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Negating all VPNs may have been possible since 2002

TechSpot

Researchers at the Leviathan Security Group have publicized an exploit that can force a VPN user to transmit unencrypted internet traffic outside of the VPN tunnel, exposing them to snooping and defeating the entire purpose of the technology. Currently, no method to fully address the problem exists on popular operating. Read Entire Article

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RIP, Xbox Live (2002-2021)

Gizmodo

The name “Xbox Live” is dead. You’ll still be able to play Xbox games online, but the suite of Xbox’s online services will now be known as “Xbox network,” Microsoft confirmed today to The Verge. Read more.

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A GPS-Based Bug Could Roll Back Your Devices to 2002

Gizmodo

No one needs low-rise jeans to come back. Or capri trousers. And though they were supremely comfortable for their time, the Juicy Couture tracksuit can stay in the vault we put it in. Time has to stay synced precisely to the second, to prevent there from making a comeback. But a bug in the time rollback checking code… Read more.

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Twenty Years of Blogging

Phil Windley

I started blogging in May 2002 , twenty years ago today. I wouldn't have started Internet Identity Workshop or been the Executive Producer of IT Conversations. I often think "Oh, I get this" and then go to write it down and find all kinds of holes in my understanding. I write to understand. Consequently, I write my blog for me.

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Study highlights concerns over satellite interference with Hubble observations

GeekWire

The images used in the study, which is the subject of a paper published today by Nature Astronomy , largely predate the deployment of Starlink broadband internet satellites. SpaceX has more than 3,700 Starlink satellites in orbit , providing broadband internet access to subscribers around the globe. That figure rose to 4.3%

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Business lessons from Windows Vista: Insights from a forgotten trove of internal Microsoft emails

GeekWire

This includes the period of time, from 2002 to 2008, when I was a daily newspaper reporter in Seattle on the Microsoft beat. Vista is a small slice of the discussion, given everything that happened from 1995-2014: the internet, MSN, Xbox, Tablet PCs, aQuantive, Bing, Azure, Windows Phone, Nokia, and on and on.

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This DIY ultracompact computer has a mechanical keyboard

The Verge

It could very well have existed as a working sci-fi movie prop in the ’90s or an R&B video plot device in 2002. Small laptop designs have gone through phases; at various points, manufacturers raced to build compact and affordable internet-focused netbooks or joined Intel’s war on the MacBook Air with Ultrabooks.

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