Office 365 monitoring and virtual machine visualiser among 40-plus tweaks
Microsoft has issued a new “rollup” of enhancements and fixes to Windows Server 2012 R2.…
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Cloudy CoreOS Linux distro declares itself production-ready
Lightweight, container-happy Linux gets first Stable release
The developers behind the stripped-down CoreOS Linux distribution have pushed version 367.1.0 to the Stable release channel, marking the first time the project has delivered a production-ready release.…
Leaked Windows Phone 8.1 Update specs tease details of Nokia’s next mobes
New screen sizes, dual SIMs, voice over LTE, and more
The website wranglers at Microsoft appear to have accidentally let slip some details about the forthcoming update to Windows Phone 8.1 – as well as some hints at what we can expect from future handsets running Redmond’s mobile OS.…
Bitcoin on ATM? Pfft! We play DOOM on ours
Never underestimate the AWESOME PREDICTIVE POWER OF COMMENTARDS
Back in January, a Register commentard recalled a magazine cover of days of yore, depicting Doom as if it were running on an ATM: now an Aussie tinkerer has brought the vision to life.…
Android busted for carrying Fake ID: OS doesn’t check who really made that ‘Adobe’ plugin
Versions 2.1 to 4.4 affected – is your gadget patched?
Google Android allows malware to masquerade as legit, trusted apps thanks to weaknesses in the way the operating system checks digital certificates of authenticity.…
Redmond in rapid rebuild after sysadmin request STUNNER
SaaSy System Center Advisor gains new admin-friendly features
Microsoft has released a few useful tweaks to System Center Advisor, its online log file analysis, monitoring and alerting service, and says actual users asked for the new features it has created.…
DARPA-derived secure microkernel goes open source tomorrow
Hacker-repelling, drone-protecting code will soon be yours to tweak as you see fit
A nippy microkernel mathematically proven to be bug free*, and used to protect drones from hacking, will be released as open source tomorrow.…
Swell. Apple buys ‘Pandora-for-talk-radio’ app… for $30 meeellion
‘Pandora-for-talk-radio’ software on sale – report
Can you hear that message crackling over the airwaves? No? Perhaps you need to stop using that rusty old radio and replace it with a gleaming iThing from Apple.…
KDE releases ice-cream coloured Plasma 5 just in time for summer
Melty but refreshing – popular rival to Mint’s Cinnamon’s still a work in progress
Review Plasma 5, released last week, is a major redesign of the Unix KDE desktop environment and underlying frameworks.…
Another day, another Firefox: Version 31 is upon us ALREADY
Web devs, Mozilla really wants you to like this one
Review The idea of a new version of Firefox will sound like a bad joke to some. To others, it’s a yawn – Firefox comes at the blistering pace of one new version every six weeks.…