Coronavirus

Bootnotes

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

19 Jan 2022 14:02 | 3

Offbeat

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

15 Nov 2021 10:15 | 31

Databases

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

12 Oct 2021 13:02 | 150

Applications

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

08 Oct 2021 12:46 | 39

Offbeat

Biggest takeaway from pandemic lockdowns for Microsoft? Teams stopped talking to each other

Maybe they were using, you know, Microsoft's collaboration service

09 Sep 2021 17:43 | 20

Updated

SAP 'investigating' after viral video allegedly shows anti-mask employee coughing on shoppers

COVIDiot caught on film harassing others for following pandemic precautions

08 Sep 2021 21:39 | 64

Security

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

08 Sep 2021 11:28 | 4

COVID Logfile III

'It takes a hell of a mental toll' – techies who lost work due to COVID share their stories

Some refined their CVs relentlessly. Others studied. Many wept, more than once. But most see an upside to their changed circumstances

07 Sep 2021 08:01 | 24

Off-Prem

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

01 Sep 2021 08:56 | 8

Servers

Gartner predicts surge in government IT spending in post-pandemic catch-up

'Unprecedented public demand' as dear leaders heave services for world+dog online

31 Aug 2021 13:15 | 6

Bootnotes

Oh the humanity: McDonald's out of milkshakes across Great Britain

Will this nightmare ever cease?

24 Aug 2021 15:47 | 313

Networks

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

24 Aug 2021 08:21 | 92

On-Prem

GlobalFoundries confidentially files paperwork for $25bn IPO – report

Plus: Toyota, Volkswagen to cut production due to component drought

19 Aug 2021 22:59 | 1

On-Prem

CES to require proof-of-vaccination at 2022 tech mega-conference

Because what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas

18 Aug 2021 00:04 | 2

On-Prem

Facebook now says it won't recall staff to its offices until 2022 due to delta variant

It's the Social distancing Network™

13 Aug 2021 00:33 | 8

Science

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

10 Aug 2021 12:39 | 175

On-Prem

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

04 Aug 2021 01:21 | 169

On-Prem

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

03 Aug 2021 12:51 | 114

Off-Prem

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

28 Jul 2021 13:45 | 1

Networks

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

22 Jul 2021 12:15 | 9

On-Prem

Apple delays recalling staff to offices until October as Delta variant romps across US

Twitter, Salesforce, Google, Microsoft have reopened, kind of

20 Jul 2021 22:57 | 55

Offbeat

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?

19 Jul 2021 14:07 | 243

Software

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

15 Jul 2021 12:15 | 92

Security

UK govt draws a blank over vaccine certification app – no really, the report is half-empty

Maybe it's that infamous brain fog

13 Jul 2021 17:45 | 78

Offbeat

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

12 Jul 2021 10:38 | 2

Software

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

05 Jul 2021 12:15 | 5

Software

Google to bake COVID-19 vaccine passport support into Android with Passes API update

Digital vax record stored on user's smartphone

02 Jul 2021 00:28 | 25

Bootnotes

Advert for coronavirus 'destroying' air 'purifier' exterminated by UK watchdog

If only it were that easy

24 Jun 2021 06:26 | 19

Personal Tech

Chromebook boom won’t outlive COVID-19 pandemic, says IDC

Tablets also flattened as punters resume spending on real-world fun

24 Jun 2021 02:54 | 21

Bootnotes

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

15 Jun 2021 16:47 | 118

Software

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

15 Jun 2021 13:05 | 42

Feature

Want to keep working in shorts and flipflops way after this is all over? It could be time to rethink your career moves

Pandemic has opened a can of worms for our work goals with what comes next

14 Jun 2021 08:30 | 86

Networks

Pakistan's Punjab province tells citizens to get jabbed or have their SIM card blocked

Well, that's one way to do it

11 Jun 2021 18:29 | 56

On-Prem

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

10 Jun 2021 04:08 | 15

In brief

That AI scanning your X-ray for signs of COVID-19 may just be looking at your age

Plus: DARPA wants to spend $1m on AI research studying information warfare

07 Jun 2021 04:06 | 7

On-Prem

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

03 Jun 2021 18:07 | 23

On-Prem

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

21 May 2021 13:27 | 40

Legal

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

21 May 2021 02:59 | 26

Security

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

11 May 2021 15:15 | 51

Applications

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

06 May 2021 18:37 | 41

Covid Logfile II

Some stayed in Croatian castles. Some hid in cars. We speak to techies who experienced lockdown in very different ways

Tales from less-conventional bunkers at the height of the pandemic

05 May 2021 07:01 | 30

Virtualization

India’s massive COVID-19 wave slows VMware desktop hypervisor development

Virtzilla also admits to essentially merging Apple silicon efforts with ESXi on Arm

30 Apr 2021 04:07 | 8

Security

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

28 Apr 2021 14:32 | 128

Off-Prem

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

27 Apr 2021 10:45 | 92

Bootnotes

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

26 Apr 2021 10:00 | 98

Networks

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

19 Apr 2021 10:58 | 12

Bootnotes

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

16 Apr 2021 13:01 | 112

Legal

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

16 Apr 2021 12:15 | 6

Legal

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

15 Apr 2021 08:11 | 39

Off-Prem

UK government opens vaccine floodgates to over-45s, NHS website predictably falls over

Looks like classic case of failing to scale to meet inevitable demand

13 Apr 2021 11:04 | 62

Personal Tech

DoorDash delivery drivers try to manipulate the food biz's payment algorithm to earn a living wage in gig economy

The trick is to get buddies to decline low-paying jobs and check old code

07 Apr 2021 23:44 | 32

Security

Please stop leaking your own personal data online, Indonesia's COVID-19 taskforce tells citizens

Posting pics of 'I got the jab' certs, complete with their QR codes, has authorities worried

25 Mar 2021 00:33 | 14

Personal Tech

US state AGs: How can Facebook, Google, Twitter say they tackle misinformation when gestures wildly at COVID-19 BS everywhere

Top legal eagles urge web giants to do more in this life and death matter

24 Mar 2021 23:30 | 34

Security

Scammers tried slurping folks' login details through 70,000 coronavirus-themed phishing URLs during 2020

Palo Alto Networks lays bare a year of dastardly digital doings

24 Mar 2021 10:24 | 3

On-Prem

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

19 Mar 2021 13:28 | 5

Legal

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

18 Mar 2021 02:34 | 4

Legal

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

16 Mar 2021 21:43 | 14

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Microsoft sends HoloLens 2 into a care home... Nope, not a headline gag about retiring the tech. They actually did this

Billionaires see wealth double during pandemic as tech bros lead the charge

Rocketing chip sales growth to ease off this year, reach $680bn, say analysts

Log4j and Omicron: Brothers in harm, mothers of invention

Randox's Certifly app for vaccinated international arrivals has to be side-loaded onto Android phones

Brit MPs blast Baroness Dido Harding's performance as head of NHS Test and Trace

Zoom-o-cracy: Wales MP misses vote, allowing COVID-passport rule change, blames the IT dept

Biggest takeaway from pandemic lockdowns for Microsoft? Teams stopped talking to each other

SAP 'investigating' after viral video allegedly shows anti-mask employee coughing on shoppers

Global pandemic was good for business, say UK infosec pros – but we're still burning out

'It takes a hell of a mental toll' – techies who lost work due to COVID share their stories

IBM looks to pandemic and post-Brexit fallout, sees nothing but money-making opportunities

Gartner predicts surge in government IT spending in post-pandemic catch-up

Oh the humanity: McDonald's out of milkshakes across Great Britain

More than half of companies rethinking back-to-office plans amid variant uncertainty and vaccine mandates – survey

GlobalFoundries confidentially files paperwork for $25bn IPO – report

CES to require proof-of-vaccination at 2022 tech mega-conference

Facebook now says it won't recall staff to its offices until 2022 due to delta variant

Scientists reckon eliminating COVID-19 will be easier than polio, harder than smallpox – just buckle in for a wait

Microsoft to require proof of vaccination from on-site staff, pushes back full reopening

UK chancellor: Getting back to the altar of corporate dreams (the office) will boost young folks' careers

A global pandemic and ransomware explosion makes for a bumper quarter at Google parent Alphabet

Dang vaccines dented our bottom line in the connected home sector, says Netgear

Apple delays recalling staff to offices until October as Delta variant romps across US

Happy 'Freedom Day': Stats suggest many in England don't want it or think it's a terrible idea

How many Brits have deleted life-saving track and trace app from their phones? No idea, junior minister tells MPs

UK govt draws a blank over vaccine certification app – no really, the report is half-empty

TSMC and Foxconn sign on dotted line to buy 10 million Pfizer vaccines for Taiwan

PPE, Part II: UK health department takes second stab at e-commerce system for personal protective equipment

Google to bake COVID-19 vaccine passport support into Android with Passes API update

Advert for coronavirus 'destroying' air 'purifier' exterminated by UK watchdog

Chromebook boom won’t outlive COVID-19 pandemic, says IDC

Deluded medics fail to show Ohio lawmakers that COVID vaccines magnetise patients

Western Australia rushes out legislation after cops access contact-tracing data to investigate serious crimes

Want to keep working in shorts and flipflops way after this is all over? It could be time to rethink your career moves

Pakistan's Punjab province tells citizens to get jabbed or have their SIM card blocked

Y'all ready to get back to the office this October, Facebook tells staff in the US

That AI scanning your X-ray for signs of COVID-19 may just be looking at your age

Apple to summon staff back to the office in September

Holy margins, Batman: Pandemic tech prices balloon as demand outweighs stocks and suppliers get greedy

Singapore orders social media to correct Indian politician’s allegation of local COVID-19 variant

NHS App gets go-ahead for vaccine passport use despite protest from privacy groups

NHS Digital booking website had unexpected side effect: It leaked people's jab status

Some stayed in Croatian castles. Some hid in cars. We speak to techies who experienced lockdown in very different ways

India’s massive COVID-19 wave slows VMware desktop hypervisor development

Brit MPs and campaigners come together to oppose COVID status certificates as 'divisive and discriminatory'

Words to strike fear into admins' hearts: One in five workers consider themselves 'digital experts' these days

Does the boss want those 2 hours of your free time back? A study says fighting through crowds to office each day hurts productivity

Plot twist! South Korean telco uses 5G to fight coronavirus via hospital-patrolling robot

Home office setup with built-in boiling water tap for tea and coffee without getting up is a monument to deskcess

Customs raid rumbles black market for primary school e-learning materials in fiercely competitive Hong Kong

Jackie 'You have no authority here' Weaver calls on the UK to extend Coronavirus Act provisions for online meetings

UK government opens vaccine floodgates to over-45s, NHS website predictably falls over

DoorDash delivery drivers try to manipulate the food biz's payment algorithm to earn a living wage in gig economy

Please stop leaking your own personal data online, Indonesia's COVID-19 taskforce tells citizens

US state AGs: How can Facebook, Google, Twitter say they tackle misinformation when *gestures wildly at COVID-19 BS everywhere*

Scammers tried slurping folks' login details through 70,000 coronavirus-themed phishing URLs during 2020

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

Singapore seeks freer international data flows to boost post-COVID-19 growth

Ex-Microsoft exec admits he tried to swindle $5.5m out of taxpayers with COVID-19 relief loans for bogus biz

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US state AGs: How can Facebook, Google, Twitter say they tackle misinformation when gestures wildly at COVID-19 BS everywhere