Slack serves up out-of-order messages, shaky comms as world goes back to work
Updated Where are the documents? I'm waiting! Fancy a coffee? Happy new year!
04 Jan 2021 | 17
Software
Canadian uni blamed users after Workday HR switch, but some teaching assistants say they're still waiting to be paid
Updated 'No concrete solutions' as of mid-December
04 Jan 2021 | 16
Explained: The thinking behind the 32GB Windows Format limit on FAT32
Updated 'Because I said so'
04 Jan 2021 | 71
Linux 5.11 dominated by descriptors for new AMD silicon
Linus Torvalds has been back at work for a week and already has a second release candidate ready. What’s your excuse?
04 Jan 2021 | 6
As Uncle Sam continues to clamp down on Big Tech, Apple pelted with more and more complaints from third-party App Store devs
Special Report El Reg lends our ear to companies and developers struggling to survive in Apple's cruel, cruel App Store world
31 Dec 2020 | 96
And now for something completely different: A lightweight, fast browser that won't slurp your data
El Reg goes with the Flow
29 Dec 2020 | 98
The ghosts of Microsoft SQL Server past, present, and yet to come: The Reg chats to Azure Data man Rohan Kumar
Interview WinFS, stability, and waking engineers
28 Dec 2020 | 11
Why make games for Linux if they don't sell? Because the nerds are just grateful to get something that works
Feature And when nerds are your audience, everything is easier
26 Dec 2020 | 92
Buggy chkdsk in Windows update that caused boot failures and damaged file systems has been fixed
Improving Windows' quality by making it not boot?
22 Dec 2020 | 96
SHRT hits the fan for first-gen Surface Hub users: Jumped-up whiteboard can now be updated via dedicated tool
In brief Also: Santa drops a final Windows Insider release, new PowerShell, Skype Together Mode
22 Dec 2020 | 3
Red Hat defends its CentOS decision, claims Stream version can cover '95% of current user workloads'
Doing both CentOS Stream and CentOS Linux would mean doing both poorly claims CentOS board member
22 Dec 2020 | 133
NHS trust launches £60m software procurement to improve staffing efficiency
Chester healthcare provider needs some tech to help wrangle its temps
21 Dec 2020 | 15
Google AMP gets a shock to its system as advisor quits, lawsuit claims foul play
No one's AMPing up the love
19 Dec 2020 | 42
Rockset reaches for low-code to broaden appeal of its real-time analytics database
DBMS for dummies
18 Dec 2020 | 1
Developer beta for Huawei's Google-free HarmonyOS is here – but you may need to Google Translate the docs
It's all in Chinese if you fancy a gander
18 Dec 2020 | 12
Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away: Certification renewals to be free ... but annual
'Rigorous' exam first, then take a freebie assessment once a year from home
17 Dec 2020 | 20
What's that coming over the hill? Is it native Office? Microsoft's flagship arrives on Apple Silicon, but you'll have to wait for Teams
From preview to release
16 Dec 2020 | 11
MariaDB courts Microsoft Power BI users with a taste of its query adapter
Could this be another sign of more openness from Redmond?
16 Dec 2020 |
US aviation regulator issues safety bulletins over flaws in software updates for Boeing 747, 777, 787 airliners
Autothrottle cuts to idle and flight computers fail after latest updates, warns FAA
16 Dec 2020 | 71
Tableau 2020.4 crams pretty chart chops into browser so you can evict chunky client from storage real estate
Regularised linear and Gaussian process regression thrown into predictive models too
16 Dec 2020 | 4
Australia sues Facebook for slurping user data from Onavo Protect VPN app
Promised it was free and safe, but Facebook’s promises about privacy aren’t worth the mouse you click ‘em with
16 Dec 2020 | 17
Rocky has competition as more CentOS alternatives step into the ring: Project Lenix, Oracle Linux vie for attention
Big Red: This is not some gimmick so that you buy support from us
15 Dec 2020 | 37
Why did Johnny and Jenny's exam grades yo-yo over the summer? Here's some of the code behind UK results chaos
Ofqual publishes for the sake of 'transparency' but it's clear as mud
14 Dec 2020 | 23
Double trouble for Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit as aborted test flight and COVID-19 keep both grounded
In brief Also: ESA signs contracts for the Space Rider and Boeing's Calamity Capsule aims for March 2021
14 Dec 2020 | 16
Microsoft adds Breakout functionality to Teams that Zoom has had for ages – and people still don't like it
In Brief Also: PowerShell Crescendo, Visual Studio Code C++ on Pi, and a milestone for SharePoint
14 Dec 2020 | 16
Top tip from the original Task Manager taskmaster: Don't put your phone number on that debug message box
The Reg takes sneak peek at source tour, hosted by engineer who wrote it
14 Dec 2020 | 24
Linus Torvalds launches Linux kernel 5.10, warns devs not to send 5.11 code too close to Christmas
New long-term support edition of Linux knocks off year 2038 bug, ends support for Power PC 601, and much more
14 Dec 2020 | 13
Buggy behavior bites .NET SqlClient for unlucky Linux users
.NET devs have been struggling to deal with errors affecting non-Windows SqlClients under heavy load
11 Dec 2020 | 9
The three or so people who run Windows 10 on Arm might be glad to know that x64 emulation is in preview
For Dev Channel Insiders only at the moment
11 Dec 2020 | 14
Oracle’s ERP and cloud surged in Q2. Hardware grew super-fast. So why was Larry Ellison a tad frustrated?
Because the balance sheet showed only muted growth while subscription cash starts to flow
11 Dec 2020 | 2
It's not 'Door to Heaven', it's 'Stargate': DataStax reaches out to front-end devs with support for GraphQL
Open-source API framework aims to make Cassandra a bit easier
10 Dec 2020 | 4
Rocky Linux is go: CentOS founder's new project aims to be 100% compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Rocking the Red Hat boat with an alternative distro designed for production use
10 Dec 2020 | 56
Back to the Fuchsia, part IV: Google's in-development OS now open to community contributions
New shiny has governance, mailing lists, public repository... but how will Google use it?
10 Dec 2020 | 45
China bans 105 apps, eight app stores, and says it’ll swing the hammer again
TripAdvisor caught in sweep of software deemed too nasty for local consumption
10 Dec 2020 | 22
GitHub Codespaces preview version still has some glaring omissions, CEO insists it will be ready when it's ready
Rival GitPod sees perfect opportunity to say: Pssst, we've got that stuff
09 Dec 2020 |
Software contractor accused of favoring foreigners on work visas over Americans agrees to cough up $42,000
IT biz sued by US Dept of Justice on behalf of dev pays out fine, damages
09 Dec 2020 | 20
