Tech

Staggering Cost Of Vintage Sun Workstations Sees OpenSolaris-fork Illumos Drop SPARC Support

Dev team doesn’t have necessary hardware, and even if they could afford it eBay is empty OpenSolaris ‘spork’ Illu... Read more

'I Was Injured But The Rescue Boat Found Me In Seconds'

How technology has helped emergency responders save lives during the pandemic. Read more

Covid: Travel Firms Reject 'overly Cautious' Green List

The UK will be "left behind" if other countries open up travel more quickly, the industry says. Read more

Post Office Scandal: Former Staff Contacted Over Prosecutions

It is contacting former workers potentially caught up in the UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice. Read more

Facebook: Nice IOS App Of Ours You Have There, Would Be A Shame If You Had To Pay For It

Antisocial giant insists 'Help keep FB free of charge' messaging is merely educational The number of Facebook and Insta... Read more

US Jobs Figures Fall Far Short Of Expectations

Employers hired 266,000 people last month, figures show, despite a $1.9tn stimulus package. Read more

Furlough: Pair Arrested Over £3.4m Job Scheme Fraud

Officials freeze more than £6m held in bank accounts controlled by the man and woman from Bradford. Read more

Virgin Media Customers Left Waiting Longest On Phone

Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile had the longest average customer call waiting times, Ofcom has found. Read more

Broadband Plumber Openreach Yanks Legacy Copper Phone Lines In Suffolk Town Of Mildenhall En Route To Getting The UK On VoIP

Just four years to go before planned switch-off The tiny Suffolk town of Mildenhall is the second place where Openreach... Read more

Twitter Adds 'tip Jar' To Pay For Good Tweeting

Twitter launches a new payment feature for good tweets - but it comes with privacy concerns. Read more

Holiday Costs To Jump In Summer, Warns Travel Boss

Travel will be more expensive as airlines cannot afford to bring many planes back into service. Read more

Tui To Subsidise Covid Tests For Package Holiday Customers

The travel firm is offering discounted tests with its holidays but there are concerns over testing capacity. Read more

British Airways Owner IAG Calls For Action To Restart Flights

The airline group says there is a "high level" of pent-up demand from passengers. Read more

The Swift In-person Response Is Part Of The Service (and Nothing To Do With The Thing I Broke While Trying To Help You)

I'll talk you through the steps... oh sh- On Call  Corporal Cockup meets Major Outage in this week's episode of On Cal... Read more

China's Exports Soar As US Recovers And India Stalls

Export growth soared 32% in April as demand jumped for goods from the world's second largest economy. Read more