Tag: software

November 20, 2018

Why it matters: As more data centers are built and global energy consumption continues to rise, powering all of the high tech servers inside reliably is going to require building more resilient energy grids. Downtime is a very expensive event […]

November 20, 2018

Skype has introduced the ability for users to share OneDrive files seamlessly in a chat, and while the feature is only live for testers right now, hopefully, it will roll out to the general computing population soon enough. The latest […]

November 19, 2018

Big quote: “I think their search engine is the best. Look at what we’ve done with the controls we’ve built in. We have private web browsing. We have an intelligent tracker prevention. What we’ve tried to do is come up […]

November 19, 2018

Facebook ’s founder is facing pressure to accept an invite from eight international parliaments, with lawmakers wanting to question him about negative impacts his social network is having on democratic processes globally. Last week Facebook declined an invitation from five […]

November 9, 2018

IT HASN’T been a good time to be Microsoft in recent weeks. Not only did the original release of its latest version of Windows 10 have to be withdrawn after it was found to be chewing up users’ files, but […]

November 9, 2018

It looks as if Linux on DeX is almost ready. On Friday Samsung launched the private beta for the app. If you signed up for alerts when it was announced last year, you should have already received an email to […]

November 8, 2018

Chrome’s upcoming December update is looking better and better. After its launch, the browser will warn users if they visit a website that is known to use shady or misleading billing practices. Specifically, Google is taking aim at sites that […]

November 8, 2018

GOOGLE HAS ANNOUNCED some new features for the Android App Bundle tool which will allow users to carry on using apps even whilst they are updating. Additionally, developers can now full-screen messages asking the user to update the app immediately, […]

November 6, 2018

Prominent cyber-security firm Group-IB has graded the security of online cryptocurrency exchanges, as a means of assessing insurance risk. It found long-standing platform Kraken to be the most secure, with OKEx, Huobi Pro, and CoinCheck among the riskiest. Alongside IT […]

November 1, 2018

WINDOWS 10 could equal its nearest rival in market share by this time next month, if current projections continue. In the October 2018 figures from Netmarketshare, desktop users of Windows 7 totalled 39.35 percent (-1.53) but nipping at its heels, […]