Many don't realize or forget, but the FOSS world has ideological wings, too Comment The new fork of the X.org X11 server is conservative… and we don't mean just technologically conservative.…
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Lees meerIntruders looked up how to use curl mid-attack - rookie errors kept damage minimal Huntress security researchers observed exploitation of the CVSS 10.0 remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Wing FTP Server on July 1, just one day after its public disc…
Lees meerA warmer world will affect bit barn resilience, warn consultants Many of the world's top 100 datacenter hubs are at risk from rising global temperatures, as growing cooling requirements push up costs and water consumption, while shutdowns to prevent…
Lees meerRare earth metals are vital to electronics, and most of them are mined in China There is only one active rare earth mine in the whole of the United States. As of Friday, the Department of Defense has become the largest shareholder in the company tha…
Lees meerA controversial and polarizing figure, but also widely hailed obituary Matt Trout will be missed by many, even though he was a divisive figure who featured several times on The Register.…
Lees meerHush-hush settlement follows decision to wind down PeopleSoft support Enterprise software support giant Rimini Street has entered into a confidential settlement agreement with Oracle, signaling the two companies may be nearing the end of their long-…
Lees meerOne in five users hit by service failures in the last year, research finds A survey of PostgreSQL users has found that the levels of uptime experienced using cloud providers falls well short of their expectations in terms of reliability.…
Lees meerWIndows 11 might have a bigger market share, but Windows 10 is still alive. Kind of Even as its market share is finally eclipsed by Windows 11, Windows 10 is still alive and in need of fixes. Alongside the replacement of the Blue Screen of Death in …
Lees meerIntro of package for cloud ERP is creating challenges, and more changes likely next year Biz customers should expect further changes to SAP's licensing as the company introduces the reboot of its Business Suite construct into its product packages, t…
Lees meer'Our offer from Broadcom was five times higher than we expected' The German arm of telecoms biz Telefónica has shifted support for its VMware installed base to Spinnaker after Broadcom quoted it a renewal figure five times the size of what it was pr…
Lees meerLast summer's riots show how some content can be harmful but not illegal The Online Safety Act fails to tackle online misinformation, leaving the UK in need of further regulation to curb the viral spread of false content, a report from MPs has found…
Lees meerCrime-fighting agency cagey on details, probes into intrusions at M&S, Harrods, and Co-op continue The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested four individuals suspected of being involved in the big three cyberattacks on UK retail businesses in re…
Lees meerAgreement or otherwise expected from CISPE top brass before August Exclusive Microsoft has tabled a fresh set of commercial terms for an association of cloud providers in Europe that earlier filed a complaint with antitrust authorities in the tradi…
Lees meerFirst came the dodgy lawyer, then the explosively angry HR person, leaving a whistleblower techie to save his career On Call Welcome once again to On Call, The Register's Friday column that shares your stories of tech support terror and triumph.…
Lees meer'He's useless with computers and can't even install an application' says lawyer A Russian professional basketball player is cooling his heels in a French detention center after being arrested and accused of acting as a negotiator for a ransomware ga…
Lees meerAlleges Singaporean infosec outfit sent feeble legal demands to hosting company, which caved Anti-censorship organization GreatFire.org has accused Singapore infosec outfit Group-IB of helping Chinese web giant Tencent to quell its activities.…
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