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Windows 7 Extended Support ends today
From now on, you're on your own (unless you pay Microsoft $25-$50 per PC per year for the next three years for essential patches)
Private equity firm Insight Partners to acquire Veeam for $5 billion
Veeam deal is expected to be closed in March 2020 and will take the company's HQ from Switzerland to the US
Crown Prosecution Service declares 'war on disks' is almost over
The CPS has transformed the way it handles multimedia, to raise security and lower costs
Huawei unveils openEuler, its CentOS-based Linux distribution
In the spirit of the age, Huawei releases the source code of openEuler to Gitee, a Chinese alternative to Github
Death of the keyboard and mouse: How human-computer interfaces are evolving
The keyboard and mouse is already giving way to human-computer interfaces that could once only have been seen in sci-fi films, writes Nic Fearn
Five crucial HR resolutions for 2020
Changes in employment law are coming - is your organisation ready, asks Goodman Derrick's Katee Dias
Support for Python 2.7 stopped and will no longer receive bug fixes or security updates
Python devs will now focus entirely on Python 3
Google claims its pattern-matching systems beats humans in detecting breast cancer
Early detection of breast cancer currently remains a big challenge for specialists
Facebook building operating system and silicon to support augmented reality and mind-reading technology push
Operating system development led by Windows NT co-author Mark Lucovsky will share space with Facebook's virtual reality hardware devs
Facebook owns the four most popular apps of the 2010s
Along came (mono)poly
Microsoft releases an out-of-band security update to address information-disclosure vulnerability in SharePoint Server
To exploit the SharePoint flaw, an attacker would need to send a specially crafted request to a vulnerable SharePoint Server instance
Amazon, Google and Apple collaborate to create open-source smart home standard
The new standard will be designed to work alongside current connectivity protocols, such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
Google halts Chrome 79 update over bug that renders users' data impossible to find on Android devices
Google says a fix could take up to a week emerge
Nginx founders complain over Russian police raid over alleged copyright violation
Police raid on Nginx came after Russia's Rambler Group filed a copyright violation case against Nginx earlier this month - nine months after the company was sold to F5 Networks
The Pirate Bay launches its own streaming service called 'BayStream'
My bay or the highway
Windows 7 to lose support in less than one month
Bad news if your Windows XP migration programme is running behind schedule...
Safra Catz made sole CEO of Oracle despite flat revenues
Catz now officially sole CEO of Oracle as the company reports flat revenues and profits
AI expert calls for end to use of 'racially biased' algorithms
Prof Noel Sharkey says existing decision algorithms are "infected with biases"
Facebook asks users for help in spotting deepfakes
The winner of Facebook's challenge will take home a $500,000 prize
Chinese software firms to jointly develop new OS
The move comes as China looks to ban Microsoft Windows and other foreign software and hardware
The future enterprise architect: building trusted relationships with business leaders
Next-generation EAs will remain in high demand by demonstrating their ability to be flexible and operate with a business mindset
CRM in 2020 - it's all about the customer
With growing interest in AI, Computing Delta predicts customer relationship management will catch up with other enterprise IT systems in 2020
More than 200,000 NHS devices still running Windows 7
More than 20 per cent of NHS Trusts have no plans to migrate away from Windows 7, support for which ends in January
China is not dramatically outspending the US government on AI research
China's public spending on AI research is probably far less than previously assumed
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