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Password managers are quite popular these days, and Dashlane is one of the most-used providers of that service on the web.
Well, the folks at Dashlane have just published a new blog post about a great sounding initiative they’ve developed called “Project Mirror: Kill the Password”.
I won’t go into the details of how Project Mirror will work because you can get all that info in their blog post should you choose to read it. But I will tell you that I don’t like it. [Read more…]
HP has just announced a voluntary recall of the batteries in some HP notebook computers and mobile workstations.
The batteries affected by the recall are prone to over-heating, a situation that could potentially cause a fire or present a burn hazard to the user.
If you purchased a laptop or mobile workstation on this list between December 2015 and December 2017 it might well be subject to the recall: [Read more…]
A few days ago I wrote a post explaining how it came to light that Apple has been intentionally causing older iPhones to run slower via software updates.
As you might expect, the company was quickly hit with a couple of class-action lawsuits over the practice.
Well, it seems they’ve now come to their senses because they’ve published a blog post apologizing for the way they handled the situation. [Read more…]
Well, it’s another week, and another online service has reported a data breach.
This time it’s Ancestry.com – or more specifically, the server that hosts their RootsWeb genealogy information sharing tools. [Read more…]
Do you hate it when you click what looks like a link to an interesting article only to discover that it’s really just an advertisement?
And how about those ads that prompt you to to click by using a title that ends up having nothing to do with the product or service they’re hawking?
Or maybe video ads that start playing automatically just as soon as you load the page?
And perhaps worst of all are ads that “pop up” or “slide in” over top of the content, usually with the little “X” you click to close the ad located way off in the distance. I hate having to search high and low for a way to close an ad just so I can read the article!
If you despise deceptive and irritating ads like these as much as I do, you’ll finally find some relief come February 15, 2018. [Read more…]