Microsoft is introducing a new Windows 10 Start menu design that will de-emphasize its Live Tiles. The software giant first hinted at the refreshed design earlier this year, and it’s arriving for Windows 10 testers today. “We are freshening up the Start menu with a more streamlined design that removes the solid color backplates behind the logos in the apps list and applies a uniform, partially transparent...
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Free parental control software can take some of the worry out of letting your children use the internet when you can't watch them directly. Whether conducting research for a school project, keeping in touch with friends, or just enjoying what the web has to offer, you don’t want to have to worry about them stumbling across inappropriate content. In an ideal world, you would probably spend...
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Internet-connected devices have been one of the most remarkable developments that have happened to humankind in the last decade. Although this development is a good thing, it also stipulates a high security and privacy risk to personal information. In one such recent privacy mishap, smart IP cameras manufactured by Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi found mistakenly sharing surveillance footage of Xiaomi users with other random users without...
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A security researcher reported finding a database with the names, phone numbers and unique user IDs of more than 267 million Facebook users — nearly all U.S.-based — on the open internet. The data were likely harvested by criminals, said researcher Bob Diachenko, an independent security consultant. The database, which Diachenko discovered with a search engine, was freely accessible online for at least 10 days beginning...
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