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Forget the deadline, you'll still be able to get Windows 10 for free, and this is how

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 9:03pm CEST par Wayne Williams

Today, July 29, is the last day for users of Windows 7 and 8.1 to upgrade free of charge to Windows 10. If you don’t take up the offer in time, and you decide you do want to upgrade after all, the only option will be to buy a copy of the OS. But hold on. That’s not entirely true. If you want Windows 10 after the deadline has expired, you’ll still be able to get it for free, legally, and doing so couldn’t be easier. Three months ago, Microsoft announced that customers with accessibility needs who use assistive technologies… [Continue Reading]
Famous American blogger strikes back against China

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 8:52pm CEST par Robert X. Cringely

A few weeks ago I published a column here about online journalism. You may remember it from the picture of Jerry Seinfeld which I am using again here. While I have many readers in China, my work isn’t normally distributed there so I was surprised when a reader told me that column had been translated almost in its entirety and republished on a Chinese web site. How should I feel about this? I might be flattered or I might be angry. Certainly the translation was not authorized by me and I received no payment for it. It goes far beyond… [Continue Reading]
Security pros find it hard to measure ROI on spending

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 8:51pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

The majority of IT security experts actually struggle to measure the return on investment in security measures, Tenable Network Security says. Based on a survey of 250 IT security professionals, conducted during the Infosecurity Europe 2016 summit, it says that the majority can only measure the return on less than 25 percent of their security spend. What’s more, just 17 percent were confident their investments were being distributed properly. "It’s undisputed that security is one of the top priorities for organizations across the globe", says Gavin Millard, EMEA technical director, Tenable Network Security. "However, our research revealed that many organizations… [Continue Reading]
Is anyone at Yahoo paying attention? Probably not

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 7:19pm CEST par Robert X. Cringely

So Verizon is buying the heart of old Yahoo! I include the exclamation point because it was always there in the Yahoo! we knew back when the Internet was young. $4.83 billion in cash is a lot of cash, but for Verizon it’s a way of buying into the future while buying what to many of us seems to be the past. So let’s get the business part out of the way: Verizon can see Yahoo! as a bargain because Yahoo! has nearly always been more profitable on a gross margin basis than Verizon, a phone company. Even Yahoo! in… [Continue Reading]
Chew on this: Ubuntu Core Linux comes to the uCRobotics Bubblegum-96 board

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 7:13pm CEST par Brian Fagioli

Linux and other open source software have been in the news quite a bit lately. As more and more people are seeing, closed source is not the only way to make money. A company like Red Hat, for instance, is able to be profitable while focusing its business on open source. Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux-based operating systems, and it is not hard to see why. Not only is it easy to use and adaptable to much hardware (such as SoC boards), but there is a ton of free support online from the Ubuntu user community too. Today,… [Continue Reading]
Bitdefender Total Security 2017 beta now available

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 6:45pm CEST par Mike Williams

Bitdefender has announced the first public beta of Bitdefender Total Security 2017 for Windows, OS X and Android. The major addition this time is Wi-Fi protection. Every time you connect to a new network, Bitdefender analyses it and warns of any vulnerabilities. Bitdefender’s Startup Optimizer can now be used remotely, allowing you to check a device and disable unwanted applications from anywhere in the world. Enhanced Windows 10 support means Total Security can use native desktop notifications and the Action Center to keep you up-to-date with product events. The product also works on Windows 10’s Anniversary Update, and is fully… [Continue Reading]
Russia becomes main target for DDoS attacks

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 6:42pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

There has been a huge increase in the number of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks in the second quarter of this year, a new research report by security experts Nexusguard says. According to Nexusguard’s Q2 2016 Threat Report, there has been more than 182,900 attacks in Q2 this year, with the majority falling onto Russia. Yes, Russa has become the number one target country for DDoS attacks, with its Starlink internet provider soaking up more than 40 percent of the DDoS attacks measured over a two-day period. The average length of such attacks has gone from minutes to hours.… [Continue Reading]
The SwiftKey keyboard app is busy leaking email addresses and phone numbers to strangers

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 6:16pm CEST par Mark Wilson

Who doesn't love a good AI-driven keyboard, eh? Well, people who have discovered that the keyboard is sending their email address and phone number to strangers, for starters. And that seems to be precisely what's happening with SwiftKey. The Microsoft-owned company has disabled the syncing of data between devices after users complained not only about the appearance of unknown email addresses and phone numbers in suggestions, but also suggestions in unknown foreign languages. The problem became apparent when users who saw the random email address suggestions contacted the owner of the address. The problem has been going on for a… [Continue Reading]
It's official: Windows 10 Mobile is irrelevant

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 4:48pm CEST par Mihăiță Bamburic

If you still think that Windows 10 Mobile has a future then you must not have yet seen just how many Lumia smartphones were sold last quarter. We have known for quite some time that the operating system has no place in today's landscape, and now Microsoft is officially confirming it. Microsoft has not provided a sales figure for the Lumia line when it announced its earnings results earlier this month, like it has done previously, but the software giant has revealed how many units it moved during the whole fiscal year 2016, giving us just what we need to complete the… [Continue Reading]
Dropbox launches AdminX dashboard for business users

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 3:36pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

Dropbox has just announced AdminX, a new dashboard aimed at helping IT admins better manage Dropbox Business users. AdminX, which has been in development since last year, will have a couple of new features, including new versions of folders for both individuals and groups. With a more tier-style permission system across the board, it will tighten up security, and the permissions will be managed from AdminX. Enhanced file sync controls are also coming, which will allow admins to choose which files to sync locally, and which not to. That basically means files will be modified depending on the device they’re being… [Continue Reading]
Check internet speed and web page download times with Speedtest for Chrome

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 2:29pm CEST par Mike Williams

Speedtest is a free Chrome extension which allows testing your internet connection speeds and web page download time. It gives you access to the core of the Speedtest.net website in a click or two, wherever you are on the web. Click Speedtest’s icon at any time and a panel appears. By default this displays the name of the currently displayed page, and the time it took to load. If you’re more interested in your internet connection speed, hit the large "Go" button and Speedtest carries out the same test you’d see on its site: it locates your nearest server, goes… [Continue Reading]
Reminder: You now have mere hours to upgrade to Windows 10 for free

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 2:19pm CEST par Mark Wilson

Today is the big day -- July 29, the last day when you can upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge. Actually, the cut-off point really depends on where you are in the world, but you have until 11:59 pm UTC-10. Timeanddate.com has a handy conversion to work out what this means for you. It would be fair to say that there has been plenty of warning about the impending deadline, but there are still people who are putting things off. But really there is no reason not to upgrade; even if you decided you don’t want Windows 10, you can… [Continue Reading]
Best Windows apps this week

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 12:44pm CEST par Martin Brinkmann

One-hundred and ninety-one in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 8.x and Windows 10 in the past seven days. The Anniversary Update will be out in a couple of days bringing exciting new features to Windows 10. Unfortunately, for the second time in a row, there is no app of the week. As always, if I missed an app or game that has been released this week that you believe is particularly good, let me know in the comments below or notify me via email instead. Discounts this week The… [Continue Reading]
New platform detects mobile threats at the app level

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 11:15am CEST par Ian Barker

Increased reliance on mobile devices opens enterprises up to a new range of threats. While mobile management solutions can do a good job of protecting the device, it's harder to guard against attacks on individual apps. Mobile security company Appmobi is launching a new solution that detects and resolves attacks at the app level. Appmobi Protection Center uses machine learning coupled with an IT-defined rules engine to analyze and process millions of events per minute. It compares behavior to existing profiles, and recognizes attacks in real time to automatically remedy any potential threat. This provides IT teams with visibility into… [Continue Reading]
WhatsApp doesn't properly delete 'deleted' chats

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 10:45am CEST par Mark Wilson

A security researcher is warning WhatsApp users that their chats can be retrieved even after they have been deleted, cleared, or archived. Jonathan Zdziarski says that even using the 'Clear All Chats' option leaves behind a 'forensic trace'. He warns that the only way to be certain that your chat history is deleted, is to get rid of the app entirely. The problem appears to stem from WhatsApp's use of SQLite which fails to overwrite deleted data by default, rendering it recoverable. As with deleted files on a hard drive, the SQLite database is simply updated to show that the… [Continue Reading]
Cybersecurity at the election has been less than spectacular

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 10:43am CEST par Alan Buckingham

At a time when computer security has been front and center in the Election news, given the Clinton private server scandal and the DNC hack, not to mention one candidate calling on a foreign nation to hack our systems -- something he later walked back on, saying it was sarcasm -- this is a bad time to put additional questionable practices on display. Now that things are wrapped up and we have two official nominees, we also have a report of the major failures that were on display (not just politically). 2016 has been a banner year for those who… [Continue Reading]
EU wants to create a database of Bitcoin users

Publié: juillet 29, 2016, 10:10am CEST par Anthony Spadafora

The end of anonymity for Bitcoin users may be fast approaching as the EU has put forth a proposal that would require anyone using the cryptocurrency in the member states to register on a database. The European Commission (EC) is behind the push to take away anonymity from Bitcoin and other virtual currencies with the hope that this could help prevent a number of crimes that use digital wallets as a means of avoiding a paper trail. The proposal would require all users of the cryptocurrency to register using their real-world identity and to provide the addresses of the virtual… [Continue Reading]