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WEBEx-senior New York State staffer charged in cash-for-favors scandal with China. Bagging two posh properties, three luxury cars on a govt salary a bit of a giveaway – allegedly.
Disney says agreeing to free trial waives right to sue
WEBThomas Claburn. Thu 15 Aug 2024 // 21:16 UTC. Updated Walt Disney Parks and Resorts wants a wrongful death lawsuit filed against it and one of its tenants, an Irish pub, to be booted from court into arbitration. The Mickey Mouse titan contends the widower who brought the case waived his right to a court trial when he clicked "Agree" to the ...
DEF CON badge spat gets physical as dev removed from stage
WEBAug 13, 2024 · The conference entry fee is $460 (£360) on the door in cash, and that includes the badge. What began as quiet rumblings that players couldn't save their games in the custom GameBoy emulator bundled with the badge has since exploded. Dmitry Grinberg, firmware developer for this year's DEF CON 32 badge, was physically …
El Reg visits two shrines to computing history as the UK lifts ...
WEBJul 15, 2021 · The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) is located in Block H on the Bletchley Park estate, although the two are entirely separate entities. The museum features all manner of exotic hardware, from the 1940s up to the personal computers of today. A rebuilt Colossus lurks within its walls, as does a reconstruction of the code-breaking …
Agile study backer talks catastrophic software failures
WEBAug 7, 2024 · Ali says he is least concerned about project management so long as a strong requirements-gathering process complements it. Fragile Agile development model is a symptom, not a source, of project failure. Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects. This typo sparked a Microsoft Azure outage.
Enterprises spent whopping $80B on cloud in Q2 • The Register
WEBAug 5, 2024 · Plus: Oracle nudges to top of second tier providers. Dan Robinson. Mon 5 Aug 2024 // 18:34 UTC. Enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services continues to grow, now nearing $80 billion per quarter, with the big three continuing to dominate and Oracle emerging as leader of the second tier providers. The second quarter of 2024 was …
Delta: CrowdStrike’s offer for help too little, too late
WEBAug 8, 2024 · Delta Air Lines has come out swinging at CrowdStrike in a letter accusing the security giant of trying to "shift the blame" for the IT meltdown caused by its software – and that CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz's offer of support was too little, too late. Last month, CrowdStrike pushed out a flawed update to its Falcon threat-detection system ...
Offbeat News - The Register
WEBOffbeat. SpaceX blasts being stuck in bureaucratic orbit as Starship approval slips. Toys launched from pram as Musk's rocketeers stamp feet over paperwork. Science 1 hr | 15. Online media outstrips TV as source of news for the first time in the UK. Ofcom research shows TV remains more trusted news source in social media age.
Yes, I am feeling smug – I ignored you and saved the project
WEBAug 2, 2024 · The boss was "not happy about my smugness, but extremely grateful that I'd saved the relationship with that client." "Ever since that experience, the boss developed a newfound respect for my attention to detail," Nina smugly told The Register. She signed off with advice to "Always check the little things you take for granted first, because it ...
Microsoft patches CVE-2024-38063 IPv6 RCE vulnerability
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Six ransomware gangs behind over 50% of 2024 attacks. Microsoft listed four vulnerabilities as publicly disclosed, albeit not yet exploited, so maybe put these high on your to-patch list: CVE-2024-38200 – a Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability with a 6.5 CVSS rating. CVE-2024-38199 – a Windows Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service RCE ...