The trendline doesn’t look good for hard disk drives Sales of HDDs to non-hyperscale outfits increasingly rare, say analysts Feature  In early May, independent digital storage analyst Thomas Coughlin shared news of falling sales and revenue in the first quarter of 2025, continuing a trend that started in around 2010. Coughlin cites data from that year showing around 600 million annual hard disk shipme… #theregister #IT
The trendline doesn’t look good for hard disk drives
Feature: Sales of HDDs to non-hyperscale outfits increasingly rare, say analysts
Wanted: Junior cybersecurity staff with 10 years' experience and a PhD Infosec employers demanding too much from early-career recruits, says ISC2 Cybersecurity hiring managers need a reality check when it comes to hiring junior staff, with job adverts littered with unfair expectations that are hampering recruitment efforts, says industry training and cert issuer ISC2.… #theregister #IT
Employers are demanding too much from junior cyber recruits
: Infosec employers demanding too much from early-career recruits, says ISC2
Friday the 13th strikes for Barclays' corporate customers Superstitions stoked by blackout of iPortal centralized platform when no maintenance was scheduled Barclays Bank is wrestling with some digital gremlins affecting its corporate banking services this Friday the 13th of June – the final day of the working week for many of us, but perhaps not the poor techies beavering away to restore… #theregister #IT
Friday the 13th strikes for Barclays
: Superstitions stoked by blackout of iPortal centralized platform when no maintenance was scheduled
Danish department determined to dump Microsoft Jutes revolt against Redmond: Minister for Digital Affairs aims the longboats away from Vinland Comment  The boss of Denmark's Ministry for Digitalization says her department will move away from Microsoft – starting with LibreOffice.… #theregister #IT
Danish department determined to dump Microsoft
Comment: Jutes revolt against Redmond: Minister for Digital Affairs aims the longboats away from Vinland
UK unis cough up £10M on Java to keep Oracle off their backs Deal includes 'waiver of historic fees' UK universities and colleges have signed a contract worth up to £9.86 million ($13.33 million) with Oracle to use its controversial Java SE Universal Subscription model, in exchange for a "waiver of historic fees due for any institutions who have used Oracle Java since 2023."… #theregister #IT
UK unis sign up to £10M Oracle Java subscription framework
: Deal includes 'waiver of historic fees'
Forget Vibe Coding, we're all about Vine Coding nowadays More like FlAIme Of The Week Flame Of The Week  It's been a while since our last Flame Of The Week, but it appears that AI is generating some strong feelings among our beloved readership.… #theregister #IT
Forget Vibe Coding, we
Flame Of The Week: More like FlAIme Of The Week
Slapped wrists for Financial Conduct Authority staff who emailed work data home It was one of the offenders' final warning Four staffers at the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) were let off with warnings over separate cases involving the transmission of regulator data to their personal email accounts.… #theregister #IT
FCA warned four staffers who pocketed regulator data
: It was one of the offenders' final warning
User demanded a ‘wireless’ computer and was outraged when its battery died Abusive manager had to be told there's no such thing as an atomic laptop On Call  By Friday morning, Reg readers’ batteries can sometimes be a little low, which is why we always use the day to offer a jolt of amusement in the form of On Call – the reader contributed column in which we celebrate the lows and lows of tech support.… #theregister #IT
User demanded
On Call: Abusive manager had to be told there's no such thing as an atomic laptop
UK dumps £2.5 billion into fusion pipe dream that's already cost millions STEP sucked up £220 million in 2022, and it's still not apparent what that accomplished The UK government has just allocated another £2.5 billion to an ambitious fusion energy project without any indication it's progressed much beyond the planning stages.… #theregister #IT
UK fusion reactor dream gets another £2.5 billion from gov
UPDATED: STEP sucked up £220 million in 2022, and it's still not apparent what that accomplished
Chinese memory-maker YMTC sues US rival Micron for defamation instead of the usual patent breaches Alleges dirty PR campaign to slur its tech China’s Yangtze Memory Technologies has accused rival chipmaker Micron of defamation through a campaign to publish nasty stories and reports about it.… #theregister #IT
Chinese memory-maker YMTC sues Micron for defamation
: Alleges dirty PR campaign to slur its tech