Online marketplace eBay has released a statement urging eBay users to change their passwords. The company said hackers attacked between late February and early March with login credentials obtained from “a small number” of employees. The hackers then accessed a database containing all user records […]
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It amuses me no end whenever I come across rants aimed at the evil Microsoft. I doubt there is another organization that has been as much maligned or the subject of as many conspiracy theories as Microsoft. Money hungry, uncaring and dictatorial are just some
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Softpedia and Aomei Technology have collaborated in a giveaway of the excellent Aomei Backupper Professional Edition. Aomei Backupper Professional would normally sell for $49.00us but is available free right now through this collaborative offer… expires 26th May. Aomei Backupper – The Software Check out my
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BlazeVideo is currently running a Memorial Day promotion which includes a giveaway of its very good DVD Copy software. BlazeVideo DVD Copy would normally sell for $49.95us but is currently available free for everyone… offer ends 31st May. BlazeVideo DVD Copy – The Software BlazeVideo
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Most ardent Firefox users would have been frustrated at one time or another by the popular browser’s excessive RAM usage, but did you know that a bare bones Firefox actually compares very favorably with competitor browsers and it’s the add-ons which are actually consuming the
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Windows 8.1 users who haven’t yet installed Update 1 now have an additional 30 days to do so, or they will no longer receive updates for the operating system. When Microsoft first released Update 1, users were told they had until May 12th to install
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It’s always handy to centralize one’s email accounts, and Outlook.com added this ability relatively recently and without much fanfare. Outlook.com uses the IMAP protocol to import and monitor external accounts. According to Wikipedia: Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a protocol for e-mail retrieval and
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Here’s a service that clearly recognizes how many of us older folk can struggle with some of the modern technologies – (although I seriously doubt that is the primary motivation behind it). I own one of those unfashionable type cell phones that still rely on
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Symantec, the pioneering security company behind the Norton anti-virus software, is looking to change direction. Brian Dye, Symantec’s senior vice president for information security, told the Wall Street Journal… “Antivirus is dead. We don’t think of antivirus as a moneymaker in any way.” In an
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The latest scuttlebutt doing the rounds is that Microsoft may be planning to introduce a subscription based distribution model for its Windows operating system at some time down the track. Renowned Russian leaker WZor and well known Microsoft insider Mary Jo Foley have both recently
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Wondershare is currently running a giveaway for its DVD Creator software. Wondershare DVD Creator would normally sell for $45.95us but is currently available free for everyone. **NOTE: At time of publishing this article the giveaway is current, however, there is no indication on the giveaway
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Google’s self-driving cars, of which there are usually a dozen on the roads of California and Nevada at any given time, have now logged 700,000 miles of accident-free autonomous driving. Google has released a new video to demonstrate some of the impressive software improvements implemented
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Microsoft has issued a Security Advisory warning Internet Explorer users of a targeted attack which exploits a previously unknown flaw to allow remote code execution. According to FireEye, the security firm credited with discovering the attack, all versions of Internet Explorer (v6 – v11) are
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Disposable and temporary email addresses can certainly be helpful in the ongoing battle against spam. However, there are very few services which do not require some kind of registration or signup, if any. “10 Minute Mail” is somewhat unique in that that it offers free
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