Category: Operating systems

January 17, 2020

For many people, it’s a ritual. Apple tells you there’s an iOS update. You assume it’s important enough to be acted upon. You download the update and everything is so much better. Or, more likely, you don’t notice any difference […]

January 16, 2020

Microsoft plans to showcase new and refreshed Windows 10 PCs aimed at the education market during next week’s Bett UK education conference. In addition to announcing a partnership with T-Mobile that will provide select U.S. school districts with 4G LTE […]

January 14, 2020

Over the past few years we’ve seen a few security holes that have drawn Chicken Little warnings and vast amounts of unthinking press reports. When you turn on a local news program and hear from the hometown weather reporter that […]

January 13, 2020

Windows 7 holds a special place in the heart of many PC users, but as of Tuesday, Jan. 14, Microsoft is washing its hands of the beloved operating system. That’s the date the software giant will officially no longer support […]

January 13, 2020

Serving two masters, in theory, is nearly impossible. In practice, the Linux Lite distribution easily satisfies Linux newcomers and veteran penguin fans as well. This distro is very beginner-friendly. That is in large part the result of a fine-tuned Xfce […]

January 13, 2020

December was a remarkable patching month. For those of you who use Windows Update, there were few surprises. (Manual updaters had it rough, though.) If you’ve been following along, you’ve already installed the December updates. Great. It’s time to get […]

January 9, 2020

Support for Windows 7 ends in just a few days. After Jan. 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer provide free security updates and bug fixes for the venerable operating system to the general public. Those updates will be available, however, […]

January 9, 2020

An Android phone subsidized by the US government for low-income users comes preinstalled with malware that can’t be removed without making the device cease to work, researchers reported on Thursday. The UMX U686CL is provided by Virgin Mobile’s Assurance Wireless […]

January 8, 2020

Microsoft released on January 8 the first new Windows 10 Fast Ring build for 2020. The new Windows 10 test build, No. 19541, includes a couple of minor new options for Task Manager and Notifications, along with a number of […]

January 8, 2020

First the good news: Microsoft planned to release a patch in January to disable insecure LDAP channel binding and LDAP signing to more secure configurations. As a result of businesses asking for more time due to the holiday season, Microsoft […]