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Want to know a secret? Kids do not want to use a clunky Windows 10 laptop for education. Instead, they will much prefer devices they are familiar with, such as Chromebooks or the iPad. Apple's tablet in particular can make learning more fun, as it simply feels…

We usually see new Windows 10 builds for the Dev Channel arriving on a Wednesday, but this week the latest Insider build has slipped a day, but it’s worth the wait. Build 21376 comes with an updated UI font, and other cosmetic tweaks. The updated font,…

Google is taking steps to make people's accounts more secure by announcing two initiatives to mark World Password Day. Firstly it's automatically enrolling all Google account users in two-factor authentication. This will begin with accounts that are…

Today is World Password Day, in case you hadn't already noticed, a day to promote better password management and safer password choices. With billions of sets of stolen credentials circulating on the dark web, naturally there is plenty of advice and opinions…

European developer Softland has released Backup4all 9.0, a major new version of its commercial backup tool for Windows PCs. The update follows two months after Softland updated its free backup tool in the form of FBackup 9.0 with, among other things, support…

Look at your LinkedIn profile: you know it could be a little better. Too many LinkedIn users are just posting a basic resume and hoping for the offers to come flooding in, missing out on the incredible opportunity the platform offers to properly showcase…

Although many cloud providers offer a marketplace for additional products and services, it's the marketplaces of the big three 'hyperscale' clouds --Azure, AWS and Google Cloud -- that are by far the largest. New research from enterprise search company Sinequa…

There will doubtless be a lot of comment surrounding today's World Password Day (watch this space) but to kick off we'll start with a new survey which shows that people aren’t keen on passwords at all. The study from identity verification and authentication…

COVID-19 has been a global tragedy, leading to many deaths and causing countless businesses to shutter. On a positive note, however, the virus has opened our eyes to many unsanitary behaviors. For instance, people are more cognizant of the importance of…

There are thousands of different languages spoken around the planet, but a sizable number of these are at risk of disappearing. In fact, of the over 7,000 native languages currently in use, some 3,000 are in danger, and on average, a language becomes extinct…

Back in the day, getting a laptop with Linux pre-installed was almost unheard of. For the most part, you had to buy a computer with Windows and then install Linux yourself. This wasn't bad necessarily, but it did mean that the price of the computer usually…

If you like the idea of the Nintendo Switch, but wish you could play PC games on it, then GDP WIN 3 could well be just what you’re looking for. The handheld console runs Windows 10 Home and has Switch-like controllers on the left and right hand sides and a…

Elon Musk's Starlink is a project aimed at delivering fast broadband via satellite to rural areas left behind by fiber rollouts. But research from Ookla, the company behind Speedtest.net, suggests that its performance is somewhat variable, much faster than…

Although many organizations rely on the software, managing open source licenses and compliance can be a difficult and time-consuming task. Supply chain management tools specialist Sonatype is launching an Advanced Legal Pack using machine learning and…

Tiger King was one of the Netflix’s biggest shows last year, arriving at around the same time as Covid-19 lockdowns, making it a must-see for millions of people suddenly trapped at home. Joe Exotic’s arch-nemesis on the show, Carole Baskin, has been making…

Kubernetes is rapidly becoming the standard for cloud and on-premises data workloads according to a new study from big data performance management company Pepperadata. The study of 800 participants shows the motivations for adopting the container platform…

If you’ve found your system running unexpectedly short of storage space over the past couple of days, then Windows Defender could be to blame. Some users report that the bug has led to hundreds of thousands and even millions of files being generated by the…

While 49 percent of security teams and 44 percent of networking teams report to the same boss, 37 percent of IT professionals state that these teams don't really work together much. A new report from security cloud company Netskope shows that 50 percent of…

Dell has patched a recently discovered series of security flaws in a driver installed on hundreds of millions of computers. Tracked as CVE-2021-21551, no fewer than five high severity vulnerabilities were found to exist in Dell's dbutil_2_3.sys firmware update…

When Microsoft first announced it was bringing Edge to Linux, I was less than enthusiastic about it. In fact, I declared that I would never install the web browser on my own Linux computer. To this day, I have yet to install Edge for Linux, although my stance…