Loving the data centre like it was home
Software application developers don’t care about the back-end guts and architectures that serve their programs much, right?…
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Apple: Oops! DNS snafu crippled our app, iTunes stores for 10 HOURS
TITSUP: Total Inability To Support Uber-expensive Purchases
Updated Apple has blamed a server configuration blunder for a 10-plus-hour outage of its lucrative App Store, Mac App Store, iBooks Store, and iTunes Store.…
HAPPY 20th Birthday MICROSOFT BOB
It gave us Comic Sans, Clippy, a zillion jokes and might be CORTANA’S GRANDFATHER
Tuesday, 10 March 2015, is a day of infamy, for on that day in 1995 Microsoft gave the world Bob, the “social interface” for Windows 3.x and 95.…
SugarCRM sews up sweet deal to buy out junior upstart Stitch
No figures mentioned, but they should make a thrilling yarn for investors
SugarCRM – producers of customer relationship management system Sugar – have acquired the intellectual property rights “and other assets” of mobile start-up Stitch.…
Minecraft debuts new block – one that blocks Java crapware, that is
All-in-one launcher soothes players’ Java installer pains
Oracle may be sticking with its plan to bundle unwanted software with its Java installer and updates, but Minecraft players soon shouldn’t have to worry about it, thanks to a new launcher for the popular Java-based game.…
Apple Watch: Wait a minute! This wrist-puter costs 17 GRAND?
Plus: New skinny MacBook and exclusive HBO TV streaming
Apple boss Tim Cook appeared at an art center in San Francisco on Monday to confirm when the much-hyped Apple Watch will go on sale.…
Apple slips out security patches while world goes gaga over watches
Remote-code exec in iOS, OS X iCloud, plus FREAK fix
While everyone was losing their mind over expensive watches, Apple sneaked out security fixes for iOS phones and tablets, and OS X computers.…
Microsoft: You’ll get the next Windows 10 build when we’re GOOD AND READY
Public release dates only slow the process down, say devs
Champing at the bit for the next build of Windows 10 Technical Preview? Microsoft says that although it has been silent for several weeks, a new release is coming … soonish … but you probably shouldn’t hold your breath.…
Ouch! Google crocks capacitors and deviates DRAM to root Linux
‘Rowhammer’ attack flips bits in memory to take control of the kernel
Last summer Google gathered a bunch of leet security researchers as its Project Zero team and instructed them to find unusual zero-day flaws. They’ve had plenty of success on the software front – but on Monday announced a hardware hack that’s a real doozy.…
Linux kernel devs adopt Bill and Ted’s excellent code of conduct
Penguin dude Torvalds issues guide to being nice to each other when coding kernels
The Linux kernel development community and its leader Linus Torvalds are both famously feisty: strong words are often exchanged on the Linux Kernel Mailing List, while Linux Lord Linus Torvalds is seldom shy of speaking his mind.…