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)

Blue Prism: We have a rival bidder for our affections, as tech holding biz SS&C bids £1.2bn for RPA specialist

(2021/11/17)

Board still recommending Vista Equity Partners



IT systems capacity planning. This is hard ... but how hard? Inquiring minds wish to know

(2021/11/17)

Share your experiences with us and fellow readers. Let's find out together



UK government publishes guidance on security rules for tech takeovers

(2021/11/17)

National Security and Investment Act 2021 give ministers power to halt M&As



You wanna use GCHQ offshoot NCSC's threat intel feeds? Why not, say bosses

(2021/11/17)

Annual review boasts of fending off health org attacks



In the '80s, spaceflight sim Elite was nothing short of magic. The annotated source code shows how it was done

(2021/11/17)

Load new commander (Y/N)?



Brits complained a bit less about connectivity when they were allowed to go outside and see people in the flesh

(2021/11/17)

Top of Ofcom's table for broadband whinges? It rhymes with BorkBork



MediaTek's flagship 5G chip for top-of-the-line Android smartphones is coming right up

(2021/11/17)

And ready to go toe-to-toe with Qualcomm's finest next year



Seagate demos hard disk drive with an NVMe interface. Yup, one with spinning platters

(2021/11/17)

Oh look, it's the promise of multiple actuators again



Chap who campaigned to oust Nominet's CEO and chairman and reform the .UK registry is elected as non-exec director

(2021/11/17)

Fellow reformer also chosen in critical board vote that shows at least some members still want change



There just aren’t enough doctors. So, can we rely on smarter healthcare technology?

(2021/11/17)

Can’t read your GP’s notes? Don’t worry, the AI can



OVHcloud to share its OpenStack automation for use in on-prem clouds

(2021/11/17)

Also finds a way to bring its water-cooled servers to third-party bit barns, especially in Asia



South Korean privacy watchdog apologises for violating privacy while mediating privacy lawsuit

(2021/11/17)

You had one job …



40 million meeting rooms are yet to get video gadgets

(2021/11/17)

Analyst warns that if upgrades frustrate, users might just give phone conferences a comeback



Ready, player anyone? China's gaming ban left cloud providers looking for someone to play with

(2021/11/17)

Canalys CEO reckons up to 30 per cent of big Chinese clouds' infrastructure is under-used, new datacentre builds deferred



'We are not people to Mark Zuckerberg, we are the product' rages Ohio's Attorney General in Facebook lawsuit

(2021/11/17)

Britain's former deputy prime minister among execs sued on behalf of pension fund, other investors



Microsoft slows Windows 10 release cadence to yearly. If they're all as dull as the November Update, this is fine

(2021/11/17)

Intros x64 emulation for Windows on Arm – but only on Windows 11



Is your Apple Mac running macOS Monterey leaking memory? It may be due to mouse cursor customization

(2021/11/17)

Sleuthing leads to suspected RAM-gobbling culprit



Amazon cuts a relatively tiny check to disappear claims it broke the law by withholding COVID-19 data from staff

(2021/11/17)

Settlement is little more than a minor cost-of-business expense



Arm'd with ex-Apple engineers from Nuvia, Qualcomm hopes to make Apple M1-matching chips for Windows PCs

(2021/11/16)

Funny how these things turn out



Disaster planning isn’t just about just about your systems, it’s about your people, too

(2021/11/16)

Don’t just hope for the best, watch our web broadcast on-demand from this week



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