Let’s just call it a runtime error
Worstall on Wednesday Ignoring the central insight and purpose of economics seems odd in an economics paper.…
Whoooah! HOW many Google Play apps did you say request ‘read SMS’ access?
Google’s app permissions far too lax – security firm survey
A security firm has criticised Android’s all-or-nothing permission approach, arguing it unnecessarily creates extra privacy risks for businesses and consumers.…
Microsoft’s new ‘Adam’ AI trounces Google … and beats HUMANS
Asynchronous design crucial in giving 120-machine cluster the edge in neural-network wars
The battle for neural-network dominance has heated up as Microsoft has developed a cutting-edge image-recognition system that has trounced a system from Google.…
New leaked ‘Windows 8 screenshot’: The Start Menu strikes back
Revamped launcher could arrive in update this year
A purportedly leaked screenshot of what appears to be an upcoming version of Windows has given us a closer look at the much-rumored new “hybrid” Start Menu, suggesting it may be coming sooner, rather than later.…
Do YOU work at MICROSOFT? Are you SURE?
Nokia and marketing types first against the wall, says report
What is being described as the “biggest round of job cuts” to hit software mammoth Microsoft since 2009 is on its way, according to a report just out today.…
Microsoft takes on Chromebook with low-cost Windows laptops
Redmond’s chief salesman: We’re taking ‘hard’ decisions
WPC Microsoft’s chief salesman Kevin Turner has tried to turn his company’s crushing lateness on devices into a positive for the sake of partners and employees.…
Oracle: You wanted SQL on Hadoop? How about SQL on Hadoop and SQL ON NOSQL?
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
Oracle wants all technology to speak the same language as the one found in its eponymous database.…
If you have a security hole, if no one else can help … maybe you need the Google ZERO team
Crack unit to rid internet of zero-day vulns
+Comment Google will expand its computer security research efforts by forming a well-staffed full-time team called Project Zero.…
We SO DO support Java on XP, maybe even JDK 8, says Oracle
Or at least as much as Microsoft lets us
Oracle has issued a statement saying that it absolutely does support Java on Windows XP and may even decide to support JDK 8 on the orphan OS.…
14/07/15: It will be a Tuesday. You’ll have NO support for Windows Server 2003. Best of luck
2.7 million systems in Europe must make the switch
Any switched-on channel type or IT manager will have this deadline hard wired in their cerebral cortex, but for those in need of an early morning jumpstart – support for Windows Server 2003 ends a year from today.…