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by Paul Kunert on (#5QR6F)
Things not likely to improve until 2023 Canalys Forum 2021 Technology price rises are about as welcome Windows 11's needy hardware specs but one part of the industry is quietly happy about the inflationary conditions caused by industry-wide component shortages – the channel.…
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by Alistair Dabbs on (#5QR2Q)
Send me an SMS and I’ll tell you everything Something for the Weekend, Sir? Below the note is scrawled an ominous threat: "We know where you live."…
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by Richard Speed on (#5QR13)
The computer is a chauvinist, you say? On Call Round off your week with an electrifying tale from the land of chunky-knit sweaters and addictive television mystery drama serials. Welcome to a Scandinavian On Call.…
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by David Gordon on (#5QR14)
Learn how at our Ransomware Remediation Masterclass WEBCAST You wouldn’t want to learn to box just as Tyson Fury steps out of the opposing corner. Likewise, the time to learn how to recover from ransomware is long before your systems come under attack.…
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#5QR15)
Landing with liquid fuel aboard made slosh-avoidance essential. Plus: China names first woman to visit Tiangong space station Chinese space boffins have revealed details of how the guidance navigation and control (GNC) system in the Chang'e 5 got the probe onto the surface of the Moon despite its propellant sloshing about inside.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5QQZV)
Deployment of 120,000 headsets hoped to 'increase lethality' pushed into 2022 The US Army has delayed a massive rollout of Microsoft's HoloLens virtual reality headsets.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5QQYS)
Inconsistent regulation means crooks can sneak cryptos through cracks – pretty much everyone wants them filled The 30-nation gabfest convened under the auspices of the US National Security Council’s Counter-Ransomware Initiative has ended with agreement that increased regulation of virtual assets is required to curb the digital coins' allure to criminals.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5QQXF)
Chrome, Edge, and Opera can rest easy – this one's designed just to run virtual apps Citrix already manages Citrix has created a web browser and lost its CEO.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5QQV0)
Three bootloaders offered – natch – plus lots of desktop love, and a warning of some exim oddities The team of self-described "veteran Unix admins" who opposed Debian's adoption of systemd instead of sysvinit init, have released a fourth version of their alternative Linux distro, "Devuan".…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#5QQSM)
Hopefully we're still listening to experts Fourteen of the world's leading computer security and cryptography experts have released a paper arguing against the use of client-side scanning because it creates security and privacy risks.…
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Want one? Too late It seems computers without an ARM or x86 chip are in serious demand in the RISC-V community.…
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It's not all bad news for some Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has a clear vision of its post-pandemic reality: more demand for chips, and even more profits from it.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#5QQQF)
Try InJobs instead! All the fun of a résumé and no comments allowed LinkedIn is shuttering its social networking service in China as it faces mounting pressure to comply with the country’s strict censorship rules, it announced on Thursday.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#5QQMA)
Global messaging giant extends security and privacy to Google Drive and Apple iCloud Facebook's WhatsApp on Thursday began a global rollout of end-to-end (E2E) encryption for message backups, which offers Android and iOS users with the ability to protect WhatsApp messages stored in Google Drive and Apple iCloud.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#5QQJM)
Criminals follow the money, code flaws Google's VirusTotal service showing that 95 per cent of ransomware malware identified by its systems targets Windows.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#5QQEZ)
Also: Why Canonical thinks Ubuntu GUI on Windows 11 matters Ubuntu 21.10 comes out today, an interim release with nine months of support, and the first to use GNOME 40 for the desktop.…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#5QQAH)
So says Have I Been Pwned's maintainer - but site claims breach only impacted 'handful of users' Update Thingiverse, a site that hosts free-to-use 3D printer designs, has suffered a data breach – and at least 228,000 unlucky users' email addresses have been circulating on black-hat crime forums.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#5QQ82)
Here's an even cheerier thought – it requires a Power BI Pro subscription Microsoft has made its Emissions Impact Dashboard - formerly known as Sustainability Calculator and designed to measure the carbon impact of cloud workloads - generally available.…
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by Richard Currie on (#5QQ5V)
The Register is an amazing website, simply one of the very best out there. Extremely cool people. 10/10 US companies ranging from Amazon to Applebee's, Google to Gap, IBM to IHOP, and Microsoft to McDonald's have received warnings from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about fake reviews and misleading endorsements.…
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by Richard Speed on (#5QQ5W)
A new patch next week might Windows 11 received its first bundle of fixes this week, but AMD users hoping for respite from performance issues that have dogged their PCs were to be disappointed. In fact, for some, performance might have actually got a bit worse.…
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by Richard Speed on (#5QQ34)
One-stop shop all the way to the bank The one-stop shop approach by DevOps darling GitLab appears to have attracted an Initial Public Offering price of $77, giving the loss-making biz a potential valuation of $11bn…
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by Lindsay Clark on (#5QQ0R)
New cloud region able to hold out against attacks due to regional instability Oracle has opened a data centre in Israel which it claims is able to withstand rocket attacks to ensure continued resilience in the troubled state.…
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#5QQ0S)
AMD had the last laugh – their kit is in both PlayStation and Xbox these days One of the developers of the original Xbox has apologised for jilting AMD at the altar ahead of the games console's launch 20 years ago.…
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Sharing medical records with researchers: Assumed consent works in theory – just not yet in practice
The UK shows us how not to run an opt-out approach Register Debate Welcome to the latest Register Debate in which writers and experts go head to head on technology topics, and you – the reader – choose the winning argument. The format is simple: we propose a motion, the arguments for the motion will run this Monday and Wednesday, and the arguments against on Tuesday and Thursday.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#5QPV5)
'There's a misconception in the industry that hyperscalers are cheap' Interview Civo, a cloud provider based in Hertfordshire, has made its flavour of K3s Kubernetes generally available, with the claim that a usable cluster can be fired up in 90 seconds.…
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by Richard Speed on (#5QPS2)
Thanks Windows! Now this is the kind of hospital data-sharing we like to see... Bork!Bork!Bork! There may be no better place for Windows to seek comfort in desperate times than the UK's National Health Service (NHS) – and sure enough a good old fashioned blue screen of death has popped up an A&E waiting room.…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#5QPS3)
What's a long length of electrical wire? A transmitter, of course An Israeli researcher has demonstrated that LAN cables' radio frequency emissions can be read by using a $30 off-the-shelf setup, potentially opening the door to fully developed cable-sniffing attacks.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5QPQK)
VMware will love this – it works by connecting to vSphere or by managing VMs with Anthos Google has added support for workloads running in virtual machines to its Anthos hybrid Kubernetes platform.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5QPP7)
Because digital viruses aren't the only ones we're worried about right now With both Windows 11 and a new generation of Intel silicon upon us, big PC-makers are unveiling this year's models.…
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#5QPN3)
Perps not welcome at anti-ransomware gabfest that Biden admin would rather portray as bold infosec alliance The United States has kicked off meetings attended by representatives of nations that all hope to address the scourge of ransomware – without Russia or China in the room.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5QPJX)
Oi, Google: how did this get past your review process? And Imperva: why does your web page offer to install software? Security vendor Imperva’s research labs have found a browser extension that claims to block ads, but actually injects them into Chrome or Opera.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5QPJ2)
What could possibly go wrong on a project with vast scope, many stakeholders with different agendas, and an assumption of prompt data sharing? India's government yesterday announced a massive new wave of infrastructure investment, and a portal it says will ensure co-ordination among multiple government departments so that new builds avoid overlap with other plans and contribute to a national modernisation drive.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#5QPGJ)
Opening the iOS ecosystem to competition would harm security and privacy, company says Analysis Apple, besieged by regulators and rivals challenging its exclusive control over its iOS App Store, has published a 31-page defense of its ostensibly benevolent monopoly that warns of disastrous consequences if Cupertino is forced to allow competition.…
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MosaicMLdelving into the details A former head of artificial intelligence products at Intel has started a company to help companies cut overhead costs on AI systems.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#5QPFV)
Broadcomm,Texas Instruments, and more buckling under supply crisis Apple may be short of hitting its annual iPhone 13 handset production target by ten million units due to current global chip shortages.…
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by Thomas Claburn on (#5QPDJ)
Report claims documents show employees abusing access When asked in July, 2020, by US Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) whether Amazon ever mined data from its third-party vendors to launch competing products, founder and then CEO Jeff Bezos said he couldn't answer "yes" or "no," but insisted Amazon had rules disallowing the practice.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#5QPBW)
Close ties with CloudLinux remain, including former chair as 'guest attendee' at board meetings Igor Seletskiy, the founder of the AlmaLinux distro created in December 2020 as an alternative to CentOS, has explained that he stepped down as chair of the AlmaLinux Foundation in an effort to strengthen its community status - though his company still dominates the board.…
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by Katyanna Quach on (#5QPBX)
Gives classic monologue upon landing Four travelers successfully flew to the edge of space and back on Blue Origin’s second commercial spaceflight including William Shatner, making the 90-year-old Star Trek actor the oldest person to leave Earth yet.…
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by Gareth Corfield on (#5QPAH)
Relax, this isn't a binding precedent - but it puts down a marker A judge in England has ruled that an Amazon Ring doorbell's functions broke the Data Protection Act after a neighbour dispute, over claims of a gang of armed robbers trying to steal an Audi, ended up in court.…
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by Richard Speed on (#5QP5G)
Only a million or so miles to go The multinational James Webb Space Telescope – named after a former NASA administrator – has arrived in French Guiana, home to Europe's Spaceport, with launch finally in sight.…
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by Paul Kunert on (#5QP5H)
US market – where 70% Chromies are sold – nears saturation The march of the Chromebook looks to be over for now, at least in the United States, as consumers and students had their fill during the pandemic and are now buying far fewer machines.…
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by Simon Sharwood on (#5QP2D)
Is it really hyperconverged if it has vSphere but not VSAN? Big Mike says 'yes' Dell has made a play for the edge, with pretty much the same stuff it offers in most other places.…
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by Paul Kunert on (#5QP2E)
Remember those car-crash results in Q3 a year ago? No repeat collision this time round A year after outlining horrific calendar Q3 financials that caused the share price to crash by €28bn, SAP had no nasty surprises up its sleeves this time.…
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by Tim Anderson on (#5QP05)
Just don't mention WPF Microsoft has come up with its usual monthly splurge of .NET news, including the ability to compile native dependencies into Blazor WebAssembly, and a release date of 8 November for Visual Studio 2022.…
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Ex-camera biz Olympus investigating 'suspicious' network activity again a month after ransomware hit
by Gareth Corfield on (#5QNY4)
Plus: Extortionist gang threatens victims who talk to the press Olympus, the Japanese company once known for making cameras, is investigating "suspicious" activity on its networks again – a month after those same networks were ravaged by ransomware.…
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by Richard Speed on (#5QNW0)
Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to reverse this delta Microsoft is boasting of how it reckons to have reduced the size of Windows 11 updates. Surprisingly "cutting hardware support" didn't feature.…
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by Paul Kunert on (#5QNTA)
Users running non-Windows VMs or existing deployment not affected It is shaping up to be a Black Wednesday for providers of online services after Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines users suffered lingering near-global glitches that prevented them from spinning up new Windows-based systems.…
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by Richard Currie on (#5QNTB)
Christie's 'Science and Natural History' collection isn't joking when it says it's 'a journey in time' Is the NFT craze dead yet? Right, good, then we can return to a cool auction world where the well-heeled can get their mitts on rather more tangible relics from tech history.…
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