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Now Is A Good Time To Buy Memory Because Prices Rise Next Year, Gartner Predicts

To blame? The usual suspect – AI's appetite for chips The semiconductor market is poised to return to growth next yea... Read more

HP Exec Says Quiet Part Out Loud When It Comes To Locking In Print Customers

Funny how marketing messages change depending on the audience HP is squeezing more margin out of print customers, the r... Read more

Sysadmin's Favorite Collection Of Infallible Utilities Failed … Foully

Unnecessary 'maintenance' turned into a fragging foul-up who, me?  Brace yourselves, gentle readers, for we have good ... Read more

'Return To Office' Declared Dead

Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says Efforts to convince remote workers to retur... Read more

Elon Is The Bakery Owner Swearing In The Street About Yelp Critics Canceling Him

First he was speed-running moderation, now internet advertising. Welcome to the party, pal Kettle  By now Elon Musk sh... Read more

UK Competition Watchdog Wins Appeal – Investigation Into Apple Will Go On

iPhone maker tried to legally kill mobile browser, gaming probe by CMA The UK Court of Appeal has upheld the Competitio... Read more

No New Top Boss At NSA Until It Answers Questions About Buying Up Location, Browsing Data

Senator Ron Wyden puts his foot down – for as long as he can Is the NSA buying up Americans' location and browsing da... Read more

Senate Bill Aims To Stop Uncle Sam Using Facial Recognition At Airports

Legislation would eliminate TSA permission to use the tech, require database purge in 90 days The US Transportation Sec... Read more

Electric Vehicles Earn Shocking Report Card For Reliability

Legacy auto makers struggle with new tech, and upstarts suffer teething problems with first cars Consumer Reports' late... Read more

HPE To Start Pumping AI Capabilities Into Greenlake Under Project Ethan

OpsRamp now natively available through IT-as-a-service platform HPE Discover EMEA  HPE chief technology officer Fidelm... Read more

Bank Boss Hated IT, Loved The Beach, Was Clueless About Ports And Politeness

At the dawn of the dialup age, making a connection could be complicated On Call  As the clock ticks towards the weeken... Read more

Thirty-nine Weeks: That's How Long You'll Be Waiting For An AI Server From Dell

Revenue and net income down, server market flickers, PCs fail to ignite Dell has told investors that demand for AI serv... Read more

Ex-school IT Admin Binned Student, Staff Accounts And Trashed Phone System

After getting the tintack, IRL BOFH went rogue The former IT administrator of a public high school has agreed to plead ... Read more

Watchdog Claims Retaliation From Military After Questioning Cushy Federal IT Contracts

IT-AAC had a hand in scrutinizing JEDI, now faces probe for challenging $300M+ single-source deals Special report  The... Read more

Meta Goes To War With FTC Over Right To Profit From Kids' Personal Data

Awkward hill to die on, but OK Meta has filed a lawsuit challenging the Federal Trade Commission's authority to regulat... Read more