NASA to have another go at firing Space Launch System engines because just over a minute of data won't cut it
(2021/02/01)
Chance of Moon landing in 2024 ever slimmer if test flight this year is delayed
Microsoft's Extensible Storage Engine (JET Blue) source code arrives on GitHub – sadly comments not included
(2021/02/01)
One-way traffic at the moment... and don't mention Access
£30m in contracts awarded in Post Office's £357m ATM overhaul
(2021/02/01)
New network will have 600 fewer cash machines
The good optics of silicon photonics: Light sailing serenely down a fibre
(2021/02/01)
15 years in the making. Out of the labs and into the real world: The 100Gbps Internet connection
'It's dead, Jim': Torvalds marks Intel Itanium processors as orphaned in Linux kernel
(2021/02/01)
Itanic sinks further beneath the waves
Sopra Steria wins Highways England National Traffic Information Service deal after £8m falls off contract value
(2021/02/01)
Platform to handle data from roadside sensors and in-vehicle systems
Missing GOV.UK web link potentially cost taxpayers £50m as civil servants are forced to shuffle paper forms
(2021/02/01)
medConfidential spots tiny yet staggering online blunder
Momentum builds behind campaign to fire Nominet CEO, board – though success still far from certain
(2021/02/01)
Battle between members and management of .UK registry follows long history of tension
How do you save an ailing sales pitch? Just burn down the client's office with your foreign power cord
(2021/02/01)
At least the whiteboard could be wiped clean of evidence
IBM cloud tries to subvert subscriptions with pricing plan that stretches some discounts
(2021/02/01)
May be a decent AWS alternative - if sudden 106 percent cloudy DB2 price hike doesn’t scare you off
Countless emails wrongly blocked as spam after Cisco's SpamCop failed to renew domain name at the weekend
(2021/02/01)
Plus: Second ransomware operation in the sights of Uncle Sam – and the insurance industry under fire for fueling extortionware rise
Xiaomi proof that we're a military company, says Chinese tat bazaar as it sues US over ban
(2021/02/01)
Smartphone-slinger wants off America's naughty list, now and forever
IKEA China and ASUS team on gaming products, resist urge to call them FRÄG
(2021/02/01)
Chairs, desks, cup-holders, and a weird wearable cushion will reach the west in late 2021
India plans national digital currency plus a ban on ‘private’ crypto-cash
(2021/02/01)
Seems to be full steam ahead on blockchain for uses other than funny money
Satya Nadella spoke with Australian PM about opportunities created by pay-for-news-plan. Zuck called the Treasurer for a chat, too
(2021/02/01)
And the day after news of those talks emerged, Google said it never threatened to pull search from Australia
Nominet faces showdown with British internet industry: Extraordinary vote called to oust CEO, board members
(2021/01/31)
Ex-BBC chairman, former RIPE NCC boss lined up to run .UK registry as caretakers if campaign successful
Remember life on Venus? One of the telescopes had 'an undesirable side effect' that could kill off the whole idea
(2021/01/30)
Alas, it looks as though, for now, us humans are still alone in the pitch-black depths of space
Google QUIC-ly left privacy behind in its quest for a speedier internet, boffins find
(2021/01/30)
Promising protocol much easier to fingerprint than HTTPS
Severe bug in Libgcrypt – used by GPG and others – is a whole heap of trouble, prompts patch scramble
(2021/01/29)
Recently released cryptography code easily undone by trivial buffer overflow
Skål! Ericsson toasts healthy set of Q4 2020 results thanks to global 5G rollout and a kneecapped competitor
(2021/01/29)
Swedish comms giant cashes in where Huawei is on retreat
"When the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to treat everything as if
it were a nail."
-- Abraham Maslow