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US Govt Data Shows Russia Used Outdated Ukrainian PHP Malware

The United States government earlier this year officially accused Russia of interfering with the US elections. Earlier this year on October 7th, the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a joint statement that began:

“The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails…

What happens to those free Windows 10 upgrades after July 29, 2016?

More and more computers are being upgraded  to Microsoft’s unprecedented free upgrade offer for Windows 10. The offer officially expires July 29, 2016, on the one-year anniversary of the new operating system’s release. But what happens then?Did you know there was an expiration date on the FREE upgrade?

Well Le’t read the fine print shall we?

  So what do you think will happen when the July 29th…

Gmail now lets you block specific email addresses, unsubscribe from newsletters

Google today added a new feature to Gmail that other email providers have had for years: blocking. Gmail now lets you block specific email addresses with the click of a button — the feature is rolling out today to Gmail on the Web, and will arrive in the Android app “over the next week.”

The block sender option does exactly what you’d expect: It puts the email address into a block list that tells…

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10130

Here is what’s new in this build

Start: You can now customize your Start experience by opening the Settings app > Personalization > Start.

Here, you will be able to turn on full screen Start when in the desktop if you want. You can also customize the locations that are shown on bottom left of Start where you see Power and All apps listed. In 10122, it showed File Explorer and Settings but you…

How to Clear the Windows Paging File at Shutdown

Ever need to clear the pagefile on a machine.  Well here is how to do just that, but letting Windows do it for you.  With this method for clearing the Windows paging file (Pagefile.sys) we will be clearing it during the shutdown process.  This also makes it so that no unsecured data that may be contained in the paging file is also cleared when the shutdown process is complete.

Start Registry…

Microsoft tells us who gets Windows 10

Microsoft will upgrade only those PCs and tablets running Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 Update to Windows 10 later this year via the Windows Update service, the company revealed Wednesday.

Users of other, older editions will need to install the upgrade using physical media like a DVD or USB drive. Microsoft will offer consumers and some businesses free upgrades to Windows 10 throughout the 12…

Vulnerability in Facebook Allows Hacker to Delete Any Photo Album

A Serious vulnerability in Facebook has recently been reported that could allow anyone to delete your complete Facebook photo album without having authentication. Security Researcher Laxman Muthiyah told The Hacker News that the vulnerability actually resides in Facebook Graph API mechanism, which allows “a hacker to delete any photo album on Facebook. Any photo album owned by an user or a page…

Google celebrates Safer Internet Day with giving you 2 GB Extra on Google Drive

To celebrate Safer Internet Day Google is offering for its users that complete a quick Security Checkup by February 17th, 2 GB of extra space.  No you should definitely do this anyway, but all the more reason to if you get a little push.  So What do you have to do?  Just follow the steps below:

In the next week, head to Google’s security checkup page

Then, follow some simple instructions given…

Windows 10 upgrade free for Windows 7&8 users – a must read

Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users!It’s official, folks: Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for existing Windows users—as long as you claim it quickly. Kicking off the consumer-focused Windows 10 event in Redmond on Tuesday, Microsoft operating system chief Terry Myerson announced that current users of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1 will be able to…

Own A Chromecast? Google Wants To Give You $6

Redeeming the offer is super straightforward:

Make sure you’re connected to the same network as your Chromecast.

Open the Chromecast iOS/Android app

Tap your device, then find the “Check For Offers” button (it should be hiding behind the three-dot button in the upper-right)

Confirm your Chromecast serial number with Google

Tada!

You can also do this from your laptop at this link right here.

Office for Windows 10 won’t be free for everyone

Microsoft will license some of the touch-based Office for Windows 10 apps in the same way it now handles those for iOS and Android, the company said today.

That means the same policy holds for business as before: Office still costs money.

But Microsoft’s licensing plans for the apps — the core trio of Excel, PowerPoint and Word, as well as OneNote and Outlook, the firm’s note taking and email…

Where to get capital for your Tech Start-up

Are you a startup, or even thinking of a startup, but have no idea where to get funding?  Well  an often overlooked amount of cash actually sits geographically not in who. Sixty-seven percent of the cash  is held by foreign subsidiaries. If you were to add Apple and Microsoft it actually increases that to 72 percent. This means that more than $300 billion of cash can’t be easily deployed by these…

Get $1000 in credit from Amazon for Completing MITx’s Entrepreneurship courses

Do you have a new idea for a startup?  Do you want to take a class on how develop those skills needed? Well a new partnership between Amazon Web Services and online education portal edX will give you $1,000 in credit for completing one of two courses on entrepreneurship via edX.

The courses are MITx’s Entrepreneurship 101 or 102 on edX. You of course actually have to pass the course, so expect to…