Cockroach Labs scuttles its way to $160m funding, $2bn valuation thanks to the database that doesn't die
(2021/01/12)
Upstart hopes to do for transactional databases what Snowflake did for data warehousing
Netherlands minnow Red Kubes releases open-source Community Edition of its Otomi Kubernetes wrangler
(2021/01/12)
Easy to use with no big vendor lock-in? Nice idea but it's still early days
Apologies for the wait, we're overwhelmed. Yes, this is the hospital. You need to what?! Do a software licence audit?
(2021/01/12)
Vendors slammed for 'lack of proper judgement' during the pandemic
Microsoft's beefed-up take on Linux server security has hit general availability
(2021/01/12)
Endpoint Detection and Response added. For servers, not standalone Linux desktops, mind
Sweet! Your boss is going to get you a plush new headset, says Gartner as wearable spending to soar almost 20%
(2021/01/12)
Analysts predict market to grow to $81.5bn from $68.9bn in 2021
Boffins store text message inside E. coli bacteria using electromagnetic signal – and you'll never guess what it says
(2021/01/12)
Just kidding, you'll totally guess
Decades-old UK government papers show that they tried to roll out a 'Cab-E-Net' system in the '90s. It was crap
(2021/01/12)
The more things change, the more they stay the same
Waterloo! Windows defeated, your sign is screwed. Waterloo! Promise to bork you forevermore
(2021/01/12)
Microsoft's finest suffers decisive defeat
International Space Station scores powerup with solar panels that 'roll out like a tape measure'
(2021/01/12)
Still needs three launches and a dozen spacewalks to install 55kW capacity upgrade
Study: AI designed to detect diabetic eye disease blinks in the real world, makes more work for doctors
(2021/01/12)
Some software errs on the side of caution too often, it is claimed
Your 60-second guide to what Intel announced at CES. Or in 5 seconds: New laptop chips
(2021/01/12)
And some desktop parts, from 14nm and eight cores to 10nm and four cores
All it took was a pandemic to revive PCs: Canalys proclaims sales up 25% in Q4 as world+dog stays home
(2021/01/12)
The PC is dead, says no one any longer, unless it's a desktop
Kaspersky Lab autopsies evidence on SolarWinds hack
(2021/01/12)
In a brave move, Russian firm fingers its own govt as one possible source of cyber badness
Extreme Networks misses death-of-Flash deadline, suggests winding back PC clocks to keep its GUI alive
(2021/01/12)
Promises new client ‘within days’ but had years to make the fix
How I found a bug in YouTube that let me watch private videos I wasn't allowed to, says compsci student
(2021/01/12)
Theft-by-a-thousand-cuts flaw fixed
Pork-tracking website problems add extra crackling to US-Taiwan-China tensions
(2021/01/12)
Data describing controversial supplement ractopamine didn’t render online
Theranos destroyed crucial subpoenaed SQL blood test database, can't unlock backups, prosecutors say
(2021/01/12)
CEO Holmes also accused of funding extravagant lifestyle through fraud
Ubiquiti iniquity: Wi-Fi box slinger warns hackers may have peeked at customers' personal information
(2021/01/12)
Salted password hashes, addresses, phone numbers may have been exposed in cloud security snafu
That's it. It's over. It's really over. From today, Adobe Flash Player no longer works. We're free. We can just leave
(2021/01/12)
Post-Flashpocalypse, we stumble outside, hoping no one ever creates software as insecure as that ever again
Dems to ISPs: You're not gonna hike broadband prices, slap restrictions on folks in a pandemic, are you?
(2021/01/12)
Now wouldn't be the time to exploit millions stuck at home, yeah? Maybe restrain the profiteering a little?
There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you want it to.