Comment What? (Score 1) 40
No one noticed? Its has been covered pretty extensively on all the major tech sites.
Submission + - WordPress Plugin Flaws Expose 200k+ Sites to Remote Attacks (thehackernews.com)
bleedingobvious writes: Two critical security flaws impacting the Spam protection, Anti-Spam, and FireWall plugin WordPress could allow an unauthenticated attacker to install and enable malicious plugins on susceptible sites and potentially achieve remote code execution
Submission + - Windows 95 used three different operating systems during setup (techspot.com)
jjslash writes: Veteran Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen recently addressed a retro-tech question from a game developer on X. The developer asked about the three user interfaces in the Windows 95 setup process, transitioning from DOS to Windows 3.x and finally to the Win9x GUI. Chen explained this design minimized the code needed for the setup.
With over 30 years of experience shaping the evolution of Windows, Chen holds deep insights into the hidden intricacies of one of the worlds most widely used software platforms. Writing The Old New Thing blog, he said Windows 95 setup was designed to upgrade systems from three possible starting points – MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95 itself. This necessity dictated the need for compatibility with three distinct computing environments.
With over 30 years of experience shaping the evolution of Windows, Chen holds deep insights into the hidden intricacies of one of the worlds most widely used software platforms. Writing The Old New Thing blog, he said Windows 95 setup was designed to upgrade systems from three possible starting points – MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95 itself. This necessity dictated the need for compatibility with three distinct computing environments.
Submission + - WI Voters Were Unswayed by $3.3B AI Data Center Announcement by Microsoft, Biden
theodp writes: Back in the day, one could influence voters for as little as $1 or with food or liquor. Today, however, even Microsoft's widely-publicized $3.3B Wisconsin AI Data Center announcement by U.S. President Joe Biden and Microsoft President Brad Smith (who Biden called out for helping his campaign just days later at a WA fundraiser) — at a politicized Racine County (WI) event last May where Biden slammed now President-elect Donald Trump for a failed Foxconn project on the same site — wasn't enough to convince Racine County voters to favor a Democrat for President in the 2024 election. Trump won 52.5% of the 100K or so Racine County votes compared to Vice President Kamala Harris's 46.3%, a one-point improvement over his performance there in 2020, en route to a victory in the swing state.
Interestingly, in his 2019 book Tools and Weapons, Microsoft's Smith — who supported the Harris campaign after Biden bowed out of the 2024 race — revealed that Microsoft led other tech giants who successfully used the promise of $300 million in pledges to support K-12 CS education to secure then First Daughter Ivanka Trump's assistance in persuading President Trump to sign a $1 billion Presidential order "to ensure that federal funding from the Department of Education helps advance [K-12] computer science," a key objective of the Microsoft-led Computing in the Core advocacy coalition and Microsoft's National Talent Strategy.
On the day after the Presidential election, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joined other tech CEOs who took to social media to congratulate Trump on his victory. "Congratulations President Trump," Nadella tweeted. "We're looking forward to engaging with you and your administration to drive innovation forward that creates new growth and opportunity for the United States and the world."
Interestingly, in his 2019 book Tools and Weapons, Microsoft's Smith — who supported the Harris campaign after Biden bowed out of the 2024 race — revealed that Microsoft led other tech giants who successfully used the promise of $300 million in pledges to support K-12 CS education to secure then First Daughter Ivanka Trump's assistance in persuading President Trump to sign a $1 billion Presidential order "to ensure that federal funding from the Department of Education helps advance [K-12] computer science," a key objective of the Microsoft-led Computing in the Core advocacy coalition and Microsoft's National Talent Strategy.
On the day after the Presidential election, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joined other tech CEOs who took to social media to congratulate Trump on his victory. "Congratulations President Trump," Nadella tweeted. "We're looking forward to engaging with you and your administration to drive innovation forward that creates new growth and opportunity for the United States and the world."
Comment Sigh (Score 1) 90
Can't they just be happy with what they've already won and go home?
Comment Re:Would come as a suprise... (Score 1, Offtopic) 258
Please mod up
Comment Really? (Score 1) 399
This has been known for quite some time. There's been many articles on this issue as well as, IIRC, there's been ones here on Slashdot too.
Comment Hm (Score 1) 185
Why am I not surprised?
Comment Re:Man ... (Score 1) 107
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one!
Comment Slow (Score 1) 25
Hmm, slow loading but it does load but once it does I can not zoom or anything. Says connection to slow or site overloaded. Fail -_-
Comment Re:NFC (Score 1) 87
Would have been very useful to link to this in the article or explain it. Mod up for reference
Comment Uh oh (Score 1) 405
Uh oh, I see Apple bashing coming. Defend yourselves
Comment Re:Just the east coast? (Score 1) 106
I live on the east coast and I would probably have to say yes. Over here we love to watch the countdown and ball drop.
Comment Fail (Score 1) 534
http://twitter.com/fail0verflow
Whoever originally wrote something about "overflowing the bootup NOR flash" needs to be shot (after watching the talk and paying attention)
Comment Counting down (Score 2) 467
Let's make wagers on how long it takes until Anonymous DDOS's them because at this point it's not a matter if it will happen but when.
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