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Home » Archives for January 2018
10:11 AM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Microsoft has confirmed that users of older versions of Windows
should expect to "notice a decrease in system performance" after they
apply system patches to protect against the Meltdown and Spectre
processor bugs.
The bugs, which affect mostly Intel processors
but also some ARM and AMD chips, expose the majority of the world's
computers and phones to speculative execution side-channel attacks.
A successful attack could read portions of protected, sensitive memory, such as passwords and other secrets.
Microsoft released security updates on January 3 to fix the issue at the operating system level. Intel also issued updates for its microcode.
In changing the way that Windows...
9:57 AM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
You take a lot of pictures and they all have to go somewhere, so you
store them in Google Photos. You use it as an archive to back your snaps
up to the cloud. Maybe you search it from time to time or use it to
share a photo with friends. If that’s all you’re doing with Google
Photos, then you’re missing some of the service’s coolest features.
Get ready to become a next-level Google Photos user when you discover all the amazing things it can do.
Handy tips and unexpected features
1. Download all of your photosDo you have a desire to archive your photos outside of Google’s cloud storage? You can do it using Google Takeout.
Takeout lets you download all or just some of your Google...
9:52 AM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
By now, you've probably heard about the two critical flaws that are affecting virtually every processing chip made in the last two decades.
The flaws, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, are in all computer processors including home computers, mobile devices, and servers. This includes Linux, Windows, and macOS machines.
With Apple confirming that its products are also affected by these flaws, you'll need to grab these new updates to protect your gadgets.
New updates for macOS and iOS
Apple
has just released important security updates for both iOS and macOS,
specifically addressing the Spectre chip vulnerability.
Make sure you update your iPhone or iPad to iOS 11.2.2 and...
