Liam Proven

Articles by Liam Proven

US state laws push age checks into the operating system - theregister.com

TechnologyMarch 8, 2026

Many web sites, social media services, and other platforms require age verification on the theory that it will protect kids from seeing inappropriate content. But now some US states want to require t�...

Firefox 147 is here, and Thunderbird is close behind - theregister.com

TechnologyJanuary 16, 2026

The latest Firefox is here with some handy changes most of which differ depending on what OS and type of CPU you run it on. We suspect that the most visible feature in Firefox 147 is improved Pictur�...

The last supported version of HP-UX is no more - theregister.com

TechnologyJanuary 6, 2026

The final version of HPE's own flavor of Unix, HP-UX 11i v3, is now out of support. It is the end of a line that started in 1982. According to HPE's HP-UX support matrix, the end of life for the fin�...

Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching - theregister.com

TechnologyJanuary 6, 2026

Important news for Gmail power users: Google is dropping the feature whereby Gmail can collect mail from other email accounts over POP3. The company hasn't exactly gone out of its way to call attent�...

UNIX V4 tape successfully recovered: First ever version of UNIX written in C is running again - theregister.com

TechnologyDecember 24, 2025

Computer History Museum software curator Al Kossow has successfully retrieved the contents of the over-half-a-century old tape found at the University of Utah last month. UNIX V4, the first ever ver�...

Waterfox browser goes AI-free, targets the Firefox faithful - theregister.com

TechnologyDecember 20, 2025

Waterfox, a popular fork of Firefox, is saying nay to AI. Considering how unpopular Mozilla's plan to botify its browser has become, this could win the alternative some converts. The latest post on �...