The surprising ways bridges resist collapse
The surprising ways bridges resist collapse Summary Researchers tested a scale model of a steel truss bridge to destruction and found six unexpected mechanisms that let these structures resist total…
So much for the paperless office: UK government inks £900M deal for printers etc.
So much for the paperless office: UK government inks £900M deal for printers etc. Summary The Crown Commercial Service has awarded a four-year framework giving public sector organisations access to…
VMware’s in court again. Customer relationships rarely go this wrong
VMware’s in court again. Customer relationships rarely go this wrong Summary The Register’s opinion piece examines Tesco’s legal action against Broadcom, VMware and reseller Computacenter after Tesco says Broadcom refused…
UK tech minister booted out in weekend cabinet reshuffle
UK tech minister booted out in weekend cabinet reshuffle Summary Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer carried out a dramatic cabinet reshuffle over the weekend that reshapes responsibility for UK tech…
Pre-owned software trial kicks off in UK as Microsoft pushes resale ban
Pre-owned software trial kicks off in UK as Microsoft pushes resale ban Summary The long-running legal battle between UK reseller ValueLicensing and Microsoft returns to the Competition Appeal Tribunal. ValueLicensing…
Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not
Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not Summary IBM is moving a large chunk of Red Hat’s general & administrative (G&A) staff…
Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical’s servers take weekend off
Ubuntu users left waiting after Canonical’s servers take weekend off Summary Canonical reported short-lived outages to security.ubuntu.com and archive.ubuntu.com on 5 and 7 September that lasted around 36 minutes. Although…
French datacenter biz signs 12-year nuclear pact with EDF
French datacenter biz signs 12-year nuclear pact with EDF Summary Data4 has signed a 12-year Nuclear Production Allocation Contract (CAPN) with EDF to secure 40 MW of nuclear-generated power from…
Scientists Discuss Next Steps to Prevent Dangerous ‘Mirror Life’ Research
Scientists Discuss Next Steps to Prevent Dangerous ‘Mirror Life’ Research Summary Researchers and biosecurity experts have convened after a team working on so-called “mirror life” — organisms built from mirror-image…
Linus Torvalds Expresses Frustration With ‘Garbage’ Link Tags In Git Commits
Linus Torvalds Expresses Frustration With ‘Garbage’ Link Tags In Git Commits Summary Linus Torvalds posted on the Linux kernel mailing list to complain about the proliferation of “Link:” tags in…