New SI prefixes clear the way for quettabytes of storage
Why I yotta... be happy there's somewhere to ronto when I need to express 10^−27
Science22 Nov 2022 | 51
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FAA asks for vendor feedback on $10b tech contract
But keen to avoid any mf bespoke software on the mf planes (and other hardware)
Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 4
Software company wins $154k for US Navy's licensing breach
Court lands on less than the millions asked for after sailors made copies of 3D modeling suite 'hundreds of thousands' of times
Legal22 Nov 2022 | 43
IBM sues Micro Focus, claims it copied Big Blue mainframe software
Updated It's all kicking off around company's CICS service
Systems22 Nov 2022 | 36
Juggling hundreds and thousands of MySQL databases? Throw them into the cloud
Time to wake up to Amazon Aurora
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Amazon to spend $4.4b in India as it adds second AWS region
Meanwhile, Microsoft eyes subcontinent for cloud growth
PaaS + IaaS22 Nov 2022 | 2
Watchdog warns UK health data platform could damage patients' trust
'This store of confidential data is a national treasure that must never be compromised or treated carelessly'
Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 30
Locked out of Horizon Europe, UK commits half a billion to post-Brexit research
EU still fixated with Britain keeping its word on trading arrangement
Science22 Nov 2022 | 178
Jaguar Land Rover courts coders caught in big tech layoffs
Got the boot from Musk or Zuck? Automaker has 800 techie vacancies to fill
Devops22 Nov 2022 | 52
France says non to Office 365 and Google Workspace in school
Hey, teacher, leave those apps alone
Software22 Nov 2022 | 78
Asia's superapps follow another hot tech trend: mass layoffs
Grab reveals caps on car numbers make ride-sharing miserable
Site News22 Nov 2022 | 3
Europe to have 2 of the 4 most powerful supercomputers as Leonardo comes online
Pre-exascale system will be officially inaugurated at the Bologna Technopole in Italy on November 24
HPC22 Nov 2022 | 12
AWS gives older EC2 instances a legacy lifeline
Preserves pre-2017 servers on its newer Nitro hardware
PaaS + IaaS22 Nov 2022 | 4
UK authorities open preliminary probe into Broadcom's VMware acquisition
Hard to see multi-cloud management, hypervisors, or enterprise security triggering public interest test to can the deal
Virtualization22 Nov 2022 | 3
Time Lords decree an end to leap seconds before risky attempt to reverse time
Remember that one time the Linux kernel couldn't cope for a moment? That sort of thing should be behind us now
Software22 Nov 2022 | 176
After years without data privacy rules, India floats two sets in a week
And ponders subsidies to attract big datacenter and content delivery network builds
Legal22 Nov 2022 |
Azure extends DDoS attack protection down to small business users, for a fee
Microsoft moves IP Protection into public preview
Software22 Nov 2022 | 2
Two arrested in massive $575m cryptocurrency 'Ponzi scheme'
Yet another cautionary tale of diving into crypto investment opps
Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 25
Chinese Loongson chips coming in 2023, on par with 2020 x86 kit
Homegrown chips remain behind for now, but for how much longer?
Systems21 Nov 2022 | 15
Microsoft's attempts to harden Kerberos authentication broke it on Windows Servers
Emergency out-of-band updates to the rescue
Patches21 Nov 2022 | 36
Orion reaches the Moon, buzzes surface, gets ready to orbit
We're back - for the first of many missions to come
Science21 Nov 2022 | 26
IBM manager sues for $5m claiming postnatal demotion
Congratulations on the twins! By the way, our discrimination laws are 'subject to interpretation'
On-Prem21 Nov 2022 | 12
World Cup phishing emails spike in Middle Eastern countries
That's where the money is
Security21 Nov 2022 | 6
NASA's meteor avoidance plan for James Webb Space Telescope: Turn it around
When a grain of sand moves fast enough to crack a mirror, it's best to put your back to the wind
Science21 Nov 2022 | 15
Head of Intel Foundry Services resigns just as chip biz gets going
Exclusive Randhir Thakur led Intel’s big bet to take on Asian foundry giants TSMC and Samsung
Systems21 Nov 2022 | 2
TSMC confirms 3nm fab in Arizona to make neighbor Intel sweat a little more
Analysis Next-gen chip plant could appeal to customers for supply chain, national security reasons
Systems21 Nov 2022 | 5
Biden administration earmarks $13b to modernize electric grid
We need more transmission capacity, and we needed it yesterday
Networks21 Nov 2022 | 48
US offshore oil and gas installation at 'increasing' risk of cyberattack
GAO says 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster will look like a walk in the park
Cyber-crime21 Nov 2022 | 7
Aviation regulators push for more automation so flights can be run by a single pilot
This is despite a wealth of evidence showing the value of having two in the cockpit
Personal Tech21 Nov 2022 | 156
Arm confirms IPO delay till later in 2023, blames global markets
Just look at the 'state' of them, says UK semiconductor designer, but says float will still happen
Systems21 Nov 2022 | 2
Twitter set for more layoffs as Musk mulls next move
Plus: He ran a poll 51.8% in favor of overturning Donald Trump's ban... but some must be bots, right Elon?
Networks21 Nov 2022 | 134
Cyber security pros: move to the next level next year
SANS’ 2023 cyber security training conferences provide the springboard to a new set of skills
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EU reaches agreement on satellite comms project: Opens Iris
Very keen to unhook infrastructure from 'third countries', private biz after Ukraine crisis brings situation into focus
Networks21 Nov 2022 | 7
UK's National Health Service will roll existing Palantir work into patient data platform
Does spy-tech supplier have a head start in bidding for the controversial deal it considers a 'must win'?
Databases21 Nov 2022 | 37
HPC's lost histories will power the future of tech
Opinion If you thought the '80s were cool, wait for the revival
HPC21 Nov 2022 | 16
Database times they are a changing
OVHcloud maintains and manages your open source DBaaS so you don’t have to
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VMware refreshes desktop hypervisors, adds Apple Silicon support
Partial VM encryption enables the virtual TPMs Windows 11 guests can't live without
Virtualization21 Nov 2022 | 4
Job 1: Get the boss on the network. Job 2: Figure out why Job 1 broke the network for everyone else
Who, Me? Running a theme park Help Desk was a non-stop roller coaster ride, and not in a fun way
Networks21 Nov 2022 | 48
Google looking outside the usual channels to fix security skills gap
'If your input continues to be monoculture, you can expect the same outcomes'
Security20 Nov 2022 | 25
Serendipitous discovery nets security researcher $70k bounty
In brief Also, a phishing gang goes Royal, while another employee at Snowden's old haunt gets caught nabbing data
Security20 Nov 2022 | 10
Liquid and immersion is the new cool at Supercomputing '22
SC22 With next-gen chips pushing 700W, thermal is the hot topic
Systems19 Nov 2022 | 19
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison
Even in Club Fed, that's a long time
Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 134
US Supreme Court asked if cops can plant spy cams around homes
ACLU argues for the Fourth
Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 103
Hive ransomware crooks extort $100m from 1,300 global victims
FBI, CISA sound the alarm and detail IOCs
Security18 Nov 2022 | 4
Nvidia faces lawsuit for melting RTX 4090 cables as AMD has a laugh
Law firm wants class-action status, says issue poses 'serious electrical and fire hazard'
Systems18 Nov 2022 | 59
iFixit stabs batteries – for science – so you don't have to
The point? To demonstrate the safety of lithium-ion power packs when handled properly
Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 67
It would take a 'catastrophic' recession to stop tech spend growth, says IBM boss
Tells Economic Club of New York no one he knows is trimming IT budgets
Off-Prem18 Nov 2022 | 21
Boffins are studying Martian clouds to avoid another Opportunity episode
They look and behave a lot like those on Earth – except they're made of dust
Science18 Nov 2022 | 9
OpenStack thriving, survey says, but growth comes from a few big users
New markets harder to convince, says analyst
Off-Prem18 Nov 2022 | 3
World's richest man posts memes as $44b Twitter acquisition veers off course
Staff locked out as hundreds appear to say no to Musk's 'hardcore' ultimatum
Offbeat18 Nov 2022 | 201
US Justice Department requests more info from Adobe on $20b Figma buy
Antitrust scrutiny into one of the biggest deals for a private software developer
Software18 Nov 2022 | 4
Hardware-assisted encryption of data in use gets confidential
Our poll reveals how much organisations rely on the compliant storage and hosting sensitive data in their data centres
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BOFH: We're an industry leader … in employing idiot managers
Episode 22 Actually, strike the second part …
BOFH18 Nov 2022 | 56
India follows EU's example in requiring USB-C charging for smart devices
Move for consumer welfare and preventable e-waste as nation seeks to ramp up electronics production
Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 70
Network operator Vorboss offers 100 gigabit connectivity – but only in central London
Guarantees fixed monthly price – but staffers will have to leg it to the City
Networks18 Nov 2022 | 5
Z-Library operators arrested, charged with criminal copyright infringement
There's a legal line between book borrowing and piracy
Cyber-crime18 Nov 2022 | 57
Artemis I isn't just a test run – there's science to be done
Amazon and Cisco even managed to sneak Alexa and Webex on board
Science18 Nov 2022 | 33
IT manager's 'think outside the box' edict was, for once, not (only) a revolting cliché
on call Products tend to work best once removed from their packaging
Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 92
Israel sets robotic target-tracking turrets in the West Bank
Military says they'll save lives on both sides as tensions escalate
Security18 Nov 2022 | 81
FTX disarray declared 'unprecedented' by exec who cleaned up after Enron
Corporate funds bought employee homes, no accounting department, uncertainty about who's an employee, and other baffling behavior
Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 111
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