Policy
TikTok given another week to sort out how to sell itself
New ways to evade sticking points apparently under discussion
26 Nov 23:58 | 3
Business
Business
HP CEO talks up HP-ink-only print hardware and higher upfront costs for machines that use other cartridges
'These actions will help us to optimize the business by reducing the number of unprofitable customers'
26 Nov 13:34 | 51
Policy
Calls for 'right to repair' electronics laws grow louder across Europe
UK Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee report slams manufacturers as Euro Parliament votes to back tinkerers
26 Nov 13:04 | 59
Policy
How the US attacked Huawei: Former CEO of DocuSign and Ariba turned diplomat Keith Krach tells his tale
53 nations and 180 telcos have adopted Clean Network plan – and Huawei fell for it
26 Nov 04:58 | 72
Business
Dell reports green shoots in enterprise infrastructure biz after seven consecutive quarters of shrinkage
SMEs are spending again, claims tech giant
25 Nov 15:55 | 1
Policy
Intel chief pens congratulatory letter to President-elect Biden urging work on immigration and domestic manufacturing
Stuff that helps with Chipzilla's bottom line, basically
24 Nov 14:00 | 49
Business
It may date back to 1994 but there's no end in sight for the UK's Chief customs system as Brexit rules beckon
Software dinosaur will run alongside new CDS platform, says HMRC
24 Nov 13:10 | 139
Policy
Alibaba chief says China's new internet laws aren’t just good, they’re right and welcome and necessary
As Beijing brings in another that regulates internet infomercials and stops teens buying their tat
24 Nov 01:01 | 14
Updated
Millions wiped off value of Capita outsourcing deal with English councils amid 'further contract variation agreement'
Procurement services? Not any more. Exchequer services? No thanks. IT Services? Reduced
23 Nov 11:43 | 36
Business
Dell's UK tentacle was in rude health just as world plunged headlong into a pandemic
Companies House filing for year ended 31 January 2020 shows strong growth
23 Nov 11:03 | 1
Policy
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledges £12bn green economy package
Hot air? World-beating? Well, billions of the funding had already been committed earlier this year
18 Nov 13:29 | 116
Policy
BRICS bloc – home to 40 percent of humanity – wants to drive global e-commerce consumer protection rules
China has the giant e-tailers, India has the customers, Brazil, Russia and South Africa are aboard
18 Nov 03:29 | 6
Business
Pass us a tissue: Capita CFO calls it quits, talks of 'privilege' to work at 'centre' of biz that 'touches the lives of millions'
New interim human calculator hired, permanent replacement being hunted
16 Nov 16:30 | 13
Business
Facebook's Giphy slurp remains on hold after UK competition regulator demands more info
Tribunal ruling prevents the Zuckerborg from swallowing GIF peddler until further notice
16 Nov 14:45 | 14
Business
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!
16 Nov 11:25 | 19
Policy
30 percent of world agrees not to require onshore storage for e-commerce customer data
New top trade bloc wants fewer barriers to business across China, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Australia and 11 more countries, but not India
16 Nov 00:17 | 19
Policy
Tax working from home, says Deutsche Bank, because the economy needs that lunch money you’re not spending
Taxes change all the time, but shifts in behaviour are usually slower than the rush to WfH
13 Nov 05:55 | 148
Business
Stop worrying and learn to love COVID-driven digital transformation, says Gartner
Survey sees CIOs loosening purse-strings, execs feeling mushy about IT crowd (but there are caveats)
11 Nov 16:00 | 7
Business
Amazon makes big bet on New Zealand to crack Indian market
This one's all about putting cricket behind a paywall for nine-figure audiences of ardent fans
11 Nov 05:06 | 14
Policy
China’s competition agency floats Internet-age anti-monopoly law upgrade
Share prices of China’s internet giants slump in wake of call for comment
11 Nov 03:57 | 5
Popular
Software
Retired engineer confesses to role in sliding Microsoft Bob onto millions of XP install CDs
'While Bob never got to play on the big stage, he always followed the band around and got to ride on the bus'
Cloud
AWS admits to 'severely impaired' services in US-EAST-1, can't even post updates to Service Health Dashboard
Multiple services sickly after Kinesis catches a cold: CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Lambda, Managed Blockchain
Security
Ticketmaster: We're not liable for credit card badness because the hack straddled GDPR day
Lawyers for fined firm make eyebrow-raising claim to irate ex-customer
Bootnotes
Considering the colonisation of Mars? Werner Herzog would like a word
Famed director dispenses a reality check for wannabe Martians
Software
Boeing 737 Max will return to flight after software updates, says EU's aviation regulator
It flew OK without MCAS – but not well enough to be certified as safe
Policy
How the US attacked Huawei: Former CEO of DocuSign and Ariba turned diplomat Keith Krach tells his tale
53 nations and 180 telcos have adopted Clean Network plan – and Huawei fell for it
Software
MongoDB loses its mind with marketing budget movie mania: Yep, it's choose-your-own-adventure Hackers with drop-down menus
This must have cost a packet...
Security
Privacy campaigner flags concerns about Microsoft's creepy Productivity Score
Watching, always watching
Software
Thought the M3 roadworks took a while? Five years on, Vivaldi opens up a technical preview of its email client
Take the M3 exit to offline mail and calendar shenanigans
Software
Master boot vinyl record: It just gives DOS on my IBM PC a warmer, more authentic tone
And on the B-side: Linux?
STORIES
Business
European Commission to take a closer look at how Amazon uses business data of third-party sellers using its platform
Preliminary view is that antitrust rules have been breached
10 Nov 14:45 | 22
Policy
Former Microsoft tester sent down for 9 years after $10m gift card fraud
Flipping gift cards for cash = fast cars, nice houses and, er, jailtime
10 Nov 13:30 | 46
Policy
£8bn digitisation strategy for UK's health service doesn't count as a strategy, says spending watchdog
'It does not set out how the NHS will deliver its ambitions in practice'. As for that paperless NHS? Strategy watered down and deadline dates moved
10 Nov 11:00 | 11
Policy
India launches Google antitrust probe and Google mostly shrugs it off
The usual stuff in the spotlight: Google Pay crowding out rivals, search algo bias
10 Nov 06:30 | 5
Policy
India slashes red tape to make life much easier for outsourcers and outsourcing
Makes work-from-home legal and lowers barriers to entry for smaller players and multinationals' use of Indian workers
09 Nov 00:48 | 3
Business
More evidence your work/life balance has gone to $%£*: Atlassian says user-interface interactions show hours tacked on to workday
You're probably reading this on your work laptop when you should have been down the pub
06 Nov 19:14 | 22
Exclusive
Three rips up call centre outsourcing contract with Capita 2+ years early
A sliver of functions coming back in house, most being offshored to India and 380 UK roles put 'at risk' of redundo by Capita
06 Nov 12:28 | 47
The Channel
Microsoft sues Florida reseller it alleges sold 'black market access devices' allowing unlocking of Office 365
Copyright and trademark infringements alleged by Redmond's legal eagles
05 Nov 10:30 | 15
Policy
India, UK strike tech co-operation pact and plot deeper links once Brexit's done
Details vague, but ambitions cover 5G, security of comms infrastructure and sharing R&D
05 Nov 05:56 | 46
Policy
Suspended sentence for bank IT worker who hacked his boss's webcam because he didn't get a payrise
Savage judge condemns crim's behaviour as 'utterly stupid'
04 Nov 14:45 | 52
Policy
Heck yeah, we should have access to our own cars' repair data: Voters in US state approve a landmark right-to-repair ballot measure
It has been Biden its time
04 Nov 13:15 | 57
Business
With less than two months left, let's check in on Brexit: All IT systems are up and running and ready to go, says no one
Oh sorry, did you expect this headline to work out differently?
04 Nov 09:30 | 155
Business
Alibaba trying to take China’s Singles Day shopping frenzy global to make Bezos & Co look like sales small fry
11.11 event should be four times bigger than Amazon Prime Day
03 Nov 03:02 | 20
Policy
TikTok wins right to stay in America past current Art of the Deal deadline on November 12th
Court ponders keeping it alive for three plaintiffs before deciding Made-in-China app can keep amusing everyone
02 Nov 06:28 | 14
Policy
Doxxing nixed by Hong Kong courts, again
This time to protect judicial enforcement authorities, but previous bans on publishing Police's personal details haven't stopped the practice
02 Nov 05:27 | 8
The Channel
Fancy building to-spec PCs for the Bank of England, and more? A £46m end user support contract is up for grabs
The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street needs help managing thousands of laptops, PCs and tablets
30 Oct 15:30 | 16
Business
iPhone sales shrink for 2nd year in a row as delay to next-gen mobile launch hits hard
An unsightly stain among otherwise solid Apple results – considering the sh*t show that is 2020
30 Oct 14:45 | 31
Business
Alphabet thanks ads and AI for its $124m-a-day quarterly profit, and comes out swinging against antitrust action
'We are proud people choose Google Search not because they have to, but because it's convenient,' states CEO
30 Oct 02:50 | 23
Policy
China sets itself 2035 goal for technology self-sufficiency and covets title as the world’s top innovator
State of local software industry also revealed: 7 million workers, $36bn of exports
30 Oct 01:29 | 24
