On late December, Canonical decided to pull the download links of Ubuntu 17.10 Linux distro. This step was taken following the reports that a bug in UEFI firmware of some laptops from OEMs like Lenovo, Acer, and Toshiba are corrupting the BIOS and making the machine unbootable. Now the updated and fixed Ubuntu Artful Aardvark […]
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Samsung Secretly Unveiled Their Foldable Galaxy X Smartphone At CES 2018, Says Report
part from the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9, there is another Samsung flagship device that the tech world is eagerly waiting to get their hands on – the foldable smartphone, dubbed Galaxy X. While the device seems to be nowhere near an expected release, it is known that Samsung revealed the same at CES […]
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21 Free And Best Android Apps For 2018 To Get The Most Out Of Your Smartphone
he number of apps in Google Play Store has grown to around 3.5 million by December 2017. There are multiple apps with the same functionalities. So, instead of trying all of them, we have saved you some time by compiling this list of free and best Android apps. These are also some of the essential […]
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7 Best Open Source Linux Media Players You Need To Try In 2018
onestly speaking, I have started using media player software less often. That’s probably because of the online streaming boom in the last couple of years. It’s hard to remember the last time I slid a DVD into my computer. Most of the time, I find myself binge-watching TV shows on Prime Video (it even has a […]
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60 Games With 3 Million Downloads Found Showing “AdultSwine” Porn Ads — Now Deleted By Google
t doesn’t matter how much trust Google has on their malware scanning tool called Play Protect, malicious minds always find a way to slip their malware via hidden passages. The researchers from security firm Check Point reported a new Android threat, dubbed AdultSwine, which disguises as Android games. The malware is capable of displaying pornographic ads […]
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Backdoor In 30 Seconds: New Major AMT Security Flaw Is Here To Haunt Intel Laptops
ntel’s Active Management Technology (AMT) is a proprietary technology that is often used for remote-access monitoring and maintenance of corporate laptops. There have been some instances of security issues in the past, but a recently-discovered flaw by F-Secure is gaining lots of traction in the cybersecurity community–probably due to the Meltdown and Spectre wounds which are still […]
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10 Best Free PDF Reader Software For Windows (2018 Edition)
s our basic PDF reading needs are fulfilled by web browsers, the need for a free PDF reader software is decreasing. Still, there are some tasks like annotation, digital signature, form filling, etc. that need advanced PDF reader software. So, we’ve compiled a list of the top 8 best PDF readers for Windows PCs. This list […]
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How Much Slower Will My PC Become After Meltdown And Spectre Patches?
he Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws have dominated the technology world over the past two weeks. After initial speculation that only Intel CPUs were hit by the flaws, AMD has confirmed the same and all companies are offering patches. Just recently, Microsoft shared an advisory as well, telling that the users of older Intel-based PCs […]
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14 Best Free And Open Source Software For Windows 10 Every User Must Know In 2018
icrosoft is mostly criticized by the Linux community for their closed-source Windows operating system which single-handedly outperforms the popularity of all the Linux distros combined. The company has been an advocate of proprietary software, but in the last couple of years, Redmond has made a lot of contributions to the open source community. Microsoft is now […]
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First Android Malware Written In Kotlin Programming Language Is Here To Infect You
ollowing the footsteps of Apple’s homegrown Swift programming language for developing iOS apps, Kotlin has been growing at a fast pace (here’s why you should learn it). This doesn’t mean that all Kotlin developers are learning it with an aim to code safer and faster Android apps. A new report from Trend Micro states the […]
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