01Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

NPM Update Crashes Linux Systems and in some cases forces re-installation

Software Releases
NPM Update Crashes Linux Systems and in some cases forces re-installation A bug in npm (Node Package Manager), the most widely used JavaScript package manager, will change ownership of crucial Linux system folders, such as /etc, /usr, /boot.   Changing ownership of these files either crashes the system, various local apps, or prevents the system from booting, according to reports from users who installed npm v5.7.0 which has been deemed a software buggy release. The bug was first reported by users and following that the NPM development team released a quick patch NPM v5.7.1 that fixes the glitch.  FreeBSD users have also reported being impacted by the bug. Mac and Windows users didn't experience any issues. The problem did not affect every Linux user. Running the npm update commands as root…
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27Feb 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Bitcoin is still the wild west and 2017 proves that!

Software Events
Bitcoin is still the wild west and 2017 proves that! Bitcoin seems to be the talk at the moment with the prices soaring higher than ever but 2017 proves that when you invest into something where you really do not understand how it works or whom works for it just shows the risk you are taking.  Bitcoin had numerous companies jumping in during 2017 with the hopes of striking a gold mine.  The initial offerings to the public seemed to be a long shot due to the fact you would hand over funds and needed to wait days before getting something back into your wallet. Following on Bitcoin.com there was a study done where a huge 46 percent of the virtual currencies have already failed.   Out of the 902 vendors…
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24Feb 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Apex Data Solutions will be releasing Athena the latest PaxCompiler

Rad Studio Delphi Development
Apex Data Solutions will be releasing Athena the latest PaxCompiler Apex Data Solutions, LLC is pleased to announce a Target Release Date of Monday, April 23, 2018 for the initial public release of Apex Athena™, Apex Muse™ and Apex Perseus™.   Apex Athena™, the successor to PaxCompiler 4.2, is an embedded scripting engine that can be used to generate fast, efficient bytecode or super-performant native code on a variety of popular operating systems. The languages Athena supports are familiar—Pascal, Basic, and C#—but with special syntax for transforming data in multiple formats and other innovative features. Athena is based on a decade of experience helping developers create extensible, data-driven software solutions. The languages Athena supports are familiar—Pascal, Basic, and C#—but with special syntax for transforming data in multiple formats and other…
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24Feb 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Latest uTorrent bug can control your computer to steal downloads

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Latest uTorrent bug can control your computer to steal downloads Two versions of uTorrent, one of the Internet's most widely used BitTorrent apps, have easy to exploit vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute code, access downloaded files, and snoop on download histories recently discovered by a Google researcher. uTorrent developers are in the process of rolling out fixes for both the uTorrent desktop app for Windows and the newer uTorrent Web product.  The security breach only occurs for uTorrent users. The vulnerabilities, according to Google make it possible for any website when a user visits to control key functions in both the uTorrent desktop app for Windows and in uTorrent Web, an alternative to desktop BitTorrent apps that uses a Web interface and is controlled by a browser. The biggest…
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22Feb 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

HelpNDoc 5.5: project wide spell checker and more…

Software Releases
HelpNDoc 5.5: project wide spell checker and more...   HelpNDoc has released version 5.5 with stronger features such as project wide spellchecker.  You can visit by clicking here Check spelling of the whole documentation project. HelpNDoc already includes a powerful multi-lingual live spell checker throughout the whole user interface. It is now accompanied by a project-wide spell checker to rapidly spot possible mistakes. Enhanced documentation generation engines and tweaked user interface. Most documentation generators and templates have been enhanced: Word documents' topic titles will stick to the same page as the following content when possible, Javascript search engine's speed and memory usage have been optimized for the HTML documentation format, CHM and HTML documentation format's arrows will now work as expected with relative blank topics... This update also features a…
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