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Seriously, why does everything have to behave like a portal these days?-40hz (March 25, 2014, 05:25 PM)
I don't think I could get that logical on a bet.
-40hz (March 25, 2014, 05:17 PM)
Or for humor. And it's not always good humor. 
That article loses a lot of credibility with me when it lists Microsoft Internet Explorer as a "Popular Security Tool"-Deozaan (March 24, 2014, 02:19 PM)
@Deo - umm...the only place IE is listed is on the line where it says a particular piece of software "replaces Internet Explorer" AFAICT.
I don't see where it calls IE a security tool...or even recommends it for anything. (Why would it possibly include it btw? IE isn't open source to begin with.)-40hz (March 24, 2014, 05:27 PM)
I asked my boss to order us a few of these units, they will come in handy:
Computer Service Tools-x16wda (March 24, 2014, 06:26 PM)
Why?Microsoft Corp. on Monday issued an emergency security warning saying that hackers have found a way to booby-trap certain common Word files with the .rtf extension.
Microsoft says it's aware of attacks going on now, but there's no fix yet to stop the hackers. It's working on a way to stop the bug.
The only way to be sure your computer won't get infected is not to open a document with the .rtf file extension until Microsoft says it's fine to do so.
At this time, we are aware of limited, targeted attacks directed at Microsoft Word 2010.
[...]
We were glad to see in our tests that this exploit fails (resulting in a crash) on machines running Word 2013, due to the ASLR enforcement introduced for this product.
Magic for dogs:-mouser (March 22, 2014, 02:23 PM)
This is exactly the reason for Microsoft's recommendations. 99% of the MS Office plugins available are 32-bit & they will not work with the 64-bit version of Office.-Innuendo (March 21, 2014, 07:04 PM)
Thus the farce of downloading the x86 installer and running it at their recommendation then finding that they apparently installed the x64 version instead ... without telling you.-4wd (March 21, 2014, 10:49 PM)
Cat Logic-crabby3 (March 22, 2014, 08:08 AM)
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Almost all of them have an iTunes option, so why not a Google Play option?-Deozaan (March 18, 2014, 12:22 PM)
Probably for the same reason half the movie studios and networks seem so intent on squeezing Netflix out lately. It works too well - and they don't control it.
(And iTunes is as rabid about DRM and proprietary platforms as the studios are. So that was a match made in heaven as far as the media old guard is concerned. Not that Google is all that much better once you get beyond outward appearances IMHO.-40hz (March 18, 2014, 01:01 PM)
Unreal Engine 4 launches today. What we’re releasing is both simple and radical: everything.
Epic’s goal is to put the engine within reach of everyone interested in building games and 3D content, from indies to large triple-A development teams, and Minecraft creators as well. For $19/month you can have access to everything, including the Unreal Editor in ready-to-run form, and the engine’s complete C++ source code hosted on GitHub for collaborative development.
This is the complete technology we at Epic use when building our own games, forged by years of experience shipping games like Gears of War for Xbox and Infinity Blade for iOS, and now reinvented for a new generation. Having the full C++ source provides the ultimate flexibility and puts developers in control of their schedules and destinies: Whatever you require to build and ship your game, you can find it in UE4, source it in the GitHub community, or build it yourself – and then share it with others.
It's hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally.-crabby3 (March 18, 2014, 10:38 AM)
