When it's time to copy files, dragging and dropping them from one Explorer window to another is a common approach. But a tabbed interface can neatly accommodate several file system locations in one window, potentially simplifying drag-and-drop operations.

A new test build released Thursday makes the tabbed File Explorer a part of the Windows' "Sets" redesign that should let you group related tasks from different programs into multi-tab bundles.

While the new interface looks great, you may notice that it is no longer possible to list or remove individual cookies from Firefox using it.

This is bad for users who want full control over cookies. While it is possible that Mozilla will implement the removed functionality before Firefox 60 hits the stable channel, Firefox users may use extensions to restore the functionality.

Huddleston's case gained national attention last March when Daily Beast reporter Kevin Poulsen argued that the case against Huddleston was novel because it prosecuted the developer of "dual-use software" who had "hacked no one."

In addition to receiving 33 months in prison, Huddleston was sentenced to two years of supervised release following his prison sentence.

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.

"This destroyed 3 production server after a single deploy!," one affected user said in a GitHub bug report today. Many others users have taken to Twitter to describe similar issues with dev and production servers, and warn other users not to update.

The bug was first reported a week ago but was left without an answer from npm developers.

As an e-waste warrior, Eric Lundgren wished to see discarded computers fixed up and reused rather than crammed into holes in the ground. To encourage people to refurbish and continue using unwanted Dell PCs, he burned and distributed 28,000 copies of the IT giant's Windows XP and 7 restore discs.

Arguing that a copy of Windows is essentially useless without a product key, and that all of the recycled machines had their own valid keys, Lundgren's lawyers suggested what he did was merely make it easier for the owners to get something they were already entitled to for free.

Microsoft finally published a more complete list of the limitations of Windows 10 on ARM. And that word—limitations—is interesting. This isn’t how Windows 10 on ARM differs from Windows 10 on x86-based systems. It’s how it’s more limited.

64-bit apps will not work.
Certain classes of apps will not run.
It cannot use x86 drivers.
No Hyper-V.
Older games and graphics apps may not work.

Big Red recently listed DTrace as one of the open source projects it hosts and has also created a new mailing list for discussion of what it's called a "Linux port of the Solaris Dynamic Tracing Framework."

As DTrace afficianado Brendan Gregg told us in 2016, Linux has only recently added tracing tools to compare with Sun's progeny. The prospect of bringing all of DTrace to Linux is therefore rather tantalising.

After files failed to actually make it to a physical disk somewhere, you'd think (hope?) that perhaps, at least, the file would appear smaller on the disk image. This is probably the most alarming part of this bug – because the filesystem structures are stored on a section of pre-allocated space on the underlying disk, the diskimages-helper application has no trouble updating filesystem metadata. So file size, modification date, permissions, etc – all of those attributes are fine. In yet another bizarre twist, we found that many times a truncated file would even validate a checksum test.

If there's one video player to rule them all, it's the VLC media player with its familiar traffic cone icon, and the media player is back with a massive update.

Other enhancements include 360 video with 3D audio, support for newer video formats and codecs such as WebVTT, TTML, HQX and 8K video playback.

Adobe has issued an emergency security patch for two bugs in its Flash player – after North Korea's hackers were spotted exploiting one of the flaws to spy on people investigating the creepy hermit nation.

Both bugs are rated critical for all supported OSes except the Linux build of Adobe Flash Player Desktop Runtime.