ARM Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)

Nope, still can't find them. Skullcandy slips Tile's gadget-tracking hardware into individual earbuds

(2020/05/27)

Although perhaps your lockdown digs are tidier than ours

cmd.exe is dead, long live PowerShell: Microsoft leads aged command-line interpreter out into 'maintenance mode'

(2020/05/27)

'It should not be used for interactive shell work' – Windows Terminal chief

Oh cool, tech service prices are plummeting. And by tech services, we mean botnet rentals and stolen credit cards

(2020/05/27)

Supply and demand in action

Rich Communication Services: Nobody uses it, nobody wants it, but analysts reckon it's on the verge of a breakthrough

(2020/05/27)

Analysis A viable alternative to the platforms with billions of active users between them? There's still work to be done

IBM resurrects Netezza data warehousing kit in the cloud, which will delight clients midway through migrating

(2020/05/27)

Surprise!

Twitter ticks off Trump with new 'Get the facts' alert on pair of fact-challenged tweets

(2020/05/27)

Updated Tweeter-in-chief responds by alleging bias and electoral skulduggery

While waiting for the Linux train, Bork pays a visit to Geordieland with Windows 10

(2020/05/27)

Bork!Bork!Bork! Behold, the three error dialogs of the borkpocalypse

Uber plans to ride out of stable Singapore, move APAC HQ to high-tension Hong Kong

(2020/05/27)

Ride-sharing monster doesn't operate in current home, is illegal in special administrative region

Microsoft blocks Trend Micro code at center of driver 'cheatware' storm from Windows 10, rootkit detector product pulled from site

(2020/05/27)

Updated Twist in drivergate scandal

China to test digital version of its currency at 2022 Winter Olympics

(2020/05/27)

Peer-to-peer currency exchange without an institution in the middle but with 'controllable anonymity' for central bank

Work unleashed: How to work smoothly and securely, wherever you are

(2020/05/27)

You're working at home, but who’s got the remote control?

Mulled Chrome API shines light on long-neglected privacy gap: Sites can snoop on your find-in-page searches

(2020/05/27)

Analysis Naughty JS can watch you hit control+F, start typing, see what's on your mind

IBM's sacking spree reaches Australia – and as staff wait to exit, they're offered AU$4k to find new workers

(2020/05/27)

Axed employees given chance to write almost-certainly futile letters to defend their jobs after the pink slip arrives

India said its coronavirus contact-tracing app is perfect... adds bug bounty and open-sources it anyway

(2020/05/27)

As the legalese changes to extend data retention period

US cable subscribers are still being 'ripped off' by creeping price increases – and this lot has had enough

(2020/05/27)

Analysis Lawsuit claims Charter's 'fixed' monthly fees are anything but

Frontier: Yes, yes, we've filed for bankruptcy protection, but that's not stopping us giving key staff $38m in bonuses

(2020/05/27)

Judge tells US ISP: OK, seems fair

US lawmakers get a second shot at forcing FBI agents to obtain a warrant before they leaf through web histories

(2020/05/26)

Bi-partisan amendment aims to take away easy access to your online life

You E-diot! Formula E driver booted off Audi team after getting video game ace to take his place in online race

(2020/05/26)

Daniel Abt's career stalls after he struggled to shift from physical to virtual courses mid-pandemic

If someone could stop hackers pwning medical systems right now, that would be cool, say Red Cross and friends

(2020/05/26)

The rules of war that protect hospitals should extend into cyberspace

Consumer hardware shipments forecast to drop 14% for 2020, but hey, it could be worse, says Gartner

(2020/05/26)

Thank heavens everyone had to start working from home, right?

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
-- Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"

[Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data Structures", V4.4, when
referring to hardware interrupts.]

And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine.
-- William Wordsworth, "She Was a Phantom of Delight"

[Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data Structures", V4.4, when
referring to software interrupts.]