Microsoft announces product it doesn't want anyone to buy
Just migrate already, would you? But if you can't, Redmond will take your cash
Security16 Apr 2026 | 21
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Headless 360: Salesforce's latest pitch to let AI do the dev work
Here comes 'enterprise vibe coding' as CRM giant aims to open development to anyone on the platform
AI + ML15 Apr 2026 | 7
Ancient Excel bug comes out of retirement for active attacks
Vuln old enough to drive lands on CISA's exploited list
Patches15 Apr 2026 | 9
How ServiceNow gets customers to gorge at the AI trough
'AI is now infused in every package that we offer to our addressable market,' SVP John Aisien told us
SaaS13 Apr 2026 | 5
NHS pays £46K to prep next Microsoft licensing round
Benchmarking contract lays groundwork for renegotiating £774M software agreement
Personal Tech13 Apr 2026 | 11
Britain's biggest nuclear site skips competition, hands SAP £33M to start ERP switch
Sellafield says sticking with German giant is only way off legacy ECC before support runs dry
Databases10 Apr 2026 | 10
Microsoft software resale appeal catches eye of £3.5B class action
Court of Appeal hearing in ValueLicensing dispute may shape parallel proceedings
Applications09 Apr 2026 | 5
Microsoft calls time on ASP.NET Core 2.3 on .NET Framework
Tangled tale nears end as Redmond classifies it as a tool, not a library
Software08 Apr 2026 | 9
DXC lands Metropolitan Police outsourcing deal that could climb to £1B
Supplier will support the current Oracle E-Business Suite and lead migration to a new Oracle Fusion SaaS platform
Databases08 Apr 2026 | 18
NHS staff resist using Palantir software
Staff reportedly cite ethics concerns, privacy worries, and doubt the platform adds much
Applications03 Apr 2026 | 69
Forking frenzy ensues after Euro-Office launch sparks OnlyOffice backlash
Meanwhile, Collabora splits from LibreOffice Online amid claims TDF ejected 'all Collabora staff and partners'
Applications02 Apr 2026 | 105
Artemis II astronaut: 'I have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working'
In space no one can hear you scream, at Microsoft
Applications02 Apr 2026 | 164
Gmail celebrates 22 years by finally letting users change their addresses
Congratulations, XxXh4xx0r420xXx, you can now use that account in your professional life, too
Applications31 Mar 2026 | 51
Android keyboard ditches keys entirely, predicts what you mean
Aimed at blind tablet users, although it's winning sighted fans too
Personal Tech31 Mar 2026 | 26
Contracts are in C++26 despite disagreement over their value
Inventor Bjarne Stroustrup argues feature is neither minimal nor viable
Devops31 Mar 2026 | 47
UK fines Irish Apple outpost over sanctions-busting payments to Russian dev
Regulator says payments totaling £635K reached entity owned and controlled by a designated person
Applications30 Mar 2026 | 14
Lloyds app glitch turned transactions into shared experience for 447k users
A botched update mixed up transaction data across accounts, with thousands now receiving goodwill payouts
Software27 Mar 2026 | 34
AI bug reports went from junk to legit overnight, says Linux kernel czar
Interview Greg Kroah-Hartman can't explain the inflection point, but it's not slowing down or going away
AI + ML26 Mar 2026 | 49
Oracle: AI agents can reason, decide and act - liability question remains
Fusion Agentic Applications promise autonomous enterprise decisions. Gartner urges caution
Applications25 Mar 2026 | 15
Firefox 149 adds a free VPN and finally plays nice with Linux dialogs
In other browser news, Opera now caters to penguinista gamers
Applications25 Mar 2026 | 74
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Locked-out iPhone user tells The Reg that Apple is scrambling to fix character flaw passcode bug
University student says he plans to move to Android, but concedes iOS engineers acting fast
Opsec oopsie: Dutch navy frigate location outed by mailing it a Bluetooth tracker
Or, how public information and a €5 tracker exposed an avoidable opsec lapse
Anthropic mocks up Claude Design to draft fancy new pink slips for marketing teams
The bar for creating visual assets has been lowered to the ability to converse with a model
Users complain that UK Azure is having capacity problems
We hear Sweden is lovely place for workloads to visit
Intel eases reliance on TSMC with 'Merica-made Core Series 3 processors
Stripped-down Ultra for laptops and low-power edge boxes
Microsoft closes book on rogue Windows Server 2025 upgrades
Starts new one on boot loops
CISA tells feds to patch 13-year-old Apache ActiveMQ bug under active attack
Bug hiding in plain sight for over a decade lands on KEV list
Atlassian’s new data collection policy protects rich customers while AI eats the rest
From August 17, the outfit will collect customer metadata by default unless you pay for the top tier
Attention data hoarders: Alexa loses its Plex appeal as voice feature gets canned
Users who stream their own media files ticked off as Plex warns Alexa skill will die on June 15
Would you like fries with that terminal?
Bork!Bork!Bork! Jack might be on Track, but the order screen certainly isn't
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Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access
Opinion A handful thrive, most scrape by as companies make billions off their code
Software25 Mar 2026 | 99
SAP already shifting focus from ERP migration disaster in pursuit of AI-driven growth
New commercial models planned after cloud transition falls €2B behind target
Databases24 Mar 2026 | 22
EU broadcasters say smart TVs and voice assistants are the next gatekeepers
Open letter warns tech is shaping what audiences see while slipping past regulation
Software24 Mar 2026 | 62
Avalonia bolts Linux and WebAssembly onto .NET MAUI
Broader platform coverage lands, if developers can tolerate the rough edges
Software23 Mar 2026 | 7
Palantir trial plugs into UK financial watchdog's data trove
US analytics firm handed access to sensitive intel, raising yet more questions about vendor lock-in
Databases23 Mar 2026 | 20
Competition watchdog cracks knuckles, probes legality of Adobe cancellation fee
Annual billed sub scrubbed after 14 days? Expect to pay 50% of yearly price
SaaS19 Mar 2026 | 37
Microsoft publishes a workaround for Samsung's C:\ drive woes
Friends and family support techs: get ready for permission changing and batch file creating
Applications18 Mar 2026 | 51
Microsoft 365 pauses Copilot creep after admins cry foul
Automatic deployment of Redmond's assistant halted for now
SaaS18 Mar 2026 | 15
Water company wasted $200k on bad answers from an AI model – so built its own slop filtering system
Rozum orchestrates multiple flaky models and drives them to reasonable conclusions
AI + ML18 Mar 2026 | 55
Microsoft points at Samsung after Galaxy app bug locks users out of C:\
'Access denied' errors hit certain Windows 11 machines running vendor utility
Applications16 Mar 2026 | 53
After years of being stood up, ARM64 Linux users finally get Chrome date
Someone, somewhere, ticked a box on a build farm. The wait is over
Applications13 Mar 2026 | 24
Lloyds Banking Group apps play mix-and-match with customer transactions
Updated Some account holders see names, salaries, and child benefit payments… just not their own
Applications12 Mar 2026 | 26
AIOps is so powerful, vendors are building tools to clean up after agents break your infrastructure
Cohesity, ServiceNow and Datadog team on recoverability suite
AI + ML10 Mar 2026 | 13
Microsoft Authenticator to nuke Entra creds on rooted and jailbroken phones
Warning, lockout, then wipe if your device trips detection
Personal Tech10 Mar 2026 | 49
Microsoft 365 confirms new premium tier, stuffed with AI and few discounts
E7 arrives with a hefty price. Got to keep those shareholders happy
Applications09 Mar 2026 | 45
LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2
Plain-text fans rejoice as Writer gains native CommonMark import and export
Applications09 Mar 2026 | 52
Microsoft kicks new Outlook opt-out deadline down the road to 2027
Admins get another year before migration pressure ramps up
SaaS06 Mar 2026 | 61
Okta CEO ‘paranoid’ as vibe coders stir SaaS-pocalypse fears
It’s ok, Todd. You’re only paranoid if you’re wrong.
SaaS05 Mar 2026 | 7
Users fume at Outlook.com email 'carnage'
Updated Email flow slowed or stopped by mysterious forces at Microsoft
Networks04 Mar 2026 | 110
Bootleg Windows, Office scheme crashes, triggers 22-month lockup for Florida woman
Heidi Richards paid more than $5M for certificate of authenticity labels in five years
Software03 Mar 2026 | 74
LibreOffice Online dragged out of the attic, dusted off for another go
Browser-based version back on the menu, reopening questions about TDF's relationship with Collabora
Applications02 Mar 2026 | 58
Lovable-hosted app littered with basic flaws exposed 18K users, researcher claims
Who's to blame – the vibey platforms or the humans who ignore security warnings?
Applications27 Feb 2026 | 10
Mondelēz picks Celonis as process backbone for SAP overhaul
Snack giant opts for vendor-neutral process mining as it shifts from ECC to S/4HANA
Databases27 Feb 2026 | 1
Engineer held hostage by client who asked for the wrong fix
On Call 'I was no longer field support. I was collateral'
On-Prem27 Feb 2026 | 94
Hide from Meta's spyglasses with this new Android app
Academic urges users not to harass those suspected of snooping with (sp)eyewear
Applications25 Feb 2026 | 59
Microsoft boss on AI content: 'Nobody wants anything that is sloppy'
Sometimes the 'S' word slips through even the best media training
AI + ML25 Feb 2026 | 41
Indie web browser Ladybird flutters toward Rust with a little help from AI
Project ditches Swift and translates C++ with LLM assistance
Applications23 Feb 2026 | 22
Notepad++ declares hardened update process 'effectively unexploitable'
Miscreants will need to find another avenue for malware shenanigans
Security18 Feb 2026 | 17
Resilient, continuously active data – with no compromise
When the gap between data generation and action is a strategic liability, it's time for a fix
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Contain your Windows apps inside Linux Windows
Hands-on Can't live without Adobe? Get on board WinBoat – or WinApps sails a similar course
Applications14 Feb 2026 | 76
The big FOSS vendors don't eat their own dogfood – they pay for proprietary groupware
Open Source Policy Summit 2026 That's not a good idea
Software12 Feb 2026 | 126
Apple's Creator Studio creates a subscription where free apps used to live
Mac faithful aghast at helpful wallet-emptying suggestions
SaaS11 Feb 2026 | 37
Notepad's new Markdown powers served with a side of remote code execution
Smug faces across all those who opposed the WordPad-ification of Microsoft's humble text editor
Security11 Feb 2026 | 75
Oracle Java licensing worries are percolating through the userbase
Survey finds nine in ten customers concerned as pricing changes push many toward open source alternatives
Software10 Feb 2026 | 36
Microsoft starts the countdown for the end of Exchange Web Services
Windows giant might try turning it off and on again to see who notices
Applications06 Feb 2026 | 13
Why high-performance Java is becoming a business imperative
A new generation of JVM technologies is reshaping how businesses build, deploy, and scale mission-critical Java applications.
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Palantir declares itself the guardian of Americans' rights
Opinion CEO Alex Karp meets criticism with soaring revenues and a sermon
Applications03 Feb 2026 | 78
SAP refuses to budge on renewal discounts despite cloud growth slowdown
Drop in customers' cloud conversion rate causes share price to plunge 22% – steepest decline since 2020
Databases02 Feb 2026 | 4
Notepad++ update service hijacked in targeted state-linked attack
Breach lingered for months before stronger signature checks shut the door
Cyber-crime02 Feb 2026 | 59
ServiceNow boasts about years of sweat equity that went into making its AI agents smarter
80 billion workflows makes a difference
Agentic AI28 Jan 2026 | 5
Microsoft illegally installed cookies on schoolkid's tech, data protection ruling finds
Updated Austrian education ministry unaware of tracking software until campaigners launched case
Applications27 Jan 2026 | 17
Office zero-day exploited in the wild forces Microsoft OOB patch
Updated Another actively abused Office bug, another emergency patch – Office 2016 and 2019 users are left with registry tweaks instead of fixes.
Security27 Jan 2026 | 6
Gartner questions whether Salesforce AI buffet will stay all-you-can-eat forever
Updated Analysts say today's capped deals may become tomorrow's cost shock
Agentic AI27 Jan 2026 | 11
Just the Browser is just the beginning: Why breaking free means building small
Opinion Privacy tools are a start, but real freedom lives in the digital outskirts of the web
Software26 Jan 2026 | 23
Tech support detective solved PC crime by looking in the carpark
On Call Overnight action made for a sticky situation in the candy factory
Personal Tech23 Jan 2026 | 80
Microsoft Intune changes to start biting unprepared admins
Mobile application management updates mean apps could soon be blocked
Applications19 Jan 2026 | 20
Hyperscalers, vendors funding trillion dollar AI spree, but users will have to pay up long term
Analyst: We'll hit a spot where 'we go from that was a great idea to where's my revenue?'
AI + ML16 Jan 2026 | 17
Microsoft's 'From SA' scheme on trial as license resale row refuses to die
ValueLicensing case rumbles on as Windows giant appeals against copyright judgment
Software15 Jan 2026 | 2
Mandiant open sources tool to prevent leaky Salesforce misconfigs
AuraInspector automates the most common abuses and generates fixes for customers
SaaS13 Jan 2026 |
Microsoft euthanizes ancient deployment toolkit
Immediate retirement for freebie automation platform
Software12 Jan 2026 | 10
2026 brings a bumper crop of Microsoft tech funerals
A busy year of end-of-support dates awaits unwary admins
Software12 Jan 2026 | 9
Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech
Call for Evidence casts FOSS as a way to break US dependence
Software11 Jan 2026 | 82
Accenture bets AI will ring up retail sales with Profitmind investment
Let the bots figure out what to sell for how much
Applications09 Jan 2026 | 10
CISA flags actively exploited Office relic alongside fresh HPE flaw
Max-severity OneView hole joins a PowerPoint bug that should've been retired years ago
Cyber-crime08 Jan 2026 | 6
HSBC app takes a dim view of sideloaded Bitwarden installations
Customers report being locked out after grabbing the password manager via F-Droid
Security07 Jan 2026 | 112
Brave refurbishes Rust adblocking engine for reduced memory footprint
Have your privacy cake and consume the web too
Applications06 Jan 2026 | 16
StockHistory function becomes StockMystery as Microsoft Excel bugs out
New Year glitch leaves users staring at connection errors instead of market data
Applications06 Jan 2026 | 11
EU won't scrap tech regs just because Washington dislikes them
US trade body threatens software and services market access unless European approach changes
Legal05 Jan 2026 | 33
Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching
It's January 2026, and Google is finding innovative new ways to make one of its services worse
Applications05 Jan 2026 | 149
Finally - a terminal solution to the browser wars
A full-featured, Sixel-capable terminal browser for those who’d rather skip AI assistants
Applications02 Jan 2026 | 37
Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud
Exclusive Tech exec admits not dead cert it'll find the right solution
PaaS + IaaS19 Dec 2025 | 81
Devs say Apple still flouting EU's Digital Markets Act six months on
Coalition for App Fairness warns App Store fees remain unlawful despite non-compliance ruling
Applications16 Dec 2025 | 20
Delay to European Central Bank messaging project cost the Bank of England £23M
Watchdog links schedule change to replanning of UK payments system overhaul
Public Sector15 Dec 2025 | 7
Workday project at Washington University hits $266M
Protests force disclosure of costs totaling $16,000 per student over 7 year rollout replacing 80 legacy systems
SaaS12 Dec 2025 | 42
Salesforce opts for seat-based AI licensing as customers demand predictability
Analysts say the shift is part of a trend which offers stability, but embedded usage caps ensure some vendors keep control
AI + ML12 Dec 2025 | 9
Airbus exec: Most CIOs in Europe will not finish SAP ECC6 migration by 2030
Exclusive Aerospace giant faces 'massive work' to move legacy ERP systems to S/4HANA as support deadline looms
Databases11 Dec 2025 | 17
SAP users in the dark about vendor's plan for data analytics
February product launch fails to register, with concerns remaining about integration
Databases09 Dec 2025 |
Affection for Excel spans generations, from Boomers to Zoomers
Younger finance pros are just as loyal to Microsoft's venerable spreadsheet app as their elders
Offbeat09 Dec 2025 | 83
Death in the dollhouse as Microsoft marketing reboots digital soap operas
Can’t take decades more synthetic case studies? Get those digital daggers out
Software08 Dec 2025 | 11
Salesforce has come up with the most credible threat yet to ServiceNow, and Benioff is crowing about it
Some within the CRM giant balked, but Benioff prevailed
Applications05 Dec 2025 | 11
Salesforce finds new AI monetization knobs to twist
With seat and usage-based deals back on the table, CRM giant tells investors agent prices are going up
SaaS05 Dec 2025 | 4
Irish Excel whiz sheets all over the competition in Vegas showdown
Diarmuid Early takes world title after outpacing 11 rivals
Applications05 Dec 2025 | 35
Vendor's secret 'fix' made critical app unusable during business hours
On Call Medical software maker also had a vastly unhealthy approach to security
Applications05 Dec 2025 | 111
UK SAP users say they're baffled by Business Suite reboot licensing maze
Pricing complexity makes justifying migrations an uphill battle
Databases04 Dec 2025 | 8
Asda's 'self-inflicted' SAP mess after Walmart divorce stalls financial revival
Overbudget Project Future will continue to cause problems into Q2 next year, chairman admits
On-Prem01 Dec 2025 | 29
Seven years later, Airbus is still trying to kick its Microsoft habit
Exclusive Google Workspace switch drags on amid Excel dependencies, compliance requirements, and compatibility issues
SaaS26 Nov 2025 | 109
Employee trust in SAP board dips amid ongoing restructure
German mega vendor responds to latest in-house survey
Databases25 Nov 2025 | 5
Microsoft wedges tables into Notepad for some reason
WordPad died for this?
Applications24 Nov 2025 | 63
You are likely to be eaten by the MIT license: Microsoft frees Zork source
Redmond dusts off Infocom's classic text adventures and puts the originals into public hands
Applications21 Nov 2025 | 50
Lawsuit seeks to probe Uncle Sam's role in ICE-tracking app takedowns
EFF wants to know if citizens had their First Amendment rights violated
Applications21 Nov 2025 | 42
