Wow, the #serial checking of #microsoft #windows 95 was super simple: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cwyH59nACzQ Even without the assumption of the internet, back then you could have easily implemented some custom key based on a #serial #number baked into the #disk ... They were just super lazy, maybe a rushed product launch or something.
And people call me mad for using #vim over something like #vscode https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull.. Looks like #microsoft just fucked over their #extension #developers and #pretended to consider their #feedback . Some #hackernews #comments suggest this should just be expected: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=346.. Sure, use #microsoft #software and get burned.
What a #dumb #microsoft #windows #bug where peoples #laptops are #draining in their #bags https://youtube.com/watch?v=OHKKcd3sx2c I bet the #developers never pick up on it because they never #test this #scenario !
#microsoft casually #phoninghome the entire #content of every #powerpoint you make, because #telemetry https://rogermexico.bearblog.dev/microso.. I know for example the #uk #military all use #office 365, so how the fuck is that supposed to work?
Pretty fun #exploit written in 10 days to go from #microsoft #word to #ring 0 ( #root / #admin ) - very impressive: https://disrel.com/posts/Ring0VBA-Gettin..
#microsoft made #opensource the 3D #moviemaker from 1995! https://www.howtogeek.com/803277/microso.. I remember using this, it was an awesome way to tell simple #stories . I actually wouldn't mind using this *today* to help #teach #subjects to #students ! Next I want #windows #moviemaker too: https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Windows_M.. Then we're really cooking!
Again, another reason I use #vim instead of #visual #studio #code by #microsoft https://ghuntley.com/fracture/ In all honesty I could probably #code a reasonable #alternative to #vim in just a few weeks if it only had the #features I regularly use.
Well shit, #lapsus are about to drop a #leak for #microsoft 's #bing , #cortana and much more: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/mi.. #victims also include #nvidia , #samsung , #vodaphone and #ubisoft . Apparently this was all through some kind of #communications #channel - I bet they wish they were using #opensource right now.
Those #apple #stocks are going to #crash https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/fox.. A friend of mine already lost tonnes of #money #experimenting , after buying into #apple and #microsoft at an #alltimehigh - damn. They really have to hold onto them to get their returns now.
#microsoft gets shittier by the day. Once you #purchase your #license for Microsoft #windows (which you cannot opt out of if you run #linux ), you then go out and #buy Microsoft #office . Then, at your cost, you get shown #ads in your #start #menu #panel and #outlook #email https://twitter.com/louisnicholls_/statu.. Soon you will also #require an #account ! https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/22940.. It's #free for now...
Apparently #microsoft #exchange had a missed #time #storage #bug that rolled into affect on #newyearseve http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2022/01/01/b.. Damn! A lot of #server and #infrastructure #it folks had a very crappy #christmas !
#microsoft #windows finally #broke one of the #simplest #apps they #ship - #notepad https://blogs.windows.com/windows-inside.. #hackernews #comments are reporting that it can behave as slowly as 1 #fps and that #scrolling is #horrific https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=294.. How on earth is it possible to break something so badly like this?
Interesting, #microsoft #windows are acting ultra #shady on #edge #links and not allowing other #browser #competitors to open them, despite them being #capable of doing so: https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/microsoft-ed.. This is more anti= #competitive #behaviour ...
Ouch, the #microsoft #app #store returns #firefox as the 45th #result if you perform a #search https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comment.. That majorly sucks on many levels. I remember looking for it myself on behalf of somebody and giving up.
Nice, #microsoft apparently successfully fended off a 2.4Tbps #ddos #attack their #azure #cloud #infrastructure https://lowendbox.com/blog/microsoft-shr..
Ouch, #brandnew #microsoft #windows 10 and 11 #ships with #broken and #vulnerable versions of #curl - including 15 #known #bugs https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021..