Flash is bad, but not so bad devs will bother with HTML5, so send in the killbits
Newly-minted Facebook security chief Alex Stamos has called for Adobe Flash to be taken out behind the shed by a shotgun-wielding world.…
HP won’t ship PCs with Windows 10 preinstalled until mid-August
Better plan on downloading it … or just skip it
The big picture of how Microsoft plans to debut Windows 10 for its customers remains murky, but more details are starting to emerge, courtesy of the software giant’s hardware partners.…
Police, firefighters, ambulances, hospitals: 20 per cent still rely on Win Server 2003
End of support today. Try not to get ill
Exclusive One in every five public-sector health and emergency services organisations in the UK will still be running Windows Server 2003 after Microsoft ends extended support today.…
Microsoft suspends Windows 10 new-build downloads ahead of launch
Temporary measure to ‘stress and validate’ delivery system
Microsoft’s closed the tap on fresh builds of Windows 10 in preparation for final launch.…
Mozilla: Right, THAT’S IT. You, Flash, behind the shed with me. *snick snack*
Temporary pending a patch. Until the next time
Mozilla has temporarily blocked Flash within Firefox in response to newly unveiled Hacking Team exploits against Adobe’s much exploited software app.…
BZZZT! NHS e-Referral system flatlines again
Four minute load time? That’s half a GP’s appointment slot!
After finally staggering to its feet the woes surrounding the NHS’s £131m gaffe-tastic e-Referrals system have continued, sources have told the Register, with more outages and a growing list of unresolved problems appearing in the past week.…
Windows Server 2003 support deadline is TOMORROW – but thousands don’t care
Security risks? Well, yes, maybe. We’ll take our chances
Tomorrow marks the end of support for Windows Server 2003 but plenty of customers, of all shapes and sizes, weighed up the cost versus the risk factors and will continue to make do with their dusty old boxes.…
Drop-stitch: Microsoft’s 3D Photosynth app sinks into oblivion
Bloodied, battered Redmond dropkicks MSN lifestyle mobe guff, too
Seeing as Microsoft’s axe has been sharpened in recent days, the company has now decided to swing it at some unpopular apps including its cloudy, pic-stitching Photosynth product.…
Microsoft giving up on phones? Naaahh … Windows 10 Mobile lumbers toward release
‘Core quality’ the focus of latest preview build
Microsoft has released a new preview build of Windows 10 Mobile, the version of the new OS for phones, and it has the same build number as the current version for desktop PCs.…
Install OS X El Capitan update – or your apps may do an Ellen Pao
32-bit software quits unexpectedly, Apple warns
If you’re running the first public beta of OS X El Capitan (version 10.11), well, open the App Store application, check for updates, and install the supplemental update.…