| London Metropolitan Police's 18,000 Windows XP PCs Is a Disaster Waiting To Happen
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| According to MSPoweruser, the London Metropolitan Police are still using around 18,000 PCs powered by Windows XP, an operating system Microsoft stopped supporting in 2014. What's more is that the police force is upgrading its PCs from Windows XP to Windows 8.1, instead of Windows 10. Only 8 PCs at the police force are reportedly powered by the "most secure version of Windows right now." From the report: From the looks of things, the London Metropolitan Police will continue to upgrade their systems to Windows 8.1 at the moment. Windows 8.1 is still being supported by Microsoft, although the ...
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| If You'd Bought Apple Stock When the iPhone Launched, Here's How Much Richer You'd Be
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| When Apple released its very first iPhone ten years ago, the device was described as sleek, but painfully expensive. After all, an 8GB iPhone 2G retailed at nearly $600 when it was released on June 29, 2007--a big premium above the popular Motorola Razr2, which sold for $250 at the time. Though many customers paid that $600 over time, through contracts with their cell-phone providers, it was still a potential budget-buster. But had a customer been unable to resist the allure of a device that could play music, scan emails, and make phone calls all at once, they could have bought the iPhone--and then more than made up for the outlay by buying a stake in Apple, the company. Since the advent of the iPhone a decade ago, investors lured by the technology's potential and its runaway popularity have pushed shares of the company up 744%. So if our theoretical customer had invested $100 in Apple back then, their stake would be worth $844 now, not including reinvested dividends--completely covering the price of that ...
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| В Microsoft ответили на кибератаку "Petya", которая началась с Украины
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 В Microsoft отреагировали на хакерскую атаку, которая началась с Украины, а потом произошла и в 64 других странах. Специалисты корпорации определили, что атака была осуществлена при помощи вируса-вымогателя, нового варианта Ransom:Win32/Petya, который "изящнее" и сложнее своего предшественника. Соответствующая информация появилась в блоге компании. В компании подтвердили вину софта M.E.Doc, ...
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| Podcast 565: So long (for now) and thanks for all the Mbps!
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 Roman and Glenn reminisce over the iPhone's introduction 10 years ago, and discuss Roman's review of the new iMac. We also advise not installing iOS 11's public beta quite yet—for most people—and look at Virgin Mobile's iPhone-only plan, as well as go googly eyes over augmented reality examples with ARKit. Finally, we're heading out on hiatus for retooling, and Glenn says, "Thank you, everyone, and see you on the interwebs!" To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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