The internet becomes trademarkable, sort of, with near-unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Booking.com
(2020/06/30)
Lawyers lick their lips at litigation to come
Database maestro Antirez says arrivederci to Redis: Seems he wants an unstructured life writing code, not a structured one managing software
(2020/06/30)
Open-source database project gets new heads, inclusive code of conduct
Hey, Boeing. Don't celebrate your first post-grounding 737 Max test flight too hard. You just lost another big contract
(2020/06/30)
Norwegian cancels 97 orders, sues for compensation over halted fleet
The first rule of NoSQL DBaaS club is: You must talk about NoSQL DBaaS club. And Couchbase is in
(2020/06/30)
Follows its customers into the cloud
Living on a prayer? Netgear not quite halfway there with patches for 28 out of 79 vulnerable router models
(2020/06/30)
It's been 6 months since researchers spotted RCE flaws
MediaTek trumpets cheap gaming chipsets for strange subset of people who enjoy PUBG on their smartphone
(2020/06/30)
With devices packing Helios G25/G35 coming in at £60-£80 and £1,000+ for a desktop PC, we see the appeal
MongoDB snares ex-Oracle engineering veep and AWS database guru as new CTO
(2020/06/30)
Big boots to fill as NoSQL company's founder moves on to advisory role
NEC insists its face-recog training dataset isn't biased, but refuses to share details of Neoface system with UK court
(2020/06/30)
Magical Black Box of Suspects to Arrest is updated annually, says firm
Two out of three parachutes... is just as planned for Boeing's Starliner this time around
(2020/06/30)
Abort test simulated a very bad day – now, how about getting it to the ISS?
Memories are made of chips: 'Surge in online activity' helps Micron make off with $5.4bn in Q3
(2020/06/30)
Yep, that's WD and Xilinx smirking in the background
DDoS and dingoes: Australia to bolster cyber-defences with 500 hackers amid China spat
(2020/06/30)
AU$1.35bn fund follows revelations that country was hit by state-run attack
Leaked benchmarks from developer kit for Apple's home-baked silicon appear to give Microsoft a run for its money
(2020/06/30)
Before you get too excited 1) They're benchmarks 2) New consumer Arm-based Macs might use something else
PA Consulting catches £5.3m to develop web gateway that handles access to UK health data – including on COVID-19
(2020/06/30)
Platform aims to help research into disease prevention and cures
'It's really hard to find maintainers...' Linus Torvalds ponders the future of Linux
(2020/06/30)
Will code move on to a language such as Rust? 'I'm convinced it's going to happen' says kernel colonel
Beijing's tightening grip on Hong Kong could put region's future as an up-and-coming tech hub in jeopardy
(2020/06/30)
But it is American law, not Chinese, that might make all the difference
One does not simply repurpose an entire internet constellation for sat-nav, but UK might have a go anyway
(2020/06/30)
Blighty pondering OneWeb as the new Brexit Satellite
You've accused Apple of patent infringement. You want to probe the iOS source in a closed-room environment. What to do in a pandemic?
(2020/06/30)
Judge lays out rules from one-time passwords to window snooping
LibreOffice slips out another 7.0 beta: Spreadsheets close gap with Excel while macOS users treated to new icons
(2020/06/30)
Skia and Vulkan graphics in Windows version, better compatibility and performance
CIOs will force SaaS vendors to limber up and get more flexible about contracts in the post-pandemic world
(2020/06/30)
No more paying for non-existent employees, users, page views, or transactions, says Forrester
Someone must be bricking it: UK govt website for first-time home buyers snapped up for £40,000 after left to expire
(2020/06/30)
About the same as a deposit on a nice house
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