Microsoft Ditching Windows 8.1 Support; Charges Dropped Against Victim Who Recorded Bullying

IRS Can Seize Your Refund to Pay a Relative's Debt | Security of Popular Programming Languages To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Microsoft Ditching Windows 8.1 Support Charges Dropped Against Victim Who Recorded Bullying IRS Can Seize Your Refund to Pay a Relative's Debt Security of Popular Programming Languages Why Nuclear Power May Be the Only Way to Avoid Geoengineering Hot Comment: "Cheap companies that have lots of developers and are too..." From the Vault: EFF Advocates Leaving Wireless Routers Open Watch It: Mobilizing 20,000 Teachers to Demand Chromebooks Poll Booth: I expect to retire ... Sponsored Resource: Enterprise Imaging on the Web Microsoft Ditching Windows 8.1 Support Microsoft's TechNet blog makes clear that Windows 8.1 will not be patched, and that users must get Windows 8.1 Update if they want security patches. InfoWorld's Woody Leonhard writes, "Call this the 'let them eat cake' approach to support for Microsoft's flagship operating system." Sound Off>> Charges Dropped Against Victim Who Recorded Bullying When a high school student recorded bullies taunting him in class, authorities threatened him with felony wiretapping charges, but the teen was eventually convicted of disorderly conduct. The case drew national attention and the charges have since been thrown out. Sound Off>> IRS Can Seize Your Refund to Pay a Relative's Debt The Washington Post reports that hundreds of thousands of taxpayers expecting tax refunds are instead getting letters informing them of tax debts they never knew about--often a debt incurred by their parents. Sound Off>> Security of Popular Programming Languages When deciding on which programming language to use, coders often base their decision on factors including what will generate code the fastest. But how secure the language might be is an afterthought, which is usually too late. Sound Off>> Why Nuclear Power May Be the Only Way to Avoid Geoengineering One of the world's top climate scientists and supporter of both nuclear energy and climate engineering research recently said during an interview that opposition to nuclear power "threatens humanity's ability to avoid dangerous climate change." Sound Off>> Nothing new here "Seen this many many times before. Cheap companies that have lots of developers and are too cheap to hire experienced admins... or an IT shop that thinks they can have the IT guys program instead of hiring proper developers. 'hey, you work with computers, you guys can all do the same stuff, right?' Wrong. While I have known developers that can sysadmin, and admins that can program... they are the exception not the rule. Quality suffers when you force people into jobs they are not qualified for. Companies know this, and they simply don't care as long as the managers think they are saving money." --by nitehawk214 Read More>>   EFF Advocates Leaving Wireless Routers Open Three years ago, the Electronic Frontier Foundation wrote of the need for a political and technological "Open Wireless Movement" to "reverse the degradation of this indispensable component of the Internet's infrastructure." It also called opening WiFi "the socially responsible thing to do." Read More>> Mobilizing 20,000 Teachers to Demand Chromebooks "Open source enthusiasts firmly believe that much is possible when people band together," Phil Shapiro writes. And it's this "open source thinking" that he says gives him the boldness to launch a campaign to get 20,000 teachers to demand a simple, low-cost Chromebook appliance, which is bound to get some manufacturer's attention. Watch the Video>>   I expect to retire ... ... at age 35 or before ... at age 45 or before ... at age 55 or before ... at age 65 or before ... at age 75 or before ... sometime after age 75 ... Never! Ask me after I get a job. Cast Your Vote>>   Enterprise Imaging on the Web This paper details techniques for solving the challenges of modern browser support for multipage document image formats. Learn More>> Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.