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 | 93
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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
Google bans third-party call-recording apps from Play Store
Apps pre-installed in the device will still be able to have call recording functionality
Applications22 Apr 2022 | 38
Ex IT chief at Homeland Security watchdog stole US govt software to pirate
Murali Venkata found guilty of conspiracy to resell case management app
Applications12 Apr 2022 | 11
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Amazon investors nuke proposed ethics overhaul and say yes to $212m CEO pay
Workplace safety, labor organizing, sustainability and, um, wage 'fairness' all struck down in vote
When management went nuclear on an innocent software engineer
On Call It says 'Do Not Touch,' not 'Rip Out My Guts'
DuckDuckGo tries to explain why its browsers won't block some Microsoft web trackers
Meanwhile, Tails 5.0 users told to stop what they're doing over Firefox flaw
Minimal, systemd-free Alpine Linux releases version 3.16
A widespread distro that many of its users don't even know they have
Ex-spymaster and fellow Brexiteers' emails leaked by suspected Russian op
A 'Very English Coop (sic) d'Etat'
Millions of people's info stolen from MGM Resorts dumped on Telegram for free
Meanwhile, Twitter coughs up $150m after using account security contact details for advertising
Elon Musk needs more cash for Twitter buy after Tesla margin loan lapses
Entrepreneur now looking at $33.5b bill if he wants to complete $44b purchase
Ransomware encrypts files, demands three good deeds to restore data
Shut up and take ... poor kids to KFC?
Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 splashes down on Win Server 2022
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Broadcom to 'focus on rapid transition to subscriptions' for VMware
Offers comforting vision for core customers, products, channel – though warns efficiencies are coming
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Google makes outdated apps less accessible on Play Store
Company cites data security and privacy as reasons for cleaning house
Applications07 Apr 2022 | 20
Google snubs South Korea's app store payments law
US giant's ban on in-app links to non-Play-Store payment options not in the spirit of SK law
Applications06 Apr 2022 | 16
Amazon internal chat app that censored talk of unions and ethics may 'never launch at all'
Filter list reportedly would block 'living wage,' 'pay rises,' 'restroom,' etc
Applications05 Apr 2022 | 41
Applications and software engineering leaders shouldn’t just respond to change. They should drive it
This Gartner Summit will show you how
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Web3 'contains the seeds of a dystopian nightmare' says analyst firm
Forrester Research is DeFi-ing current hype
Applications01 Apr 2022 | 57
Russia bans foreign software purchases for critical infrastructure
Public agencies told to stop using overseas apps from 2025 as parallel imports approved, too
Applications01 Apr 2022 | 64
IFS bags Japanese airline and printermaker software deals
Konica Minolta maintenance system to be installed across 10 national support companies
Applications30 Mar 2022 | 2
Customers rely on real-time data. If you’re not delivering it, your time is running out
Don't let your infrastructure hold you back: Tune in and learn how provide a next-gen service
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Celonis buys German process miner with Power BI links in $100m deal
Move follows Microsoft's own tools to find out how things are really done
Applications29 Mar 2022 | 2
Google resumes shoveling stuff into its 'Privacy Sandbox'
Chrome trials scheduled for FLEDGE and Topics APIs
Applications29 Mar 2022 | 18
Capgemini wins contract to look after legacy HMRC Aspire tech
Updated ...8 years after role in controversial £10bn IT deal with UK tax authority was set to end
Applications28 Mar 2022 | 10
Mozilla creates paid-for subscriptions for web doc library
For all those worried about the Firefox maker, now you can chip in five or ten bucks a month
Applications24 Mar 2022 | 22
It takes big business to make Nvidia's Omniverse tangible
GTC Amazon, Pepsi, Siemens and more go for digitally twinned ops
Applications23 Mar 2022 | 3
Stalling over adopting real-time data? You just don’t have time for that
Tune in and learn how to speed up your transition to the next level
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Nvidia: Better parallelism coming to standard C++ lib
GTC Which could be useful for people writing code to run across CPUs, GPUs, etc
Applications23 Mar 2022 | 2
MATLAB expands to reach self-driving, wireless biz
Features aimed at industrial, IoT, autonomous needs
Applications16 Mar 2022 |
Apple, Google urge monopoly watchdog to leave them alone
Competitors and web developers would prefer to see mobile market rules rewritten
Applications15 Mar 2022 | 15
Prototype app outperforms and outlasts outsourced production version
Who, Me? Behind every successful company there is that one weird Visual Basic 3 app still running the show
Applications14 Mar 2022 | 103
Here’s how to tackle technical debt, scale, and security for public sector applications
Digital transformation is tricky enough in the commercial world
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Brave takes the spring out of creepy bounce tracking
Just say no to websites bypassing privacy protections with sneaky redirects
Applications09 Mar 2022 | 32
Russia mulls making software piracy legal and patent licensing compulsory
Rule rethink would apply only to those in countries that support sanctions
Applications08 Mar 2022 | 123
GNOME, Mono, Xamarin founder Miguel de Icaza leaves Microsoft
Departure follows GitHub CEO exit
Applications04 Mar 2022 | 13
Saving a loved one from a document disaster
On Call The Words are Perfect, the keyboard action less so
Applications04 Mar 2022 | 178
Concern over growing reach of proprietary firmware BLOBs
Just because it's on Github doesn't mean you can read it.
Applications01 Mar 2022 | 14
Web devs rally to challenge Apple App Store browser rules
Open Web Advocacy takes aim at Apple's walled garden
Applications28 Feb 2022 | 27
Your app deleted all my files. And my wallpaper too!
On Call The program is Fast, the sales team is Furious, and their data is definitely not Expendable
Applications25 Feb 2022 | 167
Mobile-based ID wallets for government are coming
Among top 10 government tech trends, claims Gartner
Applications24 Feb 2022 | 23
Google offers privacy audit tool to app developers
Checks checks your privilege privileges
Applications22 Feb 2022 | 11
Users complain of missing data in UK wills search service
Back online after a week, but users not impressed with tech refresh
Applications21 Feb 2022 | 66
Experimental WebAssembly port of LibreOffice released
Try it in your browser
Applications19 Feb 2022 | 87
Three major browsers are about to hit version 100. Will websites cope?
Build numbers causing problems: Truly, what is new is old again
Applications17 Feb 2022 | 59
Microsoft Teams unable to send and receive calls for some after update
Updated If you need to skip meetings, here's an excuse: You installed version 1.5.00.2164
Applications15 Feb 2022 | 51
RIP Ninjacat: No longer fits in Windows 11 world
Thoughts and purrs for our furry-faced friend
Applications14 Feb 2022 | 13
UK regulators accept Google's Privacy Sandbox promises
ICO and CMA say they will oversee cookie-free adtech product
Applications11 Feb 2022 | 8
Car radios crashed by station broadcasting images with no file extension
Video killed the radio star, pictures came and broke your car
Applications10 Feb 2022 | 144
Get off my LAN: Fertile ground for application support vendors in £750m Defra tender
UK government farming department interested in the technology supply market's view of its strategy
Applications08 Feb 2022 | 2
To our total surprise, Apple makes adding alternative payment systems to apps 'painful, expensive, clunky'
Developers fume while competition watchdog issues a third puny €5m fine
Applications08 Feb 2022 | 48
Experiments and hidden features: Microsoft plans Windows Insiders shakeup
Beta gang might get new toys before Dev Channel and look – a new logo
Applications04 Feb 2022 | 13
Have you tried restarting? Reinstalling? Upgrading? Moving house and changing your identity?
Something for the Weekend? Or maybe we could take a quick look at our servers
Applications04 Feb 2022 | 125
No, I've not read the screen. Your software must be rubbish
On Call Dialog? What dialog?
Applications04 Feb 2022 | 212
US Senate to vote on stopping Big Tech extracting 'monopolist rent' from app developers
Billions in profits at stake for Apple and Google's money-making machines
Applications03 Feb 2022 | 16
Breath of fresh air: v7.3 of LibreOffice boasts improved file importing and rendering
And better compatibility with some more proprietary word processors
Applications02 Feb 2022 | 43
Citrix acquired by private equity, will be paired with Tibco in $16.5bn deal
Go-private deal with gang it previously bought Wrike from
Applications31 Jan 2022 | 16
Hands up who ISN'T piling in to help Epic Games appeal Apple App Store ruling
Analysis 35 US States, more than 50 academics, Microsoft, others take aim at iGiant and its grip on the iOS ecosystem
Applications29 Jan 2022 | 62
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
Applications24 Jan 2022 | 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
Applications24 Jan 2022 | 8
Lots of new toys, caps lock still stuck on: ONLYOFFICE hits version 7
LibreOffice alternative unfurls latest productivity software update
Applications20 Jan 2022 | 14
'IwlIj jachjaj! Incoming LibreOffice 7.3 to support Klingon and Interslavic
Don't worry, there is a point to this
Applications12 Jan 2022 | 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
Applications06 Jan 2022 | 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
Applications06 Jan 2022 | 18
Mozilla founder blasts browser maker for accepting 'planet incinerating' cryptocurrency donations
Updated You're spitting fire, fox
Applications05 Jan 2022 | 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
Applications05 Jan 2022 | 276
Microsoft rang in the new year with a cutesy tweet in C#. Just one problem: The code sucked
When marketing meets coding
Applications04 Jan 2022 | 86
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
Applications21 Dec 2021 | 11
CompSci boffins claim they can recreate missing lines in log files
'Event imputation' draws on lots of other sources to fill in gaps
Applications15 Dec 2021 | 58
Google Chrome's upcoming crackdown on ad-blockers and other extensions still really sucks, EFF laments
Analysis Three years of pushback have produced few changes while search giant insists it's listening to netizens
Applications14 Dec 2021 | 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
Applications08 Dec 2021 | 8
Microsoft gives Notepad a minimalist makeover to match Windows 11 style
Adds fun for CTRL-Z freaks, Dark Mode, improved Find and Replace
Applications08 Dec 2021 | 129
AWS previews SDKs for Rust, Kotlin, Swift, and Amplify Studio for rapid web apps
Re:invent Plus: Why company foresees growth of Rust, already widely used internally
Applications03 Dec 2021 |
Santa's sack is bulging with browsers: Vivaldi 5.0 arrives full of festive cheer
Keeping one's privates private
Applications02 Dec 2021 | 10
AsmREPL: Wing your way through x86-64 assembly language
Assemblers unite
Applications30 Nov 2021 | 15
Microsoft adds Buy Now, Pay Later financing option to Edge – and everyone hates it
There's always Use Another Browser
Applications30 Nov 2021 | 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
Applications30 Nov 2021 | 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
Applications26 Nov 2021 | 37
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?
Applications26 Nov 2021 | 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
Applications22 Nov 2021 | 129
Education Software Solutions tells school customers: We are moving to 3-year licensing contracts and so are you
Updated Some punters not happy with former Capita-owned biz, now under control of Montagu Private Equity
Applications16 Nov 2021 | 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
Applications12 Nov 2021 | 61
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
Applications12 Nov 2021 | 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
Applications11 Nov 2021 | 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
Applications11 Nov 2021 | 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
Applications10 Nov 2021 | 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'
Applications10 Nov 2021 | 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
Applications09 Nov 2021 | 5
Dynamics 365 facelift shows Microsoft trying to compete with the supply chain and process mining big dogs
Analysis Azure, Teams, Office integration might offer a leg-up, though
Applications04 Nov 2021 | 3
What a Mesh: Microsoft puts Office in the Loop, adds mixed reality tech to Teams
Ignite Vid chat app gets 3D virtual meetings while users hope for more reliable connections
Applications02 Nov 2021 | 41
Google's 'Be Evil' business transformation is complete: Time for the end game
Opinion I've read this stuff, says one dev. 'Either Google is screwed, or society is screwed'
Applications01 Nov 2021 | 179
Windows Subsystem for Android: What's the point?
Hands on Project Astoria – which evolved into Windows Subsystem for Linux – returns with its original intent
Applications29 Oct 2021 | 49
The future: Windows streaming through notched Apple screens
Interview Choice is the word for Jamf's Dean Hager
Applications25 Oct 2021 | 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
Applications21 Oct 2021 | 30
