Microsoft to drop price for Teams Rooms, add free Basic tier for SMBs
Hardware still required – plus tolerance for visiting the office and remote collaboration
On-Prem18 Aug 2022 | 1
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That was fast: MetaGuard emerges as an 'incognito mode' for the metaverse
As if the VR giants will let that stand – worth a try, though
Personal Tech18 Aug 2022 | 3
Airbnb turns its anti-partying tech on American lodgers
Looking to book a large house on a weekend? You'll have to clear a few hurdles
Personal Tech17 Aug 2022 | 4
Australian court overturns 'Google is a publisher' decision
Precedent essentially meant that search results could be considered defamatory, which is dumb
Personal Tech17 Aug 2022 | 39
The trade ban that wasn't: US allows 94% of restricted tech exports to China anyway
谢谢 美国!
On-Prem17 Aug 2022 | 23
Dinobabies latest: IBM settles with widow of exec who killed himself after layoff
Big Blue certainly seems blue about letting any of these claims go to trial
On-Prem16 Aug 2022 | 43
AMD has a lot riding on its 5nm Ryzen 7000 CPUs. And so here begins the hype
You'll need a new motherboard, RAM, beefier PSU. But hey, at least GPUs are cheap again
Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 12
Apple to compel workers to spend '3 days a week' in the office
Mandate starts in September, staff say its about 'fear of worker autonomy'
On-Prem16 Aug 2022 | 60
Talking about an AI revolution? Don't forget the storage
Here's how you'll be keeping the data flowing into your AI and HPC systems in future
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Discord details how it dodged latency with a super-disk made in the cloud
For when a GCP Local SSD is just not quite reliable enough
Systems16 Aug 2022 | 10
Inflation worries push PC and mobile DRAM demand down, with pricing to follow
Samsung, SK hynix, Micron are in for some pain, claims analyst, plus signs point to stockpiled customer inventory
Storage16 Aug 2022 |
Broadcom challenges Nvidia's Spectrum-4 with 51.2T switch silicon
Double the bandwidth of previous gen and 6x reduction in power consumption
Networks16 Aug 2022 | 1
Microsoft Azure cloud region settles over desert in Doha, Qatar
Opening was delayed during that pandemic thing
Systems16 Aug 2022 | 13
UK government lines up billions to refresh legacy tech in 600-system tax dept
Let's hope DALAS procurement is a tad more sensible than its soap opera namesake
Systems16 Aug 2022 | 16
This tiny Intel Xeon-toting PC board can take your Raspberry Pi any day
Did someone say ECC on an SBC?
Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 51
Philippines orders fraud probe after paying MacBook prices for slow Celeron laptops
Education Department planned to buy 70,000 laptops, blew its budget and bought just 40,000
Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 59
Supply chain worries heat up again as China shuts down factories to cool its citizens
Scorching weather sees scarce juice diverted to aircon instead of laptops and lithium
Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 12
After suffering $1b subsidy snub, Starlink lands $2m US Air Force deal
Always look on the bright (oh God, they are so bright) side of life
Networks16 Aug 2022 | 6
Sony camera feature hopes to make digital images immune to secret manipulation
Cryptographically signs pics – but you'll pay $2,500 before you've bought a lens
Personal Tech15 Aug 2022 | 18
US bans export of tech used in 3nm chip production on security grounds
Not mentioned: China. Obvious target: China – even if the country hasn't designed advanced chips
Personal Tech15 Aug 2022 | 5
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Dinobabies latest: IBM settles with widow of exec who killed himself after layoff
Big Blue certainly seems blue about letting any of these claims go to trial
1,900 Signal users exposed: Twilio attacker 'explicitly' looked for certain numbers
Updated Bad guy also got SMS verification codes, and re-registered one of the numbers they searched for
Ryugu asteroid: It came from the outer solar system, say scientists
Japanese Hayabusa-2 probe samples reveal coarse-grained phyllosilicates that may have served as 'cradles' for organics and water
PC store told it can't claim full cyber-crime insurance after social-engineering attack
Two different kinds of fraud, says judge while throwing out lawsuit against insurer
The trade ban that wasn't: US allows 94% of restricted tech exports to China anyway
谢谢 美国!
UK government lines up billions to refresh legacy tech in 600-system tax dept
Let's hope DALAS procurement is a tad more sensible than its soap opera namesake
Microsoft's macOS Tamper Protection hits general availability
A boon for administrators having to deal with Apple hardware while also keeping everything secure
Mozilla finds 18 of 25 popular reproductive health apps share your data
Scary in post-Roe America, and Poland, and far too many other places
Reckon Russian spies are lurking in your inbox? Check for these IOCs, Microsoft says
Seaborgium targeted dozens of orgs this year alone
Russian military uses Chinese drones and bots in combat, over manufacturers' protests
Testimonials from Russian generals not welcomed by DJI or Unitree Robotics
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US CHIPS Act: Getting the funding is just the start
Analysis Plan to regain semiconductor production market share may be a case of too little, too late
Systems15 Aug 2022 | 12
Epson says ink pad saturation behind 'end of service life' warning on inkjet printers
Directs customers to Maintenance Reset Utility so they can continue to print
Personal Tech15 Aug 2022 | 67
Containers make sense for software, but what do they mean for storage?
Dell's PowerStore OS is even more agile as it hits the big 3.0
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Keep your cables tidy. You never know when someone might need some wine
Who, Me? Brute force and ignorance does not win the day
On-Prem15 Aug 2022 | 85
Intel finally takes the hint on software optimization
Don't have the budget or customer base for Graviton-class silicon? Intel thinks it can help
Systems13 Aug 2022 | 22
Meta iOS apps accused of injecting code into third-party websites
Company insists it's doing so 'to honor people’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) choices'
Personal Tech12 Aug 2022 | 25
Twitter unveils US midterm election integrity plans, upsets almost everyone
Don't feed the trolls? Users deem policy an attack on conservatives, dystopian, and election manipulation
Personal Tech12 Aug 2022 | 63
AWS takes a shot at the private 5G network
Well, more like 4G LTE right now, and you'll probably need someone to put up the radio
Networks12 Aug 2022 | 1
BT union announces 48-hour strike action in protest over pay
26,000 engineers and call center operators to down tools again this month
Networks12 Aug 2022 | 12
Who should get to define your software defined storage setup?
Head here and learn how to keep your SDS open-source
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'I wonder what this cable does': How to tell thicknet from a thickhead
On Call Termin-what? Why can't I connect directly to the network
Networks12 Aug 2022 | 124
FTC ponders proper punishment for commercial data 'surveillance' and shoddy security
Got thoughts on the online panopticon? The FTC wants to hear
Personal Tech11 Aug 2022 | 4
Google gets the green light to flood US Gmail inboxes with political spam
Federal Election Commission votes to let Google allow campaign email through filters
Personal Tech11 Aug 2022 | 57
SmartNICs to make up 38% of network market by 2026
Dell'Oro sees traditional NICs being displaced for most hyperscale cloud infrastructure
Networks11 Aug 2022 | 5
FCC decides against giving Starlink $1b in rural broadband subsidies
Even those within the agency puzzled by the SpaceX decision when 'we have the technology to improve lives now'
Networks11 Aug 2022 | 23
BT wins networking contract for UK nuclear site Sellafield
Paving the way for the role of AI in the future of nuclear waste processing
Networks11 Aug 2022 | 14
Supermicro pulls in a strong quarter thanks to rack-scale demand
More customers also adopting the server maker's green computing products, CEO says
On-Prem11 Aug 2022 |
Facebook hands over chats to cops in post-Roe abortion case
'If your business model depends on more aggressive surveillance, maybe you need a new business model'
Personal Tech10 Aug 2022 | 94
The silicon goldrush is coming, but chip demand is evaporating
Leave it to the economy to throw another wrench into the semiconductor supply chain
Systems10 Aug 2022 | 4
Software defined storage IS the future. Get the definitive take right here
Close the loop at Open Storage Summit
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Polaris supercomputer boots up, paves way for Aurora exascale system
Researchers cue up AI sims, code and workloads for Argonne Lab's most powerful beast
HPC10 Aug 2022 | 2
The sins of OneDrive as Microsoft's cloud storage service turns 15
Opinion SkyDrive? Placeholders? Outages? Yes, it's all gone swimmingly
Storage10 Aug 2022 | 45
Foxconn will have to forget about investing in Tsinghua Unigroup
International relations are hot as chips, and Taiwan cannot afford to empower China
Systems10 Aug 2022 | 5
BT union wants pay dispute talks with telco's largest shareholders
The game of corporate poker continues but CWU may find investors more interested in dividends
Networks10 Aug 2022 | 45
Unity game engine attracts big cash from China's tech titans
Chinese game devs targeted – maybe data protection laws too
Personal Tech10 Aug 2022 | 3
Clouds lift Lenovo ISG to third consecutive profit
Sees sunlit uplands ahead with plans for factory and ITaaS expansions
On-Prem10 Aug 2022 |
US claims Chinese supplier violated export rules by helping ZTE sell telco equipment to Iran
Far East Cable acted as a broker in between ZTE and Iranian companies, it's alleged
Systems09 Aug 2022 | 6
Micron pledges $40b for US fabs as financial headwinds mount
The memory biz is bracing for a recession-fueled drop in demand
Systems09 Aug 2022 | 5
US car industry leads the world in production cuts over chip shortages
Car crunch bites, but relief looks likely
Systems09 Aug 2022 | 53
Wave of corruption claims crash into China's chip Big Fund
On the same day the United States kickstarts one of its own
Systems09 Aug 2022 | 9
Midwest universities unite to support US chip industry revival
Alliance will hopefully give students path to job as well as backing Intel's Ohio fab plans
Systems09 Aug 2022 | 6
Lenovo updates ThinkPad mobile workstations with AMD variants
SIGGRAPH 2022: Lenovo's ThinkStation P620 only desktop workstation powered by AMD's Ryzen Threadripper
Personal Tech09 Aug 2022 | 8
Quantum systems maker D-Wave takes the SPAC route
Company had hoped deal would grant access to $300m trust account, but shareholders cleared it out
HPC09 Aug 2022 | 6
Beijing blitz of crypto promotions and marketing underway
Cyberspace Administration of China closes accounts and removes to 'rectify the chaos'
Networks09 Aug 2022 | 3
BT demos 4-carrier 5G aggregation – on a live network
Telco promises uplift in capacity and speed once deployed
Networks09 Aug 2022 | 11
Intel challenges Nvidia, AMD with trio of workstation GPUs
For those that just can't wait for AV1 encoding
Systems09 Aug 2022 | 13
Google sues Sonos yet again, claiming it stole IP and infringed patents
Patent lawsuits, the next saga
Personal Tech08 Aug 2022 | 33
Qualcomm, GlobalFoundries double down on US chip production
The line for chip subsidies and tax breaks is getting longer by the minute
Systems08 Aug 2022 | 7
New protocols and standards push storage appliances upwards and outwards
Software defined storage is driving a revolution, and dragging traditional hardware along with it
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Nvidia books $1.32b inventory charge as PC market slows
Gaming product sell-through projection declines but datacenter division sales soar
Systems08 Aug 2022 | 6
How TSMC killed 450mm wafers for fear of Intel, Samsung
You can be a big fish in a big ocean or a small fish in a tiny pond with two leviathans.. how times changed
Systems08 Aug 2022 | 33
Arm still jewel in crown as parent SoftBank nurses record $23.5b hit
Stock market losses lead to write-downs at Vision Fund, but chip designer IPO a ray of light
Systems08 Aug 2022 | 11
Google's ChromeOS Flex turned my old MacBook into new frustrations
Desktop Tourism Google says this is ‘modern’ computing – if so it feels like a backward step
Personal Tech08 Aug 2022 | 63
Yeah, we'll just take that first network handshake. What could possibly go wrong?
Who, Me? Almost taking the fall for another person's mistake
Networks08 Aug 2022 | 93
Taiwanese iPhone supplier Pegatron quashes China blockade report
Company declares operations are normal and rebuts allegation Beijing crimped component deliveries
Personal Tech08 Aug 2022 | 4
India to revisit hardware incentives after struggling to move manufacturers out of China
Minister laments Dell, HPE and pals have the market locked up and little incentive to change
Systems08 Aug 2022 | 10
Remember the humanoid Tesla robot? It's ready for September reveal, says Musk
Find it next to the Cybertruck, Boring tunnel maps, Twitter acquisition and my sense of commitment
Personal Tech05 Aug 2022 | 91
Apple tells suppliers to use 'Taiwan, China' or 'Chinese Taipei' to appease Beijing
That's the way the Cook he crumbles
Personal Tech05 Aug 2022 | 114
Too little, too late: Intel's legacy is eroding
Comment Can Pat stop the rot – or is the chip giant facing a Kodak moment?
Systems05 Aug 2022 | 90
Amazon buys Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7b
Updated Bezos empire continues to clean up, but did it pick the proper postulates?
Personal Tech05 Aug 2022 | 65
Flash memory vendors unveil PCIe 5.0 SSDs, latest spec for CXL interconnect tech
Flash Memory Summit Folk of flash meet in person as Compute Express Link 3.0 debuts
Storage05 Aug 2022 | 3
Major IT outage forces UK emergency call handlers to use 'pen and paper'
Updated Suspected cyberattack at Advanced takes down part of server estate that hosted range of apps
On-Prem05 Aug 2022 | 38
Intel close to deal for semiconductor plant in Italy
Updated Chip giant's efforts to building production capacity outside of Asia gains steam
Systems05 Aug 2022 | 10
South Korea's lunar orbiter launches and phones home happily
Moon probe will play BTS to test space internet. Also for fun
Networks05 Aug 2022 | 31
Specs leak of 5.7GHz AMD Ryzen 7000 chips with double the L2 cache
These might be the 5nm Zen 4 desktop processors due to land this quarter
Personal Tech04 Aug 2022 | 16
Nvidia releases first Jetson AGX Orin module for production deployment
More expensive than a Pi but with a lot more oomph, platform to be embedded in devices at the edge
Systems04 Aug 2022 | 2
Infrastructure services giants still weighed down by clouds
Kyndryl and DXC Technology report declining revenues and worsening bottom line
On-Prem04 Aug 2022 |
Why you should start paying attention to CXL now
The next server you buy will support it, but what's it good for?
Networks04 Aug 2022 | 19
US aims to step up security for federal datacenters: Both physical and cyber
Bit barns threatened by malware flingers, but fire, storms, or bad guys arriving at the sites are also bad news
On-Prem04 Aug 2022 | 5
Fortinet's latest hyperscale kit packs 2.4Tbit/sec of firewall into a 4U chassis
And it only took 16 ASICs
Networks04 Aug 2022 | 2
Strike days should serve as 'wake-up call' to BT's top brass, says union
We kept network running 'safely and effectively' on those days, nothing to see here, says Brit telco
Networks04 Aug 2022 | 115
One way Bitcoin miners can make money: Selling electricity back to Texas
Beats screwing around actually crafting these unloved tokens
Personal Tech03 Aug 2022 | 44
Chip startup alleges Cadence sabotaged processor rollout
Exclusive Tachyum blames deep conflicts of interest as source of Prodigy delays
Systems03 Aug 2022 | 11
Linux may soon lose support for the DECnet protocol
Updated Ancient, yes, but its progenitor VMS isn't dead just yet
Networks03 Aug 2022 | 132
Infineon ups 2022 revenue forecast as chip drought persists
Automotive makers say they still can't buy enough semiconductors to meet car buyers demands
Systems03 Aug 2022 | 1
'Nobody can control TSMC by force': Exec dismisses fears China could seize fabs
Chairman reminds world that production depends on comms with US, Europe and Japan
Systems03 Aug 2022 | 27
Yes, it's true: Hard drive failures creep up as disks age
Some stats for those wondering when their models will be next
Storage03 Aug 2022 | 12
Raspberry Pi 4 takes a trip to Vulkan, sharpens 3D vision
Updated Eben Upton talks to The Reg about the little computer gaining version 1.2 conformance
Personal Tech03 Aug 2022 | 23
We'll get you that Wi-Fi 7 laptop by 2024, Intel says
Because if there's one thing you can trust with this x86 giant, it's deadlines and roadmaps
Networks03 Aug 2022 | 24
AMD boasts of record sales, says 5nm Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 coming this quarter
When Intel said demand was down, did it mean just for its chips?
On-Prem03 Aug 2022 | 11
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The digital workspace world demands flexible, high performance storage architectures that don’t leave end users waiting
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Apple ends corporate COVID mask mandate
Now will you all please return to our $5b headquarters?
On-Prem02 Aug 2022 | 35
Lockheed Martin wins $213m contract to update F-35 datacenter
Includes 'engineering, maintenance, logistics, and material support' under Joint Strike Fighter program
On-Prem02 Aug 2022 | 17
CXL absorbs OpenCAPI on the road to interconnect dominance
It's not the first rival open standard has assimilated – remember Gen-Z?
Storage02 Aug 2022 |
Hackable hardware PineBook Pro finally starts shipping again
Pine64 have other goodies in stock too… just not many right now
Personal Tech02 Aug 2022 | 7
Last week Intel killed Optane. Today, Kioxia and Everspin announced comparable tech
Rumors of storage-class memory's demise may have been premature
Storage02 Aug 2022 | 17
WhatsApp boss says no to AI filters policing encrypted chat
'What's being proposed is that we ... read everyone's messages. I don't think people want that'
Personal Tech02 Aug 2022 | 52
Oracle staff share news of sizable layoffs
CX and marketing teams seem to have borne the brunt of it
On-Prem02 Aug 2022 | 13
Chromebooks are here to stay thanks to COVID, even though shipments crashed: IDC
Tablet sales tumble, too – except at Amazon
Personal Tech02 Aug 2022 | 14
Data brokers amass profiles of pregnant women – and, of course, it's all up for sale
'One common trait is that they have zero regard for the privacy of the individual'
Personal Tech01 Aug 2022 | 37
