Microsoft will release a web browser for Linux next month. Repeat, Microsoft will release a browser for Linux – and it uses Google's technology [Wed Sep 23 2020]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 23 September 2020 ***************************************************************** Microsoft will release a web browser for Linux next month. Repeat, Microsoft will release a browser for Linux – and it uses Google's technology This means Linus Torvalds has definitely won, doesn't it? ***************************************************************** Business * UK Ministry of Justice dangles £20m, seeks paper-free payroll services – this time for the judiciary Yes, why not haul the system into the 21st century? Data Centre * Microsoft Arcs up and makes Azure's manage-all-the-servers service a reality And shows that even Redmond cannot resist the rise of hybrid Kubernetes * Oracle adds Arm-powered servers with up to 160 cores to its cloud – must be why it sunk millions into Ampere Plans HPC play with AMD, Intel silicon, too * By the beard of Zeus! 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Repeat, Microsoft will release a browser for Linux – and it uses Google's technology This means Linus Torvalds has definitely won, doesn't it? * Adidas now stands for All Day I'm Disconnecting All Servers as owners of 'smart' Libra scales furious over bricked kit You can only use it to weigh yourself now... how disgustingly low-tech * GNOME alone: FOSS desktop folk to start counting in whole numbers again What strange magic is this? 41st release and sequel to version 3.38 will be called version 40 Science * To bring data down from the heavens, open your heart to GSaaS, says Microsoft as it launches Azure Orbital Birds that aren't geostationary can tap Redmond's Ground-Station-as-a-Service for all their downloading needs * SpaceX scuppered by weather once more as skygazers win a Starlink reprieve Also: Rocket Lab rehearses for a US debut while Firefly fires up an Alpha ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. 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