While it’s looking like the final version of Windows 10 for client PCs could ship before the end of the year, it seems data center admins needn’t hold their breaths. Microsoft confirmed on Friday that the next version of Windows Server won’t arrive until 2016.…
Comment The Windows 10 traditional desktop is a no-go zone for new tablets smaller than 8-inches across, according to Microsoft exec Joe Belfiore.…
Oracle-Sun anniversary Feeling calm and relaxed? Join the Reg on a journey to an alternate reality where Oracle’s cloud business is the envy of all of its competitors. It holds two trillion objects and is growing faster now than at any time in its history.…
Oracle-Sun anniversary Back in 2010, critics worried that Sun Microsystems’ software portfolio would wither on the vine once Oracle got its hands on it. Five years on and the worst fears have proven baseless, yet former Sun diehards have had plenty to be disappointed about since Larry Ellison & Co gobbled the former server heavyweight.…
Google has apologised after its language-scraping service offered up offensive alternatives including “poof” and “faggot” as replacements for the word gay.…
Details of Microsoft’s fledgling Windows 10 Spartan browser are emerging with a suggestion of possible support for Windows 7.…
The man behind the Opera browser has created a new one, he says, because power users are poorly served. The new Vivaldi browser launched today in a “Technical Preview” form, with customisation and speed taking it in a different direction to the mainstream, where minimalism rules the day.…
Security researchers have uncovered a critical bug in the GNU C Library (glibc), a key component of Linux and some other operating systems, which could render countless machines vulnerable to remote code execution attacks.…
With Superbowl Sunday approaching, interest in the ritualized combat that is American football is peaking for the year – but fans of the action may be letting hackers slurp their personal details.…