After a long lunch, user thought a cursor meant their computer was cactus
On Call Reg-reading heroes snacked on their woes and solved problems with extreme speed
On-Prem27 Dec 2024 | 12
Simon is The Register's APAC editor, and is based in Australia. He covers the region's news as well as virtualization, data center infrastructure, software, cloud platforms, and more. He's @ssharwood on Twitter.
Techie fluked a fix and found himself the abusive boss's best friend
On Call And there his troubles began …
Software20 Dec 2024 | 129
Rocks from Chinese Moon mission suggest Luna's history needs revision
Meanwhile, NASA signs off on Artemis software upgrade
Science20 Dec 2024 | 17
Fear of Foxconn reportedly driving possible Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi merger
The EV race is well and truly running, and no-one wants to be left in the dust
Personal Tech19 Dec 2024 | 111
Supreme Court to hear TikTok's appeal against law that would force it to shut, or sell
Will consider free speech arguments just nine days before the clock runs out
Legal19 Dec 2024 | 40
Even Netflix struggles to identify and understand the cost of its AWS estate
If you have trouble keeping track of your various streaming subscriptions, you're gonna love the irony
Off-Prem18 Dec 2024 | 70
Taiwan in talks to tap Amazon's Project Kuiper space broadband
In case of submarine cable failure, call Jeff Bezos
Networks18 Dec 2024 | 6
AWS now renting monster HPE servers, even in clusters of 7,680-vCPUs and 128TB
Heir to Superdome goes cloudy for those who run large in-memory databases and apps that need them
Off-Prem17 Dec 2024 | 20
BlackBerry offloads Cylance's endpoint security products to Arctic Wolf
Fresh attempt to mix the perfect cocktail of IoT and Infosec
Security17 Dec 2024 | 1
Ingram Micro to 'stop doing business' with Broadcom, downgrade to 'limited engagement' on VMware
Exclusive Distributor couldn't do a deal that delivered 'appropriate shareholder return', chip giant says it 'continues to refine' its channel
Virtualization16 Dec 2024 | 18
China's homebrew Bluetooth alternative is on the march as Beijing pushes universal remotes
'Star Flash' is said to include 5G tech and leave rival wireless protocols struggling in the crack of a sofa
Personal Tech16 Dec 2024 | 53
Infosys founder calls for 70-hour work week – again – claiming it creates jobs
Asia In Brief Plus: China wants to end AI mashups of classic vids; TSMC set to open Japan fab; and more
On-Prem16 Dec 2024 | 51
Backup failed, but the boss didn't slam IT – because his son was to blame
On Call ISP deserves criticism too for falling over after script kiddie beefing
Networks13 Dec 2024 | 33
Broadcom says VMware is a better money-making machine than it hoped
Chip side of the biz expects to take lion's share of hyperscalers' $60-90 billion XPU spend in 2027, helped by 3nm models coming next year
Virtualization13 Dec 2024 | 21
North Korea's fake IT worker scam hauled in at least $88M over six years
DoJ thinks it's found the folks that ran it, and some of the 'IT warriors' sent out to fleece employers
Cyber-crime13 Dec 2024 | 3
Australia lays fiendish tax trap for Meta – with an expensive escape hatch
If Zuck and other Big Tech players pay news publishers, their bills vanish
Legal12 Dec 2024 | 71
Citrix goes shopping in Europe and returns with gifts for security-conscious customers
Acquires two companies that help those on the nice list keep naughty list types at bay
Virtualization12 Dec 2024 |
Doctor Who theme added to national sound archive to honor innovation, longevity
Australia’s archive, that is – it was an Aussie who wrote it
Offbeat11 Dec 2024 | 50
US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls
Also sanctions his employer – an outfit called Sichuan Silence linked to Ragnarok ransomware
Cyber-crime11 Dec 2024 | 4
TikTok appeals to have Trump – or Supreme Court – decide its fate later
Wants to defer shutdown order that takes effect a day before the presidential inauguration
Legal10 Dec 2024 | 22
South Korean web giant Naver creates its own Linux distro
'Navix' follows OpenELA rules, comes with ten years support, and is already used in production at scale
OSes10 Dec 2024 | 14
We can't make this stuff up: Palantir, Anduril form fellowship for AI adventures
Meanwhile, Sauron secures funding. Really
AI + ML09 Dec 2024 | 38
No, I can't help – you called the wrong helpdesk, in the wrong place, for the wrong platform
On Call Call the boss instead. He's not a big fan of sleep
On-Prem06 Dec 2024 | 157
Huawei handed 2,596,148,429,267,413, 814,265,248,164,610,048 IPv6 addresses
That's 2.56 decillion of them, destined for use in CDNs and the cloud – and APNIC needed 83 decillion more to handle the request
Networks06 Dec 2024 | 89
Beijing wants Chinese outfits to seek alternatives to US silicon
And American components may be in short supply as Middle Kingdom bans rare earth exports
Public Sector05 Dec 2024 | 22
Broadcom makes U-turn on plan to serve top 2,000 VMware customers itself
Canalys Forums APAC Now wants to work with 500 and lean more on partners to defend against migrations – which Dell says are on the cards
Virtualization05 Dec 2024 | 24
Binance accused of tax evasion by India's finance department
Minister reveals 17 crypto players owe $100 million – with Binance the baddest of the bad
Personal Tech04 Dec 2024 | 7
Broadcom loses another big VMware customer: UK fintech cloud Beeks Group, and most of its 20,000 VMs
A massively increased bill was one motive, but customers went cold on Virtzilla, and OpenNebula proved more efficient
Virtualization02 Dec 2024 | 41
Open source router firmware project OpenWrt ships its own entirely repairable hardware
'Forever unbrickable' Wi-Fi 6 box from Banana Pi comes packaged or in kit form
Networks02 Dec 2024 | 52
China launches first next-gen Long March 12 rocket, christens private spaceport
Won't scare SpaceX as it's not reusable, but will help Beijing do things like launch broadband sats
Science02 Dec 2024 | 3
Google India probed after driver fatally followed Maps route over unfinished bridge
Asia in Brief Plus: 95 percent of Chinese broadband tops 100 megabits; Yahoo Japan photo album privacy breach; and more
Software01 Dec 2024 | 37
Tech support chap showed boss how to use a browser for a year – he still didn't get it
On Call Every time he needed help, he'd use a loudspeaker to ask for it
Networks29 Nov 2024 | 205
Fine print in Intel's CHIPS Act deal includes requirement to keep control of its foundries
That will limit Chipzilla's ability to cash in and bail itself out
Public Sector29 Nov 2024 | 18
Google earns fresh competition scrutiny from two nations on a single day
India unhappy about treatment of some games, Canada upset by adware monopoly
Legal29 Nov 2024 | 13
Australia passes law to keep under-16s off social media – good luck with that, mate
Also intros surveillance tweaks to protect very successful AN0M fake messaging app sting
Legal28 Nov 2024 | 84
Microsoft informed of yet another antitrust probe by US authorities
Investigation is apparently sweeping, but keen on info about AI, security, and cloud
Legal28 Nov 2024 | 5
After missing the AI boom – badly – Samsung shuffles the C-Suite
Memory and foundry businesses get new leaders as Chaebol seeks to enter HBM heaven
Systems28 Nov 2024 | 2
No, Broadcom did not just end VMware's flagship VCDX certification program
Sure, it sent an email and FAQ saying it had – but that was a mistake, you see
Virtualization28 Nov 2024 | 9
CrowdStrike still doesn't know how much its Falcon flame-out will cost
Thinks customers may have forgiven it after revenue hits a record
Security27 Nov 2024 | 19
You're buying fat new servers to save energy and make room for AI hardware, claims Dell
But PCs and Nvidia are weak points, because you’re not buying one and can't buy the other
The Future of the Datacenter - 2025 and Beyond27 Nov 2024 | 10
Cloudflare broke its logging-as-a-service service, causing customer data loss
Software snafu took five minutes to roll back. The mess it made took hours to clean up
Off-Prem27 Nov 2024 | 5
AWS bends to Broadcom's will with VMware Cloud Foundation as-a-service
Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM are all doing it. Andy Jassy's rent-a-server shop may have felt it was leaving money on the table
Virtualization26 Nov 2024 | 5
China’s tech giants deliver chips for Ethernet variant tuned to HPC and AI workloads
'Global Scheduling Ethernet' looks a lot like tech the Ultra Ethernet Consortium is also working on
Networks26 Nov 2024 | 1
Supply chain management vendor Blue Yonder succumbs to ransomware
And it looks like major UK retailers that rely on it are feeling the pinch
Cyber-crime26 Nov 2024 | 9
China has utterly pwned 'thousands and thousands' of devices at US telcos
Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his 'hair is on fire' as execs front the White House
Cyber-crime25 Nov 2024 | 51
Microsoft shuttering dedicated licensing education, certification site
Spreading the content around other places – and may also sprinkle some AI in because why not
Software25 Nov 2024 | 13
Alibaba Cloud brings chatty SaaS products out of China and into more markets
Teams-like DingTalk gets an enterprise edition, and virtual Androids unleashed
SaaS25 Nov 2024 |
A year after Broadcom took control of VMware, it's in the box seat
Updated Customers are 'all miserable' but not yet deciding to bail - and AT&T appears to have settled its licensing dispute
Virtualization22 Nov 2024 | 45
Techie left 'For support, contact me' sign on a server. Twenty years later, someone did
On Call A certain very famous PC manufacturer may not be very good at documenting its legacy tech
On-Prem22 Nov 2024 | 95
AWS gives its management screens a makeover in the name of improved productivity
Maybe it was crowded layout, inconsistent colors and drop shadows that made cloud so hard?
Off-Prem22 Nov 2024 | 6
Billionaire food app CEO wants you to pay for the privilege of working with him
Zomato boss Deepinder Goyal leaves a sour taste in the mouth
Offbeat21 Nov 2024 | 91
Put your usernames and passwords in your will, advises Japan's government
Digital end of life planning saves your loved ones from a little extra anguish
Software21 Nov 2024 | 77
Google changes Android release cycle so new versions arrive in Q2
Version 16 developer preview starts the new cycle, with warnings for devs to test sooner rather than later
OSes20 Nov 2024 | 10
Citrix gives its Platform a polish with enhanced management tools
Admins promised they can get stuff done with fewer clicks this year … or maybe next
Software19 Nov 2024 | 5
Hardware barn denies that .004 seconds of facial recognition violated privacy
Claims it was just spotting shoppers who threatened staff at Bluey's favorite big box store
AI + ML19 Nov 2024 | 36
India slaps Meta with five-year ban on sharing info from WhatsApp for ads
Shouldn't have abused messaging dominance, Zuck
Public Sector19 Nov 2024 | 6
Undergrad thought he had mastered Unix in weeks. Then he discovered rm -rf
Who, Me? Uni sysadmin who ran the lab he erased was a big part of the problem
Storage18 Nov 2024 | 128
Lenovo’s enterprise hardware biz booms but profit remains elusive
Execs at Chinese company confident President Trump's trade policies won’t present a problem
On-Prem18 Nov 2024 | 3
Equinix to close its 'Metal' IaaS offering in 2026
Joins the likes of HPE, Cisco, and VMware in failing to challenge dominant hyperscalers
Off-Prem18 Nov 2024 | 3
That hardware will be more reliable if you stop stabbing it all day
On Call Knives and lasers don't mix … until they do
On-Prem15 Nov 2024 | 133
Biting the hand that feeds IT
