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Cisco Meeting Server enables Skype for Business users to connect with other platforms

Publié: août 17, 2016, 9:09pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

Skype for Business users have had a pretty rough time connecting with other platforms (like Cisco or Avaya), but that’s no longer the case as the Cisco Meeting Server gets released. Cisco's new product will allow Skype for Business users to easily connect to users on other platforms by clicking a link. The company believes its product will completely reshape office collaboration, and the impact will be "huge". "Connecting should not be hard. But it has been, because certain vendors’ technologies have not played well with standards-based technologies, like Cisco’s industry-leading video systems. We just fixed that, and the impact is huge", says… [Continue Reading]
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14905 for PC and Mobile arrives on the Fast ring

Publié: août 17, 2016, 7:31pm CEST par Wayne Williams

Microsoft finally began rolling out the Anniversary Update for Windows 10 Mobile yesterday, but today there’s already a new Redstone 2 build for those users on the Fast ring. Build 14905 is also available for PC users. The new build doesn’t fix the freezing issues that some users have reported following installation of the Anniversary Update (although there are workarounds you can try if affected) but it does include several improvements and fixes for PC and Mobile. Changes in the build for desktop include: Fixed an issue causing a large blank space to appear between the address bar and web… [Continue Reading]
Blockchain startups raise $290 million worldwide

Publié: août 17, 2016, 7:29pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

Blockchain and bitcoin start-ups have raised almost $300 million in funding in the first half of 2016, Juniper Research claims. This goes to show just how important the new way of doing business and paying for goods and services is. There are more than 30 startups in the world which Juniper looked at for this research. Juniper look at more than 30 startups across the globe for this research, which have raised a total of $290 million. A large part ($165m) went to just three companies: Circle ($60 million), Blockstream ($55 million) and Digital Asset Holdings ($50 million). According to the… [Continue Reading]
'Cool off' with the Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum Snow 7.1 Wireless Gaming Headset

Publié: août 17, 2016, 6:25pm CEST par Brian Fagioli

During the colder months, some folks look forward to the summer so they can have fun in the sun. Yeah, at first hanging out in the pool or at the beach can be totally fun. When hardcore heatwaves hit, however, and the temperature becomes too much to take, the summer novelty quickly wears off. In many places this week, it has been sweltering -- my air conditioning has been cranked up in both my house and car. Today, Logitech announces a new way to cool down -- sort of. Well, not really. You see, the existing G933 Artemis Spectrum 7.1 Wireless Gaming Headset… [Continue Reading]
Windows 10 freezing after installing the Anniversary Update? Microsoft has more workarounds to try

Publié: août 17, 2016, 6:12pm CEST par Wayne Williams

Despite being tested over a long period of time by Windows Insiders, Windows 10 Anniversary Update is not problem free. A large number of users have reported issues with the updated OS freezing on them. While Microsoft doesn’t yet have a fix available, it is aware of the problem and a few days ago suggested some workarounds. Today, it updates its suggestions, with some additional things for users to try. SEE ALSO: Windows 10 Anniversary Update causing big problems for many users Microsoft says: We initially posted this thread in order to gather additional information on reports of a hard… [Continue Reading]
Failing to attract security experts may prove costly for businesses

Publié: août 17, 2016, 6:05pm CEST par Sam Pudwell

A new report from Kaspersky Lab has found that large businesses that struggle to attract sufficiently skilled security experts end up paying up to three times more to recover from a cyber security incident. The much talked-about skills gap in the security industry continues to cause problems for businesses, as increasing wages, a general shortage of expert availability and the need for more specialists are all prevalent. This skills shortage is being brought about by today’s rapidly expanding threat landscape, with businesses highly motivated to grow their security intelligence to help guard against costly security incidents. In fact, the improvement of… [Continue Reading]
IObit Uninstaller 6 adds Edge support

Publié: août 17, 2016, 5:57pm CEST par Mike Williams

IObit has shipped IObit Uninstaller 6 with new support for removing Microsoft Edge plug-ins and extensions. That’s the only significant new feature in this release, although IObit also says it now removes more programs and browser plug-ins, does a better job of uninstalling Windows Apps and troublesome Windows updates, and has enhanced real-time monitoring to help you strip out everything else. If the Free version isn’t enough, the $22.97 (1 year, 3 PCs) Pro Edition extends the package by removing adware and malicious plug-ins, as well as automatically cleaning any application remnants left by other uninstallers. IObit Uninstaller 6 is… [Continue Reading]
EFF rips into Microsoft and Windows 10 for 'blatantly disregarding user choice and privacy'

Publié: août 17, 2016, 5:32pm CEST par Wayne Williams

Two months ago, we reported on a Change.org petition that had been set up to persuade the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) to investigate Microsoft for "malicious practices regarding Windows 10". That petition picked up close to 6,000 signatures, and today the EFF responds with a deep dive into Microsoft’s sneaky tactics and Windows 10’s spying, and its take on things is pretty damning. According to the EFF, Microsoft’s strategy for user adoption has "trampled on essential aspects of modern computing: user choice and privacy" and, naturally, the privacy-focused organization thinks that’s wrong. SEE ALSO: Change.org petition seeks to have Microsoft… [Continue Reading]
Xiaomi's smartphone shipments take a big hit in China

Publié: août 17, 2016, 5:03pm CEST par Mihăiță Bamburic

Once believed to be one of the strongest players in the smartphone market, Chinese maker Xiaomi now finds itself in a vulnerable position in its home market after its shipments dropped by nearly 40 percent in Q2 2016, according to a new report by IDC. In the second quarter of the year, Xiaomi shipped just 10.5 million smartphones, 38.4 percent fewer units than in Q2 2015 when it moved 17.1 million devices. A year ago, it held the top spot in China, but now the company has to settle for fourth place, behind Huawei, Oppo and Vivo. In the top… [Continue Reading]
The trouble with open source research on the web

Publié: août 17, 2016, 4:31pm CEST par Scott Petry

Every open source research project -- no matter how simple or complex -- starts with browsing the internet. But researchers should know that their identity can be obtained through a number of basic techniques, which could have consequences ranging from modified data to directed cyber attacks or worse. Even the simplest of website visits will expose significant details about your location and your device, and pretty much any site you visit will drop code on your computer to track what you’re doing as you traverse the internet. Most of the time, this exchange is benign, but there can be times… [Continue Reading]
Management underestimates the time and cost needed for the cloud

Publié: août 17, 2016, 4:00pm CEST par Ian Barker

While 96 percent of US enterprises expect to increase their investment in cloud management over the next five years, the majority of IT decision makers are not using those services to their fullest potential according to a new study. The survey findings from Wakefield Research and cloud automation specialist Logicworks show that 80 percent of the 400 surveyed IT decision makers believe that their company's leadership team underestimates the time and cost required to maintain resources in the cloud. In addition 50 percent report that they are only somewhat confident that their organization could immediately address an issue that led… [Continue Reading]
Corel PaintShop Pro X9 adds project templates, interactive gradients

Publié: août 17, 2016, 3:59pm CEST par Mike Williams

Corel has shipped Corel PaintShop Pro X9, the latest edition of its veteran image editor. New features include Project Templates, prebuilt desktop publishing-type layouts to help you create greetings cards, brochures, photo collages and more. An Interactive Gradient Fill tool allows fine-tuning a gradient by dragging across the image and watching a live preview. Extended camera support includes 15 new RAW profiles and the ability to work with Intel RealSense XDM images. Support for Windows Real-Time Stylus brings pressure sensitivity to Microsoft Surface and other devices. Works for us, although CorelDRAW got it almost a year ago. You can now… [Continue Reading]
Intelligent connectors help integrate enterprise data and applications

Publié: août 17, 2016, 3:15pm CEST par Ian Barker

Enterprise data can have multiple elements which makes it difficult to map to different systems and can prevent businesses from getting the most from their information. Data integration specialist SnapLogic is introducing a new release of its Elastic Integration Platform with new additions to its library of more than 400 intelligent connectors called Snaps. These include connections for Apache Hive, Teradata and Hadooplex, making for simpler integration of big data into enterprise systems. Building on SnapLogic's existing ease of use and self-service, the latest release introduces new automated data transformation capabilities that take an expression from a source system, evaluate… [Continue Reading]
Huawei's P9-based Honor 8 smartphone coming to US

Publié: août 17, 2016, 3:10pm CEST par Mihăiță Bamburic

Huawei may be the third largest smartphone vendor worldwide, thanks to its strong presence in Asia and Europe, but the Chinese firm has yet to find success in the Apple and Samsung-dominated US market. Can the new Honor 8 finally put it on the map? The Honor 8 is basically a more affordable version of Huawei's P9 flagship, which has been well received by the media, that Huawei will release in US next month. It features premium hardware and a high-end build, but will be priced at a reasonable $399. For the money, Honor 8 buyers will get a 5.2-inch… [Continue Reading]
Microsoft Rewards replaces Bing Rewards -- collect points to get free stuff!

Publié: août 17, 2016, 12:28pm CEST par Mark Wilson

Microsoft's point-collecting program Bing Rewards is being renamed Microsoft Rewards. It will work in very much the same way as before (collect points and use them to buy games, apps, movies and so on), but there are a few changes that accompany the rebranding. As before, Microsoft Rewards will be limited to the US and India, and the program lets you earn points by shopping in the Microsoft Store and Windows Store as well as searching with Bing and simply browsing with Microsoft Edge. If you're a seasoned user, there are a few changes to note. The first is that… [Continue Reading]
Monitor emoji usage in real-time

Publié: août 17, 2016, 11:51am CEST par Mark Wilson

Emoji are used for everything from basic communication, to diversity promotion, and even as a means of learning to code. While dismissed by some as the language of the millennial or the hard-of-thinking, emoji have their place in the modern lexicon, and an Australian company has launched a tool to show how they are being used. Ad agency The Works has created a real-time emoji tracker that reveals how the handy little icons are being used right now. The company says of the recent additions to our language, "this is not a bastardisation but the next evolution of how we… [Continue Reading]
HMA! aims to bring VPN to the masses

Publié: août 17, 2016, 11:30am CEST par Ian Barker

Virtual private networks (VPNs) are an effective way of masking your internet activity when using public networks. However, they've always seemed a bit geeky, which puts many everyday internet users off using them. VPN specialist Hide My Ass! (HMA!) is aiming to change that with a new version of its product aimed at people who haven't previously used a VPN. HMA! Pro VPN v3 offers a streamlined, friendlier interface to make using a VPN as simple as possible. It's been developed to encourage those who have never used or considered using a VPN to control how and when they share personal… [Continue Reading]
UAC vulnerability in Windows 7 and Windows 10 allows for traceless code execution

Publié: août 17, 2016, 10:56am CEST par Mark Wilson

Windows' User Account Control (UAC) feature was designed to help keep computers safe from malicious software installations, but there are already at least a couple of ways to bypass it. A new technique for circumventing UAC not only makes it possible to execute commands on a computer, but to do so without leaving a single trace. Security researchers Matt Nelson and Matt Graeber discovered the vulnerability and developed a proof-of-concept exploit. The pair tested the exploit on Windows 7 and Windows 10, but say that the technique can be used to bypass security on any version of Windows that uses… [Continue Reading]
Salesforce acquires data analytics startup BeyondCore

Publié: août 17, 2016, 10:03am CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

Salesforce has announced it is buying data analytics startup BeyondCore. In a tweet posted earlier this week, Marc Benioff says: "I am thrilled announce @Salesforce has acquired @beyondcoreinc to enhance the AI capabilities of Analytics Cloud". Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed, but we do know that BeyondCore will integrate into Saleforce’s Analytics Cloud, and will leverage its AI knowledge. At Salesforce, BeyondCore will be uniquely positioned to further magnify our impact on the world of analytics as part of the Analytics Cloud, extending smart data discovery and advanced analytics capabilities across the entire Salesforce Customer Success Platform", writes Beyondcore CEO Arijit Sengupta. "Of… [Continue Reading]
Google can help you vote for Trump or Hillary in the 2016 presidential election

Publié: août 17, 2016, 4:07am CEST par Brian Fagioli

The upcoming USA presidential election is rather wild. I won't go into specifics, but both of the major party candidates (Republican and Democrat) are going through some serious drama. It can make picking between Hillary (D) and Trump (R) quite difficult. If you don't like either of those choices, you can also choose the Libertarian or Green Party candidates, of course. Heck, you can even write someone else in if you want -- you are free to do what you will with your vote. Have you never voted? Understandably, it can be a very intimidating experience the first time. If you… [Continue Reading]
Intel Joule SOM runs Ubuntu Core Linux and makes Raspberry Pi look like garbage

Publié: août 17, 2016, 1:53am CEST par Brian Fagioli

The original Raspberry Pi sparked the creativity of many developers and students, but it was woefully underpowered. Through several iterations, however, it slowly became more powerful. While the most recent version -- the Raspberry Pi 3 -- has a much more capable processor, some developers will still want even more horsepower. Today, Intel announces a maker board that puts the Raspberry Pi 3 to shame. The Joule system-on-module mini-computer features RealSense camera support and runs Ubuntu Linux Core. Best of all, its specs are very impressive for what it is. "We're happy to welcome a new development board in the Ubuntu… [Continue Reading]