MySQL a 'pretty poor database' says departing Oracle engineer (2021/12/06) PostgreSQL a better option for open source RDBMS, he claims
Uber's gig economy business model takes a blow from London legal double-whammy (2021/12/06) Free Now taxi app unlawfully registered by regulator – and Ts&Cs didn't comply with the law
What if it could be SysAdmin Day, every day? Would anyone actually notice? (2021/12/06) Actually, they’d care a lot
Helios-NG: An open-source cluster OS that links the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga (2021/12/06) Does anyone have the stones to revive this long-forgotten software?
Cuba ransomware gang scores almost $44m in ransom payments across 49 orgs, say Feds (2021/12/06) Hancitor is at play
Graviton 3: AWS attempts to gain silicon advantage with latest custom hardware (2021/12/06) Key to faster, more predictable cloud
The Omicron dilemma: Google goes first on delaying office work (2021/12/06) Hurrah, employees can continue to work from home and take calls in pyjamas
This House believes: A unified, agnostic software environment can be achieved (2021/12/06) How long will we keep reinventing software wheels?
Sun sets: Oracle to close Scotland's Linlithgow datacentre (2021/12/06) Questions for tenants as Ellison's gang executes its OCI strategy
The dark equation of harm versus good means blockchain’s had its day (2021/12/06) Put crypto back in the crypt
How to destroy expensive test kit: What does that button do? (2021/12/06) Fidgety fingers and boredom = trouble
Galileo satnav system gets two new somewhat confusing satellites (2021/12/06) Despite being the 27th and 28th launched, they're the first of a dozen first-gen birds
Alibaba splits itself into Chinese and overseas ops (2021/12/06) Seeks world domination through 'diversified business governance'
China's Yutu rover spots 'mysterious hut' on far side of the Moon (2021/12/06) Cube-shaped object is probably just a rock. Yutu will check it out anyway
Microsoft to 600 million Indians: feel free to hand over some data (2021/12/06) LinkedIn adds Hindi service to target the world's third-most-spoken language
India reveals home-grown server that won't worry the leading edge (2021/12/06) And a National Blockchain Strategy that calls for gov to host BaaS
Prisons transcribe private phone calls with inmates using speech-to-text AI (2021/12/04) Plus: A drug designed by machine learning algorithms to treat lung disease reaches human clinical trials and more
Battlefield 2042: Please don't be the death knell of the franchise, please don't be the death knell of the franchise (2021/12/04) Another terrible launch, but DICE is already working on improvements
American diplomats' iPhones reportedly compromised by NSO Group intrusion software (2021/12/04) Reuters claims nine State Department employees outside the US had their devices hacked
Utility biz Delta-Montrose Electric Association loses billing capability and two decades of records after cyber attack (2021/12/03) All together now - R, A, N, S, O...