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WTF? Microsoft makes fixing deadly OMIGOD flaws on Azure your job Clouds usually fix this sort of thing before bugs go public. This time it's best to assume you need to do this yourself

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Amazon UK business swelled by 50%+ in 2020, and taxes soared. Lol, no, it means those paid by its staff

Jeff Bezos founded biz at the 'apex of the Big Tech tax avoiders'

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Still divided on whether teachers, parents or politicians are to blame

Can we close the education divide? Maybe, but not by stuffing it with computers and smart boards

13 Comments

Korea's NAVER Cloud outlines global ambitions, aim to become Asia's third-biggest provider

Alibaba is number two in much of the region, but is a bit on the nose right now

Zero trust data management Fighting back and recovering from ransomware

Cloud Or Colo? The Point When AI Startups Need To Make The Switch Whitepaper

On-Prem

Thanks, Sir Clive Sinclair, from Reg readers whose careers you created and lives you shaped

Former staff, kids who got their first taste of tech, a Reg hack, and even Linus Torvalds share what the electronics pioneer meant to them

18 Comments

Sir Clive Sinclair: Personal computing pioneer missed out on being Britain's Steve Jobs

Lifelong cost focus was his namesake company's corporate downfall

41 Comments

How long till some drunkard puts a foot through one of BT's 'iconic, digital smart city communication hubs'?

Phonebox upgrade dishes out internet and more in Kensington and Chelsea

34 Comments

Snowflake doubters voice reservations over data warehouse's attempt to break into financial services

On-prem systems hold advantages in terms of known costs, say insiders

5 Comments

Consultants' eyes light up as UK.gov dangles £4bn over 6 years for 'large-scale digital transformation programmes'

Phrase is catnip for software market

6 Comments

Relics from the early days of the Sinclair software scene rediscovered at museum during lockdown sort-out

Remember when a games developer could be one guy with a ZX Spectrum?

21 Comments

Electron-to-joule conversion formulae? Cute. Welcome to the school of hard knocks

Shake, rattle and roll is incompatible with your PABX

139 Comments

South Korea surfs silicon shortage to record tech exports

42.4 per cent increase in chip sales, and smartphone shipments did even better

Engineering metrics that matter Why is it so hard for engineering teams to measure their value?

Webcast Slide Deck \| Remote and branch office and edge IT Adapt to your new reality outside the data centre

Security

Yes, of course there's now malware for Windows Subsystem for Linux

Once dismissed proof-of-concept attack on Microsoft OS through WSL detected in the wild

36 Comments

Something phishy: Tech recruiters jabbed by fake COVID-19 Passport scam

Tells clients it is tackling the issue

14 Comments

Is it OK to use stolen data? What if it's scientific research in the public interest?

Not always, but Swiss team says you can manage the risks

41 Comments

WTF? Microsoft makes fixing deadly OMIGOD flaws on Azure your job

Clouds usually fix this sort of thing before bugs go public. This time it's best to assume you need to do this yourself

29 Comments

Migrating to AWS databases

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Software

Apple, Google yank opposition voting strategy app from Russian software stores

Oh, sorry, we thought you wanted us to obey the law?! – Silicon Valley

26 Comments

Google extends right-to-be-forgotten to app permissions on older Android devices

Software unused after a few months will lose access to sensitive features unless exempted

13 Comments

Microsoft does and doesn't require VMs to meet hardware requirements for Windows 11

Either way, it's bad news for VirtualBox – it's stopped working

33 Comments

Microsoft doles out Office Long Term Servicing Channel for cloud refuseniks

Redmond doesn't do things by half – unless it's Long Term Support

11 Comments

Stressed-out IT workers, software devs – we're not being funny but have you tried rebooting your breathing?

Forget productivity, find a way to unplug and recover

23 Comments

Royal Navy will be getting autonomous machines – for donkey work humans can't be bothered with

No robot killers 'in my lifetime' says admiral

30 Comments

Businesses put robots to work when human workers are hard to find, argue econo-boffins

The lure of shiny new tech isn't a motivator, although in the USA bots are used to cut costs

14 Comments

After eight years, SPEC delivers a new virtualisation benchmark

Jumps from single-server tests to four hosts – but only for vSphere and RHV

Offbeat

Space tourists splash down in Atlantic Ocean after three days in orbit

Some sightseeing, music, gambling, chatting to folks back home – just like a regular roadtrip

42 Comments

Punchy Biden-lookalike grandad goes viral for fighting boxing gadget

'If you don't get your timing right you get whacked round the back of the head' admits scrappy octogenarian

10 Comments

Sometimes we all feel a bit like Shutting Down. So just imagine how tired Windows 7 is

So many stuck trains, so many cancellations. Giant blue screen of Nope, we salute you.

8 Comments

So I’ve scripted a life-saving routine. Pah. What really matters is the icon I give it

J’appuie sur le starter et voici que je quitte la terre

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Friday, September 17, 2021

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

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WTF? Microsoft makes fixing deadly OMIGOD flaws on Azure your job [Mon Sep 20 2021]

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WTF? Microsoft makes fixing deadly OMIGOD flaws on Azure your job

Off-Prem

Amazon UK business swelled by 50%+ in 2020, and taxes soared. Lol, no, it means those paid by its staff

Still divided on whether teachers, parents or politicians are to blame

Korea's NAVER Cloud outlines global ambitions, aim to become Asia's third-biggest provider

Zero trust data management

Cloud Or Colo? The Point When AI Startups Need To Make The Switch

On-Prem

Thanks, Sir Clive Sinclair, from Reg readers whose careers you created and lives you shaped

Sir Clive Sinclair: Personal computing pioneer missed out on being Britain's Steve Jobs

How long till some drunkard puts a foot through one of BT's 'iconic, digital smart city communication hubs'?

Snowflake doubters voice reservations over data warehouse's attempt to break into financial services

Consultants' eyes light up as UK.gov dangles £4bn over 6 years for 'large-scale digital transformation programmes'

Relics from the early days of the Sinclair software scene rediscovered at museum during lockdown sort-out

Electron-to-joule conversion formulae? Cute. Welcome to the school of hard knocks

South Korea surfs silicon shortage to record tech exports

Engineering metrics that matter

Webcast Slide Deck | Remote and branch office and edge IT

Security

Yes, of course there's now malware for Windows Subsystem for Linux

Something phishy: Tech recruiters jabbed by fake COVID-19 Passport scam

Is it OK to use stolen data? What if it's scientific research in the public interest?

WTF? Microsoft makes fixing deadly OMIGOD flaws on Azure your job

Migrating to AWS databases

Software

Apple, Google yank opposition voting strategy app from Russian software stores

Google extends right-to-be-forgotten to app permissions on older Android devices

Microsoft does and doesn't require VMs to meet hardware requirements for Windows 11

Microsoft doles out Office Long Term Servicing Channel for cloud refuseniks

Stressed-out IT workers, software devs – we're not being funny but have you tried rebooting your breathing?

Royal Navy will be getting autonomous machines – for donkey work humans can't be bothered with

Businesses put robots to work when human workers are hard to find, argue econo-boffins

After eight years, SPEC delivers a new virtualisation benchmark

Offbeat

Space tourists splash down in Atlantic Ocean after three days in orbit

Punchy Biden-lookalike grandad goes viral for fighting boxing gadget

Sometimes we all feel a bit like Shutting Down. So just imagine how tired Windows 7 is

So I’ve scripted a life-saving routine. Pah. What really matters is the icon I give it

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