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DreamHost forces password resets amid ongoing service disruption

DreamHost is requiring affected account owners to reset passwords following a service disruption affecting its web, email and file hosting systems. The company has been emailing step-by-step reset instructions in batches, but says users don't need to wait and can reset passwords directly via the DreamHost control panel. Its File Manager tool remains offline as the issue is worked on, and a previous panel error preventing some email password changes has been fixed.

Norton Commander's origins traced: John Socha created DOS file manager in 1984-1986

A retrospective by Dr Nikolai Bezroukov recounts the development of Norton Commander, the DOS-era dual-pane file manager created by John Socha between 1984 and 1986 as version 1.0. The piece notes that NC went through five major versions and that die-hard users, including a reader from Bogota, Colombia, were still running version 1.0 on Windows 98SE, 2000 and XP decades later.

Google Recorder adds toggle to expose recordings in file manager apps

Google has rolled out a new setting in its Recorder app for Pixel devices called 'Allow recordings in other apps,' which is enabled by default. With it on, audio recordings now appear directly in a Recordings folder accessible through any file manager, rather than being sandboxed within the app.

Google Recorder tests toggle to save audio files directly to device storage

Android Authority found a new settings option in Google Recorder version 4.2.2 called "Access recordings in other apps." When turned on, future audio recordings would be saved automatically to a Recordings folder accessible through Files by Google or other file manager apps, rather than being locked inside the app's sandboxed storage. The change would only apply to new recordings, not files already saved.