Blog Microsoft Office Is Rolling Out A New User Interface December 16, 2021 by Vertical Axion Microsoft is making a few UI changes across its entire product line in anticipation of rolling out Windows 11. Early this year (2021) the company announced that they were updating the UI for Office 365 and Office 2021. Over the summer small groups of users participated in an open beta and began playing with the […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Microsoft New Technology Office 365 Windows
Blog Twitter Increasing Privacy With Stricter Picture And Media Sharing December 15, 2021 by Vertical Axion Recently Twitter’s CEO stepped down. Since then, the company has been gearing up to make some changes that many of the industry’s insiders regard as long overdue. The first of these changes has now been rolled out with the company modifying its privacy policy and outlining new rules related to the sharing of pictures and […] Read more » General Interest Recent News Security Social Networking Technology News Twitter
Blog Security Vulnerabilities Were Found In These Popular WiFi Routers December 14, 2021 by Vertical Axion Most people have a home network these days which connects their computers and tablets, allows them to stream video from their Smart TVs, and surf the web from their phones using their home network rather than their cellphone’s data plan. If you have a home network then you should keep reading. Recently security researchers tested […] Read more » General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Security Technology News
Blog Microsoft Paint Got A Makeover After Recent Update December 13, 2021 by Vertical Axion Microsoft has had a long and interesting relationship with its venerable “Paint” app. Most people are familiar with Paint. It’s been around since the earliest versions of Windows and let’s be honest it was never a great application. It allows users to do the basics but it was quickly eclipsed by more robust and feature-rich […] Read more » General Interest Microsoft Recent News Technology News Windows
Blog Microsoft Really Wants People To Use Their Edge Browser December 11, 2021 by Vertical Axion It’s no real secret that Microsoft has never been a big fan of Chrome, FireFox, or any other web browser that it didn’t build. The company clearly hasn’t gotten over the fact that it lost the browser wars and lost them handily. That’s why it keeps trying periodically to reinvent the wheel offering up new […] Read more » Browsers General Interest Microsoft Microsoft Edge Recent News Windows Windows 11
Blog Latest Corporate Data Breach Hits Panasonic Servers December 10, 2021 by Vertical Axion The Japanese electronics juggernaut Panasonic is the latest company to fall victim to relentless hackers. In a recent press release the company indicated their servers had been successfully attacked on November 11th, 2021. The statement reads in part as follows: “As the result of an internal investigation, it was determined that some data on a […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog DNA Testing Company Was Hacked And Data Was Breached December 9, 2021 by Vertical Axion Have you had your DNA tested by DDC (DNA Diagnostic Center)? If so be advised that the company was recently hacked and that the attackers were able to make off with data impacting 2,102,436 people. According to the company’s disclosure statement the breach occurred between May 24th and July 28th 2021 and the company’s internal […] Read more » Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Over 4,000 Online Shopping Retailers Hit With Data Breach December 8, 2021 by Vertical Axion The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has identified more than 4,000 different retailers that have been compromised by hackers exploiting known vulnerabilities on checkout pages in order to divert payments and steal payment card details. The NCSC has been quietly alerting vulnerable retailers over the past 18 months. Based on the data gathered by […] Read more » Business & Finance Data Breach General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Latest iPhone Update May Fix Dropped Calls Problem December 7, 2021 by Vertical Axion Do you own an iPhone 12 or 13? Have you been dealing with dropped calls? If so then Apple has good news and a fix for that. Simply upgrade to iOS 15.11 and you should be good to go. 15.11 is a minor update that only contains a single entry in the change log. Literally […] Read more » Apple General Interest iPhone Recent News Technology News
Blog Hackers Hit Wind Energy Provider With Ransomware December 6, 2021 by Vertical Axion Vestas Wind Systems is one of the leaders in wind turbine manufacturing in North America with 40,000 MW currently installed and another 36,000 MW under service in both the US and Canada. Recently the company published a breach notification indicating that they had been the subject of a successful cyber attack which occurred on Friday, […] Read more » General Interest Ransomware Recent News Security Technology News
