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)

We kick the tires on Qubes 4.1.0 and indeed, it's still a 'reasonably secure' OS

(2022/02/09)

UEFI support adds attractions for the security-minded, GUI goes fully virtual



Toshiba reveals 30TB disk drive to arrive by 2024

(2022/02/09)

I want to be your SledgeMAMR



Service desks are just too good for IT to keep for themselves

(2022/02/09)

It’s all about making work, flow



KDE Community releases Plasma 5.24: It's eccentric, just like many old-timers

(2022/02/09)

New version of the desktop brings in major new features to rival GNOME



UK, US, Australia issue joint advisory: Ransomware on the loose, critical national infrastructure affected

(2022/02/09)

Don't pay extortionists? Firms shelled out $5bn in Bitcoin in 6 months



Samsung reveals new smartphones, tablets... and yes. The S22 Ultra is undeniably good

(2022/02/09)

Shiny new kit a bit more environmentally conscious



UK pins hopes on 'latest technology' to whittle down massive National Health Service waiting lists

(2022/02/09)

£500m tech consultancy procurement in the offing



5G masts will be strapped to lampposts and traffic lights – once £4m project figures out who owns them

(2022/02/09)

UK.gov flings cash at software solution to local planning problem



Your data centre UPS could feed power to the smart grid, suggests research

(2022/02/09)

Don't all rush to sign up, DC operators



Joint European Torus more than doubles fusion record with 59 megajoules

(2022/02/09)

Next stop, ITER?



You should read Section 8 of the Unix User's Manual

(2022/02/09)

And see the importance of open and accessible operations



HMRC: Contractors, don't worry about IR35 reforms in private sector 'cos it all went so well in public sector

(2022/02/09)

Finds half of public-sector orgs determine contractors' IR35 tax status without outside help



Securing open-source code isn't going to be cheap

(2022/02/09)

Devs and maintainers are getting paid ... though not to concentrate on security



Critical 'remote escalation' flaw in Android 12 fixed in Feb security patch batch

(2022/02/09)

This is the final software update from Google for the Pixel 3, 3 XL, too



Raspberry Pis gain power to flash their own OSes with new network install function

(2022/02/09)

Beta for now, but Pi from the cloud will eventually become a factory option



Geomagnetic storm takes out 40 of 49 brand new Starlink satellites

(2022/02/09)

SpaceX launched even though the space weatherman predicted tricky conditions could follow a solar flare



Siri: Who's first to offer voice search on Chinese TikTok?

(2022/02/09)

ByteDance's Douyin strikes up a conversation with Apple's digital assistant



Microsoft manages a mere 51 security fixes for February update bundle

(2022/02/09)

Excitement this month can be found in SAP code, with critical Log4j repairs and a CISA warning



Teradata: Public cloud sales soar from low base, majority of business still on-prem

(2022/02/08)

Perpetual software and hardware licenses dive in Q4, consultancy withers on vine



FBI seizes $3.6bn in Bitcoin after New York 'tech couple' arrested over Bitfinex robbery

(2022/02/08)

Ilya Lichtenstein and partner cuffed via blockchain records



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The more time you spend in reporting on what you are doing, the less
time you have to do anything. Stability is achieved when you spend
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