Hide the keyboard – it's the only way to keep this software running
On Call Lunch can be surprisingly dangerous. So can tea
On-Prem01 Nov 2024 | 73
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VMware by Broadcom lifts storage allowances and prices for vSphere Foundation
This will both ease and exacerbate price concerns and competitive sniping
Virtualization31 Oct 2024 | 4
Tower PC case used as 'creative cavity' by drug importer
Motherboard missing, leaving space for a million hits of meth
Cyber-crime31 Oct 2024 | 55
Microsoft turning away AI training workloads – inferencing makes better money
Azure's acceleration continues, but so do costs
AI + ML31 Oct 2024 | 17
Meta spruiks benefits of open sourcing Llama models – to its own bottom line
It's not like Zuck needs the coin despite increased infrastructure spend, headcount, losses on VR
Off-Prem31 Oct 2024 | 10
OpenAI reportedly asks Broadcom for help with custom inferencing silicon
Fabbed by TSMC, needed for … it's a secret
AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 6
No-Nvidias networking club convenes in search of open GPU interconnect
Ultra Accelerator Link consortium promises 200 gigabits per second per lane spec will debut in Q1 2025
Networks30 Oct 2024 | 2
Alphabet posts big revenue and profit growth, just 1,100 job losses
Google Cloud grows fast thanks to AI, which now writes a quarter of all G-code
AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 30
Five Eyes nations tell tech startups to take infosec seriously. Again
Only took 'em a year to dish up some scary travel advice, and a Secure Innovation … Placemat?
Cybersecurity Month29 Oct 2024 | 14
Microsoft accuses Google of creating a lobbying front called 'Open Cloud Coalition'
Seemingly dissatisfied with CISPE settlement, new UK-centric cloudy industry group calls for end to 'restrictive licensing'
Software29 Oct 2024 | 12
Chinese engineers wire Raspberry Pi into 600-meter railway tunnel to find any holes
The GPIO turns out to be a handy tool if you want to measure the conductivity of concrete
On-Prem29 Oct 2024 | 26
WordPress forces user conf organizers to share social media credentials, arousing suspicions
One told to take down posts that said nice things about WP Engine
Software28 Oct 2024 | 40
Veeam tests support for another VMware alternative: XCP-NG
As Gartner rates the contenders for those contemplating a move off Virtzilla, with Nutanix on top of the list
Virtualization28 Oct 2024 | 3
Is Microsoft's AI Copilot? CoPilot? Co-pilot? MVP creates site to help get it right
When you say 'team' do you mean 'Teams' or a SharePoint 'team site'? Letmecorrectthatforyou.com explains the difference
Software28 Oct 2024 | 39
Fujitsu claims 634-gram 14-inch Core i7 laptop is world's lightest
Lightweight 'FMV Zero' is only sold online in Japan, dammit
Personal Tech25 Oct 2024 | 38
Your computer's not working? Sure, I can fix that problem – which I caused
On Call Not paying what you agreed for a job can prove expensive in the long run
Software25 Oct 2024 | 64
OpenAI loses another senior figure, disperses safety research team he led
Artificial General Intelligence readiness advisor Miles Brundage bails, because nobody is ready
AI + ML25 Oct 2024 | 39
Billionaire SaaS CEO loses title after week of sleaze allegations
Not much more than a slap on the wrist as WiseTech boss stays on in new role and keeps salary
Legal25 Oct 2024 | 6
Huawei releases data detailing serverless secrets
Reveals why your functions start slowly on its cloud and maybe others too
Systems24 Oct 2024 | 4
On-prem SaaS? ServiceNow will do it if you ask nicely, and really need it
Turns out its application can work with databases other than its own
SaaS24 Oct 2024 | 6
IBM's mainframe bubble bursts and growth stalls
Red Hat still glowing, but Big Blue's been bruised by investors
Systems24 Oct 2024 | 17
The horror that is VHS revived for horror movie release
POLL: Is VHS back? Cassette-bursting medium revived for latest Alien chest-burster flick
Bootnotes23 Oct 2024 | 89
IPv6 may already be irrelevant – but so is moving off IPv4, argues APNIC's chief scientist
There was always more pressing work to do than migrate, and CDNs have changed the rules
Networks23 Oct 2024 | 124
Woman stuck upside down under rock for hours after trying to retrieve dropped phone
Emergency services had to move a boulder to get her out
Personal Tech23 Oct 2024 | 68
Arm reportedly warns Qualcomm it will cancel its licenses
Qualcomm brands ploy as 'unfounded' cash grab
Legal23 Oct 2024 | 48
India, Nvidia, discuss jointly developed AI chip
Current capabilities mean local manufacturing is not likely – but a chip tuned to Indian needs could work
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 4
China Telecom's next 150,000 servers will mostly use local processors
Intel and AMD left scrapping over about a third of the deal, and license fees
Systems22 Oct 2024 | 3
The Astronaut wore Prada – and a blast from Michael Bloomberg
Stylish Artemis spacesuit design revealed last week should never fly, billionaire argues
Science21 Oct 2024 | 60
Microsoft's Arm-based Cobalt 100 CPU now live and powering Azure VMs
For general-purpose and memory-optimized workloads
PaaS + IaaS21 Oct 2024 | 5
Chinese chipmaker Loongson now just three to five years off the pace on the desktop
Claims forthcoming chip catches up to Alder Lake and Xen 2
Systems21 Oct 2024 | 31
Internet Archive exposed again – this time through Zendesk
Org turns its woes into a fundraising opportunity
Security21 Oct 2024 | 9
Yes, your network is down – you annoyed us so much we crashed it
On Call If you bluff your way out of unpaid bills, there's a chance someone could call you on it
Networks18 Oct 2024 | 201
Server-maker Wiwynn expands $61M lawsuit against X
Finds two more reasons Musk should have known he was on the hook for datacenter kit
Legal18 Oct 2024 | 21
Anonymous Sudan isn't any more: Two alleged operators named, charged
Gang said to have developed its evilware on GitHub – then DDoSed GitHub
Cybersecurity Month17 Oct 2024 | 5
China launches plan to lead the world in space exploration
Long-term research program includes building Moon bases, finding habitable exoplanets, and probing 'space-time ripples'
Science17 Oct 2024 | 36
Internet Archive wobbles back online, with limited functionality
DDoS detectives deduce Mirai used to do the deed, using home entertainment boxes in Korea, China, and Brazil
Cybersecurity Month16 Oct 2024 | 14
AT&T and Broadcom may settle VMware support case
Fresh filing sees Broadcom admit it discounts deeply – music to the ears of all Virtzilla users coming off contract
Virtualization16 Oct 2024 | 7
Google hopes to spark chain reaction with nuclear energy investment
Commits to molten salt small modular reactors it thinks can come online in 2035
Off-Prem15 Oct 2024 | 52
WordPress bans WP Engine from sponsoring or participating in user groups
As Matt Mullenweg and David Heinemeier Hansson feud over FOSS, community worries about the fallout
Software15 Oct 2024 | 30
AI amplifies systemic risk to financial sector, says India's Reserve Bank boss
Who also worries misinformation on social media could threaten liquidity
AI + ML15 Oct 2024 | 6
China again claims Volt Typhoon cyber-attack crew was invented by the US to discredit it
Enough with the racist-sounding 'dragons' and 'pandas', Beijing complains – then points the finger at koalas
Cybersecurity Month15 Oct 2024 | 17
Boeing again delays the 777X – the plane that's supposed to turn things around
Also warns it will fire thousands and keep making losses in space
Offbeat14 Oct 2024 | 72
WordPress saga escalates as WP Engine plugin forcibly forked and legal letters fly
WP Engine seems to be excluded from sponsoring events, too
Software14 Oct 2024 | 24
Techie took five minutes to fix problem Adobe and Microsoft couldn't solve in two weeks
On Call This is why every admin loves to hate Windows
OSes11 Oct 2024 | 149
FBI created a cryptocurrency so it could watch it being abused
It worked – alleged pump and dump schemers arrested in UK, US and Portugal this week
Cybersecurity Month11 Oct 2024 | 54
Tencent builds one NoSQL database to rule all data models
Exclusive Tamed DB sprawl and saved cloudy resources with 'X-Stor'
Databases11 Oct 2024 | 8
Hold my Pimms! Wimbledon turns to tech for line-ball calls
Humans dumped by famously fusty tennis tournament
Personal Tech10 Oct 2024 | 27
You have issues with 'Issues' always being called 'Issues' in Jira, so Atlassian now allows them to be called ‘Tasks’
Developers get auto-coding ideas drawn from bug reports, and more AI besides
Devops10 Oct 2024 | 22
Internet Archive user info stolen in cyberattack, succumbs to DDoS
31M folks' usernames, email addresses, salted-encrypted passwords now out there
Cybersecurity Month10 Oct 2024 | 22
A year after taking on Intel's NUC mini-PCs, Asus says it's ready to improve them
AI is showing the way to new possibilities after a tricky first year
Personal Tech08 Oct 2024 | 37
XCP-NG thanks Broadcom for increased interest, swipes Citrix for not helping build an alternative
XenServer fork plans to make its next version a better target for VMware migrations
Virtualization08 Oct 2024 | 4
You're right not to rush into running AMD, Intel's new manycore monster CPUs
Opinion They put more risk in a single box than most of us are equipped to handle
Systems07 Oct 2024 | 43
After we fix that, how about we also accidentally break something important?
Who, Me? You had one job – doing extra is nice, but dangerous
Networks07 Oct 2024 | 101
If Dell's Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PC is typical of the genre, other PCs are toast
Desktop Tourism Despite amazing battery life and lovely speed, this one has flaws that may annoy
Personal Tech07 Oct 2024 | 98
Revenge for being fired is best served profitably
On Call Why yes, I will help you again – for a price
Personal Tech04 Oct 2024 | 58
Elon Musk's X mashed by Australian court for evading child protection reporting
Argument that it didn't inherit Twitter's legal obligations did not hit the spot
Legal04 Oct 2024 | 77
Microsoft lifts the price of System Center by ten percent
For version 2025, out on November 1st and adding various modern goodies
Software03 Oct 2024 | 9
‘Undigestible rate of change’ sees vendor supergroup create ‘The Open Compute of AI’
It’s called ‘Cosmos’ and Nvidia, Cisco, X, SuperMicro and VAST Data all think it will help – them and you
AI + ML03 Oct 2024 | 3
OpenStack Dalmatian debuts with a new dashboard, better security and GPU-wrangling
If you think VMware has gone to the dogs, maybe check it out?
Virtualization03 Oct 2024 | 4
The fix for BGP's weaknesses has big, scary, issues of its own, boffins find
Bother, given the White House has bet big on RPKI – just like we all rely on immature internet infrastructure that usually works
Security02 Oct 2024 | 9
Biting the hand that feeds IT
