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Microsoft silently kills Windows and Office phone activation and forces online activation with a Microsoft account
Nothing like the good ol' days.
Linux's contemporary filesystem mount API went without documentation for six years
Linux's contemporary filesystem mount API has been missing documentation since 2019,
Recovered Unix v4 tape quickly yields a usable operating system
Nostalgia addicts can now get their Unix v4 fix in a browser
Microsoft promises to nearly double Windows storage performance after forcing slow software-accelerated BitLocker on Windows
The new BitLocker implementation offloads encryption and decryption to dedicated crypto engines on supported SoCs, delivering faster storage performance and reduced CPU usage.
52 years later, only known copy of Unix v4 recovered from randomly found tape, now up and running on a system
The only known complete copy of Unix v4 has been recovered from a tape found at the University of Utah.
Facebook deploys the Steam Deck's Linux scheduler across its data centers
In a recent talk, Meta engineers detailed how they've been deploying a low-latency Linux scheduler originally developed by Valve for the Steam Deck across production servers.
How to get Windows 11 for free (or less than $15) — Get the latest Microsoft OS for less than the price of Windows 10's ESU
Need an OS for your PC build? Microsoft charges a whopping $139 for Windows 11 Home. Here's how to get Windows free or at least cheap.
Registry hack enables new performance-boosting native NVMe support on Windows 11
The Windows Server 2025 registry tweak that activates native NVMe support can also be activated in Windows 11, but at your own risk.
