Category Archives: Technology

Apache bug leaks contents of server memory for all to see—Patch now | Ars Technica

Another vulnerability hits the news. Whilst similar to heartbleed in leaking memory contents, it does not seem to be too risky if you’re running it as a single user, and the memory leak isn’t huge quantities.

Saying that, this vulnerability also may also affect cloud systems. For example, on AWS, (which has httpd), doing a version check:

$ httpd -v
Server version: Apache/2.4.27 (Amazon)
Server built: Aug 2 2017 18:02:45

However, without knowing how Amazon have setup Apache behind the scenes, are we able to say definitely that we are/aren’t affected?

Source: Apache bug leaks contents of server memory for all to see—Patch now | Ars Technica

Android 8.0 Oreo, thoroughly reviewed | Ars Technica

Looking forward to when LineageOS can upgrade to Oreo. There’s a lot of new features that may make life a lot easier generally. Take a look in the article for details

We take a 20,000 word deep-dive on Android’s “foundational” upgrades.

Source: Android 8.0 Oreo, thoroughly reviewed | Ars Technica

Google Chrome : Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) – YouTube

This is an old advert by Google Chrome featuring Hatsune Miku, the Vocaloid virtual singer, following in the same line as Honda’s series of adverts featuring her too. Selling the idea that Miku is a virtual singer, but you can be anything else — Musician, Producer, Composer, etc.
 
(Only found out by some Tweets)
Hatsune Miku, Virtual Singer
Everyone, Creator
 

We’re testing Video Chat and Screen Share with 5% of players, today.

Discord is starting to eat away at Skype. At long last….

It’s real. It’s kick-flip and-a-sodie-pop real.

Source: We’re testing Video Chat and Screen Share with 5% of players, today.

[Ars Technica] Niantic cancels European Pokémon Go gatherings after Chicago fiasco

The fallout continues…

Dev wants to “guarantee the best possible gameplay” after Chicago cell failure.

Source: Niantic cancels European Pokémon Go gatherings after Chicago fiasco | Ars Technica

[Engadget] Russian censorship law bans proxies and VPNs

Russia has just gone a step closer to being like North Korea….

Source: Russian censorship law bans proxies and VPNs

[Ars Technica] Pokemon Go Fest’s blunders result in class-action lawsuit

Ouch, Niantic, you really messed up this time….

Although personally I would have thought with all the events you have done for Ingress (anomalies, etc.) you would have figured out the best way to handle this.

Although, saying that, there are FAR more PGO fans than there are Ingress fans….

 

What could go wrong other than spotty Internet, huge lines, and a server meltdown?

Source: Pokemon Go Fest’s blunders result in class-action lawsuit | Ars Technica

Guy Live-Tweets Wife’s 4-Hour Call With Virgin Media Attempting to Cancel Cell Phone Contract – FAIL Blog – Fail | Fails | Fail Blog | Funny Videos | Fail GIFs | Fail Videos | Yahoo Answers

The pains of cancelling a Virgin Media contract.

Cheezburger.com – Crafted from the finest Internets.

Source: Guy Live-Tweets Wife’s 4-Hour Call With Virgin Media Attempting to Cancel Cell Phone Contract – FAIL Blog – Fail | Fails | Fail Blog | Funny Videos | Fail GIFs | Fail Videos | Yahoo Answers

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

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

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

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