v The iMac at 22: How the computer 'too odd to succeed' changed everything ... for Apple, at least By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 22:10:10 GMT Very '90s kit was everywhere – and it saved Apple's ass too On this day in 1998, Steve Jobs took to the stage of the Moscone Center in San Francisco for a product launch that would indelibly change the face of computing and arguably save the firm he founded almost 22 years earlier.… Full Article
v California’s privacy warriors are back – and this time they want to take their fight all the way to the ballot box By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 22:53:06 GMT Politicos watered down earlier efforts, so data defenders will fight to the end The small group of policy wonks that forced California’s legislature to rush through privacy legislation two years ago are back – and this time they want a ballot.… Full Article
v So you've set up MFA and solved the Elvish riddle, but some still think passwords alone are secure enough By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:31:05 GMT OK, a third agreed with Thales when it asked the question About a third of firms and organisations in Europe and the Middle East still believe the humble password is a good enough security measure, according to a survey carried out by French firm Thales.… Full Article
v American tech goliaths decide innovation is the answer to Chinese 5G dominance, not bans, national security theater By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 01:51:06 GMT Microsoft, Cisco, Google etc gang up to form Open RAN Policy Coalition Some of America’s super-corps have remembered how the US became the dominant global technology force it is, and have vowed to use innovation over threats to counter Chinese dominance in 5G markets.… Full Article
v Data centre reveals it modeled interiors on <i>The Hunt for Red October</i> sets By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 03:30:32 GMT Australia bit barn outfit NEXTDC adds classic film reference to usual mix of resilience, connectivity and security Australian serial entrepreneur Bevan Slattery has revealed that he told the architects of a data centre he funded to make it resemble the sets used in classic submarine flick The Hunt for Red October.… Full Article
v Dad to kids: I've decided you don't get to take over the family business. Kids to Dad: Who wants to run Samsung anyway? By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 06:29:06 GMT Lee Jae-yong ends dynastic control and will even let staff join a union Samsung's heir has said that he will not pass down management of the South Korean conglomerate to his children, ending three generations dynastic rule.… Full Article
v Server sales went through the roof in the first three months of 2020. Enjoy it while it lasts, Dell, HPE, and pals By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 07:01:06 GMT Enterprise demand set to soften, offset tier-two cloud, telco sales Global server shipments reached an industry record-breaking 3.3 million units in the first quarter of 2020, marking a 30 per cent year-on-year growth, Omdia analysts estimated this week.… Full Article
v Forever mothballed: In memoriam Apple Butterfly Keyboard (2015-2020) By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:45:11 GMT At last, we can write headlines with all the letters intact For a company defined by design and attention to detail, the Butterfly keyboard was a tremendous humiliation for Apple. Conceived in 2015, it replaced the previous scissor-switch mechanism for one with a smaller profile, allowing Cupertino to continue shrinking already-svelte laptops.… Full Article
v 'A' is for ad money oddly gone missing: Probe finds middlemen siphon off half of online advertising spend By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 12:04:14 GMT 'B' is for basic controls that up and disappeared A study of the UK online advertising market, conducted by global accounting firm PwC, has found that publishers get just half of what advertisers spend, with the other half siphoned off by ad-supply chain intermediaries.… Full Article
v Looking for a new IT gig? Here are vacancies around the world for developers, cloud engineers, infosec analysts, Jira admin, and more By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 12:51:02 GMT Advertise your open positions here for free, no catch, and find opportunities within Job Alert This week we've got job openings from all over the globe to tempt you, your friends or your past colleagues back into work, or indeed into new ventures.… Full Article
v O2 be a fly on the wall during BT and Vodafone's video calls: Telefónica's UK biz, Virgin Media officially merge By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:30:04 GMT Multinationals' UK arms pair up to take on Voda and former state-owned telco Telcos Telefónica and Liberty Global today confirmed plans to join their O2 UK and Virgin Media subsidiaries into one combined entity in a deal analysts branded a "blockbuster merger".… Full Article
v Zoom bomb: Vid conf biz to snap up Keybase as not-a-PR-move move gets out of hand By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 14:57:05 GMT Things will change forever, nods ex-Facebooker Alex Stamos Video conferencing software biz Zoom has bought Keybase in a surprise move just weeks after hiring Facebook's one-time CSO.… Full Article
v BT suspends shareholder payments as folk forgo pricey sports TV deals for matches that won't happen anyway By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 16:00:06 GMT We all need to tighten our belts For the first time in over three decades, BT has suspended its dividend scheme as the former state-owned teleco grapples with the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic, and the financial uncertainty that'll inevitably ensue.… Full Article
v As coronavirus catches tech CEOs with their pants down, IBM's Ginni Rometty warns of IT's new role post-pandemic By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:35:05 GMT Middle management is about to learn just how necessary they are Last night, one of the most senior figures in the IT industry from one of the biggest companies gave the strongest indication that when COVID-19 lockdowns gradually begin to lift, people will not return to the jobs they once had. That means both tech jobs, and how technology supports other business roles.… Full Article
v GitHub Codespaces: VS Code was 'designed from the get-go' for this, says Microsoft architect By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:21:08 GMT A compelling addition to repo house – but is the Redmond flavour too strong? GitHub had a lot to say about its plans at its virtual Satellite event yesterday, but the most far-reaching was the advent of Codespaces, the ability to edit code online, integrated into the GitHub user interface.… Full Article
v FYI: Your browser can pick up ultrasonic signals you can't hear, and that sounds like a privacy nightmare to some By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 21:24:21 GMT High-frequency audio could be used to stealthily track netizens Technical folks looking to improve web privacy haven't been able to decide whether sound beyond the range of human hearing poses enough of a privacy risk to merit restriction.… Full Article
v Go on, hit Reply All. We dare you. We double dare you. Because Office 365 will defeat your server-slamming ways By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 01:12:06 GMT Even Exchange’s marketing bod reckons tests of new Reply-All-stopper could be a career-defining moment Microsoft may just have made Reply All storms a thing of the past, by adding a suitable blocker to Exchange in Office 365 environments.… Full Article
v Samsung to launch debit card and financial-health-as-a-service service By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 03:58:06 GMT There's revenue to be had with being a participant in the payments web, and the Apple experience to measure up against Samsung has announced it will launch a debit card.… Full Article
v India’s Jio Platforms scores third US cash injection in three weeks - this time $1.5bn from Vista Equity Partners By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:59:13 GMT It's like three buses showing up at once carrying $8bn India’s largest mobile carrier, Jio, has just scored a third new investor in three weeks!… Full Article
v The point of containers is they aren't VMs, yet Microsoft licenses SQL Server in containers as if they were VMs By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 06:01:11 GMT And now to avoid container sprawl costing you plenty Microsoft has slipped out licensing details for SQL Server running in containers and it will likely encourage developers to be pretty diligent in their use of Redmond’s database.… Full Article
v Source code for seminal adventure game Zork circa-1977 exhumed from MIT tapes, plonked on GitHub By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 06:58:08 GMT Revisit what it’s like to run a PDP-10 and be eaten by a grue Source code for seminal adventure game Zork, dating back to 1977 and recovered from MIT tapes, was published this week on GitHub.… Full Article
v DEF CON is canceled... No, for real. The in-person event is canceled. We're not joking. It's canceled. We mean it By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 20:18:35 GMT Virus knocks hackers online: Show will try going virtual amid pandemic Annual Las Vegas hacker gathering DEF CON has officially called off its physical conference for this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.… Full Article
v We dunno what's more wild: This vid of Japan's probe bouncing off an asteroid to collect a sample – or that the rock was sun-burnt By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 21:36:30 GMT Hayabusa 2 expected to return with out-of-this-world material in December Video Close-up footage of asteroid Ryugu, taken by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft as it touched down to retrieve a sample, reveals the near-Earth object’s surface may have been torched by the Sun as its orbit changed over time.… Full Article
v Need some weekend reading? How about the source code for UK, Australia's coronavirus contact-tracing apps By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 01:29:41 GMT Problems aside, no one is sure how useful phone-based tracking will be The NHSX, a technology group within the UK government's National Health Service, has released the source code for its Android and iOS COVID-19 coronavirus contact-tracing apps in an effort to allay privacy concerns and improve the code.… Full Article
v I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Spacecraft with graphene sails powered by starlight and lasers By go.theregister.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:03:13 GMT Nice way to get to Alpha Centauri though boffin tells us: 'Such a laser system could be used as a weapon' Coin-sized pieces of graphene can be accelerated by firing low-powered lasers at them in micro-gravity conditions, say scientists. The technology could be a stepping stone to graphene solar sails, which could propel future spacecraft using starlight or a laser array.… Full Article
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