Software
Your anti-phishing test emails may be too easy to spot. NIST has a training tool for that
Phish Scale hopes to make life easier for blue teams gazing at click rates
18 Sep 18:05 | 9
Software
Software
Thunderbird implements PGP crypto feature requested 21 years ago
As Mozilla kills off secure file transfer tool because – shock! – it was being abused
18 Sep 05:03 | 50
Software
Flashy tabs and no Flash: Apple rolls out Safari 14 to macOS Catalina, Mojave users
End of the line for Adobe's multimedia nightmare on iGiant's browser
17 Sep 16:02 | 2
Software
Need to track IT kit? Business continuity? Legal? ServiceNow has a package of satellite apps for you... now
Biz is not going to make any impact in core areas – but there's much more to life than HR, supply chains, accounting, analyst tells us
17 Sep 06:58 | 7
Software
Apple takes another swing at Epic, says Unreal Engine could be a 'trojan horse' threatening security
Taking away the ability to impose rules on developers 'hugely damaging to the public.' claims iThing slinger
16 Sep 20:50 | 114
Software
Surprise! Apple launches iOS 14 today, and developers were given just 24 hours' notice
Plenty of time to get your apps through Cupertino's rigorous testing
16 Sep 15:15 | 45
Software
You won't need .NET Standard... except when you do need it: Microsoft sets out latest in ever-changing story
The arrival of .NET 5.0 brings yet another twist
16 Sep 12:05 | 28
Software
0ops. 1,OOO-plus parking fine refunds ordered after drivers typed 'O' instead of '0'
Inspectors tried to let them off the hook, council managers held firm
16 Sep 09:15 | 173
Logowatch
'Work is an activity not a place' got tired on LinkedIn about three months ago, but Citrix just based its new logo on the idea
Dot over an X instead of an I ‘illustrates our commitment to empowering every individual’
16 Sep 02:31 | 19
Software
At the very last Moment.js: Time-and-date JavaScript library fetched 12 million times a week ends development
Programmers put decade-old package out to pasture, advise devs to find alternatives
15 Sep 23:10 | 15
Software
Oracle's Java 15 rides into town, waving the 'we're number one' flag, demands 25th birthday party
'51 billion' active JVMs can't be wrong
15 Sep 19:03 | 41
In brief
Peek-a-boo! Windows Insiders play hide and seek with a Friday night update
Also: GitHub and Teams action while Universal Print presses on
15 Sep 18:07 | 6
Software
Feeling saucy? Microsoft would like you to use .NET 5.0 'go live' release in production to track down 'critical bugs'
Plus: Updates rolled to ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, and more
15 Sep 15:44 | 7
Software
As if you needed another reason not to use Visual Studio, C++ extension for Visual Studio Code is live
Optional extra pack a bit like Microsoft Plus! but with CMake instead of Pinball
15 Sep 14:17 | 19
Software
Mark Shuttleworth to revive Ubuntu Community Council after body shrinks to single member – Mark Shuttleworth
Linux distro founder apologises for 'having dropped the ball'
14 Sep 11:45 | 23
Software
Infor pays UK construction retailer Travis Perkins £4.2m settlement following cancelled upgrade of 'Sellotape and elastic bands' ERP system
Great, back to the '80s green-screens
14 Sep 08:30 | 28
Updated
ByteDance rebuffs Microsoft's TikTok purchase proposal
Redmond wishes good luck to whoever gets to fix TikTok's security and fake news problems - which may be Oracle as a host not an operator
14 Sep 00:06 | 33
Software
Microsoft tweaks the editor. Reg news desk is fine – it's just the Visual Studio Code August update
Avoid bloated pulls thanks to more formatting smarts
11 Sep 21:15 |
Software
Climb every mountain, wsl --mount every Linux disk in latest Windows Preview
But beware last week's update: WSL borkage may await ye with sharp, pointy Element Not Found errors
11 Sep 19:40 | 18
Software
QR-code based contact-tracing app brings 'defining moment' for UK’s 'world beating' test and trace system
Remember when The Reg told you in 2012 that they were taking over?
11 Sep 16:30 | 72
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Security
Video encoders using Huawei chips have backdoors and bad bugs – and Chinese giant says it's not to blame
Telecom kit maker points finger in the general direction of Middle Kingdom's complicated supply chain
Security
Feeling bad about your last security audit? Check out what just happened to the US Department of Interior
It starts with a backpack of $200 of electronics and poor Wi-Fi security
Software
Thunderbird implements PGP crypto feature requested 21 years ago
As Mozilla kills off secure file transfer tool because – shock! – it was being abused
Security
Woman dies after hospital is unable to treat her during crippling ransomware infection, cops launch probe
Extortionware is bad but it never killed anyo... never mind
On Call
He was a skater boy. We said, 'see you later, boy' – and the VAX machine mysteriously began to work as intended
Go pivot on this
Personal Tech
Ah yes, Sony, that major player in the smartphone space, has a new flagship inbound: The Xperia 5 II
Snapdragon 865-powered, 120Hz tall boy focuses on fun and games
Emergent Tech
What did they do – twist his Arm? Ex-Qualcomm senior veep joins SiFive as CEO, RISC-V PC for devs teased
Vector-math processor core for high-perf computing promised, too
Science
Let's go space truckin': 1970s probe Voyager 1 is now 14 billion miles from home
NASA's long-lived spacecraft reaches another milestone
Networks
Did this airliner land in the North Sea? No. So what happened? El Reg probes flight tracker site oddity
All is well. Unless you trust everything you see on the internet
Cloud
Amazon gets its tax excuses in early amid rising UK profits – but leaves El Reg off the press list. Can't think why
A charm offensive, or just plain offensive?
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Software
IBM repays millions to staff after messing up its own payroll
$9m already coughed up with more to come, plus 'contrition payments’ to Australian government
11 Sep 08:12 | 20
Software
India makes buying a used cow easier than buying a used car
Aadhaar-adjacent app will put beasts' full history in farmers' hands
11 Sep 05:05 | 19
Software
Go Huawei, Android: Chinese telco biz claims it will spread Harmony OS for smartphone to devs come December
Homegrown system – previously a 'lightweight' OS for IoT – punted onto smartphones
10 Sep 14:50 | 51
Software
DPL: Debian project has plenty of money but not enough developers
Project leader Jonathan Carter explains problems facing this key Linux distro
10 Sep 12:00 | 59
Software
Accenture dares to enter site of US Air Force mega ERP-project disaster
The incentive? $89.5m to build a 'cloud-based common infrastructure' for existing ERP systems
09 Sep 21:03 | 9
Software
Microsoft's Fluid Framework is now open source on GitHub
Distributed state in the browser made easy but there are snags for real-world use
09 Sep 20:01 | 2
Software
Customers defecting to Oracle? Not according to our research, says SAP chief number cruncher
Must be Larry trash talking again
09 Sep 18:33 | 6
Software
IBM joins Accenture in the 'no competition' UK govt club: Fights off no one for £25m contract extension from DWP
'High risk of disruption' means Big Blue makes gov bods 'appy' for next 3 years
09 Sep 13:00 | 1
Software
Adobe Illustrator's open source rival Inkscape delivers v1.0.1 - with experimental Scribus PDF export
Fixes aplenty for vector graphic editor fans
09 Sep 08:30 | 44
Software
Android 11 lands with plenty more privacy preferences for Pixels and special Google friends first
Enterprise edition offers admins more ways to blend work and play
09 Sep 04:02 | 18
Software
PUBG frags deal with China's Tencent to stay afloat in India
Quarter of game’s audience is in the sub-continent, making radical action necessary
09 Sep 02:48 |
Software
Google Chrome calculates your autoplay settings so you don't have to - others disagree
We'll just let muted videos autoplay on Chrome for Android because publishers can't be stopped
08 Sep 21:16 | 32
Software
Paragon 'optimistic' that its NTFS driver will be accepted into the Linux Kernel
Biz goes public on plans, promises open source tools with kernel code
08 Sep 19:10 | 97
Software
Power platform envy? Google wants to 'empower non-technical employees' with new Business Apps category
AppSheet Automation to combine workflow with data-driven applications for - whisper it - citizen devs...
08 Sep 12:03 | 12
Software
Vivaldi offers users a 'break' from browsing. No, don't switch to Chrome... don't sw..
Go take the dog for a walk... or crack a book, maybe
08 Sep 11:09 | 21
Software
Australia starts second fight with Google, this time over whether app stores leak data, gouge devs, steal ideas and warp markets
Apple also in sights of inquiry that could spark more new laws
08 Sep 07:31 | 19
Software
No, Kubernetes doesn’t make applications portable, say analysts. Good luck avoiding lock-in, too
K8s may even make it hard to use the cloud’s best bits
08 Sep 04:58 | 16
Software
China blocks access to website hosting code-for-kids tool Scratch and its forums
Someone appears to have ignited the Great Firewall with Hong-Kong-related post
08 Sep 02:58 | 22
Software
Classy move: C++ 20 wins final approval in ISO technical ballot, formal publication expected by end of year
'Best approximation of C++ ideals so far,' says Stroustrup - but is it too big and complex?
07 Sep 17:45 | 179
