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
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