Windows, DRM, and Microsoft
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OMG Ubuntu ☛ OneDrive File Access in Nautilus Planned for GNOME 46 [Ed: Joey Sneddon continues promoting Microsoft surveillance (second time in a few days)]
Support for accessing Abusive Monopolist Microsoft OneDrive files through Nautilus is planned for GNOME 46, which is due for release next month. GVfs (GNOME virtual filesystem) provides a number of backends that allow SFTP, SMB, HTTP, MTP, WebDAV and other mounts/shares to be accessed through the Nautilus file manager (i.e. as folders and files you can open, move, edit, etc).
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Linux Magazine ☛ Microsoft Says VS Code Will Work With Ubuntu 18.04 [Ed: Why are "Linux" sites giving lip service to proprietary spyware of Microsoft?]
If you're a user of Microsoft's VS Code and you're still using Ubuntu 18.04, you can breathe a sigh of release that the IDE will continue working… for a while.
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Third Door Media LLC ☛ One year later: Little change to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Bing’s search market share [Ed: There have also been many Bing layoffs]
Microsoft Bing managed to steal a tiny bit of Google’s search market share in the last year in the U.S., even less globally.
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Windows TCO
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Silicon Angle ☛ Ransomware payments reach record $1.1B in 2023
A new report released today by blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis Inc. finds that ransomware payments hit $1.1 billion in 2023, the highest amount of record and close to double the $567 million in payouts in 2022. Ransomware operations were found to have increased in both scope and complexity throughout the year, marking a troubling trend for global cybersecurity.
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Digital Restrictions (DRM)
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Utility breaks the shackles of SafeDisc optical disc DRM for retro gamers — SafeDiscShim restores playability for classic PC titles
SafeDisc DRM, a common facet of retro PC games released in the late 90s up through the end of the 2000s, has long been unsupported and dysfunctional on Windows. RibShark on Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub has released SafeDiscShim, a compatibility tool for fixing these issues without circumventing the DRM protection.
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Techdirt ☛ NY’s ‘Right To Repair’ Law Was Neutered By Lobbyists And Governor Hochul After Passage. Now, Some Lawmakers Are Trying To Fix It.
In late 2022, the state of New York finally passed new right to repair legislation after years of activist pressure. The bill, which went live last month, gives New York consumers the right to fix their electronic devices themselves or have them more easily repaired by an independent repair shop, instead of being forced to only obtain repairs through costly manufacturer repair programs.
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