Why Microsoft has the name of an old mouse hidden in its Bluetooth drivers Screw-up or conspiracy? Lurking within the Windows Bluetooth stack is a hardcoded reference to the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000. Is this nostalgic favoritism from Microsoft? Or is it just somebody, somewhere, making a mistake that an engineer had to work around?… #theregister #IT
Whitehall lobs £40M at 'critical' phase of police DB reboot Officials say there's no time to switch suppliers if they want the PNC off life support before March 2026 The Home Office is flinging nearly £40 million in taxpayer cash at PA Consulting to get the big-ticket successor to the Police National Computer (PNC) over the finish line.… #theregister #IT