• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-21-2019
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Secured-core PCs offer new defense against firmware attacks

Microsoft, chipmakers, and several PC makers on Monday announced Secured-core PCs, which use hardware-based defense mechanisms to combat firmware-level security attacks. Considering the products on the initial list of Secured-core PCs, it’s fair to say this initiative will be aimed at business […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-21-2019
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on How to remove your login password from Windows 10

Eliminating your login password from your PC is a bad idea—unless you own a computer in your private home that no one but you will ever touch. In that case, why not remove your password and eliminate that initial step?In the […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-15-2019
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on They’re back: Windows 7 popup warnings to update to Windows 10 will soon reappear

Windows 7 support expires on January 14, 2020. And if you’re a Windows 7 Pro user, Microsoft is going to tell you that right on your PC screen via a popup notification.In March, Microsoft warned that it would begin using […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Oct-04-2019
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on New zero-day Android exploit targets Pixel, Galaxy phones—and hackers are already using it

Google’s Project Zero team is warning Pixel, Pixel 2, Galaxy S9, Huawei P20, and millions of other Android phone users that a new zero-day vulnerability could let a hacker take full control of your phone. And what’s worse, there is […]