Intel recently published a new app for Android devices. It turns your Android device into a keyboard and mouse for a computer. Intel provides the app for its Intel NUCs and the Intel Compute Stick. The keyboard app adds to the versatility of these small form factors. The keyboard app provides a touchpad and a keyboard, including the Windows key and arrow keys. To … [Read more...]
Industry tries to standardize software containers
Industry leading companies have come together to support a project to standardize software containers. The Open Container Project is a collaborative project involving Amazon, Cisco, Docker, HP, IBM, The Linux Foundation, Google, Microsoft, Redhat, VMware, and others. The OCP and its members will work together to build a standard that ensures container formats and runtime are … [Read more...]
Adobe updates Creative Cloud to 2015 milestone, introduces Adobe Stock
Adobe announced yesterday that Adobe Creative Cloud has reached its 2015 milestone. The new release updates Adobe's applications for new features and improved performance for desktop apps and mobile apps. From the Creative Cloud blog: More Adobe magic and huge performance improvements in fifteen desktop apps: In Adobe Photoshop CC, Artboards lets you make multiple … [Read more...]
An explanation of uBlock Origin’s new permissions
uBlock Origin, a resource-efficient adblocking extension for Google Chrome, updated yesterday to version 0.9.8.2. With the update came a permissions change - the extension wants to access more data than it did previously. When an extension makes a permissions change, Chrome updates but disables the extension automatically and pops up a little notification to indicate the new … [Read more...]
Uninstall Hola ASAP
Hola previously billed itself as a VPN to browse anonymously and access media unavailable in your region, such as Netflix or streaming live sports. In the past week, security researchers have accused Hola of being harmful to the Internet as a whole. As a VPN or "unblocker", it may have allowed you access to different media but it was also increasing your vulnerability. The … [Read more...]