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)

IT technician jailed for wiping school's and pupils' devices

(2022/02/14)

Court told he'd acted from 'spite and revenge' due to grudge over sacking



Microsoft veteran demystifies Abort, Retry, Fail? DOS error

(2022/02/14)

One option might nuke code from orbit, another puts fate in hands of programmers



Insurance claims up 31% thanks to the metaverse

(2022/02/14)

I'm gaming like a wrecking ball



Linux tops Google's Project Zero charts for fastest bug fixes

(2022/02/14)

Plus new breach disclosure rules for US investment firms



Russian 'Minecraft bomb plot' teen jailed for five years

(2022/02/14)

Military court sends 16-year-old and his pals down for homemade terror training



Semiconductor market correction could come in 2024

(2022/02/14)

Enjoy the boom, prepare for the bust



Reality check: We should not expect our communications to remain private

(2022/02/14)

Use the best tools at your disposal – and expect the worst



The end of free Google storage for education

(2022/02/14)

Bye, bye, free American bytes. I took the GDrive to be levied as .EDU sighs



RIP Ninjacat: No longer fits in Windows 11 world

(2022/02/14)

Thoughts and purrs for our furry-faced friend



Beware the big bang in the network room

(2022/02/14)

Trust me, we're going to need a bigger maintenance window



China's top chipmaker pivots to domestic sales, struggles to satisfy demand

(2022/02/14)

SMIC not enjoying its place on the USA's Entity List



IBM looked to reinvigorate its 'dated maternal workforce'

(2022/02/14)

Court docs reveal older IBMers were labeled 'dinobabies', plus plan to make them 'extinct'



Full-time internet surveillance comes to Cambodia this week

(2022/02/14)

Locals fear sharing their views on new National Internet Gateway



Spot the irony: India's Reserve Bank says outsourcing and offshoring are risky

(2022/02/14)

So risky that new guidelines are needed to ensure engagements don't go pear-shaped



Red Hat signals Intel's software-defined silicon will debut in Linux 5.18

(2022/02/14)

Silicon giant still not saying what it will mean in the real world



Facebook exposes 'god mode' token that could siphon data

(2022/02/12)

Ban of Chrome extension by Brave reveals risk of potential API abuse at Meta



Apple emits emergency fix for exploited-in-the-wild WebKit vulnerability

(2022/02/11)

Flaw imperils Safari – and every iOS browser because of Cupertino's T&Cs



FYI: Support ends for older Visual Studio versions in April

(2022/02/11)

Showers of work for admins



US govt: Here are another 15 security bugs under attack right now

(2022/02/11)

Best plug HiveNightmare if you haven't already, unless you like new admins



Microsoft tempts G Suite customers with 60% discount

(2022/02/11)

Don't fancy paying for a Google sub after cutoff date? Pay Microsoft instead



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No pig should go sky diving during monsoon
For this isn't really the norm.
But should a fat swine try to soar like a loon,
So what? Any pork in a storm.

No pig should go sky diving during monsoon,
It's risky enough when the weather is fine.
But to have a pig soar when the monsoon doth roar
Cast even more perils before swine.