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Intel confirms two local security issues that affect many Intel processor generations

2021-11-15 By admin

Intel published two security advisories for many of the company’s processor generations this week. The vulnerabilities have received a severity rating of high, the second-highest after critical. Good news is that the two issues require local access to be exploited. Bad news, that BIOS updates are required to address the issues. Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-0157 and CVE-2021-0158 […]

Macrium Reflect 8 Free is now available

2021-11-07 By admin

Paramount Software UK Limited released commercial editions of Macrium Reflect 8 some time ago. The free version, Macrium Reflect 8 Free, is now also available. Macrium Reflect 8 Free is compatible with all versions and editions of Windows, starting with Windows Vista 64-bit on the client side and Windows Server 2008 64-bit on the server […]

Office 2021 pricing revealed

2021-10-01 By admin

Microsoft announced Office 2021, a new perpetual version of the company’s Office suite, last month. Office 2021 will launch alongside the company’s new Windows 11 operating system on October 5, 2021. A Long-Term Servicing Channel release version, called Office LTSC 2021, is already available for companies. What Microsoft did not reveal at the time of […]

Microsoft Office 2021 will be released on October 5, 2021

2021-09-17 By admin

Microsoft announced a new version of its Office product, Microsoft Office 2021, and a new Long-Term Servicing Channel version, Office LTSC 2021, earlier this year. The company revealed yesterday that Office LTSC 2021 is now available, and that Office 2021 will be available on October 5, 2021. Both versions complement the company’s cloud offerings in […]

What’s new with the Samsung September 2021 security update?

2021-09-08 By admin

Samsung started rolling out the security update to most of their Galaxy devices from August 30. Google used to be the leader when it came to bringing out updates to their Android phones. However, Samsung is now consistently releasing its security patch ahead of Google. This is one of the reasons that Samsung is fast […]

Germany is pushing phone makers to offer at least 7 years of updates

2021-09-06 By admin

The European Commission recently proposed an extension to the support cycle of Android and iOS devices. They’ve requested a minimum period of five years of updates. Germany’s Federal Government is now pushing for this period to be extended to seven years instead. Most Android smartphones receive security and software updates for about two to three […]

Microsoft is bringing support for the Open Document Format ODF 1.3 to Office

2021-08-31 By admin

Currently in beta testing in the Microsoft Office Beta channel, Office customers will soon be able to use the Open Document Format ODF 1.3 in Microsoft Office. Microsoft Office saves documents in Microsoft’s own proprietary formats such as XLSX, DOCX or PPTX. Office supports other document formats, including the previously used XLS, DOC and PPT […]

Google issues another security threat warning – fourth time in two months

2021-08-24 By admin

Google Chrome has more than 2 billion users worldwide. This does make the browser a significant target of hackers and other cybercriminals, and unfortunately, the security features aren’t always enough to keep users safe. Just this weekend, the tech giant issued its fourth urgent update in two months. I feel that now might be the […]

Microsoft 365 and Office 365: new pricing for business and Enterprise customers

2021-08-22 By admin

Microsoft announced plans to change the pricing of the company’s subscription-based services Microsoft 365 and Office 365 this week. The pricing changes will go into effect on March 1, 2022 for business and Enterprise customers. Home and education product pricing won’t change “at this time” according to Jared Spataro, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft 365. […]

Open Source Office Suite LibreOffice 7.2 is out

2021-08-19 By admin

A new version of the open source Office suite LibreOffice has been released earlier today. LibreOffice 7.2 is available for all supported platforms; core improvements include better interoperability with Microsoft Office document formats, performance improvements, and support for Apple Silicon. The new version of LibreOffice 7.2 is already available. The program’s built-in updating tool does […]