If gamers can have a slimline version of the OS, why not IT admins? Microsoft just demonstrated it can put Windows 11 on a diet if it really wants to, with the announcement of PC gaming handhelds running a slimmed-down version of the operating syste…
Lees meerNot to worry nervous flyers, FAA vows to banish archaic systems... in a few years The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed that the US air traffic control system still runs on somewhat antiquated bits of technology, including floppy d…
Lees meerAnother tech biz to be Yanked from London Stock Exchange Qualcomm has bid $2.4 billion to buy connectivity specialist Alphawave Semi. If approved it will see yet another London Stock Exchange-listed tech biz put under the control of an overseas owne…
Lees meerAnother Brit tech biz to be Yanked from London Stock Exchange Qualcomm has bid $2.4 billion to buy London Stock Exchange-listed connectivity specialist Alphawave Semi. If approved it will see yet another London Stock Exchange-listed tech biz put und…
Lees meerBig tech can't be bothered to fight crime. It can barely be bothered even to say so Opinion A lot of our tech world is nightmarish, but sometimes this is literally true.…
Lees meerThe journey to mass production has been extraordinarily difficult – will it be worth it? Feature Seagate says it has a clear way forward to 100 TB disk drives using 10 TB per platter technology, but HAMR tech is nearly 25 years old and full mass pr…
Lees meerProspect union threatens to up campaign, raise dispute with CEO Emotions are running high at BT over the Brit telco's refusal to "improve their derisory and insulting" pay offer to manager grade staff, according to John Ferrett, national secretary a…
Lees meer1.19MHz eight-bit CPU trounced modern GPUs – can you do better with your retro-tech? The Atari 2600 gaming console came into the world in 1977 with an eight-bit processor that ran at 1.19MhZ, and just 128 bytes of RAM – but that’s apparently enough …
Lees meerIf you like it to keep working, don’t put a ring on it Who, Me? Reg readers are so dedicated it seems some of you are married to the job, although you also admit that no relationship is perfect when you send stories to Who, Me? It's the column in w…
Lees meer1.19MHz eight-bit CPU trounced modern GPUs – can you do better with your retro-tech? The Atari 2600 gaming console came into the world in 1977 with an eight-bit processor that ran at 1.19MhZ, and just 128 bytes of RAM – but that’s apparently enough …
Lees meerDOGE moves fast and breaks things, and now our data is at risk, security guru warns in hearing Security guru Bruce Schneier played the skunk at the garden party in a Thursday federal hearing on AI's use in the government, focusing on the risks many …
Lees meerThey're fighting like cats and DOGEs Fire up those popcorn makers. The bromance between tech mogul Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump has come to an ignominious end as the billionaires feud on their respective social media platforms.…
Lees meerThey're fighting like cats and DOGEs Fire up those popcorn makers. The bromance between tech mogul Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump has come to an ignominious end as the billionaires feud on their respective social media platforms.…
Lees meerThe world has changed. EU hosting CTO says not considering alternatives is 'negligent' Interview European cloud providers and software vendors used this week's Nextcloud summit to insist that not only can workloads be moved from the US hyperscalers…
Lees meerThe cash has been frozen for more than two years The US is looking to finally capture the $7.74 million it froze over two years ago after indicting alleged money launderers it claims are behind North Korean IT worker schemes.…
Lees meerDon't negotiate unless you must, and if so, drag it out as long as you can Feature So, the worst has happened. Computer screens all over your org are flashing up a warning that you've been infected by ransomware, or you've got a message that someon…
Lees meerNo matter who wins, the US EV industry is likely to lose, expert tells us Elon Musk has publicly broken with Donald Trump over the latter's budget reconciliation bill, calling it a "pork-filled … abomination" that would undermine the work his DOGE c…
Lees meerDoctor? Why does this hospital network run in such strange places? On Call Welcome once again to On Call, The Register's Friday column that shares reader-contributed tales of tech support terror and triumph.…
Lees meerOne Dutch developer called it a 'nothingburger' European leaders on Thursday announced an International Digital Strategy designed to help the bloc address technological change at a time of global political realignment.…
Lees meerPlus: Plankey's confirmation process 'temporarily delayed' Sean Cairncross, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as national cyber director, doubled down on taking offensive cyber actions against foreign adversaries during a Senate homeland sec…
Lees meerHouse version of software license management bill introduced in March has yet to budge amid distractions Sloppy government software licensing practices are back on the menu in the US Senate. …
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