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Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine Adds Keyword Search as a Beta Feature

by Rajdeep
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Internet Archive's Wayback Machine Adds Keyword Search as a Beta Feature

It can be hard to find sites that have disappeared from the Internet. But the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is on the verge of rolling out a feature that will make tracking down dead websites much easier, according to Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle.

The Wayback Machine has been helping people see past Internet sites over the past 15 years, but searchers always needed to know the URL of a website to find the archived copies. Soon, however, you’ll be able to use keyword searches to find old websites – in fact, you can already test it out through a public beta.

The new search feature is not quite like Google, where all the text on each page on a website is indexed to help with searches. The Wayback Machine feature lets you search for an archived website’s main page, although it does not have the capacity to enable searches for specific webpages on that site. But once you’re there, you’re able to navigate around the old websites.

But the feature is still a big step in terms of usability. Kahle said that he, too, has struggled with the lack of keyword search availability in the Wayback Machine. “I use the Wayback Machine mostly by going to Google, finding a URL and then going to the Wayback to find previous versions of it,” said. “But what if the site is completely gone?”

The ever-changing online ecosystem is partly to blame for all of that hoop jumping: The Internet’s history is filled with the digital corpses of entire sites that are hard, if not impossible, to find through Google.

Take Geocities. It was once a hugely popular hosting service that was acquired by Yahoo but is now defunct everywhere except Japan. Today, the first Google search result for “geocities” is a Wikipedia page about the service, followed by stories about its demise, but not the actual geocities.com URL, which currently redirects to a page about Yahoo services for small businesses.

But if you search for “geocities” in the test version of the Wayback Machine, the first result is geocities.com. That result shows the tool captured over 200 million copies of some 37 million pages that were once hosted on the domain.

And that’s the real power of the Wayback Machine’s new search: It makes it easier for us to see how the Web used to look.

[Source:- gadgets.ndtv]

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Tech Update

Microsoft adds QR codes to the dreaded blue screen of death

by Rajdeep
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Microsoft adds QR codes to the dreaded blue screen of death

Microsoft Windows’ dreaded BSODs (Blue Screen of Death) has been part and parcel of the Windows experience since time immemorial. Finally, more than 20 years since its inception, the BSOD gets an update that’s actually worth writing about. Reddit user, Javelinnl, first reported that he spotted QR codes in Windows 10’s BSODs in the latest Insider Preview Build.

A QR code is a type of matrix barcode that can be programmed to hold information. Scanning it with an appropriate tool/app reveals the information. In its implementation of the QR code, Microsoft says that the codes will help support technicians identify and fix problems at a much faster rate. The codes will also make it easier for readers to scan and share the error messages directly with technicians.

ArsTechnica reports that the QR codes aren’t currently implemented yet, and that all scanned codes lead to the same page with explains how to deal with blue screens. Considering that the codes are only part of an Insider Preview anyway, that’s an oversight we can easily forgive.

Speaking of BSODs, remember the time Bill Gates encountered a BSOD when demoing Windows 98 to the public.

[Source:- Firstpost]

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News Update

Massive No Man’s Sky update adds multiplayer, 30 hours of story and much more

by Loknath Das
written by Loknath Das

No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games just released Atlas Rises, the third major update for the space exploration game, on both PlayStation 4 and Windows PC. Coming 367 days after No Man’s Sky launched, Atlas Rises sounds like the game’s biggest expansion yet. Significant new elements include a preliminary implementation of multiplayer features, 30 hours of story content alongside a revamped quest system, the ability to edit terrain, and an overhauled galactic economy.

“This update marks the one year anniversary of No Man’s Sky, and a lot has changed,” said Hello Games. “This is the next step on our journey.”

As with the two previous expansions to No Man’s Sky, November’s Foundation update and March’s Path Finder update, the Atlas Rises update is full of changes and fixes based on community feedback. No Man’s Sky players have long been asking for features such as the ability to salvage crashed freighters, fly close to planets’ surfaces and land a ship without being automatically ejected from the cockpit — and they can now do all of those things.

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A new alien race arrives in the universe of No Man’s Sky with the Atlas Rises update. Hello

Hello Games’ willingness to adapt to its fans’ desires is noteworthy, particularly because some of its post-launch changes to No Man’s Sky have seemed to contradict the studio’s original vision for a “chill game.” At launch, the game was a relatively directionless experience. It soon became clear that the majority of players wanted more structure — or at least more activities — and Hello Games has responded in Atlas Rises with a new story. Here’s the studio’s synopsis:

In the Atlas Rises story, the fabric of existence is starting to falter. A mysterious new interdimensional race have appeared. Glitches are causing ancient portals to activate. […] Discover the truth behind the Abandoned Building logs, the World of Glass, the Sentinels, the Redemption of the Gek, and the meaning of sixteen… After Waking Titan, Atlas Rises.

Hello Games is promising “double the lore and interactions of the existing game”; presumably, the new alien race will provide much of that. The studio has implemented a proper quest system, along with new features to support it, such as a communicator inside your ship that allows you to interact with characters even when you’re on the go. The developer has also expanded upon the existing fetch-quest-style missions with “constantly generated” missions that are “unique and rewarding.” And the process of building up your reputation with each alien race — as well as other elements of your progress through the game — is now codified and tracked in the redesigned menu interface.

The Atlas Rises update also brings more variety to No Man’s Sky, just as the Foundation and Path Finder updates did. In this case, the changes are centered around planets and their biomes, with new “exotic planet types” popping up as you approach the galactic core. Atlas Rises also gives you the power to change planets yourself: A new terrain manipulator allows you to sculpt the landscape with the Multi-Tool. It works “anywhere on any planet,” and lets you choose from various materials, shapes and sizes.

 Source:-polygon
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