If you have kids… you’ll understand why I reposted this…
It’s probably the number one dilemma of modern parents: how to ween your kids from the irresistible allure of the screen. According to research firm Childwise, children age 5 to 16 spend an average of 6.5 hours a day glued to computers, phones, tablets, and televisions — often viewing multiple screens
Source: ‘Screen’ Lets Parents Control Kids’ Devices From Anywhere
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs, the fourth build of 2016. The release doesn’t include any new features, once again, but the company did give testers a bunch of ninja monkey wallpapers instead. Windows 10 is a service. As we wrote in our deep dive on how Microsoft is still building […]
Source: Yahoo
Are you a Windows power-user? You can get and install Linux Mint running on your PC — either to try it out, or as a replacement for Windows.
Source: How to install Linux Mint on your Windows PC | ZDNet
From Monday this week Windows 10 will automatically begin installing on many home machines running Windows 7 and 8.1.Windows users will be able to stop the installation, as they will need to confirm they want the free upgrade to Windows 10 to continue.
But while it can be refused, the upgrade may repeatedly try to install itself on Windows 7 and 8.1 machines.
This marks the start of a new phase in the rollout of Windows 10: Microsoft has changed the status of the upgrade to that of a “recommended” update, which consumer Windows 7 and 8.1 machines typically attempt to install automatically on a regular basis.
Source: Automatic Windows 10 installs begin but how easy are they to stop?
At Wordfence we frequently investigate hacked customer websites as part of an ongoing R&D effort to improve our core scanning engine. Examining hacked sites gives us data on how the attackers gained entry and provides us with visibility on the latest attack tools. It also provides us with signatures we can add to our core scanning […]
Source: An Attack Platform Infecting WordPress Sites – Wordfence
Windows 10’s user share jumped in January by its second-largest one-month increase since its launch, data from analytics vendor Net Applications showed today. At the mid-point of its first year, Windows 10 powered approximately 196 million systems, according to Computerworld’s calculations using Net Applications’ numbers, close to Microsoft’s current claim of 200 million machines, made in early January.
Source: Windows 10 posts impressive user share gains
AnonSec hacked Nasa’s internal network for several months without detection and even hijacked a drone.
Source: Nasa hack: AnonSec attempts to crash $222m drone, releases secret flight videos and employee data
In a joint surveillance program, the US intelligence agency NSA (National Security Agency) and the British intelligence agency GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) hacked into, decrypted, and tracked live video feeds of Israeli Military Drones and Fighter Jets.
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Microsoft The Microsoft Edge browser. Microsoft’s Edge browser, … Continued The post Microsoft’s new web browser reportedly tracks the websites you visit — even when you ask it not to appeared first on Business Insider.
Source: Microsoft’s New Web Browser Reportedly Tracks the Websites You Visit — Even When You Ask It Not To
