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The firewall might not work. It can corrupt data. Why haven't you downloaded it yet? Microsoft's released something odd: a new tech preview of Windows Server's semi-annual release channel with no new features but a few known issues with the potential to mess things up.…

Schools left without Wi-Fi! How will the kids learn? A Google slip-up left educators scratching their heads after schools' Chromebooks developed mass wireless network SSID amnesia.…

'Your search is trash and you stopped paying ' vs. 'we had a deal you can't walk away from' The Mozilla Foundation and Yahoo! have flung sueballs at each other, after the former ended its deal to have the latter provide search results in the Firefox browser amid claims it hadn't been paid.…

Message client vendors have had 25 years to get RFC 1342 right Penetration tester Sabri Haddouche has reintroduced the world to email source spoofing, bypassing spam filters and protections like Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC), thereby posing a risk to anyone running a vulnerable and unpatched mail client.…

Biased models mean bad decisions for women and some races. Google boffins think they've improved things a bit Google's taken a small step towards addressing the persistent problem of bias in artificial intelligence, setting its boffins to work on equal-opportunity smile detection.…

Android Studio, Eclipse, and IntelliJ IDEA stabbed in the back by an XML parser Developers using the Android Studio, Eclipse, and IntelliJ IDEA have been advised to update their IDEs against serious and easily-exploitable vulnerabilities.…

'Kata Containers' blends every-container-gets-a-kernel tech from Intel and hyper.sh The OpenStack Foundation has made good on its promise to start helping complementary projects by adopting every-container-gets-its-own-kernel projects run by Intel and hyper.sh.…

Imagine a netbook with a SIM card. Bingo Pics Qualcomm, Microsoft, Asus, HP Inc and Lenovo today talked up their upcoming Arm-compatible, Snapdragon-powered three-in-one Windows 10 PCs.…

But people will still play a role in crafting code Boffins at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory speculate that by 2040 advances in AI disciplines like machine learning and natural language processing will shift most software code creation from people to machines.…

Boffins experiment with machine-learning-edited promos to lure ppl to its flicks Researchers at Netflix are experimenting with creating software-edited trailers personalized for individual subscribers to get more peeps to watch its films, according to a well-placed source familiar with the matter.…

'Every time we launch a new platform we got through processes learning how to do it well' nbn™ chairman Ziggy Switkowski last night told a Senate Estimates hearing that problems with the hybrid fibre-coax (HFC) network it bought from Telstra first emerged in July.…

You won't sell our stuff? We won't let you watch our vids Google is trying to stop Amazon Echo Show devices from streaming YouTube videos – and from January, it will block Amazon’s Fire TVs from accessing the vid service, too.…

I'm so surprised, says no one in Silicon Valley The co-founder of tube-traveling startup Hyperloop One and a key Uber investor has left the company effective immediately following allegations of sexual assault.…

Ai.type leaves wealth of personal info open to all Another week, another open database left online, but this latest case has shown not only sloppy security but also how much data you’re giving up with some apps.…

Snapdragon Win 10 PCs declaration of war on Intel Analysis Qualcomm conquered the high-end smartphone world with its top-end Arm-compatible Snapdragon chips powering more than 120 smart mobes models globally.…

Pai calls net neutrality opponents 'desperate' With just a week to go before the head of the FCC will put his plan for a repeal of current net neutrality rules up for a vote, Ajit Pai has come under another barrage of criticism, this time with a focus on consumer protection.…

Judge says social networks not to blame for cop killings A US Judge says social networks cannot be held accountable for the murderous actions of their users.…

Surprise findings EE’s dominance as the best-performing UK mobile network has one or two surprising short comings in the No.1’s performance. Real-world data suggests Vodafone has the best network for 4G packet loss and EE the worst.…

Wants to lead a 'Phull-er' life VMware’s UK boss has insisted it was his decision to quit Virtzilla to pursue pastures new and spend more time with his young family.…

Says VirtualWisdom makes it wiser about apps Virtual Instruments has said it is getting more application-centric with its v5.4 release of VirtualWisdom, its infrastructure performance monitoring and analytics platform, which builds on its Xangati acquisition.…

It's 2017: Is the splinternet nearer than ever? Analysis Barclays has stopped offering free Kaspersky Lab products to new users in a move that shows, like Best Buy, commercial firms can be swayed by governmental stances on dealing with the Russian software firm.…

Campaign Storage shuts doors Hierarchical Storage Management and HPC archiving firm Campaign Storage has closed down.…

A power browser for the hobbyists The power user’s browser Vivaldi has come to the Raspberry Pi and other Linux Arm boards.…

Don't pop the champagne yet: Microsoft's still using Intel in same series AMD's return to the server market has won it a place in a top tier cloud: the company today revealed that it has won Microsoft's business for the next generation of Azure's L-series instances.…

And I’ll stay up 500 weeks, and I’ll stay up 3,000 days The near two decade-old story that refuses to lie down aroused interest again at the weekend: folk from Ringaskiddy in rural Ireland complained once more that a nearby Viagra plant was still giving local men and, um, dogs a chubby.…

It'd be more expensive than just buying Bs. Why do this? The United Kingdom is edging ever closer to buying F-35As, instead of the B model needed to fly from the Navy’s new aircraft carriers, as a senior officer once again refused to rule out a future F-35A purchase.…

Claimant: We've beaten Uber twice, prepared to do it again Uber’s request to leapfrog the Court of Appeals and go straight to the UK Supreme Court in its bid to appeal a decision on workers’ rights, has been knocked back.…

Slimline Android Go slurps from the bottom billions Just because you earn a dollar a day shouldn’t mean you're lost to the behavioural advertising industry.…

Civil rights group Liberty has plans on that Comment From the day the UK government unveiled its Investigatory Powers Act two years ago, Liberty warned it that the authoritarian surveillance powers the proposed legislation contained were unlawful.…

Extra funding to grow biz with partner push Sheffield-based replication supplier WANdisco, which was hoping to raise $10m to grow the company yesterday, has raised $22m from its share sale.…

It's the season – love NAND understanding Ho ho ho, blockheads. Winterfest is almost upon us, but you know what is more exciting than four weeks of soulless consumerism? That's right, storage! So here's another roundup of the latest industry titbits. We do spoil you so.…

User group remains concerned as biz promises customer focus After a year marked by major lawsuits on licensing, German ERP giant SAP is making a noise about its new customer-centric approach, perhaps after realising that its litigious image risks driving down customer confidence.…

Note envy First Impressions The Mate is Huawei's phablet range, but Huawei has traditionally taken a different approach from Samsung with its Note. The Note was an upmarket Jag and the Mate was what Americans call a station wagon, and what we call an estate: a dependable, but never fashionable, workhorse.…

YouTube says it'll soon have 10,000, even with machine learning helping out YouTube's revealed it will increase the size of its video-nasty-spotting workforce to ten thousand people.…

I double dare you m*therf*cker, say 'illogical' one more Goddamn time! Entertainment publication Deadline Hollywood has reported that cinematic enfant terrible Quentin Tarantino has pitched an idea for a new Star Trek film.…

Serious storage capacity is coming to tablets, smartmobes ... and beyond Samsung has doubled the size of its largest Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) product to 512 gigabytes and started mass production of the chips.…

Stolen-creds-for-cash site disappears, unmourned Stolen-creds-for-sale site Leakbase has gone dark and started redirecting to Troy Hunt's HaveIBeenPwned.…

Nexus and Pixel owners get their fixes on US Tuesday. The rest of us peasants have to wait Google has teased 47 Android patches for Nexus and Pixel devices.…

Oh, that's not good news is it? If you thought the business of discovering unsecured Amazon Web Services S3 buckets was for the pros, think again: like all things, the process can be automated, and the code to automate it posted to GitHub.…

And maybe rules about the kind of dodgy ads Facebook carried in the USA Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced three new laws aimed at reducing foreign influence on domestic politics and they include new snooping powers.…

Former CapGemini man steps in after last CEO bailed after nasty sniping Infosys has named its next leader: Salil S. Parekh will become as CEO an managing director as of January 2nd, 2018, and has been appointed for five years.…

Just did an eight month bit without bail for chewing the FBI's ear Justin Shafer, who last year sparked a complaint to the FBI for discovering a dental software vendor's unprotected FTP server, will walk free until his trial begins.…

Infections spread across over 200 countries Police and private companies have taken down a massive botnet used to move malware onto compromised PCs.…

Securities watchdog puts the freeze on dodgy ICO The SEC's new online crime unit says it has frozen what officials believe to be a fraudulent cryptocurrency.…

Hasn't been a great few weeks for Cupertino devs Apple has posted an update to address a host of bugs in its iOS mobile software.…

Apple CEO lends credibility, kills VPN apps China's efforts to reboot an annual internet conference have received a big boost with a keynote from Apple CEO Tim Cook and the attendance of Google CEO Sundar Pichai.…

But he got oh so close A Michigan man who hacked into his local prison's computing system to gain early release for a friend is facing his own time inside after getting caught.…

Once more, into the VoIP Stop us if you've heard this one; two telecoms heavyweights are headed to court over allegations of patent infringement.…

Find out with the New York's Attorney General search tool The New York Attorney General has doubled-down on his effort to review the recent net neutrality comment process, producing a search page for individuals to find out if their name was used to send in a comment.…

Think tank wants new laws and failsafes to fight environmental and human threats A report by right-leaning think tank Policy Exchange highlights how global undersea cables are poorly protected, and suggests that Britain should lead the way in remedying this.…