I was reasonable to ask to WFH in early days of COVID, says fired engineer
Infrastructure company retorts that it is an 'essential' business and cites lack of medical records
Off-Prem17 Jan 2023 | 50
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Crowds not allowed to leave Shanghai Disneyland without a negative COVID test
Let us go, let us gooooooo
Offbeat02 Nov 2022 | 26
Gartner predicts 9.5% drop in PC shipments
Stark contrast to 11 percent increase year-over-year in 2021 shipments
Personal Tech30 Jun 2022 | 4
Back-to-office mandates won't work, says Salesforce's Benioff
As industry and governments push to get workers crammed into commuter trains, glass box edifices, tech boss says: 'Why?'
SaaS24 Jun 2022 | 72
UK health privacy watchdog still in talks over who is accessing country's COVID data store
Over a year after discussions began, National Data Guardian continues to pursue transparency in health data use
Security14 Jun 2022 | 6
Next six months could set a new pace for work-life balance
Poll The only way to ease transition back to office is reduce the time in the office
Personal Tech07 Jun 2022 | 36
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ServiceNow ordered a year's worth of hardware to avoid supply chain hassles
CTO shares datacenter secrets with The Reg: NVMe, MariaDB, mid-range x86 CPUs, S3-alike, and more
On-Prem25 May 2022 | 16
Fresh concerns about 'indefinite' UK government access to doctors' patient data
As England's controversial scheme to grab 55 million citizen's medical data is withdrawn, emergency powers are extended
Security23 Mar 2022 | 33
Outsourcing firm Serco wins £212m UK Test and Trace deal
Updated Nice work if you can get it – it bagged £322m deal for Test and Trace last year
On-Prem22 Mar 2022 | 9
Dear chip designers, if you're struggling to get components made, try 28nm. Supply set to overtake demand
Analysis Put your nodes to the grindstone
On-Prem04 Feb 2022 | 9
Microsoft sends HoloLens 2 into a care home... Nope, not a headline gag about retiring the tech. They actually did this
Hands-free kit a 'game changer' for doctors assessing residents during pandemic
Bootnotes19 Jan 2022 | 4
Billionaires see wealth double during pandemic as tech bros lead the charge
Now what – in the middle of a pandemic – is a useful thing we could do with that $800bn extra dosh, Oxfam wonders
Offbeat18 Jan 2022 | 56
Rocketing chip sales growth to ease off this year, reach $680bn, say analysts
Meanwhile Deloitte says semiconductors are 'growing as fast or faster than ever before'
On-Prem10 Jan 2022 | 5
Log4j and Omicron: Brothers in harm, mothers of invention
Opinion That which does not kill us can still ruin our Christmas
Columnists20 Dec 2021 | 36
Randox's Certifly app for vaccinated international arrivals has to be side-loaded onto Android phones
Which, alongside its £20-a-pop COVID-19 tests, isn't a great look
Software15 Nov 2021 | 32
Brit MPs blast Baroness Dido Harding's performance as head of NHS Test and Trace
Programme lacked transparency at critical stage in pandemic, report says
Databases12 Oct 2021 | 150
Zoom-o-cracy: Wales MP misses vote, allowing COVID-passport rule change, blames the IT dept
Senedd Cymru ICT crowd have earned their Friday beers
Applications08 Oct 2021 | 39
Biggest takeaway from pandemic lockdowns for Microsoft? Teams stopped talking to each other
Maybe they were using, you know, Microsoft's collaboration service
Offbeat09 Sep 2021 | 20
SAP 'investigating' after viral video allegedly shows anti-mask employee coughing on shoppers
Updated COVIDiot caught on film harassing others for following pandemic precautions
Bootnotes08 Sep 2021 | 64
Global pandemic was good for business, say UK infosec pros – but we're still burning out
Chartered Institute of Information Security reveals what you're all thinking
Security08 Sep 2021 | 5
'It takes a hell of a mental toll' – techies who lost work due to COVID share their stories
COVID Logfile III Some refined their CVs relentlessly. Others studied. Many wept, more than once. But most see an upside to their changed circumstances
SaaS07 Sep 2021 | 24
IBM looks to pandemic and post-Brexit fallout, sees nothing but money-making opportunities
Makes prediction as revenue sinks and profits evaporate at UK trading arm
Off-Prem01 Sep 2021 | 8
Gartner predicts surge in government IT spending in post-pandemic catch-up
'Unprecedented public demand' as dear leaders heave services for world+dog online
Systems31 Aug 2021 | 6
Oh the humanity: McDonald's out of milkshakes across Great Britain
Will this nightmare ever cease?
Bootnotes24 Aug 2021 | 313
More than half of companies rethinking back-to-office plans amid variant uncertainty and vaccine mandates – survey
Thought you were all set to return? Yeah, about that
Networks24 Aug 2021 | 92
GlobalFoundries confidentially files paperwork for $25bn IPO – report
Plus: Toyota, Volkswagen to cut production due to component drought
On-Prem19 Aug 2021 | 1
CES to require proof-of-vaccination at 2022 tech mega-conference
Because what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas
On-Prem18 Aug 2021 | 2
Facebook now says it won't recall staff to its offices until 2022 due to delta variant
It's the Social distancing Network™
On-Prem13 Aug 2021 | 8
Scientists reckon eliminating COVID-19 will be easier than polio, harder than smallpox – just buckle in for a wait
You looked like you needed some good news
Science10 Aug 2021 | 175
Microsoft to require proof of vaccination from on-site staff, pushes back full reopening
Unless your doctor or god says you can't have the jab
On-Prem04 Aug 2021 | 169
UK chancellor: Getting back to the altar of corporate dreams (the office) will boost young folks' careers
Look at what hanging around the water cooler did for me, says son-in-law of billionaire Infosys founder
On-Prem03 Aug 2021 | 114
A global pandemic and ransomware explosion makes for a bumper quarter at Google parent Alphabet
Chief exec Pichai wants to 'help people get the information they need,' even as YouTube fingered for conspiracy guff
Off-Prem28 Jul 2021 | 1
Dang vaccines dented our bottom line in the connected home sector, says Netgear
Swings and roundabouts: They also drove a 58% boost to business revenue
Networks22 Jul 2021 | 9
Apple delays recalling staff to offices until October as Delta variant romps across US
Twitter, Salesforce, Google, Microsoft have reopened, kind of
On-Prem20 Jul 2021 | 55
Happy 'Freedom Day': Stats suggest many in England don't want it or think it's a terrible idea
Coronavirus restrictions lifting, but to what cost?
Offbeat19 Jul 2021 | 243
How many Brits have deleted life-saving track and trace app from their phones? No idea, junior minister tells MPs
After a troubled birth, infamous but effective code becomes an inconvience
Software15 Jul 2021 | 92
UK govt draws a blank over vaccine certification app – no really, the report is half-empty
Maybe it's that infamous brain fog
Security13 Jul 2021 | 78
TSMC and Foxconn sign on dotted line to buy 10 million Pfizer vaccines for Taiwan
Foxconn's Terry Gou says deal had no guidance nor interference from Beijing
Offbeat12 Jul 2021 | 2
PPE, Part II: UK health department takes second stab at e-commerce system for personal protective equipment
Let's hope this time a shortage can be averted
Software05 Jul 2021 | 5
Google to bake COVID-19 vaccine passport support into Android with Passes API update
Digital vax record stored on user's smartphone
Software02 Jul 2021 | 25
Advert for coronavirus 'destroying' air 'purifier' exterminated by UK watchdog
If only it were that easy
Bootnotes24 Jun 2021 | 19
Chromebook boom won’t outlive COVID-19 pandemic, says IDC
Tablets also flattened as punters resume spending on real-world fun
Personal Tech24 Jun 2021 | 21
Deluded medics fail to show Ohio lawmakers that COVID vaccines magnetise patients
Buckeye State legislature looks on as key, hairpin fall off of entirely unmagnetic nurse
Bootnotes15 Jun 2021 | 118
Western Australia rushes out legislation after cops access contact-tracing data to investigate serious crimes
Officials fear if info is misappropriated, community will lose confidence in app
Software15 Jun 2021 | 42
Want to keep working in shorts and flipflops way after this is all over? It could be time to rethink your career moves
Feature Pandemic has opened a can of worms for our work goals with what comes next
Offbeat14 Jun 2021 | 86
Pakistan's Punjab province tells citizens to get jabbed or have their SIM card blocked
Well, that's one way to do it
Networks11 Jun 2021 | 56
Y'all ready to get back to the office this October, Facebook tells staff in the US
Sure, you can apply to work from home in the middle of nowhere, just don't expect Silicon Valley pay
On-Prem10 Jun 2021 | 15
That AI scanning your X-ray for signs of COVID-19 may just be looking at your age
In brief Plus: DARPA wants to spend $1m on AI research studying information warfare
AI + ML07 Jun 2021 | 7
Apple to summon staff back to the office in September
You don't spend $5bn on a shiny glass Ive-designed HQ and leave it empty
On-Prem03 Jun 2021 | 23
Holy margins, Batman: Pandemic tech prices balloon as demand outweighs stocks and suppliers get greedy
Hall of Shame as IT buyers admit to paying £110 for a £14 mouse and keyboard
On-Prem21 May 2021 | 40
Singapore orders social media to correct Indian politician’s allegation of local COVID-19 variant
Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act swings into action
Legal21 May 2021 | 26
NHS App gets go-ahead for vaccine passport use despite protest from privacy groups
Big Brother Watch warns app contains too much sensitive medical information
Security11 May 2021 | 51
NHS Digital booking website had unexpected side effect: It leaked people's jab status
Wanna find out if your employee has had a shot? Just lob her postcode and DoB into this website
Applications06 May 2021 | 41
Some stayed in Croatian castles. Some hid in cars. We speak to techies who experienced lockdown in very different ways
Covid Logfile II Tales from less-conventional bunkers at the height of the pandemic
SaaS05 May 2021 | 30
India’s massive COVID-19 wave slows VMware desktop hypervisor development
Virtzilla also admits to essentially merging Apple silicon efforts with ESXi on Arm
Virtualization30 Apr 2021 | 8
Brit MPs and campaigners come together to oppose COVID status certificates as 'divisive and discriminatory'
Transport minister confirms use of the NHS app for just that when citizens travel abroad
Security28 Apr 2021 | 128
Words to strike fear into admins' hearts: One in five workers consider themselves 'digital experts' these days
So clever that more than half are using their own gear for work, says Gartner
Off-Prem27 Apr 2021 | 91
Does the boss want those 2 hours of your free time back? A study says fighting through crowds to office each day hurts productivity
Never want to return to daily 9-5 regime? Use psychology to baffle higher-ups
Bootnotes26 Apr 2021 | 98
Plot twist! South Korean telco uses 5G to fight coronavirus via hospital-patrolling robot
Modified Keemi disinfects, takes temperatures, tells you off for not socially distancing
Networks19 Apr 2021 | 12
Home office setup with built-in boiling water tap for tea and coffee without getting up is a monument to deskcess
If only it had a built-in loo and pillow, then we could work 24/7
Bootnotes16 Apr 2021 | 112
Customs raid rumbles black market for primary school e-learning materials in fiercely competitive Hong Kong
Kids have missed almost an entire year of education due to coronavirus so parents have sought help online
Legal16 Apr 2021 | 6
Jackie 'You have no authority here' Weaver calls on the UK to extend Coronavirus Act provisions for online meetings
Because local democracy is hilarious – oh, and transparency's good too
Legal15 Apr 2021 | 39
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