Buyer's remorse haunts 3 in 5 business software purchases
They never do tell you about the unexpected costs and overly complex implementations
Applications18 Oct 2023 | 41
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Forcing Apple to allow third-party app stores isn't enough
Opinion You're excited about Meta offering iOS apps via Facebook ads? Really?
Applications09 Oct 2023 | 75
Outlook's clingy 'reopen last session' prompt gets the boot
It looks like you're a perpetual Office user who needs a hidden feature disabled. Would you like help?
Applications02 Oct 2023 | 16
Driving down the cost of Office applications
How perpetual software licences are here to stay as firms avoid SaaS and snap up second hand bargains
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Europe wants easy default browser selection screens. Mozilla is already sounding the alarm on dirty tricks
Can you blame it?
Applications23 Sep 2023 | 67
GNU turns 40: Stallman's baby still not ready for prime time, but hey, there's cake
It turned the software industry upside down regardless
Applications20 Sep 2023 | 85
UK courts award CGI £60M deal to keep ancient tech alive
Legacy – sorry 'heritage' – support contract includes case managements systems
Applications19 Sep 2023 | 4
Building Excel-like UI for Uber's China ops exposed Microsoft calculation quirks
Updated Developer recounts rideshare outfitattempts to crack the Middle Kingdom market
Applications19 Sep 2023 | 28
UK government awards chunk of mega-billions tech framework
Exclusive Deal for tax collector’s legacy application services goes to troupe of suppliers including Accenture, Capgemini and IBM
Applications13 Sep 2023 | 10
Google settles another Play Store antitrust case
Perhaps the Chocolate Factory didn't feel like staring down 36 state AGs with two other competition cases pending
Applications06 Sep 2023 | 3
Google Chrome pushes ahead with targeted ads based on your browser history
YMMV, based on where you are
Applications06 Sep 2023 | 91
What happens when What3Words gets lost in translation?
UK emergency services organizations urged to consider alternatives
Applications01 Sep 2023 | 168
With version 117, Firefox finally speaks Chrome's translation language
It also beats its main rival in some speed tests now
Applications31 Aug 2023 | 51
FreeBSD can now boot in 25 milliseconds
On AWS Firecracker – but there are other new micro-VM engines around, too
Applications29 Aug 2023 | 80
LibreOffice 7.6 arrives: Open source stalwart is showing its maturity
What comes next, and what the end of the 7.x release series really means
Applications23 Aug 2023 | 152
Microsoft teases Python scripting in Excel
Snakes on a dataframe
Applications22 Aug 2023 | 65
Europe sticks a monopoly probe into Adobe-Figma merger
US, UK watchdogs also question proposed $20B deal
Applications08 Aug 2023 | 9
Arc: A radical fresh take on the web browser
In an industry that runs on hype, this might just live up to it
Applications31 Jul 2023 | 123
Apple demands app makers explain use of sensitive APIs
Privacy ritual aims to deter fingerprinting of the iFaithful
Applications29 Jul 2023 | 27
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‘How not to hire a North Korean plant posing as a techie’ guide updated by US and South Korean authorities
Advise turning off and never using remote desktop protocol, prohibiting private VPNs, not trusting recruiters’ due diligence
In-memory database Redis wants to dabble in disk
Aims to lower costs and broaden appeal of system popular with devs
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated
Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle
Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe
Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man
Now we can blame spacecraft for polluting the atmosphere
'My god, it's full of aerosolized metals!'
Analysts scratch heads over MariaDB's decision to ditch DBaaS crown jewels
'Their future is murky at the moment'
What's unconstitutional about Google keyword search warrants? Nothing, says Colorado Supreme Court
Arson case produces a very tricky precedent for anyone who values digital privacy
Paying for WinRAR in all the wrong ways - Russia and China hitting ancient app
Incidentally, Windows 11 has native rar support now
Casio keyed up after data loss hits customers in 149 countries
Crooks broke into the ClassPad server and swiped online learning database
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Google's browser security plan slammed as dangerous, terrible, DRM for websites
'The solution to the surveillance economy seems to be more surveillance' Vivaldi boss tells El Reg
Applications27 Jul 2023 | 85
Cigna sued for using software to deny healthcare insurance claims
It's just some if-then statements, no AI here, insurer sniffs
Applications26 Jul 2023 | 31
Apple owes Brit iOS app devs millions from excessively high commission, lawsuit claims
Lawyers look to scale the walled garden
Applications25 Jul 2023 | 21
Tokkers can Tok like Tweeters can Tweet – for now
Scavenging for disgruntled former Twitter users? Fellow vulture, we honor thee.
Applications25 Jul 2023 | 14
China eases barriers for cashless foreigners to use local services
Asia in brief ALSO: Singapore's government LLM, China beats 5G base station target, and Malaysia telecom gives in to 5G bandwidth purchasing policy
Applications24 Jul 2023 | 10
Microsoft kicks Calibri to the curb for Aptos as default font
The artist formerly known as Bierstadt
Applications14 Jul 2023 | 88
Ex-Twitter employees owed half a billion in severance, says lawsuit
There are only 1,300 souls left from 7,500 before Musk, complaint claims
Applications13 Jul 2023 | 27
Attorney sues Microsoft for $1.75M, claiming his email has been useless since May
Alleges he's still locked out and at risk of losing his licenses over missing comms
Applications26 Jun 2023 | 64
FYI: Tor Browser is very much still a thing and getting updates
Version 12.5 brings in Finnish language support, traffic node path visualization and more
Applications25 Jun 2023 | 20
Google has blocked in its in-car software rivals, claims German watchdog
Bundling everything together means others don't get a look-in, says competition body
Applications22 Jun 2023 | 21
Amazon Prime too easy to join, too hard to quit, says FTC lawsuit
Updated Dark patterns at Amazon worthy of a Homeric epic? Surely not!
Applications21 Jun 2023 | 70
Microsoft Fabric promises to tear into the enterprise analytics patchwork
Meanwhile, users are left to figure out how to cut their cloth
Sysadmin Month20 Jun 2023 | 7
Red Hat to stop packaging LibreOffice for RHEL
The sky isn't falling… but it's sign of bigger changes to come
Applications07 Jun 2023 | 45
Google snubbed JPEG XL so of course Apple now supports it in Safari
Chocolate Factory under pressure to reverse decision to abandon image format
Applications07 Jun 2023 | 54
Users accuse Intuit of 'heavy-handed' support changes on QuickBooks for Desktop
Customers either face update cliff edge or loss of access in licensing shift
Applications06 Jun 2023 | 34
Buckle up for meetings on the road as Cisco brings Webex to Audi autos
Have you considered taking up cycling?
Applications02 Jun 2023 | 35
Why you might want an email client in the era of webmail
New beta versions of Thunderbird (and Firefox, while we're at it) to help set you up
Applications26 May 2023 | 103
Red Hat promises AI trained on 'curated' and 'domain-specific' data
Opinion Says it'll keep track of what it hoovers up at post-layoff summit
Applications26 May 2023 | 17
Microsoft to let Internet Explorer 11 haunt Windows some more
Icon and UI purge plan premuted after organizations object
Applications19 May 2023 | 19
Most of UK agriculture dept's customer interactions are paper based
Only 20% of biz apps directly supported, with 30% requiring 'hypercare' at farming org
Applications12 May 2023 | 31
Google IO: A deeper dive into the developer day's details
WebGPU, Chrome extensions, Android, Dart, Flutter, and more
Applications11 May 2023 | 7
Microsoft helps devs create chatbots – because who needs human interaction anyway?
It's now easier to whip up the conversational tool of your HR department's dreams
Applications02 May 2023 | 4
Microsoft pushes users to the Edge in Outlook, Teams
The 1990s are back, baby
Applications02 May 2023 | 53
Central UK govt awards £12M+ contract to leave Google Workspace for Microsoft 365
Capgemini gets the job of saying goodbye to the Chocolate Factory
Public Sector21 Apr 2023 | 44
Huawei replaces ERP with homebrew effort, claims it’s perfect and shows company will thrive despite sanctions
Compares three-year development push to a famous battle that saw Communist forces triumph
Applications21 Apr 2023 | 20
UK Android app devs to get choice of billing system on Google Play
Updated Coalition for App Fairness calls tech giant's proposal 'a bad deal'
Applications19 Apr 2023 | 3
Fancy trying the granddaddy of Windows NT for free? Now's your chance
VSI releases OpenVMS 9.2-1 and x86 hobby licenses
Applications13 Apr 2023 | 101
Microsoft's Garage band offers album of experimental Excel jazz
For those who think spreadsheet app isn't wild enough, try some of these potential future widgets
Applications12 Apr 2023 | 11
Microsoft deigns to fix five-year-old Defender bug that slowed Firefox
Windows giant would never try to get an unfair Edge over rival, surely
Applications11 Apr 2023 | 21
Microsoft to snatch Visio app away from iOS users this summer
If you want to use the diagram tool for the long haul, it's going to take a subscription
Applications08 Mar 2023 | 37
Microsoft makes Outlook Mac native email app a freebie
Does it have in-app purchases? You betcha
Applications07 Mar 2023 | 25
Salesforce promises to follow the Oracle playbook
Yay for investors, eek for customers?
Applications06 Mar 2023 | 9
Linux app depot Flathub may offer paid-for software
Latest twist in long saga of trying to monetize desktop penguinistas
Applications27 Feb 2023 | 25
Uncle Sam to block Adobe absorption of Figma over monopoly fears
Some investors and creative pros may cheer, but Photoshop giant's not done yet
Applications24 Feb 2023 | 8
Microsoft begs you not to ditch Edge on Google's own Chrome download page
Monopoly giant can't stand it when anyone else has a monopoly
Applications23 Feb 2023 | 184
OnlyOffice treated to an update – and fresh plugins
If the Ribbon is your sort of thing, penguin-flavored options include this and WPS Office
Applications21 Feb 2023 | 12
What Brit watchdog redacted: Google gives Apple cut of Chrome iOS search revenue
Exclusive Those billions just may have dissuaded iPhone giant from building rival search, beefing up Safari
Applications17 Feb 2023 | 40
Apple complains UK watchdog wants to make iOS a 'clone' of Android
Move means possibility of new WebKit-free iPhone browsers is even more likely
Applications09 Feb 2023 | 69
Find My Kids app is basically AirTags for your offspring
Comment Who even buys their children an Apple Watch?
Applications09 Feb 2023 | 121
Singapore pulls plug on COVID tracking program
Tells residents to turn in dongles and uninstall apps, but keeps registration system alive – just in case
Applications09 Feb 2023 | 10
Open Source Policy Summit: Where FOSS and government meet
FOSDEM Sometimes it takes a war to make people pay attention
Applications09 Feb 2023 | 8
Transmission FOSS BitTorrent client hits version 4.0
Torrenting is still a thing, it still works, and it's not just for illegal downloads to get around streaming restrictions
Applications08 Feb 2023 | 30
Cedars-Sinai hospital's website shares patient info with Meta, lawsuit claims
Facebook parent could then offer that data to other advertising clients, complaint alleges
Applications08 Feb 2023 | 8
Microsoft's AI habit comes to data governance tool Purview
You're a high-risk worker who wants access to that file? Computer says no
Applications07 Feb 2023 | 3
Take the morning off because Outlook has already
We're down to Microsoft 364 again by first week of February
Applications07 Feb 2023 | 66
Warning: Microsoft Teams Free (classic) will be gone in 2 months
You may have already known this... but did you know you'll lose data migration unless you switch to paid?
Applications07 Feb 2023 | 53
Google works on Blink-based iOS browser contrary to Apple's WebKit rule
Chocolate Factory insists project is an internal testing tool, isn't extending middle finger at Cupertino
Applications03 Feb 2023 | 24
LibreOffice 7.5 update: A great time to jump on this FOSS productivity suite
FOSDEM Decent upgrade from older versions, essential if you're still on OpenOffice
Applications03 Feb 2023 | 99
Twitter tweaks third-party app rules to ban third-party apps
Setting fire to an ecosystem like it's a spliff on a credulous podcast
Applications21 Jan 2023 | 85
Need a video editor, FOSS fans? OpenShot and Kdenlive both refreshed
Cross-platform so you can run it on a Windows box, too
Applications15 Dec 2022 | 43
TOR Browser 12 released with support for Albanian, Ukrainian
If you are concerned about browsing discreetly, this makes it easier
Applications12 Dec 2022 | 2
Meta faces lawsuit to stop 'surveillance advertising'
Case claims collecting personal data breaches UK GDPR, but implications could be wider
Applications23 Nov 2022 | 22
Mozilla will begin signing Mv3 extensions for Firefox next week
Nightly and Developer Edition users will be able to test the new cruelty
Applications17 Nov 2022 | 13
Evernote's fall from grace is complete, with sale to Italian app maker
Frustrate enough users and your product will stumble. Hint, hint, Elon
Applications17 Nov 2022 | 74
Microsoft feels the need, the need for speed in Teams
Desktop app buckles up for faster switching between chats or channels or join a meeting
Applications04 Nov 2022 | 52
Apple finds way to squeeze social network apps until pips squeak
And get over here, NFT slingers, Cupertino wants a word, too
Applications25 Oct 2022 | 8
Rent-calculating software biz accused of colluding with 'cartel' of landlords
RealPage's algorithm screwed tenants by inflating costs, it is claimed
Applications25 Oct 2022 | 50
How I made a Chrome extension for converting Reg articles to UK spelling
Hands On Long live the King's English or something like that
Applications22 Oct 2022 | 338
UK govt launches multibillion procurement for tax agency application services
First chunk of mega-frameworks go to market
Applications11 Oct 2022 | 5
IceWM reaches version 3 after a mere 25 years
And it's not the only venerable window manager still in development
Applications05 Oct 2022 | 26
Google Translate dropped in mainland China
Search engine was banned so no surprise no one was using it
Applications03 Oct 2022 | 3
Google delays execution of doomed Chrome extensions
Busineses get a little longer with Manifest v2, everyone else... it depends
Applications30 Sep 2022 | 20
Upcoming Outlook for Windows app opens to more testers
Office Insider? You might want to check refreshed email client
Applications29 Sep 2022 | 6
Russia's Facebook-like VK removed from Apple App Store
Apps still available on Google Play, digital ministry says it's investigating
Applications28 Sep 2022 | 1
Grab – Asia's Uber – knows customers and drivers so well it can vet them for loans
Understands income streams, seasonality of sales, how hard drivers work, and safety records
Applications27 Sep 2022 | 4
Is it a bird? Is it Microsoft Office? No, it's Onlyoffice: Version 7.2 released
The other open-source productivity suite gets a version bump
Applications27 Sep 2022 | 69
Mozilla drags Microsoft, Google, Apple for obliterating any form of browser choice
If you've got no OS of your own, you've got little chance to compete, Firefox maker sighs
Applications23 Sep 2022 | 134
Bank of England seeks partner to support Oracle Cloud implementation
After venturing into HCM, UK's central bank embarks on finance and procurement journey with Big Red
Applications22 Sep 2022 | 6
Apple to raise App Store prices in 28 countries
No reason given, but inflation and app tracking changes may both factor
Applications20 Sep 2022 | 8
Microsoft low code branches into lightweight GUI widgets
Building features into Teams, Outlook without JSON coding possible with new Cards play
Applications20 Sep 2022 | 8
Excel's comedy of errors needs a new script, not new scripting
Opinion Microsoft reanimates the wrong corpse
Applications20 Sep 2022 | 110
Document Foundation starts charging €8.99 for 'free' LibreOffice
Only in the Mac App Store, as part of FOSS-for-biz strategy software org admits may not quickly deliver results
Applications20 Sep 2022 | 96
Microsoft rolls out stealthy updates for 365 Apps
Good thing Redmond has a brilliant track record with patches
Applications15 Sep 2022 | 48
SAP user group questions value for money amid plans to increase support fees
Unbundling of products, cloud shift, support for older ERP products make customers query inflation-based rise
Applications15 Sep 2022 | 3
Automating Excel tasks to come to Windows and Mac
Not just for the web anymore: Microsoft Office Scripts coming for the macro-managers among us
Applications13 Sep 2022 | 42
SAP to increase support fees in January to offset inflation costs
Maintenance and software installation prices heading north for range of agreements
Applications12 Sep 2022 | 3
Open source biz sick of FOSS community exploitation overhauls software rights
Lightbend's Akka shifts from Apache 2.0 license to BSL 1.1 – but critics not pleased about pricing
Applications08 Sep 2022 | 41
IBM wins contract to support NHS App
Smartphone software set to link more services to patients despite privacy fears
Applications06 Sep 2022 | 24
Snap to lay off one in five employees as losses mount
Original shows, games, the company's other apps, and more also being axed
Applications31 Aug 2022 | 9
Micro Focus bought by Canada's OpenText for $6b
Resting place of Novell – and one-time home to SUSE – finds new life in the Great White North
Applications26 Aug 2022 | 15
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