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No more fossil fuel or nukes? In the future we will generate power with magic dust

Something for the Weekend Don’t cross the streams! Why? It would be bad. What do you mean 'bad'?

Bootnotes10 Jun 2022 | 110

Farewell to two pivotal figures: The founder of Inmos, and the co-creator of MIME

Obituary Iann Barron and Ned Freed were key innovators in computer comms

Bootnotes07 Jun 2022 | 18

Declassified and released: More secret files on US govt's emergency doomsday powers

Nuke incoming? Quick break out the plans for rationing, censorship, property seizures, and more

Bootnotes28 May 2022 | 120

Spam is back with a vengeance. Luckily we can't read any of it

Something for the Weekend It's a shame still nothing can be done about all the false positives, though

Bootnotes27 May 2022 | 102

New York City rips out last city-owned public payphones

Y'know, those large cellphones fixed in place that you share with everyone and have to put coins in. Y'know, those metal disks representing...

Bootnotes26 May 2022 | 33

Failed gambler? How about an algorithm that predicts the future

Something for the Weekend Hopefully an end to '... and you'll never guess what happened next!'

Bootnotes20 May 2022 | 76

Pentagon opens up about its database of 400 smudges that may or may not be UFOs

'We're open to all hypotheses, we're open to any conclusions' says official

Bootnotes17 May 2022 | 28

Switch off the mic if it makes you feel better – it'll make no difference

Something for the Weekend Treat all those micro-phonies like so many spies in the wire

Bootnotes06 May 2022 | 81

Meetings in the metaverse: Are your Mikes on?

Something for the Weekend You thought Zoom was bad? Welcome to the Thunderdome

Bootnotes29 Apr 2022 | 58

US Army may be about to 'waste' up to $22b on Microsoft HoloLens

Updated Will soldiers actually use these goggles? Asking for a watchdog

Bootnotes26 Apr 2022 | 81

Putin reaches for nuclear option: Zuckerberg banned

In Soviet Russia, bear pokes you

Bootnotes22 Apr 2022 | 61

When the expert speaker at an NFT tech panel goes rogue

Something for the Weekend Stick to the script, man! It’s confusing enough already

Bootnotes16 Apr 2022 | 118

US Army to build largest 3D-printed structures in the Americas

Do we have enough toner for barracks in Fort Bliss base in Texas?

Bootnotes09 Apr 2022 | 66

Fish mentality: If The Rock told you to eat flies, would you buy my NFT?

Something for the Weekend This week's column coming to you via hologram. Or a spaceship

Bootnotes08 Apr 2022 | 61

Japanese startup makes baby carrier-style sling for 'Love Robots'

Fittings open on Saturday, to make it easier to take motorized pals with you wherever you go

Bootnotes01 Apr 2022 | 33

In the graveyard of good ideas, how does yours measure up to these?

Something for the Weekend? You can now read your comics in the metaverse

Bootnotes25 Mar 2022 | 142

The Human Genome Project will tell us who to support at Eurovision

Something for the Weekend? My parents were not lying to me but… who's the Finn?

Bootnotes11 Mar 2022 | 78

Proprietary neural tech you had surgically implanted? Parts shortage

Something for the Weekend? Sorry about it. You know how it is with supply chains. Aroogah, arooogah....

Bootnotes04 Mar 2022 | 131

A tale of two dishwashers: Buy one, buy it again, and again

Something for the Weekend? It's all the data's fault, of course… and it's my data so that means it's my fault

Bootnotes25 Feb 2022 | 190

Insurance claims up 31% thanks to the metaverse

I'm gaming like a wrecking ball

Bootnotes14 Feb 2022 | 20

Russian 'Minecraft bomb plot' teen jailed for five years

Military court sends 16-year-old and his pals down for homemade terror training

Bootnotes14 Feb 2022 | 37

'Boombox' function sparks Tesla recall

Pedestrian warning systems in 578,607 cars affected, including model S, X and Y

Bootnotes11 Feb 2022 | 82

Polly wants a snapper? Parrot swipes GoPro for sweet views of New Zealand's Fiordland

Video Oi, kea!

Bootnotes04 Feb 2022 | 19

Jeff Bezos adds some more overheads to his $485m yacht by taking down historic bridge

Rotterdam can't get over it

Bootnotes03 Feb 2022 | 141

Prince of Packaging HP Inc snaps up zero-plastic bottle maker

Patented plastic-free tech from Choose Packaging

Bootnotes02 Feb 2022 | 16

He ain't heavy, he's my brother: Bloke gives away SpaceX ticket because he was over weight limit

You must be this small to ride

Bootnotes01 Feb 2022 | 85

God of War: How do you improve on perfection? You port it to PC, obviously

The RPG The migration of PlayStation exclusives continues to be a great idea

Bootnotes29 Jan 2022 | 39

US Navy in mad dash to salvage F-35C that fell off a carrier into South China Sea

Where Britain leads, America follows

Bootnotes28 Jan 2022 | 105

Crack team of boffins hash out how e-scooters should sound – but they need your help*

Poll *They're probably fine

Bootnotes28 Jan 2022 | 203

Carked it, Diem? Zuckerberg's grand cryptocurrency thing may sell off assets for $200m

Facebook-born blockchain payment system's day well and truly seized

Bootnotes27 Jan 2022 | 21

How to polish the bottom line? Microsoft makes it really hard to claim expenses, say staffers

If even Captain PowerShell can't automate this, what hope is there for the rest of us?

Bootnotes26 Jan 2022 | 66

Behold! The first line of defence for 25% of the US nuclear stockpile: Dolphins

Erm... should we be concerned?

Bootnotes25 Jan 2022 | 52

Robot vacuum cleaner employed by Brit budget hotel chain Travelodge flees

Unit dragged back to work after being found under hedge a day later

Bootnotes24 Jan 2022 | 59

Elvis may have left the building, but Windows remains very much on show

Bork!Bork!Bork! Just like the '68 Comeback Special, Bork has returned

Bootnotes24 Jan 2022 | 13

Dog forgets all about risk of drowning in a marsh as soon as drone dangles a sausage

It's not the wurst idea in the world

Bootnotes21 Jan 2022 | 35

'Can you identify your assailants?' Yes, they were pixelated! I'd know them anywhere!

Something for the Weekend, Sir? 'Inside' knowledge on the image database conundrum – at 25 frames per second

Bootnotes21 Jan 2022 | 41

If you want less CGI and more real effects in movies, you may get your wish: Inflatable film studio to orbit Earth

What a retirement for the ISS: Gaining a totally feasible 'state-of-the-art media production capability'

Bootnotes21 Jan 2022 | 39

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

Bootnotes19 Jan 2022 | 4

Big shock: Guy who fled political violence and became rich in tech now struggles to care about political violence

'I recognize that I come across as lacking empathy,' billionaire VC admits

Bootnotes18 Jan 2022 | 50

Epoch-alypse now: BBC iPlayer flaunts 2038 cutoff date, gives infrastructure game away

Nobody expects the Linux malposition, do they, Michael Palin?

Bootnotes17 Jan 2022 | 105

Weed dispensary software company's ambitions pruned after Spotify trademark clash

Because they tried to call it Potify

Bootnotes13 Jan 2022 | 52

Canon: Chip supplies are so bad that our ink cartridges will look as though they're fakes

Updated The solution? Click the annoying error messages away and keep printing

Bootnotes10 Jan 2022 | 122

Not looking forward to a greyscale 2022? Then look back to the past in 64 colours

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Any colour you like as long as it's black. Or white

Bootnotes07 Jan 2022 | 142

Ceefax replica goes TITSUP* as folk pine for simpler times

But creator runs server from home – we can forgive him

Bootnotes06 Jan 2022 | 99

Fugitive mafioso evaded cops for two decades until he was spotted on Google Street View

Wanted killer cuffed after maps snaps led to Facebook sighting

Bootnotes06 Jan 2022 | 41

Heart attack victim 'saved' by defibrillator delivery drone*

* And a passerby who happened to be a doctor

Bootnotes06 Jan 2022 | 64

Bork ends where it began. At McDonald's, home of the finest bork product

12BoC Bork bless us, everyone

Bootnotes05 Jan 2022 | 10

France loves open source so much, even its cinema borks have Linux behind the scenes

12BoC The last time Ubuntu went to space ISS astronauts got menaced by CIMON*

Bootnotes04 Jan 2022 | 37

A kitchen splashbork on sale at the Cardiff IKEA

12BoC Keeping things consistent in the Pi department

Bootnotes03 Jan 2022 | 12

The Ghost of Windows Past haunts a street corner in Bermondsey

12BoC Woo... woo... don't forget to back up your files... woo...

Bootnotes02 Jan 2022 | 34

Going round in circles with Windows in Singapore

12BoC A mystery error message bedevils Mass Transit Passengers

Bootnotes01 Jan 2022 | 22

Some errors fill the screen. And some come from the .NET Framework

12BoC Go on. Click Continue. We dare you

Bootnotes31 Dec 2021 | 27

Too busy feasting on meatballs, Windows struggles to update itself in IKEA

12BoC Who is going to install this Daim patch?

Bootnotes30 Dec 2021 | 29

Yule goat's five-year flame-free streak ends ignominiously

Swedish city refuses to make tradition of setting fire to a tradition a tradition

Bootnotes29 Dec 2021 | 77

Low on passengers, low on memory: A bad day on the London Underground

12BoC Lucky that new Crossrail thing is late – who knows how Windows will cope?

Bootnotes29 Dec 2021 | 56

Windows takes a breather in London's Spitalfields

12BoC No, not that sort of Rust

Bootnotes28 Dec 2021 | 13

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No more fossil fuel or nukes? In the future we will generate power with magic dust

Farewell to two pivotal figures: The founder of Inmos, and the co-creator of MIME

OpenSea staffer charged with insider-trading of NFTs

Tech hiring freeze doesn't mean people won't leave

Elon Musk orders Tesla execs back to the office

Drone ship carrying yet more drones launches in China

Declassified and released: More secret files on US govt's emergency doomsday powers

Spam is back with a vengeance. Luckily we can't read any of it

New York City rips out last city-owned public payphones

Failed gambler? How about an algorithm that predicts the future

Pentagon opens up about its database of 400 smudges that may or may not be UFOs

Switch off the mic if it makes you feel better – it'll make no difference

Meetings in the metaverse: Are your Mikes on?

US Army may be about to 'waste' up to $22b on Microsoft HoloLens

Putin reaches for nuclear option: Zuckerberg banned

When the expert speaker at an NFT tech panel goes rogue

US Army to build largest 3D-printed structures in the Americas

Fish mentality: If The Rock told you to eat flies, would you buy my NFT?

Japanese startup makes baby carrier-style sling for 'Love Robots'

In the graveyard of good ideas, how does yours measure up to these?

The Human Genome Project will tell us who to support at Eurovision

Proprietary neural tech you had surgically implanted? Parts shortage

A tale of two dishwashers: Buy one, buy it again, and again

Insurance claims up 31% thanks to the metaverse

Russian 'Minecraft bomb plot' teen jailed for five years

'Boombox' function sparks Tesla recall

Polly wants a snapper? Parrot swipes GoPro for sweet views of New Zealand's Fiordland

Jeff Bezos adds some more overheads to his $485m yacht by taking down historic bridge

Prince of Packaging HP Inc snaps up zero-plastic bottle maker

He ain't heavy, he's my brother: Bloke gives away SpaceX ticket because he was over weight limit

God of War: How do you improve on perfection? You port it to PC, obviously

US Navy in mad dash to salvage F-35C that fell off a carrier into South China Sea

Crack team of boffins hash out how e-scooters should sound – but they need your help*

Carked it, Diem? Zuckerberg's grand cryptocurrency thing may sell off assets for $200m

How to polish the bottom line? Microsoft makes it really hard to claim expenses, say staffers

Behold! The first line of defence for 25% of the US nuclear stockpile: Dolphins

Robot vacuum cleaner employed by Brit budget hotel chain Travelodge flees

Elvis may have left the building, but Windows remains very much on show

Dog forgets all about risk of drowning in a marsh as soon as drone dangles a sausage

'Can you identify your assailants?' Yes, they were pixelated! I'd know them anywhere!

If you want less CGI and more real effects in movies, you may get your wish: Inflatable film studio to orbit Earth

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

Big shock: Guy who fled political violence and became rich in tech now struggles to care about political violence

Epoch-alypse now: BBC iPlayer flaunts 2038 cutoff date, gives infrastructure game away

Weed dispensary software company's ambitions pruned after Spotify trademark clash

Canon: Chip supplies are so bad that our ink cartridges will look as though they're fakes

Not looking forward to a greyscale 2022? Then look back to the past in 64 colours

Ceefax replica goes TITSUP* as folk pine for simpler times

Fugitive mafioso evaded cops for two decades until he was spotted on Google Street View

Heart attack victim 'saved' by defibrillator delivery drone*

Bork ends where it began. At McDonald's, home of the finest bork product

France loves open source so much, even its cinema borks have Linux behind the scenes

A kitchen splashbork on sale at the Cardiff IKEA

The Ghost of Windows Past haunts a street corner in Bermondsey

Going round in circles with Windows in Singapore

Some errors fill the screen. And some come from the .NET Framework

Too busy feasting on meatballs, Windows struggles to update itself in IKEA

Yule goat's five-year flame-free streak ends ignominiously

Low on passengers, low on memory: A bad day on the London Underground

Windows takes a breather in London's Spitalfields

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