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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 04:16:00 -0800

Today Microsoft issues its final free security update for Windows 7, putting an end to that operating system’s decade.

To remember that service – a retirement party but without the cloyingly-sweet cake and cheap gold watch – Computerworld selected seven highlights of Windows 7. While the seven do not pretend to trace Windows 7’s history, they illustrate the influence and impact of the OS.

Here’s to Windows 7. Raise a glass, for cryin’ out loud.

It salvaged Microsoft’s reputation after the Vista debacle

The numbers say it all.

Windows Vista, the 2006 replacement for Windows XP, topped out at 20% of all Windows versions in October 2009. Even though the OS it followed was long in the tooth – XP was nearly twice the age of a typical version when it was supplanted – Vista struggled to put a dent in its forerunner’s share.

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ComputerWorld Independent

January 14, 2020 admin

Saying goodbye to Windows 7 isn’t easy, but you must

Credit to Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0800

Listen, I get it. Windows 7 has worked really well. After the Vista fiasco, you were so happy to get a decent version of Windows. You dodged the Windows 8.x sinkhole, and, boy, were you glad! Then, you thought about Windows 10, but 7 just did the job so you stuck with it, and then you felt vindicated because of Windows 10’s dodgy upgrades and patches. Now, today, Jan. 14, 2020, Windows 7 has reached its end of life, and either you’ve upgraded to Windows 10 or you’re working on another Windows 7 alternative like Chrome OS, macOS or Linux, right?

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Security Wired

January 12, 2020 admin

All the Ways Facebook Tracks You—and How to Limit It

Credit to Author: David Nield| Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000

If you have a Facebook account—and even if you don’t—the company is going to collect data about you. But you can at least control how it gets used.

Security Wired

January 11, 2020 admin

The FBI Wants Apple to Unlock iPhones Again

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Snooping Ring employees, Skype contractors, and more of the week’s top security news.

Security Wired

January 11, 2020 admin

This Government-Subsidized Phone Comes With Malware

Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 13:00:00 +0000

The Android devices are a part of the FCC’s Lifeline Assistance Program, which makes free or subsidized phones available to millions of low-income users.

Security Wired

January 11, 2020 admin