Tag Archives: Technology

China bans the installation of Windows 8 on government computers

China believes that Windows 8 poses enough of a future security risk that it’s banning government agencies from installing the operating system on any of its new computers. 

China bans the installation of Windows 8 on government computers.

Apple sued over iMessages that fail to reach ex-iPhone user | Technology | theguardian.com

 

A Californian woman has filed a class action against Apple after switching to an Android phone and finding that text messages sent by friends with iPhones didn’t reach her.

Apple sued over iMessages that fail to reach ex-iPhone user | Technology | theguardian.com.

15 Sorting Algorithms in 6 Minutes – YouTube

An interesting look at 15 different sorting algorithms with a visual representation of how well they run. Everything from the classic Bubble Sort, Heap Sort and Quick Sort. Including a few I didn’t even know about. Radix, Cocktail Shaker, Gnome.

Bitonic is a really weird sort method. And Bogo, well, I have no clue what that one is trying to do.

UK government buys last-minute lifeline with £5.5m Windows XP support deal- The Inquirer

THE UK GOVERNMENT has bought a lifeline for Windows XP ahead of the software’s 8 April cut-off date, handing Microsoft £5.5m to continue supporting the operating system for an additional year.
The government’s £5.48m will ensure that Microsoft continues to provide critical and important security updates for Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2003 and Exchange 2003, and comes just five days ahead of the operating system’s End of Life.

UK government buys last-minute lifeline with £5.5m Windows XP support deal- The Inquirer.

Heartbleed and the after-effects

עברית: לוגו של התוסף HTTPS Everywhere לפיירפוקס

Heartbleed certainly shook up a lot of companies, and whilst a lot of companies did their best to get system updated, doing so has caused users side effects, including me.

I use an extension for Chrome/Chromium called HTTPS Everywhere and this forces HTTPS connections to the site you’re visiting. However, since the patching of Heartbleed, some sites have started misbehaving and only work “properly” if I use either the Incognito mode (which means no extensions), or if I deactivate HTTPS Everywhere for the site in question. The side effect of this, unfortunately, means my net traffic to the site in question is exposed via non-secure HTTP. Fortunately, I have encountered only two sites so far which have this problem, neither of them I am too concerned (at the moment) about:

If I encounter any more, I’ll post it here.

Related articles

Has Heartbleed Made You Think Twice About Open Source Security? Think Again. | Spree Commerce

 

…when there is a need for a security patch or other bug fix, the person in control of implementation is…you. With closed source, you need to wait for the enterprise in control to fix the problem and make it available to users. For example, Akamai, one of the best, most sophisticated technology firms on the planet, is still working to address its Heartbleed vulnerabilities. Thus, users have no choice but to wait on Akamai for a complete fix. Open source users can do what they want with the code. They can use a patch that has been made available on Github, or can otherwise modify their code as they see fit. In fact, because Spree is open source and its users control their own code, they can choose to replace OpenSSL altogether if they so desire.

Has Heartbleed Made You Think Twice About Open Source Security? Think Again. | Spree Commerce.