It's the end of the line for Yahoo Messenger. As of July, it will be no more, marking the end of an era. The announcement comes just six months after AIM (the old AOL messaging program) was shut down. The first major messaging programs from the early days of the internet will soon be a thing of the past. Users will have six months to download their chat histories from Yahoo Messenger. If they haven't gotten what they need by then, they'll lose their chance forever. It probably won't … Read more
Some Private Posts On Facebook May Have Been Exposed
Facebook is in hot water again. Recently, the company admitted that while testing a new feature on the site, they inadvertently made public the posts of more than fourteen million users. The incident occurred between May 18th and May 22nd and occurred when Facebook was testing a new "Featured Posts" enhancement. The goal was that users could selectively make posts visible to everyone. Unfortunately, the error created a situation where any posts users in the test group made were … Read more
Microsoft Ending Forum Support For Older Operating Systems
Big changes are coming from Microsoft starting in July (exact date unknown), and it has potentially dire implications if you're using some of the company's older technology. Microsoft announced that in July, they'll no longer provide forum-based support for a wide range of products and software, including: Microsoft Band Zune Surface Pro Surface Pro 2 Surface RT Surface 2 Microsoft Security Essentials Internet Explorer 10 Office 2010 Office 2013 Windows … Read more
Attackers Targeting Job Seekers Via Listings And Recruitment
Cyber-criminals around the world are increasingly focusing their attention on job seekers. According to the security firm Flashpoint, there has been a notable uptick in ploys involving phony job listings that attempt to get job seekers to give up personal information. Perhaps the biggest surprise is the fact that this is only now becoming a growing threat. After all, from the cyber-criminal's point of view, it's low hanging fruit. Job seekers expect that they'll be asked for all types of … Read more
Study Shows Employee Satisfaction Is Higher With Technology Improvements
A new study recently published by HPE Aruba called "The Right Technologies Unlock The Potential Of The Digital Workplace," reveals some interesting details about technology in the workplace that's worth paying attention to. The study was conducted by collecting feedback from more than seven thousand companies of various sizes around the globe. These were broken broadly into two groups: "Digital Revolutionaries," which made more and better use of cutting edge technology, and "Digital … Read more
Microsoft Purchases GitHub – What Does This Mean For Open Source?
Microsoft just made a big, significant purchase that has raised more than a few eyebrows. They just acquired GitHub for a hefty $7.5 billion. What makes the purchase interesting and potentially troublesome is that Microsoft is the world's largest proprietary software company, and GitHub is the world's largest open source hosting service. The natural question on everyone's mind then, is what does this mean for open source? Is it doomed? Is it soon to go the way of the dinosaur, or will … Read more
Microsoft Is Issuing Surface Book 4 Replacements
Do you own a Surface Book 4? If you do, you may have been unfortunate enough to get one that suffers from a peculiar screen flickering issue. It's not known exactly how many Surface Book 4's have been affected by the issue, but thousands of angry users have been comparing horror stories about it on various discussion forums around the web. For their part, Microsoft has been very slow to even acknowledge the existence of the issue, even though there are some user videos showing the screen … Read more
Embedded Sound Waves Could Damage Your Computer
It seems like a new attack vector emerges on a weekly basis, and this week is no exception. The latest threat: Emails containing specialized audio files whose acoustic vibrations can damage your computer's hard drive. This is possibly damaging to the point of causing system failure, data corruption, and making it impossible to successfully reboot your machine. As the researchers point out, "Intentional acoustic interference causes unusual errors in the mechanics of magnetic hard disk drives … Read more
Apple Users Are Getting Group Facetime
Apple's Legions of users love FaceTime, but there's a problem with the highly popular app. It only allows you to see and talk to one person at a time. Apple fans have been clamoring for Group FaceTime for almost as long as the app has existed, and soon, they'll get their wish. Beginning with iOS 12, Group FaceTime will finally be "a thing," allowing you to simultaneously talk with up to 31 of your contacts. Even better, the new functionality will allow you to turn any iMessage group chat … Read more
T-Mobile Site Leaked Data On Millions Of Customers
ZDNet Researcher Ryan Stevenson recently found a big problem on T-Mobile's website regarding an unprotected API. As a result of the flaw, untold millions of T-Mobile's customers' account information was left exposed and completely unprotected. Literally anyone who stumbled across the site and tried to abuse it could access a wide range of customer information with no password required. This includes, but is not limited to: Customer name Phone number Mailing Address Account … Read more
