Tata says hello to £14.5m 1-year contract extension for UK child support system, while DWP figures out how to procure a new one
Deal inked 'without competition' due to COVID, says dept
On-Prem19 Mar 2021 | 5
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Singapore seeks freer international data flows to boost post-COVID-19 growth
City-state also deploys new contact tracing boxes at entrances to public places
Legal18 Mar 2021 | 4
Ex-Microsoft exec admits he tried to swindle $5.5m out of taxpayers with COVID-19 relief loans for bogus biz
Mukund Mohan invented employees, financial figures in application forms
Legal16 Mar 2021 | 14
Good news: An end is in sight for the COVID-19 pandemic. Bad news: Nitrogen dioxide pollution is on the up as life returns to normal
Say goodbye to the lovely cleaner air we've been breathing for a year
Science16 Mar 2021 | 19
Low-risk AND rapid? Brit vaccine centre seeks ERP to meet accelerated schedule, and needs it yesterday
Org was originally supposed to launch in 2022 – then a pandemic happened
Databases15 Mar 2021 | 4
MPs slam UK's £22bn Test and Trace programme for failing to provide evidence that it slows COVID pandemic
'Most wasteful and inept public spending programme of all time'
Software10 Mar 2021 | 111
Microsoft rolls out mask detection to Azure Cognitive Services. And yes, there is a noseAndMouthCovered attribute
For those who find wearing the things so damn difficult
AI + ML09 Mar 2021 | 6
Mobile World Congress seemingly serious about in-person Barcelona event in June, shares safety plan
Is Spain really ready for 50,000 people at one venue? Sounds like a super spreader event ready to happen
Personal Tech09 Mar 2021 | 25
Remember that day in 2020 when you were asked to get the business working from home – by tomorrow?
Covid Logfile IT pros from orgs large and small tell The Reg the tech delivered, mostly, tho couriers, home Wi-Fi suddenly became their problem
SaaS08 Mar 2021 | 85
PayPal says developer productivity jumped 30% during the COVID-19 plague
Despite perils of 500PB data trove, 'microservices abuse' and need to rapidly bring Asian tech to the world
AI + ML05 Mar 2021 | 10
Now that we're emerging from COVID-19 hell, who's ready for some on-prem IT, asks on-prem IT giant HPE
Demand will increase, says CEO, as HPC chief heads for the exit
Systems03 Mar 2021 | 2
Palantir and UK policy: Public health, public IT, and – say it with me – open public contracts
Column Nope, COVID-19 is not a catch-all excuse for backdoor deals
AI + ML01 Mar 2021 | 67
'Meritless': Exam software maker under fire for suing teacher who tweeted links to biz's unlisted YouTube vids
Analysis EFF bod slams effort 'to silence a critic' as $50k+ raised to challenge lawsuit
Software25 Feb 2021 | 45
With computer brains in short supply, President Biden orders 100-day probe into semiconductor drought
And pledges to 'push' for $37bn in funding to increase chip manufacturing capacity
Systems25 Feb 2021 | 34
So, bye-bye mighty nerd haven Fry’s, took Silicon to the Valley... and now you must die
End of an era for iconic electronics shop chain
Personal Tech25 Feb 2021 | 34
Indian Railways suffers unspecified security 'breaches in various IT applications'
13m passengers a day, a million tickets bought on digital platforms, and yet few details offered on what went wrong
Security24 Feb 2021 | 14
US government jobs report predicts pandemic will lead to boom times for IT industry
Along with epidemiologists. As for the hospitality industry… not so much
Software23 Feb 2021 | 7
UK might still be in lockdown but tech jobs rise above pre-pandemic levels and beyond, according to ONS
More women in tech workforce too, and salaries staying firm or going up
On-Prem23 Feb 2021 | 5
Healthy 32-year-old offered COVID-19 vaccine because doctors had him down as 6.2cm tall with BMI of 28,000
Bloke was placed into vulnerable category because of his weight
Offbeat19 Feb 2021 | 92
Big Tech workers prefer 3 days at home, 2 in the office. We ask Reg readers: What's your home-office balance?
Poll Little love for a return to the five-days-on-campus week, Blind survey shows
SaaS19 Feb 2021 | 96
NHS Digital hands Deloitte £51m contract for tech supporting UK COVID-19 testing without competition
Just as legal challenge launched at government for doing the same thing
On-Prem18 Feb 2021 | 13
No egrets: Ardent twitchers fined for breaking lockdown after bloke spots northern mockingbird in his garden
'Don't give out the location!!'
Bootnotes16 Feb 2021 | 49
New Jersey blames Microsoft for weeks of outages, glitches plaguing coronavirus vaccine sign-up website
Promised software may never work as specified, it is feared
Off-Prem12 Feb 2021 | 24
UK Test and Trace chief Dido Harding tries to convince MPs that £14m for canned mobile app was money well spent
Not like every expert didn't warn it. Also: Queen of Carnage confirms consultants were paid average of £1.1k a day
Software03 Feb 2021 | 158
European Commission redacts AstraZeneca vaccine contract – but forgets to wipe the bookmarks tab
Exclusive Open that little box and bingo, clear text of the whole PDF
Security29 Jan 2021 | 267
A new take on programming trends: You know what's not a bunch of JS? Devs learning Python and Java ahead of JavaScript
O'Reilly's opinionated survey says low-code on the up and modern web dev is 'chilling'
Devops26 Jan 2021 | 27
Going, going, gone... until March: UK comms regulator delays 5G spectrum auction over pandemic logistics
Updated Some things can wait, even if it is central to the 'economy's recovery'
Networks25 Jan 2021 | 9
As the world turns to big names in cloud and IT to get through the pandemic, IBM still manages to shrink
Red Hat and off-prem see growth while revenue, profit down overall
SaaS22 Jan 2021 | 13
Maker of crowd-sourced coronavirus spread tracker app sues Apple for 'arbitrary and capricious' iOS store snub
Offer to challenge rules a 'scam', too, we're told
Software21 Jan 2021 | 11
Fujitsu opens door, invites '200 to 250' staff from UK Delivery team to walk out
Exclusive Juicier payoff for those who do, but employees fear process will become compulsory if numbers aren't met
Systems14 Jan 2021 | 15
NHS COVID-19 app is trying to tell Android users something but buggy notification appears stuck on 'Loading...' screen
The suspense could quite literally be killing us
Software13 Jan 2021 | 36
Apologies for the wait, we're overwhelmed. Yes, this is the hospital. You need to what?! Do a software licence audit?
Vendors slammed for 'lack of proper judgement' during the pandemic
Software12 Jan 2021 | 54
Consultants bag £375m for their role in developing the UK's faltering COVID-19 Test and Trace system
Nice work if you can get it...
On-Prem06 Jan 2021 | 59
UK's NHS Digital hands £8m contract to lab data biz after trouble matching COVID-19 tests to health records
Updated Without competition due to 'extreme urgency' around pandemic
Software05 Jan 2021 | 32
Lay down your souls to the gods of rock 'n' roll: Conspiracy theorists' 5G 'vaccine' chip schematic is actually for a guitar pedal
One owned by every 13-year-old with dreams of slinging an axe
Bootnotes05 Jan 2021 | 137
Singapore changes the rules and will now use COVID-19 contact-tracing app data in criminal cases
Privacy policy re-written, which is somewhat scary given Singapore has made trackers just-about-mandatory
Security05 Jan 2021 | 26
NHS awards £23m two-year deal to controversial Peter Thiel AI firm Palantir
Legal challenges? Scrutiny? Ah, never mind those
Legal21 Dec 2020 | 39
$900bn coronavirus stimulus bill includes $600 for most Americans, $50 in monthly internet subsidies, $1.9bn to help rid the US of Huawei kit
Not sure how the last bit relates to COVID-19 but there ya go
Networks21 Dec 2020 | 47
'Following the science' rhetoric led to delay to UK COVID-19 lockdown, face mask rules
Also: Would have been great if they'd chatted to an epidemiologist about Eat Out to Help Out project
Legal21 Dec 2020 | 213
There's nothing AI and automation can't solve – except bias and inequality in the workplace, says report
RoTM Nope, it just makes them worse
AI + ML15 Dec 2020 | 12
AMD's latest top-end RX 6900 XT GPUs vacuumed up in minutes... maybe even by some actual gamers
Ready Player None
Personal Tech09 Dec 2020 | 16
EU Medicines Agency hacked, BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine paperwork stolen, probe launched
Regulatory submissions for COVID-19 jab candidate 'unlawfully accessed'
Security09 Dec 2020 | 48
Cops raid home of ousted data scientist who created her own Florida COVID-19 dashboard
Rebekah Jones claimed Sunshine State fudged infection numbers, now she's suspected of hacking
Security08 Dec 2020 | 119
IT workers join elite sports stars, fat cat biz execs, celebs and posties for special treatment under England's COVID-19 travel isolation rules
Arriving from a listed at-risk nation? New rules in place mid-December
Legal07 Dec 2020 | 28
Crooks posing as COVID-19 'cold chain' company phished EU for vaccine intel, says IBM
Medical fridge firm finagling carries hallmarks of state-sponsored hack dogs
Security03 Dec 2020 | 12
COVID-19 coronavirus captive coders create copious code, claims GitHub: Open-source projects mushroom amid pandemic
Microsoft's cloud repo rental biz finds a silver lining in 2020
Devops03 Dec 2020 | 4
Glastonbury hippy shop Hemp in Avalon rapped for spouting 'plandemic' pseudoscience
WAKE UP, SHEEPLE!
Bootnotes02 Dec 2020 | 130
Scotch eggs ascend to the 'substantial meal' pantheon as means to pop to pub for a pint during pernicious pandemic
Meanwhile, landlord reckons he's found a loophole in coronavirus restrictions by naming beer 'Substantial Meal'
Bootnotes01 Dec 2020 | 120
Forget Snow Day: Baltimore's 115,000+ public school kids get Ransomware Day, must check Win PCs for infection
We don't need no education... IT department may need some
Security01 Dec 2020 | 14
PC makers warn of battle for air freight capacity, will have to fight for cargo space with... the COVID-19 vaccine
Around 30% of premium notebooks sent by plane during pandemic, expect price rises on devices that are available to buy in January
Personal Tech30 Nov 2020 | 51
UK coronavirus tier postcode-searching tool yanked offline as desperate Britons hunt for latest lockdown details
When we expect heavy traffic spikes we provision enough capacity to handle it... right?
SaaS26 Nov 2020 | 71
Ad banned for suggesting London black cabs have properties that prevent the spread of coronavirus
'It's like being in my own bubble back here'
Bootnotes25 Nov 2020 | 72
Social isolation creates craving in the same brain region as wanting food or addictive drugs, study finds
What do 20 pizzas and five hours of face time with your most boring mate have in common?
Science24 Nov 2020 | 23
Frenchman who wanted to 'smash a guy's face in' fined €135 – despite correctly filling out paperwork stating why he left home during lockdown
'In his own way, he was trying to fulfil the letter of the law' says cop
Bootnotes23 Nov 2020 | 35
Test and Trace chief Dido Harding prompted to self-isolate by NHS COVID-19 app
Threatens plenty of Zoom sessions in the days ahead... just as well they've updated security in recent weeks
Security18 Nov 2020 | 42
UK West Midlands town finds five-year HR system deal is only offer on the table in pandemic-stricken procurement
Five more years, five more years... or nothing!
On-Prem16 Nov 2020 | 19
Australia to track coronavirus encounters with payment card records
Plan calls to link government data across jurisdictions, even sharing airline records to track outbreaks and people who may be at risk of infection
Security16 Nov 2020 | 34
BOFH: You might want to sit down for this. Oh, right, you can't. Listen carefully: THIS IS NOT AN IT PROBLEM!
Episode 8 Oh is that right? The crappy Chromebook is fine now?
BOFH13 Nov 2020 | 113
Bio-boffins devise potentially fast COVID-19 virus test kit out of a silicon wafer and machine-learning code
These algorithms identify different types of viruses, we're told
AI + ML13 Nov 2020 | 9
HP: That print-free-for-life deal we promised you? Well, now it's pay-per-month to continue using your printer ink
EFF on the attack as IT giant tries to claim free supplies during 'device lifetime' just an introductory offer
Personal Tech12 Nov 2020 | 182
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