Below are the reasons why everyone should use a password manager. Your password is weak. Is it your birthday? The birthday of your kids? Your anniversary? Or is it password123? Consider this: It only takes 14.17 minutes to crack a nine-digit password (such as 123456789) that consists of the numbers 1-9. Using a botnet […]
Working as an IT consultant can be a high-pressure job, requiring you to wear a lot of hats. Here's a real-world look at what you can expect if you decide to go down that road. Work for yourself! Be your own boss! Make your own hours! Earn more money! We've all heard of the […]
The consequences of data loss are becoming more and more serious It’s becoming extremely difficult for companies to guarantee the security and integrity of their data, not least due to the increasing mobility of employees. Staff spend more time away from the office, accessing company documents from all over the world, often using their own […]
Malicious files disguised as Google Chrome are appearing in Bing search results, and it’s not even the first time this has happened We all like to think that we’re tech-savvy enough to avoid getting scammed by fake websites, but apparently, it’s all-too terrifyingly easy for malware to slip through the cracks. It was recently […]
Sometimes temporary files seem to permanently exist on your hard drive. You can remove unwanted and unneeded files using Windows 10 tools. During the ordinary use of a personal computer running Microsoft Windows 10, user activity often leads to the creation of temporary files and other forgotten content. In some cases, these supposedly temporary […]
It's hard to imagine a group less likely to have voted for Brexit than the people running London's tech start-ups. International, smart, metropolitan: London's tech entrepreneurs might be just those 'citizens of nowhere' who were criticised by Prime Minister Theresa May in a speech a few months after the UK voted to leave the EU. […]
CCleaner was forced to dump a recent version following a furious privacy backlash – perhaps it's time you looked at alternatives CCleaner – still developed by Puriform, but now owned by Avast – was one of the most highly recommended free software tools around, until this summer when the great junk-remover became such a ghastly junk offender that […]
How remote working, automation and AI will affect the way we work Advancements in technology are rapidly transforming the modern workplace, whether via mobile hardware such as tablets, hybrids and smartphones or software in the form of collaboration and video conferencing tools that make it possible for employees to work together as if they’re in […]
Google parent company Alphabet quietly ditched the 'Don’t be evil' motto from its code of conduct in 2015 after a string of stories suggesting the pithy slogan was somewhat undeserved. According to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the company has quietly collected more data than the NSA. With a limitless data mine to quarry and the machine learning […]
If the advertisements on your Facebook newsfeed appear remarkably relevant, it's because the social network giant knows better than you might think. Facebook amassed an estimated $39.9 billion in ad revenue in 2017 by mining its vast troves of data on 2.2 billion users and selling the information to companies that use it to personalise adverts to your […]
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