Tag: software
X Window System At 40
Enviado por FabioOn 19th June the X Window System celebrated its 40th birthday. Wikipedia has a comprehensive history of the system including the e-mail Bob Scheifler sent announcing the first release... 05/07/24 | blog.dshr.org
Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered
Enviado por FabioA group of Israeli researchers explored the security of the Visual Studio Code marketplace and managed to "infect" over 100 organizations by trojanizing a copy of the popular 'Dracula Official theme... 13/06/24 | www.bleepingcomputer.com
268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects
Enviado por FabioIn praise of knowing the requirements before you start cranking out code 06/06/24 | www.theregister.com
Microsoft Open-Sources GW-BASIC
Enviado por FabioWe are excited to announce the open-sourcing of Microsoft's GW-BASIC on GitHub! 28/05/24 | devblogs.microsoft.com
Your Open-Source Client Options In The Non-Mastodon Fediverse
Enviado por FabioWhen things started getting iffy over at Twitter, Mastodon rose as a popular alternative to the traditional microblogging platfrom. In contrast to the walled gardens of other social media channels,… 10/05/24 | hackaday.com
Megalanzamiento 6 de KDE
Enviado por FabioLa comunidad de KDE presenta con orgullo Plasma 6, Frameworks 6 y Gear 24.02 01/03/24 | kde.org
Crea una PC de 16 bit + 128 Kb RAM + Monitor corriendo en Excel
Enviado por eduqlm02/02/24 | www.youtube.com
The world\'s smallest PNG
Enviado por FabioIt takes 67 bytes to make one black pixel. How does it work? 05/01/24 | evanhahn.com
The IDEs we had 30 years ago... and we lost
Enviado por FabioA deep dive into the text mode editors we had and how they compare to today\'s 03/01/24 | blogsystem5.substack.com
\"Ni siquiera saben copiar y pegar\" ni \"abrir un documento de Word\": los más jóvenes tienen problemas con usos básicos del PC
Enviado por FabioLa generación Alfa es la primera nacida 100% digital y, mientras tienen acceso a tecnologías de gran calidad, les faltan conocimientos en conceptos básicos del uso diario 03/01/24 | www.genbeta.com
The History of XENIX
Enviado por FabioA Failed Future and a Long Life.\r\nIn the November 1980 issue of BYTE, the publication reported that Microsoft signed an agreement with Western Electric for the rights to develop and market UNIX from... 27/12/23 | www.abortretry.fail
The beauty of finished software
Enviado por FabioLet me introduce you to WordStar 4.0, a popular word processor from the early 80s.\r\nWordStar 4.0\r\nAs old as it seems, George R.R. Martin used it to write “A Song of Ice and Fire”.\r\nWhy would... 27/12/23 | josem.co