Software

Meta: 390-million euro data protection fine and how we advertise in the future (1/2)

On January 4, 2023, the Irish Data Protection Authority (DPC) published a report, in which it announced a €390 million fine against Meta Ireland (Facebook and Instagram). European data protectionists and Meta, meanwhile, continue to argue over appropriate legalities for free socialMedia offerings that effectively rely on advertising. Meanwhile, I’m doing what I always do in that case. Thinking and philosophizing about what this actually means for some industries and whether it’s really the right thing to do.

Chromium Tab Preview in the Windows taskbar – Why it didn’t happen:

Already at the beginning of the year, I came across a discussion that I had followed several times before. One question was always in the room. Why doesn’t Chrome handle tab previews in the Windows taskbar? Even more than 10 years after the initial testing and removal of the feature from Chrome, there is still no proper documentation of the problem anywhere. So I’m doing this now!

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition (GTA TT) – Bugs with guarantee! But no wonder

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition has managed to shine only 5 days after release as the most hated GTA game of all time. Bugs, ugly grubs, and proof that the recipe -> Strong Brand + Recycling + BudgetLow is a complete success purely from an economic point of view. Unfortunately, GTA …

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Syskey.exe – Good idea from old times [incl. Fake-Syskey]

Syskey.exe is part of the Microsoft Windows operating system – or was until October 2018. Introduced in Windows NT 4.0 SP3 in the 90s, Microsoft stopped shipping Syskey in 2018. As of Windows 10 version 1709 it is missing, and you can also look for it in Windows Server 2016 in vain. But it is …

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