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Apple Issues Patch for Porn-browsing Safari Users Hit with Ransomware
Many Apple users are not quite as technically savvy as most other gadget enthusiasts as their product’s ease of use is actually why many love it. This becomes a problem however, when malware and scammers focus on targeting those on Apple devices as they can much easily exploited. Ransomware scammers…
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Comcast Want To Offer Discounts For People Who Share Their Online Activity
How much do you like a discount? With the topic of using your internet activity to provide “personalized” services arguing against those who believe that what you do online is private, companies and governments are still trying to determine what is considered acceptable for companies to use. Comcast has now…
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Mozilla Separates Your Browsing With Containers
You’re at work and suddenly realise, you were expecting that important email or needed to quickly purchase something on Amazon. The problem is that you’re already logged in with the work account. Aside from opening up a private browser (something that never looks right at work) or turning on your…
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Opera Isn’t Happy With Edge Battery Claims
When it comes to buying a new laptop or tablet, battery life is important to many. A few extra hours can make all the difference between it being a great laptop or an okay one. Something that your laptop’s battery may also be decided by is what software it runs,…
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MIT’s Polaris Hopes To Speed Up Your Browsing Online
Sadly the experience on some websites these days can very quickly be summed up by the word “loading”. We like our pictures, our videos and some even like ads, the problem being is that everything you view on the internet has to come from somewhere and that is where the…
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Smartphones are now the UK’s Most Popular Web Surfing Device
Ofcom has conducted a survey into the browsing habits of UK citizens and discovered the majority of users prefer mobile devices for internet browsing. Previously, laptops held the top spot with 40% of the vote while smartphones only attributed to 22%. The 2015 results signify a major shift as 33%…
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WebAssembly Hopes To Increase Browser Speed Up To 20X
Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox and Safari. These are the five big names when it comes to web browsing, and each of these comes with both their own strengths and their weaknesses. Engineers at Google, Microsoft, Apple and Mozilla however are putting their arms down and working together to create…
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Deleting Your Browser History Could be a Crime
Deleting your browser history is common practice amongst most internet users – seen as the modern equivalent of shredding old documents – but a US law that was ratified back in 2002, and has been gaining recent traction during the Boston Marathon bombing trial, seems to support the idea that…
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Nexus 6 Battery Life Put to the Test
As phone specifications become increasingly powerful, so does the need for sufficient battery life. If you’re an active phone user like I am, you’ll eventually have to come to terms with carrying a potable battery pack and charging cable wherever you go – often feeling like you’re married to the…
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Tor Announces Partnership with Mozilla
On Monday we reported Facebook’s announcement that they would be officially supporting users of the Tor browser. Now yet another web giant, this time an open source giant, Mozilla intend to help bring the private browsing network to more people. In an announcement on their website, the Tor Project confirmed the…
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Browser Google On Your Desktop With A Simple “Okay, Google!” Command
Google has released an extension which brings the automatic voice search mobile feature to the desktop. It is triggered whenever you say the key phrase “Okay, Google.” The company also referenced it being available on Google+ for US English users. Other previous speech software used were available for web the…
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Improved Battery Life For Microsoft Surface Pro 2 In New Firmware Update
As the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 released, users experienced poor battery performance when it comes to web browsing and video playback. Shortly after, Microsoft pushed an update that addressed the issue. What the update does is allowing the Marvell WiFi solution to drive down to even lower power states, conserving…
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