Ceefax replica goes TITSUP* as folk pine for simpler times [Fri Jan 7 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 7 January 2022 ***************************************************************** Ceefax replica goes TITSUP* as folk pine for simpler times But creator runs server from home – we can forgive him ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * How's 2022 going for you so far? Hopefully better than it is for IBM Cloud Christmas is gone and so, it seems, was a chunk of Big Blue's services this morning * Planning on buying a new motor? Chip shortages set to hit UK carmakers this year and next Here in my car, I feel safest of all... On-Prem * Micron expects COVID-19-hit Xi'an DRAM factory to reopen as normal soon Neither cough nor sneeze nor gloom of coronavirus stays these chip makers from their appointed rounds * Apple custom chip guru jumps ship to rejoin Intel Jeff Wilcox led efforts to build M1 and T2 processors * GPU makers promise relief is at hand over chip shortages, prices expected to fall in second half of the year Maybe the days of entering lotteries for graphics cards will be over * It takes more clicks to reject their cookies than accept them, so France fines Facebook and Google over €200m They'll have to cough €100,000 a day if they don't fix it within 3 months... * Northern Ireland aims to break free from BT's 27-year reign with £125m procurement of land registry systems Telco won't be gone until 2026 as Land and Property Services plans epic project timeline * DIY Sinclair clones: Left it too late to back the Next? Build your own instead We all make mistakes, but we just need to solder on Software * Time to party like it's 2002: Acura and Honda car clocks knocked back 20 years by bug Honda probes issue, has yet to identify the cause of the problem * All your database are belong to us: Snowflake named DBMS of the year by DB-Engines Homespun database trackers also see PostgreSQL and MongoDB as hotshots for 2021 * The inevitability of the Windows 11 UI: New Notepad enters the beta channel It avoided Aero. Missed Modern. Now the update edges ever closer to release * Car makers lock in long-term deals with chip giants for future autonomous vehicles Not going to get stuck in first gear again with supply-chain crises * UK government stacks up to £1.8bn in vertical application framework Specialist software providers in education, health, and policing can look forward to fireside chat * Google Chrome 97 relaxes privacy protection just a little to help out Microsoft New keyboard API will let online Office apps handle shortcut keys better Offbeat * North Korea worried a lot of countries when it said it test-fired a hypersonic missile in Japan's direction South Korea thinks they just went ballistic * Bitcoin 'inventor' will face forgery claims over his Satoshi Nakamoto proof, rules High Court COPA load of that * Ceefax replica goes TITSUP* as folk pine for simpler times But creator runs server from home – we can forgive him * Fugitive mafioso evaded cops for two decades until he was spotted on Google Street View Wanted killer cuffed in Spain after more evidence from Facebook * Heart attack victim 'saved' by defibrillator delivery drone* * And a passerby who happened to be a doctor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2022 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: