The email looked legitimate, so Danielle Radin clicked on the link it contained, expecting to have her products included in a holiday gift guide. “I instantly regretted it,” says Radin, owner of Mantra Magnets, a website that sells wellness products. “It took me to some random website that looked like those pop-ups telling you that… Read More »
The latest Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft included several critical security fixes. Unfortunately, as Microsoft has now confirmed, it also borked some things. If you haven’t applied that August 13 update and are running on Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7, you may want to read this before you do. What’s the problem with… Read More »
Time is running out for those who haven’t already moved on from Windows 7 — but are they really ready for the jump to Windows 10? It’s been some time since Windows 10 overtook Windows 7 to become the most used PC operating system, but with the final end of Windows 7 support looming, there’s… Read More »
Microsoft is revamping PowerToys utilities for Windows 10. Microsoft is rebooting and open sourcing PowerToys, the Windows 95 utilities that brought power users the popular Tweak UI, which allowed users to manipulate the Windows user interface, and over a dozen other tools. Microsoft is planning to publish previews of PowerToys utilities via GitHub this summer,… Read More »
Starting with the May 2019 Update, the desktop version of Windows 10 will require a hard drive with at least 32GB of space to install correctly. Windows 10 version 1903, May 2019 Update, is expected to release to the public in late May, and while the new feature update should install without issues on devices… Read More »
Millions of people are using easy-to-guess passwords on sensitive accounts, suggests a study. The analysis by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) found 123456 was the most widely-used password on breached accounts. The study helped to uncover the gaps in cyber-knowledge that could leave people in danger of being exploited. The NCSC said people… Read More »
CSV file is a commonly used format that contains numbers and texts in a spreadsheet format. The datasets are in text form and each of the new lines is separated by commas that signify a new row of the database. It’s simple and helps share huge amounts of data allowing you to view them from… Read More »
5G is coming, and with it a massive boost in bandwidth that will feed artificial intelligence applications, enable the long-fabled internet of things, and deliver more streaming video. Lots of streaming video. But all that extra bandwidth won’t be much use if the average consumer can’t afford a 5G connection, or if those connections are… Read More »
Windows 7 may be creakingly old now, but it is still widely used. While large numbers of consumers have migrated to Windows 10, there are still plenty of organizations that are clinging to the old operating system out of a sense of nostalgia, an unwillingness to upgrade, lack of funds for upgrading, or legacy requirements.… Read More »
Windows 10 users switch to Google’s Public DNS after bad ISP DNS setting blocks Windows Update. Multiple Windows users in the US and UK have been unable to download updates from Windows Update. But rather than the problem lying at Microsoft’s end, the culprit appears to be various ISPs’ domain name system (DNS) settings. Users… Read More »