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)

What if we said you could turn any disk into a multi-boot OS installer for free without touching a single config file?

(2021/12/10)

Introducing Ventoy



Irish Health Service ransomware attack happened after one staffer opened malware-ridden email

(2021/12/10)

PWC report shows long list of missed opportunities to shut out extortion crims



Better CEO is 'taking time off' after firing 900 staff on Zoom

(2021/12/10)

CFO now ruling the roost as mortgage biz reportedly delays SPAC sale



Cloud darling Hashicorp's IPO raises $1.22bn amid modest gains from a $80 start

(2021/12/10)

Not great, not terrible



Bloke breaking his back on 'commute' from bed to desk deemed a workplace accident

(2021/12/10)

Thank goodness he didn't make a diversion for Coco Pops



In the new normal, why would you serve up the same old end user computing platforms?

(2021/12/10)

Join this webinar, and learn how to stop replaying the past



Another Debian dust-up with Firefox dependencies – but there is an annoying and awkward workaround

(2021/12/10)

El Reg, as ever, helps you to get back in the game



Log4j RCE: Emergency patch issued to plug critical auth-free code execution hole in widely used logging utility

(2021/12/10)

Prepare to have a very busy weekend of mitigating and patching



What a pain in the aaS: HPE signs up just 1.125% of its channel to sell hardware delivered as a service

(2021/12/10)

Forget software-as-a-hostage! Customers have more choice when it comes to servers, networking, storage



Revealed: Remember the Sony rootkit rumpus? It was almost oh so much worse

(2021/12/10)

That time Rootkitting for Dummies might as well have been in Microsoft's Plus! Pack



Ghost of Christmas past haunts Oracle despite impressive revenue growth

(2021/12/10)

Payment over Mark Hurd dispute hits figures as Ellison bigs up cloud ERP



Assange extradition case goes to UK Home Secretary as High Court rules he can be sent to US for trial

(2021/12/10)

Brace yourself, now come years of appeals



Lack shame? Fancy some festive Windows knitwear? We've got your back

(2021/12/10)

Microsoft merch of Christmas Past up for grabs



A unified, agnostic software environment spanning HPC and AI won't be achieved

(2021/12/10)

Readers have their say



Playing jigsaw on my roof: They can ID you from your hygiene habits

(2021/12/10)

Pat McGovern knew his way around a trash can



BOFH: Time to put the Pretty Dumb F in PDF reader

(2021/12/10)

Thanks for the support. Oh … that's us, is it?



What came first? The chicken, the egg, or the bodge to make everything work?

(2021/12/10)

Taming the multi-tentacled IT beast with spoofing, shell scripts, and a bit of C



NASA's new black hole spotter makes it into orbit

(2021/12/10)

Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer's two year mission will check out polarization of black holes, neutrons and other celestial objects



In the enterprise, no code makes about as much sense as no developers

(2021/12/10)

What does a modern application development platform really look like?



International Monetary Fund warns crypto-related risks could soon become systemic

(2021/12/10)

Wants comprehensive, consistent, and coordinated regulation to avoid instability



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