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HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls Longer wait time designed to push print or PC users to online support, sorry, 'self-solve'

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Microsoft Azure faceplants in Norway, taking government services with it

Locals see red as public cloud's service health dashboard shows green

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HIPAA Compliance on AWS Checklist

5 Steps for a Cost-efficient Migration to AWS Cloud eBook

On-Prem

Laptop makers stalled on repairability improvements

Apple, Dell made some progress, but MacBooks are still the worst to crack open, says PIRG

19 Comments

Euro cloud biz trials 'server blades in a cold box' system

Hot air or a 50% energy saving? Exoscale datacenter runs proof-of-concept to test veracity of Digger's claims

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Talk of Broadcom and TSMC grabbing pieces of Intel lights fire under investors

Chipzilla's design and manufacturing limbs said to be on the table

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Insiders say IBM's broader return-to-office plan hits older, more expensive staff hard

IT giant doing whatever it takes to reach $300 a share

15 Comments

HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls

Longer wait time designed to push print or PC users to online support, sorry, 'self-solve'

147 Comments

Dark mode might be burning more juice than you think

Most people crank up the brightness, making energy savings moot

65 Comments

A big AI build has ‘stalled’ and won’t happen this year as funds and GPUs prove elusive

Arista trumpeted its role in this project for a year. Good thing business is otherwise solid

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MAeHC Migrates Quality Data Center Application to AWS with RapidScale Case Study

How Data Scientists Are Using the AWS Cloud to Help Consumers Save Money Case Study

Security

Oops, some of our customers' Power Pages-hosted sites were exploited, says Microsoft

Don't think this is SaaS and you can relax: Redmond wants a few of you to check your websites

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US minerals company says crooks broke into email and helped themselves to $500K

A painful loss for young company that's yet to generate revenue

8 Comments

Critical flaws in Mongoose library expose MongoDB to data thieves, code execution

Bugs fixed, updating to the latest version is advisable

Two arrested after pensioner scammed out of six-figure crypto nest egg

The latest in a long line of fraud stings worth billions each year

11 Comments

Ghost ransomware crew continues to haunt IT depts with scarily bad infosec

FBI and CISA issue reminder - deep sigh - about the importance of patching and backups

4 Comments

Medusa ransomware gang demands $2M from UK private health services provider

2.3 TB held to ransom as biz formerly known as Virgin Care tells us it's probing IT 'security incident'

9 Comments

US Army soldier linked to Snowflake extortion rampage admits breaking the law

That's the way the cookie melts

Numerix, Leading Provider of Capital Markets Technology, Migrates to AWS with RapidScale

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Software

Linux royalty backs adoption of Rust for kernel code, says its rise is inevitable

Nobody wants memory bugs. Penguinistas continue debate on how to squish 'em

15 Comments

Microsoft expands Copilot bug bounty targets, adds payouts for even moderate messes

Said bugs 'can have significant implications' – glad to hear that from Redmond

1 Comments

GitLab and its execs sued again and again over 'misleading' AI hype, price hikes

Bosses bragged about Duo Chat bot, buyers weren’t buying it – claim

5 Comments

UK tax authority eyes £880M overhaul for Northern Ireland trade services

Cost of post-Brexit arrangements revealed as HMRC looks at options following Fujitsu contract

8 Comments

DXC paid 50% more than original contract value for disastrous public sector Oracle project

Systems integrator secured 'variation' just before mega SAP migration put on hold

21 Comments

Offbeat

NASA's on-again, off-again job cuts – what's the plan?

Lucky there isn't an asteroid headed for Earth for which a demoralized space agency might need to mount a redirect mission

33 Comments

France tops China’s tokamak record with 22-minute plasma containment run

Nice number, but also not much more than a nice advance

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

The Department of Defense (DoD) is imposing a comprehensive censorship regime across its network of 161 primary and secondary schools — eliminating content that acknowledges the contributions of women,

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HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls [Fri Feb 21 2025]

Daily Headlines

HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls

Off-Prem

Microsoft Azure faceplants in Norway, taking government services with it

HIPAA Compliance on AWS

5 Steps for a Cost-efficient Migration to AWS Cloud

On-Prem

Laptop makers stalled on repairability improvements

Euro cloud biz trials 'server blades in a cold box' system

Talk of Broadcom and TSMC grabbing pieces of Intel lights fire under investors

Insiders say IBM's broader return-to-office plan hits older, more expensive staff hard

HP deliberately adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls

Dark mode might be burning more juice than you think

A big AI build has ‘stalled’ and won’t happen this year as funds and GPUs prove elusive

MAeHC Migrates Quality Data Center Application to AWS with RapidScale

How Data Scientists Are Using the AWS Cloud to Help Consumers Save Money

Security

Oops, some of our customers' Power Pages-hosted sites were exploited, says Microsoft

US minerals company says crooks broke into email and helped themselves to $500K

Critical flaws in Mongoose library expose MongoDB to data thieves, code execution

Two arrested after pensioner scammed out of six-figure crypto nest egg

Ghost ransomware crew continues to haunt IT depts with scarily bad infosec

Medusa ransomware gang demands $2M from UK private health services provider

US Army soldier linked to Snowflake extortion rampage admits breaking the law

Numerix, Leading Provider of Capital Markets Technology, Migrates to AWS with RapidScale

Software

Linux royalty backs adoption of Rust for kernel code, says its rise is inevitable

Microsoft expands Copilot bug bounty targets, adds payouts for even moderate messes

GitLab and its execs sued again and again over 'misleading' AI hype, price hikes

UK tax authority eyes £880M overhaul for Northern Ireland trade services

DXC paid 50% more than original contract value for disastrous public sector Oracle project

Offbeat

NASA's on-again, off-again job cuts – what's the plan?

France tops China’s tokamak record with 22-minute plasma containment run

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