iOS users left refreshing in vain as Microsoft Outlook woes drag on
Native mail app? More like no mail app
Applications05 Mar 2025 | 14
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Microsoft teases sales agent automation for M365 and Dynamics 365
Redmond says you could ask one for a 'list of deals ... at risk of falling through'
AI + ML05 Mar 2025 | 2
How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app
No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims ... no consent
Security04 Mar 2025 | 82
Phantom of the Opera: AI agent now lurks within browser, for the lazy
Too shiftless to even click on a few things while online shopping, hm? Just ask this built-in assistant
AI + ML03 Mar 2025 | 12
Mozilla flamed by Firefox fans after promises to not sell their data go up in smoke
Open source browser maker ties itself up in legalese and explanations
Applications02 Mar 2025 | 140
One stupid keystroke exposed sysadmin to inappropriate information he could not unsee
On Call Turns out you can be too careful checking that backups worked
Storage28 Feb 2025 | 171
No new engineer hires this year as AI coding tools boost productivity, says Salesforce
Yet growth in its AI agent biz not enough to improve numbers
Applications27 Feb 2025 | 9
30-year-old NHS supply chain system hit by 35 major alerts in 11 months
Updated Thousands of order lines not picked, causing delays to hospital deliveries
Applications27 Feb 2025 | 29
Windows 11 24H2 goes back to the drawing board over AutoCAD 2022 glitch
Safeguard hold applied after designer darling borked by problematic update
OSes26 Feb 2025 | 20
Workday talks up AI agents platform that will reap rewards of staff cuts
CEO assures investors he'll plough headcount savings into risk-management enterprise product
AI + ML26 Feb 2025 | 20
Ad-supported Microsoft Office bobs to the surface
Only a test at the moment, but a sign of things to come?
Applications25 Feb 2025 | 98
uBlock Origin dead for many as Google purges Manifest v2 extensions
Chrome ad blocker stopped working? Time to look elsewhere
Applications24 Feb 2025 | 133
Your days of driver sync via Windows Server Update Services are numbered
Microsoft suggests a move to the cloud
Applications19 Feb 2025 | 22
Users await the fine print on SAP Business Suite reboot
Cloud-based revival should come with 'a corresponding discount scale,' customers say
Applications14 Feb 2025 | 4
LibreOffice still kicking at 40, now with browser tricks and real-time collab
FOSDEM 2025 Standard FOSS office suite continues to evolve in interesting new directions
Applications13 Feb 2025 | 145
Why SAP may be mulling 2030 end of maintenance for legacy ERP
Users' sluggish migration of critical apps mean current deadline not workable, says analyst
Databases12 Feb 2025 | 21
Final cumulative update for Exchange Server 2019 lands at last
End of the road in sight for venerable server
Applications11 Feb 2025 | 2
Already three years late, NHS finance system replacement delayed again
Project to swap out Oracle E-Business Suite gets another red rating from projects watchdog
Applications11 Feb 2025 | 23
You know something's wrong when Clippy fills you with nostalgia for simpler times
It looks like you want to irritate Windows users. Do you want some help with that?
Offbeat05 Feb 2025 | 27
Workday erases 8.5% of workforce because of ... AI
That's 1,750 positions about to join the employment queue and it's only February
SaaS05 Feb 2025 | 31
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How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app
No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims ... no consent
Please fasten your seatbelts. A third of US air traffic control systems are 'unsustainable'
And the FAA's modernization efforts are going so badly they won't exit turbulence any time soon
Apple drags UK government to court over 'backdoor' order
Updated A first-of-its-kind legal challenge set to be heard this month, per reports
Cloudflare's bot bouncer blocks weirdo browsers
Not on Firefox or a Chrome derivative? You shall not pass
SpaceX loses a Falcon 9 booster and scrubs a Starship
Reusable first stage of workhorse tips over after landing
Firefox 136 finally brings the features that fans wanted
Vertical tabs, native Arm64 Linux version, and AMD GPU-accelerated video playback
VMware splats guest-to-hypervisor escape bugs already exploited in wild
The heap overflow zero-day in the memory unsafe code by Miss Creant
Microsoft: So what if it costs 4X as much to run Windows Server in AWS, Alibaba, and Google?
That's competition, that's protecting our IP, Redmond's lawyers tell UK monopoly cops
Windows 365 Disaster Recovery Plus promises Cloud PC comebacks in 30 minutes
Presumably hosted by AWS?
It's bad enough we have to turn on cams for meetings, now the person staring at you may be an AI deepfake
Says the biz trying to sell us stuff to catch that, admittedly
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Palantir designed to 'power the West to its obvious innate superiority,' says CEO
Um, does anyone wanna switch seats?
Applications04 Feb 2025 | 62
What does it mean to build in security from the ground up?
Systems Approach As if secure design is the only bullet point in a list of software engineering best practices
CSO02 Feb 2025 | 12
Even Windows 10 cannot escape the new Outlook
Microsoft fixes DAC woes and makes good on its New Outlook threat for Windows 10
Applications30 Jan 2025 | 54
Canvassing apps used by UK political parties riddled with privacy, security issues
Neither Labour, Conservatives, nor the Lib Dems offered a retort to rights org's report
Research30 Jan 2025 | 21
Citrix slated to axe its Technology Professional program
Advocates also cut as company focuses on 'priorities of our key customers'
Virtualization27 Jan 2025 | 13
OpenAI's Operator agent wants to tackle your online chores – just don’t expect it to nail every task
Hello Operator? Can you give me number nine? Can I see you later? Will you give me back my dime?
AI + ML23 Jan 2025 | 14
British tribunal claim aims to take a bite out of Apple over App Store fees
Collective Proceedings Order seeks £1.5B from iGiant
Applications15 Jan 2025 | 10
Microsoft fixes under-attack privilege-escalation holes in Hyper-V
Patch Tuesday Plus: Excel hell, angst for Adobe fans, and life's too Snort for Cisco
Patches15 Jan 2025 | 7
Allstate accused of quietly paying app makers for driver data
Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage
Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 24
Oracle open source overlord calls it quits, leaves with big ol' pile of shares
38-year veteran Edward Screven led technology and architecture decisions since Sun merger
Databases14 Jan 2025 | 5
WordPress drama latest: Leader Matt Mullenweg exiles five contributors
WordPress.org accounts cancelled, dissidents told to fork off
Applications14 Jan 2025 | 29
Google and Linux Foundation form Chromium love club
Right as Uncle Sam pushes for Chrome sell-off, eh?
Applications10 Jan 2025 | 14
Microsoft preps for a year of enterprise-impacting M365 retirements
Hey administrators – buckle up. 2025 is going to be a wild ride
OSes09 Jan 2025 | 8
Haiku Beta 5 / In tests it's (Fire)foxier / It pleases us well
Simply the best FOSS desktop OS there is, outside of the Windows and Unix families
Applications09 Jan 2025 | 67
Just when you thought terminal emulators couldn't get any better, Ghostty ships
HashiCorp co-founder's side project reaches 1.0 – er, 1.0.1
Applications08 Jan 2025 | 91
Microsoft's spat with ValueLicensing limps toward 2026 showdown
Legal tussle over resale of on-prem perpetual licenses kicked off four years ago
Software06 Jan 2025 | 4
Honey co-founder's Pie Adblock called out for copying GPL'd uBlock Origin files
And, magically, a repo appears on GitHub with attribution
Personal Tech04 Jan 2025 | 32
Accenture wins £35M more UK tax work without competition despite promise to 'disaggregate'
System which went live in 2009 cannot be supported by another supplier, tax collector says
Applications03 Jan 2025 | 8
It's been 20 years since Oracle bought two software rivals, changing the market forever
Feature After lawsuits and poison pills, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards failed to resist the lure of Larry's ambition
Databases02 Jan 2025 | 20
Edgio bankruptcy results in endpoint change for Microsoft
That strange time between Christmas and New Year – perfect for changing production projects
Devops02 Jan 2025 | 13
Microsoft investigating 365 Office activation gremlin
Says it's not sure what the issue is but points at admins tweaking licensing options
Applications20 Dec 2024 | 24
Guide for the perplexed – Google is no longer the best search engine
Opinion Seek and ye shall find
Applications16 Dec 2024 | 204
Doing business in US? Don't wait for state ruling on AI to act, warns former Senate chief of staff
Workday policy expert suggests NIST framework will save you trouble later
AI + ML13 Dec 2024 | 4
Microsoft rolls out Recall for Intel, AMD-based Copilot+ PCs
More Windows Insiders get to see if the snapshotter is fixed
AI + ML09 Dec 2024 | 25
Veteran Microsoft engineer shares some enterprise support tips
How to tell a customer they're an idiot without telling them they're an idiot
OSes06 Dec 2024 | 44
Outlook is poor for those still on Windows Mail, Calendar, People apps by end of year
We're sure you'll learn to love the new Outlook for Windows app
Applications03 Dec 2024 | 85
Microsoft preps big guns to shift Copilot software and PCs
Canalys Forums EMEA IT admins be warned: 13,000 tech suppliers coming for your employer's checkbook
AI + ML29 Nov 2024 | 53
Microsoft pulls text recognition from Photos app preview
OCR tech not quite ready for primetime, in this bit of Windows at least
Applications22 Nov 2024 | 14
API error knocks PayPal, Venmo offline around the globe
It's fixed now, but aside from an error with the Braintree GraphQL API it's not clear what happened
Applications21 Nov 2024 | 3
DoJ wants Google to sell off Chrome and ban it from paying to be search default
Updated Filing also suggests it flogging off Android, stops scraping content for AI without opt-out
Applications21 Nov 2024 | 61
BASIC co-creator Thomas Kurtz hits END at 96
Obit Pioneering Dartmouth College mathematician died last week
Bootnotes20 Nov 2024 | 115
Microsoft breaks timezones in Settings and calls on an unlikely ally for help
Control Panel hobbles to the rescue!
Applications19 Nov 2024 | 27
Microsoft unleashes autonomous Copilot AI agents in public preview
Ignite They can learn, adapt, and make decisions – but don't worry, they're not coming for your job
PaaS + IaaS19 Nov 2024 | 9
Will passkeys ever replace passwords? Can they?
Systems Approach Here's why they really should
Security17 Nov 2024 | 121
Photoshop FOSS alternative GNU Image Manipulation Program 3.0 nearly here
Nearly 21 years since version 2.0
Applications15 Nov 2024 | 59
Microsoft Exchange update fixes security flaws, breaks other stuff
Flawed patch stops on-premises, hybrid server transport rules in their tracks for some
Applications15 Nov 2024 | 33
Mozilla's Firefox browser turns 20. Does it still matter?
A former exec believes in the non-profit's mission, says the battle lines have changed
Applications13 Nov 2024 | 85
Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off
Firefox overlord to 'revisit' advocacy mission
Applications06 Nov 2024 | 89
Classic Outlook explodes when opening more than 60 emails
Don't do that, or risk a memory error
Applications05 Nov 2024 | 93
Bitwarden switches password manager and SDK to GPL3 after FOSS-iness drama
Open source tool chooses to become more open than ever
Applications04 Nov 2024 | 20
Bitwarden's FOSS halo slips as new SDK requirement locks down freedoms
Arguments continue but change suggests it's not Free Software anymore
Applications24 Oct 2024 | 16
Here's a NIS2 compliance checklist since no one cares about deadlines anymore
Only two EU members have completed the transposition into domestic law
Cybersecurity Month24 Oct 2024 | 11
Vivaldi gives its browser a buffing, adds a dashboard
Everybody needs more widgets in their life, right?
Applications24 Oct 2024 | 22
SuperHTML is here to rescue you from syntax errors, and it's FOSS
Author would like to see a switch back to plain old static HTML. Us too
Applications23 Oct 2024 | 100
Socket plugs in $40M to strengthen software supply chain
Biz aims to scrub unnecessary dependencies from npm packages in the name of security
Applications22 Oct 2024 |
Want to feel old? Excel just entered its 40th year
More senior than Windows itself, and still runs the world
Applications22 Oct 2024 | 108
Productivity suites, Exchange servers in path of Microsoft's end-of-support wave
Less than a year to go – is your enterprise ready for the change?
Applications16 Oct 2024 | 5
Indonesia orders Apple, Google to take down Chinese bargain app Temu
Plus: Infosys stops sending job offer emails; Singtel outage; Australia to require ransomware payment reveals
Applications13 Oct 2024 | 3
Thunderbird for Android is go – at least the beta is
A traditional-style rich email client – but for tablets
Applications09 Oct 2024 | 41
Epic judge orders Google to let rivals set up app stores
Chocolate Factory vows to appeal
Applications07 Oct 2024 | 19
Office 2024 unveiled for Microsoft 365 refuseniks
For the IT professional who has to take work home
Applications04 Oct 2024 | 63
Google Cloud to help India export its Digital Public Infrastructure
Bundles free government apps to help digital diplomacy – and maybe find some new customers
Public Sector04 Oct 2024 | 2
Bank of America app glitch zeroes out people's balances
Updated Unidentified tech issues now resolved
Personal Tech02 Oct 2024 | 37
AWS must fork out $30.5M after losing P2P network patent scrap
No one really wins when a troll, sorry, assertion entity scores a victory
Networks30 Sep 2024 | 31
World Wide Web Foundation closes so Tim Berners-Lee can spend more time with his protocol
Who wants to join his so Solid crew?
Networks30 Sep 2024 | 25
Extracting vendor promises won't fix cybersecurity. Extracting teeth might
Opinion One branch of tech has learned to work together to solve the near-impossible. Now it's our turn
Applications30 Sep 2024 | 43
Recall the Recall recall? Microsoft thinks it can make that Windows feature palatable
AI screengrab service to be opt-in, features encryption, biometrics, enclaves, more
OSes27 Sep 2024 | 122
Campaigners claim 'Privacy Preserving Attribution' in Firefox does the opposite
Updated Tracking alternative is less invasive than other methods, but is opt out by default
Applications25 Sep 2024 | 69
Apple ropes off at least 4 GB of iPhone storage to house AI
Better or worse than a surprise U2 album?
AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 38
Microsoft on a roll for terrible rebranding with Windows App
If you hadn't guessed, that's the artist formerly known as Remote Desktop
Applications20 Sep 2024 | 80
Disney kicks Slack to the curb, looks to Microsoft Teams for a happily ever after
Updated Definitely not punishment for someone leaking internal data
Applications20 Sep 2024 | 43
Microsoft unveils Office LTSC 2024 for users that remain stubbornly offline
What do you mean you don't want Copilot and Microsoft 365 services?
Applications18 Sep 2024 | 71
Python in Excel goes live – but only for certain Windows users
Mac and Android loyals: you can look, but no calculation for now
Applications18 Sep 2024 | 23
IBM scores $45M zinger from Zynga in patent wringer
Big Blue’s Prodigy from the 1980s comes back to haunt FarmVille giant
Applications17 Sep 2024 | 12
The empire of C++ strikes back with Safe C++ blueprint
You pipsqueaks want memory safety? We'll show you memory safety! We'll borrow that borrow checker
Applications16 Sep 2024 | 113
Unity scraps hated runtime fees, hits devs with subscription hikes instead
Insert coin to continue
Applications12 Sep 2024 | 9
As major web browser makers snuggle up to AI, these skeptical holdouts remain
Chatbots, generative models 'in many ways the next step in the surveillance economy'
AI + ML10 Sep 2024 | 50
ServiceNow moves its backend off MariaDB to homebrew Postgres
Xanadu release also adds a Pro tier, along with lots more AI
Applications10 Sep 2024 | 4
Apple accused of hoodwinking UK antitrust cops
Mac maker denial of Safari self-preferencing called out by OWA
Applications05 Sep 2024 | 9
GNU screen 5 proves it's still got game even after 37 years
First major version in two decades is worth getting to know
Applications03 Sep 2024 | 61
Microsoft partners beware: Action Pack to be retired in 2025
Windows giant continues march away from on-prem and into a cloudy future
SaaS28 Aug 2024 | 30
Under pressure from Europe, Apple makes iOS browser options bit more reasonable
Analysis Cupertino quits screwing around with defaults – for those in the EU
Applications24 Aug 2024 | 19
Feds, US states sue RealPage for building rent-hiking software for landlords
Algorithm just a fancy way to collude using private info, prosecutors say
Applications23 Aug 2024 | 35
LibreOffice 24.8: Handy even if you're happy with Microsoft
Mature, stable – and can rescue corrupt files
Applications23 Aug 2024 | 76
Chrome dumped support for Ubuntu 18.04 – but it'll be back
Complaints about lack of notice plus an inquiry from El Reg prompt U-turn by web giant
Applications22 Aug 2024 | 23
Microsoft rolls out one Teams app to rule them all
That annoying requirement to switch between home and work accounts has finally gone
Applications21 Aug 2024 | 37
Open source biz promises to slash bills with observability-as-a-service in the cloud
AWS first, others to follow
Applications20 Aug 2024 | 5
Apple is coming to take 30% cut of new Patreon subs on iOS
You don't get to be the biggest business in the world by being nice
Applications12 Aug 2024 | 100
It's all drying up: Microsoft to erase 3D Paint from digital store
Unloved multi dimensional doodler set for axe as its predecessor gets an AI update
Applications12 Aug 2024 | 21
Twilio's Segment SDK challenged with wiretapping claim
Mobile app analytics software said to surreptitiously snarf data
Applications09 Aug 2024 | 5
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