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How to get free access to NYTimes.com for 2016 Trump vs. Hillary presidential election

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 11:01pm CET par Brian Fagioli

The US Presidential election is less than a week away. Holy cow! This election season is rather torturous, dividing a nation and leading to really ugly campaign advertisements. Seriously folks, some of these television ads are downright mean. I don't know how anyone can still be undecided at this point, but OK, if you still can't pick between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, you will soon have a new tool at your disposal for both learning about the candidates and following the election coverage. Famed newspaper, The New York Times, is temporarily removing its paywall, enabling anyone to view its content… [Continue Reading]
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14959 -- Creators Update -- for Mobile and PC arrives on the Fast ring

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 6:59pm CET par Wayne Williams

It’s taken a few days longer than normal for a new build to arrive for Windows Insiders, but Build 14959 for both PC and Mobile finally makes its way onto the Fast ring. This is the first new build since Microsoft announced the next big step in Windows 10’s evolution -- Creators Update. This is due to be released early next year, but Windows Insiders will get an early taste of all its new features and improvements. SEE ALSO: Windows 10 'Creators Update' arriving next spring, and it's (mostly) all about 3D In fact, if you’re a Windows Insider you’ll… [Continue Reading]
Huawei unveils 'Mate 9' and 'Porsche Design Mate 9' Android 7.0 Nougat smartphones

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 6:34pm CET par Brian Fagioli

While the Android smartphone market was starting to feel stale, there have been many great offerings lately, such as LG V20, Google Pixel, and the LeEco Le Pro3. In other words, it is a great time to be buying an Android handset. Today, Huawei adds another remarkable-looking Android smartphone to the list -- the much-anticipated 'Mate 9'. The 5.9-inch 1080p screen should look great, and the company promises two days of use from the 4,000mAh battery -- plus fast-charging, of course. It even has 4GB of RAM standard, plus 64GB of storage. Will consumers embrace the premium dual-sim device? "The… [Continue Reading]
App developers spend too much time debugging errors in production systems

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 5:12pm CET par Ian Barker

According to a new study 43 percent of app developers spend between 10 and 25 percent of their time debugging application errors discovered in production, rather than developing new features. The survey carried out by ClusterHQ found that a quarter of respondents report encountering bugs discovered in production one or more times per week. Respondents were also asked to identify the most common causes of bugs. These were, inability to fully recreate production environments in testing (33 percent), interdependence on external systems that makes integration testing difficult (27 percent) and testing against unrealistic data before moving into production (26 percent).… [Continue Reading]
VoCore2 is a coin-sized Linux computer and fully functional wireless router

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 4:50pm CET par Wayne Williams

Raspberry Pi has taken the world by storm, and inevitably there are now lots of similar, rival computers vying for attention, often offering something different in order to stand out from the crowd. Omega2, for example, is a $5 Raspberry Pi rival, with built-in Wi-Fi and storage. VoCore2’s unique selling points are size -- it can fit on a coin -- and versatility. It can be used as a Linux-based computer with Wi-Fi, or as a fully functional wireless router. It’s incredibly affordable too. The full VoCore2 costs just $11.99, but there’s a Lite version priced at $3.99. SEE ALSO:… [Continue Reading]
Mobile devices set to influence holiday shopping habits

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 4:43pm CET par Ian Barker

We're increasingly reliant on our mobile devices for many aspects of our lives and that includes our shopping. As we move towards the holiday season advertising platform Opera Mediaworks has surveyed 800 mobile users to find out how they intend to use their mobile devices for their seasonal shopping. Among the findings are that 40 percent of shoppers have made mobile purchases directly from an advertisement and 57 percent would make a mobile purchase if the product was relevant. In addition nine out of 10 shoppers find value in having their mobile devices with them while shopping in-store. There are… [Continue Reading]
New solution aims to stop phishing attacks in their tracks

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 3:26pm CET par Ian Barker

We know that phishing is on the increase and that attacks are becoming ever more sophisticated. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) found more than 460,000 unique phishing sites in the second quarter of 2016 alone, up 61 percent over the previous quarter and almost three times the number observed in the fourth quarter of 2015. Doamin name and threat intelligence company DomainTools is launching a new security solution that helps to prevent phishing attacks before they happen by spotting phishing domains. Called PhishEye -- see what they've done there? -- it automates the process of identifying look-alike domains that spoof… [Continue Reading]
Microsoft's Windows is one of the 'other' smartphone platforms, says Strategy Analytics

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 2:42pm CET par Mihăiță Bamburic

Windows does not seem to have a future in the smartphone market, as the vast majority of consumers opt for either Android or iPhone. It is a sad state of affairs, but there is little that Microsoft and its partners can do now to turn things around. Judging by the software giant's most-recent press events, it seems that it has stopped trying to compete. And this is reflected in the latest quarterly figures from Strategy Analytics. The report, which analyzes smartphone shipments in Q3 2016, puts Windows under the "Others" category, a place reserved for the least-popular platforms that only… [Continue Reading]
What you need to know about unified communications

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 2:34pm CET par Barclay Ballard

Unified communications (UC) refers to a technology whereby a number of different communication media or platforms are connected and accessed as if they were a single entity. In practical terms, this enables businesses to employ a less fragmented approach to communication, allowing them to access and manage their internal and outward comms more easily. The breadth of applications covered by unified communications is relatively wide and growing to accommodate new methods of interaction. UC may incorporate email, instant messaging, smartphones, landlines, fax and social media outlets. Unified communications tools are also capable of handling both audio and video content, which… [Continue Reading]
LastPass is now available for free on smartphones, tablets and PCs

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 2:28pm CET par Mihăiță Bamburic

If you have considered LastPass in the past and deemed it too expensive it is now time to take another look at the popular service, as the password manager is finally offered for free across all types of devices it supports -- PCs, tablets and smartphones. Gone are the annoying limitations of before. Previously, users who wanted to take advantage of the LastPass free plan were limited to syncing passwords only between devices of the same type -- for instance, only PCs. This was not only impractical, as few of us use only smartphones or PCs, but also a serious reason to give up on LastPass --… [Continue Reading]
OWC's 13-port Thunderbolt 3 Dock expands 2016 Apple MacBook Pro's connectivity

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 1:27pm CET par Mihăiță Bamburic

Apple's latest MacBook Pro is a connectivity nightmare. If you opt for the base 13-inch model you only get two USB Type-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports -- but when you charge it you can only use one. The pricier models do feature twice as many ports but, regardless, you still need to buy a bunch of dongles to use your existing devices with it -- or replace them with new ones. However, if you are in the market for a new MacBook Pro your options are not as limited as they seem, as OWC just unveiled a 13-port hub -- called Thunderbolt 3 Dock -- that… [Continue Reading]
Off-the-shelf Android spyware targets high level executives

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 1:14pm CET par Ian Barker

The increasing commoditization of malware means that you no longer need to be a technical expert to launch an attack. You can simply buy the tools off the shelf. Researchers at Skycure Research Labs have uncovered just such an off-the-peg spyware attack targeting senior company executives. The app called Exaspy is a commercial Android spyware package that gives an attacker access to much of the victim's data. It was found on an Android device belonging to the vice president of a global technology company. The software disguises itself as an app called 'Google Services' and uses the package name 'com.android.protect'. This… [Continue Reading]
Instapaper Premium is now free for everyone!

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 12:54pm CET par Mark Wilson

A couple of months after joining forces with Pinterest, Instapaper has announced that the premium version of its web bookmarking and syncing service is now completely free of charge. Ditching the subscription fee does not mean that users will be inundated with ads, however. The company says that it is now far better financed, and can therefore afford to deliver an ad-free experience to everyone. Anyone who has a free Instapaper account at the moment will find that they have been automatically upgraded, and can immediately take advantage of a number of extra features. This includes the ability to save… [Continue Reading]
WindowBlinds 10.5 adds universal app skinning

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 12:04pm CET par Mike Williams

Stardock has released WindowBlinds 10.5, the latest edition of its desktop customization tool, with new support for skinning universal apps. There’s no extra work involved for the user, nothing else to configure -- just choose a visual theme and your desktop, applications and apps all get the new-look interface. Improved Windows 10 support sees skinning now applied to taskbar preview thumbnails, and the ability to blur the area behind skinned areas. The program is able to skin Windows ribbon controls, and blend the results better with title bars. (If that’s not enough, you can now hide the Windows Explorer ribbon… [Continue Reading]
Kaspersky tells ransomware victims not to pay up

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 9:54am CET par Sead Fadilpašić

If your organization ever gets infected by ransomware (and there are good chances it will) it is better not to pay up because you probably won’t get your data back, even if you do pay the ransom. This is according to a new report by security firm Kaspersky Lab, which urges organizations to instead report the incident to the authorities. It bases its conclusions on a couple of research results -- more than a third (36 percent) of organizations pay the ransom, but around 20 percent still don’t get their files back. Approximately 17 percent of organizations have been victims… [Continue Reading]
ZOTAC unveils VR-ready 'MAGNUS ERX480' mini gaming PC with AMD Radeon RX 480

Publié: novembre 3, 2016, 12:43am CET par Brian Fagioli

It used to be that if you wanted a powerful gaming PC, you would need a monstrous tower with many loud fans. Nowadays, you can build a Mini-ITX system that offers impressive specifications in a tiny package. What if you want something even smaller? Zotac has a new VR-Ready mini PC that is shockingly tiny. Inside the diminutive 'MAGNUS ERX480' barebones box is an Intel Skylake Core i5-6400T and an AMD Radeon RX480 (4GB GDDR5 256-bit). It supports DDR4 RAM (1866 or 2133) up to to 32GB and an M.2 connector for storage. For convenience, it can also be had… [Continue Reading]