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Credit to Author: DealPost Team| Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 04:00:00 -0800

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December 28, 2017 admin

Blockchain in the real world: 3 enterprise use cases

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:36:00 -0800

While blockchain technology tends to get the most attention for its role in underpinning cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether, vertical industries are quickly adopting it for its efficiency and transparency.

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December 28, 2017 admin

What is Windows Hello? Microsoft’s biometrics security system explained

Credit to Author: Matt Kapko| Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:17:00 -0800

Windows Hello is a biometrics-based technology that enables Windows 10 users to authenticate secure access to their devices, apps, online services and networks with just a fingerprint, iris scan or facial recognition. The sign-in mechanism is essentially an alternative to passwords and is widely considered to be a more user friendly, secure and reliable method to access critical devices, services and data than traditional logins using passwords.

“Windows Hello solves a few problems: security and inconvenience,” said Patrick Moorhead, president and principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. “Traditional passwords are unsafe as they are hard to remember, and therefore people either choose easy-to-guess passwords or write down their passwords.”

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December 27, 2017 admin

Pixel 2: The year’s best smartphone

Credit to Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols| Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 09:35:00 -0800

It was that biannual time again when I must buy a new smartphone. My Samsung Galaxy 7’s battery wasn’t holding a charge like it used to, and it was getting a little slower and crankier. So I started looked at the new generation of smartphones. And, after considering both minor- and major-league smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy 8, iPhone 8 and iPhone X, I got a Google Pixel 2.

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December 21, 2017 admin

Get 3 Years of NordVPN Service for Just $2.75 Per Month – Holiday Deal Alert

Credit to Author: DealPost Team| Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:25:00 -0800

NordVPN promises a private and fast path through the public internet, with no logs and unmetered access for 6 simultaneous devices. They are currently running a holiday promotion, but you’ll have to use this link to find it. Its typical price has been discounted to $99 for 3 years of service. That’s a good deal at just $2.75 per month. See the $2.75/month NordVPN holiday deal here.

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December 21, 2017 admin

Microsoft confirms stalled downloads, bogus errors in Win10 FCU update KB 4054517

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 06:21:00 -0800

Microsoft has just fessed up to a couple of the known bugs in this month’s Win10 version 1709 cumulative update, KB 4054517 – in particular, the stall at 99% download, and the completely bogus warning that the patch had failed to install with error 0x80070643. Sadly, several other problems with KB 4054517 have not been acknowledged. Yet.

In addition, we have new mea culpas for the November Patch Tuesday security update for Excel 2016, KB 4011220, which throws a “Cannot run the macro” warning, and for this month’s Patch Tuesday security fix for Microsoft Exchange, KB 4045655.

As usual, I’m seeing reports thatMicrosoft tech support staff don’t know about the problems, haven’t read the KB articles, and are recommending that people re-install Windows.

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December 20, 2017 admin

Microsoft Patch Alert: Few problems in December, unless you’re running Win10 version 1709

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:01:00 -0800

It’s hard to remember the last time we had a Patch Tuesday as inoffensive as this month’s. February 2017 comes to mind — but then again, we didn’t have a Patch Tuesday in February, as Microsoft called it off.

Part of the reason for the relatively easy going this month, I’m convinced, is the lack of attention showered on Windows 7 and earlier versions of Windows 10 (including the Fall Creators Update, version 1703, which has become more-or-less fully baked and remains my version of choice). Aside from a few lackluster security patches, the December update for Win10 1607 fixed the “CDPUserSvc_XXXX has stopped working” bug introduced in a security patch two months ago, and the rest is largely routine.

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