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Microsoft says it will not support PHP 8.0 for Windows in 'any capacity'
The company currently supports the development of PHP 7.3 and PHP 7.4 and is providing assistance with security fixes for PHP 7.2
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
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
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
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
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
Google Chrome to offer 'heavy ad' blocker to block resource-intensive adverts
A future release of Google Chrome will block ads consuming too much CPU power or sending large amounts of data
Vivaldi web browser for ARM devices - including the Raspberry Pi - launched
Got a Raspberry Pi? Now you can get the Vivaldi web browser for it, too
Crypto-currency scams: what you need to know
Pyramids, Ponzi schemes, MLMs - the crypto-currency market has traces of all of them. How do you sort the good from the bad?
Samba flaw could spread WannaCry-like worm, warns DHS
More than 100,000 machines could be at risk
Hackers could target voters, not votes, in UK election
Accusations of cyber attacks have plagued recent elections worldwide. Here's how the UK election could be hacked (but probably won't be)
Windows XP so out-of-date it limited WannaCry spread
WannaCry contains seeds of its own destruction - crashed XP PCs before it could spread
Cloud based intelligence could be key to retail's analytical future
Blue Yonder touts power of cloud-based data for improved decision-making
Microsoft denies helping Thai military government spy on web users
Certificate authorities trusted by Microsoft all independently audited, claims company
Twitter loses another bidder after Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff rules out deal
Firm follows Google and Disney in rejecting bid for social site
TalkTalk hack: 19-year-old appears in court over 2015 cyber attack
Daniel Kelley alleged to have demanded £216,000 in payment
Twitter tackles violent trolls and terrorist sympathisers with huge 235,000 account takedown
Daily suspensions are up over 80 per cent since last year, firm claims
Unknown firm pays £135m for .web domain
VeriSign could be business behind blockbuster buy
Microsoft open sources Edge browser transcompiler code
Firm makes available code for its converter between WebGL and DirectX shading languages
Google plans search algorithm update with more mobile focus
Make sure your site is mobile friendly, or your search ranking will suffer even more
Inside Tim Berners-Lee's first website on its 25th birthday
The 'World Wide Web' information page is still alive and kicking
No longer in No Man's Land: Can cloud technology change academia?
Dr Noam Leshem explains how cloud is helping academics overcome issues when exploring uncharted lands
Best smartphones 2015: iPhone 6S, OnePlus X and Nexus 6P
We count down the most exciting mobiles hitting or already on the shelves this year