Nespresso smart cards hacked to provide infinite coffee after someone wasn't too perky about security
(2021/02/04)
Older commercial machines rely on insecure Mifare Classic payments
Microsoft runs 179 admin portals, says sysadmin supergroup
(2021/02/04)
New site lists the ‘bit of a sprawl issue’ that Redmond offers the faithful
Oracle sweetens Java SE subscriptions with a spoonful of free ‘GraalVM’ runtime said to significantly speed Java
(2021/02/04)
Pre-compilation tech means faster startup and lower memory overhead, to make Java cool for microservices
Qualcomm reports profits up 165%, strong revenues... and its stock price dives. What's a chip biz to do?
(2021/02/04)
People still itching to get our Snapdragons, CEO swears
Ever wanted to own a piece of the internet? Now you can: $1 for a whole gTLD... or $2.8m if you want a decent one
(2021/02/04)
Uniregistry announces auction of 20+ dot-words with no minimum for some
Myanmar’s new military government bans Facebook
(2021/02/04)
Oh look, Cloudflare spots a sudden surge in use of other messaging apps
No, you're not imagining the tech drought: Lenovo PC stocks one third of normal amid pandemic demand
(2021/02/03)
'From US to Europe to China to Asia-Pacific, our channel inventory has never been so low'
More patches for SolarWinds Orion after researchers find flaw allowing low-priv users to execute code, among others
(2021/02/03)
Probably not used by last year's US government-busting attackers, though
Ring, Ring, why don't you give me a call? Amazon-owned doorbells aren’t answering after large-scale outage
(2021/02/03)
Turning smart homes into dumb ones
Burning platform: Linux Foundation swallows Magma, open source software for mobile networking kit
(2021/02/03)
Liquid hot Facebook project tucked under penguin's wing
Project Bicep: Microsoft muscles in on Terraform's territory to manage Azure resources with code
(2021/02/03)
'We are using the word experimental right now'
If you really must have Edge on your Apple M1 silicon, there's a compatible stable build for Microsoft's browser
(2021/02/03)
It works – but the more 'exciting' stuff is in the Dev and Canary Channels
UK's Superfast Broadband programme delivered value for money, says report, just don't ask about rural deployments
(2021/02/03)
Which are – you guessed it – behind schedule
UK Test and Trace chief Dido Harding tries to convince MPs that £14m for canned mobile app was money well spent
(2021/02/03)
Not like every expert didn't warn it. Also: Queen of Carnage confirms consultants were paid average of £1.1k a day
Same old complexity beneath Windows 10 Cloud Config means it's unlikely to compete with the likes of Chrome OS
(2021/02/03)
Modernisation that happens to be an upsell to premium cloudy plans
UK internet providers told to mind their MANRS and start following Border Gateway Protocol best practices
(2021/02/03)
Advice is nice. But what it isn't is binding, says Akamai
Tiny Kobalos malware seen backdooring SSH tools, menacing supercomputers, an ISP, and more – ESET
(2021/02/03)
Linux variant studied, dissected in detail in case you want to look out for it
Canonical turns to Google framework for new installer, but community asks why not have a Flutter on GTK?
(2021/02/03)
Bye bye Ubiquity, Subiquity: new unified installer will cover both desktop and server
Video games were 'Eureka!' moment that helped boffins simulate neural activity on a single commodity GPU
(2021/02/03)
'Procedural generation' might offer a way forward for projects queueing up to use a supercomputer
Location tracking report: X-Mode SDK use much more widespread than first thought
(2021/02/03)
450 Android apps tracked your whereabouts, 1.7bn downloads, 44% used X-Mode code
> What does ELF stand for (in respect to Linux?)
ELF is the first rock group that Ronnie James Dio performed with back in
the early 1970's. In contrast, a.out is a misspelling of the French word
for the month of August. What the two have in common is beyond me, but
Linux users seem to use the two words together.
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