No need to wait until next week, after all
Microsoft has released the next preview build of Windows 10 to members of its Windows Insider program, slightly ahead of schedule.…
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Turnbull says big telcos should subsidise bush comms
Command and control in a free telco market
It looks like the federal government is getting its feet in a tangle, trying to reconcile the public good of the National Broadband Network with free-market doctrine.…
Windows 10: The Microsoft rule-o-three holds, THIS time it’s looking DECENT
Cortana, Spartan, Xbox – oh my
Analysis The old adage that you never install a Microsoft product until version three appears to be holding true in operating systems with Windows 10. Windows 8 was a disaster, Windows 8.1 a waystation, but Windows 10 is looking like a very solid system.…
US military finds F-35 software is a buggy mess
Tests jettisoned to protect schedule
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) remains the problem child of the US military, with some operational tests abandoned in 2014, and buggy software proving a headache.…
Big software players talking common microservices definitions
VMware plans ‘stack’ for componentised apps
Big software outfits are looking to define microservices, the concept of decomposed applications enabled by containerisation.…
Your anonymous code contributions probably aren’t: boffins
Coders are creatures of easily-identifiable habit
There’s no such thing as an anonymous programmer: your coding style can unmask you, according to research led by Drexel University Comp. Sci. PhD student Aylin Caliskan-Islam.…
Open-source Java pals Groovy and Grails seek moneybags backer
Pivotal’s pulled out
Two major open source Java projects, Groovy and Grails, are looking for new sponsors.…
FIVE Things (NOT ten, these are REAL) from the WINDOWS 10 event
Microsoft Operation Relevance – how’s it doing?
Analysis Microsoft offered a teaser of its work across its three main platforms yesterday, enough to give us an insight into how well Operation Relevance is going. It’s very much a work in progress. Here are the five key points on Windows 10 and the accompanying strategy.…
Free Windows 10 could be DEADLY for Microsoft and the PC biz
Satya Nadella’s great price-slash gamble
Analysis First the good news: Windows 10 will be free – for one year.…
Tap sat app gap, yaps Inmarsat chap: Orbiting bird API opened to devs
Satnav to sat-have
Satellite communications oldie Inmarsat is to open up its systems to third-party developers – and wants them to create new ways to use its communications grid to link ships, aircraft, and machine-to-machine data traffic.…