And now for something completely different: A lightweight, fast browser that won't slurp your data
(2020/12/29)
El Reg goes with the Flow
No amount of Glasgow handshaking will revive this borked kiosk
(2020/12/29)
To pay for parking you must first sign in to Windows 10
The ghosts of Microsoft SQL Server past, present, and yet to come: The Reg chats to Azure Data man Rohan Kumar
(2020/12/28)
WinFS, stability, and waking engineers
Yes, Microsoft Access was a recalcitrant beast, but the first step is to turn the computer on
(2020/12/28)
I've got the power! Psyche. I definitely don't
Everybody's time is precious, pal: Sometimes it isn't only the terminals that are dumb
(2020/12/27)
Modem life is rubbish
Why make games for Linux if they don't sell? Because the nerds are just grateful to get something that works
(2020/12/26)
And when nerds are your audience, everything is easier
Roma, we've had un problema: When every flight's final destination is a date with Windows Boot Manager
(2020/12/26)
'People got angry. Employees disappeared. Children started to cry'
Cyberpunk 2077: There's a great game within screaming to get out, but sadly it was released 57 years too early
(2020/12/25)
Over-promised, under-delivered, and plays like an alpha – try again later
BOFH: Time for the MMOCC. You know, the Massively Moronic Online Christmas Call
(2020/12/25)
This year, starring an utterly, er, empowering personal presence guru
My website has raised its anchor and set sail into the internet oceans without me
(2020/12/25)
A ghost-ship story for Christmas
A pub denied: One man's tale of festive frolics postponed by the curse of the On Call phone
(2020/12/25)
Just a little jiggle
Elon Musk says he tried to sell Tesla to Apple, which didn’t bite and wouldn't even meet
(2020/12/23)
SpaceX man rubbishes rumoured tech in future Apple car
US Department of Homeland Security warns American business not to use Chinese tech or let data behind the Great Firewall
(2020/12/23)
Even fitness trackers ruled a big risk due to potential for record-matching identifying your family
Hong Kong's Hutchison Group, which runs mobile carrier ‘3’, protests as USA puts it on new China ban list
(2020/12/23)
Trump administration is behind the times: used old name for Chinese company Hutchison sold ages ago
After 11 years, Australia declares its national broadband network is ‘built and fully operational’
(2020/12/23)
Those 35,000 connections that aren’t built? Celebrate the 11.86 million that were, says Minister
What's that lurking behind the borked face of finance? Windows, of course
(2020/12/22)
Rule number one of sausage club: never ask what goes into the sausage
North of England NHS buyers name IT consultants who got in on £200m framework deal
(2020/12/22)
Hundreds of millions of pounds' worth of consultancy work farmed out
Buggy chkdsk in Windows update that caused boot failures and damaged file systems has been fixed
(2020/12/22)
Improving Windows' quality by making it not boot?
Earth observation chief Dr Josef Aschbacher takes reins at European Space Agency
(2020/12/22)
Also: Rocket Lab rounds out a busy year, OneWeb returns to constellation work, NASA ploughs ahead with Orion
UK firm NOW: Pensions tells some customers a 'service partner' leaked their data all over 'public software forum'
(2020/12/22)
Compromised info include names, email addresses, DoBs, and National Insurance numbers
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then
asks you not to kill him.
-- Sir Winston Churchill, 1952