Microsoft removes Support and Recovery Assistant from Windows

Microsoft has deprecated and removed the Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA) command-line utility from all in-support ...
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Wi-Fi locked you out? Here's how to crack that network password

We're sure you have a good reason to get on that Wi-Fi network. Here are tricks to help you connect when you don't have login ...

Vaultwarden a Free Password Manager Without Monthly Subscription Fees

Stop paying monthly fees for password security. Discover Vaultwarden, a powerful, open-source free password manager with no ...

Man admits to locking thousands of Windows devices in extortion plot

A former core infrastructure engineer has pleaded guilty to locking Windows admins out of 254 servers as part of a failed ...
XDA Developers on MSN

My $15 Raspberry Pi hosts my password manager and gets rid of expensive subscriptions

Uncover the benefits of hosting your password manager on a $15 Raspberry Pi and saying goodbye to costly subscriptions.
GitHub

A command-line tool that lets you query your database using plain English. Ask a question, get SQL + results + a summary — no SQL writing required.

Powered by LLMs (via LiteLLM) and SQLAlchemy, lyst connects to your database, reads its schema, and generates accurate queries from natural language. $ lyst "List top 5 customers by revenue" Generated ...
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Jack Wallen

Jack Wallen is an award-winning writer for TechRepublic, The New Stack, and Linux New Media. He's covered a variety of topics for over twenty years and is an avid promoter of open source. For more ...
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Python reimplementation of a DOS era cipher algorithm

recover.py: This script perfectly recreates the original encryption/decryption routine, including all four bugs (see bellow). Because CIPHER.COM is a pure XOR stream cipher, this script can be used to ...