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Three US states plus Washington DC sue Google for using UI design 'dark patterns' to harvest your location

Position of data permission controls designed to deceive, trio of lawsuits claim

24 Jan 22:12 | 28

They see us Cinnamon Rolling, they're rating: GeckoLinux incorporates kernel 5.16 with familiar installation experience

A nice, clean community distro that works well

24 Jan 18:32 | 6

Lots of new toys, caps lock still stuck on: ONLYOFFICE hits version 7

LibreOffice alternative unfurls latest productivity software update

20 Jan 10:15 | 14

'IwlIj jachjaj! Incoming LibreOffice 7.3 to support Klingon and Interslavic

Don't worry, there is a point to this

12 Jan 18:47 | 157

UK government stacks up to £1.8bn in vertical application framework

Specialist software providers in education, health, and policing can look forward to fireside chat

06 Jan 08:38 | 4

Google Chrome 97 relaxes privacy protection just a little to help out Microsoft

New keyboard API will let online Office apps handle shortcut keys better

06 Jan 01:44 | 18

Mozilla founder blasts browser maker for accepting 'planet incinerating' cryptocurrency donations

You're spitting fire, fox

05 Jan 21:20 | 76

Hauliers report problems with post-Brexit customs system but HMRC insists it is 'online and working as planned'

Originally launched as 'minimum viable product', GVMS has the necessary upgrades, UK taxman says

05 Jan 14:52 | 276

Microsoft rang in the new year with a cutesy tweet in C#. Just one problem: The code sucked

When marketing meets coding

04 Jan 13:05 | 85

Diagnosis confirmed: Oracle has a case of healthcare cravings, bought Cerner for $28.3bn as the cure

Deal will see Cerner's systems shifted to the Big Red Cloud and medicos given hands-free voice interface

21 Dec 05:01 | 11

CompSci boffins claim they can recreate missing lines in log files

'Event imputation' draws on lots of other sources to fill in gaps

15 Dec 11:28 | 58

Google Chrome's upcoming crackdown on ad-blockers and other extensions still really sucks, EFF laments

Three years of pushback have produced few changes while search giant insists it's listening to netizens

14 Dec 21:30 | 97

Quill users advised to export chat history before servers turned off for Twitter buyout

Yet another Slack rival goes offline, but text-adventure fans need not panic

08 Dec 13:47 | 8

Microsoft gives Notepad a minimalist makeover to match Windows 11 style

Adds fun for CTRL-Z freaks, Dark Mode, improved Find and Replace

08 Dec 03:58 | 128

AWS previews SDKs for Rust, Kotlin, Swift, and Amplify Studio for rapid web apps

Plus: Why company foresees growth of Rust, already widely used internally

Santa's sack is bulging with browsers: Vivaldi 5.0 arrives full of festive cheer

Keeping one's privates private

02 Dec 17:00 | 10

AsmREPL: Wing your way through x86-64 assembly language

Assemblers unite

30 Nov 18:59 | 15

Microsoft adds Buy Now, Pay Later financing option to Edge – and everyone hates it

There's always Use Another Browser

30 Nov 17:00 | 70

Think that spreadsheet in your company's accounts dept is old? 70 years ago, LEO ran the first business app

Mods to the design of EDSAC were 'considerable' says boffin

30 Nov 09:30 | 82

Chat among yourselves: New EU law may force the big IM platforms to open up

Send an iMessage to Facebook, and we'll talk

26 Nov 20:36 | 37

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Alert: Let's Encrypt to revoke about 2 million HTTPS certificates in two days

Relatively small number of certs issued using verification method that doesn't comply with policy

Court papers indicate text messages from HMRC's 60886 number could snoop on Brit taxpayers' locations

Bitter contract dispute revealed HLR lookup capability baked into agreement

Hardware boffin starts work on simulation of an entire IBM S/360 Model 50 mainframe

With microcode intact so it can talk to an original operator's console

5nm? Pah. Texas Instruments focuses on 45nm+ analog, embedded electronics – and makes bank

Most electronics in the things you use are on old-school-gen process nodes, after all

Imagination GPU cleared for RISC-V CPU compatibility, licensed to chip designers

We love it when a plan comes together

For first time in nearly 17 years, stable Linux kernel version has over 999 commits – but not everyone heard about it

'Script was adding the cc: to msg.000 not msg.0000'

Toaster-friendly alternative web protocol Gemini attracts criticism for becoming exclusive clique

While creators were stripping away annoying styling, users started to make Geminispace a bunker, says engineer

Something 4,000 light years away emitted strange radio bursts. This is where we talk to scientists for actual info

'This experience has taught me that it's worth trying out looking at the sky in entirely new ways'

Windows boss Panos Panay talks up 'new era of the PC' – translation: An era of new PCs

1.4 billion devices running Redmond's OS, Android apps coming, and more

In a first, FTC extracts millions of dollars from online store accused of blocking bad reviews on its website

Glad rags merchandiser denies wrongdoing, says it coughed up $4.2m to 'avoid distraction'

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Bad news for Tencent: Chinese companies steer employees away from Weixin or WeChat

Middle Kingdom's internet giant: It's a switch to enterprise apps. Try ours?

26 Nov 14:27 | 16

Munich mk2? Germany's Schleswig-Holstein plans to switch 25,000 PCs to LibreOffice

Another German region tries to ditch closed code for open source

22 Nov 12:22 | 129

Education Software Solutions tells school customers: We are moving to 3-year licensing contracts and so are you

Some punters not happy with former Capita-owned biz, now under control of Montagu Private Equity

16 Nov 11:47 | 28

Microsoft engineer fixes enterprise-level Chromium bug students could exploit to cheat in online tests

Ability to block 'view source' for specific URLs hasn't actually worked for years

12 Nov 22:40 | 58

Apps made with Google's Flutter may fritter away CPU cycles. Here's what the web giant intends to do about it

Chocolate Factory's cross-platform framework seems to struggle to craft efficient desktop software

12 Nov 01:44 | 40

In the spirit of open government, France dumps 9,067 repos online to show off its FOSS credentials

Have a gander at la République's open-source inner workings

11 Nov 19:05 | 4

Epic battle latest: Judge reminds Apple it has 30 days to let apps link out to non-Apple payment systems

Cupertino tells The Reg it will fight on

11 Nov 01:29 | 16

Here's a couple who deserve each other: Facebook links Workplace enterprise offering to Microsoft Teams

Group communication app integration breaks down barriers and whatever

10 Nov 21:43 | 4

'Automate or die!' Gartner reckons most biz apps will be developed via low-code by the people who use them

Also: AI is near the 'trough of disillusionment'

10 Nov 19:40 | 28

Going Ubuntu on an M1 Mac with Multipass: Thanks VM, it's Linux on the desktop

Command line fun on Apple silicon with Canonical's lightweight VM manager

09 Nov 14:04 | 5

Dynamics 365 facelift shows Microsoft trying to compete with the supply chain and process mining big dogs

Azure, Teams, Office integration might offer a leg-up, though

04 Nov 09:15 | 3

What a Mesh: Microsoft puts Office in the Loop, adds mixed reality tech to Teams

Vid chat app gets 3D virtual meetings while users hope for more reliable connections

02 Nov 16:08 | 41

Google's 'Be Evil' business transformation is complete: Time for the end game

I've read this stuff, says one dev. 'Either Google is screwed, or society is screwed'

01 Nov 09:27 | 180

Windows Subsystem for Android: What's the point?

Project Astoria – which evolved into Windows Subsystem for Linux – returns with its original intent

29 Oct 09:30 | 49

The future: Windows streaming through notched Apple screens

Choice is the word for Jamf's Dean Hager

25 Oct 18:45 | 17

No swearing or off-brand comments: AWS touts auto-moderation messaging API

Automate everything – but while human moderation is hard, robot moderation tends not to work

21 Oct 12:23 | 30

Microsoft unveils Android apps for Windows 11 (for US users only)

Windows Insiders get their hands on the Windows Subsystem for Android

20 Oct 17:01 | 26

Brave's homegrown search claims to protect your privacy but there's a long way to go if it's to challenge the big G

Ad-free now but not forever

20 Oct 12:14 | 39

Windows 11 Paint: Oh look – rounded corners. And it is prettier... but slightly worse

New iconography, minimalism, less text – and at least it is not Paint 3D

19 Oct 14:24 | 110

Apple warns sideloading iOS apps will ruin everything

Opening the iOS ecosystem to competition would harm security and privacy, company says

14 Oct 01:03 | 132

Bork!Bork!Bork!

Happy birthday, Microsoft Money: Here's a cashpoint calamity for Windows and .NET

Weird all Jorvik

08 Oct 17:02 | 17

Learning app Duolingo sets its sights on the language of numbers

Aims to take kids from Instagram to integration with gamified approach

08 Oct 14:12 | 7

Zoom-o-cracy: Wales MP misses vote, allowing COVID-passport rule change, blames the IT dept

Senedd Cymru ICT crowd have earned their Friday beers

08 Oct 12:46 | 39

Want to support Firefox? Great, you'll have no problem with personalised, sponsored search suggestions then

Dark pattern consent dialog invites users to share their location with advertisers

08 Oct 11:08 | 88

Alternative search providers write letter to EU complaining that Google antitrust action achieved diddly-squat

'There's no independent search engine really, other than Google and Bing'

07 Oct 13:35 | 26

Progress report: Asahi Linux brings forth a usable basic desktop on Apple's M1

Drivers slip into the kernel as team ponders GPU hardware

06 Oct 17:27 | 20

Google Cloud UK boss boomerangs back to Salesforce to run freshly acquired Slack's EMEA ops

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in

05 Oct 14:58 | 1

Microsoft shows off Office 2021 for consumers ahead of the coming of Windows 11

5 October shaping up to be a big day in Redmond

04 Oct 13:02 | 71

Qlik bursts out of data visualization, makes play for automation

Sets sights on Salesforce and other SaaSy processes

What do iOS and Android have in common? Their apps suck at privacy, boffins say

Plus 'widespread potential violations of US, EU, UK privacy law' as an added bonus

30 Sep 22:01 | 21

Don't touch that dial – the new guy just closed the application that no one is meant to close

An unexpected round of Just A Minute for a unsuspecting Weather Presenter

27 Sep 07:30 | 124

Google emits Chrome 94 with 'Idle Detection' API to detect user inactivity amid opposition

Mozilla, Apple register dismay as worries surface over privacy, potential crypto mining behind user's back

22 Sep 12:14 | 37

Google experiments with user-choice-defying Android search box

Apple-flavored approach running as test 'for a small percentage of users'

22 Sep 10:43 | 41

Apple, Google yank opposition voting strategy app from Russian software stores

Oh, sorry, we thought you wanted us to obey the law?! – Silicon Valley

18 Sep 00:57 | 37

Google extends right-to-be-forgotten to app permissions on older Android devices

Software unused after a few months will lose access to sensitive features unless exempted

17 Sep 22:58 | 13

Microsoft doles out Office Long Term Servicing Channel for cloud refuseniks

Redmond doesn't do things by half – unless it's Long Term Support

17 Sep 19:57 | 15

Measuring your carbon footprint? There's no app for that

Smartphones can keep us informed about everything other than environmental impact. That needs to change

15 Sep 07:15 | 58

Sort-of Epic win as judge kills Apple ban on apps linking to outside payment systems

Games maker weakens iGiant's control over iOS, loses its antitrust claims

10 Sep 20:48 | 37

You can quote us on that: Workday scoops up job pricing specialist Zimit in focus on services

Ideally, will speed up biz's answer to the question: How much should we charge for that?

09 Sep 11:51 | 4

Google fiddles with cross-platform Flutter and Dart to boost performance, tooling

Devs also urged to ditch 'pedantic' lint rules

Browser-based video editor Clipchamp disappears into the bowels of Microsoft 365

Like Windows Movie Maker on the web

08 Sep 15:15 | 4

Software piracy pushes companies to be more competitive, study claims

So, do copy that floppy?

04 Sep 00:27 | 28

Something for the Weekend, Sir?

A speech recognition app goes into a bar. Speak up if you’ve heard it already

Listen to me, Palmer, now listen to me

03 Sep 08:29 | 108

They've only gone and done it – South Korea forces Apple, Google to allow alternative app store payment systems

Big Tech warns favoring SK players won't go down well – yet South Korea loves its software

01 Sep 02:29 | 11

'Apps for GNOME' site aims to improve discovery of the project's best applications

A sprinkling of Rust and presto! A new multi-language web site appears

27 Aug 18:05 | 10

'Unicorn' startup CEO faked sales figures, deals to trick investors, prosecutors claim

Co-founder of mobile dev biz HeadSpin Manish Lachwani charged with fraud

26 Aug 23:35 | 18

South Korea may ban Apple, Google from forcing store payment systems on app devs

Korean firms also keen to be your Seoul provider, says expert

26 Aug 18:23 | 8

Microsoft reminds Azure App Service users that community support for Java 7 ends soon – shift to version 8 or beyond

This is your one-year warning

Bork!Bork!Bork!

Lost in IKEA? So, it seems, is Windows

Microsoft would like to know your location. Bedroom furniture or homewares?

25 Aug 10:17 | 36

British teachers' pensions set to be released from Capita's grasp after nearly 30 years

Contract first signed in 1996 comes to an end in 2025

24 Aug 09:32 | 34

'Not great, but usable': GNOME desktop boots on Asahi Linux for Apple M1

Should 'run like a dream' when everything's done, says dev

23 Aug 14:38 | 20

Singapore, Australia successfully trial blockchain-greased customs system

Who knew that verifiable and digital documentation might move a little faster than paper?

23 Aug 01:15 | 4

Trust Facebook to find a way to make video conferencing more miserable and tedious

Yes, it involves VR. Meanwhile, in the real world, the FTC would like a chat about competition

19 Aug 20:33 | 62

LibreOffice 7.2 brings improved but still imperfect Microsoft Office compatibility

Also: Native for Apple Silicon but with health warning

19 Aug 12:34 | 81

Google Groups kills RSS support without notice

Chocolate Factory mum as remaining feed fans search for alternatives

16 Aug 23:28 | 35

Internet Explorer 3.0 turns 25. One of its devs recalls how it ended marriages – and launched amazing careers

Revisit the browser wars, we shall

16 Aug 07:58 | 76

Amazon Game Studios to its own devs: All your codebase doesn't belong to us

E-goliath's subsidiary drops 'draconian' contract terms that absorbed personal work, demanded license rights

13 Aug 21:07 | 18

Thunderbird 91 lands: Now native on Apple Silicon, swaps 'master' for 'primary' password, and more

Project said to be well resourced, lots of tweaks in new version, plenty more to do

12 Aug 19:49 | 55

Microsoft's axeman cometh for OneDrive sync app on older versions of macOS

10 Aug 13:34 | 11

Google hits undo on Chrome browser alert change that broke websites, web apps

'This is peak Chrome; a reasonably good idea hampered because it was pushed out thoughtlessly'

05 Aug 07:20 | 43

Google Play puts Android apps on notice: No naughty JavaScript, Python, Lua

And come April next year, accurate disclosures of personal data usage will be required

29 Jul 23:58 | 11

Privacy proves elusive in Google's Privacy Sandbox

Like FLoC, FLEDGE isn't yet ready to fly for web-based ads, judging from this proof-of-concept exploit code

29 Jul 19:55 | 17

Microsoft's new 'power app converging model' hits public preview with Custom Pages

Aims to heal perplexing split between Canvas and Model-driven apps

29 Jul 11:28 | 3

A bunch of apps will be able to bypass Microsoft's new store and use own update methods

Risky and annoying?

27 Jul 16:00 | 46

SAP's home crowd fails to RISE to the bait with lift-and-shift-to-the-cloud offer

German-speaking user group takes dismal view of scheme's value

23 Jul 12:15 | 6

Open-source dev and critic of Beijing claims Audacity owner Muse threatened him with deportation to China in row over copyright

'Who knows how he may be received...'

20 Jul 21:24 | 48

Open-source RAW image editor Darktable releases major update to version 3.6 – and it's very accessible

RTFM: Read the [fine] manual

19 Jul 09:15 | 15

Refreshing: An Office update that won't frighten the horses

Microsoft reins in some of its excesses with a visual tidy-up

16 Jul 19:09 | 36

Who, Me? Updated

Ah, I see you found my PowerShell script called 'SiteReview' – that does not mean what you think it means

It's certainly not for that

12 Jul 07:47 | 104

Google herds FLoC back to the lab for undisclosed post-third-party-cookie ad tech modifications

Privacy advocates say surgery on bird-themed system must happen in public

08 Jul 23:11 | 13

Three-dozen US states plus DC sue Google over Play Store's revenue cut, payment system, and more

Chocolate Factory rolls its eyes at 'meritless' antitrust lawsuit

08 Jul 01:49 | 12

Sing a song of Office, a pocketful of why: ARM64 version running in a Pi

When the Pi was loaded/ with native Windows 11 bling... wasn’t it quite Armful, a somewhat speedy thing

05 Jul 21:08 | 20

Oh dear, Universal Windows Platform: Microsoft says 'no plans to release WinUI 3 for UWP in a stable way'

Focus is on persuading desktop developers to refresh applications for Windows 11

02 Jul 05:37 | 21

Android devs prepare to hand over app-signing keys to Google from August

Android App Bundle required, APK submission no longer allowed

01 Jul 13:00 | 48

Revealed: Why Windows Task Manager took a cuddlier approach to (process) death and destruction

Won't someone think of the children

30 Jun 11:44 | 61

Five words everyone wants to hear: Microsoft has 'visually refreshed' Office

Plus great news for all seven of you: An ARM64 build of its software suite

29 Jun 17:36 | 85

Mysterious ‘security update’ to Google Drive cloud storage locker will break links to some files

Admins given a whole month to sort it out. Choose wisely — after July 23rd, users won't be told what's happening

24 Jun 05:06 | 14

Apple scrambles to quash iOS app sideloading demands with 'think of the children' defense

And if that doesn't work, terrorism or satanic panic next?

23 Jun 21:15 | 60

Spyware, trade-secret theft, and $30m in damages: How two online support partners spectacularly fell out

Chat-bot maker LivePerson wins lawsuit against call-center outfit [24]7.ai

18 Jun 22:54 | 16

Amazon notices Apple, Google cutting app store commission rates, follows suit

Keeps small-time devs on the reservation with AWS credits, too

18 Jun 20:37 | 12

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