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The possibility of losing all of your files and photos on your computer is a frightening prospect for most people. So much so, that large numbers of users are choosing to pay the criminals holding them…
UK communications regulator Ofcom has released a report that gives a fascinating snapshot of digital society in the UK. It highlights the dominance of mobile, and the centrality of social media in social…
This was a week where old technology reappeared, refreshed for another try at getting it right this time around. Microsoft released Windows 10 and trumpeted as its main feature the return of the Start…
We all struggle to make a decision to do something now that will be good for us later on. It takes self-control and is amazingly easy to subvert. Getting fit, eating less, studying more, and many similar…
If anybody is still labouring under the mistaken belief that anything online can remain private and secure, this week should have seen them finally admit defeat. In the US, UCLA Health reported ) that…
Most people are aware that being overweight and sedentary is commonly associated with being unhealthy. This has spurred a growth in the sales of fitness trackers with 25 million being sold globally last…
Netflix and Fitbit have established themselves as the dominant players in their respective markets. In both cases, the competition trails far behind as they are forced to follow whatever path the market…
It is a year since I last wrote about Adobe Flash and why everyone should stop using it. Since then, the leaks from the hack of the mass surveillance company HackingTeam have revealed three serious bugs…
In what has been labelled as poetic justice by some, the Hacking Team, an Italian company that sells mass computer and mobile device surveillance software has itself been hacked. The alleged hackers, tweeting…
This week brought news of the challenge that Apple faces with dwindling sales of the Apple Watch. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also pulled the plug on its smartphone business purchased from Nokia with the…