Judge clears Nine PBS to retrieve 70 years of archival TV data — court rules station owns 50TB of data in Iron Mountain servers after host went under

There’s light at the end of the tunnel for Nine PBS after a judge has cleared the way for it to retrieve archival data and programming from Iron Mountain.

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Rogue iOS developer creates app that simulates messages sent by carrier pigeon; messages only travel at 100mph — LA to NYC correspondence takes 22 hours to deliver; virtual birds can get distracted or even lost

Carrier Pidge slows down your electronic communications to a more natural speed.

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Devs blame Windows for VLC media player bug that causes 33-second delay when playing MP3 files — creators allege Microsoft Defender blocking plugin cache is to blame

VLC developers say a Windows 11 issue involving Microsoft Defender can interfere with the media player’s plugin cache and cause unusually long playback delays.

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Instapaper, the Original Read-It-Later App, Just Got a Huge Upgrade

New fonts, better customization, and a whole new layout all make it worth dusting off your Instapaper account.

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1 in 3 Windows users have ‘fallen into a reset trap’ and can’t escape Edge — I think it’s high time Microsoft stopped messing around with default browser choices
 1 in 3 Windows users have ‘fallen into a reset trap’ and can’t escape Edge — I think it’s high time Microsoft stopped messing around with default browser choices

Users report encountering ‘challenges’ when trying to change their default browser, and being stuck with Edge when they don’t want it.

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PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation
 PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation

Public broadcaster Nine PBS is in trouble after its cloud storage provider went out of business and it now can’t access more than 50TB of archival data. The data center hosting the files can’t simply turn over the files, as it’s legally owned by another entity, even if the channel is the ultimate owner of the stored data.

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Vibe-coded app adds a 3D video rental storefront to your Jellyfin HTPC — self-hosted, open-source project brings back memories of browsing for VHS tapes on Saturday afternoons

A Redditor vibe-coded a Jellyfin front-end that mimics that old video rental stores from the 1990s. This simulation is more than just a selection screen, though, and is a complete experience on its own.

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Windows 11’s August update has arrived — here are 3 reasons to download it, including turbocharged app launching
 Windows 11’s August update has arrived — here are 3 reasons to download it, including turbocharged app launching

A speed-boosting feature that was previously for Windows 11 menus only now works with apps too.

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‘Not all heroes wear capes’: Someone ported Word from 1990 to run in Windows 11, and it’s perhaps the ultimate protest against Microsoft’s bloat
 ‘Not all heroes wear capes’: Someone ported Word from 1990 to run in Windows 11, and it’s perhaps the ultimate protest against Microsoft’s bloat

Think Windows 11’s Notepad is too bloated these days? Someone got an ancient version of Word running natively in Windows 11.

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Xbox PC and Game Pass titles are coming to Linux through ‘Xodus’ — Heroic Launcher devs embark on new open-source reverse-engineering project
 Xbox PC and Game Pass titles are coming to Linux through ‘Xodus’ — Heroic Launcher devs embark on new open-source reverse-engineering project

You might be able to enjoy Xbox PC and PC Game Pass titles on Linux very soon thanks to the efforts of the Xodus team, who’re emulating the entire Xbox PC stack through open-source implementations of Microsoft’s proprietary components and dependencies.

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