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Windows 95 setup was three programs in a trench coat, Microsoft vet reveals [Wed Nov 20 2024]

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Windows 95 setup was three programs in a trench coat, Microsoft vet reveals

MS-DOS, a minimal Windows 3.1, and finally the teal delight of Windows 95 awaited installers

 
 

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Microsoft unleashes autonomous Copilot AI agents in public preview

They can learn, adapt, and make decisions – but don't worry, they're not coming for your job

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America's drinking water systems have a hard-to-swallow cybersecurity problem

More than 100M rely on gear rife with vulnerabilities, says EPA OIG

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Supermicro hot-swaps auditor in hope of dodging Nasdaq delisting

Server maker tries accounting reboot amid reports of customers bailing

Microsoft goes thin client with $349 Windows 365 Link mini PC

Just as good as Apple at making squat boxes, but this one doesn't do very much

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Europe glances Russia's way after Baltic Sea data cables severed

Probe continues into disruption affecting Germany, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania

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Northern Ireland schools ditch £485M Fujitsu deal after less than a year

'Mutual agreement' sees end of contract

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India slaps Meta with five-year ban on sharing info from WhatsApp for ads

Shouldn't have abused messaging dominance, Zuck

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Trump's pick to run the FCC has told us what he plans: TikTok ban, space broadband, and Section 230 reform

Loathes Big Tech and is not at all keen on net neutrality

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Healthcare org Equinox notifies 21K patients and staff of data theft

Ransomware scum LockBit claims it did the dirty deed

China-linked group abuses Fortinet 0-day with post-exploit VPN-credential stealer

No word on when or if the issue will be fixed

Russian suspected Phobos ransomware admin extradited to US over $16M extortion

This malware is FREE for EVERY crook ($300 decryption keys sold separately)

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Palo Alto Networks tackles firewall-busting zero-days with critical patches

Amazing that these two bugs got into a production appliance, say researchers

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Crook breaks into AI biz, points $250K wire payment at their own account

Fastidious attacker then tidied up email trail behind them

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iOS 18 added secret and smart security feature that reboots iThings after three days

Security researcher's reverse engineering effort reveals undocumented reboot timer that will make life harder for attackers

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Microsoft 365 Copilot trips over angle brackets, frustrating coders

Chatbot seems to choke when fed tricky less-than character

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Microsoft breaks timezones in Settings and calls on an unlikely ally for help

Control Panel hobbles to the rescue!

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Microsoft Fabric promises transactions, analytics on one database service

Windows giant also improving Iceberg support after throwing lot in with Delta Parquet

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Database warhorse SQL Server 2025 goes all-in on AI

Better locking, improved query optimization, and... Copilot

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Windows 95 setup was three programs in a trench coat, Microsoft vet reveals

MS-DOS, a minimal Windows 3.1, and finally the teal delight of Windows 95 awaited installers

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Citrix gives its Platform a polish with enhanced management tools

Admins promised they can get stuff done with fewer clicks this year … or maybe next

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Hardware barn denies that .004 seconds of facial recognition violated privacy

Claims it was just spotting shoppers who threatened staff at Bluey's favorite big box store

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Robot runs marathon in South Korea, apparently the first time this has happened

Finishing in 4:19:52 makes it a SlowBot - although it did finish without a battery top-up

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Microsoft starts boiling the Copilot frog: It's not a soup you want to drink at any price [Tue Nov 19 2024]

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

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