The Computer Chronicles – Windows 98 (1998)
This video is from The Computer Chronicles and tracks the launch of Windows 98 as well as a new upstart Windows alternative called Linux.
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The Computer Chronicles – The Internet (1993)
This video is from The Computer Chronicles, one of the few media outlets to cover technology in the 80s and early 90s. Looking back at this and how the internet changed things, I can’t help but wonder what looking back at AI videos and news stories three decades later will be like.
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The Secret History of MS-DOS SmartDrv!
This video is from Dave’s Garage.
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Does Windows have Back Doors?
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Frank
- June 2, 2022
- back door
- backdoor
- Exploit
- follina
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- hacker
- microsoft office
- microsoft windows
- ms-dos
- Security
- Software
- software developer
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- software development process
- software development projects
- software engineering
- trojan
- Trojan horse virus
- virus
- Windows
- windows 11
- windows back door
- zero-day
Retired Microsoft engineer Davepl discusses “back doors” in Windows, the implications, and how the software developer protects against such attacks from rogues, hackers, and nation-states. Understand how back doors are like the Follina zero-day exploit in Office, giving complete control of the system to the attacker.
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Why You Can’t Name A File CON In Windows
Tom Scott explains why you can’t name a file CON in Windows. The short answer is “backwards compatibility”. The long answer is… well, it’s the rest of this video.
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