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How Bude: Google's sole-financed private undersea pipe to make a landing in Cornwall

It must have been love, but it's over now: Rockset tries to break up storage and compute, meet transactional, data-warehouse systems in middle

Spending on 5G to double despite the pandemic while legacy network infrastructure sector suffers – Gartner

Rackspace reveals retirement plan behind decision to go public by selling 17% of itself

UK housing associations offer framework worth up to £400m to eBay-for-plumbers startup (but it won't get to keep it all)

IDE like an update, please: JetBrains freshens IntelliJ, adds improved GitHub integration, Java support

Class move, Java. Coding language slips to third place behind Python in latest popularity contest

Tencent set to slurp Sogou, China's second largest search engine, and snaffle its super-popular text editor

We're suing Google for harvesting our personal info even though we opted out of Chrome sync – netizens

MI6 tried to intervene in independent court by stopping judge seeing legal papers – but they said sorry, so it's OK

Find out this week: How to build a cyber threat intelligence program while cutting through the noise

Tune in this week to learn all about an identity-centric approach to zero-trust security

Feeling unInspired? We can't help much with that, but there is a new .NET 5 preview and an Azure DevOps roadmap

Rancher rides off into the SUSE-set after acquisition by Linux outfit

Microsoft integrates Azure Functions with Dapr – for when you run Azure Functions outside Azure. Confused yet?

Languishing lodash library loophole finally fitted for a fix: It's only taken since October to address security bug

Australia sues Google over data collection practices that merged DoubleClick data to create single user profiles

Ex-boss of ICANN shifts from 'advisor' to co-CEO of private equity biz that tried to buy .org for $1bn+

IBM CEO and Indian prime minister talk about yoga … and unspecified further investment

Alibaba's financial arm, Ant, files for monster IPO ahead of march on the world's merchants and shoppers

Irony isn't dead... Facebook sues EU on data privacy grounds for requesting too much personal data

Get ready to try virtual-reality goggles, er, virtually: Another in-person event bites the dust as CES 2021 hauled online

Google allowed to remember search results to news articles it was asked to forget. Good

Gone in 15 minutes: Qualcomm claims new chargers will fill your smartmobe in a flash

Geek's Guide

Astroboffins map engine of a solar flare: Magnetic mega-fields and Earth-dwarfing blankets of electric current

Eye see you're having surgery: Origami inspires tiny, super-accurate robot surgeon

If you think you've got problems, pal, spare a thought for these boffins baffled by 'oddball' meteorites

USA seeks Moon and Mars nuke power plant designs ready to fly in 2027

Face masks hamper the spread of coronavirus. Know what else they hamper? Facial-recognition systems (except China's)

New Zealand government to explain its algorithms to stop robo-bias warping policy

Google extends homeworking until this time next year – as Microsoft finds WFH is terrific... for Microsoft

Intel couldn't shrink to 7nm on time – but it was able to reduce one thing: Its chief engineer's employment

Verity Stob

EU orders Airbus A350 operators to install anti-coffee spillage covers in airliner cockpits

What the duck? Bloke keeps getting sent bathtime toys in the post – and Amazon won't say who's responsible

Google search trends used to calculate floating prophylactic prices

Bill Gates debunks 'coronavirus vaccine is my 5G mind control microchip implant' conspiracy theory

Software

UK housing associations offer framework worth up to £400m to eBay-for-plumbers startup (but it won't get to keep it all)

'Equity-backed' DB-'n'-services biz hooks up tenants with vetted local repair shops

28 Jul 15:38 | 5

Software

IDE like an update, please: JetBrains freshens IntelliJ, adds improved GitHub integration, Java support

Issues? Visit the website or use Visual Studio Code

28 Jul 14:35 | 8

Software

Class move, Java. Coding language slips to third place behind Python in latest popularity contest

Rust enters the top 20, and yes, JavaScript is still number one

28 Jul 07:04 | 27

Software

Tencent set to slurp Sogou, China's second largest search engine, and snaffle its super-popular text editor

Half a billion users for $3.5bn - bargain!

28 Jul 03:54 |

Software

Named arguments squeak into PHP 8.0, 7 years after first RFC

How about inheritance? 'One of the bigger open questions' says author of proposal

27 Jul 17:01 | 14

Software

SAP to list Qualtrics, less than two years after convincing it not to list

Plans to retain sales and dev umbilical cord to CX outfit

27 Jul 00:42 | 4

Updated

Just what you want when stuck working from home: Microsoft domain mixup downs Remote Web Access

'Supported' Windows Server customers cut off from their subdomains

24 Jul 19:47 | 7

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Want to win $15,000? Enter Huawei's app development contest – and it could be yours

Create an innovative mobile application or game with AppsUp and you could win big

24 Jul 15:00 |

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Microsoft wants to show enterprises that Edge means business, rather than the thing you use to download Chrome

Roadmap, release schedule will tease fancy upcoming features in browser

24 Jul 11:37 | 58

Software

We told you remote working is quite good, says Citrix as its numbers head higher

Q2 revenue and subs surge, annual guidance boosted again

24 Jul 05:01 | 1

Software

Wipro buys 4C worth of extra Salesforce expertise

Slurps quote-to-cash specialist to boost Cloud business unit that's already big with SAP and Oracle

24 Jul 04:04 | 2

Software

Microsoft tells AMD-powered Insiders they're unblocked in new Windows 10 Dev Channel build: 'Oh no we're not!'

Panto season starts early in Redmond

23 Jul 11:27 | 13

Interview

From Accompli to Microsoft to Google: G Suite chief Javier Soltero chases the 'complete collaborative experience'

But users are 'always one small event away from frustration' when platforms clash, claims IT support biz

23 Jul 08:04 | 12

Updated

Microsoft pulls dust covers off Dataflex: Low-code data access from Teams

New, or just a rebrand of Common Data Service? A bit of both

22 Jul 18:58 | 17

Updated

Only EU can help us, pleads Slack as it slings competition complaint against Microsoft Teams

Behold the ghost of Browser Wars past

22 Jul 15:20 | 68

Software

The W3C steers the way the World Wide Web works. Yet it is reluctant to record crucial meetings – and its minutes are incomplete

Ability to debate frankly in private versus right of netizens to know what exactly is discussed

22 Jul 06:04 | 15

Software

960 LinkedIn employees will be let go... If only there was some kind of 'social network for suits' to assist job hunts

It looks like your CV needs updating. Would you like help?

21 Jul 12:59 | 23

Code dive

My life as a criminal cookie clearer: Register vulture writes Chrome extension, realizes it probably breaks US law

Could paywall-dodging browser aid fall foul of DMCA rules? We ask the experts

21 Jul 12:15 | 113

Software

Linux Foundation starts new group to build pandemic-popping software

Decentralised contact-tracing apps from Ireland and Canada are first off the rank

21 Jul 08:32 | 20

Software

If you can read this, your Windows 10 2004 PC really is connected to the internet no matter what the OS claims

May 2020 build warns of no internet connection when, er, there is

20 Jul 21:43 | 76

How Bude: Google's sole-financed private undersea pipe to make a landing in Cornwall

It must have been love, but it's over now: Rockset tries to break up storage and compute, meet transactional, data-warehouse systems in middle

Spending on 5G to double despite the pandemic while legacy network infrastructure sector suffers – Gartner

Rackspace reveals retirement plan behind decision to go public by selling 17% of itself

UK housing associations offer framework worth up to £400m to eBay-for-plumbers startup (but it won't get to keep it all)

IDE like an update, please: JetBrains freshens IntelliJ, adds improved GitHub integration, Java support

Class move, Java. Coding language slips to third place behind Python in latest popularity contest

Tencent set to slurp Sogou, China's second largest search engine, and snaffle its super-popular text editor

We're suing Google for harvesting our personal info even though we opted out of Chrome sync – netizens

MI6 tried to intervene in independent court by stopping judge seeing legal papers – but they said sorry, so it's OK

Find out this week: How to build a cyber threat intelligence program while cutting through the noise

Tune in this week to learn all about an identity-centric approach to zero-trust security

Feeling unInspired? We can't help much with that, but there is a new .NET 5 preview and an Azure DevOps roadmap

Rancher rides off into the SUSE-set after acquisition by Linux outfit

Microsoft integrates Azure Functions with Dapr – for when you run Azure Functions outside Azure. Confused yet?

Languishing lodash library loophole finally fitted for a fix: It's only taken since October to address security bug

Australia sues Google over data collection practices that merged DoubleClick data to create single user profiles

Ex-boss of ICANN shifts from 'advisor' to co-CEO of private equity biz that tried to buy .org for $1bn+

IBM CEO and Indian prime minister talk about yoga … and unspecified further investment

Alibaba's financial arm, Ant, files for monster IPO ahead of march on the world's merchants and shoppers

Irony isn't dead... Facebook sues EU on data privacy grounds for requesting too much personal data

Get ready to try virtual-reality goggles, er, virtually: Another in-person event bites the dust as CES 2021 hauled online

Google allowed to remember search results to news articles it was asked to forget. Good

Gone in 15 minutes: Qualcomm claims new chargers will fill your smartmobe in a flash

Astroboffins map engine of a solar flare: Magnetic mega-fields and Earth-dwarfing blankets of electric current

Eye see you're having surgery: Origami inspires tiny, super-accurate robot surgeon

If you think you've got problems, pal, spare a thought for these boffins baffled by 'oddball' meteorites

USA seeks Moon and Mars nuke power plant designs ready to fly in 2027

Face masks hamper the spread of coronavirus. Know what else they hamper? Facial-recognition systems (except China's)

New Zealand government to explain its algorithms to stop robo-bias warping policy

Google extends homeworking until this time next year – as Microsoft finds WFH is terrific... for Microsoft

Intel couldn't shrink to 7nm on time – but it was able to reduce one thing: Its chief engineer's employment

EU orders Airbus A350 operators to install anti-coffee spillage covers in airliner cockpits

What the duck? Bloke keeps getting sent bathtime toys in the post – and Amazon won't say who's responsible

Google search trends used to calculate floating prophylactic prices

Bill Gates debunks 'coronavirus vaccine is my 5G mind control microchip implant' conspiracy theory

Software

UK housing associations offer framework worth up to £400m to eBay-for-plumbers startup (but it won't get to keep it all)

IDE like an update, please: JetBrains freshens IntelliJ, adds improved GitHub integration, Java support

Class move, Java. Coding language slips to third place behind Python in latest popularity contest

Tencent set to slurp Sogou, China's second largest search engine, and snaffle its super-popular text editor

Named arguments squeak into PHP 8.0, 7 years after first RFC

SAP to list Qualtrics, less than two years after convincing it not to list

Just what you want when stuck working from home: Microsoft domain mixup downs Remote Web Access

Want to win $15,000? Enter Huawei's app development contest – and it could be yours

Microsoft wants to show enterprises that Edge means business, rather than the thing you use to download Chrome

We told you remote working is quite good, says Citrix as its numbers head higher

Wipro buys 4C worth of extra Salesforce expertise

Microsoft tells AMD-powered Insiders they're unblocked in new Windows 10 Dev Channel build: 'Oh no we're not!'

From Accompli to Microsoft to Google: G Suite chief Javier Soltero chases the 'complete collaborative experience'

Microsoft pulls dust covers off Dataflex: Low-code data access from Teams

Only EU can help us, pleads Slack as it slings competition complaint against Microsoft Teams

The W3C steers the way the World Wide Web works. Yet it is reluctant to record crucial meetings – and its minutes are incomplete

960 LinkedIn employees will be let go... If only there was some kind of 'social network for suits' to assist job hunts

My life as a criminal cookie clearer: Register vulture writes Chrome extension, realizes it probably breaks US law

Linux Foundation starts new group to build pandemic-popping software

If you can read this, your Windows 10 2004 PC really is connected to the internet no matter what the OS claims

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If you think you've got problems, pal, spare a thought for these boffins baffled by 'oddball' meteorites

Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin. Hang on, the PDP 11/70 has dropped offline

Garmin staggers back to its feet: Aviation systems seem to be lagging, though. Here's why

What the duck? Bloke keeps getting sent bathtime toys in the post – and Amazon won't say who's responsible

MI6 tried to intervene in independent court by stopping judge seeing legal papers – but they said sorry, so it's OK

Intel couldn't shrink to 7nm on time – but it was able to reduce one thing: Its chief engineer's employment

EU orders Airbus A350 operators to install anti-coffee spillage covers in airliner cockpits

Data-stealing, password-harvesting, backdoor-opening QNAP NAS malware cruises along at 62,000 infections

Chinese tat bazaar Xiaomi to light a fire under Amazon's Kindle with new e-book reader

Southern Water to splash £50m on IT services to purify systems of planning, governance and internal controls

Aggrieved ad tech types decry Google dominance in W3C standards – who writes the rules and for whom?

Imagine surviving WW3, rebuilding computers, opening up GitHub's underground vault just to relive JavaScript

Apple warns developers API tweaks will flow from style guide changes that remove non-inclusive language

Babe, I've changed! Twitter wants to try a relationship again with devs after first major API tweaks in years

AMD fans forced to sit out latest Windows 10 Insiders build due to 'bug impacting overall usability of these PCs'

Born in the USA: German-speaking users fail to take up SAP's acquired business apps

Companies toiling away the most on LibreOffice code complain ecosystem is 'beyond utterly broken'

ReactOS hits a milestone – actually hiring a full-time developer. And we've got our talons on the latest build to see what needs fixing

SAP on the back for Michiel Verhoeven who has been handed the keys to ERP giant's UK and Ireland biz

Cornwall councillor suggests authority paid £2m for Oracle licences that no one used on contract originally worth £4m

Brit retailer John Lewis to catapult 111 tech bods over to Capgemini weeks after dumping 244 on Wipro