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href="/2024/09/02/windows_11_market_share/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Windows 11 continues slog up the Windows 10 mountain</h4> <div class=standfirst>Almost three years on and many customers have yet to make the move</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">OSes</span><span class="time_stamp" title="02 Sep 13:33" data-epoch="1725283986">02 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">103</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/09/02/microsoft_control_panel_opinion/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements has_trailer_top"> <h4>Microsoft decides it's a good time for bad UI to die</h4> <div class=standfirst> <span class="label">Opinion</span> Set the Control Panel for the heart of the Sun</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">OSes</span><span class="time_stamp" title="02 Sep 08:30" data-epoch="1725265813">02 Sep 2024</span> | <span class="comment 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18:44" data-epoch="1723056254">07 Aug 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">41</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/08/06/google_fixes_linux_kernal_rce/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>Google splats device-hijacking exploited-in-the-wild Android kernel bug among others</h4> <div class=standfirst>And Qualcomm addresses 'permanent denial of service' flaw in its stuff</div> <div class=time_comments> <span class="section_name">Patches</span><span class="time_stamp" title="06 Aug 18:23" data-epoch="1722968637">06 Aug 2024</span> | <span class="comment light_bg_comments">8</span></div> </div> </a> </article> <article> <a href="/2024/08/03/darpa_c_to_rust/" class=story_link> <div class="article_text_elements"> <h4>DARPA suggests turning old C code automatically into Rust – using AI, of course</h4> <div class=standfirst>Who wants to make a TRACTOR pull request?</div> <div class=time_comments> <span 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