Bootnotes
Is that... is that a piece of Unikitty? Remembering Skylab via the medium of Lego
Now to recreate re-entry with a short drop onto a hard floor
06 Apr 10:32 | 13
Bootnotes
Bork!Bork!Bork!
I've got the power! Or have I? Uninterruptible Phone-disposal Stuffup
Remembering airports of the past and borked kiosks of today
01 Apr 10:10 | 34
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Mullet over: Aussie boys' school tells kids 'business in the front, party in the back' hairstyle is 'not acceptable'
A fine Australian tradition stomped on
31 Mar 11:34 | 110
Bootnotes
Cryptic US Strategic Command tweet reveals dangers of working from home with kids in the way
Was it a coded message? The password for accessing nukes? Nope
31 Mar 01:37 | 43
The RPG
Rogue elements: Hades and Loop Hero manage to draw on the same legacy while having very little in common
Let's go round again, maybe we'll turn back the hands of time
27 Mar 09:20 | 13
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Diary of a report writer and his big break into bad business
Ow. Thank you sir may I have another
26 Mar 13:02 | 128
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NASA's Perseverance rover in brick form: China set vs unofficial Lego fan design
The Register goes a-building once more – no glue required this time
26 Mar 10:26 | 34
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Ticker tape and a binary message: Bank of England's new Alan Turing £50 must be the nerdiest banknote ever
Tribute to wartime computer boffin hits circulation on 23 June
25 Mar 13:17 | 88
Updated
Global tat supply line clogged as Suez Canal authorities come to aid of wedged 18-brontosaurus container ship
At last, The Reg online standards converter's time has come
24 Mar 16:23 | 71
Bootnotes
Prince Harry, the Count of Montecito, turns Silicon Valley startup exec with first job based in 21st Century
New post accepted as Chief Impact (on Press Coverage) Officer for BetterUp
23 Mar 21:41 | 57
Bootnotes
Sure, Dave might seem like he's avidly listening to this morning's meeting, but he's actually doing a yoga routine
Meanwhile, Emma is playing video games, and Daniel... well, Daniel is drunk already
23 Mar 17:48 | 39
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Something fishy is going on in Taiwan as folk change name to include 'salmon' for free sushi
Youngsters rise to the bait after restaurant chain's promotion
18 Mar 13:14 | 36
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Security pro's time-travelling Twitter bot suspended after posting download link for Adobe Acrobat for MS-DOS
'This is of historical interest. Adobe isn’t really worried about this, it is automation'
16 Mar 18:45 | 33
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Burgers, birds, and Blue Screens of Death: Remember the joys of commuting?
Bork terminates at London Victoria
16 Mar 09:30 | 14
Reg Standards Bureau
Gummy bears as a unit of measure? The Reg Standards Soviet will not stand for this sort of silliness
Less than a fifth of a linguine, for goodness' sake – come on now
12 Mar 20:48 | 69
Bootnotes
Jailed Samsung boss accused of abusing Propofol aka ‘the milk of amnesia’ or 'the drug that killed Michael Jackson'
Cops probe vice chairman
12 Mar 01:40 | 17
Bootnotes
It's wild the lengths Facebook engineers will go to find new ways to show you inane ads about tat: This time, AR...
... and a lot of wrist action
11 Mar 06:30 | 30
BORK!BORK!BORK!
Delayed, overbudget and broken. Of course Microsoft's finest would be found in NASA's Orion
In Space No One Can Hear You Scream (as Windows crashes again)
08 Mar 11:02 | 44
Logowatch
What happens when cancel culture meets Adolf Hitler pareidolia? Amazon decides it needs a new app icon
Dodgy doppelganger not the first, won’t be the last
04 Mar 00:15 | 153
Bootnotes
Telecoms shack in the middle of Scotland put up for auction at £7,500
No broadband or bedroom though, so you'll have to sign up for sats or build your own
03 Mar 10:15 | 68
Popular
Applications
Airline software super-bug: Flight loads miscalculated because women using 'Miss' were treated as children
Weight blunder led to wrong thrust used on takeoff, says UK watchdog
Networks
W3C Technical Architecture Group slaps down Google's proposal to treat multiple domains as same origin
First Party Sets 'harmful to the web in its current form'
Security
Belgian police seize 28 tons of cocaine after 'cracking' Sky ECC's chat app encryption
Euro cops take $1.65bn of blow off the streets after poring over messages
Obit
Prince Philip, inadvertent father of the Computer Misuse Act, dies aged 99
Queen's hubby left more than a passing impression on the UK tech world
On Call
For blinkenlights sake.... RTFM! Yes. Read The Front of the Machine
Before smartphones and LCD displays there were... green lights and red lights
SaaS
Website maker Wix embarks on weird WordPress-trashing campaign, sends 'influencer' users headphones from 'WP'
'Creepy' videos liken CMS giant to 'absent, drunken father' – but its market share is only rising
Science
What's this about a muon experiment potentially upending Standard Model of physics? We speak to one of the scientists involved
'It’s an exciting prospect, but too early to say so definitively' professor tells us
Software
Beloved pixel pusher Paint prepares to join Notepad for updates from Microsoft Store
You cannot kill what does not die
Edge + IoT
South Africa's state-owned energy firm to appeal after court rules Oracle does not have to support its software
Eskom disputes results of Big Red audit
Updated
UK reseller sues Microsoft for £270m in damages claiming prohibitive contracts choke off surplus Office licence supplies
ValueLicensing also calls for action to 'restore and maintain competition and choice in the market'
STORIES
Bootnotes
Retro Microlympics concludes with possible reopening dates for UK computer museums
Vulture trounced at Revs and Elite, hopes to admire ancient kit in May
01 Mar 10:28 | 27
Bootnotes
Choose your fighter! March Mammal Madness pits poor, innocent critters against each other in mortal combat
Not literally and all in the name of education
26 Feb 23:01 | 25
The RPG
Valheim: How the heck has more 'indie shovelware with PS2 graphics' sold 4 million copies in a matter of weeks?
Now, this might shock you, but it's something we like to call 'fun' (if you have friends)
26 Feb 17:14 | 60
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Microsoft spearheads a whole new genre with installation on the side of a Lyon tunnel
Ah oui, mais est-ce de l'art?
24 Feb 09:31 | 41
Bootnotes
Robocall bagmen admit they collected millions of dollars from victims scammed by bogus IRS officials, lenders
Duo picked up sacks of cash sent via FedEx, UPS, USPS etc
24 Feb 01:52 | 9
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's just a very unhappy Windows installation
The last attempt to resume your country failed. Would you like to try again?
23 Feb 10:31 | 12
Offbeat
Healthy 32-year-old offered COVID-19 vaccine because doctors had him down as 6.2cm tall with BMI of 28,000
Bloke was placed into vulnerable category because of his weight
19 Feb 17:16 | 92
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
You want me to do WHAT in that prepaid envelope?
Not quite the data dump I thought you meant
19 Feb 10:29 | 110
Bootnotes
Has Amazon finally gone cuckoo? Bezos' behemoth turns to crowdfunding for Alexa-powered timepiece
If you 'Build It', they will come
18 Feb 11:15 | 32
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No egrets: Ardent twitchers fined for breaking lockdown after bloke spots northern mockingbird in his garden
'Don't give out the location!!'
16 Feb 13:27 | 49
Bootnotes
Forgot Valentine's Day? Never mind, today marks 75 years of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
Maybe this is why we're single
15 Feb 12:28 | 69
Offbeat
Looking for the perfect Valentine's gift? How about a week of retro gaming BBC Microlympics?
Chuckie Egg and Elite? Oh you shouldn't have!
12 Feb 13:15 | 53
Bootnotes
Court witness describes how Autonomy founder Lynch would wash his rear-end in US prison showers and dorms
When people called the Brit software biz a s*** show... ah, never mind
12 Feb 12:27 | 20
Bootnotes
Forget about an AI stealing your job, even pigs can be trained to use computers
No one can save your bacon now
11 Feb 13:13 | 43
Offbeat
We imagine this maths professor's lecture was fascinating – sadly he was muted for two hours
And more gaffes from the world of lockdown videoconferencing
10 Feb 14:45 | 56
Bork!Bork!Bork!
The next departure leaves in... have you thought about a Microsoft 365 subscription?
Waiting for a bus while welcoming Windows
10 Feb 11:01 | 21
Bork!Bork!Bork!
A Microsoft bork at the heart of The Oracle? Whatever next?
Going shopping? Hope your pockets are deep enough
09 Feb 09:30 | 14
Bootnotes
Choc horror: The UK's Information Commisioner probes its own mammoth £6,248 Hotel Chocolat spend
Oooh, you're so fancy, Commish!
09 Feb 06:32 | 16
Offbeat
Web prank horror: Man shot dead while pretending to rob someone at knife-point for a YouTube video
Shooter says he acted in self-defense
09 Feb 03:29 | 236
