In deepest darkest Surrey, an on-prem SAP system running 17-year-old software is about to die.... [Tue Jan 28 2020]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 28 January 2020 ***************************************************************** In deepest darkest Surrey, an on-prem SAP system running 17-year-old software is about to die.... 40 million British pounds goes to one brave supplier of replacement ***************************************************************** Business * Accounting expert told judge Autonomy was wrong not to disclose hardware sales Mind you, he was instructed by HPE * InLinkUK collapse: Ad market, planning woes, £20m debt and drug dealers using booths to blame, say admins Now all safely under BT's wing Data Centre * Low code? Low usage, more like: Add G Suite's App Maker to the Google graveyard, it's switching off next year Dun-dun-dun, another one bites the dust * FCC lines up $16 billion for broadband across entire US. Well, except New York because, screw them, right? They’ve got money, explains American watchdog that just can’t help itself * Because Monday mornings just aren't annoying enough: Google Drive takes a dive and knocks out G Suite It's not you, it's G * You're always a day Huawei: UK to decide whether to ban Chinese firm's kit from 5G networks tomorrow Though we might not hear about it straight away Emergent Tech * Little grouse on the prairie: IBM's AI facial-recognition training dataset gets it in trouble... in Illinois Photo subjects fling class-action sueball Security * Remember the Clipper chip? NSA's botched backdoor-for-Feds from 1993 still influences today's encryption debates We'll laugh at today's mandated holes in the same way we laugh at those from 25 years ago * Google halts paid-for Chrome extension updates amid fraud surge: Web Store in lockdown 'due to the scale of abuse' Meanwhile, probe reveals how Avast's 'anonymized' user data can be, er, deanonymized * Maryland: Make malware possession a crime! Yes, yes, researchers get a free pass Hardened cybercrooks must be shaking in their boots * Cisco Webex bug allowed anyone to join a password-protected meeting Patched vuln was 'in active use', firm reveals Software * 'Trust no one' is good enough for the X Files but not for software devs: How do you use third-party libs and stay secure, experts mull on stage 'We all use other people's code' * Microsoft: 14 January patch was the last for Windows 7. Also Microsoft: Actually... Wallpaper-stripping bug will be fixed * Windows takes a tumble in the land of the Big Mac and Bacon Double Cheeseburger You want fries with that BSOD? * In deepest darkest Surrey, an on-prem SAP system running 17-year-old software is about to die.... 40 million British pounds goes to one brave supplier of replacement * Take DOS, stir in some Netware, add a bit of Windows and... it's ALIIIIVE! Behold the Frankenworkstation * What is WebAssembly? And can you really compile C/C++ to it? And it'll run in browsers? Allow us to explain in this gentle introduction Hey, if it's good enough for AutoCAD... * Electron devs bond at Covalence conference: We speak to those mastering the cross-platform tech behind Slack, Visual Code Studio, etc Derided app framework ready for broader acceptance Science * NASA: Remember that 2024 Moon thing? How about Mars in 2033? Authorization bill moots 2028 for more lunar footprints Looks like Lucy might move the ball again * Brit brainiacs say they've cracked non-volatile RAM that uses 100 times less power 'Within the next decade we'll either have it or we won't,' prof tells The Reg * German scientists, Black Knights and the birthplace of British rocketry El Reg visits Westcott and the Isle of Wight in search of more of Britain's forgotten rocket centres Bootnotes * AI 'more profound than fire', Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai tells rich folks' talking shop And more waffle from the World Economic Forum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 14 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HN, UK The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2020 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: