Mouse hiding in cable tray cheesed off its bemused user On Call Who knows where all those cables go anyway? Systems19 Aug 2022 | 138
Supply chain worries heat up again as China shuts down factories to cool its citizens Scorching weather sees scarce juice diverted to aircon instead of laptops and lithium Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 13
Wave of corruption claims crash into China's chip Big Fund On the same day the United States kickstarts one of its own Systems09 Aug 2022 | 10
Shanghai surprise? Another analyst sees historic PC decline Remember when China's tech execs warned lockdown in its biggest city would have 'severe consequences?' Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 | 5
Automation outfit ABB sees supply chain woes easing How can you have these worries as a software business? Just ask Cisco Software21 Jul 2022 |
Global chip shortage far from over and now semiconductor market faces slowdown Plus: ASML cuts growth forecast and US CHIPS Act in limbo Systems20 Jul 2022 | 1
TSMC reports record profits as customers hoard chips Chipmaker braces for a course correction but remains 'highly confident' in long-term outlook Software15 Jul 2022 |
Someone may be prepping an NPM crypto-mining spree 1,300 packages from 1,000 automated user accounts set the stage for something big Research07 Jul 2022 | 8
Typo-squatting NPM software supply chain attack uncovered Beawre teh mizpelled pakcage naem Security06 Jul 2022 | 7
Supply chain blamed amid claims of Azure capacity issues Microsoft says it'll move to 'restrict trials and internal workloads to prioritize growth of existing customers' PaaS + IaaS04 Jul 2022 | 37
Microsoft gives its partners power to change AD privileges on customer systems – without permission Updated Somewhat counterintuitively, this is being done to improve security Security01 Jul 2022 | 11
Not much of this actually from 'China anymore,' says Northern Light Motors boss UK outfit's all-electric 630 three-wheeler is eccentric, but supply chain issues are less whimsical Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 58
For a few days earlier this year, rogue GitHub apps could have hijacked countless repos A bit of a near-hit for the software engineering world Devops21 Jun 2022 | 5
Supply chain attacks will get worse: Microsoft Security Response Center boss RSA Conference Do you know all of your software dependencies? Spoiler alert: hardly anybody is on top of it Security09 Jun 2022 | 10
Enemies Waymo, Uber now friends making self-driving-ish trucks for US highways When you think about it, it makes cents AI + ML07 Jun 2022 | 14
Transport giant picks up Google Cloud AI to aid package delivery, tracking When an exec asked for help tackling supply-chain woes, were they told to 'just Google it' or what? AI + ML06 Jun 2022 | 1
US, Europe move to secure access to Taiwanese tech The chips must flow. But don't mention the Great Wall Legal02 Jun 2022 | 3
CIOs largely believe their software supply chain is vulnerable Internal bureaucracy and barriers hold up roll out of defenses, report finds Patches31 May 2022 | 3
Shanghai lockdowns to end, perhaps easing tech supply chain woes China needs this as much as the rest of the world Personal Tech30 May 2022 | 21
Google's got a plan to secure software supply chains Java and Python packages are the first on the list Security17 May 2022 | 3
EU-US Trade and Technology Council meets to coordinate on supply chains Agenda includes warning system for disruptions, and avoiding 'subsidy race' for chip investments Systems16 May 2022 | 3
Demand for PC and smartphone chips drops 'like a rock' says CEO of China’s top chipmaker Markets outside China are doing better, but at home vendors have huge component stockpiles Personal Tech16 May 2022 | 19
Mystery of industry-targeting backdoored NPM JavaScript packages solved Yup, 'the intern' did it Devops12 May 2022 | 11
Meet Moeco, Ukrainian-led biz using IoT trackers to follow supplies into invaded land From COVID-19 chaos to Russia's war, startup CEO opens up Edge + IoT27 Apr 2022 | 9
Amazon to spend 11 days of annual profit developing robot warehouse workers Who will win? Staff unions or $1bn of venture capital? Personal Tech21 Apr 2022 | 14
Shanghai lockdown: Chinese tech execs warn of supply-chain chaos 'Severe consequences' for industry ... and anyone setting foot outside Systems19 Apr 2022 | 52
Samsung dethrones Intel as chip sector grows 26% in 2021 South Korea the big winner in a year of supply struggles and continued shortages Systems14 Apr 2022 | 4
NASA: Telework doesn't work when you're building a Moon rover VIPER mission running late thanks to WfH orders, also bitten by tech supply chain woes Software07 Apr 2022 | 2
Chip designers made bank in 2021 amid global shortage Absolutely Fabless: A good year for those who don't make the things themselves Storage24 Mar 2022 | 3
Check Point spreads AI goodness throughout its security portfolio GTC Evolving threat environment means preventative AI – and SmartNICs – are needed to improve protection Security24 Mar 2022 |
This is a BlackCat you don't want crossing your path Plus: Android trojan in 100,000+ app installs, Solaris malware Security22 Mar 2022 | 3
Procurement guy at Apple allegedly ripped off iPhone giant in $10m+ scam He faces conspiracy, laundering, tax evasion charges Personal Tech22 Mar 2022 | 17
China's tech hub relaxes COVID restrictions to restart industrial production Shenzhen still restricts movement and crowds, so supply chains may yet splutter On-Prem21 Mar 2022 | 19
Japan's earthquake disrupts already fragile tech sector Shutdowns in factories put crunch on weakened supply chain Systems17 Mar 2022 | 5
China's top tech city Shenzhen locks down completely for at least a week iPhone plants closed and so have plenty more - brace for tech supply chain trouble On-Prem14 Mar 2022 | 35
Chip world's major suppliers of neon gas shut down by Ukraine invasion – report Neon Genesis: Even Cryoin gone Systems11 Mar 2022 | 40
Conflict in Ukraine disrupts fragile supply chain recovery Energy and air costs rise, inflation is up... and Russia 'likely turn to Chinese vendors' says analyst Personal Tech10 Mar 2022 | 46
Proprietary neural tech you had surgically implanted? Parts shortage Something for the Weekend? Sorry about it. You know how it is with supply chains. Aroogah, arooogah.... Bootnotes04 Mar 2022 | 131
BlueVoyant pulls in another $250m in venture funding Company offers protection against internal and supply chain threats Security24 Feb 2022 |
PC OEMs are sitting on 10 weeks-plus of DRAM, says Trendforce Pandemic-induced supply chain imbalance did it Storage18 Feb 2022 | 11
Cisco can't say when long waits for hardware will end Omicron dents Switchzilla's previous optimism that late 2022 could see backlog clear Networks17 Feb 2022 | 6
SiC move: STMicroelectronics banks on bringing power electronics material in house as electric cars rev up Supply chain management is back at the forefront On-Prem01 Feb 2022 | 2
Inflation hits PC market as laptop and desktop prices jump, and most businesses are last in the line for kit Constrained supply of parts like USB-C among reasons for price hikes Personal Tech29 Oct 2021 | 3
Report: Apple short of 10 million iPhone 13s this year due to ongoing chip shortage Broadcomm,Texas Instruments, and more buckling under supply crisis Personal Tech13 Oct 2021 | 14
Every Little Helps: Former Tesco boss Dave Lewis to advise UK govt on supply chains Turkeys on tables, petrol in cars, chips in 'puters, etc... or that's the idea, anyway Offbeat12 Oct 2021 | 37
IDC: Global PC market growing pains in Q3 due to 'softening' of sales in America Ok, time to call death to PC again? No, definitely not. Did we mention prices due to go up again? Personal Tech11 Oct 2021 | 3
Supply chain pain: Cisco's base price structure moving north from November Demand for components at a 10-year high Networks06 Oct 2021 | 9
Memory maker Micron offers hope for PC parts supply returning 'in the coming months' Oh, and boasts over record-breaking return from IoT segment, too Storage29 Sep 2021 |
Chip glut might start in 2023, says IDC, and auto-chip traffic jam could clear this year Shortages in today's supply chains persist and capacity is all but booked. But the future looks bright On-Prem20 Sep 2021 | 22
Component shortages: HPE pushes up some hardware prices and as if by magic, reports 'record' gross margin in Q3 Average unit prices climbed mid-to-high single digits, confirms chief beanie On-Prem03 Sep 2021 | 12
Oh the humanity: McDonald's out of milkshakes across Great Britain Will this nightmare ever cease? Bootnotes24 Aug 2021 | 313
Cisco warns supply chain delays could persist until this time next year Current issues aren't stopping it from growing fast – or 400Gbit Ethernet sales booming Networks20 Aug 2021 | 2
China reports local chipmaking boom with output up more than 40% PC and smartphone numbers also grew in 2021, suggesting supply chains are strong On-Prem17 Aug 2021 | 12
Vietnamese province that hosts Big Tech's factories now fashionably COVID-free Industrial parks in Bac Giang, home to Apple and Samsung suppliers, battled shutdowns and skyrocketing COVID infections among workers since May Science10 Aug 2021 | 8
Sysadmins: Why not simply verify there's no backdoor in every program you install, and thus avoid any cyber-drama? Just 'validate third-party code before using it', says Euro body Security31 Jul 2021 | 70
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The best time to build a semiconductor foundry is 5 years ago Column The history of computing is all change, all the time. Yet silicon-slingers let the chips fail where they may On-Prem09 Jun 2021 | 50
The UK loves cybersecurity so much, it's going to regulate managed service providers' infosec practices in law +Comment And you're invited to speak your brains on Computer Misuse Act changes Security18 May 2021 | 19
Another supply-chain attack? Android maker Gigaset injects malware into victims' phones via poisoned update Software nasty also 'persists after a factory reset' Security07 Apr 2021 | 12
Mimecast bins SolarWinds and compromised servers alike in wake of supply chain hack Signs up for Cisco, says some encrypted creds were stolen Security17 Mar 2021 | 8
Embedded tech specialist Advantech warns component shortage will slow growth It's not just car-makers slowing down: Advantech supplies the likes of Cisco and IBM On-Prem11 Mar 2021 | 2
UK tech supply chain in dark over Brexit preparations months ahead of final heave-ho Canalys Forum 2020 - updated How can it be OK when nobody knows what to prepare for, ask IT players On-Prem16 Oct 2020 | 140
One does not simply walk into supply chain software – but Microsoft is giving it a shot Ignite New features announced for Dynamics 365, but is it enough in 'notoriously tricky' market? Software23 Sep 2020 |