‘No interruption in the service’ promises mouthpiece
Norway-based Opera Software has set sail across the North Atlantic to acquire Toronto-based VPN-men SurfEasy, for an undisclosed sum.…
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Microsoft open sources MSBuild, aims for cross-platform dev tools
Visual Studio build system heads for Linux and Mac
Microsoft’s build engine, MSBuild, has been published as open source on GitHub and will be ported to Linux and the Mac.…
Delving into Office 2016: Microsoft goes public with new preview
Next version of Office for Windows is unveiled
First Look Microsoft’s Office team is in overdrive, delivering new versions this year for Android, Mac (in preview), Windows 10 Universal App Platform (in preview), and now Windows desktop, also in preview.…
Web geeks grant immortality to Sir Terry Pratchett – using smuggled web code
‘A man is not dead while his name is still spoken’
The death of Sir Terry Pratchett last week left many fans bereft, but some canny geeks have devised a system to ensure his name lives on in everyday web traffic.…
Let’s get patchin’ now, everybody’s watchin’ how, baby fix Safari with me
Come on Apple, patch up your browser….
Apple has pushed out an largish update for security flaws in its Safari browser.…
PIRATES and THIEVES to get Windows 10 as BOOTY
Redmond reckons free upgrade will convert China
Pirates running stolen Windows operating systems will get a free copy of Windows 10, according to reports.…
Windows 10 build 10041: 99 bugs on the wall, fix a bug, add a feature, 114 bugs on the wall
More Cortana, updated browser, still a race to summer
Pics Microsoft has released build 10041 of Windows 10, the first major update since January’s build 9926 went public. The test version is part of the US giant’s “Windows Insider” program which lets enthusiasts install preview builds as they are ready.…
Nvidia tears wraps off GeForce Titan X (again) and $10,000 GPU brain for DIY self-driving cars
Hardware teased at games conf – plus AI dev kits
GTC 2015 Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang confirmed the arrival of the GeForce Titan X just a few minutes ago today, dubbing it Nvi’s fastest single-chip GPU to date. He also showed off two development kits: a $15,000 deep-learning system, and a $10,000 DIY self-driving car brain.…
Google cleans up malware-ridden app store
Android marketplace gets automatic scanning and age limits
Google is cleaning up its app store to limit the amount of malware and age-inappropriate content.…
It’s just a flesh wound! Internet Explorer NOT DEAD, insists Microsoft
Redmond fires back as browser bullet brouhaha brews
The web has been aflutter with rumours that the nearly 20-year-old Internet Explorer browser is to be killed off – but Microsoft has told The Register there’s life in the old code yet.…