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  US considers laptop ban on European flights

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 11:19pm CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

  The Trump administration is considering a further expansion of the ban on using laptops on commercial flights to cover European travel. According to Reuters , the US government is reviewing how to make sure lithium batteries that get stored in the luggage don’t explode during flights. Reuters says that the expansion will affect flights on United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines Group. Both US and European officials have said that they’re waiting on the US Department of Homeland Security to make an announcement, but it is not yet clear as to when that might happen. DHS and airline… [Continue Reading]
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  Apple releases macOS Sierra 10.12.5 with proper Windows 10 Creators Update Boot Camp support

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 11:14pm CEST par Brian Fagioli

  Apple's macOS Sierra is a solid operating system. It is very mature and beautiful, not to mention, it is chock-full of user-focused features. Quite frankly, from a user experience perspective, it is probably the best OS by far. Still, there are other quality operating systems too, including Microsoft's excellent and always-improving Windows 10. As great as macOS Sierra is, it is not perfect, meaning Apple is constantly looking to make it better. Today, the company releases the newest such version, 10.12.5. While not a revolutionary update by any means, it offers some important bug fixes and enhancements. The most interesting… [Continue Reading]
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  How the cloud powers enterprise mobility efforts

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 7:25pm CEST par Mitch Black

  As enterprise technology advances and more companies turn toward non-traditional, work-from-anywhere solutions, cloud software is rapidly becoming the management platform of choice for enterprise mobility efforts. This digital migration to the cloud is accelerating so quickly that, by 2019, 90 percent of all mobile data traffic is predicted to be generated by cloud software. Since businesses are heavily leveraging cloud technology to manage their enterprise mobility programs, software developers are evolving to meet this growing contemporary demand. As a result, almost all of today’s cloud solutions are being developed with a mobile-first mindset -- and these solutions are bringing big returns… [Continue Reading]
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  Samsung Chromebook Pro available to pre-order now

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 5:18pm CEST par Mihăiță Bamburic

  Samsung unveiled two Chromebooks capable of running Android apps at CES 2017. The first to be available was the less expensive -- and less powerful -- Chromebook Plus, which arrived in February, while the more costly -- and more powerful -- Chromebook Pro was said to arrive sometime this spring. And it looks like it will, indeed, be in customers' hands by the end of this month, as the Chromebook Pro is now available to pre-order on Amazon, with an estimated release date of May 28. Hey, that still technically counts as spring. The Chromebook Pro can be had for… [Continue Reading]
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  Vladimir Putin says the WannaCrypt cyber-attack is nothing to do with Russia

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 5:08pm CEST par Wayne Williams

  With Russia being blamed for having a hand in fixing both the US and French elections, Russian President Vladimir Putin must be feeling at least a little smug that the WannaCrypt ransomware currently wreaking havoc around the world has nothing to do with his country. Asked about the threat while at an international summit in Beijing, Putin said it was "worrisome" but that the United States, not Russia, was to blame. "As for the source of these threats, Microsoft’s leadership stated this directly, they said the source of the virus was the special services of the United States," Putin answered,… [Continue Reading]
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  Netflix drops support for rooted and unlocked Android devices

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 4:29pm CEST par Mihăiță Bamburic

  While rooting Android does not make it necessarily less secure, some software makers would rather you keep your device stock. Why? Well, because when you gain elevated privileges, which is what rooting enables, you might cause some issues or do some things that run afoul of their rules. Netflix now seems to have a problem with Android devices that have been rooted and/or have an unlocked bootloader, as it just dropped support for those devices on Google Play. In a statement to Android Police, Netflix says: With our latest 5.0 release, we now fully rely on the Widevine DRM provided by Google; therefore, many… [Continue Reading]
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  OS vulnerabilities up -- Patches down

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 4:20pm CEST par Ian Barker

  If the WannaCrypt ransomware attack of the last few days has taught us anything it should be the importance of patching systems to guard against attack. Yet a study released today suggests the message isn't getting through. The latest US country report from Flexera Software reveals the percentage of US PC users with unpatched Windows operating systems was 9.8 percent in Q1, 2017, up from 7.5 percent last quarter and 6.5 percent in Q1, 2016. The percentage of vulnerabilities originating in operating systems in the US was 36 percent in Q1, up from 33 percent in Q4, 2016 and 21… [Continue Reading]
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  Let's talk about Value as a Service

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 4:09pm CEST par Rob Bernshteyn

  It is already common knowledge that many traditional product companies are converting the delivery of their offerings to the as-a-service model. We are now approaching the final frontier of that model: Value as a Service (VaaS). As we shift to VaaS, customers will focus less on the delivery model and more on the value delivered. Effectively delivering VaaS requires a new kind of relationship between vendors and customers, one that is outcome-based, rather than a negotiated, transactional exchange of goods and services for money. It’s more of a partnership in which both parties are empowered to support each other as… [Continue Reading]
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  The WannaCrypt attack -- what we know and how to protect yourself

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 3:31pm CEST par Ian Barker

  What seemed to have begun as just another ransomware attack hit the headlines last Friday (May 12th) when it began to attack hospitals and healthcare services in the UK.  It became clear pretty quickly that this was in fact something much bigger however, with problems reported at businesses and government bodies around the world. Infections by the malware known as WannaCrypt or WannaCry, began in Spain with the Telefonica telecommunications giant one of the first to be hit. It then quickly spread to the United Kingdom, Russia, Japan, Taiwan, the United States, and many others. In total, over 150 countries… [Continue Reading]
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  Trump's 2016 Big Data political arms race

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 2:33pm CEST par Robert X. Cringely

  Events happen so quickly in the wacky whirlwind world of Donald Trump that it’s hard to react in anything close to real time, but there was an interesting story in the Guardian last weekend that I think deserves some technical context. The Great British Brexit Robbery: How our Democracy was Hijacked is a breathless but well sourced story about how a U.S. billionaire harnessed Big Data to split up the European Union and steal a U.S. Presidential election. It’s an interesting read, but the point I want to make here is that the tale was entirely predictable and if one… [Continue Reading]
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  Microsoft should be applauded for its response to the WannaCrypt crisis

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 12:58pm CEST par Wayne Williams

  I’ve certainly been highly critical of Microsoft in the past, particularly last year when the company began forcing Windows 10 on to users. But in the past couple of days I have to admit that I’ve been impressed by the software giant’s response to the global WannaCrypt/WannaCry crisis, and not just in patching Windows XP. Issuing a security patch for XP, three years after it stopped supporting it, was absolutely the right thing for Microsoft to do, and it did it without question, explaining how "helping those affected needs to be our most immediate priority." SEE ALSO: Microsoft blames US… [Continue Reading]
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  LanguageTool is an open-source proof reader for 25+ languages

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 12:49pm CEST par Mike Williams

  LanguageTool is an open-source spelling and grammar checker for Chrome, Firefox, the desktop (via Java) and more. The browser extensions enable checking the text you’re entering a web text box, or any other selectable text on a web page. The system works much like other spell checks. Enter text, click the LanguageTool icon and it instantly displays a report listing any issues. Browse the list, click any corrections you’d like to accept and it’s updated in the source text. If you don’t want to apply a particular rule, you can turn it off from the report with a single click.… [Continue Reading]
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  Brexit has a major impact on UK tech jobs

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 11:12am CEST par Sead Fadilpašić

  We don't have to wait any longer to see the effects of Brexit on the tech job market in the country -- Hired.co.uk already has some data for us. And it's exactly as you might have imagined it. According to the hiring site's report, the number of foreign tech workers in the UK is now down 50 percent. The rate at which foreign workers are now accepting UK-based roles has also dropped by a fifth (20 percent). But it’s not just the employees that are declining offers, businesses are also sending out less. The percentage of UK-based companies that send job… [Continue Reading]
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  Convert JPEGs to ASCII art with ASCII Art Studio

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 10:20am CEST par Mike Williams

  ASCII art is one of the oldest computer graphics techniques, and can create surprisingly realistic pictures from the 95 printable ASCII characters (letters, numbers and symbols). The idea was originally used in the 1960s to produce images on the line printers of the day, but the stark and high-contrast results can still deliver interesting designs today. ASCII Art Studio is an old program -- last updated in 2007 -- for creating ASCII art. A sidebar has paint-like drawing options: freehand, Freehand, Brush, Erase, Fill, Line, Curve, Rectangle, Ellipse and more. These work more or less as they do in a… [Continue Reading]
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  Microsoft blames US Government for 'WannaCrypt' ransomware disaster

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 2:33am CEST par Brian Fagioli

  The "WannaCrypt" ransomware has proven to be a disaster globally. This malware will encrypt a user's files and then demand some Bitcoin ransom to decrypt them. While the amount being demanded is relatively low at $300 or $600, the scam can be modified for even larger amounts. Heck, even after the ransom is paid, there is no guarantee that the bad guys will follow through with the decryption, making it quite the gamble. As the ransomware has disrupted government agencies, medical services, and other critical computers, the ransom is being paid by some, as it can literally be the the difference… [Continue Reading]
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  Meet Fujifilm X100F [Review]

  Publié: mai 15, 2017, 1:37am CEST par Joe Wilcox

  During the camera film era, Fujifilm battled kingpin Kodak with brighter, more vibrant colors that either photographers loved or hated—perhaps both. That was last century. In the 21st, Kodak is a shadow cast against aged Kodachrome, while its rival has successfully transitioned from print to digital—and with amazing bravado. Fuji's transformation started six years ago with the cleverly-engineered, retro-designed X100, which I reviewed in May 2011. The compact digital camera's success led Fuji to develop a series of additional bodies and lenses; all are designed with professional shooters in mind. The X series family features compact, mirrorless designs that incorporate digital… [Continue Reading]