Cryptography whizz Phil Zimmermann looks back at 30 years of Pretty Good Privacy
(2021/06/08)
The highs, the lows, the acquisitions, the resignations, and more
Apple ditches support for pre-2015 MacBook Air, Pro laptops with macOS Monterey
(2021/06/08)
But it seems the iPhone 6 and SE will be looked after until the end of time
Siloscape malware targets Windows containers, breaks through to the underlying Kubernetes cluster
(2021/06/08)
Using techniques Microsoft had previously considered 'not a vulnerability'
Smartphone shipments jumped 26% in Q1 – only to recapture ground lost to the pandemic
(2021/06/08)
Don't call it growth
UK government bows to pressure, agrees to delay NHS Digital grabbing the data of England's GP patients
(2021/06/08)
What's that? Letting people know just weeks before was a bad idea?
Snowflake targets Java and Scala devs, will soon slither after Pythonistas too
(2021/06/08)
Cloud data outfit realises SQL-centric approach won’t attract the developers it needs to grow
DoS vulns in 3 open-source MQTT message brokers could leave users literally locked out of their homes or offices
(2021/06/08)
If your IoT kit employs RabbitMQ, EMQ X or VerneMQ, it's time to get patching
Google ad biz shenanigans smacked down by French competition regulators
(2021/06/08)
Chocolate Factory competition-squashing tactics receive a firm 'Non' from Paris
Proof-of-space cryptocurrency Chia triggers HDD sales boom in Europe
(2021/06/08)
Residents near Western Digital, Seagate HQs deafened by popping of Champagne corks
Global Fastly outage takes down many on the wibbly web – but El Reg remains standing
(2021/06/08)
'Potential impact to performance' drops some of the world's biggest websites offline
Photographer seeks $12m in copyright damages over claims Capcom ripped off her snaps in Resident Evil 4 art
(2021/06/08)
From pictures of shattered glass to patterns on doors and much more
Version 8 of open-source code editor Notepad++ brings Dark Mode and an ARM64 build, but bans Bing from web searches
(2021/06/08)
'When a search engine does the censorship instead of its job, it's not reliable anymore'
I think therefore IAM: It's not cool, it's not sexy, but it's one of the most important and difficult areas in modern IT
(2021/06/08)
When I grow up, I want to be an Identity and Access Management specialist – said no one ever
Apple's macOS 12 adds improved virtualization though no sign of anything like Boot Camp on M1 silicon
(2021/06/08)
Linux and macOS guests will be doable, and iGiant even appears to have added an XKCD Easter Egg
Legacy applications, shiny new cloud – how do you make them work together?
(2021/06/08)
Tell us what’s holding you back from the cloud or pushing you forward
Lotus Notes refuses to die, again, as HCL debuts Domino 12
(2021/06/08)
It’s now a cloud-native, low-code product that’s growing and offers a viable Exchange alternative, apparently
Chinese app binned by Beijing after asking what day it is on anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre
(2021/06/08)
Hybrid Instagram/Amazon app Xiaohongshu may just have been making mirthful TGIF post
Ethernet standards wonks eye up speeds beyond 400Gb/s
(2021/06/08)
For now you have to cope with 100Gb/s and 400Gb/s over single-mode fiber, and brace for 100Gb/s over 80kms
Uncle Sam recovers 63.7 of 75 Bitcoins Colonial Pipeline paid to ransomware crew
(2021/06/08)
All thanks to FBI that somehow had wallet's private key
Australian cops, FBI created backdoored chat app, told crims it was secure – then snooped on 9,000 users' plots
(2021/06/08)
Hundreds of arrests already in Oz, details of European and US ops to be revealed soon
A princess should not be afraid -- not with a brave knight to protect her.
-- McCoy, "Shore Leave", stardate 3025.3