• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-11-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Skype taps Whisper’s Signal protocol to test encrypted calls and chats

Skype became the latest chat app to adopt encrypted communications on Thursday, as Microsoft taps Whisper Systems’ Signal protocol in a preview version of both desktop and mobile clients.The feature, known as Private Conversations, is available to iOS, Android, Linux, Mac, […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-10-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Nvidia updates graphics drivers to protect against Spectre CPU attacks

The Game Ready driver Nvidia released earlier this week for GeForce graphics cards ostensibly added new features announced at CES, like Nvidia FreeStyle filters, Ansel screenshot improvements, and ShadowPlay Highlights for Fortnite, Crossout, and El... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-10-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Nvidia updates graphics drivers to protect against Spectre CPU attacks

The Game Ready driver Nvidia released earlier this week for GeForce graphics cards ostensibly added new features announced at CES, like Nvidia FreeStyle filters, Ansel screenshot improvements, and ShadowPlay Highlights for Fortnite, Crossout, and El... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jan-09-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Microsoft tests show Spectre patches drag down performance on older PCs

Microsoft said Tuesday that PCs running older versions of Windows, or even just older Intel silicon, will see a noticeable impact in performance from the Meltdown and Spectre patches. Intel released its own performance information, though it showed just a […]

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