Server friend finds love in big, bouncy AWS cloud
Having put SAP’s HANA in-memory database on its Linux, Red Hat has gone off-premise with Amazon.…
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Microsoft: Stop using Microsoft Silverlight. (Everyone else has)
Says websites should switch to HTML5-based playback as netizens snub plugins
Microsoft is encouraging companies that use its Silverlight media format on their web pages to dump the tech in favor of newer, HTML5-based media playback systems.…
Looking forward to getting Windows 10 the day it ships? Yeah, about that…
Not everyone will get it all at once
Microsoft has shared more details about how it plans to roll out Windows 10 beginning later this month.…
Ford recalls 433,000 cars: Software bug breaks engine off-switch
Turning it off and on again not possible until a dealer fixes it
Ford is recalling 433,000 of its cars as they suffer from a software bug that could prevent drivers from turning off their engines.…
Wanna go all Gandalf – YOU SHALL NOT PASS – on Windows 10?
You can stop the auto-installs, save your LAN, stay out of court and get home in time for dinner
From July 29th, as we’ve reported, Windows 10 downloads will start to become available.…
PureVPN calls pure BS on VPN insecurity study
‘We fixed that stuff last year’, company says, ‘but have a new client anyway’
Hong Kong virtual private network provider PureVPN has rejected claims in a study published this week that its service among many other popular providers are open to DNS hijacking and has pushed fixes to shore up security.…
Another day, another Windows 10 build – this time with ISO download
Build 10162 also features a new way to buy Wi-Fi access
Microsoft’s “Windows Insider” fast track is finally living up to its name, with build 10162 released yesterday, making it three builds in four days since 10158 appeared on 29 June.…
Silly Google’s Photos app labelled BLACK PEOPLE as GORILLAS
Machine learning is hard. And sometimes deeply offensive
Google’s new Photos software automatically labelled images of black people as “gorillas”. The web goliath has apologized.…
Microsoft rushes out latest Windows 10 build. 300 fixes? Pff, whatever
‘Interesting change’ seems to mean ‘baked-in silliness’
Just one day after releasing Build 10158 of Windows 10 to its Insider “fast ring”, Microsoft has replaced it with Build 10159.…
Linux Mint 17.2: If only all penguinista desktops were done this way
Freshness AND familiarity
Review The underlying packages in Linux Mint 17.2, just released, are largely unchanged. What you will find are a lot of improvements and added polish in everyday tools like the update manager, login screen and the Software Sources app.…