Messaging applications have been around for a long time but the proliferation of mobile devices has seen this area of communication expand rapidly with literally hundreds of various messaging apps now available to download. The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has recently completed a series of […]
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Microsoft NOT Selling off Xbox or Bing Rumors of the proposed sell off have been doing the rounds but Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said recently that he doesn’t want to sell off either Xbox or Bing. Mr. Nadella was speaking at the Code Conference a
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Michaels Confirms Malware Attack This week, Michaels confirmed that payment card information, including payment card number and expiration date, was obtained through a malware attack. There is no evidence that other information, such as name, address or PIN, was obtained. At Michaels stores, the attack occurred
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New Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, announced that Microsoft Office apps are now available for iPads. Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint are available for free in the App Store. In order to create and edit documents, however, customers will need subscribe to Office 365. Eligible subscriptions
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You’re probably aware by now of the numerous complaints over Microsoft’s decision to make the upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 available exclusively via the store and not provide a Windows 8.1 ISO. It was not only a very strange decision but also a
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Here’s the scenario; you just setup a brand new PC, the only thing installed is the bare bones operating system. Here’s the question; what are the first ten freeware products you would choose to install? To start the ball rolling, here are my 10 essential
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Microsoft unveiled their new tablet offerings earlier this month. The new tables are the Surface 2 and the Surface Pro 2. Gone is the ‘RT’ designation from the Surface 2 model but not from its operating system, Windows RT 8.1. Surface 2 &
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Creating online accounts in order to take advantage of services on offer is all well and good but what to do when a particular account is no longer needed or wanted. Some sites/services make it very easy to delete a redundant account, others put users
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Kind of a slow week techwise… Yahoo Bests Google Chalk one up for Yahoo. comScore announced this week that, for the first time since May of 2011, Yahoo! had more of its sites visited in the U.S. than Google. Yahoo had 196.6 million visitors to
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This is a brief overview of the recent reports of the US government spying on its’ citizens. Hopefully you have seen the news reports. Please read the article and explore the links while thinking about the possible Constitutional implications. I would love to hear your
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