Daily Archives: 2022-10-07

My Favourite Computer, an Old Mac

Source: Hacker News

Article note: It turns out "Personal Computers" are far more pleasant than the "Commercial Computers" that have succeeded them.
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The QNX Demo Disk: a full xNix OS, with GUI and browser, on just 1 1.4MB floppy

Source: Hacker News

Article note: The QNX demo floppy and BeOS PE installer were the high water marks for OS demos. It's such a shame the licensing situation around QNX has always been a little too distressing for it to really get traction, a little POSIX-like with first class RT that runs on commodity hardware is "right" for a ton of tasks.
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Game Firm 2K Says Users Info Stolen

Source: Slashdot

Article note: ... but totally let game companies install rootkits on your computer for a marginal reduction in people cheating at video games.

Game company 2K has warned users to remain on the lookout for suspicious activity across their accounts following a breach last month that allowed a threat actor to obtain email addresses, names, and other sensitive information provided to 2K's support team. From a report: The breach occurred on September 19, when the threat actor illegally obtained system credentials belonging to a vendor 2K uses to run its help desk platform. 2K warned users a day later that the threat actor used unauthorized access to send some users emails that contained malicious links. The company warned users not to open any emails sent by its online support address or click on any links in them. If users already clicked on links, 2K urged them to change all passwords stored in their browsers. On Thursday, after an outside party completed a forensic investigation, 2K sent an unknown number of users an email warning them that the threat actor was able to obtain some of the personal information they supplied to help desk personnel.

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