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Booq unveils 'Pack Pro' laptop backpack

Publié: septembre 15, 2016, 8:29pm CEST par Brian Fagioli

As someone who often works on the go, I find myself in various coffee shops -- such as Starbucks -- during the week. While I obviously want to use the free Wi-Fi, their caffeinated beverages keep me fueled-up too. Coffee is one of the best productivity boosters, folks. Inside Starbucks, I am surrounded by other people doing the same. They are using expensive Windows laptops and MacBooks, drinking pricey coffee drinks, and yet there is one area they seem to skimp -- the carry bag. They use ugly bags that seemingly offer little protection. This is crazy to me, as a good… [Continue Reading]
Cost of a cyber-attack will soon reach $1 million for large businesses

Publié: septembre 15, 2016, 8:07pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

We are coming closer to the point where a cyber-attack will cost every large business more than $1 million. According to a new Kaspersky Lab report, a single cyber-security incident now costs a large business, on average, $861,000. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) pay ten times less, on average -- $86,500. The new report also stresses, once again, how costs go up the longer the threat remains unseen. For an SME, it will have to pay 44 percent more to recover from a week-old attack, compared to the one spotted on the first day. Among large companies, the percentage sits at… [Continue Reading]
More sports come to Sling TV

Publié: septembre 15, 2016, 7:49pm CEST par Alan Buckingham

If you're getting your TV service over the internet then Sling is likely on your radar as it offers live TV with a good choice of channels. Want CNN? You got it. Want sports? You have ESPN and ESPN 2 to choose from, and currently an SEC free trial. But sports is more than just those big name channels. What about the lesser watched ones? Well, now Sling is bringing two more of those to its service. Both ESPN 3 and SEC Network+ are coming to Sling. This will provide customers with thousands of more sporting options to watch, including… [Continue Reading]
Outlook.com gains sharing support for Google Drive and Facebook

Publié: septembre 15, 2016, 6:40pm CEST par Wayne Williams

Microsoft is continuing to add new features and functionality to Outlook.com. In addition to the integrated OneDrive support, the software giant added Box and Dropbox sharing to its webmail service earlier in the year, and today it makes sharing even more useful with the addition of support for Google Drive and Facebook. If you have files stored in Google Drive you can now attach them to Outlook.com messages. Just tap the attachment icon, select Google Drive from the options, and connect your Google account. You can then browse and select your files from either a list view or thumbnails. This… [Continue Reading]
Microsoft has the most open source contributors on GitHub

Publié: septembre 15, 2016, 5:39pm CEST par Mihăiță Bamburic

GitHub has published The state of the Octoverse 2016, a very interesting report that offers an insight into how its 14 million users leveraged the hugely popular repository this year. Among them is a list of organizations with the most open source contributors, most popular coding languages, most used emoji reactions, new user interactions and much more. The list of organizations with the most open source contributions is particularly interesting, because it shows Microsoft leading the pack with over 16,000 users. The software giant is followed by Facebook and Docker, with Google only coming in fifth place. For folks who associate Microsoft with closed-source… [Continue Reading]
Students need better data security education

Publié: septembre 15, 2016, 5:38pm CEST par Ian Barker

As students head back to university, a survey by Intel Security reveals that, in the UK at least, half of them are failing to protect their phones, tablets and laptops from online threats. The survey of more than 1,000 UK-based students carried out in conjunction with The National Student finds that despite a quarter of teenagers reporting that they are 'almost constantly' online, only 50 percent of students ensure they have the necessary security software installed to keep their devices and data safe. In addition more than 90 percent log on to public Wi-Fi on their campuses and in bars… [Continue Reading]
Millennials prefer to deal with companies by text

Publié: septembre 15, 2016, 5:04pm CEST par Ian Barker

Of all the communication channels available for dealing with businesses, 60 percent of millennials prefer two-way text engagement, because it’s convenient, fast, and easy to use. This is one of the findings of a new survey by mobile engagement specialist OpenMarket of 500 US millennials (18 to 34-year-olds) on their use of SMS communications. While 72 percent of millennials say they text 10 or more times a day, and 31 percent more than 50 times a day, the leading factor in millennials' preferences for texting is its ability for two-way communication with businesses. The results make interesting reading for businesses… [Continue Reading]
How cyber security professionals see insider threats

Publié: septembre 15, 2016, 3:29pm CEST par Ian Barker

Whilst the popular view of hackers tends to be of outsiders, there's been increasing emphasis in recent years on the threat to enterprise data posed by those inside the organization. Behavior analytics company RedOwl carried out a survey at last month's Black Hat conference, asking almost 300 security professionals for their views on insider threats, and the results are released today. Among the findings are that almost half of respondents (47 percent) say their organization has experienced an insider incident within the past year. Nearly half also say that their C-level executives and board of directors are now concerned with… [Continue Reading]
Microsoft Outlook app gets Sunrise features

Publié: septembre 15, 2016, 1:47pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

Sunrise is dead, long live Sunrise! Once considered the best mobile calendar app to ever grace us with its presence, it got acquired by Microsoft and is now officially retired. But Microsoft has taken its best features and reincarnated them into its Outlook app's calendar, and the general feeling is overall quite positive. The updated Outlook, which is available now, comes with a couple of changes. Interesting Calendars is one of the new features, which allows Outlook to connect with businesses, TV shows and similar. That way, your calendar will have automatic updates on your favorite sports events, next episodes of that… [Continue Reading]
PLUG aims to be the world's most powerful battery pack

Publié: septembre 15, 2016, 12:14pm CEST par Wayne Williams

Having once had a phone die on me in an important moment while traveling I’ve learned not to go any distance without a battery pack with me, just in case. I also use the ThinCharge case for my iPhone, which I reviewed here. ChargeTech, which makes that battery case, has produced a new battery pack that essentially lets you take a wall outlet with you. You can charge any device, including laptops, and also power equipment from it. PLUG comes with a massive 48,000mAh battery (powered using Tesla Battery Cells) and has two AC outlets offering up to 250 Watt… [Continue Reading]
Microsoft Azure Service Fabric coming to Linux

Publié: septembre 15, 2016, 11:01am CEST par Anthony Spadafora

Microsoft has announced that it will be bringing Azure Service Fabric, which allows developers to run and manage microservices, to Linux. Azure's CTO Mark Russinovich is very enthusiastic about microservices, which the company has been using internally for seven years. Russinovich believes that the vast majority of apps even including enterprise apps will soon be built using this technology. Microsoft offers a variety of cloud services and developer tools to its customers and is eager to expand its reach in this area of the market. The company's Service Fabric offers users a service and tooling that simplify the process of running… [Continue Reading]
6 steps for defending against DDoS attacks

Publié: septembre 15, 2016, 10:46am CEST par Roy Eldar

If your business hasn’t already faced a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, brace yourself: fake traffic is coming. Your DevOps team and IT service desk need an action plan to handle these threats. This article will take you step-by-step through the process of identifying, stopping, and responding to DDoS attacks. The Task at Hand Before we discuss how to stop DDoS attacks, we need to examine their nature. No matter who launches a DDoS assault, the functional objective is the same: to take down a web service so that it denies access to legitimate end users. Hackers launch DDoS attacks for… [Continue Reading]
Simulate color vision deficiency with Colour Simulations

Publié: septembre 15, 2016, 8:36am CEST par Mike Williams

Get involved in any graphic design project and you’ll probably spend an age choosing the color scheme -- but this shouldn’t just be about personal taste. Around 5 percent of the population have some form of color vision deficiency, so it’s important to consider how they might see your finished design. Colour Simulations is a free-for-personal-use tool which can simulate common red-green color vision conditions (deuteranomaly and protanomaly), as well as helping anyone with those conditions see colors more clearly. The program works by displaying a movable, resizable filter over the screen. Right-click this, choose a color deficiency type, then… [Continue Reading]