Business IT
The open-source file syncing and sharing software NextCloud will include a new architecture for scaling several orders of magnitude beyond current limits in its next release, version 12.
The US ban on taking any electronic device larger than a smartphone into the cabin of an airplane was prompted by the theft of X-ray equipment used for screening baggage, a technology expert, who is now a civil rights advocate, claims.
The founder of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, will undertake a tour of Brazil and Argentina beginning later this month.
Promapp’s business process mapping is claimed to be helping the Affinity Education Group to enable each staff member to make a positive difference to the care of its customers.
The new version of eCopy Sharescan includes a simplified Chinese and Japanese user interface, Arabic OCR, and integration with Nuance Business Connect.
Software glitch causes delays at Australia, NZ airports
Written by Sam Varghese
Airline passengers in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane faced check-in delays for about three hours this morning due to a software glitch.
Microsoft appears to have been unaware last week of a fact that security researchers have discovered: nearly all the victims of the the WannaCry ransomware attack were Windows 7 machines, with XP machines mostly crashing before the malware gained a foothold.
'WannaKey' and 'WanaKiwi' can decrypt Wannacry – in very specific circumstances
Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
A Comae Technologies blog post by Matt Suiche, who describes himself as a “Hacker, Microsoft MVP and Founder of @comaeio” has arrived, entitled “WannaCry - Decrypting files with WanaKiwi + Demos.”
Microsoft criticised for holding back on Wannacry patch to XP users
Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Some of Microsoft’s customers have been charged $1000 per year per device for XP patches, with charges escalating so much the NHS abandoned support after just one year.
Officials from the US and the European Union have decided to put off a ban on carrying any digital device bigger than a smartphone into the cabin of an airplane.
