Welcome to the splinternet – where freedom of expression is suppressed and repressed, and Big Brother is watching
(2021/01/04)
The new internets of Iran, China, and Russia are nothing like the original
It's just a pair of arrows. What could be more innocent than that?
(2021/01/04)
Crossing the LogoWatch and Borkage streams: A Bork averted
Server won't boot? Forgot to make that backup? Have no fear, just blame Microsoft
(2021/01/04)
Everything is Windows' fault. Even when it really isn't
SolarWinds mess that flared in the holidays: Biz confirms malware targeted crocked Orion product
(2021/01/04)
CISA flags ‘further hardening’ advice as Microsoft reveals internal account compromises
New York Stock Exchange bins China’s three biggest telcos
(2021/01/04)
As China launches Alibaba antitrust probe, warns Tencent, and the clock keeps TikTok-ing for Oracle
File format conversion crisis delayed attempt to challenge US presidential election result
(2021/01/04)
Legal geniuses behind case ask for extra time to convert between Google Docs and MS Word
Linux 5.11 dominated by descriptors for new AMD silicon
(2021/01/04)
Linus Torvalds has been back at work for a week and already has a second release candidate ready. What’s your excuse?
Confessions at a Christmas do: 'That time I took down an entire neighbourhood'
(2021/01/03)
For whom the return key tolls
Pick an end, any end: Lost that critical Christmas cable? We know how you feel
(2021/01/02)
'You are fettered,' said Scrooge, trembling. 'Tell me why?'
Realme 7 5G: Parents, this is the phone you should have got your kids for Christmas
(2021/01/01)
It has everything most normal people would want and costs £279
What can the 1944 OSS manual teach us before we all return to sabotage the office?
(2021/01/01)
Tell you what, let’s have a meeting about it
Sun, sea and sad signage: And lo, they saw a shining light in the sky... oh, it's a BIOS error
(2021/01/01)
Santas sled of bork comes to Lanzarote
I built a shed once. How hard can a data centre be?
(2021/01/01)
Brute force and ignorance a happy VAX does not make
As Uncle Sam continues to clamp down on Big Tech, Apple pelted with more and more complaints from third-party App Store devs
(2020/12/31)
El Reg lends our ear to companies and developers struggling to survive in Apple's cruel, cruel App Store world
Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1 Gen 8: No boundaries were pushed in the making of this laptop – and that's OK
(2020/12/31)
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
All I want for Christmas is cash: Welsh ATMs are unbeatable. Or unbootable. Something like that
(2020/12/31)
Carpark sorrow as Windows failed to cough booty
Brexit trade deal advises governments to use Netscape Communicator and SHA-1. Why? It's all in the DNA
(2020/12/31)
A simple cut-and-paste text job from a 2008 EU treaty for genetic databases
Watt's next for batteries? It'll be more of the same, not longer life, because physics and chemistry are hard
(2020/12/30)
Lithium-ion had a lucky break early on. Successors will need billions of dollars to catch up – if they don't flame out first
Surface Laptop Go: Premium feel for a mid-range price, but Microsoft's Apple-like range once meant more than this
(2020/12/30)
Svelte, yet ordinary
The curse of knowing a bit about IT: 'Could you just...?' and 'No I haven't changed anything'
(2020/12/30)
Two firewalls are better than one, right?
Bizoos, n.:
The millions of tiny individual bumps that make up a basketball.
-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"