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    Update Chrome ASAP

    Google is advising everyone update Chrome (I don't know for sure; but would assume that also includes Chromium-based derivatives, including, well, everything except Firefox and Safari these days!) ASAP to mitigate a 0-day; CVE-2023-2033. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2033
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    former Twitter engineer disclosing some shady business

    (Some NSFW language in there) This is a former Twitter software engineer's thread. There were a few things that stood out to me as interesting: 1) The amount of logging this and other apps perform on your engagement with the app is pretty creepy. And since that data is integral to them in...
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    Spending a few hours in NYC

    BITOG'ers - My wife, mother-in-law and 13- and 14-year-old daughters will be boarding a cruise departing from Manhattan on Sunday, Aug. 21. They'll be driving into the city and parking at the cruise ship dock which is off of 12th Ave. near DeWitt Clinton Park. They'll have a few hours to kill...
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    Big news around here re: EV and battery manufacturing

    A few weeks after the announcement of a $4.9b battery manufacturing plant for our hard-done-by city, ("Earth's rectum", according to Stephen Colbert) we are now slated for a $3.4b upgrade to a Stellantis plant. Amazon also recently announced a fulfillment facility to be built here. This feels a...
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    Ubuntu 22.04 is out

    Depending on where in the world you are the Ubuntu web site should be offering the 22.04 download. Here is the page for 22.04 downloads directly: https://releases.ubuntu.com/22.04/ If not, here is the link to the (AMD 64 Desktop) .iso directly...
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    [Leaked] Windows 11 info

    With screenshots. It sure seems like someone at Microsoft really admires KDE's Plasma desktop: https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/22535123/microsoft-windows-11-leak-screenshots-start-menu
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    We can likely use an app now for BITOG

    The old forum software did not have a native app; and the major forum apps (ie. tapatalk) did not support this forum. But Xenforo appears to have a native app both for iOS and Android: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/forumapps-presents-native-xenforo-apps-for-ios-and-android.128866/...
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    Chromium-based Microsoft Edge

    I bought an old i5 desktop today and decided to play with the new Chromium-based Edge before removing the HDD and sticking Ubuntu on a new one. They've dressed it up pretty nicely and have well-integrated a (as-yet not quite feature complete) Microsoft sync service. It looks like with the flip...
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    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and derivatives are out!

    https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop All of the Ubuntu flavours are released as of today (April 26) and can be downloaded or updated if you're already using it.
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    Google switching from Ubuntu to Debian

    Quote: For years Google used Goobuntu, an in-house, Ubuntu-based operating system. Goobuntu is now being replaced by gLinux, which is based on Debian Testing. https://itsfoss.com/goobuntu-glinux-google/ That's a big loss in revenue for Canonical!
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    Linux desktop market share > 3%!

    Highest I've ever seen it: https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating...p;qptimeframe=M
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    Ubuntu is abandoning Unity, phone, UI converence

    Some would say "finally"! I was hoping they'd make the phone and convergent UI work. https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/g...nd-convergence/ It looks like 18.04 will revert back to Gnome as the default desktop.
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    visiting St. Louis at the end of July

    My wife is attending a conference downtown, leaving my two daughters (age 7 & 8) and myself on our own from (the evening of) the 27th to (the morning of) of the 31st. Does anyone have any ideas about family-friendly stuff to do in safe areas of town? Thanks!
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    Firefox now "temporarily" blocking Flash

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/flash-blocked-firefox-1.3151045 Hopefully this hastens the death of this horrid piece of technology. I've been blocking Flash content for years now; but have been able to click a tab to initiate the plugin when needed. This seems like a bit more of a heavy...
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    LastPass users: chenge your master password!

    I don't use LastPass, but I know some of you do. They disclosed very recently that they detected an intrusion and some customer data was taken. Here is the announcement: https://blog.lastpass.com/2015/06/lastpass-security-notice.html/
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    Update your Linux distro ASAP

    Very recently a vulnerability was discovered in bash, which is the command prompt shell you'd use whenever you use your terminal. Here is the info: http://www.csoonline.com/article/2687265...-2014-6271.html Thankfully, being open source, a patch has already been crafted and released for all...
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    Ubuntu 14.04 LTS just went "live"

    The ISO's just came available about 5 minutes ago! http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/
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    Linux Mint users: This is the one you'll want

    The LTS (Long Term Support) release of Mint will be with us in late May, it seems. It'll have support for 5 years and will be based on Ubuntu's 14.04 LTS, which is shaping up to be rock solid: http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2594
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    Here comes Google Chrome OS

    http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/releasing-chromium-os-open-source.html Quote: The Chrome OS replaces the traditional software stack on computers with a more lightweight one, all made possible because it can only run web applications. Instead of going from BIOS to kernel, services...
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    For those using DD-WRT on their routers...

    A critical flaw has just been disclosed: http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/community...com-report.html From the announcement: Quote: Note: The exploit can only be used directly from outside your network over the internet if you have enabled remote Web GUI management in the Administration tab...
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