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Price hikes, politics, and platform fatigue drive organizations back toward open alternatives

OpenInfra Summit  Sovereignty might be the word of the hour, but the OpenStack community has another – resilience.…

Creators baffled as videos on local accounts, unsupported PCs vanish under ‘harmful acts’ rule

Is installing Windows 11 with a local account or on unsupported hardware harmful or dangerous? YouTube's AI moderation system seems to think so, as it has started pulling videos that show users how to sidestep Microsoft's setup restrictions.…

The once fearsome process killer is now a leaker of resources

Microsoft's ability to add bugs in the most unexpected of places has continued into its latest update to Windows 11, which spawns multiple copies of Task Manager, sucking down resources you'd normally use Task Manager to kill.…

Rare case of the state turning on its own, but researchers say it may be doing so more often

Russia's Interior Ministry says police have arrested three suspects it believes helped build and spread the Meduza infostealer.…

Trim down for obsolete operating system leaves it booting, but not much else

Stripping Windows to the bare essentials is a favorite hobby among enthusiasts, especially as Microsoft continues loading its OS with unwanted bloat. The latest achievement is Windows 7 being reduced to 69 MB.…

NASA is short of options when it comes to alternatives

SpaceX has published an update on its lunar Starship progress, and it still has a long way to go before the impressive-looking renders are translated into reality.…

Rough justice? Redmond out as Germany's openDesk judged a better fit

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is ditching Microsoft Office for a European software alternative amid mounting fears about being reliant on US technology.…

TUPE or not TUPE? Not for roles being sent overseas amid a push to meet post-merger rollout targets

Exclusive  VodafoneThree has told some staff their roles may be offshored to India under new contracts with Ericsson and Nokia – and that employment protections won't apply.…

Bitcoin bridge biz offers 10 percent reward to attackers if they play nice

Blockchain company Garden admits it was compromised and temporarily shut down its app after approximately $11 million worth of assets were stolen.…

Ofcom 'disappointed' by decision that 'goes against the spirit of our rules'

Updated  Britian's comms regulator has criticized O2 for hiking prices beyond what customers agreed to, exploiting a loophole in rules designed to end unpredictable mid-contract increases.…

Zuckcorp will gladly pay you in 2065 for the eyewatering sums it is borrowing today

Even the world's richest companies need outside help to fulfill their datacenter dreams. Now, Meta is selling $30 billion in bonds to build out its infrastructure estate and support its ambition in AI markets. Some of these won't mature for 40 years.…

Percona says more than half of installs remain on version set to lose support in 2026

Users have six months to migrate from MySQL 8.0 if they are to stay on a supported version of the open source database, or face security and reliability risks.…

Ubuntu's much-maligned format may be finally reaching critical mass

Ubuntu Summit  More than one Linux-adjacent vendor presented at the Ubuntu Summit, and a small but recurring theme is offering official Snap packages.…

Surrey to be divided into two new councils in first phase of countrywide reorg

The UK government will replace Surrey County Council and its 11 borough and district councils with two new unitary councils, which will provide most local services to the area's 1.2 million residents.…

Hospitals told to upgrade, but some medical device makers haven't prescribed compatibility yet

NHS hospitals are being blocked from fully upgrading to Windows 11 by a small number of suppliers that have yet to make their medical devices compatible with Microsoft's latest operating system.…

When tech support collides with Halloween, the results are scary

On Call  Happy Halloween, dear reader! The Register wishes you a wonderfully scary day. To kick things off, we’ve twisted On Call, our weekly reader-contributed column about keeping computers alive despite the best efforts of zombie coworkers and demonic bosses, to bring tales of times tech support turned spooky.…

Because fewer people like banknotes, and payment sovereignty is a problem

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided the bloc needs a digital version of the Euro, and ordered work that could see it enter circulation in 2029.…

HTV-X capsule is designed to hang around in space after delivering cargo to ISS

Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is celebrating after its new cargo carrier docked at the International Space Station.…

The spending will continue until AI revenue improves

Despite a trickle of bad news from Amazon in recent weeks, the company's business is thrumming along, with AWS leading the way.…