Northern Ireland’s Department of Health (DoH) has temporarily halted its COVID-19 vaccine certification online service following a data exposure incident. Some users of the COVIDCert NI service were presented with data of other users, under certain circumstances, says the Department. As seen by BleepingComputer, neither the web service nor the mobile app functionality is […]
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Are extended service warranties worth the cost?
Dave Taylor Q: I just bought a new PC at a big box store and the company is telling me that I should also buy its extended service warranty. But I’m skeptical, are those warranties actually a good deal? A: I’ll slightly misquote the iconic Clint Eastwood line out of […]
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Hobbled Hubble Telescope Springs Back To Life On Its Backup System : NPR
Images of the Eagle Nebula show the Hubble Space Telescope’s ability to capture pictures in both visible (left) and infrared (right) light. NASA is celebrating the successful restart of the telescope’s payload computer, opening the door to more observations. NASA hide caption toggle caption NASA Images of the Eagle Nebula […]
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Last March, Denver’s Central Library closed because of the pandemic. 15 months later, it’s finally back open
At first, access will be limited to parts of the first floor and a few other spaces as a major renovation continues through 2022. Hart Van Denburg/CPR News The crown jewel of the Denver Public Library system closed its doors at the start the pandemic in March last year, but […]
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Introducing a new era of hybrid personal computing: the Windows 365 Cloud PC
As some regions begin to make their way out of the challenges and disruption of the past 18 months, we’re seeing a new world of work emerge. Organizations everywhere have transformed themselves through virtual processes and remote collaboration. And as people embrace hybrid work—with people returning to the office, continuing […]
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Sacramento CA sheriff used inmate money for travel, salaries
The Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center is the primary custody facility for inmates sentenced to County Jail from the Sacramento County Courts. Hundreds of pages of financial ledgers The Bee detail how the sheriff’s office has leaned on an inmate welfare fund collected through its commissary and phone calls to pay […]
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Bankers say Ohio law lacks teeth to prosecute attempted cybercrimes
Desco Federal Credit Union CEO Lee Powell was stunned: Neither the FBI nor his county prosecutor could charge a person caught hacking into his computer with a “serious crime.” The disgruntled former employee didn’t get any customer data. The credit union’s security system caught the perpetrator. But without any monetary damages to […]
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How did the IT revolution affect US workers?
New research looks at how computerization affected older workers in the US from 1984-2017. It found an initial affect and skills and knowledge gap, resulting in an increased likelihood of older workers retiring. These differences began to disappear after 2000 and had gone by the mid-2010s. Limited skill with workplace […]
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Microsoft’s Windows Cloud PC service almost here
In addition to Windows 11, Microsoft has been secretly working on a new Windows PC experience called ‘Cloud PC’ that allows business customers to run virtualized desktops in the cloud. Cloud PC is reportedly based on Azure and uses Windows Virtual Desktop and remote desktop clients to stream a Windows desktop […]
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CBackup-How to Backup Computer to Cloud with Best Cloud Backup Service
Share Tweet Share Share Email Is it necessary to backup the computer to cloud? As we all know, backup is the best way to protect data. Nowadays, people raise awareness of backup and there are more and more backup solutions in the market […]