Microsoft under fire again from open-source .NET devs: Hot Reload feature pulled for sake of Visual Studio sales
Updated Windows giant has a funny way of 'loving' Free software
22 Oct 2021 | 24
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New Relic guzzles down CodeStream to help devs jump straight from app error telemetry to offending code
'I can debug production from the IDE,' said CS boss Peter Pezaris
22 Oct 2021 | 4
GIMP 2.99.8 is here but what's happened to 3.0? If only stuff would not break all the time
Keeping up with technology changes 'taking a toll on development'
21 Oct 2021 | 11
No swearing or off-brand comments: AWS touts auto-moderation messaging API
Automate everything – but while human moderation is hard, robot moderation tends not to work
21 Oct 2021 | 30
Software Freedom Conservancy sues TV maker Vizio for 'GPL infringement'
Companies using free-as-in-freedom software should meet their obligations, lawsuit says
20 Oct 2021 | 38
Brave's homegrown search claims to protect your privacy but there's a long way to go if it's to challenge the big G
Ad-free now but not forever
20 Oct 2021 | 38
It's heeere: Node.js 17 is out – but not for production use, says dev team
EcmaScript 6 modules will not stop growing use of Node, claims chair of Technical Steering Committee
19 Oct 2021 | 15
Windows 11 Paint: Oh look – rounded corners. And it is prettier... but slightly worse
New iconography, minimalism, less text – and at least it is not Paint 3D
19 Oct 2021 | 109
Microsoft called out as big malware hoster – thanks to OneDrive and Office 365 abuse
Updated Infosec pro: 'OneDrive abuse has been going on for years'
18 Oct 2021 | 18
Amid drama at .NET Foundation, Microsoft's De Icaza reveals it was meant to be like GNOME Foundation
Which it isn't, as illustrated by exec director of the F# Foundation
18 Oct 2021 | 11
Google's VirusTotal reports that 95% of ransomware spotted targets Windows
Criminals follow the money, code flaws
14 Oct 2021 | 27
Ubuntu 21.10 brings GNOME 40 debut and a focus on devs
Also: Why Canonical thinks Ubuntu GUI on Windows 11 matters
14 Oct 2021 | 27
Azure Emissions Dashboard shows how you and Microsoft are slowly killing the planet with your cloud workloads
Here's an even cheerier thought – it requires a Power BI Pro subscription
14 Oct 2021 | 9
As UK-based Civo's Kubernetes service goes live, boss claims the big cloud rivals are overpriced
Interview 'There's a misconception in the industry that hyperscalers are cheap'
14 Oct 2021 | 1
AlmaLinux Foundation chair says he stepped down to highlight value of community status
Close ties with CloudLinux remain, including former chair as 'guest attendee' at board meetings
13 Oct 2021 | 5
Microsoft .NET updates include C and C++ code in Blazor WebAssembly, release date for Visual Studio 2022
Just don't mention WPF
13 Oct 2021 | 21
OVH blames hour-long global outage on human error during 'routine' network reconfiguration
'No impact expected' then pop – and weren't they in the process of an IPO?
13 Oct 2021 | 10
User locked out of Microsoft account by MFA bug, complains of customer-hostile support
Interview 'So sorry' says Microsoft Identity VP – but its unhelpful support systems will be hard to fix
12 Oct 2021 | 76
Jamstack research: Typescript and serverless are the winners
Figma dominating Adobe XD in UIs
11 Oct 2021 | 8
.NET Foundation focuses on 'issues with the community' after executive director quits
Analysis Or should that be the community's issues with Microsoft?
11 Oct 2021 | 11
Want to support Firefox? Great, you'll have no problem with personalised, sponsored search suggestions then
Dark pattern consent dialog invites users to share their location with advertisers
08 Oct 2021 | 87
Alternative search providers write letter to EU complaining that Google antitrust action achieved diddly-squat
Interview 'There's no independent search engine really, other than Google and Bing'
07 Oct 2021 | 26
Cloud Foundry insists Kubernetes transition still alive despite VMware's retreat
That is merely a 'failure of a single effort' says foundation
07 Oct 2021 | 1
Want to check out Windows 11 but don't want to buy a new PC? Here's how to bypass the hardware requirements
Microsoft does not recommend this
06 Oct 2021 | 100
