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Microsoft drives users to the Edge: Internet Explorer to redirect to Chromium-based browser in November

'Hey, you folks heard that there's this virus starting to spread?' – IE, probably

26 Oct 22:31 | 3

Open Source Summit Europe

Linux kernel's Kroah-Hartman: We're not struggling to get new coders, it's code review that's the bottleneck

Plus: 'Intel is not doing well with disclosures. I’m not happy. It’s not getting better'

26 Oct 19:09 | 8

Software

SAP stock price crashes 23%, €28bn wiped out as firm warns of Klein(er) revenues, profits ahead due to COVID-19

SAP: Look at the cloud, look at the cloud... you're under. Market: Nope

26 Oct 17:53 | 4

In Brief

Windows 10 October 2020 Update has arrived... and so have the fixes. Plus: Fancy a discount on a Surface Duo?

Also: Teams migration, Windows 10 on Surface Hub 2S

26 Oct 14:50 | 4

Software

UK mapping agency the Ordnance Survey is heading into gaming territory with £6m tender for developer team

Great, we can't wait for Grand Theft Auto: Brecon Beacons

26 Oct 11:07 | 34

Software

Linus Torvalds hails 'historic' Linux 5.10 for ditching defunct addressing artefact

Memory-handling oddity from the age of the 286 has been around since 'pretty much the original release of Linux'

25 Oct 23:54 | 43

Software

RIAA DMCAs GitHub into nuking popular YouTube video download tool, says it can be used to slurp music

Did 2020 just loop round to 1999?

23 Oct 23:23 | 106

Updated

If you suddenly can't print to your HP Printer from your Mac, you're not alone: Code security cert snafu blamed

Driver software snubbed by macOS 10.15, 10.14, Amazon Music, too

23 Oct 20:42 | 62

Software

Ubuntu 20.10 goes full Raspberry Pi, from desktop to micro clouds: Full fat desktop on a Pi is usable

But company also has its eye on Kubernetes at the edge

23 Oct 15:15 | 32

Software

NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app is leaving some unable to access government self-isolation grants

'That button is there on the app' says minister. How many times have you heard a client make wild claims about functionality?

23 Oct 13:25 | 44

Interview

'This was bigger than GNOME and bigger than just this case.' GNOME Foundation exec director talks patent trolls and much, much more

Snaps vs Flatpaks, losing in mobile, Microsoft and Linux, and avoiding another GNOME 2 to 3 disaster

23 Oct 11:23 | 100

Software

Like a good defragging? The latest Dev Channel Windows 10 might be for you

For everyone else there are splash screens, fixes and iffy anti-malware

22 Oct 15:19 | 12

Software

Developer survey: C# losing ground to JavaScript, PHP and Java for cloud apps, still big in gaming

Plus: What puts off developers from adopting cloud? Price

21 Oct 17:24 | 69

Software

Run Windows on a Chromebook: All the details. Not so fast, home user...

Parallels' Windows on Chrome OS solution is Enterprise-only, but why?

21 Oct 13:57 | 28

Software

Another Chromium browser for Linux? Microsoft Edge arrives in preview form, no love for Arm yet

One question: Why Redmond, why? Ah, you need to meet developers wherever they are...

21 Oct 13:00 | 30

Software

Windows 10 October 2020 Update arrives: Nothing that will drop your jaw, but we've had enough of 2020's fun surprises anyway

Steady as she goes for Microsoft as Edge turns up and Start gets a buffing

21 Oct 11:30 | 32

Software

India floats superior ship-management software as a route to regional relevance

If ever there was a job for Docker and containers, this is it

21 Oct 05:02 | 11

Software

Microsoft unleashes production-ready Edge Runtime. WebView2: This time it's Chromium

Distributes it in self-updating Evergreen flavour and Fixed for people who hate surprises

20 Oct 12:33 | 12

Updated

When you tell Chrome to wipe private data about you, it spares two websites from the purge: Google.com, YouTube

Is this another case of one rule for the Chocolate Factory and one for everyone else?

19 Oct 22:25 | 106

In Brief

Here's the new build, Insiders... wait for it... wait for it... Is it Windows 10X's upcoming ... Oh. You can change refresh rate of the display

Also: Teams goes native on Arm and Calculator pops up in Canonical's snap store

19 Oct 16:15 | 14

Software

Microsoft drives users to the Edge: Internet Explorer to redirect to Chromium-based browser in November

Linux kernel's Kroah-Hartman: We're not struggling to get new coders, it's code review that's the bottleneck

SAP stock price crashes 23%, €28bn wiped out as firm warns of Klein(er) revenues, profits ahead due to COVID-19

Windows 10 October 2020 Update has arrived... and so have the fixes. Plus: Fancy a discount on a Surface Duo?

UK mapping agency the Ordnance Survey is heading into gaming territory with £6m tender for developer team

Linus Torvalds hails 'historic' Linux 5.10 for ditching defunct addressing artefact

RIAA DMCAs GitHub into nuking popular YouTube video download tool, says it can be used to slurp music

If you suddenly can't print to your HP Printer from your Mac, you're not alone: Code security cert snafu blamed

Ubuntu 20.10 goes full Raspberry Pi, from desktop to micro clouds: Full fat desktop on a Pi is usable

NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app is leaving some unable to access government self-isolation grants

'This was bigger than GNOME and bigger than just this case.' GNOME Foundation exec director talks patent trolls and much, much more

Like a good defragging? The latest Dev Channel Windows 10 might be for you

Developer survey: C# losing ground to JavaScript, PHP and Java for cloud apps, still big in gaming

Run Windows on a Chromebook: All the details. Not so fast, home user...

Another Chromium browser for Linux? Microsoft Edge arrives in preview form, no love for Arm yet

Windows 10 October 2020 Update arrives: Nothing that will drop your jaw, but we've had enough of 2020's fun surprises anyway

India floats superior ship-management software as a route to regional relevance

Microsoft unleashes production-ready Edge Runtime. WebView2: This time it's Chromium

When you tell Chrome to wipe private data about you, it spares two websites from the purge: Google.com, YouTube

Here's the new build, Insiders... wait for it... wait for it... Is it Windows 10X's upcoming ... Oh. You can change refresh rate of the display

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