The third web browser, Opera, has just reached version 5.0 and it's now available in a free version for windows. The free version is a sponsored one, like the recent versions of Eudora, which means you get a small banner somewhere in the interface in exchange for no registration fee. I hope this gives Opera more market share, they really deserve it. It's a great and compliant browser with loads of features unavailable in the other two bloated monsters. And the alpha version for Macintosh is coming along quite nicely too!
The BBC is offering a desktop version of the ancestor of all synthesizers: the Theremin. (original link is dead - link to internet archive) What are you waiting for? Download it now and make your own old school horror movie soundtracks. It's available for Windows and Macintosh.
The Red Herring features a no-nonsense article about P2P networking that cuts through the hype. Well worth reading.
How the U.S. government got taken for a ride by the developer of dubious anti-terrorist software.
I was struggling to get quicklook previews of markdown documents in macOS Catalina to work due to the new enhanced security checking. The various open source and self-install solutions out there all failed, even after following all kinds of convoluted procedures.
The solution was PreviewMarkdown which installs via the app store and satisfies all of Apple's new security requirements. It costs $1 which is worth the no-hassle install.
Fawkes is a piece of software that modifies your photos in a non-visible way to stop facial recognition models from indexing them and associating them with you. Basically poisoning the machine-learning well.
