Richard Speed

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Raspberry Pi gets jiggy with batch CM5 provisioning - The Register

Technology August 20, 2026

Raspberry Pi has unveiled a $600 Programming Jig to take the faff out of preparing batches of Compute Module 5 (CM5) boards for deployment. The deviceΒ combines the provisioning host and module inter...

LG kills McAfee pop-up after Windows boss steps in - The Register

Technology July 26, 2026

LG has agreed to stop its Monitor App Installer pestering users with a McAfee pop-up after Microsoft's Windows boss intervened. Pavan DavuluriΒ wroteΒ on social media: "We've connected with the team ...

Microsoft rushes out Windows fix for Dell's hot and bothered PCs - The Register

Technology July 21, 2026

Microsoft has dispatched an out-of-band update to fix an incompatibility on certain Dell models and clear the way for them to receive the July 2026 Windows security patch. The update addresses an isοΏ½...

Google sidles up to unsuspecting users, asks for their number - The Register

Technology May 17, 2026

Google is testing a storage reduction for new accounts unless a phone number is provided. The change the Chocolate Factory is trialing affects new accounts, reducing the free storage from 15 GB to aοΏ½...

Latest Vivaldi release surfs a wave of anti-AI sentiment

Crypto January 30, 2026

Interview Vivaldi has raised a middle finger to the influx of AI in the browser space with its latest version. "Basically, what we are finding is that people hate AI," CEO Jon von Tetzchner tells ThοΏ½...

Microsoft veteran explains the one weird trick that made Windows 95 restart faster - theregister.com

Technology January 21, 2026

Microsoft's Raymond Chen has explained why holding down Shift during a Windows 95 restart would get the system up and running again far faster than a full reboot. Some old hands will nod sagely overοΏ½...

Microsoft Windows Media Player stops serving up CD album info - theregister.com

Technology January 10, 2026

Microsoft is celebrating the resurgence of interest in physical media in the only way it knows how by halting the Windows Media Player metadata service. Readers of a certain vintage will remember inοΏ½...

Windows Insiders get a glimpse of Microsoft’s agentic future - theregister.com

Technology December 10, 2025

Microsoft has begun rolling out a public preview of native support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) in the latest Windows 11 Insider builds, edging its much-touted agentic OS vision closer to reaοΏ½...

And the winner of the Microsoft Christmas sweater is... - theregister.com

Technology December 7, 2025

The readers have spoken, and the era of peak Microsoft is open to debate. We asked The Register's nearest and dearest for thoughts on if, and when, peak Microsoft occurred. Up for grabs was one of MοΏ½...

Latest Windows 11 updates may break the OS's most basic bits - theregister.com

Technology December 5, 2025

Microsoft has admitted that it might have broken Windows components including the Start menu and Explorer in the latest round of updates. The problem, which "primarily affects a limited number of enοΏ½...