Interview Charles Petzold’s book Programming Windows (in various editions) was how a generation of developers learned to code for Windows – 25 years ago when Microsoft’s operating system was the hot new thing.…
Updated Fed-up Domain Monster customers are still waiting for the company to fix an email outage that has been going on for six days now.…
Sysadmin Blog Controversy has erupted around Microsoft’s Windows 10 preview. More specifically, questions are being raised about the amount of tracking – and the depth of tracking – that was built into the preview.…
Netcraft’s October survey of web servers will be welcomed by open source aficionados, as the firm has found Apache is once again the planet’s most-used web server.…
The Chromium project decided that the EXT family of filesystems are surplus to requirements, but has bowed to pressure and signalled it is willing to reverse the decision.…
The Linux Foundation is targeting drones through a project building a reliable open-source software platform for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).…
Promo As the leaves turn to gold and the autumn mists descend, your average developer’s mind automatically turns to the age-old question of… how can I make my website even better? Well, you could get in out of the cold and turn on to Microsoft’s training sessions.…
Cupertino’s plans to dominate the world of pay-by-bonk have been exposed following the leak of what appears to be a top-secret Apple Pay training manual.…
Something for the Weekend, Sir? If in doubt, right-click. It’s a motto that has served me well and stood the test of time. Can’t locate a command under multiple sub-menus? Right-click – it’s probably in the contextual menu. Can’t remember what the command is called? Right-click – you’ll find it there. Have absolutely no idea what to do next? Right-click – it will alleviate the boredom.…
Oracle has bagged itself a global head to manage the cloudy portfolio just a week after chief techie and erstwhile CEO Larry Ellison talked up the bets the company is placing behind the as-a-service model.…