Amazon thanks loyal Kindle devotees by bricking their kit
… Customers contacted The Register to say the reason Amazon gave them for its decision was that it can't support old hardware with the latest software. …
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Nutanix brings its K8s to bare metal
Virtualization Nutanix brings its K8s to bare metal because hardware matters again Expands compatibility since it's tough to buy the boxes you want right now .NEXT Nutanix exists to abstract hardware into a pool of logical resources, leaving servers and storage forgotten by all but a few datacenter… …
Microsoft announces product it doesn't want anyone to buy
… Microsoft also warned: "There will be no further extensions of this program after that." MORE CONTEXT Microsoft tells crusty old kernel drivers to get with the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program Microsoft starts the countdown for the end of Exchange Web Services Legacy Update updated – so your … …
Amazon's smartphone would be ill-timed: IDC analyst
… Under Panos Panay, Amazon has the leadership to rethink its hardware strategy, but the real challenge is not execution; it is choosing the right category where it can deliver meaningful, defensible value in an AI-first world.” ® amazon personal tech on prem mobile
NodeWeaver: Perpetual licensing beats VMware nickel-and-dime
… Nodeweaver is positioning itself as an alternative for customers running computing workloads in far-flung edge locations, from cruise ships to solar farms in Sub-Saharan Africa, and it is taking cost out of the hardware needed as well. …
AWS would prefer to forget March in UAE region
… Elastic IPs were trapped on dead hardware. …
Microsoft cracks down on old Windows kernel drivers
OSes Microsoft tells crusty old kernel drivers to get with the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program Cross-signed code gets the cold shoulder as Redmond tightens trust Microsoft is removing trust for kernel drivers that haven't been through the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program WHCP in a bid … …
Yahoo Japan’s consolidating 164 OpenStack clusters into one
… Inoue said his team uses Prometheus, Grafana, and internal dashboards “to continuously monitor overall cloud health and trends to catch early signs of anomalies.” If those tools show signs of trouble, “we drill into deep signals such as kernel-level traces and packet captures to pinpoint the cause.… …
Nvidia H200 back on in China, production ramping: Huang
… The situation is "different from what it was two weeks ago or three weeks ago, but that's our condition today," said Huang, who praised US President Donald Trump's trade policy with regard to sales of Nvidia hardware in China and abroad. …
Microsoft raises UK Surface prices as RAM shortage bites
… "Due to recent increases in memory and component costs, Surface is updating pricing on Microsoft.com for its current-generation hardware portfolio," a spokesperson told The Register . …