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)

Canonical releases Ubuntu on Windows Preview with early builds, new tools for the brave

(2021/04/01)

But no official Linux GUI support yet

Sierra Nevada Corporation resurrects plans for crewed Dream Chaser spaceplane

(2021/04/01)

Updates on its blow-up space station while Bigelow threatens to burst NASA's bubble

It's official: Microsoft updates Visual Studio Code to run on Raspberry Pi OS

(2021/04/01)

Also: Accessibility improvements and cosmetic tweaks included

New systemd 248 feature 'extension images' updates immutable file systems without really updating them

(2021/04/01)

Plus other improvements to the Linux service manager

I've got the power! Or have I? Uninterruptible Phone-disposal Stuffup

(2021/04/01)

Remembering airports of the past and borked kiosks of today

Openreach out and hike prices on legacy fixed-line products: Broadband plumber pulls trigger after Ofcom gives the nod

(2021/04/01)

BT Group arm says it'll 'encourage' switch to modern kit; ISP says consumers on legacy CAN'T switch

X.Org says it's saving a packet with Packet after migrating freedesktop.org off Google Kubernetes Engine

(2021/04/01)

The hidden cost of multi-cloud, and how full open source reduces lock-in

Pakistan’s IT minister objects to tax changes he thinks may harm local IT industry

(2021/04/01)

Crackdown on offshore payments to freelancers hits a nerve

Android, iOS beam telemetry to Google, Apple even when you tell them not to – study

(2021/04/01)

Search giant insists it's necessary, iTitan didn't have anything to say

Hitachi slurps GlobalLogic for $9.6bn to bolster IoT prospects

(2021/04/01)

Capitalizing on preparing digitally novice businesses for post COVID era

Nominet ignores advice, rejects serious change despite losing CEO, chair, half its board in membership vote

(2021/04/01)

Extraordinary response by .uk registry operator effectively dares members to fire the rest of them

Wi-Fi slinger Ubiquiti hints at source code leak after claim of ‘catastrophic’ cloud intrusion emerges

(2021/04/01)

Says customer data wasn't touched, doesn't say much about being rooted

And the Turing Award for best compilation goes to... Jeffrey Ullman and Alfred Aho

(2021/04/01)

Programming pioneers bag $1m prize

Printers used to be a pricey luxury in Asian homes, then along came ... you know what

(2021/04/01)

Best not to go long on printer shares, IDC predicts copy shops will rise again

Pentagon pal Microsoft to supply US Army with 120,000+ HoloLens units in contract somehow worth 'up to $22bn'

(2021/04/01)

Gives Blue Screen of Death a whole new meaning

IBM, Red Hat face copyright, antitrust lawsuit from SCO Group successor Xinuos

(2021/03/31)

Big Blue and its claret-capped subsidiary accused of nicking UnixWare blueprints, lying, and conspiring

Biden's $2tn infrastructure plan includes massive broadband rollout, equates internet access with water and power as essential utilities

(2021/03/31)

Plus $50bn pledge to boost chip R&D and fabbing in Land of the Free

Oracle dangles new cloud lift-and-shift service in the wake of SAP RISE

(2021/03/31)

It's all about driving down costs on OCI... so it can compete with AWS, claims analyst

Huawei's 2020 financials tied to fortunes of Chinese clients as non-domestic biz shrinks

(2021/03/31)

Global pandemic and sanctions? Yes, they played a bit part too

'Imagine' if Virgin Galactic actually did sub-orbital tourism: Firm unveils new chrome job on SpaceShip III

(2021/03/31)

That schedule, however, is looking a lot less shiny

Government [is] an illusion the governed should not encourage.
-- John Updike, "Couples"