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Samsung says batteries in the Galaxy S7 family are safe

Publié: novembre 20, 2016, 7:13pm CET par Mark Wilson

Following on from the Note7 battery farce, Samsung is understandably keen to reassure customers -- and would be customers -- that its other phones are safe. Having lost untold billions of dollars because of exploding Note7s, the Korean company has taken the strange move of advising people that the Galaxy S7 family is safe. In a weirdly proactive post in the Samsung Newsroom, the company points out that there have been no instances of internal battery failure in these devices. It does concede, however, that there have been instances of battery failure following external damage. The post is a little… [Continue Reading]
How will Facebook fight the fake news phenomenon? Poorly... and stupid, lazy users don't help

Publié: novembre 20, 2016, 5:50pm CET par Mark Wilson

Facebook has many problems, but the most recent and prominent of them has been the issue of fake news. So serious is the problem, that some have blamed fake news stories on Facebook as being the reason Donald Trump is now president elect. Mark Zuckerberg has made it fairly clear he doesn't subscribe to this particular idea, but he is certainly aware that fake news is a problem. Under pressure to do something about it -- bearing in mind that for a worrying percentage of people, Facebook is their only source of news -- Zuckerberg wants to not only make… [Continue Reading]
Sysinternals ships Sysmon 5.0, Process Explorer 16.20

Publié: novembre 20, 2016, 5:36pm CET par Mike Williams

Microsoft Sysinternals has released updates for some of its best tools, including Sysmon 5.0 and Process Explorer 16.20. Sysmon gets a major update, with new support for recording file creations, Registry create and delete options, value sets and key and value renames. Other logged events may include process creations and terminations, driver loads, raw disk access reads, network connections made, and more. The new additions make the tool even more suitable for long-term system monitoring, although it’s also much more awkward to set up than other Sysinternals’ software. Be sure to read the official product page in full if you… [Continue Reading]
Zorin OS 12 Ubuntu-based Linux distribution now available -- a Windows 10 alternative

Publié: novembre 20, 2016, 12:31pm CET par Brian Fagioli

Windows 10 is a really great desktop operating system, but it is not for everyone. For those that care deeply about security and privacy, an open source Linux-based operating system is a wise alternative. The problem? Learning a new user interface can be hard for some. If you have always used a Windows OS in the past, moving to a desktop environment like GNOME or Unity can be confusing and scary. Luckily, for those that have difficulty with change, there are some Linux-based operating systems that are designed for Windows-switchers. One fairly popular such offering, Zorin OS, has now reached version… [Continue Reading]
Prevent forced system shutdowns and restarts with shutdownblocker

Publié: novembre 20, 2016, 12:57am CET par Mike Williams

Shutdownblocker is a simple tool which intercepts and blocks shutdown, restart, logoff and related commands. The program offers some protection from user mistakes or poorly designed software which forces a restart, as well as preventing forced Windows 10 Update restarts. Getting started is easy. Launch the program as an administrator, check "When blocking, also intercept shutdown.exe…", click Hide and shutdownblocker adds an icon to your system tray. Has it worked? Open a command window, enter shutdown.exe /? , and you should see, well, nothing at all. The command prompt moves to the next line, but there's nothing else. Shutdown.exe no… [Continue Reading]