ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Microsoft-led move takes down ZLoader botnet domains

(2022/04/14)

That should keep the criminals offline for, well, weeks probably



Amazon expands: Datacenter site planned for Santa Clara

(2022/04/14)

Web Services division plans to erect 2 bit barns an hour from San Fran



TSMC’s chip empire keeps growing, despite ongoing shortages

(2022/04/14)

Demand remains high for CPUs, GPUs and automotive chips, says TSMC CEO



OVHcloud raises 2022 forecast, cites growing demand for data sovereignty

(2022/04/14)

Europe's great cloud hope is growing but AWS, Microsoft and Google won't be losing sleep.... yet



Samsung dethrones Intel as chip sector grows 26% in 2021

(2022/04/14)

South Korea the big winner in a year of supply struggles and continued shortages



Fujitsu to provide HPC, AI for startup to produce clean ammonia

(2022/04/14)

Ammonia as a viable, sustainable alternative to fossil fuels – and current fertilizer



Threat group builds custom malware to attack industrial systems

(2022/04/14)

US security agencies say the tools can give hackers control of ICS and SCADA devices



Atlassian comes clean on what data-deleting script behind outage actually did

(2022/04/14)

Who, Us? Day 10 of ongoing disruption: Have some sympathy for admins, it's a difficult read



Elon Musk's latest launch: An unsolicited Twitter takeover

(2022/04/14)

Updated $54.20 per share in cash so that Musk can help 'unlock' its 'potential'



Auctioneer puts Space Shuttle CPUs under the hammer

(2022/04/14)

IBM kit made 20 journeys into space, now selling for surprisingly down-to-Earth prices



Chromebook sales train derails as market reaches saturation

(2022/04/14)

Vendors didn't 'diversify' adoption beyond education, CIOs flirted with form factor and nothing more



ESA: Fly me to the Moon, just not on a Russian rocket

(2022/04/14)

Payloads pulled as Europe eyes alternatives



BOFH: The evil guide to upgrading switches

(2022/04/14)

Episode 7 Choose your own adventure! Who will win: the Boss or the IT admins? B or B



NHS England seeks £240m data platform to tackle COVID recovery

(2022/04/14)

Govt org that led controversial Palantir data store seeks overarching system and help to improve services



Microsoft discounts HoloLens 2 devices for educators

(2022/04/14)

Far from cheap but discounts could put HoloLens in closer reach for schools



Microsoft details how China-linked crew's malware hides scheduled Windows tasks

(2022/04/14)

All so that it can maintain backdoor access across reboots



South Korea's homegrown web giant Naver plans global growth push

(2022/04/14)

Aims to reach a billion users with expanded cloud, and lots of cartoon content



Infosys quits Russia, ending UK political and tax scandal … maybe

(2022/04/14)

Founder's daughter is married to top UK politician, holds billion dollar stake that was maxed for tax efficiency



IBM not cooperating with discovery, say attorneys in age-discrimination case

(2022/04/14)

Big Blue contends it should not be forced to reveal more than law requires



Alibaba Cloud's homegrown Arm CPUs emerge in VM trial

(2022/04/14)

Yitian 710 chip boasts 128 Armv9 cores, available to test



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How doth the VAX's C-compiler
Improve its object code.
And even as we speak does it
Increase the system load.

How patiently it seems to run
And spit out error flags,
While users, with frustration, all
Tear their clothes to rags.