Software
Apple cracks down on iOS terminal apps because they can download code
iSH spared for now, but what will happen to a-Shell?
09 Nov 13:42 | 14
Software
Software
Paging Doctor Blue: Attaching a Thunderbolt NVMe SSD can make Windows 10 poorly
Careful with those built-in account names too
09 Nov 12:07 | 8
Software
Bad software crashed Boeings. Now it appears the company lacked a singular software supremo
Former SpaceX, Tesla, and Google site reliability leader steps into newly-created role
09 Nov 07:45 | 47
Webcast
You’ve deployed PostgreSQL – but have you made it secure?
We'll help you legitimize your decision with top technical and organisational tips
09 Nov 06:00 |
Software
UK's 'minimum viable product' for Brexit transit software will not be ready until December, leaving no time for testing
Fills you with confidence, doesn't it?
06 Nov 15:02 | 53
Software
Blazor: Full stack C# and Microsoft's pitch for ASP.NET Web Form diehards
'Two to three times faster' in .NET 5.0 - but is running .NET in the browser a good idea?
06 Nov 10:15 | 19
Software
Microsoft pledges to give Teams users multi-account sign-in then reels it back to one work and one personal
Still, it'll make using the platform from home marginally less excruciating
05 Nov 21:02 | 12
Software
Amid pandemic and economic uncertainty, enterprises find they've lost the will to migrate to SAP's S4/HANA
Third of customers stalling upgrades, says UK and Ireland user group data
05 Nov 13:22 | 10
Software
Congrats, HCL, on your £1.5m contract to upgrade a county council's ERP system to SAP S4/HANA within a year
And good luck – you're gonna need it
05 Nov 11:30 | 12
Software
Mozilla's MDN web standards reference platform makes move to GitHub, now in beta
Jamstack, Kubernetes, community contributions, and automatic translation – what could go wrong?
03 Nov 18:00 | 5
In Brief
Noooooo, my theme-aware splash screen! Windows 10 Dev Channel sheds features as Microsoft jumps branches
Also: HoloLens 2 Dev Edition out, .NET 5 prepares debut, and PowerToys Mute gets experimental
03 Nov 15:00 |
Software
We'll get you later: SAP CEO promises help for customers in 'financial distress'
Just don't leave. Plus: Cloud subscription model is 'increasing customer lifetime revenue'
03 Nov 13:30 | 7
Software
City of Edinburgh Council selects services-slinger CGI for £102m contract despite abandoned Unit4 ERP project
Oh never mind, the project was 'reset'
03 Nov 09:30 | 7
Software
GitHub warns devs face ban if they fork DMCA'd YouTube download tool... while hinting how to beat the RIAA
No, no, no, you hit it like this *whack*
03 Nov 08:04 | 63
Software
No, your software ideas aren't copyrightable, US judge tells SAS amid its long-running feud with Brit outfit
console.log("go away and don't come back");
02 Nov 18:45 | 17
Software
Linux Mint pushes out its own Chromium build to help users avoid Canonical's Snap Store
That's Chromium fixed. But the snap-only problem may reappear for other packages
02 Nov 17:30 | 43
Software
Cops aren't normally the most 'agile' of folk, but that's exactly what London's Metropolitan Police Service would like to be
And it's waving £350m to get it done
02 Nov 15:45 | 7
Software
Google's plan to make User-Agent string even less useful breaks our device detection tech, says NetMarketShare
Outfit quits browser stats game, and you'll never guess who benefits most from shift to Client Hints
02 Nov 14:19 | 30
Software
X.Org is now pretty much an ex-org: Maintainer declares the open-source windowing system largely abandoned
'X works extremely well for what it is, but what it is is deeply flawed'
30 Oct 11:30 | 106
Software
Update to NHS COVID-19 app brings improved warnings, end to 'ghost' notifications
It's all about timing, apparently
29 Oct 19:00 | 32
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Cloud
Biden projected to be the next US President, Microsoft joins rest of world in telling Trump: It looks like... you're fired
Orange is the new sacked
Software
Bad software crashed Boeings. Now it appears the company lacked a singular software supremo
Former SpaceX, Tesla, and Google site reliability leader steps into newly-created role
Security
Chinese hacking competition cracks Chrome, ESXi, Windows 10, iOS 14, Galaxy 20, Qemu, and more
VMware warns of incoming security fix after attackers get root on host
Who, Me?
The day I took down the data centre- I mean, the day I saved the day. Right, boss?
How many hundred thousand customers?
Review
Magic! If you have an entry-level iPad, the Combo Touch could make it your workhorse
If only cheaper-than-Apple Logitech kit could turn bog-standard slab into a Pro
Promo
Hackers work 24 hours a day – when will you schedule your security training?
It’s SANS training time in Tokyo, Singapore, and India
Emergent Tech
Uber is now a food delivery company with a substantial sideline in taxis
Delivery is even profitable in some places, whole company be kind-of in the black by 2021
Cloud
You can forget your fancy ERP customisations because that's not how it works in the cloud, SAP's Oliver Betz tells users
But that's where German software giant wants its on-prem customers to go
Policy
India slashes red tape to make life much easier for outsourcers and outsourcing
Makes work-from-home legal and lowers barriers to entry for smaller players and multinationals' use of Indian workers
Bork!Bork!Bork!
Windows 10 quite literally projects its deepest, darkest fears on to New Zealand
It may have escaped the worse of coronavirus, but no one is immune to bork
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Software
Microsoft to rethink crash-prone Visual Studio extension model, shift towards cloud
Why not just use Visual Studio Code, which has 5 times as many extensions and is designed for cloud?
29 Oct 12:32 | 21
Software
Devs strung up about .NET 5.0 string changes that may break working code are told: It's not a bug, it's a feature
'I'm just not excited at the prospect of a new crop of unknown unknowns'
29 Oct 10:15 | 55
Software
Indian government labels itself ‘evasive’ over privacy details of national COVID-19 contact-tracing app
Smacks down Information Commission by pointing to policy and data revealing the app has probably helped quite a lot
29 Oct 02:45 | 1
Software
Much like the British on holiday, NHS COVID-19 app refuses to work with phones using unsupported languages
Issue affects Android devices but fix said to be imminent
28 Oct 19:15 | 48
Software
Need to build a Big Data app but can't be bothered to learn Python or Scala? Good news: .NET for Apache Spark is here
Stay safe and warm in your C# cocoon
28 Oct 16:45 | 3
Interview
Node.js 15: What's new, what's coming, and keeping pace with Deno. 'We're not going to reinvent' module ecosystem
Michael Dawson, chair of Node.js Technical Steering Committee, talks to The Reg
28 Oct 09:01 | 20
Software
Flash haters, rejoice! Microsoft releases tool to let you nuke Adobe's security horror before support ends
Why not get in early before official 31 December demise?
28 Oct 05:16 | 38
Software
5 months later, 37.7% of Windows 10 PCs are running the May 2020 Update... Wait, people are still on 1809?
We'll see how long it lasts as 20H2 starts doing the rounds
27 Oct 16:36 | 30
Software
Office 365 for the iPad will feel a little more desktop-ish now Microsoft has tossed it trackpad, mouse support
Which is proof such fripperies are down to the developer, rather than Apple
27 Oct 12:30 | 22
Software
WeChat wins right to stay in US app stores for at least a couple more months as court denies US govt appeal
Injunction against Trump ban upheld, case to return in January 2021
27 Oct 05:18 | 8
Software
Microsoft drives users to the Edge: Internet Explorer to redirect to Chromium-based browser in November
'Hey, you folks heard that there's this virus starting to spread?' – IE, probably
26 Oct 22:31 | 65
Open Source Summit Europe
Linux kernel's Kroah-Hartman: We're not struggling to get new coders, it's code review that's the bottleneck
Plus: 'Intel is not doing well with disclosures. I’m not happy. It’s not getting better'
26 Oct 19:09 | 60
Software
SAP stock price crashes 23%, €28bn wiped out as firm warns of Klein(er) revenues, profits ahead due to COVID-19
SAP: Look into the cloud, look around the cloud... you're under. Market: Nope
26 Oct 17:53 | 10
In Brief
Windows 10 October 2020 Update has arrived... and so have the fixes. Plus: Fancy a discount on a Surface Duo?
Also: Teams migration, Windows 10 on Surface Hub 2S
26 Oct 14:50 | 5
Software
UK mapping agency the Ordnance Survey is heading into gaming territory with £6m tender for dev team
Great, we can't wait for Grand Theft Auto: Brecon Beacons
26 Oct 11:07 | 37
Software
Linus Torvalds hails 'historic' Linux 5.10 for ditching defunct addressing artefact
Memory-handling oddity from the age of the 286 has been around since 'pretty much the original release of Linux'
25 Oct 23:54 | 62
Updated
RIAA DMCAs GitHub into nuking popular YouTube video download tool, says it can be used to slurp music
Did 2020 just loop round to 1999?
23 Oct 23:23 | 108
Updated
If you suddenly can't print to your HP Printer from your Mac, you're not alone: Code security cert snafu blamed
Driver software snubbed by macOS 10.15, 10.14, Amazon Music, too
23 Oct 20:42 | 65
Software
Ubuntu 20.10 goes full Raspberry Pi, from desktop to micro clouds: Full fat desktop on a Pi is usable
But company also has its eye on Kubernetes at the edge
23 Oct 15:15 | 34
