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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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Generative AI: Moving from PoC to production Scaling AI with the right infrastructure

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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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Google is a Leader for the 5th consecutive year, in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud AI Developer Services (CAIDS)

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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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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

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

Daily Headlines

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

Off-Prem

Microsoft unleashes autonomous Copilot AI agents in public preview

Open your possibilities with Red Hat and AWS

Generative AI: Moving from PoC to production

On-Prem

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

Supermicro hot-swaps auditor in hope of dodging Nasdaq delisting

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

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

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

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

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

Performance benchmarks: A pocket guide

Reclaim Your Time

Security

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

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

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

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

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

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

Google is a Leader for the 5th consecutive year, in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud AI Developer Services (CAIDS)

Software

Microsoft 365 Copilot trips over angle brackets, frustrating coders

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

Microsoft Fabric promises transactions, analytics on one database service

Database warhorse SQL Server 2025 goes all-in on AI

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

Citrix gives its Platform a polish with enhanced management tools

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

Offbeat

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

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