Category: Analysis

Tips to fix 13 common problems with Windows 8.1 It’s not just the revamped interface in Windows 8.x which has caused confusion amongst users. There are a number of niggles in the operating system which can stifle productivity and even render machines unusable. We take a look at 13 common problems and help you fix them: 1 – Blue screen of death It wouldn’t be Windows without the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) would it? Thankfully, you won’t see this as regularly as you may have done in the past…

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19 Free Text To Speech Tools For Teachers AnnouncifyListen to your web. After Announcify conquered Android™ phones, it’s now here to announcify your life at Google Chrome. Announcify reads out loud every website you want. For example, if you’re too tired but still need to study one more Wikipedia entry, Announcify can help your tired eyes relax. BalabolkaBalabolka is a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program. All computer voices installed on your system are available to Balabolka. The on-screen text can be saved as a WAV, MP3, MP4, OGG or WMA file. The…

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Investing in a cloud data backup service is one of the best decisions any business owner can make. A natural disaster could hit your town and destroy your systems, an employee could spill a drink on her computer and destroy it or someone could steal your equipment, but backing up data in the cloud makes these unfortunate events much more bearable. Cloud data backup stores existing data in an off-site server, making it available anytime, anywhere you need it. Data is frequently synced or updated, mirroring your system in real time.…

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Would you be interested in the ultimate list of free tools for teachers? At the following post you will found 321 Free Tools for Teachers separated in 18 educational technology categories. Enjoy! Do you support Free Technology for Teachers? If Yes, I highly encourage you to share this Free Educational Technology Resource with fellow teachers interested in implementing Free Technology in Classroom. I am a great supporter of Free Educational Technology. This is why I created a list of 321 Free Tools for Teachers separated in the following 18 categories: 18 Free Tools To Create Infographics For Teachers 19…

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Tablet users are more likely to turn to Wi-Fi than 4G on the road, research shows. But this could benefit enterprise users. Proponents of 4G cellular technology have long argued that mobile networks’ growing ubiquity, and increasing speed, would edge out competing networks, such as Wi-Fi and WiMax. A 4G signal, the argument went, would be good enough – and sometimes better. WiMax, despite its potential to offer city-wide, high speed connections, never really gained a foothold in Europe. Nor did a number of fixed, wireless broadband services. Plain old…

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Forget cybercriminals — your own employees could be putting your company’s confidential data at risk, a new study finds. Employees with access to sensitive data — such as health care records, private company information, intellectual property or personal records — frequently put their organization’s confidential information at risk, according to research from security firm Raytheon Co. The study discovered that many employees with the highest levels of network permissions in organizations are often granted access to data and areas of the network not necessary for their roles and responsibilities. In addition,…

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A new email scam is targeting high-level executives at medium and large organizations. The malicious emails ask for payment on outstanding invoices, but executives who pay up are really sending company dollars straight to the pockets of cybercriminals. Discovered by cybercrime protection firm PhishLabs, the new scam attempts to convince targets to wire funds to various accounts controlled by the criminals behind the scam. And these fraudsters are very sneaky, taking every possible measure to make their scam look legitimate. [4 Ways to Protect Your Business from Cybercriminals] PhishLabs noted some key…

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Using IoE technology, researchers experiment with ways to monitor, detect and repair bridge defects. The two-mile six-lane Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge in Greece links the town of Rio on the Peloponnese peninsula to the mainland, spanning the Gulf of Corinth. Its 300 or so sensors monitor its condition, alerting operators when, say, high winds call for shutting the bridge to traffic. Soon after going live about ten years ago, for example, the technology detected unusual vibrations in the bridge’s cables and, in response, engineers added more weights. Such “smart bridges” using…

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Strong growth in the PC and Tablet category drives record setting year HONG KONG, May 21, 2014 – Lenovo Group today announced results for its fourth fiscal quarter and full-year ended March 31, 2014. With record full-year revenue of US$38.7 billion, an increase of 14 percent year-over-year, a record full-year pre-tax income of US$1.01 billion, up 27 percent year-over-year and record full year earnings of US$817 million, up 29 percent, Lenovo had a truly outstanding year.  Lenovo expanded its number one position in PCs, adding 2.1 points of market share…

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Maggie Holland explains how a well considered and executed cloud strategy can be as secure as on-premise solutions. Nothing is ever 100 per cent secure. Now that we’ve got that piece of truth out of the way, we can focus on how businesses can make their infrastructure, applications and services – ultimately, their data – as secure as possible. There has been much debate as to just how secure the cloud is. For many organisations, it ranks as the number one concern when thinking about moving all or even part…

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