Free hands-on guidance
Promo The Register’s Tim Phillips was joined by Paul Gregory, from QA, to deliver a live hands-on session on Azure Active Directory, which you can watch at your leisure from the comfort of your desk.…
Spammers set their sights on WhatsApp – that’s that ruined then
Bypassing filters and flinging ads through bars of cage
Mobile spam is spreading from SMS channels towards mobile messaging apps such as WhatsApp, according to mobile security provider and specialist AdaptiveMobile.…
Microsoft snubs Codeplex, moves big projects to GitHub
Redmond deploys its Knights who say NIH*
Microsoft has completed the move of Roslyn, the next-generation open source compiler for C# and Visual Basic, from CodePlex to GitHub.…
AMBER alerts of snatched kids to appear on Facebook (and Bing)
It’s the thought that counts, Microsoft
Video Facebook and Microsoft’s Bing have worked together with the US Department of Justice to add AMBER alerts for missing children to their websites.…
Babel fish ear-poo fun: Google unveils real-time translation
‘Eff, asterisk, asterisk, asterisk,’ it murmurs as Reg hack speaks
It’s a small, yellow, leech-like creature* that feeds on … no, wait, it’s Google’s new translation app.…
Google v Oracle: US Supreme Court turns to Obama in Java copyright war
Seeks ‘views of United States’ in code ownership case
The US Supreme Court hasn’t decided whether it will hear arguments in the long-running dispute between Google and Oracle over Java copyrights, and it has asked the Obama administration to weigh in before it makes up its mind.…
Apple Watch support spotted hiding out in iOS 8.2 beta
Integration tools spotted in latest builds
The latest iOS 8.2 beta build includes support for the Apple Watch, we’re told, signaling the expensive wristputer is looming. The smartwatch requires an iPhone nearby to work, hence the need for the handset’s OS to support the gadget.…
Microsoft thinks of the children with VS2013 Git release
Redmond’s on a code dump tear as it unleashes own serialization code
Microsoft has clambered aboard GitHub’s educational effort, tossing Visual Studio Community 2013 and a few other goodies into the mix.…
This $10 phone charger will wirelessly keylog your boss
Arduino tool sniffs wireless Microsoft keyboards
MySpace mischief-maker Samy Kamkar has released schematics for a dirt-cheap wireless sniffer capable of plundering keystrokes from office cubicles.…
Windows 7 MARKED for DEATH by Microsoft as of NOW
Mainstream support ends TODAY
Today, 13 January, is the day on which Microsoft’s Windows 7 passes from mainstream support into extended support.…