Software
Salesforce reportedly poised to scoop Slack for billions
Which rather kicks a hole in the planned debut of Slack-like Salesforce Anywhere
26 Nov 01:59 |
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China ‘firmly opposes’ India’s new round of app bans, says it's violated trade laws
Left last couple of bans alone but now says national security argument is bogus and calls for mutual co-operation
26 Nov 00:12 | 3
Software
Boeing 737 Max will return to flight after software updates, says EU's aviation regulator
It flew OK without MCAS – but not well enough to be certified as safe
25 Nov 20:27 | 42
Software
Sopra Steria: Adding up outages and ransomware cleanup, Ryuk attack will cost us up to €50m
French IT outsourcer says its overall losses will deepen as direct result
25 Nov 19:30 | 3
Software
Thought the M3 roadworks took a while? Five years on, Vivaldi opens up a technical preview of its email client
Take the M3 exit to offline mail and calendar shenanigans
25 Nov 15:00 | 24
Software
Retired engineer confesses to role in sliding Microsoft Bob onto millions of XP install CDs
'While Bob never got to play on the big stage, he always followed the band around and got to ride on the bus'
25 Nov 12:46 | 25
Software
MongoDB loses its mind with marketing budget movie mania: Yep, it's Hackers with drop-down menus
This must have cost a packet...
25 Nov 09:03 | 9
Software
VMware says faster growth will come once customers get back inside data centres
SaaS revenue tops licences for the first time in solid Q3
25 Nov 05:58 |
Software
India takes aim at Alibaba with new round of Chinese app bans
43 apps axed, including those helping buyers and sellers of digital tat bazaar
25 Nov 00:01 | 2
Software
Cut-price Microsoft 365 seats mark Small Business Saturday – but only US firms need apply
Any opportunity to nudge customers cloudwards, but no word on whether generosity will extend to Europeans
24 Nov 17:14 | 4
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24 Nov 08:31 |
Software
Apple gives real-world events longer pandemic-prompted App Store fee reprieve
Nice tweak, but nothing epic enough to erode monopoly money
24 Nov 07:03 | 4
In Brief
Windows Insiders give thanks for latest release... Hang on. Where's the 64-bit Intel on Arm stuffing?
Also: Edge to take to the M1, and TypeScript 4.1 is here
23 Nov 16:46 |
Software
The GIMP turns 25 and promises to carry on being the FOSS not-Photoshop
Image Manipulation Program spawned GTK, which begat GNOME
23 Nov 07:38 | 140
Software
China offers world its COVID QR Code movement passport at G20 Leaders' Meeting
Declaration puts a handbrake on global digital currencies, includes usual 'let's use the internet and AI to make the world a better place' stuff
23 Nov 03:01 | 23
Software
Linus Torvalds worried Linux kernel might get messy around Christmas
LTS release 5.10 is currently unruly and looks like colliding with the holiday season
23 Nov 01:08 | 16
Software
Bloated middle age beckons: Windows 1.0 turns 35 and is dealing with its mid-life crisis, just about
Red trousers and a Porsche or respectable middle age for Windows?
21 Nov 11:01 | 107
Software
EU says Boeing 737 Max won't fly over the Continent just yet: The US can make its own choices over pilot training
Safety first, politics second
20 Nov 20:26 | 174
Software
Teams seeks 24-hour party people for consumer chat
Skype? We've heard of it
20 Nov 18:15 | 14
Software
Internet Archive to preserve Flash content for posterity with Ruffle emulator
WebAssembly-powered sandbox promised to be safer than the notorious plugin
20 Nov 06:01 | 31
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Software
Retired engineer confesses to role in sliding Microsoft Bob onto millions of XP install CDs
'While Bob never got to play on the big stage, he always followed the band around and got to ride on the bus'
Poll
Mysterious metal monolith found in 'very remote' part of Utah
Authorities warn aliens to get a permit before they do this sort of thing
Internet of Things
Amazon's ad-hoc Ring, Echo mesh network can mooch off your neighbors' Wi-Fi if needed – and it's opt-out
Ring, Echo owners get emails explaining how to switch off incoming functionality
Feature
Imagine things are bad enough that you need a payday loan. Then imagine flaws in systems of loan lead generators leave your records in the open... for years
Leaky data systems fixed now, but the issue affected millions
Security
VMware urges sysadmins to apply workarounds after critical Workspace command execution vuln found
If you've been pwned in the past, pay special attention to this one
Networks
NASA building network cables that can survive supersonic flight - could this finally deliver unbreakable RJ45 latching tabs?
Needed for probe testing how X-59 can break sound barrier without breaking eardrums
Cloud
AWS admits to 'severely impaired' services in US-EAST-1, can't even post updates to Service Health Dashboard
Multiple services sickly after Kinesis catches a cold: CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Lambda, Managed Blockchain
Security
Ticketmaster: We're not liable for credit card badness because the hack straddled GDPR day
Lawyers for fined firm make eyebrow-raising claim to irate ex-customer
Bootnotes
Considering the colonisation of Mars? Werner Herzog would like a word
Famed director dispenses a reality check for wannabe Martians
Personal Tech
Currys PC World website crumples into unscheduled maintenance as shoppers chase latest gaming machines
Hopefully no dogfood was eaten ahead of this incident
STORIES
Software
CodeWeavers' CrossOver ran 32-bit Windows Intel binary on macOS on Arm CPU emulating x86 – and nobody died
Trying to get that one weird app working on new Mac silicon?
19 Nov 16:13 | 74
Software
Google tells Chrome extension devs to declare their code's usage of personal data
Ad biz is serious about making others disclose information collection
19 Nov 11:04 | 10
Software
Microsoft emits Preview 3 of next-gen WinUI framework, says Linux support 'is not off our roadmap'
One framework to rule them all? Or yet another one to add to the confusion?
19 Nov 10:21 | 22
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Ordnance Survey recruits AR developer to build 'geolocated quests' to help get Brit couch potatoes exercising outdoors
Yes, our current girth would welcome some age-appropriate Pokémon GO
19 Nov 09:30 | 37
Software
Linux Foundation, IBM, Cisco and others back ‘Inclusive Naming Initiative’ to change nasty tech terms
But Red Hat points out its code-base is so big that mastery of inclusivity will take time
19 Nov 06:02 | 220
Software
Watchdog signals Boeing 737 Max jets can return to US skies following software upgrade, pilot training
Great timing because we're all in a rush to travel these days
19 Nov 00:45 | 74
Updated
Google yanks Apple Silicon Chrome port after browser is found to 'crash unexpectedly'
You'll have to run x64 version through the Rosetta emulation layer, or give it access to the Mac Bluetooth radio
18 Nov 19:55 | 25
Updated
Apple to halve commission for developers turning over up to $1m in sales via App Store
Cupertino's cut will shrink to 15% for small coding shacks from 1 January
18 Nov 17:10 | 39
Software
HTTPS-only mode arrives in Firefox 83 as Mozilla finds new home for Rust-y Servo engine
Another notch towards the SSL-only web
18 Nov 14:43 | 67
Software
Micro Focus shares up almost 30% as revenue decline less than expected in fiscal 2020
Is this turnaround plan working or is the COVID-struck biz world improving?
18 Nov 12:45 | 3
Software
UK's Manchester University seeks integrator to lead fiddly Oracle Financials upgrade
There could be up to £4m in it for the winner
18 Nov 09:30 | 8
Software
Apple Arm Macs ship, don't expect all open-source apps to work without emulation – here's what you need to know
Good thing Rosetta 2's x64-to-ARM64 translation is all right because you may be using it a lot
18 Nov 07:29 | 104
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Epic Games brings its Fortnite fight with Apple to Australia
Why Australia? Because it’s currently running an inquiry into app store monopolies, that's why
18 Nov 06:04 | 12
Software
Edinburgh Woollen Mill ransomware claim: Crims demand cash from target in administration
Egregor gang publishes stolen data snippet but did anyone receive their extortion note?
17 Nov 11:37 | 12
Software
A year of software testing appears wasted as ‘upgrade’ shutters Australian stock exchange on its debut
Trading proves a tricky combination
17 Nov 05:29 | 20
Software
GitHub restores DMCA-hit youtube-dl code repo after source patched to counter RIAA's takedown demand
Software warehouse also pledges to review claims better, $1m defense fund for open-source coders
16 Nov 20:07 | 76
Software
UK.gov's centralised buying agency wafts £1.2bn of taxpayer cash in return for a bevy of back-office software
Software subscriptions and licence support a must for bidding businesses
16 Nov 13:00 |
Interview
KDE maintainers speak on why it is worth looking beyond GNOME
The Qt advantage? 'We're a weird by-product of coffee machines and cars'
16 Nov 09:30 | 134
Software
Apple braces for antitrust woes by letting users select and install third-party apps during setup of iOS 14.3
Controlling? Us? Never!
13 Nov 21:59 | 22
