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Bitdefender Releases Free Tool to Fend Off Ransomware
Ransomware is a growing vector of attack in recent times and very few are truly safe from it and the potential loss of their personal data. Now antivirus firm Bitdefender have published a free tool that is capable of preventing computers from being infected by some of the most common…
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Microsoft to Offer Tool for Porting Chrome Extensions to Edge
With the release of their new operating system, Windows 10, Microsoft has been keen on getting users to use their new software. Not just their operating system is new, though, with Edge replacing the demonised Internet explorer. One thing that has kept users from accepting and using the new browser…
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Youtube Adds Handy Blurring Tool to Video Editor
We all use Youtube. We watch everything from funny cats playing musical instruments to the latest music videos. The problem being is that once it’s uploaded to Youtube you can sometimes quickly find that you’ve left something important in. From your friends license plate, to maybe even your address or…
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Linux Security Bypassed by Just 28 Key Presses
Security is important in modern times, with hacks such as VTech and Talk-Talk exposing just how vulnerable data connected to the internet can be. What about those closer to home, though? How about on the very device you’re reading this on? If you are a Linux user you may want to check…
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GCHQ Releases Open-source Spy Tool on GitHub
Open source surveillance has changed the ball game somewhat after British Intelligence security service GCHQ has created an account on well-known code repository site, and one of the fairly recent targets of China’s Great Cannon attack tool, GitHub. What has exactly been created? It’s an open sourced tool by the…
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$99 PC Bricking Device ‘USB Killer’ hits Indigogo – Genius or Stupid?
A new crowdfunding campaign has hit Indiegogo, which is effectively someone charging you money for a product which is intended to damage your computer. USB Killer is a nasty bit of technology, you simply plug it into your USB port and the intention of the device is to load the…
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Scoutee Measures Pitch Speed Using Your Smartphone
Slovenia-based Scoutee, not sure I can remember the last innovation which came courtesy of a team from Slovenia, has launched a $50,000 Kickstarter campaign for a smart radar that can measure the speed of a baseball pitch while also having the ability to transfer the data to a smartphone via…
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Witcher 3 Gets Mod Support With New Tool
Those of you who were eagerly awaiting to mod CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3 should be interested in this. The developer has announced that it released a new tool, named ModKit, which grants you everything you need to mod the title as you see fit. ModKit seems to come…
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New Tool Challenges Windows 10 Privacy Issues
So far the brand spanking new Windows 10 OS has been a huge success compared to the mishmash that was Windows 8, which tried to do its best to annoy consumers with the deletion of the Start Menu in favour of Metro. The default option for privacy on the other…
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Here’s Why We Won’t See DirectX 12 in Action This Year
Thinking of upgrading your graphics card for the new Windows 10 and DirectX 12? Well, I think you should wait a bit longer. While everyone is hyped to see what devs can do with the latest DirectX version, we are forgetting the most important thing, which is the platform. What…
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We Could Be Teaching Computers How and What to Learn in the Near Future
We’ve seen a lot of projects and methods involving machine learning up until now, but the truth is that no matter how efficient and quick a computer is, the software will always be its limit. However, Microsoft plans to change that and is working on a new tool that would…
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Teaching Resource Site For Minecraft?
Minecraft is a game where very little is ever the same. This means you can build a castle in one map with ease, but in the next building the Starship Enterprise is a lot easier. While attracting to a whole range of audiences, from the young to the creative, Minecraft…
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GitHub’s Text Editor Finally Receives Its First Stable Release
A great development text editor comes from the guys over at GitHub. Its name is Atom and if you’ve never heard of it, I suggest you download it and give it a try. I’ve been using it for some time now and for what it has to offer, I don’t…
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Crucial Releases New SSD Software With Momentum Cache
A good toolbox for your storage drive is something that’s worth just as much as the drive itself and Crucial has just released an upgrade to their software, the Storage Executive tool. The new version is 3.20 and it now features Momentum Cache, an intelligent caching feature that can enhance…
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Kaspersky Develops Ransomware Decryption Tool
Ransomware is becoming more prevalent and taking user’s data hostage and demanding money for the release. Now with crime fighters getting their hands on a server Kaspersky has been able to make a decryption tool by using the decryption keys found on the machine. Netherlands’ National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU)…
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