Control Structure #116: Posted By Not Firefox

After mentioning Google's new iPhone, Steven and Andrew talk about BLACKBERRY! (yes), RASPBERRY!, Microsoft, Dropbox, the internet of threats (IoT), SSL "marketshare", pgAdmin, NBASE-T, and metafactories.

After mentioning Google's new iPhone, Steven and Andrew talk about BLACKBERRY! (yes), RASPBERRY!, Microsoft, Dropbox, the internet of threats (IoT), SSL "marketshare", pgAdmin, NBASE-T, and metafactories.


Banter

Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL phones start at $649 and $769, pre-orders begin today | Ars Technica

News

Goodbye QWERTY: BlackBerry stops making hardware | Ars Technica
Introducing PIXEL – Raspberry Pi
24-bit Color in the Windows Console! – Windows Command Line Tools For Developers
How Dropbox securely stores your passwords | Dropbox Tech Blog
sha 2 – Are there any known collisions for the SHA (1 & 2) family of hash functions? – Cryptography Stack Exchange
Wolfram|Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine
OVH suffers 1.1Tbps DDoS attack – SC Magazine UK
Brace yourselves—source code powering potent IoT DDoSes just went public | Ars Technica
Sad reality: It’s cheaper to get hacked than build strong IT defenses • The Register
The impact of Let’s Encrypt on the SSL certificate market
Mozilla to China’s WoSign: We’ll kill Firefox trust in you after mis-issued GitHub certs | ZDNet
pgAdmin: PostgreSQL administration and management tools
NBASE-T Alliance Receives Boost with IEEE P802.3bz Approval for 2.5G/5G Ethernet

Feats

Root 2 CNC multitool router 3D printed parts by sailorpete – Thingiverse

Don’t forget

International Backup Awareness Day

Music

Bump Foot – Releases – foot132
Anitek – Unconscious : Internet Archive
Music | Big Giant Circles
BGC @ Twitchcon (@BigGiantCircles) | Twitter
Diablo (1996)(Blizzard) : Internet Archive

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