Microsoft’s Powershell goes open source
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Friday, 19 August 2016 11:33

Microsoft’s Powershell goes open source


Coming to a Mac and Linux machine near you

Software King of the World, Microsoft, has announced that its Powershell automation and scripting system is going open source.

Apple’s latest security mess
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Thursday, 23 June 2016 12:13

Apple’s latest security mess


Opened up the kernel for inspection

With its release of iOS 10 Apple appears to have forgotten to encrypt the kernel, leaving security researchers baffled and virus writers rubbing their paws with glee.

Out-of-date Apple asleep behind the wheel
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Opinon: Big announcement turns out time for a snooze

Apple had a chance yesterday to convince the world that it had not run out of ideas, it was no longer dependent on China, and had a cunning plan to save itself from obscurity – it failed.

Windows Phone OS now on less than 1 percent of phones
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Microsoft only sells 2.3 million Lumia devices in Q1 2016

According to the latest report, Microsoft's Windows Phone now holds less than one percent of the market share due to low sales in the Q1 2016.

Facebook launches live streaming for iOS users in US
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Eventually wants 914 million mobile users to jump in front of live camera

On Thursday, the world’s largest social networking platform has just made live streaming available as an option to all Apple iOS users in the United States. The update marks the first time the company has made the feature widely available.

Prank website instantly crashes and reboots Apple iOS devices
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Update: Now taken offline, but original code still available

Thanks to a few very simple lines of HTML script, a new Apple prank website promises to instantly crash the Safari web browser of any iOS and then reboot a user’s device.

Jobs Mob denies Android swap rumour
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Tuesday, 12 January 2016 09:36

Jobs Mob denies Android swap rumour


Apparently it was worth denying

The Apple Press office works in the same way as the British Royal Family’s. Its official line on most things is “no comment.” But this week it took the rare position of denying a rumour.

Windows 10 on 200 million devices
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Wednesday, 30 December 2015 12:32

Windows 10 on 200 million devices


Although it is probably not quite as many as it seems

Software King of the World Microsoft has issued a statement that Windows 10 is on more than 200 million devices.

Italian teen found what Apple security experts couldn't
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Forbidden to fix it

An Italian teenager has found two zero-day vulnerabilities in Apple's OS X operating system that could be used to gain remote access to a computer.

Android users are more loyal than Apple fanboys
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We were surprised 

There is a myth in the Apple cult that once you buy one of its shiny toys you will be a dedicated follower for the rest of your miserable life. However a new statistic suggests that is not quite, but completely untrue.