Twitter tweaks third-party app rules to ban third-party apps Setting fire to an ecosystem like it's a spliff on a credulous podcast Applications21 Jan 2023 | 84
Need a video editor, FOSS fans? OpenShot and Kdenlive both refreshed Cross-platform so you can run it on a Windows box, too Applications15 Dec 2022 | 43
TOR Browser 12 released with support for Albanian, Ukrainian If you are concerned about browsing discreetly, this makes it easier Applications12 Dec 2022 | 2
Meta faces lawsuit to stop 'surveillance advertising' Case claims collecting personal data breaches UK GDPR, but implications could be wider Applications23 Nov 2022 | 22
Mozilla will begin signing Mv3 extensions for Firefox next week Nightly and Developer Edition users will be able to test the new cruelty Applications17 Nov 2022 | 12
Evernote's fall from grace is complete, with sale to Italian app maker Frustrate enough users and your product will stumble. Hint, hint, Elon Applications17 Nov 2022 | 74
Microsoft feels the need, the need for speed in Teams Desktop app buckles up for faster switching between chats or channels or join a meeting Applications04 Nov 2022 | 52
Apple finds way to squeeze social network apps until pips squeak And get over here, NFT slingers, Cupertino wants a word, too Applications25 Oct 2022 | 8
Rent-calculating software biz accused of colluding with 'cartel' of landlords RealPage's algorithm screwed tenants by inflating costs, it is claimed Applications25 Oct 2022 | 50
How I made a Chrome extension for converting Reg articles to UK spelling Hands On Long live the King's English or something like that Applications22 Oct 2022 | 339
UK govt launches multibillion procurement for tax agency application services First chunk of mega-frameworks go to market Applications11 Oct 2022 | 5
IceWM reaches version 3 after a mere 25 years And it's not the only venerable window manager still in development Applications05 Oct 2022 | 28
Google Translate dropped in mainland China Search engine was banned so no surprise no one was using it Applications03 Oct 2022 | 3
Google delays execution of doomed Chrome extensions Busineses get a little longer with Manifest v2, everyone else... it depends Applications30 Sep 2022 | 20
Upcoming Outlook for Windows app opens to more testers Office Insider? You might want to check refreshed email client Applications29 Sep 2022 | 6
Russia's Facebook-like VK removed from Apple App Store Apps still available on Google Play, digital ministry says it's investigating Applications28 Sep 2022 | 1
Grab – Asia's Uber – knows customers and drivers so well it can vet them for loans Understands income streams, seasonality of sales, how hard drivers work, and safety records Applications27 Sep 2022 | 4
Is it a bird? Is it Microsoft Office? No, it's Onlyoffice: Version 7.2 released The other open-source productivity suite gets a version bump Applications27 Sep 2022 | 69
Mozilla drags Microsoft, Google, Apple for obliterating any form of browser choice If you've got no OS of your own, you've got little chance to compete, Firefox maker sighs Applications23 Sep 2022 | 134
Bank of England seeks partner to support Oracle Cloud implementation After venturing into HCM, UK's central bank embarks on finance and procurement journey with Big Red Applications22 Sep 2022 | 6
Three seconds of audio could end up costing Fox $500,000 And that, kids, is why we don't play the Emergency Alert System tone on TV
What is Google doing with its open source teams? Opinion Nothing good – the recent layoffs hit its best and brightest leaders hard
User was told three times 'Do Not Reboot This PC' – then unplugged it anyway On-Call Even with instructions staring them in the face, this genius couldn't get it right
Twitter stiffed us on $2m bill, claim consultants in lawsuit These are the litigation specialists hired to get Musk to acquire the platform
Global network outage hits Microsoft: Azure, Teams, Outlook all down Redmond rolls back network change after cloud services dip in sympathy with profits
Experts warn of steep increase in Java costs under changes to Oracle license regime As per employee model replaces old subscription, user bills could soar
Apple sued for promising privacy, failing at it What's allowed for Cupertino is verboten for everyone else
If your Start menu or apps are freezing up on Windows, Microsoft has a suggestion No, it's not install Fedora Linux, sadly
Apple to raise App Store prices in 28 countries No reason given, but inflation and app tracking changes may both factor Applications20 Sep 2022 | 8
Microsoft low code branches into lightweight GUI widgets Building features into Teams, Outlook without JSON coding possible with new Cards play Applications20 Sep 2022 | 8
Excel's comedy of errors needs a new script, not new scripting Opinion Microsoft reanimates the wrong corpse Applications20 Sep 2022 | 110
Document Foundation starts charging €8.99 for 'free' LibreOffice Only in the Mac App Store, as part of FOSS-for-biz strategy software org admits may not quickly deliver results Applications20 Sep 2022 | 96
Microsoft rolls out stealthy updates for 365 Apps Good thing Redmond has a brilliant track record with patches Applications15 Sep 2022 | 48
SAP user group questions value for money amid plans to increase support fees Unbundling of products, cloud shift, support for older ERP products make customers query inflation-based rise Applications15 Sep 2022 | 3
Automating Excel tasks to come to Windows and Mac Not just for the web anymore: Microsoft Office Scripts coming for the macro-managers among us Applications13 Sep 2022 | 42
SAP to increase support fees in January to offset inflation costs Maintenance and software installation prices heading north for range of agreements Applications12 Sep 2022 | 3
Open source biz sick of FOSS community exploitation overhauls software rights Lightbend's Akka shifts from Apache 2.0 license to BSL 1.1 – but critics not pleased about pricing Applications08 Sep 2022 | 41
IBM wins contract to support NHS App Smartphone software set to link more services to patients despite privacy fears Applications06 Sep 2022 | 24
Snap to lay off one in five employees as losses mount Original shows, games, the company's other apps, and more also being axed Applications31 Aug 2022 | 9
Micro Focus bought by Canada's OpenText for $6b Resting place of Novell – and one-time home to SUSE – finds new life in the Great White North Applications26 Aug 2022 | 15
PanWriter: Cross-platform writing tool runs on anything and outputs to anything FOSS Fest Sometimes you just want something dead simple that can maybe handle bold, italics, and a hyperlink or two Applications24 Aug 2022 | 126
Universal Unix tool AWK gets Unicode support From original author Brian Kernighan, one of the original Unix team Applications23 Aug 2022 | 47
Weighing the less mainstream Ubuntu remixes: Including China's Kylin We look at the official flavors, but there are more out there Applications19 Aug 2022 | 9
Google shuts off IoT Core services shortly after announcing API stability commitments Customers could be better off with specialist providers and service partners, Chocolate Factory decides Applications19 Aug 2022 | 40
LibreOffice improves Microsoft compatibility with version 7.4 If you absolutely must keep using those proprietary formats, walk this way Applications19 Aug 2022 | 84
MariaDB buys geospatial specialist CubeWerx Long list of open standards contributions part of journey to REST-based GIS stack, companies say Applications19 Aug 2022 |
Tech analyst Forrester finds enterprise software is recession-proof As mission-critical nature of software supports prices, users also find reason to invest Applications18 Aug 2022 | 2
Excel @ mentions approach general availability on the desktop @CEO, that macro looks sus, amirite? Applications17 Aug 2022 | 41
There's no place like GNOME: Project hits 25, going on 43 Desktop environment celebrates milestone birthday with a beta Applications17 Aug 2022 | 37
Microsoft unveils native Arm64 support in the .NET Framework Older operating systems excluded from the 4.8.1 release party Applications10 Aug 2022 |
One to watch: Open-source code that measures your exposure to CCTV Like a Geiger counter but for surveillance cameras Applications04 Aug 2022 | 30
Microsoft's Teams goes native on Apple, retains a human touch There'll be a welcome in valleys of Wales for language translation Applications04 Aug 2022 | 18
Education officials urged to curb student snoopware Or just see it as preparing them for the future Applications04 Aug 2022 | 7
Equifax software bug messed up credit score calculations for weeks About one in ten computations for loans, credit cards, etc said to be wrong Applications03 Aug 2022 | 14
Microsoft thinks there are people on 2G networks who want to use Outlook Offers 5MB Outlook Lite App that works on phones with only 1GB RAM Applications03 Aug 2022 | 44
Apple sued by French media over App Store power Gros fromages take on big Pomme Applications02 Aug 2022 | 19
Oracle to hike support fees in line with inflation US looks forward to 8% increase while consumer prices spike around the globe Applications25 Jul 2022 | 15
SAP lowers profit outlook due to cost of Russian withdrawal Sticker shock: Russia, Belarus withdraw to cost it more than initially thought. Applications21 Jul 2022 |
Microsoft tweaks Store policy for open source once again Paid-for open source is OK. But here's a form to report the scammers Applications19 Jul 2022 | 17
Dev's code manages to topple Microsoft's mighty SharePoint On Call And the app still runs... to this day Applications15 Jul 2022 | 190
South Korea's Kakao removes external payment method amid Google Play standoff Google gets its way after meeting with internet company and Korea Communications Commission Applications11 Jul 2022 | 3
Microsoft delays controversial ban on paid-for open source, WebKit in app store Embrace, extend, excuses Applications08 Jul 2022 | 34
Judge rejects another Microsoft appeal against surplus license reseller suit Windows giant's UK tentacle still on the hook over pre-owned on-prem software market dominance Applications08 Jul 2022 | 19
If you can find and fix this subtle Chromium bug that breaks some extensions, there's $8k waiting for you Unlucky few percent of netizens affected by weird timing issue Applications05 Jul 2022 | 9
Rufus and ExplorerPatcher: Tools to remove Windows 11 TPM pain and more Turn off chip detection, bypass need for a Microsoft account, change how Explorer works Applications04 Jul 2022 | 104
Microsoft teases Outlook Lite for Android What are the 'main benefits' of Outlook? Whatever they are, that's all you'll get Applications04 Jul 2022 | 33
W3C overrules objections by Google, Mozilla to decentralized identifier spec Oh no, he DIDn't Applications01 Jul 2022 | 69
Open source Office rival Collabora releases web-based CODE 22.05 Already host your own file-sharing tool? Now you can add a web-based office suite on top Applications01 Jul 2022 | 2
Intuit pulls QuickBooks from India, uncomfortably quickly Walks away from enormous but parochial market, while leaving global development teams in place Applications01 Jul 2022 | 4
Old-school editor Vim hits version 9 with faster scripting language All of the famed user-friendliness and ease of use – and 'drastically' better performance Applications30 Jun 2022 | 48
Microsoft plans to dig through your Edge Collections to make suggestions Updates inbound to that browser you use to download a different browser Applications30 Jun 2022 | 46
Thunderbird 102 gets a major facelift, Matrix chat support Mozilla's messaging client appears to have benefited from sponsor shakeup Applications30 Jun 2022 | 43
NASA's Psyche mission: 2022 launch is off after software arrives late Launch window slides into 2023 or 2024 for asteroid-probing project Applications27 Jun 2022 | 4
UK's Post Office shells out for SAP software it thought it had 'Significantly under-licenced' but didn't factor in Customer Success Manager when dealing with reseller Applications21 Jun 2022 | 15
Unbelievably clever: Redbean 2 – a single-file web server that runs on six OSes 'Write once, run anywhere' finally came true, thanks to APE and the Cosmopolitan libc Applications20 Jun 2022 | 42
Telegram adds paid tier as it cracks 700 million users Without so much as a mention of encryption, but with a pastel-hued emoji-heavy nod to ‘sustainable monetization’ Applications20 Jun 2022 | 7
Microsoft CRM tool to pull sales data from email, Teams calls, Office 365 Out-of-the-box integration with Salesforce and Dynamics: SAP, Oracle CRM customers must wait Applications16 Jun 2022 | 5
Thunderbird is coming to Android – in K-9 Mail form Rumble heard as two faithful friends merge into lycanthropic chimæra Applications15 Jun 2022 | 64
How one techie ended up paying the tab on an Apple Macintosh Plus On Call Oh my word, do you remember MacWrite? It just works, right? Applications10 Jun 2022 | 170
NHTSA upgrades Tesla Autopilot probe, could lead to recall Up for debate is whether Autopilot, or humans behaving badly, is the reason for Tesla's iffy safety record Applications09 Jun 2022 | 20
Linux Mint adopts Timeshift from overworked original developer Team lead Clement Lefebvre takes over maintaining backup tool from UMix creator Applications09 Jun 2022 | 22
Apple dev roundup: Weather data meets privacy, and other good stuff WWDC No AR/VR glasses but at least RoomPlan will let you make rapid 3D room maps Applications08 Jun 2022 | 5
Windows on Arm users finally receive Native PowerToys A full two years after the release of Surface Pro X, but they're ready for action Applications08 Jun 2022 | 4
Microsoft updates Azure Form Recognizer: Invoices go multi-language Power Apps Express Design doesn't get to have all the AI fun Applications07 Jun 2022 | 1
Microsoft delays next Exchange Server release to 2025 Four years later than planned – maybe that's how long it will take to make it secure? Applications06 Jun 2022 | 33
The next time your program is 'not responding,' (do not) try these steps Something for the Weekend Can't open that tin of beans? Put it back in the cupboard and take it out again! Applications03 Jun 2022 | 153
That time a techie accidentally improved an airline's productivity On Call Mainframe muddle means extra crossword time for today's hero Applications03 Jun 2022 | 176
Salesforce shrugs off economic uncertainty with upbeat Q1 results CEO admits integration of mega-mergers remains an ongoing project Applications01 Jun 2022 |
TomTom to chop 10% of workforce, blames automation tech Improvements in mapmaking platform to cost 500 employees their future at geolocation tech provider Applications01 Jun 2022 | 40
Scribble to app: Microsoft's Power Apps VP talks us through 'Express design' Interview Recognizing your doodles and building some software – or that's the idea Applications01 Jun 2022 | 10
Original killer PC spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3 now runs on Linux natively As Google guru who ported it points out, the operating system did not exist when 1-2-3 came out in 1983 Applications25 May 2022 | 102
How Intel can use its Granulate acquisition to maintain cloud footprint Analysis Software-tuning suite could be used to show where and how Xeon trumps rivals, if customers can believe it Applications25 May 2022 | 1
SAP attracts further criticism for Russia presence, despite promise to leave The software giant's 'orderly exit' appears to be ongoing Applications24 May 2022 | 11
Safari is crippling the mobile market, and we never even noticed Opinion With web apps, Apple insists on taking the pith helmet Applications23 May 2022 | 137
Meta to squeeze money from WhatsApp with Cloud API for businesses How to make a free messaging platform bought for $22 billion profitable Applications20 May 2022 | 30
GPL legal battle: Vizio told by judge it will have to answer breach-of-contract claims Fine-print crucially deemed contractual agreement as well as copyright license in smartTV source-code case Applications16 May 2022 | 54
Comms giant BT sees $30m+ savings in 5 years with ServiceNow project IT and network services to replace 56 legacy workflow systems with ServiceNow Applications11 May 2022 | 7
Google blocks paid apps from Play Store in Russia Cites 'payment system disruption' as credit card companies pull out of region Applications10 May 2022 | 4
iOS, Android stores host more than 1.5 million 'abandoned' apps That's more than the total that are actively maintained, study claims Applications10 May 2022 | 33
Europe's GDPR coincides with dramatic drop in Android apps Privacy rules increase cost, reduce choice, slash revenues, study concludes Applications09 May 2022 | 93
Did you know Twitter has an open-source arm? This is what it's been up to Bluesky thinking includes blueprints for distributed social network Applications05 May 2022 | 17
TurboTax to pay $141m to settle claims it scammed millions of people Might be a $30 check for you if you were screwed over by 'free, free, free' ads Applications04 May 2022 | 26
Outlook bombards Safari users with endless downloads Updated Mystery zero-byte file deluge makes site unusable, hundreds of netizens complain Applications04 May 2022 | 45
SAP to divest CRM education software in bid to streamline Area no longer a priority as cloud migration takes center stage, deal of around $1b in the offing, reports say Applications04 May 2022 |
Apple to bin apps that go three years without updates Developers will be given 90 days to get them up to code, or face banishment Applications02 May 2022 | 83
Red Hat uncorks Application Foundations for cloud-native development Ready-to-implement components that make the business easier, firm claims Applications26 Apr 2022 |
Google Cloud sees storm brewing over API security Strap in, we're on a tour from zero trust to chatty digital assistants Applications26 Apr 2022 | 2
SAP to take €130m hit on withdrawing tech support from Russia Outlook unaffected by decisions which followed pressure from Ukraine's vice prime minister Applications22 Apr 2022 | 5