Daily Archives: February 27, 2023

• A bunch of free RAM testing tools — most called “MemTest”

  Posted on February 27, 2023 at 02:45 CST by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 20.09 • 2023-02-27

  FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT

  

  By Deanna McElveen

  While navigating our way down to Austin to visit our daughter over the years, we have learned one thing about Texas. It has too many highways, they are all still being built, and they are all named I-35.

  Well, the creators of RAM (random access memory) testing programs must live in Texas because they named most of them “MemTest”!

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.09.0, 2023-02-27).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Freeware Spotlight Deanna's Freeware Spotlight, Freeware, Memory Testing, Newsletters

• How to jailbreak ChatGPT and Bing AI — to see their evil twins

  Posted on February 27, 2023 at 02:44 CST by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

  PUBLIC DEFENDER

  

  By Brian Livingston

  The world has gone gaga for chatbots: text-based artificial intelligence apps like Open AI’s ChatGPT — which Microsoft is using for its new, gabby Bing AI.

  The power of these bots, which converse in a frighteningly human-like way, may be the greatest technology breakthrough since Gutenberg invented movable type, eliminating the tedious hand-copying of manuscripts.

  However, that’s like saying the invention of the electric chair was a great advance for criminal justice over the older guillotine technology.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.09.0, 2023-02-27).

  Public Defender Artificial intelligence, Bing AI, ChatGPT, Newsletters, OpenAI

• Being legal, supported, and secure

  Posted on February 27, 2023 at 02:43 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  ON SECURITY

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Who regulates your software decisions?

  As an operating system comes to the end of its life span, we users have to decide what to do with our technology. Do we continue using it as is, with no consideration of risks? Do we stop using the technology and look for alternatives? Or do some of us do a combination of both?

  With proprietary software, our decisions are often driven by what type of customer we are.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.09.0, 2023-02-27).

  On Security Licensing, Newsletters, Patch Lady Posts, Risk, Software, updates

• Who are you?

  Posted on February 27, 2023 at 02:42 CST by Will Fastie • Comment in the Forums

  EDITORIAL

  

  By Will Fastie

  Here are a few things we learned from this year’s reader survey.

  First, many thanks to the large number of readers who took the time to complete our 2023 reader survey. Your response is very gratifying and greatly appreciated.

  Although we can’t share every detail of our results, and we haven’t published them in the previous two years, we now feel we have enough information to present the basics.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.09.0, 2023-02-27).

  Editorial Newsletters, Readership survey