Wednesday, June 25, 2014

You've fallen for a scam! Now what? | PCWorld

You've fallen for a scam! Now what? | PCWorld: "Cybercriminals tricked Fred into giving away sensitive information. Now he wants to know how “to mitigate this situation?”

Don’t feel bad. We all make stupid mistakes. But with these sorts of mistakes, you have to act fast to avoid disaster."



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Everything We Know About Amazon’s Radical New Smartphone | TechCrunch

Everything We Know About Amazon’s Radical New Smartphone | TechCrunch: "All signs point to Amazon announcing a smartphone with novel features tomorrow. TechCrunch has revealed much about the phone over the last nine months but a few questions remain. At this point, all of the phone’s features are known and about the only thing left to know is the name, price and release date. Amazon will likely reveal all those details tomorrow morning at an event in Seattle and of course we’ll be there live."



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The Shadow Internet That’s 100 Times Faster Than Google Fiber | Enterprise | WIRED

The Shadow Internet That’s 100 Times Faster Than Google Fiber | Enterprise | WIRED: "When Google chief financial officer Patrick Pichette said the tech giant might bring 10 gigabits per second internet connections to American homes, it seemed like science fiction. That’s about 1,000 times faster than today’s home connections. But for NASA, it’s downright slow."



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How To Find Your Android Phone Or iPhone In A Room Even On Silent Mode

How To Find Your Android Phone Or iPhone In A Room Even On Silent Mode: "Here’s the situation: Your phone is in the room, but you don’t know where. There isn’t another phone around to call it. How do you find your handset? Two neat apps let you yell or whistle to get your phone back."



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2015!? No Way Microsoft! How To Get Your Windows 8.1 Start Menu Now

2015!? No Way Microsoft! How To Get Your Windows 8.1 Start Menu Now: "n April, Microsoft demonstrated a Start Menu mock-up, which fueled speculations that this much-demanded feature would make a return with Windows 8.1 Update 2. Recently, however, Microsoft clarified that the Start Menu won’t be rolled into a new version of Windows until 2015. Well, you certainly don’t have to wait that long."



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