Microsoft renews cloud contracts with UK.gov amid ongoing legal spat with on-prem licence reseller
(2021/04/21)
Lawyers, say hello to the Digital Transformation Agreement 2021
Anyone for Palantir? UK.gov names gaggle of vendors to fight for contracts in £1.2bn back office application framework
(2021/04/21)
It's time to crack open the public sector pork barrel.... like it was ever closed
Lego's Space Shuttle Discovery: No trouble with Hubble, but the stickers will drive a grown man to insanity
(2021/04/21)
The Reg once again shoves its talons into bags of spiky bricks for latest website-breaking set
REvil ransomware gang claims it stole top-secret tech designs – including Apple lappies – from Quanta Computer
(2021/04/21)
Threatens to release designs and data if not paid. But dangles 2005-vintage ThinkPad as proof it's serious
Your cloud security is static – and you’re open to more risk than you realize
(2021/04/21)
Make your move before the cyber-crims make theirs, says Sysdig
Toshiba rejects private equity buyout offer on grounds it was scarcely credible
(2021/04/21)
Tells CVC and other would-be buyers to get serious and read Japanese regulations, or go home
Not saying you should but we're told it's possible to land serverless app a '$40k/month bill using a 1,000-node botnet'
(2021/04/21)
CompSci trio describe theoretical Denial-of-Wallet attack
China has a satellite with an arm – and America worries it could be used to snatch other spacecraft
(2021/04/21)
Send more money to help us protect our space toys, military tells Congress
Microsoft revokes MVP status of developer who tweeted complaint about request to promote SQL-on-Azure
(2021/04/21)
Programme members were asked to make noise ahead of Amazon Web Services conference
Japan accuses Chinese military of cyber-attacks on its space agency
(2021/04/21)
200 other companies also targeted, but no data lost
Chinese officials declare intention to become network superpower, tout glorious 5G rollout that's smaller than local carriers' claims
(2021/04/21)
Great Leap Forward sees broadband speeds surge, 99 per cent of villages hooked up, all for $6/month
US Army develops natural-language voice-command AI for robots, tanks, etc. For search'n'rescue. For now
(2021/04/21)
Judge, JUDI, and executioner?
We seem to have materialized in a universe in which Barney the Purple Dinosaur is designing iPhones for Apple
(2021/04/21)
Is there a back button for reality?
China broke into govt, defense, finance networks via zero-day in Pulse Secure VPN gateways? No way
(2021/04/21)
Crucial flaw won't be fixed until next month
Node.js 16 released with Apple Silicon binaries, JavaScript V8 engine turned up to nine
(2021/04/20)
All supported releases will now support ECMAScript modules - but progress on moving away from CommonJS is slow
Would be so cool if everyone normalized these pesky data leaks, says data-leaking Facebook in leaked memo
(2021/04/20)
Blundering mouthpiece sent arrogant line to journalist by accident
Microsoft realises constant meetings stress people out, adds Office 365 settings to cut them short or start them late
(2021/04/20)
Where's the PowerShell command to ban all meetings forever?
With the cloud, letting your emotions run over may mean the costs do too
(2021/04/20)
Time to take things cool and slow
iPhone XR caught fire after getting trapped in airline passenger's seat
(2021/04/20)
Sulphorous stench was self-immolating Apple product
Do you expect me to talk? Yes, Mr Bond, I expect you to reply: 10k Brits targeted on LinkedIn by Chinese, Russian spies
(2021/04/20)
Campaign launched to alert public sector staff that not everyone on the internet is nice
The Law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as the poor,
to sleep under the bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
-- Anatole France