The new iPad Pro has been launched and it seems to live up to the hype that preceded it, promising it would be the biggest upgrade to an iPad yet. For a start, it seems like the next iPad Pro will have more RAM than any previous Apple tablet, with 8GB in the 128GB, 256GB […]
DuckDuckGo released a new version of its browser extension, called DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, for all supported web browsers this week. The new version blocks FLoC interactions on websites to protect the privacy of users. If you have not heard about FLoC yet, it is Google’s attempt to shift advertising from a cookie-based system to one that does […]
Phone numbers, email addresses, and more are included Personal data from 533 million Facebook accounts has reportedly leaked online for free, according to security researcher Alon Gal. Insider said it verified several of the leaked records. “The exposed data includes personal information of over 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries, including over 32 million records on users in […]
by leon jordaan 31 march 2021 at http://computerscairns.com.au and http://allcomputersupport.com.au 0409274992 or 4053-1224 so first was 20h2 and now 21h2 Microsoft is working to fix an issue causing a recently released Windows 10 21H1 build to fail to install for customers enrolled in the Windows Insider program. “Some Windows Insiders may experience an 0x800f081f error when attempting to install […]
by leon jordaan 35 pease street http://computerscairns.com.au Microsoft has rushed out another out-of-band patch to fix problems which have hit the printers of some Windows 10 users, following a recent debacle that you might have been following. This trouble started when the Windows 10 cumulative updates for March triggered Blue Screen of Death crashes with some printers, and apparently the fix for […]
Performance drops/ slow computers As time goes by, your computer can get clogged up with files and programs that are no longer used but slow your computer down. It’s a bit like trying to drive with a ton of bricks in you boot. You will get your location, but really slowly. System crashes Having your […]
by Leon Jordaan at http://computerscairns.com.au and http://allcomputersupport.com.au on March 2, 2021. So we all just installed update 20H2 which took ages, and here comes another update. Microsoft announced the next feature update for its Windows 10 operating system, version 21H1, today officially on the Windows Experience blog. The update “will be delivered in an optimized way using servicing technology”. […]
by leon jordaan http://computerscairns.com.au and http://allcomputersupport.com.au on 10 Feb, 2021. Adding additional screens to laptop devices is hardly a new concept, but the Aurora 7 concept workstation certainly goes the extra mile. This imposing laptop sports seven inbuilt screens and was designed for use as a mobile security operations center, could be good for stock trading too though! […]
by leon jordaan 16 january 2021 @ http://computerscairns.com.au and http://allcomputersupport.com.au WOW… An unpatched zero-day in Microsoft Windows 10 allows attackers to corrupt an NTFS-formatted hard drive with a one-line command. This one-liner can be delivered hidden inside a Windows shortcut file, a ZIP archive, batch files, or various other vectors to trigger hard drive errors that corrupt the filesystem index instantly. “Critically underestimated” NTFS […]