Posts by Deni

NHS supplier ends probe into ransomware attack that contributed to patient death

Re: Felony Murder

I don't think the Pond Scum in Russia are very worried about being arrested by US law enforcement.

UK agri dept spent hundreds of millions upgrading to Windows 10 – just in time for end of support

Re: Solution for low salaries in gov IT

To not tax civil servants would cost us N in lost tax revenue, plus all the extra cost of managing two taxation systems

If we can afford to lose N amount from our purse then wouldn't it just be easier to raise their collective pay by N instead?

Word to the wise: Don't tell your IT manager they're not in Excel

Re: "Surely an IT manager should know the difference between Word and Excel?"

I agree. By now having MS office should provide the user with the ability to work on a 'thing' that is a munged-up mix of Excel, Word and PowerPoint stuff all working together, without them having to realise which app.is doing what behind the scenes.

How Broadcom is quietly plotting a takeover of the AI infrastructure market

Re: There should 200% tax on BAW 5G chips from Broadcom

Most companies don't deal with Broadcom. They deal with e.g. Nokia who use the Broadcom technology within their AI fabric switches.

Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer files

What's to stop one Cloud provider using another for some if their storage needs?

Robocar tech biz sues Nvidia, claims stolen code shared in Teams meeting blunder

Hopefully 'do not steal' is something they do not need training to know.

Overheating datacenter stopped 2.5 million bank transactions

Re: Backups that fail.

Right. It is a good strategy to switch between active and backup regularly. Back and forth, active/active really. Its the only way to be sure your backup is ready to work when needed.

Europe's right-to-repair law asks hardware makers for fixes for up to 10 years

Re: A good start, but ...

Perhaps the manufacturer would need to be given an alternative.option to supporting for 10 years. They could. Be given the option of offering to buy-back the product instead, at a time-related discount. Note manufacturer choice, not consumer choice.

It reduces the likelihood of consumers scrapping devices. It gives the manufacturer an alternative to supporting for 10 years.