More than 20 municipalities in the US have been hit by ransomware attacks this year alone, the software has grown rapidly by an internet worm that spreads copies of itself by hacking into other computers on a n...
Big name companies have made public this week some major security flaws in their devices. While it is not uncommon for companies to disclose information on potential vulnerabilities, this week the sheer number ...
There’s 80 times as much gold in one ton of cellphones as there is in a gold mine, says Federico Magalini, an expert on electronic waste. That means there’s enormous potential for recycling — and yet, most of u...
“We’re shutting that down,” declared Apple’s software chief Craig Federighi, at the firm’s developers conference. He added that the web browser Safari would ask owners’ permi...
Mozilla Stops Facebook Tracking With a Firefox Add-On “You can continue to use Facebook as normal, but Zuckerberg can no longer track you around the web.” – PC Mag’s Matthe...
A critical vulnerability has been detected in two versions of uTorrent, which is one of the Internet’s most widely used BitTorrent apps. Gaps in the system were discovered by Google Project Zero. Accordin...
The Lay of the Laptop Land The market has undergone major changes in the past few years, and there’s likely to be more confusion in the notebook aisle now than at any other time. Today’s models enc...
The Linux ranger: What is it and how do you use it? The Linux ranger is a file manager that works in a terminal window and provides a smooth way to view and edit files. For those of us who cut our technical te...
“Cisco says by 2021, 94 percent of all workloads will run in some form of cloud environment. Even on-premises workloads will run in a virtualized environment.” stated Andy Patrizio, from Network Wo...
“A virtual private network is the best way to stay anonymous online and to secure your web traffic. We’ve tested more than 50 VPNs, and these are our top performers” stated PC Mag’s, Max...