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Ready or not, here I come! Microsoft primes the Windows 10 20H1 auto-update cannon as 20H2 hovers into view
Next version to ship with quality improvements and New Edge Hot on the heels of the switch from rings to channels, Microsoft has emitted the first "official" preview of the next Windows 10 and warned laggards that the 2004 auto-updater is on its way.…
NASA scientists mull sending a spacecraft on a 13-year mission to visit Neptune's 'bizarre' moon, Triton
Triton may be a satellite now, but it was probably once a dwarf planet in its past NASA is considering sending a spacecraft to fly by Neptune's largest moon, Triton, in a bid to study its random spurts of ice and strange atmosphere filled with charged particles.…
Windows 10 once more in print condition: Microsoft applies out-of-band fix to Patch Tuesday cock-up
Alas, Storage Spaces still a bit poorly Microsoft has addressed the printer issues introduced in Windows 10 with the recent Patch Tuesday updates while admitting that some Storage Spaces had also been borked by the May 2020 update.…
Tune in online this week – and discover how to secure all of your attack surfaces
Think like your enemies to defeat them Webcast You know your attack surface don’t you? You mapped all of it? Are you sure?…
Scalability, reliability and availability: Three things the AWS Summit for EMEA struggled to get right
Funny, that Updated Amazon Web Services' EMEA shindig is under way and, in a masterstroke of irony, viewers found the initial experience a little wobbly.…
Huawei's EMUI 10.1 update shows Chinese mobile giant hunkering down for the long haul without Google wares
Software rollout confirmed, with new voice assistant Celia along for the ride Huawei has confirmed the rollout map for its EMUI 10.1 software, which introduces several new features including the firm's in-house Siri alternative, Celia.…
Microsoft snubs Service Fabric as it plots to switch Teams infrastructure to Kubernetes
Plus, a new Detonation Service and other explosive revelations about easing capacity constraints in lockdown Microsoft's CTO for Azure has opened up on both the company's response to scaling issues with Teams during the COVID-19 pandemic and future plans to switch to "container-based deployments using Azure Kubernetes Service".…
Used Cisco Webex recently? Memory vuln could have let remote attackers snoop on your meetings and files
Only if they'd already pwned your box, mind. Still: get patching! Cisco Webex suffered from a vuln that could have allowed an attacker to access any account by simply copy-pasting a unique session token into a browser string.…
Looking for a home off-world? Take your pick: Astroboffins estimate there are nearly 6bn Earth-likes in the Milky Way
Getting to them is, however, quite another kettle of fish There may be more than five billion Earth-like planets that are rocky, potentially habitable and orbit main-sequence stars like our Sun scattered across the Milky Way, according to the latest estimates.…
Hey is trying a new take on email, but maker complains of 'outrageous' demands after Apple rejects iOS app
Downside of requiring a dedicated app rather than a standard email client? A new email service called Hey aims to solve issues with one of the internet's oldest standards – but Apple will not allow the iOS client into its app store unless the maker pays Cupertino "15-30 per cent of our revenue."…
From the crew behind the Sony Pictures hack comes Operation Interception: An aerospace cyber-attack thriller
North Korea's Lazarus Group at it again: Watch out for .rar files coming and going from your networks Threat intel researchers have uncovered a phishing and malware campaign that targeted "a large European aerospace company" and which was run by the same North Koreans behind the hack of Sony Pictures.…
The bork on the sign goes round and round, round and round, round and round
Try to wrap your head around this fault Bork!Bork!Bork! Bork comes in all shapes and sizes. Rectangular, square or blue. Sometimes it comes in a cylinder, as shown in these snaps taken earlier this month by a Register reader in Auckland, New Zealand.…
'Boringly reliable': Red Hat architect thinks Kubernetes is 'mostly done' – but there are still plenty of bugs
Too complex? Owned by Google? Myth of portability? Interview Red Hat architect and Kubernetes contributor Clayton Coleman, who leads development of OpenShift, reckons Kubernetes is "mostly done" – it needs tidying up and bugs fixed but not major new features.…
Only true boffins will be able to grasp Blighty's new legal definitions of the humble metre and kilogram
How units derive from first principles enshrined in Great British law As much of the world's capitals erupt in protests and millions look fearfully at news of job losses and economic contraction, Great Britain has taken the legal step of redefining the metre and kilogram in law.…
Electronic health records firm Epic Bristol bags £454m in UK deals as creaking care sector chases digital transformation
Software company wins over Northern Ireland and Manchester NHS trust Epic Bristol, a specialist healthcare software company, has won a brace of UK public sector contracts worth a total £454m.…
Adobe about to pull the plug on Creative Cloud freebie 'at-home' access for students
Hey kids, fancy migrating to something a bit more 'paid subscription'? The clock is ticking for students that require Adobe software for their courses as campuses remain shut and the vendor's "at-home" access deal nears its end.…
Google and Parallels bring Windows apps to Chromebooks, in parallel with VMware and Citrix
And then derides them as legacy apps you’ll put up with while you ascend to cloud Google has teamed with Parallels to bring Windows apps to Chromebooks under the Chrome Enterprise program.…
SoftBank to hang up on T-Mobile stake to shore up its balance sheet
What's a flailing investor to do? SoftBank has begun preparations to offload the bulk of its stake in US mobile carrier T-Mobile as part of the Japanese conglomerate's plan $42bn debt reduction plan.…
Boffins find that over nine out of ten 'ethical' hackers are being a bit naughty when it comes to cloud services
Then again, cloud providers aren't exactly playing the smart game either Infosec pros and hackers regularly abuse cloud service providers to conduct reconnaissance and attacks, despite efforts by cloud providers to limit such activity.…
Meatspace meetup Web Summit reckons you'll be ready to revisit the world in November
Portugal event is on, say organisers, even though events with more than 20 are currently barred Web Summit, Europe's largest web-centric conference by attendees, will go ahead in November as planned, according to the event's organiser.…
Nokia China bounces back from 5G flop with hyperscale scores
Tencent and Baidu sign for optical data center interconnect kit Nokia has scored data centre interconnect wins with Chinese web giants Tencent and Baidu.…
Tens of millions of Internet-of-Things, network-connected gizmos at risk of remote hijacking? Computer, engage shocked mode
Collection of bugs, dubbed Ripple20, sink widely used TCP/IP stack A bunch of flaws in a commonly used TCP/IP software stack have put potentially tens of millions of Internet-of-Things devices, healthcare equipment, industrial control systems, and other network-connected gear at risk of remote attack, it is claimed.…
Singapore already planning version 2.0 contact-tracing wearable
Contract awarded for 300,000 units and another tender has been issued The island nation announced the wearable, known as the “TraceTogether Token”, on June 9th and quickly defended the device’s privacy features on grounds that it lacks GPS features and is intended to make contact-tracing possible for those who either don’t use a smartphone or lack a suitable model. Authorities also did not rule out making the device compulsory.…
NY Attorney General warns Apple, Google to police COVID-19 tracing apps in their souks – or she will herself
Worry about user privacy also results in Norway pulling its virus tracker The Attorney General of New York has warned Apple and Google she expects the tech giants to keep an eye on an upcoming crop of coronavirus contact-tracing apps, particularly when it comes to the accumulation of personal data.…
Qualcomm looks to hook the masses to 5G... if it arrives: Snapdragon 690, X51 modem to power mid-range gear
That's Sub-6GHz 5G alongside octa-core processor, GPU and AI units Qualcomm is bringing its 5G connectivity to its mid-range 600-series of Snapdragons for the first time.…
We cross now live to Oracle. Mr Ellison, any thoughts? 'Autonomous self-driving computers eliminate human labor, eliminate human error'
Database giant's Q4 earnings call was quite the ride amid virus-hit revenues Oracle shares slipped in after-hours trading as the database giant reported fiscal fourth quarter results weighed down by the global coronavirus pandemic.…
Meet the dog that's all byte and no bark: Boston Dynamics touts robo-pooch Spot with $75k-a-pop price tag
What's that Lassie? You need a 400MB firmware update and a reboot? Video Boston Dynamics has put its robot dog Spot on the open market at $74,500 a pop, as long as you promise not to turn it into a home hound.…
Dropbox attempts to muscle into password manager market with passphrase wrangler, document vault
Another set of ideas from storage firm – but can it pull it off this time? Dropbox is entering the password manager market with a slew of new features and services, including the ability to store and save login details, as well as a vault feature for sensitive documents.…
If you're despairing at staff sharing admin passwords, look on the bright side. That's CIA-grade security
Internal report confirms what we all feared: Lax controls led to WikiLeaks Vault 7 hack tools blab The CIA was so focused on developing whizzbang exploit code, it left any thought of basic computer security principles on the kitchen counter before dashing off to work each morning.…
You. Yeah you, in the beret. Drop that media file right now unless you've patched Illustrator or After Effects
Adobe emits bonus security fixes for creative software including Premier Pro, Campaign Classic Adobe has emitted security patches for six of its most prominent software bundles, including Illustrator, After Effects, and Premier Pro.…
SecureX marks the spot: Cisco vows to make unified security control panel thingy generally available this month
And announces a bunch of other tweaks at today's virtual shindig Cisco Live Like pretty much all tech events at the moment, this year's Cisco Live conference was forced online by the coronavirus pandemic. Being a networking giant with Webex up its sleeve, this shift from physical to virtual should have been a cinch for Switchzilla.…
Automotive? Energy? Retail? There's a SAP for that: Biz software giant to tailor ERP platform for specific industries
'Significant brainpower' has gone into playing catch-up with rival Infor SAP has launched a set of prepacked industry-specific services in an effort to woo users onto its enterprise software platform.…
Gulp! Irish Water outsources contact centres to Capita for up to €27m over 7 years
The most valuable commodity on the planet? Yep, outsourcing Irish Water has placed the "transformation" and management of its customer contact centres in the hands of everyone's favourite outsourcing badass, Capita.…
No Wiggle room: Two weeks after angry bike shop customers report mystery orders on their accounts, firm confirms payment cards delinked
It was a fraudster! Finally an excuse for why there's a £250 Lycra bodysuit on your bank statement Updated Brit cycling equipment shop Wiggle confirmed to The Reg today it was delinking customers' payment cards from their accounts, two weeks after first receiving complaints that orders were appearing on customers' accounts that they had not made themselves.…
Not so nice, we investigated them twice: EU opens double whammy of inquiries into Apple's biz practices
App Store cut and Cupertino's NFC platform in competition crosshairs Updated In the words of Brenda from Bristol: Another one? Yes, afraid so. The European Commission has opened up a fresh investigation into Apple's business practices, this time focusing on the App Store and Apple Pay.…
HTC breaks with tradition to push out 2 phones someone might actually want to buy
Company must be hoping new 5G number revives its bloodbath Three years after flogging a sizeable chunk of its phones biz to Google and going all-in on VR headsets, HTC is back with two new mid-ranger blowers, including its first 5G handset.…
58 Starlinks scattered across sky, Rocket Lab aims for back-to-back launches, and Skyrora hops 6km above Shetland
Plus: SpaceX tests a Starship tank to destruction Roundup It was a busy weekend for lovers of rockets: SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 from the US, Rocket Lab dodged the New Zealand wind with an Electron and in the UK Skyrora reached 6km altitude from Shetland.…
Microsoft Web Live Preview: Hot reload for ASP.NET web applications
New time-saving extension works only with old .NET Framework, for now Microsoft has released an early version of Web Live Preview, a Visual Studio extension that enables hot reload for ASP.NET web applications.…
Psst. Hey kid, you want $50 in AWS credit? Great, you just need to fill out this form and sit through these web lectures
Virtual summit sweetener unlikely to mean much to serious customers Amazon Web Services is offering attendees of its virtual summit for Europe, Middle East and Africa a $50 credit for turning up, watching sessions and submitting feedback.…
Top tip, devs – your Chrome extension doesn't have to suck: 'A few hours can result in big improvements for millions of users'
Coder urges peers to spend more time tuning plugins for performance Matt Zeunert, founder of website monitoring biz DebugBear, has analyzed the performance of the 1,000 most popular Chrome extensions, and found that more than a few of them could be coded better.…
HPE pushes white label kit for 5G edge computing to tempt all the telcos still crying over WhatsApp and pals
Forget voice calls and SMSes - time to flog edge services and apps Hewlett Packard Enterprise is trying to grab the attention of telcos that in turn need to make a buck from their pricey 5G infrastructure by selling low-latency edge computing applications to biz customers.…
There's no accounting for TITSUP*: Beancounters bemoan Sage cloudy sync software outage
Sage Drive enters its third day of wobbles and woe Darling of the beancounters, accounting behemoth Sage is having a mid-year wobble as EU customers of Sage Drive enter Day Three of iffy service.…
It's June, and you guessed it! Pork barrel time for resellers as £500m public sector framework gets go-ahead
18 county and city councils – as well as an NHS trust – get ready to dish out taxpayers' cash Capita is among a bunch of resellers to win a place on a four-year framework worth up to £500m, set up for city and county councils across England to buy software, commodity hardware and related services.…
Out on a tangent: Almost two decades into its 5-year mission, INTEGRAL still delivers the gamma ray goods
From gravitational discoveries to controlled 2029 re-entry, they sure knew how to build 'em Space Extenders In this penultimate edition of The Register's series looking at how ESA keeps its fleet of spacecraft ticking over, years or even decades after their expiry dates, we turn to INTEGRAL.…
845GB of racy dating app records exposed to entire internet via leaky AWS buckets
We've kept this story safe for work... which is perhaps a little odd because you're all working from home anyway Hundreds of thousands of sensitive dating app profiles – including images of "a graphic, sexual nature" – were exposed online for anyone stumbling across them to download.…
Microsoft disbands three-ring Windows Insider circus and replaces it with 'channels'
Redmond decides volunteer crash-test dummies care about quality, not speed Microsoft has announced major changes to Windows previews.…
Whose side you on, Nominet? Registry floods .co.uk owners with begging emails to renew unwanted .uk domains
Quick! You need to pay for that web address you never asked for so we can make more money Dot-uk registry operator Nominet has again crossed the line from industry overseer to champion for the registrars that sell .uk domains, warning Brits they should pay to renew names they never ordered and didn't want.…
Asia's Uber equivalent Grab lets go of 1 in 20 staff
'We understand this news will cause anxiety and dread' CEO tells 360 staff, but won't someone think of the passengers and drivers? Grab, the ride-sharing service that did so well in Southeast Asia that Uber bought a chunk of it and fled, has announced layoffs.…
How hackers weaponized the COVID-19 virus pandemic – and how you can stop them: Tune in here tomorrow
Upgrade your security protection for the new normal Webcast Is your organization in the middle of a work-from-home trial-by-fire? If so, you are learning all about the security risks of this abrupt change already, and so are your users.…
Exoskeletons-as-a-service offered as helping hand to warehouse workers exhausted by pandemic
Light, strong, supportive ... and monitored thanks to ERP integration An outfit named German Bionic has noted that the freight and logistics industries "have been under enormous pressure since the beginning of the pandemic" and suggested exoskeletons-as-a-service as an - erm - helping hand for such workers.…
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