VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.2 Now Free for All Users
A nice write up on the new version release. I use VMware Workstation on my Win 10 box to run Linux virtual machines where I do all my work in except playing a couple games, and I’ve been using it…
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The Automattic vs WP Engine WordPress Wars Are Getting Really Annoying
Interesting opinion piece by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols who I’ve been reading for decades regarding open source. Consequently, this is a WordPress blog run as a Docker container module with a MariaDB module to support it along with NginxProxyManager module to…
The Big Story of 2024 That Nobody Is Talking About
Interesting opinion piece which is UK based, and what they do over there eventually works its way to us, like Bovaer. Banning wood stoves and the digital ID points are of interest to me. Also of interest, is the EU…
BlackRock’s New Bitcoin Ad Is A Monumental Paradigm Shift
When the OCGFC’s main investment fund with trillions under management is plugging Bitcoin like this, should we be afraid? Of course, this is to get people in their ETF for exposure without having to manage a Bitcoin wallet. This doesn’t…
Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets
One of the things they’re testing in California, and I’d imagine they’d like to link this to your OBD2 port on your car, farming the data with GPS. And they’ve floated the idea for years about charging you per mile…
Microsoft Won’t Let Customers Opt Out of Passkey Push
According to Microsoft’s website, this can be a face scan, fingerprint or pin. From the wording in the article below, they might be taking Authenticator PINs or maybe FIDO keys. Normally such things are used as a second factor to…
Xfce 4.20 Desktop Environment Released with Experimental Wayland Support
If not for KDE this would probably be the Linux desktop environment I’d run. I do run it on occasion with my Debian Unstable virtual machine, and it’s all themed and beautified in case they break KDE with an update.…
Forget About Silencers, People Are Putting ‘Loudeners’ On Their Guns
(Headline article below) They say no purpose, but I once used my handgun to scare off an elk on the Lost Coast of California which is a wonderful backpacking and hiking area (north of where Hwy 1 turns inland because…
New Android Novispy Spyware Linked to Qualcomm Zero-Day Bugs
To start off, I don’t trust these NGOs like Amnesty International (or Google’s involvement), as a lot of intelligence operations have migrated to NGOs like the color revolution of Ukraine in 2014. And NGOs are easily captured with large donations…
Broadcom Says VMware Is a Better Money-Making Machine Than It Hoped
This is bad form from Broadcom, admitting that their margin is 70% on VMware products after trying to juice a bunch of clients with fee changes and increases, to the point that AT&T sued them and many customers were jumping…