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Apr 24, 2018
Late last night — on a Monday, mind you — Microsoft released its second big cumulative update for Win10 version 1709. This completes the triumvirate of second cumulative updates, since last week, on the third Tuesday of the month, Microsoft released second cumulative updates for Win10 1703 and 1607.
There's a pattern emerging. Microsoft is now showering Win10 customers with two (sometimes more) cumulative updates a month, and they're big. The first cumulative update contains security patches and a big hodgepodge of additional bug fixes. The first one is (usually) released on the second Tuesday of the month. The second cumulative update arrives, uh, whenever, and it contains massive amounts of bug fixes in addition to those in the first — including, if we're lucky, fixes for the bugs introduced by the month's first cumulative update.
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Apr 24, 2018
The launch of a big Microsoft Windows 10 update like the Fall Creators Update isn't the end of a process — it's really just the beginning. As soon as a major update is released, Microsoft quickly gets to work on improving it by fixing bugs, releasing security patches, and occasionally adding new features.
Here we've summarized what you need to know about every Windows 10 update being released to the public. First come updates to the currently shipping version of Windows 10 — version 1709, known as the Fall Creators Update — with the most recent updates on top. (Note that the Fall Creators Update is on a phased rollout, so you may not have received it yet.) Below that are updates to version 1703, known as the Creators Update. For each build, we've included the date of its initial release and a link to Microsoft's announcement about it.
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Apr 24, 2018
One of the many topics techies like to debate is whether Google's Android or Apple's iOS is more inherently secure. Sure, Apple has a closed system that makes it harder for iPhone users to get into trouble. But the frequent headlines about Android malware usually miss the point.
As Computerworld's JR Raphael explains, an Android user would really have to work at picking up malware. Android has multiple layers of defense; malware doesn't install itself without user intervention; and the chances of actually coming across damaging malware is really, really small.
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Apr 24, 2018
Google's Android OS sometimes gets unfairly maligned as being weak on security. Computerworld blogger JR Raphael explains why that's a misconception and how users can keep their devices safe.
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Apr 24, 2018
Let's get one thing out of the way right off the bat: If you're looking for recommendations about Android security suites or other malware-scanning software, you've come to the wrong place.
Why? Because, like most people who closely study Android, I don't recommend using those types of apps at all. Android malware isn't the massive real-world threat it's frequently made out to be, and Google Play Protect and other native Android features are more than enough to keep most devices safe.
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Apr 24, 2018
Reports of tech support scams jumped by 24% last year, Microsoft said, with losses by the bilked averaging between $200 and $400 each.
"Scammers continue to capitalize on the proven effectiveness of social engineering to perpetrate tech support scams," Erik Wahlstrom, Windows Defender research project manager, wrote in a post last week to a Microsoft blog. "These scams are designed to trick users into believing their devices are compromised or broken. They do this to scare or coerce victims into purchasing unnecessary support services."
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Apr 23, 2018
Microsoft has ceded a major asset of its Edge browser to rival Google by releasing an add-on that boosts Chrome's phishing detection skills.
The Redmond, Wash. company had little choice, according to one analyst. "Phishing is a huge problem, and people are going to use the browser they use," said Michael Cherry of Directions on Microsoft. "They're doing this to protect the Windows ecosystem."
[ Related: How to replace Edge as the default browser in Windows 10 — and why you should ]
Dubbed "Windows Defender Browser Protection" (WDBP) the free extension can be added to Chrome on Windows or macOS, and after a post-launch fix, Chrome OS as well. Like the defenses built into Edge, the add-on relies on Microsoft's SmartScreen technology that warns users of potentially malicious websites that may try to download malware to the machine or of sites linked in email messages that lead to known phishing URLs.
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Apr 23, 2018
If you happen to be multilingual, a developer, a statistician or a data scientist, it's likely you already know how to unlock additional symbols when typing on your Mac. But if you aren't, you'll need to take a moment to learn.
How to type a check mark
Want this? v Type Option and v (or type Option-4 for a cent sigil).
How to type a copyright symbol
The Mac shortcut to type a copyright (©) symbol is Option g.
[ Further reading: 10 super useful Mac Finder tips ]
To infinity and beyond
Tap Option 5 to reach infinity: 8
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Apr 23, 2018
Programmer pilot fish for a big electronics company has a small software fix for one of his programs.
"I needed to push an incremental update to one of my applications that solved a minor issue in how it reported data errors," says fish. "It wasn't a show stopper -- in fact, the problem was so minor it had been around for several years and I only addressed the issue when I remembered it existed.
"So I told my manager I was going to submit the change to be pushed out through our corporate IT group, and she told me she wanted to have a meeting.
"We had a 30-minute meeting discussing the issue when she decided she needed to add her boss.
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Apr 21, 2018
What in the heck is going on?
The world of mobile and IoT operating systems used to be pretty stable and comprehensible. Suddenly, however, surprising events and weird changes have left everyone scratching their heads.
Here are the questions I'm hearing about these operating systems — and the answers.
[ Further reading: How AR and VR will change enterprise mobility ]
Will Pixelbooks run Windows?
All of a sudden, Chromebook-using IT pros and developers are wondering whether Google's Pixelbook will soon dual-boot into Microsoft Windows.
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Apr 20, 2018
States and the federal government are increasing their scrutiny of cryptocurrencies in an attempt to bring more transparency to a market where buyers and sellers are anonymous and regulatory oversight is light.
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ether, LiteCoin, and Ripple skyrocketed in value last year as investors sought to get in on what many see as the future of global currency - one that for trade and commerce knows no borders. Bitcoin generated massive hype among investors as its value surged more than 1,900% to nearly $20,000 last year, before tumbling back down below $11,000.
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Apr 20, 2018
Almost every R user knows about popular packages like dplyr and ggplot2. But with 10,000 packages on CRAN and yet more on GitHub, it's not always easy to unearth libraries with great R functions. One of the best way to find cool, new-to-you R code is to see what other useRs have discovered. So, I'm sharing a few of my discoveries -- and hope you'll share some of yours in return (contact info below).
Choose a ColorBrewer palette from an interactive app. Need a color scheme for a map or app? ColorBrewer is well known as a source for pre-configured palettes, and the RColorBrewer package imports those into R. But it's not always easy to remember what's available. The tmaptools package's palette_explorer creates an interactive application that shows you the possibilities.
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Apr 20, 2018
Stop me if you've heard this one: Google has a new plan for fixing its mess of messaging apps and bringing clarity, consistency, and order to an area that's been chaotic for far too long.
As reported in a novel-length story by The Verge last night, Google is "pausing" all work and investments in Allo — the standalone chat service announced with great fanfare in 2016 — and moving the entire Allo team over to Android Messages, the company's current default SMS app for Android devices.
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Apr 20, 2018
Yesterday, I talked about the weird bug that makes April's Win7 Monthly Rollup, KB 4093118, re-install itself over and over, even when Windows Update says that it's been installed successfully. Windows sleuth abbodi86 has discovered the source of the problem, and it should give you patching pause.
To understand how we got into this mess, you need to understand the bugs that Microsoft introduced in the March Win7 patches and their kludgey patches. Installing either the March Monthly Rollup (KB 4088875) or the March Security-only patch (KB 4088878) may knock your machine off the network. As Microsoft says:
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Apr 20, 2018
Google this week released Chrome 66 for Windows, macOS and Linux, patching 62 vulnerabilities, banning older site certificates issued by security giant Symantec, and refusing to run auto-play content unless the volume was muted.
Chrome updates in the background, so users only need relaunch the browser to install the latest version. (To manually update, select "About Google Chrome" from the Help menu under the vertical ellipsis at the upper right; the resulting tab either shows the browser has been updated or displays the download-and-upgrade process before presenting a "Relaunch" button.) Those new to Chrome can download it from this Google site.
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Apr 20, 2018
Host Steve Ragan reports from the show floor at RSA 2018, talking with guest Israel Barak, CISO at Cybereason, about his firm's recent honeypot research, which gathered information showing how the bot landscape is evolving.
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Apr 20, 2018
In this 60-second video, learn how the cloud-native approach is changing the way enterprises structure their technologies, from Craig McLuckie, founder and CEO of Heptio, and one of the inventors of open-source system Kubernetes
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Apr 19, 2018
You might not know it from all the panic-inducing headlines out there, but Android is actually packed with powerful and practical security features. Some are activated by default and protecting you whether you realize it or not, while others are more out of the way but equally deserving of your attention.
So stop wasting your time worrying about the Android malware monster du jour and which security company is using it to scare you into an unnecessary subscription, and take a moment instead to look through these far more impactful Android security settings — starting with the core elements and moving from there into some more advanced and easily overlooked options.
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Apr 19, 2018
Last week, Microsoft quietly re-released its buggy April Win7 Monthly Rollup patch, KB 4093118. You may recall the patch as a reaction to the Carnak the Magnificent situation we had with the original version of KB 4093118.
With the re-release earlier this week of the original Carnak patch, KB 4099950, it's not clear to me what the recommended installation sequence might be. But this much I know for sure. People all over the internet are complaining that this new version of KB 4093118 installs itself over and over again.
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Apr 19, 2018
Consultant pilot fish gets the order to build an online store for one of the company's major clients. "I'm told to use an off-the-shelf e-commerce system to save time," he says. "When I ask for the specifications, I'm told it's a basic shopping cart, nothing special.
"This worries me, but foolishly I move forward."
After scoping out the project, fish reports to his manager that he can get the off-the-shelf system ready for customer review by a particular date.
Shortly after that, fish learns that the sales rep has promised the entire site by that date, including migrating all data.
And fish still has no specifications or feature list, nor has he been told what data he needs to migrate.
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Apr 19, 2018
There are tons of Chrome extensions that enhance and add features to the Gmail interface. The extensions in this article are the ones we've come to like the best. They do everything from making handy little interface tweaks to adding sophisticated functions to Gmail. Some have been around for several years, while some were released a few months ago — but all can be useful additions to your Gmail experience.
To be clear: We don't recommend installing these extensions all at once — too many extensions installed on any browser can slow its performance. Instead, consider our list and choose the ones that give you the features you want most in Gmail.
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Feb 27, 2018
Android upgrades have been a source of frustration for years now — but it's rare to get a glimpse at just how extensively the various manufacturers' performance has been degrading over the past few years.
I've been tracking Android upgrade progress closely since the platform's earliest days. Each year, I publish the results in an Android Upgrade Report Card that measures how long different device-makers take to get the most recent major Android OS update onto their current and previous-gen flagship phones (using the first availability of the software in the U.S. as a metric).
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Feb 27, 2018
With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deadline fast approaching, host Steve Ragan explores the implications of noncompliance for companies -- and possible penalties -- with Greg Reber, founder/CEO of AsTech Consulting.
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Feb 26, 2018
Microsoft is due to release the next major update for Windows 10 in March or April. Rumor has it that the release, code-named Redstone 4, may be called the "Spring Creators Update," following in the tradition of the October 2017 Fall Creators Update and the April 2017 Creators Update before that.
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Feb 26, 2018
The January 2018 Microsoft patching cycle may have been the worst and most invasive set of Microsoft releases in recent memory. The February updates, by marked contrast, only clobber a limited number of machines. How many? We don't know — and Microsoft isn't saying.
Bad Win10 Fall Creators Update patch
What we do know for sure is that the buggy Win10 Fall Creators Update cumulative update KB 4074588 tossed many PCs into bluescreen hell and disabled USB devices of various stripes. That's quite an accomplishment for version 1709 which, according to AdDuplex, is now said to run on 85% of all Windows 10 machines. To look at it a different way, Microsoft blew the cumulative update to the most-used version (1709) of the most-used Windows (Win10 now surpasses Win7).
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Feb 26, 2018
Developers should be excited that Khronos today introduced new open-source tools to port Vulkan applications to Apple's platforms. I caught up with Khronos Group President Neil Trevett to find out more about the project and why it matters.
Introducing Vulkan
Vulkan is an open standard for 3D graphics developed by the Khronos Group, an industry consortium dedicated to the creation of open standards for the graphics industry.
Vulkan is supported by a large number of major industry participants, including hardware vendors, driver implementers, and tool vendors, across many hardware and operating system platforms.
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Feb 26, 2018
Fresh-from-school pilot fish gets a job as a network administrator in the late 1980s that includes importing data from 9-track tapes to a newfangled relational database -- preferably using Fortran.
"My manager was taught and knew Fortran, so that's what I had to learn," says fish. "I picked it up and was able to write code to read in the tapes, but it was very painstaking.
"I thought C would be better suited to the task, since it handled character strings better than Fortran, so I went about the task of teaching myself C. I thought, what better way to do it than to also learn low-level graphics programming for our Unix workstations?
"My 'learning project' ended up being a little program that cleared the display buffer to black and displayed a large red flashing banner at the top and bottom of the screen, stating that the computer hard drive would be erased if the user did not call the displayed phone number before a five-minute countdown timer expired.
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Feb 26, 2018
Even though some companies are hesitant to adopt G Suite, such cloud-based tools are on the rise in the workplace. Google estimates that 3 million businesses now use its productivity suite. If your company is one, we've got some ideas on how you and your colleagues can get the most out of the apps.To read this article in full, please click here
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Feb 25, 2018
A better camera and personalized emojis might headline the new features on Samsung's Galaxy S9, but there are good reasons for enterprise users to take notice: a new version of its innovative DeX dock and upgrades to Knox.
DeX was introduced with the Galaxy S8 last year and connects to a monitor, keyboard and mouse for a PC-like experience powered by the smartphone. Software in the phone detects when it's connected and replaces the typical smartphone homescreen with a computer-like desktop on the monitor.
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Feb 25, 2018
Samsung's S9 arrives with a new version of DeX
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Feb 23, 2018
Microsoft never sleeps. Even before the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update was rolled out, the company began work on the next major update to Windows 10, code-named Redstone 4. As it did with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Microsoft has been releasing a series of public preview builds to members of Microsoft's Insider Program.
What follows is a list of every preview build of Redstone 4, starting with the most recent. For each build, we've included the date of its release and a link to Microsoft's announcement about it. We've also kept the list of all the preview builds that led up to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Redstone 3) and the Windows 10 Creators Update (Redstone 2), which are below the builds of Redstone 4.
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Feb 23, 2018
Microsoft last night released a flood of unexpected patches. Yes, that's a Thursday night dump. No, there weren't any pressing security fixes - at least, none that were advertised. I have no idea why Microsoft's pushing this offal out the Automatic Update chute.
In addition to a scattering of Preview patches for Win7, 8.1 and Server 2002 - which are usually posted on the third "Week C" Tuesday of the month - and the Surface Pro 3 firmware patch that was announced, but not delivered, Wednesday, we have two new cumulative updates: one for Win10 Anniversary Update (version 1607) and one for Win10 Creators Update (version 1703). Susan Bradley has a full list with links on the AskWoody site.
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Feb 23, 2018
For the first time ever, Google has established a baseline for what constitutes an Android smartphone that's ready for use by enterprises.
"Some of the top concerns we've heard from customers include the need for frequent security updates, reliable and consistent software experiences and simplified device selection," David Still, Google's director of Android Enterprise, said in a blog post.
[ Free download: Mobile management vendors compared ]
To address those needs, Google this week launched the Android Enterprise Recommended program, a global initiative that raises the bar for what passes as an enterprise-level device and service.
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Feb 23, 2018
It's the 1990s, and this pilot fish is hired at a big international company to maintain a group of Linux servers -- and they definitely need help.
"My initial survey of the systems uncovered some serious security problems," says fish. "Everything had been set up and users added with no regard to security.
"As a temporary holding action, I set all the users' login shells to a custom restricted shell that allowed each user access to only the directories and commands necessary for their work while I analyzed all the systems, planned a decent security configuration for each, got approvals, did testing and, finally, implemented the new security."
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Feb 22, 2018
Google, as promised, has launched the Chrome browser ad-blocking feature it has touted for nearly a year.
Although not the first such effort by a browser maker, Google's decision - effectively a pre-emptive strike against even more users turning to independent add-ons for killing online advertisements - has both import and impact by virtue of Chrome's dominance.
With more than 61% of all browser users running Chrome as of January, according to analytics vendor Net Applications, when Google's browser whispers, the web listens. Sites that instead tune out last week's move do so at their peril.
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Feb 22, 2018
I'll go ahead and end the suspense for you now: Android upgrades are a big, hot mess — and the situation with Oreo is the worst we've seen to date.
It's kind of embarrassing, actually. But it's important. And that's why I take the time to track manufactuers' performance in this area so closely year after year — because software matters. It affects your experience more significantly on a day-to-day basis over the life of a modern mobile device than any other feature or element. And yet, it tends to get the least amount of attention.
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Feb 22, 2018
This organization's IT security officer leaves and isn't replaced. "A year and a half goes by and the organization suffers a web page defacement," says a pilot fish on the scene. "During the course of the remediation, another server that has a couple of Trojans on it is found."
That's not really a big surprise. Since the infosec guy's departure, the CIO has repeatedly demanded that ports be opened in the firewall, external connections be made to servers bypassing the firewall and servers in the DMZ be connected to internal servers.
The support manager objects every time -- and is always overruled.
"Worse, support isn't part of the process of selection or meetings with potential vendors for the new web services," fish says. "Support only finds out about the requirements when they are directed to create the holes."
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Feb 21, 2018
Everyone knows the secret to success — personal and business alike — is good communication. But in what form? If you're trying to communicate with a group in real time, you're no doubt familiar with the old standby: conference calls. You know: those mind-numbing phone meetings in which talkers overlap, voice quality is terrible, half the people aren't paying attention and somebody's dog barks intermittently throughout the call.To read this article in full, please click here
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Feb 21, 2018
One month ago today, Intel told the world that their Meltdown/Spectre patches were a mess. Their advice read something like, "Ooopsie. Those extremely important BIOS/UEFI firmware updates we released a coupla weeks ago are causing Intel machines to drop like bungee cows. In spite of what we told you then, stop installing them now. And if you installed a bad BIOS/UEFI patch, well golly, contact your PC manufacturer to see if they know how to get you out of the mess."
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Feb 21, 2018
When iOS 11.3 arrives, it will allow a limited number of users to more easily access and share healthcare data - part of Apple's ongoing push to connect patients and doctors. Here's what that means and why Apple might actually succeed.
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Feb 21, 2018
Microsoft's cloud storage service, OneDrive, can back up your personal and work files online. It's built into Windows 10. With it you can sync files on your Windows 10 PC to the cloud and to your other Windows PCs, smartphone or tablet (with the OneDrive app for Android or iOS installed on either). It can even sync your cloud files to your Mac (via the OneDrive desktop app).To read this article in full, please click here
(Insider Story)
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Feb 20, 2018
While blockchain may have cut its teeth on the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, the distributed electronic ledger technology is quickly making inroads across a variety of industries.
That's mainly because of its innate security and its potential for improving systems operations all while reducing costs and creating new revenue streams.
David Schatsky, a managing director at consultancy Deloitte LLP, believes blockchain's diversity speaks to its versatility in addressing business needs, but "the impact that blockchain will have on businesses in various industries is not yet fully understood."
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Feb 20, 2018
I don't know about you, but oftentimes, I find the headlining features of a new OS release have less impact on my day-to-day life than the random little touches.
I'm talking about the easily overlooked additions that might not even be mentioned in an official announcement and might go completely unnoticed if you didn't happen to stumble onto them. They tend to be out-of-the-way shortcuts or subtle enhancements to the user experience. And they tend to have the potential make your life just a teensy bit easier — in some small but meaningful way.
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Jan 31, 2018
Office 365 subscribers always have the latest version of Microsoft Office — currently Office 2016. They also get more frequent software updates than those who have purchased Office 2016 without a subscription, which means subscribers have access to the latest features, security patches and bug fixes. But it can be hard to keep track of the changes in each update and know when they're available. We're doing for you, so you don't have to.
Following are key updates to Office 365 for Windows since Office 2016 was released in September 2015 — all the 2017 updates and the most important ones from 2016 and late 2015, with the latest releases shown first. We'll add info about new updates as they're rolled out.
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Jan 31, 2018
Microsoft added a raft of new features to its Teams group chat platform this week, making it easier to interact with third-party apps and find new services through an app directory. The update, Microsoft said, is its biggest single release of new functionality since Teams launched last year.
The launch of the Teams app store means it is now possible to search and discover apps and services to integrate with the chat platform. Users can find apps by searching by name, category or integration type, such as bots. The move brings Teams in line with rival Slack, which launched its own app directory in 2015.
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Jan 31, 2018
Working together sure isn't what it used to be.
These days, you don't have to be in the same conference room — or, heck, even time zone — to work side by side with co-workers. Thanks to the variety of top-notch collaboration tools for our ever-connected devices, you can edit, organize, and communicate with anyone as if you were sitting right next to them, no matter where your corporeal form resides.
And you don't even have to be perched at a computer for that to hold true: With the right set of Android apps, you can put the power of collaboration into your pocket — ready to jump into action anytime, anywhere.
These are the best Android apps for effective and efficient collaboration, broken down by what they'll help you do.
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Jan 31, 2018
In late January, Microsoft embarked on a PR blitz to reassure Windows users that the company has their privacy in mind. To prove what it called its continuing devotion to privacy, it announced a new tool for Windows, the Windows Diagnostic Data Viewer, that will be available in the operating system's next semiannual update.
The tool, Microsoft said in a blog post by Windows Device Group privacy officer Marisa Rogers, is part of Microsoft's commitment to be "fully transparent on the diagnostic data collected from your Windows devices, how it is used, and to provide you with increased control over that data." A beta of the tool was made available for anyone who signs up to be a Windows Insider and downloads the preview version of the next Windows update.
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Jan 30, 2018
Ahhh — take a good, deep breath. Can you smell it?
Yes, my friends, it's that time of year again: time for the air to be filled with the familiar and curiously pungent scent of Samsung flagship phone leaks.
You know the deal: Every year 'round this time, we start to see clouds of grand Galaxy S promises — spec sheets, feature lists, phone images, and the occasional crudely drawn caveman sketch — wafting out into the world. Samsung's ship is about as leaky as they get, and hype-generating tidbits always seem to slip out at juuust the right time (but it's absolutely, positively not a deliberately orchestrated marketing tactic — no way, José!).
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Jan 30, 2018
Business app suite provider Zoho has launched Flow, a workflow automation tool that lets users connect a range of cloud applications to create their own automated processes.
Users already familiar with IFTTT (If This, Then That), Zapier, Microsoft Flow or other app integration tools will find Zoho's approach similar. Each workflow consists of a trigger event followed by one or more actions. A trigger might be when a new ticket is created in a service desk application; an action could be an alert or ticket escalation message automatically sent to the relevant team's communication channel.
Other trigger examples could be when an email is received from a particular person or a change is made in a CRM application. "For something like this, you shouldn't have to write any code," said Zoho chief evangelist Raju Vegesna.
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Jan 30, 2018
After a four-year break, the much beloved SharePoint Conference is back, providing a learning and knowledge exchange event with a rare opportunity to spend quality time with Microsoft, partners and top industry experts.
The SharePoint Conference was a much-beloved event among the members of the SharePoint community — and in contrast with the much larger Ignite conference, it provided a unique opportunity to focus on SharePoint, as well as OneDrive, Yammer, and now Teams.
The new SharePoint Conference North America will be held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas May 19-24. If your organization uses SharePoint or Office 365, you won't want to miss this event. Here are 10 great reasons that you should definitely plan to attend!
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Jan 30, 2018
Late last year, landave, a self-described "Computer Science student enjoying cryptography, reverse engineering, and other information security topics," discovered two startling security holes in 7-Zip, a free zip program I've recommended for years.
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Jan 30, 2018
As team collaboration gains ground in the enterprise, companies are finding a vast array of products designed to connect staff and improve productivity - from the latest group chat applications such as Slack to enterprise social networks, task management apps and video conferencing tools. Spending in the booming collaboration software market is expected to reach $49.5 billion by 2021, according to Markets and Markets, almost double the $26.7 billion spent in 2016. To read this article in full, please click here
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Jan 29, 2018
Microsoft on Saturday issued an out-of-band Windows security update that disabled a patch the company released earlier this month to protect personal computers from possible attacks leveraging one of the "Spectre" vulnerabilities.
The weekend release was Microsoft's response to an announcement seven days ago by Intel, which told customers of all stripes - from computer makers to end users - to stop deploying the firmware updates it had offered after disclosures of the Spectre and Meltdown flaws. According to Intel, the new firmware "may introduce [a] higher-than-expected [number of] reboots and other unpredictable system behavior" on Broadwell and Haswell processors. Those silicon families were introduced in 2015 and 2013, respectively.
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Jan 29, 2018
If you've been playing the cat-and-mouse Microsoft patching game for a while, you know that Microsoft changes its Knowledge Base articles from time to time, without warning and at times without documentation. Now there's a resource for those who need to know who moved their cheese — and when.
Several times in the past month, the eagle-eyed crew at AskWoody, led by @MrBrian, have found out about new Windows patches before they were announced. They've also looked at the raw data showing which KB articles have been changed — even if Microsoft doesn't document the changes. The secret? A new monitoring program called KBNew.
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Jan 29, 2018
As we crawl deeper down the Meltdown/Spectre bunny hole, Microsoft released on Friday night a weird, download-only patch that disables the "fix" that's supposed to protect you against one of the Spectre variants. It's the same patch, that works the same way, on every version of Windows, from Win7 to the latest Win10 beta builds.
I'm tempted to call it an out-of-band patch, but truth is that all of this month's patches have been out of band.
You've no doubt been inundated by the news about Meltdown and Spectre, the two (actually, three) highly publicized security vulnerabilities in essentially all modern computer chips that, at this point, has never been seen on a real, live, in-the-wild computer.
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Jan 29, 2018
CSO senior editor Michael Nadeau joins host Steve Ragan to talk about predictions for 2018, including the looming GDPR compliance deadline.
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Jan 28, 2018
Mozilla last week released Firefox 58 for Windows, macOS and Linux, building on the break-from-the-past Quantum edition of November by boosting page load speeds with changes to how the browser handles JavaScript.
Firefox, which can be downloaded from here, updates in the background, so most users need only relaunch the browser to get the latest version. To manually update, click the help icon - the question mark within a circle -- after pulling up the menu under the three horizontal bars at the upper right. Choose "About Firefox." The ensuing page shows that the browser is either up to date or details the updating process.
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