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Submission + - Who needs Rust? compile_assert works with GCC and Clang today! (github.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 20, 2026 @03:22PM

An anonymous reader writes: This approach pushes detection to compile time, catching memory issues before the code ever runs, and it works with standard GCC and Clang, no compiler changes required.

C and C++ deliver unmatched performance, but decades of legacy code mean plenty of undiscovered memory bugs still lurking.

Most defenses today are runtime-only. You find out something’s wrong after soak tests, crashes, or a core dump in production. For safety critical systems such as medical, automotive, aviation this is a serious risk.

Less guesswork. Fewer crashes. Same performance.

Comment Prime Price Hike Scam More Like! See BBC (Score 2) 120

by now3djp on Monday July 16, 2018 @04:02PM (#56958894) Attached to: Amazon Suffers Glitches at the Start of Prime Day

See on the BBC

Amazon Prime Day deals 'not what they seem'
By Brian Milligan
Personal Finance reporter
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/bus...

Submission + - Huge security risks in PDF standard (h-online.com)

Submitted by crabel on Saturday January 01, 2011 @08:25AM

crabel writes: At the 27. Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin security researcher Julia Wolf pointed out numerous, previously hardly known, security problems in connection with Adobe's PDF standard. For instance, a PDF can reportedly contain a database scanner that becomes active and scans a network when the document is printed on a network printer.

Submission + - Ubisoft's Draconian DRM Patched? (pcgamer.com)

Submitted by on Friday December 31, 2010 @07:29PM

An anonymous reader writes: It appears that Ubisoft's controversial DRM scheme launched earlier this year that required players to have a permanent connection to the Internet has been patched, though an Internet connection is still required when starting the game.

Submission + - Zimbabwe govt websites hit by pro-WikiLeaks DDoS (sophos.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 31, 2010 @04:22PM

An anonymous reader writes: Pro-WikiLeaks hacktivists have struck a blow against the-powers-that-be in Zimbabwe, bringing down three government websites through denial-of-service attacks.

The distributed-denial-of-service attacks appear to be in support of newspapers who published secret cables in the ongoing WikiLeaks saga, to the annoyance of the-powers-that-be in the country. Grace Mugabe, wife of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, was recently reported to be suing a newspaper for $15 million after it published a WikiLeaks cable that claimed she has benefited from illegal diamond trading.

The Zimbabwe government's online portal at www.gta.gov.zw and the official ZANU-PF website continue to be offline, and the Finance Ministry's website now displays a message saying it is under maintenance.

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