Software
Boeing discovers two new flaws in the flight control software of 737 MAX
New issues won't affect the plane's planned return to service by mid-year, the company says
WhatsApp imposes new limit on message forwarding to curtail spread of fake news
User are now allowed to forward a message to only one chat at a time
Hack from Home 'virtual hackathon' aims to kickstart privacy-enhanced apps to alleviate the COVID-19 crisis
Hackathon this weekend is supported by NHSX, Samsung and a number of global universities
Microsoft to migrate Office 365 Personal and Home users to Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 will add new cloud-based features to Office 365 Personal and Home subscribers
The top-ten tenets of software quality assurance, part six: testing
Testers have to be destroyers, argues Mark Wilson. But too often testers aren't trying too hard to bust the software. Rather, they are trying to show it working
DataStax's Cassandra Kubernetes operator reaches GA, aims to simplify deploying clusters at scale
Cassandra is an ideal data store for Kubernetes, company says
Ten best PC games to while away the coronavirus lockdown
'Working' from home? Furloughed? Why not while away the hours with some of these great games
Coming soon, save the date: Deskflix, Computing's online event series
Season One: Empowering the remote working revolution
Internet Archive opens up its 1.4 million book digital lending library for the Covid-19 crisis
National Emergency Library opened up amid concerns students will not be able to access texts during the lockdown
The smart grid future can only be open source says energy firm Alliander
As more renewable energy sources come online grids and market mechansims are changing and controlling them must be a collaborative effort, says director of systems operations Arjan Stam
The top-ten tenets of software quality assurance, part five: design
Design is all about applying the fundamental principles of engineering, believes Mark Wilson, in the latest in his ten-part series
Microsoft pauses release of stable Edge version 81 amid adjusted work schedules
Security and stability updates to the current stable Edge version will continue to be delivered
The top-ten tenets of software quality assurance, part four: Methods
A method should lead a project to the desired result without significant variation, with much of the thinking already been done for you, writes Mark Wilson
Apple pays $454m to VirnetX in patent infringement case
At least one of the patent cases between Apple and VirnetX now appears to be over
TigerGraph releases version 3.0 of its graph database, asks techies for assistance with COVID-19 analytics
New features designed to enhance ease of use
What's happening with serverless cloud?
Serverless is gaining traction and use cases are expanding. Computing speaks to three organisations that have looked at the numbers
The top-ten tenets of software quality assurance, part three: the formal review
Formal reviews are often left by the wayside, but without them annoying defects can become crippling bugs, warns Mark Wilson
What's happening with open-source databases?
Cloud has changed the rules of engagement, says Aiven CEO Oskari Saarenmaa
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Amsterdam postponed due to COVID-19 concerns
Coronavirus outbreak means Amsterdam event is postponed until the summer while Shanghai conference is cancelled
BMC buys Compuware from Thoma Bravo in mainframe software market consolidation deal
KKR-owned BMC Software to create mainframe giant with acquisition of Thoma Bravo-owned Compuware
JavaScript, Python and Java continue to rule RedMonk's programming language rankings
Python tied with Java as the second most popular programming language
Microsoft Edge introduces feature to block 'potentially unwanted applications' like adware and cryptominers
The unwanted apps slow down a device and make lead to a degraded Windows experience
The top-ten tenets of software quality assurance, part one: the contract review
Each week, QA specialist Mark Wilson will spell out his top-ten tenets for Quality Assurance - the fundamental things you need to do to build better IT systems
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