Cyber warfare against Dyn is now being investigated by Homeland Security (as well it should be). Twitter, SoundCloud, Spotify, Shopify, and other websites have been inaccessible to many users throughout the day. “We are actively in the third flank of this attack,” Dyn’s chief strategy officer Kyle Owen told reporters around 4:30 p.m. ET today. “It’s a very smart attack. As we mitigate, they react.” - Dyn chief strategy officer Kyle O...
The new Nvidia driver 375.57 will cause many different issues with W10. Don't, repeat DON'T install it. "If you run Nvidia's Geforce Experience software, you know that it is the primary tool on many machines to update drivers. Turns out, the tool is still offering version 375.57 for download, and not the newer version of the driver that fixed the issues that users experienced. It is unclear why the older driver is still listed in the application and not ...
One of the real pains about W10 and its usability is the fact that it (after updates) resets your chosen default apps for browsing, email, music, etc. KB 3135173 - an example. Many reported that apps disappeared, as well. "Stop Resetting My Apps" will prevent this from happening, and it's really simple to use...just click on what you wish to prevent becoming the default app all over again. Of course, you can do it manually by editing the registry, but who wants to play wit...
There have been several reports of unwanted advertising pop-ups with doubtful site urls being spread via "malvertising" in the free version of Spotify. "Spotify's ads crossed from nuisance over to outright nasty this week, after the music service’s advertising started serving up malware to users on Wednesday. The malware was able to automatically launch browser tabs on Windows and Mac PCs, according to complaints that surfaced online. As is typical for this kind of mal...
Huge update: 753 Mb patch. The contents (not all) can be seen here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12387/windows-10-update-history and the files affected here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3194496 It doesn't fix the issue where drives randomly disappear from Windows or the SSD freezing issues that some users are experiencing. Problems: Some people are reporting that the update appears to be stuck at 45% or 94%. Not really: Just ...
The game was his daughter's idea...and Tyson has included folks from JPL, NASA, astronauts, explorers... There will be missions, a construct your galaxy, etc. Apparently it'll be multi-player with a community of imaginative players who will interact with real experts... “We will have holographic tutorials as part of the core game that will prep you for challenges and new facets of gameplay as they are introduced,..Murphy said the gameplay mirrors our univ...