The failed launch of Soyuz MS-10 on October 11th, 2018 was a notable event for a number of reasons: it was the first serious incident on a manned Soyuz rocket in 35 years, it was the the first time that particular high-altitude abort had ever been attempted, and most importantly it ended with the rescue…

End-of-year reports show impairment costs running into millions Local health boards in New Zealand have been forced to write down losses running into the millions of Kiwi dollars as a result of a troubled Oracle implementation.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

It’s the first time we’ve seen Samsung’s new “Infinity-O” display on a phone. …read more Source:: CNet

The Olympic Games regularly add new events, but officials aren’t quite ready to embrace eSports. From a report: This weekend, the International Olympic Committee met for the 7th Olympic Summit, where competitive video gaming was among the topics of discussion. The verdict? It’s still “premature” to discuss including them in the Olympic games. That’s bound…

The Voyager 2 probe, which left Earth in 1977, has become the second human-made object to leave our Solar System. From a report: It was launched 16 days before its twin craft, Voyager 1, but that probe’s faster trajectory meant that it was in “the space between the stars” six years before Voyager 2. The…

Bagle.A and Bagle.B date back to 2004. …read more Source:: Threatpost

As KubeCon + CloudNativeCon draws nigh, vendors can’t contain themselves A number of open source types are heading toward Seattle, Washington, on Monday, if they’re not already installed there, to attend the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s (CNCF) KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2018 confab.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

An analysis of the show’s many deaths might reveal the secret to making it to the end of the final season. …read more Source:: CNet

The UK’s NHS will be banned from buying fax machines from next month — and has been told by the government to phase out the machines entirely by 31 March 2020. From a report: More than 9,000 fax machines are in use by the NHS, a July survey found. All will be replaced by email,…

Former Quest Software executive joins as the company readies launch of new version of its BI platform. …read more Source:: ZDNet