WOM just sent me this...and if you have an HP printer, please take note: "Hewlett-Packard is installing software in its printers that will prevent the machine from printing if it detects anything but an HP brand cartridge, rejecting even refilled HP cartridges." (Link above). Cory Doctorow (EFF) is leading the fight against this move by HP Doctorow fired off a letter Monday to HP to express his opposition : “Like many others, we are alarmed by reports that...
Worst scenario: You're almost done with work you've been laboring over when Windows starts with the popups to restart your computer, OR, even worse: You had to leave for a minute and return and find that Windows has restarted your computer and your work? Gone. Hell, even Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom save your work at configurable intervals (via Preferences). So why don't the Window and third party apps? Because. Anyway, MakeUseOf has put out a great article...
Ok...so, MS decided (last month) to have one update model for W7, 8.1 and W10: Cumulative Updates. This new schedule will start on October 11th. If this makes you nervous, well honestly? It should. You will no longer have the ability to choose which updates you want, and which you don't. "But I don't use Outlook, etc.!" - "Who cares?", MS has replied with this policy change, essentially saying, "After all, it may be your machine, but they're our OS and apps.". Well......
Just heard this one on the news, Yahoo's been breached to the tune of 200 million accounts. Not much to say beyond, "If you have an account on Yahoo, best to change your password." You can do that by signing in and then going to your account. Update: It looks like the biggest breach in history: 500 million accounts' info breached, not 200 million as reported at first.
Rule 41 (a Federal Court procedure) if allowed to persist will allow magistrate judges to issue search warrants for the contents of any computer outside their jurisdiction, or multiple computers with a single warrant...so a single warrant for multiple computers in multiple jurisdictions. Efficient, right? Saves leos the trouble of explaining the need for a search warrant for each one. Even overseas. Well...if it were just against criminals...but it isn't. It appears that they...
Ghacks just reviewed what appears to be a new productivity tool...new in the sense that it goes way further than prior apps. There a free and a 'paid' version. You might be interested in taking a look at it here: http://www.ghacks.net/2016/09/12/tidytabs-tabs-for-all-windows-programs/ It's got wide config choices (see the article). Here's a screenshot of how it would appear on a desktop:
I don't have to go to any great lengths for folks who have been watching the news and watching just some of the large effects of the hacking and hacktivism... "Snowden" (the movie) has just come out (my opinion is "not really objective")... But this article deals with the who's who of the groups engaging in this un-organised and organised crime, spying, etc. Worth the read, imo. The links are worth looking at, as well. Here: http://www.zdnet.com/article/cybercrim...
After reading the review in gHacks , I gave FullEventLogView a chance and was pleasantly surprised because of all the filters one can apply via the app. But first, it's portable and is an .exe file. Zero dlls, etc. to add before using it, and essentially zero disc space...it can live on a stick. Also, it displays all events until you apply a time interval to it, which allows you to hone into the problem a lot more quickly. If you want to load the events from remote computer on...
Just in from Neowin: http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-has-finally-fixed-the-freezing-issue-in-the-windows-10-anniversary-update If after installing this update you still are having a problem, MS has recommended the following: Option 1: If you have a second administrator account on the PC that you can sign into, please do so and install the latest Windows 10 update, released on August 31st, 2016. After installing the update, reboot the PC and you should be...