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Updated 2024-11-24 00:16
Windows NT and VMS: the rest of the story
Hello world on z/OS
A spectre is haunting unicode
ReactOS can boot from BTRFS
General Magic tried to invent a smartphone in the 1990s
RISC-V's open-source architecture shakes up chip design
Intel says not to expect mainstream 10nm chips until 2H19
Microsoft's vision: Hard- and software should conform to the user
icrosoft's vision: Hard- and software should conform to the user
How they did it: GRU hackers vs. US elections
What OpenStreetMap can be
Why Discord is sticking with React Native
New Spectre attack enables secrets to be leaked over network
GCC 8.2 released
Microsoft to improve Windows update experience
A lot of people seem to dislike the way Windows install updates, and Microsoft seems to be doing something about it. In current test builds, it's improving the update experience.
Google announces its own security key for stronger logins
The second coming of No Man's Sky
Xbox Adaptive Controller's accessible packaging
ReactOS 0.4.9 released
Dawn of the microcomputer: the Altair 8800
NetBSD 8.0 released
Windows command-line: inside the Windows console
What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT?
Nintendo sues ROM sites for 'mass' copyright infringement
PowerShell launches as a snap
What's going on with Microsoft's Surface Andromeda device?
Zac Bowden has published an article making sense of all the news and rumors regarding Microsoft's Andromeda device, its dual-screen foldable tablet thing. According to his sources, the device is not cancelled, but delayed until next year because the custom UI Microsoft is building for it needs more time.
Google's Loon brings internet-by-balloon to Kenya
Bloomberg: Fuchsia intended to replace Android in five years
Well, here it is. I've been saying for 18 months now that Fuchsia clearly felt like a whole lot more than "just" a research operating system, and that I believed its developers' ultimate goal is to replace Android, which is a dead end. This Bloomberg article by the usually well-informed Mark Gurman is the clearest indication yet that such is, indeed, the end goal.
Chrome OS isn't ready for tablets yet
Chinese iCloud user data is now handled by a state-owned telco
Windows 10 getting support for leap seconds
Google CEO responds to EU Android fine
Google's CEO Sundar Pichai has responded to the EU's antitrust fine regarding Android. The blog post is exactly what you'd expect - a lot of fluffy language about how amazing Android is and how it helps little kids pet bunnies and all that stuff, with remarkably little substance. There's really no actual reply to the three core claims in the EU ruling, which makes the response rather weak.One part stood out to me though.
Microsoft announces preview of Windows 10 IoT Core Services
EU fines Android for $5 billion for Android antitrust violations
Update: here's the full press release. Here's the three main violations:
Do you really need to properly eject a USB drive?
Chinese researchers achieve quantum-entanglement record
Riot's approach to anti-cheat
Slackware turns 25
Microsoft kills Win32 Skype client in favour of UWP version
NVIDIA unifies GeForce Now across PCs and Shield TV
The Twitch streamers who spend years broadcasting to no one
Running Amiga-like operating systems on QEMU
Microsoft is updating Windows Notepad
Nokia 6.1: best answer to "What Android phone should I buy?"
Debian 9.5 "released"
A look at Chrome's new tab design
A single typo wrecked Aliens: Colonial Marines
Global PC shipments grew 1.4% in Q2 2018, first time in 6 years
The Andromeda journey continues
Nintendo hid a NES emulator inside GameCube's Animal Crossing
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