Malware scanning and analysis distro REMnux has been updated to Version 6 with 19 new tools and updates to tools in earlier versions. The brainchild of information security specialist Lenny Zeltser, REMnux Linux has been around for a while. The first version saw the light of day in 2010. The Read More
Austrian software house Objective Development, the folks behind the Little Snitch network monitor application for the Mac, has put out a Micro Snitch app. True to its name, Micro Snitch acts like a snitch and informs users of any microphone and camera activity on the Mac. Little Snitch should be Read More
Content producers are in the throes of death. Be it the New York Times, Washington Post, L.A.Times or any major news publication, they’re all in dire straits. Today it’s mostly middlemen (platforms) like Facebook, Trip Advisor, Yelp, Yahoo, Bing (Microsoft) and Google who leech on others’ content and make money. Read More
If you’re scratching your head over which version of the upcoming Windows 10 operating system is right for you, I’m inclined to say the correct answer is ‘None of the Above.’ Given Microsoft’s inglorious tradition of promising the Sun and the Moon but ultimately delivering operating systems that are sub-mediocre, bug-ridden Read More
As far back as I can remember, Dell has been cosily in bed with Microsoft. During Microsoft’s anti-trust trial in the late 1990s, Dell was seen as one of Microsoft’s strong supporters. Dell’s closeness to Microsoft yielded some valuable benefits against rivals like Compaq, HP and other PC vendors. The Read More
A glaring weakness of Google’s Android mobile platform (including the current version, Lollipop) has been the absence of finesse and polish when compared to its key rival, Apple’s iOS. So I was more than pleased when Google today took the wraps off the next version of its Android mobile OS, Read More