Microsoft published 147 vulnerabilities in 2013 that were rated as Critical. Critical, however, is a relative term, and there is one simple thing anyone can do that would guard against almost every single Critical vulnerability according to a new report from Avecto. Check on this article from PCWorld.com
How many apps do you have on your smartphone or tablet right now? Well, take that number, and multiply it by 0.9. That’s about how many of your apps are a potential security concern according to a new study from Appthority. Check out why from this article on PCWorld.com
You would think that in 2014, we’d have put all the web shenanigans of the 1990s and early aughts behind us, but you’d be wrong—at least for Windows users. Download a desktop app like AVG, Skype, or Vuze and these programs will try to sneak toolbars onto your system or change your default home page and browser. Yuck. Check on this article from PCWorld.com
Facebook has just made the LGBT community very happy today by announcing multiple gender options and pronoun choices for users. Users may also limit the people who can see their gender, which is a boon for people who are not public about their gender identity. Get some info from this article on MakeUseOf.com
The chair of Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit that funds the development of Firefox, last week defended the decision to pursue in-browser ads, saying that it’s important to generate revenue. Check this article from PCWorld.com
Although Twitter has been booming in the social media world, you may have tried it and decided it isn’t your cup of tea. If this is the case, there are a handful of other places to go that have been running for quite a while. Check on this article from MakeUseOf.com
Ten second boot-up. Photoshop running in mere seconds. There are plenty of advantages to running your computer on an SSD. The sheer speed of everything never ceases to amaze, but that isn’t to say that there are no downsides. With SSD memory costing several times as much per gigabyte as traditional storage, newer MacBooks often don’t have as much storage as their older hard disk counterparts. Check the article from MakeUseOf.com