too much time gone' researcher tells The Reg
Software13 Sep 2021 | 7
T-Systems and Google Cloud building 'sovereign cloud services' for Germany
Sovereign according to Google's definition, that is
PaaS + IaaS10 Sep 2021 | 11
Microsoft adds hybrid meeting features to Teams, including interruption-detecting AI
Companion mode? We've got that too says Google
Off-Prem09 Sep 2021 | 18
AWS EKS Anywhere (as long as it's VMware) hits full release
Another way to run Kubernetes - though connector to AWS console still in preview, as are plenty of the AWS controllers
On-Prem09 Sep 2021 | 1
Browser-based video editor Clipchamp disappears into the bowels of Microsoft 365
Like Windows Movie Maker on the web
Applications08 Sep 2021 | 4
Compromise reached as Linux kernel community protests about treating compiler warnings as errors
'Years of pain' behind the change, said Torvalds, but with Clang a problem it has been weakened
Software08 Sep 2021 | 65
Snyk: 50% of security jobs unfilled… any solution predicated on devs 'becoming security experts is doomed'
Interview Guy Podjarny on the challenges of crafting and shipping secure code
Devops07 Sep 2021 | 7
Updated Python support in VS Code brings browser editing and ditches open-source language server for Pylance
Proprietary code creep?
Software07 Sep 2021 | 7
Why we abandoned open source: LiveCode CEO on retreat despite successful kickstarter
Interview Open source business model problems for modern-day HyperCard
Software06 Sep 2021 | 130
GitHub merges 'useless garbage' says Linus Torvalds as new NTFS support added to Linux kernel 5.15
Also: Compiler warnings now treated as errors by default in kernel builds
Software06 Sep 2021 | 99
Microsoft Azure deprecations: API changes will break applications and PowerShell scripts
Mark your diaries: 1 July 2022 is when stuff stops working
Off-Prem03 Sep 2021 | 19
This too shall PaaS: VMware's new Tanzu Application Platform explained
Interview Plus: We find out why VMware gave up on running Tanzu Application Service on Kubernetes
PaaS + IaaS02 Sep 2021 |
Power users of Microsoft OneDrive suffer massive inconvenience: Read-only files
Workaround available for problem which started a week ago
SaaS01 Sep 2021 | 26
Biting the hand that feeds IT
