Apple’s latest OS for Mac has been shipped with a major security hole that renders it venerable to access by anyone at the console, including access to your supposedly secure passwords in the Keychain. Read more
A number of Facebook accounts have been compromised, with accounts sending out personalised messenger posts to friends, with links back to a Facebook page, such as a pages called “216,526 Views” and using a YouTube like icon.
If you receive such a message, contact the sender buy another means to let them know, and delete the message.
If you think your account has been compromised, first go to your account settings, security and login and check where you’re logged in. Log out any unknown sessions.
Now go to your connected apps and remove all apps or games.
Now go and charge your account password, and enable login verification emails and 2-step authentication in Security and Login Settings
Scroll down and tap Account Settings > Security and Login
It’s lovely to give a gift that someone really wants, and who doesn’t like a gadget for Christmas? But not everyone is confident they’re getting the right gadget at the best price, so let us help you pick the perfect gift this Christmas. Read more
As we roll on towards the European Union General Data Protection Regulation early next year, it’s becoming even more important for companies of all sizes to tackle data security within their structure. Small businesses may have a simpler organisational setup but lack the required skills and resources to manage their data within the new regulations framework, and medium sized enterprises might have some in-house IT skills, but a massively more complex data structure and processing setup that are adding to data security issues. Read more
One of the regular occurring scams is back, being spread mostly by WhatsApp at the moment but likely to be popping up on other platforms like Facebook and Twitter Read more
When Solid State Drives first appeared, most were designed to replace existing Hard Disk Drives, using case dimensions and connectors that people already had, so they came in 3.5″ and 2.5″ containers to fit desktop and laptop computers respectively, and with SATA interfaces. But without the physical restraint of a spinning platter, they were not restricted to these forms for very long. Read more
The latest update to Windows 10 has been rolling out. The ‘Fall Creators Update’ will bring Windows 10 to version 1709. It’s packed with fixes and new features that we cover below, along with a few potential problems that are also covered. Read more
Which? show how easy it is to send fake text messages ‘from your bank’
A recent Which? shoes how easy it is to fake text messages as being from your bank or credit card company. In the report the journalist along with ‘ethical hacker’ Scott Mcgready are able to create and send convincing fake emails that show up alongside genuine text messages from a bank. Read more
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</p><h2>Samsung's 49" QLED Gaming Monitor</h2><p>Samsung's ultra wide 49" monitor is aimed at gamers but it's got practical uses outside of the gaming sector too.<!--more--></p><h2>Curved and Wide</h2><p>There is certainly a trend in monitors at the moment to be wide and to have an organic curve to them, bringing a wrap-around experience to your usage. Samsung have got the cutting edge in this with their 49" QLED monitor.</p>Microsoft Excel open on CHG90 /Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider/ Original Post<p>It's got a resolution of 3840 x 1080 (that's a 32:9 aspect ratio) and could give you the screen estate of a traditional 3-monitor setup but with the seamless uninterrupted view of a single QLED panel.
While having Excel open across the entire screen (On standard settings, you get across to column BG before you need to scroll) is not the best use of the screen, it does show what the extra width can offer.
It comes with a utility to manage the extra screen space, allowing you to split it into two, three or more virtual screens both along the width and vertically with a maximum of 6 virtual screens in two rows of three.
Specs
The screen uses Samsung’s HDTV ‘quantum-dot’ technology giving a vivid colour accuracy and deep blacks, with HDR10 for high-dynamic colour range. and is the first monitor to use AMD’s FreeSync2 technology which helps pipe out the graphics from your graphics card faster to prevent stuttering or slanting game/video play.
It’s got a VA LCD ultra fast display with a response time of one millisecond and a refresh time of 144htz. Samsung have also supplied some extra connectivity via DisplayPort, Mini Display Port, two HDMI ports and three USB 3.0 ports.
We’ve come across some problems with a website secured by a valid SSL certificate, but users getting an error message when they try to visit the site, with error codes similar to NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID. Read more
SSD Sizes and Interfaces
The screen uses Samsung’s HDTV ‘quantum-dot’ technology giving a vivid colour accuracy and deep blacks, with HDR10 for high-dynamic colour range. and is the first monitor to use AMD’s FreeSync2 technology which helps pipe out the graphics from your graphics card faster to prevent stuttering or slanting game/video play.
