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)

'I wrote Task Manager': Ex-Microsoft programmer Dave Plummer spills the beans

(2020/05/26)

'There should be nothing that TaskMgr can't kill' – sadly no longer the case

Airline-chasing lawyers leap on Easyjet for £18bn after 9m folks' data, itineraries nicked

(2020/05/26)

No win, no fee. But if they win it's an up to £5.4bn fee

The Last J-Freighter: HTV-9 arrives at the ISS as ESA inks a deal for a third Moon-bound service module

(2020/05/26)

Roundup Meanwhile: the UK government is going to clear everything up. Or at least keep an eye on it

Unmanned drones to slash NHS delivery times to one-fifth of road 'n' rail transport

(2020/05/26)

Scottish trial will courier PPE and COVID-19 tests to remote hospital

HTC co-founder Peter Chou's new startup picks great time to tease super-social VR headset

(2020/05/26)

But you'll have to convince your mates to part with $599 for 5G-enabled Mova

Arm goes off road... map: Cortex-X1 touted for phone, tablet, laptop processors needing Apple-level oomph

(2020/05/26)

Meanwhile, A78, Mali-G78 and Ethos-N78 announced, too

eBay users spot the online auction house port-scanning their PCs. Um... is that OK?

(2020/05/26)

Updated Fraud is a big issue for etailer, but there are privacy and consent concerns too

Man responsible for least popular iteration of Windows UI uses iPad Pro as a desktop*

(2020/05/26)

Updated Plus: Getting over the Build hangover with new Windows 10 preview, UK Azure services, and more

Galaxy S20 security is already old hat as Samsung launches new safety silicon

(2020/05/26)

Passport-grade chippery to help mobile devices prove their identity

Live analytics without vendor lock-in? It's more likely than you think, says Redis Labs

(2020/05/26)

'AI serving platform' runs in database but isn't tied to specific cloud service

Microsoft brings WinUI to desktop apps: It's a landmark for Windows development, but it has taken far too long

(2020/05/26)

Hands On The look and feel of UWP without all the baggage

TCL 10L: Remember the white goods flinger that had a licence to make BlackBerrys? It made a new own-name phone

(2020/05/26)

Review Low-profile Chinese firm decides mobile marketing, brand stuff can't be that hard

China's clouds have hyperscale parents and global ambition – but are they contenders for your apps?

(2020/05/26)

Yes, especially for consumer-facing workloads. But don't expect a comfortable ride

Coronavirus masks are thwarting facial recognition systems. So, of course, people are building training sets from your lockdown-wear selfies

(2020/05/26)

Roundup Plus: A peek inside Nvidia's Ampere architecture, and more

Contact-tracing app may become a permanent fixture in major Chinese city

(2020/05/26)

Hangzhou wants a 'health and immunity firewall'

VMware reduces hardware footprint of its shiny new K8s-on-vSphere toys

(2020/05/26)

Seven hosts might have been asking a bit much for early footling

Beardy Branson’s 747-assisted sat-launcher can’t get it up

(2020/05/25)

First Virgin Orbit test launch glitches out at rocket’s first stage

Help your fellow IT pals spruce up their virtual meetings: Design a winning background, win Register-branded gear

(2020/05/25)

Contest Assuming we ever get into the office again and into the merch cupboard

Pre-authentication, remote root hole in call-center software? Thanks, Cisco. Just what a long weekend needs

(2020/05/25)

Roundup This and more bits and bytes from infosec world

Dude, where's my laser?

(2020/05/25)

Who, Me? In the wonderful world of the US military, anything is plausible

Microsoft seems to have gotten a lot of mileage out of the C2 rating for
NT with no network connection. I wonder if a B3 rating for Linux with no
power cord might be of value.