Redmond assumes closing nagware dialog means ‘yes’, says that’s by design […] Redmond recently created a new Windows 10 nagware reminder that presented a dialog asking you to install the OS. But if users clicked the red “X” to close the dialog – standard behaviour for dispelling a dialog without agreeing to do anything – Read more about Microsoft now upgrades to Windows 10 even if you click the big red X to close the nagware window![…]

Get it on Github have fun resolving dependencies 🙂

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Franz is a free messaging app / former Emperor of Austria and combines chat & messaging services into one application. He currently supports Slack, WhatsApp, WeChat, HipChat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Google Hangouts, GroupMe, Skype and many more. You can download Franz for Mac, Windows & Linux. Source: Franz – a free messaging app for Slack, Read more about Franz – a free messaging app for Slack, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram and more[…]

It’s a simple bot that helps with court appeals — but could it replace the need for human lawyers? Source: A 19-year-old made a free robot lawyer that has appealed $3 million in parking tickets

As of March 15, 2016, we will no longer be supporting the Picasa desktop application. For those who have already downloaded this—or choose to do so before this date—it will continue to work as it does today, but we will not be developing it further, and there will be no future updates. If you choose Read more about Google retires Picasa for Photos, no desktop alternative in sight[…]

How about this for bizarre bug of the week: the latest version of Adobe Creative Cloud deletes the first hidden directory in root directories on Macs. That’s bad news for users of BackBlaze: the backup software stores a .bzvol folder in the top level of every drive it backs up, and uses these folders to Read more about Adobe Creative Cloud update deletes first file in directories. Kills backups.[…]

This has been done in the past, but the computing power required has made it impractical. A new algorithm makes it possible to do this with much less computational grunt. Source: Computationally Efficient Carrier Integer Ambiguity Resolution in Multiepoch GPS/INS: A Common-Position-Shift Approach

It looks nice 🙂 Better than a todo list, better than a scrum board, software kept simple. Download it here

The tool allows you to browse a lot of the data (and I will be adding even more over time) that is accessible through the Unifi Controller API. The tool currently only supports Unifi Controller versions 4.x.x. and requires a server running an apache2 web server with php and curl installed Source: Unifi API browser Read more about Unifi API browser tool[…]

developers of applications that rely on the Java browser plugin need to consider alternative options such as migrating from Java Applets (which rely on a browser plugin) to the plugin-free Java Web Start technology. Oracle plans to deprecate the Java browser plugin in JDK 9. This technology will be removed from the Oracle JDK and Read more about Java getting rid of b0rked plugin[…]

Wrap web apps natively Source: nativefier Don’t have to alt tab through open tabs, but have an app for that site you use a lot…

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Gov. Jay Inslee says the Washington Department of Corrections has been making mistakes in calculating sentences since 2002, resulting in thousands of inmates leaving prison early. Corrections officials learned of the problem in 2012. Source: ‘Totally unacceptable’: State knew thousands of inmates were released in error This is why QA is so important!

George Hotz is taking on Google and Tesla by himself, Source: The First Person to Hack the iPhone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage. He’s sticking it to Elon Musk, who isn’t very happy about it! Which is why they’ve issued a “correction” which sounds highly petulant.

New PHP 7 engine is focused on speed, speed, and speed Source: PHP 7 Released After Years of Development, Worth the Wait

MIT researchers aim to take the human element out of big-data analysis, with a new system that not only searches for patterns but designs the feature set, too. To test the first prototype of their system, they enrolled it in three data science competitions, in which it competed against human teams to find predictive patterns Read more about Computer uses algorithms to decide what relationships to study in big data sets, outperforms humans[…]

Available for all versions of Windows, this offers a plethora of tweaks for your system.

After a concerned Windows user wrote in to the Inquirer, reports blew up this week that Microsoft is downloading Windows 10 installation files onto users’ machines without them reserving a copy of the new operating system. We reached out to the company to set the record straight; we confirmed that this occurs when Automatic Updates Read more about Microsoft pushes 3GB Windows 10 to your PC even if you don’t want to upgrade — here’s how to stop it[…]

This new distribution method works a lot like torrents do. Everyone has Windows 10 on their machine, so each person seeds a little bit of the files to those who need it, distributing the load across multiple computers and helping everyone download updates quickly. This is a great feature for those who have no data Read more about Windows 10 Uses Your Bandwidth to Distribute Updates, Disable It Here[…]

Classic Shell™ is free software that improves your productivity, enhances the usability of Windows and empowers you to use the computer the way you like it. The main features are: Highly customizable start menu with multiple styles and skins Quick access to recent, frequently-used, or pinned programs Find programs, settings, files and documents Start button Read more about Classic Shell – Start menu and other Windows enhancements[…]