Windows Control Panel is the core of anybody’s PC system. From here you could add/remove software and hardware, change the security settings for your operating system, manage user’s accounts or just change the way windows looks like. It seems all very techie and scary for non technical users, but it is …
Read More »VoIP technology and data services golden age
Today we will talk about the present and the future of the telephony and data services, about the VoIP technology. As many companies are converging their data and voice network technologies to a single IP-based infrastructure, SIP trunking is an excellent replacement of their traditional voice service from their providers. …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge – battery life
The Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge have been out for a little while, and we are getting some interesting reports about the response. Industry sources from Korea report that the sales of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge are much higher than anticipated, with supply now unable to keep up with …
Read More »Comcast merger with Time Warner Cable is over
The prospects for Comcast’s $41 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable are looking increasingly grim. The Federal Communications Commission is apparently against it. The FCC told both Comcast and Time Warner yesterday that they are inclined to impose the merger. They haven’t said anything publicly yet, but the basic feeling …
Read More »Wikipedia sues NSA over surveillance brawl
Wikipedia and implicitly, Wikimedia Foundation sued the NSA (National Security Agency) and the U.S. Department of Justice, saying that these two government agencies are pursuing non-democratic ways in which they can gather intelligence on foreign nations and American citizens. Wikimedia Foundation executive director Lila Tretujiv describes perfectly well what the …
Read More »Windows 10 leaked screenshots show redesigned logon screen
Windows 10 is around the corner and Microsoft is working hard to mend the mistakes it made with the previous OS, Windows 8. Although many expected Windows 9 to follow, fans quickly became accustomed to the Windows 10 name, with no issues whatsoever. Fact of the matter is that many …
Read More »Vivaldi browser first impressions: it might just beat Chrome
A new browser is in town, and it’s name is quite familiar: Vivaldi. Although the browser takes inspiration from famous composer Antonio Vivaldi and it actually makes The Four Seasons play in my mind when opening up the new browser, it doesn’t have much else in common with the virtuoso. Well, …
Read More »Facebook pages will start losing likes
Facebook has published today a new press release that details the new policies that will influence likes on public pages, which roughly translates to: pages will lose likes over the following few weeks. Before judging March Zuckerberg and Facebook for stealing likes, be aware of the fact that they are …
Read More »Malware distribution rates have doubled over the past year
2014 was the year of cyber-attacks and malware distribution, which is evident in major incidents involving Sony Entertainment, Lenovo, Microsoft, PlayStation, iCloud, the White House and other seemingly secure platforms. These enormous hacks have gone as far as to target bank records and databases and stealing information as well as …
Read More »Apple Pay might not be the way, as it turns out to be risky
Apple Pay has become the most popular mobile payment platform across the U.S. and parts of Europe, but evidence from a security researcher shows that the platform isn’t as safe as Tim Cook thought it would be. It seems that even though Apple Pay brought so many banks (and the %15 …
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