Software
Wine pops cork on version 6.0 of the Windows compatibility layer for *nix systems
We'll drink to that
15 Jan 21:59 | 17
Software
Interview
20 years of Drupal: Founder Dries Buytaert on API first, the end of breaking compatibility, and JavaScript bloat
Commercial involvement in open source is essential, says CMS boss
15 Jan 18:12 | 3
Software
SAP offers mixed preliminary results at the 'top end' of its downwardly revised outlook
Uphill battle shifting business applications to the cloud laid bare
15 Jan 16:24 |
Software
Games Workshop finds that in the grim darkness of the 3rd millennium, there is only ERP
'Long and complex' saga shifts into next phase as new heroes enter battlefield
15 Jan 11:27 | 13
Software
Flash still works in China, but you need to ask Adobe nicely before running it
Extreme Networks flings flaky Flash-free fix and Cisco all-but-sighs as it reminds users to upgrade
15 Jan 05:50 | 7
Software
Teasing HANA database upgrade, SAP leaves crowd wondering if software giant has lost its innovation mojo
Great to know they 'remain committed'
14 Jan 20:10 | 1
Software
Debian 'Bullseye' enters final phase before release as team debates whether it will be last to work on i386 architecture
Security, lack of suitable hardware for testing makes full 32-bit support hard
14 Jan 15:35 | 47
Software
JavaScript survey: React everywhere, Jest, Webpack on the up... if only it had static typing, sigh developers
The world's favourite language has complex ecosystem in which build tools are now fundamental
14 Jan 14:01 | 13
Software
Another Rust-y OS: Theseus joins Redox in pursuit of safer, more resilient systems
This one is not just written in Rust – its design is based on Rust features
14 Jan 11:03 | 30
Software
India’s top techies form digital foundation to fight Apple and Google
App store fees and ‘privacy’ arrangements under fire
14 Jan 03:56 | 5
Software
NHS COVID-19 app is trying to tell Android users something but buggy notification appears stuck on 'Loading...' screen
The suspense could quite literally be killing us
13 Jan 13:15 | 36
Software
Cockroach Labs scuttles its way to $160m funding, $2bn valuation thanks to the database that doesn't die
Upstart hopes to do for transactional databases what Snowflake did for data warehousing
12 Jan 15:15 | 8
Software
Apologies for the wait, we're overwhelmed. Yes, this is the hospital. You need to what?! Do a software licence audit?
Vendors slammed for 'lack of proper judgement' during the pandemic
12 Jan 13:46 | 54
Software
Pork-tracking website problems add extra crackling to US-Taiwan-China tensions
Data describing controversial supplement ractopamine didn’t render online
12 Jan 04:58 | 7
In brief
ZIP folders were originally a Microsoft engineer's side hustle until bosses figured out he worked for Microsoft
Also: Edge on Apple arrives in the Dev Channel, HealthBot goes to the cloud, and Chile to get an Azure Region
11 Jan 21:04 | 20
Software
Last stop before MAUI: Xamarin Forms 5.0 released for cross-platform mobile, new features, new bugs
Microsoft's cross-platform .NET tools get a refresh, but with a relatively short life before newer tools sweep it away
11 Jan 19:59 | 13
Software
Linux developers get ready to wield the secateurs against elderly microprocessors
Use it or lose it
11 Jan 17:03 | 79
Software
Linux Mint sticks by Snap decision – meaning store is still disabled by default in 20.1
A few improvements and a handy web app utility, but older kernel causes problems for some hardware
11 Jan 13:15 | 42
Column
Developers! These 3 weird tricks will make you a global hero
Good for users and good for you
11 Jan 09:30 | 70
Software
Linus Torvalds rates his own words 'incoherent ramblings of a crazy old man'
Defying expectations, kernel devs roared back to work
11 Jan 00:25 | 20
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In brief
ZIP folders were originally a Microsoft engineer's side hustle until bosses figured out he worked for Microsoft
Also: Edge on Apple arrives in the Dev Channel, HealthBot goes to the cloud, and Chile to get an Azure Region
Science
Theranos destroyed crucial subpoenaed SQL blood test database, can't unlock backups, prosecutors say
CEO Holmes also accused of funding extravagant lifestyle through fraud
Networks
China showing signs of brewing IPv6 eruption
China Telecom, world’s largest carrier, and China’s premier ISP, has accelerated - hard
Security
That's it. It's over. It's really over. From today, Adobe Flash Player no longer works. We're free. We can just leave
Post-Flashpocalypse, we stumble outside, hoping no one ever creates software as insecure as that ever again
Policy
Social network Parler dumped by AWS, says it prepared for this by only using bare metal
Says it'll rebuild in a week, but evidence of DR plan is scant
Storage
Quixotic Californian crusade to officially recognize the hellabyte and hellagram is going hella nowhere
The Reg speaks to Stanford boffin behind decade-long push for SI prefix
Comment
Trump's gone quiet, Parler nuked, Twitter protest never happened: There's an eerie calm – but at what cost?
Tech giants leap between positions, leave policy makers uncomfortable
Security
How I found a bug in YouTube that let me watch private videos I wasn't allowed to, says compsci student
Theft-by-a-thousand-cuts flaw fixed
DevOps
It's been a day or so and nope, we still can't wrap our head around why GitHub would fire someone for saying Nazis were storming the US Capitol
Questions go unanswered as CEO, COO launch probe
Personal Tech
Flash in the pan: Raspberry Pi OS is the latest platform to carve out vulnerable tech
Meanwhile, hello Epson drivers?
STORIES
Software
Buggy code, fragile legacy systems, ill-conceived projects cost US businesses $2 trillion in 2020
Software quality crisis made worse by developer shortage, report claims
09 Jan 11:45 | 118
Software
UK watchdog sniffs around Google Chrome's Privacy Sandbox as it may give Choc Factory all the sweeties
Ad giant's cookie replacement plan runs into resistance
09 Jan 07:18 | 19
Software
Boeing will cough up $2.5bn+ to settle US fraud charge over 737 Max safety
Cash will go to airlines that bought the danger jets, victims' fund
08 Jan 00:57 | 64
Software
MariaDB releases connector for Reactive Java developers
R2DBC uses declarative techniques to create 'more powerful, efficient and scalable JVM solutions'
07 Jan 18:15 |
Sponsored
How Redis helps banks embrace digital transformation
And without having to rip and replace legacy infrasturcutre
07 Jan 17:16 |
Software
Crowdfunded Asahi project aims for 'polished' Linux experience on Apple Silicon
Project wins sponsorship, and Torvalds is interested, but can it succeed without the mothership's cooperation?
07 Jan 16:30 | 31
Software
Breaking? Microsoft pushes 'News and Interests' with first Windows 10 Insiders build of the year
Hmm, anything happening in the world at the moment?
07 Jan 14:59 | 9
Software
Deloitte's Autonomy auditor 'lost objectivity' when looking at Brit software firm's disputed books, says regulator
FRRP's full report will be uncomfortable reading for ex-CEO Mike Lynch
06 Jan 17:12 | 38
Software
Microsoft's Mojang brings pixellated axe down on AR Minecraft game because it's not like folk are going outside
Leaving-the-house version has, er, left the building
06 Jan 12:35 | 8
Software
Scottish council awards Unit4 £4.75m support and hosting contract as it seemingly runs out of options
Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
06 Jan 11:36 | 4
Interview
Assembly language, arcade games, and YouTube: The Reg speaks to former Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer
SmartDrive, DiskCopy... it's life at Redmond in the DOS era
06 Jan 09:10 | 16
Software
Facebook appeals ruling that it stole tech. So, Italian judge issues new judgment: Pay 10 times the original fine
Everyone’s favorite social media giant ordered to pay 3.8m euros
06 Jan 08:01 | 43
Feature
America says banks can now transact using so-called stable crypto-coins. What does that actually mean?
We talk to the experts after US Treasury's OCC blesses blockchains, digi-bucks
06 Jan 01:00 | 27
Webcast
SQL Server 2008? We say out with the old, in with the new
Here’s how to call time on aging databases, according to Pure Storage
05 Jan 18:00 |
Updated
UK's NHS Digital hands £8m contract to lab data biz after trouble matching COVID-19 tests to health records
Without competition due to 'extreme urgency' around pandemic
05 Jan 15:59 | 32
Software
Open-source contributors say they'll pull out of Qt as LTS release goes commercial-only
'There'll be no more work from external/unpaid contributors' – dev
05 Jan 14:11 | 71
In brief
Windows 10 ends the year with more than half of PCs on a 2020 flavour
Also: Hints of Windows 10X, and don't press that red button, Dougal
04 Jan 17:07 | 11
Updated
Slack serves up out-of-order messages, shaky comms as world goes back to work
Where are the documents? I'm waiting! Fancy a coffee? Happy new year!
04 Jan 16:15 | 17
Updated
Canadian uni blamed users after Workday HR switch, but some teaching assistants say they're still waiting to be paid
'No concrete solutions' as of mid-December
04 Jan 14:59 | 16
