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As you probably know, the FBI asked Apple to help them recover the data from the iPhone that belonged to one of the San Bernardino attackers, but they refused to help.
Ultimately, it appeared that Apple would end up winning that battle in court, and I believe they would have had the legal battle been allowed to run its course. But now that won’t be necessary.
The FBI announced yesterday that they were able to break into the phone anyway with the help of a third party. [Read more…]
Would you like to purchase Microsoft Office 365?
Well, now you can purchase a full year’s subscription to MS Office 365 Premium from third-party sellers!
This offer allows you install the software on up to 5 different devices (PCs, Macs and selected mobile devices) and use it for a full year.
Note: If you plan to install Office 365 on Windows machines, they must be running Windows 7 or higher (currently Windows 7, 8.1 or 10).
You will receive all of the following when you take advantage of this offer: [Read more…]
If you or someone you know owns a Panasonic Toughbook CF-S 10 laptop, the company might have just recalled its battery pack.
Apparently the defective batteries were contaminated with flammable materials during the manufacturing process, resulting in a potential fire hazard. [Read more…]
Livid users are hitting social media in droves to complain after finding that their PCs have been automatically updated to Windows 10 without their knowledge or permission.
Until recently a user would have to intentionally click their approval before the Windows 10 update would be installed on his/her system, but that’s no longer the case for users who have Windows set to install updates automatically. [Read more…]
Every day I receive emails from folks who have updated their PCs to Windows 10 and subsequently discovered that they don’t like it.
In most of those emails I’m asked if it’s possible to reverse the update and re-install the version of Windows they were using before. [Read more…]