Articles for October 2014

Snowden admitted that even though Google and Facebook have seemingly beefed up some of their practices, they are still 'dangerous services' as far as privacy is concerned. ... Read more

If you still need to do some testing under XP, we'll show you here a method to install XP Mode under Windows 10, without having a setup disc or an installation ISO. ... Read more

Image leaks and cloud hacks seem to become the new normal, and if September's major iCloud hack was a big deal in the tech world, October SnapChat leak seems to come as something natural and predictable. ... Read more

By default, Show Desktop is located at the far bottom-right end of the taskbar. If you find that location inconvenient and you would rather have a Show Desktop icon located near the Start, like in Windows XP, we'll show you how to create one. ... Read more

Samsung are testing technology for the next generation of Wi-Fi known as 802.11ad. The speed improvement with the new wireless tech improves the maximum throughput from 866 Mbps up to 4.6 Gbps with the 802.11ad standard. 802.11ax is even faster. ... Read more

Dropbox isn't have a good few days. Now news has started to filter out that some users potentially have lost their data due to a coding error in their Selective Sync application which resulted in files being lost rather than syncing to the cloud. ... Read more

The boffins over at Microsoft Research have come up with a novel way of getting information quickly into Google Android Wear devices. They have developed an app for hand writing individual letters on to a smart watch display. Good for fixing typos. ... Read more

When you normally open a Google Chrome tab unless you are already using an extension to show some favorite bookmarks or most visited web sites, you're likely to see something rather bland and boring. With the Earth View extension, that's all changed. ... Read more

Have you wanted to take a photo on your iPhone using the front and the rear camera at the same time? This has already been possible for a little while using the Frontback iOS app but it is a two step process. Selfie Vista takes both shots together. ... Read more

According to some users of Reddit almost 7 million Dropbox accounts holders have had their username and password security combinations acquired by hackers. A few of these have so far been listed on a Pastebin page that is publicly available to see. ... Read more

Windows 10 hasn't been released yet and technology enthusiasts already want to change their Windows operating system to look more presentable. The guys at windowsxlive.net have released the first public build of their Windows 10 Transformation Pack. ... Read more

Firefox has fallen a little behind in the web browser wars when it comes to offering a 64-bit version of their software for Windows. Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and several other popular web browsers already offer 64-bit software. ... Read more

Kmart has reported that it is the latest victim of a point of sale malware attack. The attack happened at the end of last week. Both the FCC & customers were informed via official documents and a small notice on the Kmart web site. ... Read more

The bottom line is not much has changed for Apple’s users, and the security system of iDevices is as secure, or hackable, as it was before the iCloud celeb photo hack. ... Read more

There is no definitive end to this story, but Yahoo certainly doesn't look good in the light of the hack and the company's failure to encourage security researchers to submit their findings to Yahoo for meager $25 or no bounty at all. ... Read more