Amazon flicks switch on AI-powered enterprise search service Kendra – but where are all the connectors?
Now out of preview and optimised for 8 more domains
12 May 2020 | 10
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Microsoft doc formats are the bane of office suites on Linux, SoftMaker's Office 2021 beta may have a solution
We like finding non-Redmond alternatives, but the free options make it tough for commercial operations
12 May 2020 | 106
Visual Studio Code 1.45 released: Binary custom editors and 'unbiased Notebook solution' in the works
But you wanted floating windows? Sorry, too hard
11 May 2020 | 22
GitHub Codespaces: VS Code was 'designed from the get-go' for this, says Microsoft architect
A compelling addition to repo house – but is the Redmond flavour too strong?
07 May 2020 | 9
Dart 2.8 is out with a Flutter as Google claims to have solved the cross-platform dev puzzle
Material improvements in strategic framework for mobile, web and, tentatively, desktop apps
06 May 2020 | 9
Nervous, Adobe? It took 16 years, but open-source vector graphics editor Inkscape now works properly on macOS
Happy 1.0 to the fruits of volunteer labour
06 May 2020 | 38
Eclipse boss claims Visual Studio Code is an open-source poseur – though he would say that, wouldn't he?
And we suppose he has a fantastic alternative too, right? One that has elements in common with VS Code?
06 May 2020 | 72
VMware's Tanzu Application Service for Kubernetes hits beta, will take some time to get production-ready
'Only for evaluation environments' say release notes, and they mean it
05 May 2020 |
Ex-Microsoft Office chief reflects on early malware and the 'global attack on the new Windows PC infrastructure'
And how the privacy risk that Redmond said would not be used for tracking was used for tracking
05 May 2020 | 17
Android trojan EventBot abuses accessibility services to clear out bank accounts – fortunately, it's 'in preview'
Researchers analysing samples submitted to VirusTotal find new strain
01 May 2020 | 23
Faster than reflection: Microsoft previews Source Generators for C#
.NET is getting faster but will not be as efficient as C++ or Go. Reason? Legacy code
30 Apr 2020 | 13
Salt peppered with holes? Automation tool vulnerable to auth bypass: Patch now
'The impact is full remote command execution as root on both master and all minions'
30 Apr 2020 | 5
Ex-Cloud Foundry boss to pull strings at Puppet as CTO, says open-source software 'evolves faster, is more mature'
Abby Kearns says she will continue to foster OSS culture in new role
29 Apr 2020 | 1
Long after Linux, Windows Server Containers finally arrive on Microsoft's Azure Kubernetes Service
Generally available, but will never reach parity with Linux on Kubernetes
29 Apr 2020 | 9
Talk about physical to virtual translation: Red Hat officially emits OpenShift 4.4, Fedora 32 in online conference
Red Hat SummitLinux distro giant gets cosy with Microsoft among other announcements
28 Apr 2020 | 2
Rust core devs mull adoption of alternative compiler front-end for improved IDE support
'I move that we merge this RFC,' says Moz's Nico Matsakis
28 Apr 2020 | 4
Windows 10 gets a little more G-shaped: G Suite admins can now manage Microsoft's OS, and that includes remote wipe
Google shores up security for biz users
28 Apr 2020 | 6
We're going on a vuln hunt. We're going catch a big one: Researchers find Windows bugs dominate – but fixes are fast
'The average Windows 10 PC has 14 weaponized bugs'
28 Apr 2020 | 11
Less is more with OpenCL 3.0: Implementing the 2.x spec was tricky – so now everything beyond 1.2 is optional
Cross-platform software acceleration API should be easier to jump on
27 Apr 2020 | 3
Keen to go _ExtInt? LLVM Clang compiler adds support for custom width integers
'Standard C integer types are incredibly wasteful' for certain types of programming
24 Apr 2020 | 61
Google Cloud CEO says Istio will be handed to a foundation. The Reg: But what about..? Google: That will be all.
AnalysisWhen? Which foundation? What about Knative?
23 Apr 2020 | 3
Welcome to life in the Fossa lane: Ubuntu 20.04 let out of cage and Shuttleworth claims Canonical now 'commercially self sustaining'
WireGuard VPN, more Snap, and hints about a GUI for WSL
23 Apr 2020 | 43
Microsoft 365 invites users to 'Ask Me Anything' – as long as it doesn't require a clued-up exec to deliver clear answers
OpinionUnsatisfying AMA ends up mainly being about Teams
22 Apr 2020 | 33
AWS rolls out 'Linux 2 Ready' scheme to lure penguins into using its homegrown distro
'Many customer workloads perform better on Amazon Linux 2' firm claims, but where is the source?
22 Apr 2020 | 7
