Crypto, power gobbling, performance and more tweaked
The 4.1 release of the Linux kernel has hit, after what Linus Torvalds says was a “very quiet week” since Release Candidate 8 dropped.…
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Greens back inquiry into Aussie video games industry
Where did the game studios go?
Greens Deputy Leader Scott Ludlam has won support to set Australia’s Senate on a search for our missing computer game development industry.…
Microsoft sez soz over Windows 10 ‘freebie’ balls-up
‘This is a very complex topic’, grumbles bumbling Redmond OS chief
Microsoft has attempted yet more damage control regarding Windows 10, after the software giant confused world+dog into thinking that anyone could qualify for a freebie version of its soon-to-be-released operating system.…
Google presses ‘send’ on ‘undo send’ – AT LAST
No regrets after six-year beta
Google has decreed that the “Undo Send” feature in Gmail, which it first unveiled in Gmail Labs in 2009, is ready to go mainstream.…
Killer ChAraCter HOSES almost all versions of Reader, Windows
Google Project Zero bod drops 15 remote code execution holes
Get patching: Google Project Zero hacker Mateusz Jurczyk has dropped 15 remote code execution vulnerabilities, including a single devastating hack against Adobe Reader and Windows he reckons beats all exploit defences.…
Microsoft releases free Office apps for half of all Android phones
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint up for grabs
Redmond’s plan to get its code running everywhere took another step forward on Wednesday when it released free versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android phones.…
NOD32 AV remote root wormable hack turns corporate fleets to meat
ESET spits patch in three days
Google Project Zero bod Tavis Ormandy has disclosed a “trivial” means of remotely hack the ESET NOD32 antivirus platform.…
Hi-res audio folk to introduce new rules and weed out impure noises
Inaudible or ineffable? Industry bods address ‘misperceptions’
High resolution (Hi-Res) audio is not as good it should be, causing an industry group to create new production guidelines to address what it says are “misperceptions” concerning what it takes to create the best recordings.…
Yahoo! displaces Ask in Oracle’s Java update crapware parade
Desperate tactics from the Purple Palace
At the annual Yahoo! shareholder’s meeting, CEO Marissa Mayer unveiled her new strategy for making the struggling web portal popular again by buying its way into Oracle’s Java upgrade software.…
Apple pulls Civil War games in Confederate flag takedown
App Store nixes banner amidst controversy over symbolism
Apple is removing games that feature the Confederate flag in their titles or gameplay from its App Store.…