Category Archives: computer

Surface Pro 3 battery issue – a statement from Microsoft

[German]Some users are facing serious issues with Surface Pro 3 batteries. The batteries seems to degrade within weeks after the first year – just after the warranty is over. Now Microsoft has released a statement – it seems that the … Continue reading

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NoMoreRansom.org help for ransomware victims

New hope for victims of ransom ware. Europol, Intel Security, Kaspersky Lab and the Dutch Police are cooperating against ransom ware.

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Google accesses browser history for Ads

Google recently has changed it's privacy policy – to be able to access Chrome`s browser history. The browsing data will be used for ad tailoring.

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Tool test: MiniTool Partition Wizard Free

Mini Tool Partition Wizard Free is a partition manager for Windows to manage and change disk partitions (MBR and GPT) in Windows. I've tested this tool and wrote down a few impressions.

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Vulnerabilities and Backdoors in Dell’s SonicWALL

Some bad news for users of Dell's SonicWALL security solution. Security researchers has identified six Vulnerabilities including a hidden 'Backdoor' in Dell's SonicWALL Global Management System (GMS), Version 8.1 (Build: 8110.1197).

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...


‘Akku gate’: Surface Pro 3 and the “sudden” battery dead

[German]Maybe a really bad news for users of Surface Pro 3. It seems that some lots of those devices comes with a battery bug. The batteries degrades within weeks after the first year – just after the warranty is over.

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Uninstall of AMD Catalyst driver kills USB keyboard and mouse

Some users experiencing a strange effect: After uninstalling AMD Catalyst graphics driver, the USB keyboard and USB mouse are dead. Here are a few details about that issue.

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Windows 10-Upgrade: "Disk Controller: Current Active partition is compressed"

Some users of Windows 7 SP1 (and probably Windows 8.1) are facing a curious error during upgrade attempt to Windows 10. The upgrade wizard refuses an upgrade with a note "Disk Controller: Current Active partition is compressed". Here a few … Continue reading

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Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP2 and JDBC driver 6.0 released

Just a short information for users of Microsoft's SQL Server. Microsoft has released a Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SQL Server 2014. And there are a new Microsoft JDBC Driver 6.0 and SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) for SQL Server … Continue reading

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BIOS-Updates for Dell XPS 13 and XPS 15

Dell has released two BIOS updates for XPS 13 and XPS 15 that fixes a couple of bugs and enhance both systems. Here's what has been fixed.

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