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A few days ago, I wrote about the malware that piggybacked on the latest version of CCleaner, a free software that helps optimize performance on personal computers. At the time, not much was known about the targets, or about what the hackers intended to do with the information they were trying to collect. While we …
Read moreAvast’s CCleaner Malware Attack Was Aimed at Tech Giants
CCleaner is a free tool that is meant to optimize system performance on Windows computers and Android devices. This morning, Piriform, the maker of CCleaner, announced that hackers had compromised some versions of the software, unleashing malicious software meant to collect personal data. The number of affected users is thought to be just under 4 …
The entire team behind Wrike’s project management app has spent the past few years shaping a project scheduling software that helps businesses meet their needs for managing a project online. According to Wrike CEO Andrew Filev, the revenue of the company grew by 120% and is currently home to more than 500 employees and 14,000 …
Read moreNew Announcements from Wrike – Tools For Marketers & Programs for Students
Every so often you may come across a video on your Mac that you really want to watch but don’t have the time to do so right there and then. Unfortunately most of the tutorials, lessons, and online video content that you come across will be in the form of online streaming video, which means …
Read moreCapturing Videos on a Mac to Watch Later with Movavi Screen Capture Studio for Mac
Who doesn’t like good old Mario and his pal Luigi? I’ve spent hours as a kid squishing Goombas, saving Princess Peach and flying my raccoon tail clad Mario to retrieve elusive (and hidden!) coins. And while we are anxiously awaiting the latest installment in the Mario franchise, Super Mario Odyssey, I bet it won’t be nearly …
Read more‘Real Life’ Super Mario is the Coolest Thing – But You Probably Won’t Get to Play It
Many professionals have grown accustomed to using financial software over the years—especially accountants and those who work in financial services. While financial software may be effective at handling certain tasks, it simply cannot compete with enterprise resource planning (ERP) software as a full package. There’s plenty of overlap between the two, but ERP and financial …
Google Cloud launched a new Internet of Things management service today called Google Cloud IoT Core that provides a way for companies to manage IoT devices and process data being generated by those devices. A transportation or logistics firm, for example, could use this service to collect data from its vehicles and combine it with other information like …
Read moreGoogle’s new IoT Core service helps businesses manage their IoT data and devices
When the topic of downloading YouTube videos comes up, there’s a side subject that must be broached: Is it legal? When it comes to copyright, as long as you’re downloading a video for your own personal offline use, you’re probably okay. It’s more black and white when you consider Google’s terms of service for YouTube, …
From law enforcement to criminals, governments to insurgents, and activists to Facebook dabblers, many people have come to rely on encryption to protect their digital information and keep their communications secure. But the current forms of encryption could be obsolete the moment anyone succeeds in building a quantum computer. A what? Read on about the …
Read moreQuantum Computers and the End of Privacy (INFOGRAPHIC)