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- Best Professional Monitors - Professional monitors always come at a premium price
but for that extra coin you get multiple color gamut options,
factory-certified calibration and often times the ability to create
your own color presets with included software and instruments. When you
need the absolute pinnacle of color accuracy, one of the screens can
fulfill that need, usually without any initial adjustment.
- Windows 10 S becoming a mode, not a version, as Microsoft
shakes up its pricing - With the next big update to Windows 10,
version 1803, Microsoft is
making some big changes to how it sells the software to OEMs. The
biggest casualty? Windows 10 S-the restricted version of Windows that
can only run apps from the Store-is going away. Currently, Windows 10 S
is a unique edition of Windows 10. It's based on Windows 10 Pro;
Windows 10 Pro has various facilities that enable system administrators
to restrict which software can be run, and Windows 10 S is essentially
a preconfigured version of those facilities. In addition to locking out
arbitrary downloaded programs, it also prevents the use of certain
built-in Windows features such as the command-line, PowerShell, and
Windows Subsystem for Linux.
- No Office 2019 Without Windows 10 - A post on the Windows blog outlines changes to servicing and
support of Windows and Office. The post states that Office 2019 will
only be available to Windows 10, or the next long-term servicing
version of Windows Server. Support will be shorter than normal well,
Instead of the normal 5 years standard support, and 5 year extended,
they are shortening extended support to 2 years
- Learn More about how Spectre and Meltdown Work - Let Jon
Masters, Computer Architect at Red Hat, help you understand just
exactly how Spectre and Meltdown work. While he had to plow through his
90 slide presentation on stage in 45 minutes, he
has been nice enough to give us direct access online. However you can
click through those as slow as fast as you wish. The PDF entitled,
Exploiting modern microarchitectures: Meltdown, Spectre, and other
attacks, is available here.
- A critical Adobe Flash Player zero-day vulnerability - Adobe's
Flash Player has been the cause of security concerns over the past
few years with lots of attackers targeting the particular software. A
few months ago, Kaspersky Lab discovered
a Flash vulnerability through Microsoft Word, and in February 2017,
even Microsoft was forced to release a critical security update for
Flash on Windows, separate from its Patch Tuesday schedule. Now,
another zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in the software,
which allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) on various platforms.
According to Adobe, it is already being utilized against Windows users
on a limited scale. The latest security issue has been discovered by South
Korea's CERT and has been reported in detail by Cisco
Systems' Talos group. According to the security researchers, the
exploit is carried out by embedding a Flash SWF file in a Microsoft
Excel document. In the limited number of attacks carried out using this
vulnerability so far, opening this document allows the Flash object to
download the ROKRAT payload from malicious websites, load it into the
memory and execute it
- Facebook bans ads for cryptocurrencies, ICOs and binary
options - Facebook has just made it a bit harder for scammers to
solicit your hard-earned dollars for cryptocurrency purchases. Of
course, the social media company's new policy also may hit some
legitimate crypto ads as well. The policy, made
public by Facebook Product Management Director Rob Leathern,
"prohibits ads that promote financial products and services that are
frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional
practices, such as binary options, initial coin offerings and
cryptocurrency." The move is to protect users from ads that are trying
to capitalize on the popularity of these new financial opportunities
through bad faith.
- Bitcoin Free Fall Continues As Dominant Cryptocurrency Drops
Below $7,000 - It looks as though it isn't just the Dow Jones that
is having a crappy
day in the financial world. Bitcoin, which was trading at close to
$20,000 in late 2017, has come crashing down to earth in the past few
weeks. Just last week, there panic coursed through the market which
caused the cryptocurrency to drop below $10,000. Today, Bitcoin dropped
under $7,000. According to Coindesk, Bitcoin is currently at
$6,784,
which represents a 17 percent drop for the day. Bitcoin hasn't seen
these lows since it began a meteoric rise back in mid-November 2017.
For those keeping score, Bitcoin has lost roughly half of its value
since the start of 2018... ouch.
- eBay is dropping PayPal as its main payment provider - eBay
has announced
it is moving away from the payment service. eBay said it had signed an
agreement that will see Adyen
become its primary payments processing partner. The Amsterdam-based
company, which offers back-end payment services to businesses, counts
Netflix, Spotify, and Uber among its customers. Adyen will offer an
integrated payments solution within eBay itself, meaning you won't have
to log into a separate website for transactions. This should make
paying on eBay a smoother experience and bring it in line with other
retailers such as Amazon. The good news for most users is that the move
will result in reduced payment processing charges, which can eat into
sellers' profits. Despite charging less, eBay is expected to add $2
billion of revenue to its business once it starts taking the processing
fees, according to Recode.
- Google Turning On Pixel Visual Core in All Pixel 2 Handsets -
Google
today made the February security patch available to its Nexus and Pixel
devices. First and foremost, the patch closes a number of security
holes in the code that left all the handsets vulnerable to certain
types of attacks. Google plugged up issues in the kernel, framework,
system, and in select Qualcomm components. The update also provides a
number of feature updates specifically for Pixel 2 devices. For
example, it boosts Bluetooth call quality, WiFi uplink performance, and
battery performance. It also improves the camera, Android Auto, app
compatibility, mobile data, and audio switching, and provides stability
fixes. Last, as already mentioned, the February patch turns on the
Pixel Visual Core in the Pixel 2 and 2 XL for better photography
- Pixel 2 XL: How To Activate Ok Google - Check it out
- Google Closes Acquisition of HTC Hardware Team - Google
today said it has completed its proposed acquisition of select assets
from HTC. The deal includes portions of HTC's handset design team,
among other properties. Google worked with HTC to develop the Pixel 2
smartphone, which was released last year. "As our hardware business
enters its third year, we remain committed to building and investing
for the long run," said Rick Osterloh, Google's senior vice president
of hardware. "Today, we start digging in with our new teammates, guided
by the mission to create radically helpful experiences for people
around the world, by combining the best of Google's AI, software and
hardware." HTC's hardware team will remain in Taiwan, as Osterloh said
the acquisition marks Google's official expansion into Taipei, now the
largest Google engineering site in the Asia-Pacific region.
- OnePlus 5T's Android 8 Oreo Update Is Here - OnePlus
today begain pushing OxygenOS 5.0.2, which includes Android 8 Oreo, to
the OnePlus 5T handset. As expected, the Oreo update contains
notification dots, picture-in-picture, and autofill tools in Chrome.
This update for the 5T also packs security patches, general bug fixes,
and a new design for the Quick Settings screen. OnePlus says OxygenOS
5.0.2 also updates the file manager, weather, and gallery apps, and
boosts the launcher to version 2.2. According to OnePlus, some users
will see the update as soon as today though the bulk of users will see
it over the next few days. The 5T is OnePlus' flagship handset.
- STARGATE: ORIGINS TRAILER - On February 15th, witness the premiere
of a Stargate story that takes you back to where it all began
- Mute - Official Trailer - Welcome to Berlin 2052 - where
dreams come true and man comes undone.
Prepare
yourself for MUTE, a new Netflix Original Film by visionary
director Duncan Jones, starring Alexander Skarsgard, Paul Rudd and
Justin Theroux. Streaming only on Netflix February 23.
- Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp - Official Trailer - Watch
the brand-new trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp. In theaters July
6th.
- ALEXIS REN 2018 LUISDA FILMS - Check it out!
- Survival Island - New Hallmark Movies 2017 - Crazy sexy
movie
- AUTOMATICA 4k - Robots Vs. Music - Robots rock,
they were fun to work with. My favorite is the robotic drummer.
More work to be done, and maybe I could play with them live.
- Curiosity at Martian Scenic Overlook - Curiosity Project
Scientist Ashwin Vasavada gives a
descriptive tour of the Mars rover's view in Gale Crater. The
white-balanced scene looks back over the journey so far.
- The best Super Bowl commercials - Grab a sneak
peek at Sunday's best commercials.
- Alexis Ren is the SI Swimsuit 2018 Rookie of the Year - She is just
so good!
- The best pics on the Internet #249 - All pictures
are carefully handpicked
- Hottest Babes on the Internet #94 - Which one is
hottest? ;-)
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