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UPDATE: Scale of Three customer data breach massively downsized, but identity theft remains a risk

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 8:25pm CET par Mark Wilson

Late yesterday, Three admitted to a breach of its customer databases which potentially put 6 million people at risk. Today the company has spoken out, indicating that far fewer customers were affected than first thought. In fact, data from just over 130,000 accounts was accessed, with varying levels of access meaning different customer information was exposed. Three says the primary goal of the database breach was to intercept handsets rather than for other purposes, and it stresses that no financial information was stolen. Three says that for 107,102 customers, the following information may have been accessed: whether they are a… [Continue Reading]
Plextor EX1 SSD targets Apple MacBook Pro (2016) with USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C interface

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 7:19pm CET par Brian Fagioli

Apple's all-new MacBook Pro looks to be a very well-designed machine. It features Thunderbolt 3/USB Type-C ports only -- something I think is a wise choice. True, those that want to leverage USB Type-A and other ports will need to use dongles, but in a couple years, consumers will be glad to have nothing but the latest-and-greatest connector on their machine. For comparison, look at FireWire, floppy disk, and optical drives -- Apple was panned for their removal too. If you need to expand storage on your new Touch Bar MacBook Pro, you unfortunately cannot upgrade the internal SSD. Instead, you… [Continue Reading]
Google Cloud Platform will offer GPU options next year

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 7:15pm CET par Anthony Spadafora

Google has announced that early next year it will be adding graphics processing units (GPUs) as a service to its Cloud Platform in order to better compete with its rivals. GPU as a service is already available on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and IBM's Bluemix, but Google's Cloud Platform will seek to differentiate itself by offering a variety of GPUs for customers to choose from. The company will allow users the option to use two AMD FirePro S9300s or either a Nvidia Tesla P100 or K80. Google has also decided to change the way it prices GPU usage to… [Continue Reading]
Best Windows 10 apps this week

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 7:12pm CET par Martin Brinkmann

Two-hundred-and-five in a series. Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 on Windows Store in the past seven days. Microsoft released a new Windows Insider build this week. You can check out what is new here. 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 Some apps are discounted for more than one week. Starting this week, only new apps and games are… [Continue Reading]
Facebook fake news guru Paul Horner credits himself with getting Donald Trump elected

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 6:43pm CET par Alan Buckingham

Fake news stories are on the rise, spreading across the internet via social media. They spread at a quickening rate thanks, in large part, to well-known people sharing them. Now some services are cracking down on these stories, but is it too late? Just recently we learned that both Google and Facebook are clamping down on the spread of fake news stories, with Google withholding ads that appear on sites it deems to contain misleading content. Now, in an interview with the Washington Post, Paul Horner, a top purveyor of this 'news' is crediting himself with getting Donald Trump elected. He… [Continue Reading]
IBM launches new services to help enterprises with cloud migration

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 5:08pm CET par Ian Barker

Businesses are turning to the cloud as a way of coping with ever larger amounts of data. But moving to the cloud at the same time retaining control of where data resides and how it’s accessed is a challenge. To help enterprises migrate and more easily generate business insights, IBM is announcing a range of new services on its Bluemix cloud platform. IBM Decision Optimization on Cloud is capable of ingesting large amounts of data including predictions, master and transactional data, business goals, and business rules to prioritize and rank business decisions such as plans and schedules. It includes the… [Continue Reading]
Amazon finds another way for you to spend money

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 4:41pm CET par Alan Buckingham

Black Friday is still a week away, but that hasn't stopped stores from beginning the sales rush. The deals have been announced and some are already available. Now Amazon has a unique idea to make shopping simple, but it does have one requirement -- you have to be an Alexa customer to benefit. The company is announcing voice shopping via the popular device and it comes with some special deals. You can grab an Amazon Tap for $79.99, a 32 inch Samsung 1080p LED TV for $119, and a Philips Hue starter kit for $15 off. That's not all, there will many more… [Continue Reading]
New Nokia smartphones will debut in 2017

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 4:35pm CET par Mihăiță Bamburic

We've known for quite some time that Nokia will make a comeback in the smartphone industry. But this time around the Finnish company will not be the one building the smartphones, as it has instead opted to license its brand to HMD. It is a clever move, as if things work out Nokia will reap the rewards, but if these efforts fail the damage will be unsubstantial. The company's fans have surely wondered when exactly a new smartphone adorning the Nokia brand will see the light, and the answer is "pretty soon". An official presentation reveals that the "return to smartphones" will… [Continue Reading]
How to enable Windows 10's Block at First Sight protection in Windows Defender

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 4:00pm CET par Wayne Williams

Windows Defender in Windows 10 may not be the best security solution, but it will keep your system safe from threats if you don’t have a third-party anti-malware program installed. Microsoft made several improvements to it in the Anniversary Update, and as a result it's now much more useful. Newly introduced features, available from Build 1607, include Limited Periodic Scanning, which can intermittently scan your system and notify you of any threats (even if you are using another anti-malware program and have Windows Defender turned off), and Block at First Sight protection. What Block at First Sight does is use… [Continue Reading]
The paperless office is a dream

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 3:58pm CET par Sead Fadilpašić

After last month’s report from AIIM, which said we were actually inching closer to a paperless office thanks to the unrelenting digitization, a new report from Danwood now says exactly the opposite. Not only are we not moving towards the paperless office, but away from it, and worse of all -- it’s digitization’s fault. After surveying 1,000 office workers, almost half (46 percent) say they print something every day and 84 percent say this is an "important aspect of work". So how does this relate to the digital transformation? Well, increased digitization means organizations are getting a lot of information,… [Continue Reading]
Almost half of businesses have suffered a ransomware attack in the last year

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 3:39pm CET par Ian Barker

A new survey of over 500 businesses in the US, UK, France and Germany shows that in the last 12 months, 48 percent have fallen victim to a ransomware campaign, with 81 percent having suffered three or more attacks. The study from endpoint security company SentinelOne reveals employee information (42 percent), financial data (41 percent) and customer information (40 percent) are the types of data most often affected by these attacks. Respondents identified the most likely motives of their attackers as financial gain (54 percent), operational disruption (47 percent) and cyber espionage (42 percent). In 81 percent of cases respondents… [Continue Reading]
Apple launches costly repair program for iPhone 6 Plus 'touch disease'

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 2:11pm CET par Mark Wilson

The iPhone 6 Plus' so-called "touch disease" has been known about for some time now, but Apple has only just got around to launching a repair program -- the Multi-Touch Repair Program for iPhone 6 Plus. But in addition to taking its sweet time in getting round to addressing the issue, Apple is set to upset large number of users by charging them $149 for the privilege. The repair program will run for five years from the on-sale date of the iPhone 6 Plus, but it should not be seen as a way to repair a cracked screen at the… [Continue Reading]
Microsoft plays nice with the EU to buy LinkedIn

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 2:11pm CET par Sead Fadilpašić

According to the European Commission, Microsoft has made commitments to appease EU antitrust regulators regarding its $26 billion acquisition of the professional social networking site LinkedIn. The company announced its plan to acquire the site in June for $26 billion, in its largest acquisition to date. The deal would allow Microsoft access to LinkedIn's large user base and would give it an edge in providing cloud-based services -- such as Office 365 -- to businesses. Last week, EU regulators expressed concerns regarding the deal and the company was forced to make concessions in order to gain approval for its acquisition… [Continue Reading]
Facebook's Social Good Forum aims to improve the world with donations in live video and Community Help

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 12:46pm CET par Mark Wilson

Facebook just held its first Social Good Forum and used it to unveil a number of new tools and options focused around raising money to help out those in need. It also announced the expansion of the existing Safety Check feature. The social network has faced criticism in the past for triggering Safety Check -- which lets Facebook users tells friends and family they are OK in the event of a disaster or crisis -- for some major events, but not others. Now Facebook is taking a hands-off approach: it can be triggered by the community. Another new feature announced… [Continue Reading]
Why Facebook Workplace has no future

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 12:39pm CET par David Lavenda

On October 10, Facebook debuted its long-incubated and much-anticipated platform for business: Workplace. But within days it was already clear that it wasn't going to live up to the hype. In fact, there's no way it could have. This is not meant as a snub of Facebook. It makes perfect sense that Mark Zuckerberg would want his platform to become as popular for work as it is for fun. It has even made some initial converts. Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes defended Workplace -- which he has implemented at his offices -- in a Fast Company article because it represents "part of a… [Continue Reading]
Millions of mobile users at risk after Three customer database breach

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 11:12am CET par Mark Wilson

Hackers have gained access to a database containing the personal details of up to six million customers of mobile carrier Three. A report in the Telegraph cites 'sources familiar with the incident', but while Three has confirmed a security breach took place, the company is yet to provide precise details. What we do know is that the incident took place when hackers used employee login credentials to access the customer upgrade database. It is thought that the hackers gained accessed to customer names, addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth, but financial details were not exposed. News of the breach… [Continue Reading]
Privacy alert -- Your iPhone is secretly sending your call history to iCloud

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 10:16am CET par Mark Wilson

iCloud is hardly the finest example of secure cloud storage, as numerous hacked celebrities will attest. So it is perhaps a little concerning to learn that Apple is -- according to a Russian security firm -- storing months of call logs to iCloud without many users being aware of what’s going on. Elcomsoft, which specializes in cracking software, discovered that if you are an iPhone owner with an active iCloud account, four months' worth of your phone calls have been stored online. Many people will see this as a privacy concern but, worryingly, Apple does not provide a way to… [Continue Reading]
Wink releases version 2 of its hub, automate your home now

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 5:38am CET par Alan Buckingham

A while back Wink released its first hub and we put it to the test. After a few minor hiccups, everything worked fine and provided great integration with many products including voice control through Amazon Alexa, which can then control lights, Nest thermostats and more. Recently the company announced version two of the device and now Wink has officially made it available for purchase. The company claims that it set out to make this product accessible to everyone, regardless of technical knowledge, and it thinks it succeeded. In addition, it boasts feature improvements in speed, thanks to a faster processor.… [Continue Reading]
Huawei MediaPad M3 Android tablet comes to the USA -- just in time for the holidays

Publié: novembre 18, 2016, 1:29am CET par Brian Fagioli

Holiday shopping is upon us, and some people in my life have started asking me about technology to give as gifts. Tablets are sure to be popular again this year, although probably not as much as years past. Apple's iPad is always a smart choice, but it is becoming harder to recommend an Android tablet. Unfortunately, quality tablets running Google's mobile operating system are becoming increasingly rare. Many Android variants are simply low-quality. Thankfully, a high-quality tablet from Huawei should excite shoppers. Previously available in Europe only, the Huawei MediaPad M3 is available in the USA starting today. Best of all? It… [Continue Reading]