by alex | Feb 22, 2019 | newsletter
Research by developer Patrick Hulce has shown that around 60% of the loading time in a browser is caused by JavaScript code that is used to place adverts or analyse what users do. Analysed Pages The researchers analysed data from desktop and mobile versions of a...
by alex | Feb 22, 2019 | newsletter
Security researchers at Symantec claim to have discovered eight apps in the Microsoft Store which, if downloaded, can use the victim’s computer to mine crypto-currency. Only There For A Short Time Last Year The suspect apps are reported to have only been on the...
by alex | Feb 8, 2019 | tech tip
If you need to send a file online, but that file is too big to send by email, there are several simple, effective and secure alternatives. Here are some suggestions: – Use file compression to shrink the file size anyway before sending/transferring. For example,...
by alex | Feb 8, 2019 | newsletter
Starting with the April 2019 update, Microsoft will be adding “Learn more” links to its error code messages in a bid to enable users to see what the code means, plus the chance to fix the error on the spot. Resolved During Installation The “Learn More” links will be...
by alex | Feb 8, 2019 | newsletter
A massive 45% growth in the revenue of Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) in the fourth quarter has been fuelled by big profits in Amazon’s public cloud arm. Beats Microsoft & Google In Cloud Infrastructure The $7.4 billion cloud revenue, which is a jump 45% compared to...