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“Screenshot-Microsoft Excel – Book1” (CC BY 2.0) by Collin Anderson In today’s world, everyone is focused on the latest technological innovation and how it will change our lives. However, when it comes to the value of technology, not everything has to be as complex or immersive as blockchain or virtual reality. For Read more…
Google Adsense ‘Auto Ads’ are a new way to place adverts on your website or blog that uses artificial intelligence to figure out where to place ads on your site. For example, it might ad links to words on your site and graphic adverts half way down a page. WHAT Read more…
The Bitcoin market isn’t going anywhere. The undisputed current champion of cryptocurrency has been the biggest name in this burgeoning form of finance for a while now and appears poised to carry this legacy into the future. As with any market, especially one based on finance, there is a not-inconsiderable Read more…
Below are the two key facts in the Facebook – Cambridge Analytica Scandal involving the misuse of about 50 Million Facebook subscribers data. The original app data was volunteered, legally collected and did even breach Facebooks terms of use The data was used to figure out HOW to target people, Read more…
In simple terms, Computational Photography is using computer processing to produce a single image usually from multiple source images. We have been using a simple form of Computational Photography since the advent of even modest digital cameras that have algorithms to brighten, darken, straighten,… images. The first time I knew Read more…
Crytojacking may sound like a method of extorting money by encrypting files against someones will and then charging them for the decryption key. However it is not. Cryptojacking is using unsuspecting peoples devices to cyrptomine (compute solutions to make new cryptocurrency), like Bitcoin. Can Cells and Tablets be CryptoJacked? When Read more…
[Source: Pixabay] The internet has revolutionised almost every aspect of our lives, but there’s no doubting that when it comes to our security, it’s given all of us pause for thought from time to time. As we increasingly move our financial lives to the internet, we’re putting more and Read more…
As we explained in our short piece on USB Type C / Thunderbolt speeds, the type of USB connector does NOT define the speed in use. USB (Universal Serial Bus) is very versatile and can operate at speeds from 480 Mb/s all the way to 40Gb/s. The purpose of this Read more…
If you are buying new PC or laptop it will have a USB type C connector however, USB type C is simply the oval shaped connector with connection block in the center and it does NOT relate to the speed. Your are likely looking at something similar to the laptop Read more…
Back in the day, you used to only be able to play digital games in special environment or setups. Arcade games in the arcade, home games on consoles, handhelds or dedicated PC setups. In today’s environment of enormously powerful technology and sophisticated computer systems, we are no longer bound by these Read more…
A Whaling Attack is an attempt to take information or money from a high net worth individual or senior executive. Whaling Attacks are in the phishing spectrum as follows: Whaling Attack Spear Phishing Attack on high value individuals or executives Spear Phishing Attack Targeted attack on you to collect information Read more…
If you have a Dell EqualLogic disk storage array and you want to connect it to Server 2016, you will want the Host Integration Tools (HIT Kit). The problem is there HIT Kit version 4.x only supports Server 2012R2 and older. Fortunately, Dell has just made HIT Kit version 5 Read more…
Recently we ran into a situation in which a scumbag was copying our content. This has happened in the past with graphics and little bit of text but never a dozen or more full pages so we had to act. If someone is stealing the content from your website, this Read more…
Source: @technology via Twitter As we are only a month into 2018, many businesses in Canada probably remain hard at work considering how they can refresh their services across the coming year and ensure they are providing the best possible service to both clients and their customers. One of the Read more…
If you want to distill the argument between Intel Xeon and AMD Epyc server processors down to three things, they would be: AMD’s interconnection of the Cores on Epyc is much slower than on Intel Xeon’s AMD Epyc CPU’s are faster than Intel Xeon in memory intensive applications In general, Read more…
Unless you are already famous or want to put in hundreds of unpaid hours, there is no way you can make money on YouTube after February 2018. Worse, if you are already a YouTube Partner that does not meet the new minimums, you will be shut down in February Read more…