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)

Microsoft settles £200,000+ claims against tech support scammers who ran global ripoff from cottage in Surrey

(2021/03/10)

Bare-faced cheek of Barewire using our trademarks, say Redmond legal eagles

Brit cybercops issue tender to rip and replace their formerly flaw-ridden CyberAlarm tool

(2021/03/10)

Plus: Where did their original logo come from?

As battle for future of .UK's Nominet draws closer, non-exec director hits a nerve with for-profit proposal

(2021/03/10)

Suggestion to hand out shares in new registry dismissed as a non-starter

A Code War has replaced The Cold War. And right now we’re losing it

(2021/03/10)

There’s always someone to blame for bad infosec, but never a willingness to make meaningful change

Surprise: Automated driving biz finds automated driving safer than letting you get behind the wheel

(2021/03/10)

Waymo recreated 72 fatal crashes and it turns out its simulated AI driver isn't a careless, distracted jerk

Missing colleagues in cybersecurity? That’s no surprise – the world is missing 3.5 million

(2021/03/10)

SANS Institute lines up webcast guide to managing your cybersec talent

LinkedIn China pauses new member signups ‘to ensure compliance with local law’

(2021/03/10)

Doesn’t say which law it’s worried about (but if China is cracking down on inspirational infographics that may not be a bad thing)

Imagine Amazon, Uber and PayPal merging. Indonesia's rough equivalents are probably doing it

(2021/03/10)

Tokopedia and Gojek deal reportedly close, as Indonesia courts Tesla and wrestles SpaceX

OVH data centre destroyed by fire in Strasbourg – all services unavailable

(2021/03/10)

SBG2 just gone. SBG1 damaged. SBG3 at risk. SBG4 safe. Customers told to activate DR plans

China Telecom to seek Shanghai listing after US investment ban

(2021/03/10)

Plans to build 100,000 servers for 5G industrial edge cloud play

India pauses blockchain-powered SMS spam-scrubber after it swallows people's one-time login codes

(2021/03/10)

Tardiness by stakeholders, rather than over-optimistic blockheads, blamed

Google, Facebook, Amazon et al look on nervously as Biden bumps anti-Big Tech warriors into key posts

(2021/03/10)

Tim Wu, Lina Khan may be internet mega-corps' worst nightmares

Twitter sues Texas AG to halt 'retaliatory' demand for internal content-moderation rulebook in wake of Trump ban

(2021/03/10)

Lone Star state and web biz clash over First Amendment rights

Cortana smokes Invoke: Redmond's chatty assistant bails from the only smart speaker it called home

(2021/03/10)

Windows giant's withdrawal leaves market to Amazon, Apple, Google

Beware the IDEs of March: Microsoft's latest monthly fixes land after frantic Exchange Server updates

(2021/03/09)

Bugs in Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code are the least of it

Dropbox absorbs DocSend to add analytics, secure links to document sharing

(2021/03/09)

Cloud biz pays $165m to create full file workflow system

Spotted in the wild: Rare Microsoft 365 price cut for frontline workers

(2021/03/09)

There are caveats but deal perfect for the ten Surface Go users out there

US newspaper's 'Biden will hack Russia' claim: A good way to reassure Putin you'll leave him alone

(2021/03/09)

Titbit for domestic consumption looks darn silly from abroad

Microsoft rolls out mask detection to Azure Cognitive Services. And yes, there is a noseAndMouthCovered attribute

(2021/03/09)

For those who find wearing the things so damn difficult

Sign of the primes: Linux Foundation serves up free code-signing service

(2021/03/09)

Cryptographic software assurance backed by Google, Red Hat, Purdue U

... My pants just went on a wild rampage through a Long Island Bowling Alley!!