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Happy new year 2021
That's what I wish all blog readers – and also health and happiness – and of course no New Year's hangover.
HP ends Free Instant Ink subscription for new customers
[German] HP announced recently the end of lifetime Free HP Instant Ink subscription for customers. The Free Instant Ink offer was dedicated to customers with low print volume. After a lot of protest from customers, the program will continue at … Continue reading
PSA: A new head at askwoody.com
[German]Just a short information: The website askwoody.com will get a 'change of it's head'. Woody Leonhard, who has been running the project for many years, is stepping down and putting the site into new hands.
Bill Gates has turned 65 today
Today, 28.10.2020: William Henry Gates III, better known as the US entrepreneur Bill Gates, and currently probably one of the richest people in the world, has turned 65 years old. At this point a 'congratulations' across the big pond. And … Continue reading
Mysterious 'Robin Hood' hackers donate stolen money
[German]Premiere in the field of cyber-crime? A group of hackers donates a tiny portion of the money they get from hacks to charity, which puzzles the experts. Here is some information about it.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Operation DisrupTor: 179 Dark Net actors arrested
[German]In a coordinated opration, international law enforcement agencies led by the German Federal Criminal Police (BKA) have arrested 179 persons involved in the purchase and sale of illegal goods and services in the Dark Net all over the world. The … Continue reading
Taboola and Outbrain ends Merger talks
A brief note: The two platforms Taboola and Outbrain end the talks about a merger of the platforms that were announced a year ago in a pompous way. CNBC reports this in this article. Both platforms offer web publishers the … Continue reading
When the degoo bot closes your lifelong account …
[German]I'd have one more for the end of Sunday. It's about a user, whose 'lifelong' user account was closed 'because of copyright infringement'.
Bill Gates Interview about COVID-19, Trump, TikTok
Wired has conducted an interview with Microsoft founder Bill Gates. It's about COVID-19, the US administration about Donald Trump and social media like TikTok (Microsoft wants to buy it). The article Bill Gates on Covid: Most US Tests Are 'Completely … Continue reading
Microsoft releases GW-Basic as Open Source
[German]A brief info: Microsoft has released the source code of the GW-Basic interpreter, which was delivered in the early days on IBM PCs, as open source in the environment of the BUILD 2020 developer conference.