Why? Just why are you running Windows XP in an MRI scanner? Knowing full well the problems it has….

Source: The ‘WannaCry’ ransomware is a stark reminder of a broken system

Microsoft patching systems as far back as XP? WannaCry is BIG, and the problem is…. there’s going to be systems out there still not patched due to laziness or no internet connection and are vulnerable.

Seen a couple of XP boxes around – some self-service tills, ATMs, and payphones all use XP…

Decommissioned for years, Windows XP, 8, and Server 2003 get emergency update.

Source: WCry is so mean Microsoft issues patch for 3 unsupported Windows versions | Ars Technica

The Sims - as in the PROPER Sims being made for Android/iOS? Definitely going to look at this, but I bet it’s going to be online only which is pointless when your main commute is Underground.

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The actual game you loved—not like The Sims FreePlay.

Source: ‘The Sims’ is finally coming to your iPhone and Android phones

Flaw in remote management feature gives attackers a way to breach networks.

Source: Intel patches remote code-execution bug that lurked in chips for 10 years | Ars Technica

But, as this article indicates, it doesn’t really make a difference. Why? This is why:

Both Lyft and Uber actively work against the interests of their employees.

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Although Uber CEO Travis Kalanick was widely criticized for his ties to Trump, one of Lyft’s major investors is Trump’s tech adviser Peter Thiel, who notably funded an anti-First Amendment crusade that brought down our late sister site, Gawker.

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Meanwhile, conservatives are starting a #DeleteLyft campaign. But joke’s on them! Ethical decision-making is impossible under late capitalism, and choice is an illusion. It’s Coke vs. Pepsi, and as even as a Diet Coke enthusiast, I can recognize they’re more or less the same damn bubbles in a different shiny can.

Lyft successfully capitalized off this weekend’s #DeleteUber campaign, besting its biggest competitor in the App Store for the first time ever.

Source: Lyft Beats Uber for First Time in App Store, But Under Capitalism All Choice Is Meaningless

So, for me, at least, I’m keeping Uber installed, but going to install Lyft as well and see which ones are nearby. Take a read of the referenced article and make your own decision.

Let’s see if he comes after me now, for posting this….

The man who claims to have invented email is taking legal actions, or threatening such, against anyone who publicly disagrees with his version of history.

Source: The Man Who Didn’t Invent Email Attacks Free Speech | FOSS Force

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Samsung have finally revealed details regarding the battery explosions. It doesn’t stop me from keeping being a Samsung person - there’s not many other brands I trust out in the market at the moment. So I’ll keep with Samsung for now, Two different production problems from two different suppliers killed the Note 7.

Source: Official Galaxy Note 7 investigation blames small battery cases, poor welding | Ars Technica

The horrific suicide video of Katelyn Nicole Davis, a 12-year-old girl from Cedartown, Georgia, has gone viral - and police say there is nothing they can do to stop it from being shared.

Source: Katelyn Nicole Davis suicide video is going viral - and cops are powerless to stop it | Daily Mail Online

Despite being a library that most people outside of the technology industry have never heard of, the Heartbleed bug in OpenSSL caught the attention of the mainstream press when it was uncovered in April 2014 because so many websites were vulnerable to theft of sensitive server and user data. At LinuxCon Europe, Rich Salz and Tim Hudson from the OpenSSL team did a deep dive into what happened with Heartbleed and the steps the OpenSSL team are taking to improve the project.

Source: OpenSSL after Heartbleed | Linux.com | The source for Linux information

Open source Android ROM project dies, developers launch fork.

Source: Cyanogen Inc. shuts down CyanogenMod in Christmas bloodbath | Ars Technica

So, CM is dead, but like with most things in the open source world, things will be forked, especially if there’s a disagreement between the two. In this case, rather than compete, it’s a desire to keep the project going.

Related articles

• After having its infrastructure shuttered, CyanogenMod will live on as Lineage
• This startup once thought it would 'put a bullet through Google's head' - now it's killing its own operating system (GOOGL)

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Technology still has a way to go it seems.

I remember when trying to get back into Heathrow from Germany - and the automatic barriers wouldn’t let me in because I was wearing glasses :/

New Zealand man of Asian origin has “no hard feelings” after passport system said eyes were closed.

Source: New Zealander says passport photo rejection ‘not racist’ - BBC News

A lot of projects are corporate, but some, like NTP are small, or even solo projects. When these small projects become really important and still not have enough resource to maintain, the security issues can’t be patches as fast as, say Oracle, Microsoft or Google.

Everyone benefits from Network Time Protocol, but the project struggles to pay its sole maintainer or fund its various initiatives

Source: Time is running out for NTP | InfoWorld

Well… “stealing”? I guess it depends on how you interpret the GPL.  Nonetheless bottom line is – if you are going to use GPL code, your code and product must follow the same license. i.e.

“… if you’re going to embed GPL stuff in your code and produce a derivative product, you’re going to have to make that derivative compliant with GPL—either by shipping the code with it or providing the code on request”

So, the headline of “stealing” GPL code? Can you actually “steal” code that is open source? Using open source in a closed source product would be a violation of the GPL (which I believe is what’s being talked about here), but is that “stealing”?

I’m not siding with either side here, I’m just not sure the word “stealing” is the right phrase to use in this headling here, quoted or not. Guess that’s clickbait for you….

Source: Wix gets caught “stealing” GPL code from WordPress | Ars Technica

Akamai Technologies broke ties with Internet security researcher Brian Krebs, his website was attacked.

Source: Cybercrooks 1, Akamai 0 - The Boston Globe

Saya may look like a young, beautiful schoolgirl, but she is actually just an ultra-realistic computer generated model created by Japanese duo Telyuka.

Source: Meet Saya, the Japanese Schoolgirl Who Doesn’t Exist | Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities

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This shows how out of touch the justice system is with the requirements of the users. I agree that some users want to be able to use the computer immediately. I am NOT “some users”.

If the computer doesn’t come with the OS I want, I don’t want it to come with any OS at all, so I can install it myself.

My laptop and my computer both have Linux (my desktop has Linux Mint, my laptop has Ubuntu). Both came with Windows 7 Home Basic when I purchased it, because there was no option for “No Operating System”. If I can save £50 on my machine by not having to install crapware by Microsoft, I’d take it if it were an option.

CJEU rejects French citizen’s complaint, rules consumers want an OS on their PCs.

Source: Sony wins battle over preinstalled Windows in Europe’s top court | Ars Technica

Fancy a coffee? How about a 80-shot coffee in one cup? The warning on the menu says it all. Drink at your own risk.

Source: ‘World’s strongest coffee’ is here and its caffeine levels are scarily high

Linus has his moments. He’s well-known for having a short-temper, lashing out at a contributor, but he is also known for creating Linux which a significant number of devices these days use, in some form or another. I work with it on a daily basis both at work and at home. Without this guy, I wouldn’t be where I am now. Well, possibly I would still be here, but dealing with cough Windows cough servers instead….

On August 25, Linux creator Linus Torvalds will be in a plane somewhere between Canada and the United States as his handiwork, which has completely changed the world of computing, marks its 25th birthday.

Source: iTWire - No highs, no lows: Linus Torvalds on 25 years of Linux

Also, here’s a TED talk he did

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Remember my previous post? It’s great seeing this happening - when people don’t care about winning and more about the race and finishing.

I’ve said this before. It’s not about winning (fuck you, Piers Morgan). It’s not about getting first place, or even in the top 10. It’s about participating and completing. I don’t care if it takes me 20 minutes or 20 hours to complete a race. I will be happy to finish. I said this to the guy I helped for a bit in the last few hundred metres at the Royal Parks Half Marathon. “My time doesn’t matter. I’m happy just to finish."

The athlete who captured the essence of the Olympic spirit in a single act of selfless kindness is to be rewarded for her act of sportsmanship.

Source: Nikki Hamblin awarded rare Olympic medal following touching show of sportsmanship 

It isn’t always about winning.

Unless you’re Piers Morgan…

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Source: Olympic runner helps competitor to her feet after heartbreaking fall

And this isn’t the first time a runner was helped over the finish line. In 1992, Derek Redmond busted his hamstring mid-way and his dad came on to help him over the finish line.

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You’ve probably seen articles inducing panic around the number of android devices vulnerable to this Quadrooter bug. But read through the below first.

Another day, another overblown Android security scare. Who’s ready for a reality check?

Source: No, 900 million Android devices are not at risk from the ‘Quadrooter’ monster | Computerworld

Guys, gals, aardvarks, fishes: I'm running out of ways to say this. Your Android device is not in any immediate danger of being taken over a super-scary malware monster.

It’s a silly thing to say, I realize, but we go through this same song and dance every few months: Some company comes out with a sensational headline about how millions upon millions of Android users are in danger (DANGER!) of being infected (HOLY HELL!) by a Big, Bad Virus™ (A WHAT?!) any second now. Countless media outlets (cough, cough) pick up the story and run with it, latching onto that same sensational language without actually understanding a lick about Android security or the context that surrounds it.

To wit: As you’ve no doubt seen by now, our latest Android malware scare du jour is something an antivirus software company called Check Point has smartly dubbed “Quadrooter” (a name worthy of Batman villain status if I’ve ever heard one). The company is shouting from the rooftops that 900 million (MILLION!) users are at risk of data loss, privacy loss, and presumably also loss of all bladder control – all because of this hell-raising “Quadrooter” demon and its presence on Qualcomm’s mobile processors.

“Without an advanced mobile threat detection and mitigation solution on the Android device, there is little chance a user would suspect any malicious behavior has taken place,” the company says in its panic-inducing press release.

Well, crikey: Only an advanced mobile threat detection and mitigation solution can stop this? Wait – like the one Check Point itself conveniently sells as a core part of its business? Hmm…that sure seems awfully coincidental.

TL;DR: A “mobile threat detection and mitigration solution” is already present on practically all of those 900 million Android devices. It’s a native part of the Android operating system called Verify Apps, and it’s been present in the software since 2012….. Android has had its own built-in multilayered security system for ages now. There’s the threat-scanning Verify Apps system we were just discussing. The operating system also automatically monitors for signs of SMS-based scams, and the Chrome Android browser keeps an eye out for any Web-based boogeymen.

"You win or you lose. Gold is all that matters," he said.

Just can't get excited by Silver & Bronze medals. You win or you lose. Gold is all that matters. #Olympics2016

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 10, 2016

His comment didn't go well with some, notably English swimmer Chris Walker-Hebborn, who competed at the 2012 Olympics and in Rio this year.

Let’s just say he didn’t hold back any punches…

Source: Olympian slams Piers Morgan’s trolling tweet about medals

If you want to flame him, be my guest.

Angela Eagle has had a brick thrown through her constituency office’s window and been inundated with abusive phone calls after announcing her bid to become Labour leader.

Source: Brick thrown through Angela Eagle’s office window after she announces Labour leadership bid