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Hackers Used Windows Theme Packs To Hack Passwords

Hackers Used Windows Theme Packs To Hack Passwords

September 16, 2020BlogNo Comments »

Are you a fan of customizing your Windows experience via themes? If so, you're not alone. While it's true that themes aren't used by a majority of Windows users, they're still highly popular. If you're creating your own themes, you don't have anything to worry about. The danger lies in downloading theme packs from others, especially if you get them...

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Features Of The New Android 11 Phone

Features Of The New Android 11 Phone

September 15, 2020BlogNo Comments »

If you're an Android user and you're interested in getting the latest on offer from the company, Google has announced that they're ready to release Android 11 to the general public. As you read these words, the new OS should already be available for Google's Pixel line (Pixel 2 and newer), OnePlus, Xiaomi, OPPO and Realme devices. Here's a quick...

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Adobe Updates Some Of Their Products Due To Critical Issues

Adobe Updates Some Of Their Products Due To Critical Issues

September 14, 2020BlogNo Comments »

Adobe continues to have problems associated with JavaScript. As a consequence, they have released new patches for Experience Manager, InDesign, and Framemaker. Of these, the patch for Experience Manager is the largest, and addresses a total of five critical vulnerabilities, tracked as: CVE-2020-9732 CVE-2020-9734 CVE-2020-9740 CVE-2020-9741 CVE-2020-9742 Each of these bugs, can, if left unpatched, lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution...

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Some NAS Devices Are Being Exploited By Remote Hackers

Some NAS Devices Are Being Exploited By Remote Hackers

September 12, 2020BlogNo Comments »

Do you have any network-attached storage (NAS) devices attached to your home or corporate network? If so, be advised that they've become the new favorite inroad for hackers around the world. According to a report recently published by researchers at 360 Netlab, hacking groups are increasingly exploiting weaknesses in some NAS devices running a variety of QNAP firmware versions that...

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Upgrade Older Phones To Get New Pokemon Go Updates

Upgrade Older Phones To Get New Pokemon Go Updates

September 11, 2020BlogNo Comments »

Are you a Pokemon Go fan? If so, we've got bad news. Beginning in October of this year (2020), your game will stop working on older Android and iOS devices. Support is officially being discontinued for Android 5, iOS 10, and iOS 11. Additionally, the company is ending support for the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 6. If you're using any of...

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New Features Have Been Added to Office 365

New Features Have Been Added to Office 365

September 10, 2020BlogNo Comments »

If you're an Office 365 user, you'll be pleased to know that that Word for the web now has two cool new features: Transcribe and support for voice commands. Currently, the transcription capabilities are somewhat limited, but are still robust enough to be genuinely useful. At present, it only supports transcribing audio into US English. In order to make use...

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New Malware Maker Got Past Apple Security

New Malware Maker Got Past Apple Security

September 9, 2020BlogNo Comments »

Apple has been historically very good at keeping malware out of their app store, and they're constantly improving their security protocols on that front. In fact, since February of this year (2020), all Mac software distributed outside of its Mac App Store must be notarized by Apple. The developers must demonstrate that their products are capable of running on macOS...

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Google Turns Up The Speed on Chrome

Google Turns Up The Speed on Chrome

September 8, 2020BlogNo Comments »

Who doesn't love a faster and more seamless surfing experience? If you're a Google Chrome user, you're going to want to upgrade to Chrome 85 at your next opportunity. It includes a new compiler called PGO (Profile Guided Optimization). PGO was first introduced with Chrome 83 for Windows using the MSVC (Microsoft Visual C++) environment. Now, with Build 85, it's...

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Amazon Moves A Step Closer To Delivery By Drone

September 7, 2020BlogNo Comments »

For more than a decade, futurists have been talking about the day when drones will be used to deliver everything from packages to Pizzas. If you've been following the trends, you know that at least one major pizza chain has already begun experimenting with drone-based delivery. Now, Amazon's Prime Air drone delivery system has earned a critical FAA certification, which...

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AI May Soon Make Your Commute Smarter And Faster

AI May Soon Make Your Commute Smarter And Faster

September 5, 2020BlogNo Comments »

It's no secret that the Internet of Things has seen explosive growth in recent years, but now, even municipalities are getting in on the game. The city of Phoenix has recently partnered with a California-based company called "NoTraffic." The idea is to create and deploy smart traffic lights that will use AI routines and machine learning to improve traffic flows,...

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