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Waterfox: A Firefox fork that could teach Mozilla a lesson [Fri Nov 5 2021]

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Waterfox: A Firefox fork that could teach Mozilla a lesson

Why are some of Moz's axed projects bigger than its flagship?

 
 

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Kyndryl spins out of IBM, stock starts trading on NYSE – and shares tumble

We're sure everything will be OK, its revenues have only fallen 37 per cent in the past decade

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Teams has a mute button all of its own in taskbar of latest Windows 11 preview build

Another way to make sure the yawns don't get through

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JEDI mind tricks: Google said Pentagon contract didn't align with company values. Now it's chasing another defence gig

Don't Be Evil... unless...

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Feeling the pinch? How about a 160% hike in your data centre fees

Energy price rises trigger bigger bills at cloud and network provider M247

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Cisco warns 'unintentional debugging credential' left in some network switches can be abused to hijack equipment

Pair of 10/10 critical bugs demand your attention, as does a 9.8-rated SSH SNAFU

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There, that wasn't so hard, was it? South Korea makes Google allow rival payment systems in Play store apps

All right, which country's next?

Microsoft: Many workers are stuck on old computers and should probably upgrade

What was that, Brad Smith? You're at climate summit COP26 talking about sustainability plans? You're breaking up... Going in a tunnel

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Imagination mulls adding DirectX to its GPU roadmap amid customer interest

For now, here's an IMG CXT processor with real-time ray-tracing abilities

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BT shelves efforts to find investor to share FTTP build, says Openreach can run project alone

Oh and that company-wide cost-cutting programme is 18 months ahead of schedule

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Don't worry, the halo won't fade from the IT dept when this pandemic is over – because it was never there

But let me tell ya, technology work is better than diggin' a ditch

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Apple seeks geniuses to work on 6G cellular modem before it's even shipped own 5G chip

It's a good time to be a wireless communications architect or an AI engineer

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Arista and Juniper hike prices as component lead times blow out to 80 weeks – that's May 2023

Cost of some supplies is up 200 per cent, so vendors start 'protecting margins'

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HPE picks Taiwan as 'global strategic hub for next-generation technology'

Came for the people, the supply chain, and with hopes of building new servers, storage, HPC, and 5G kit. Don't mention the increasing geopolitical tension

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FYI: Code compiled to WebAssembly may lack standard security defenses

Mechanisms taken for granted on x86 vanish in WASM land, says trio

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Beijing lashes USA's China Telecom ban – but quite gently

Rolls out usual lines about national security being pretext for competitive action, more strident voices keep quiet

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Red Hat forced to hire cheaper, less senior engineers after IBM freezes budget

Email tells bosses to down-level open positions to control costs

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Expired cert breaks Windows 11 snipping tool, emoji panel, S Mode features, other stuff

And we're talking about shipped code, not some Insider beta, here

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Angular 13 arrives: Ivy everywhere, View Engine and IE11 support cut

Cruft removed to improve performance

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RISE with SAP? Never heard of it, say 30% of UK users

While 11% plan to take up the package, lack of use cases keep numbers low

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Waterfox: A Firefox fork that could teach Mozilla a lesson

Why are some of Moz's axed projects bigger than its flagship?

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Dynamics 365 facelift shows Microsoft trying to compete with the supply chain and process mining big dogs

Azure, Teams, Office integration might offer a leg-up, though

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CentOS Stream^W^W Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 emerges in beta form

We're on a highway to RHEL

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22-year-old Brit accused of Twitter SIM-swap heists charged with $784k cryptocurrency theft

He's in Spain, faces extradition to the US to stand trial

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NASA picks spot at Moon's South Pole to perform first ice-drilling experiment

Featuring two sidekicks: A rover using Nokia's 4G and a hopping recon bot

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Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W: Nippy stocking filler for the nerd in your life – if you can get one [Fri Oct 29 2021]

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