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20May/120

Monitor Facebook Status Updates While You Use Chrome

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Are you a Facebook junkie? If so, you probably find yourself hopping back and forth between a Facebook tab and whatever else you happen to be doing in your browser. That's not terribly productive.

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19May/120

Download the Insider Threat Deep Dive Report

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A wide range of detection and prevention countermeasures can vastly reduce the threat of malicious activity by insiders. Learn which work best and how to deploy them for maximum effect

(from PC Advisor News http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/security/3358541/download-insider-threat-deep-dive-report/?olo=rss)

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17May/120

Microsoft offering “crapware” cleanup service

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Microsoft PCSoftware giant to remove trial software in bid to speed PCs

(from PC PRO - Today http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/374683/microsoft-offering-crapware-cleanup-service)

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17May/120

How to start a business continuity program

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Sometimes you pull the short straw.

(from PC Advisor News http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/security/3358121/how-start-business-continuity-program/?olo=rss)

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16May/120

Intel hopes the youngs will like its new mobile magazine

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Today Intel is launching a Flipboard-like digital magazine, “iQ by Intel,” that aims to attract “a younger audience” through a blend of employee-curated content and original stories. iQ is designed to be read on smartphones and tablets. So far, it’s mostly a lot of pieces from TechCrunch and Mashable.

iQ editor-in-chief Bryan Rhoads tells AdAge that iQ’s goal is to “connect with a younger audience and tell them the bigger story of who we are as a brand. Many of them don’t know, so we need to tell them the story of Intel that is beyond PCs and beyond processors.”

He goes on to say, “We have Facebook, Twitter and blogs and all of that, but they’re really not tailored to a younger audience.”

Hope you kids like a lot of stories from those old-fashioned blogs, because that’s mostly what’s here: Right now iQ’s front page is made up almost entirely of stories from The Next Web, TechCrunch, Mashable and Engadget. There’s also some original content — bloggy stories like “Gamification breaks rules in the classroom” and “5 iconic soundbites in tech.”

A bar at the top of the page highlights three original stories: “What does your biometric shirt say to you?”, “What does the average design student have in their bag?” and “Schools powered by the sun.” Each of those stories has been shared zero times.

The project is reminiscent of the “Free Press” news section that Intel launched on its site in 2010 in an effort to get tech blogs to cover Intel more often. Free Press, though seemingly little read, is still running, and says it covers “interesting behind-the-scenes stories that provide insight into what’s going on inside Intel and indirectly, the tech industry.”

To be fair, it is only iQ’s first day and it has a big goal: “iQ is here to remind us on how fast we’re moving as a global culture, to be cognizant of how far we’ve come and to reflect on where are planet is headed.” Also, to remind the youngs that Intel thinks tablets are cool, too.

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16May/120

HP to sell second-hand kit to firms from new Scottish centre

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HP has opened a "technology renewal" centre in Erskine, Scotland to sell second-hand kit to government and enterprise customers. The centre will also be used to refurbish kit and recycle unwanted equipment from any manufacturer.

(from PC Advisor News http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/tech-industry/3358038/hp-sell-second-hand-kit-firms-from-new-scottish-centre/?olo=rss)

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16May/120

Reed Recruitment upgrades to VoIP system

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Reed Recruitment has extended a contract with Azzurri Communications for the provision of a network and telecoms managed service.

(from PC Advisor News http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/network-wifi/3358041/reed-recruitment-upgrades-voip-system/?olo=rss)

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16May/120

TP-Link SafeStream TL-R600VPN

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TP-Link SafeStream TL-R600VPNThis new IPsec VPN unit connects workers to the main office at an extremely low cost

(from PC PRO - Today http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/security-appliances/374602/tp-link-safestream-tl-r600vpn)

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15May/120

Avira fixes antivirus update that crippled many PCs

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The Avira antivirus company has now fixed an issue with an update this week that caused millions of PCs to be crippled. The update falsely detected malware in a number of familiar Windows programs. Read more...


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15May/120

Windows 8 to monitor children’s computer use

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Family SafetyWindows 8 parental controls will focus on monitoring rather than filtering

(from PC PRO - Today http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/374635/windows-8-to-monitor-childrens-computer-use)

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