Category: Internet Browsers
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Google Introduces Google Security Key to Verify Accounts
Account security has been at the forefront of the media recently with accounts being hacked and personal information being leaked here, there and everywhere. It’s no wonder Google are actively trying to promote two-step authentication and have done for a while now. Well they’re about to take it a step further with the use of […]
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UK ISPs To Block Counterfeit Goods Sites
Internet service providers have been lobbied to take down websites that offer counterfeit goods from major brands, such as Cartier and Montblanc, whose owners Richemont are the authors of the lawsuit. The massive brand owner, fully known as Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A., were on the warpath due to the counterfeiters, who had been a major […]
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Chinese Govt. Allegedly Attacks iCloud
Well, it’s not a big surprise that following a massive launch of the iPhone 6 in China that there’s been a little bit of a problem between Apple’s iCloud and Chinese hackers. The device was released in China en masse last week. It’s not clear who orchestrated the attack on iCloud, with Great Fire, an […]
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FBI Slams Anti Snooping Encryption Methods
Big shady government organisations are much more common in the US than here in the UK. More often than not, the biggest ones are quite opposed to the idea of tech companies embracing new ways to keep user data out of the hands of government snoopers, with some new mobile phones possibly being ‘snoop-proof’ due […]
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London Study Says EE’s 3G The Worst
If you’re a regular commuter to London you might already know that EE doesn’t have the best performance with regards to 3G data connections as you head into the capital. Now a study by Global Wireless Solutions, a network testing company, has released a study into the wireless signal quality for commuters as they travel […]
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How To: Protect Your Photos From Hackers
Image Credit: Know Your Meme The recent hacking attack on Apple’s iCloud service, which led to many celebrities, male and female alike, having private naughty photos leaked to the internet following hacking attacks, has prompted everyone to rethink the way they use image sharing services online, and the do’s and dont’s with regards to posting […]
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Google Hangouts App Arrives on Windows
Google’s Hangouts service is benefiting from the company’s latest new push behind the software, with the app now arriving on Windows and the Chrome OS as a dedicated standalone platform, meaning you won’t need to bring it up through an internet browser – you can just load it on its own. SEE ALSO: Beta Program […]
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Windows 10 ‘Runs On Everything’ Says CEO
More cross platform compatibility news from Microsoft now, as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has reinforced the ‘unified operating system’ strategy recently in an announcement to attendees at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo. First and foremost with regards to Windows 10, ‘it can run on everything’ according to Nadella. The main point the Microsoft wanted to highlight […]
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How to: Change your Google Chrome Spell Checking Language
Google’s Chrome browser has don the unthinkable in in recent years, it has finally dethroned Microsoft’s Internet explorer as the world’s most popular internet browser. Now we love Chrome, most of the Gadget Helpline team use it as their default browser and after years of experimenting the Chrome system beeps getting better. One thing we […]
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Google and Dropbox Increasing Security
You might have read our report on the increasing of security by Google on Android L, automatically encrypting user personal information and restricting access to pictures, emails and other personal correspondence without a password. In an additional initiative to prevent hacking by shady individuals as well as the intrusion into user data by government agencies, […]
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Chrome 64 Bit Coming To Mac
Google Chrome is probably the most customisable, and certainly the most complicated, web browser out there, featuring some of the easiest to use features, such as instant installation of external add ons, as well as some of the hardest, in built developer features and other web page analysis tools. After all it is a Google […]
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Coder Behind Pop Up Ads ‘Very Sorry’
The code designer responsible for writing the original code behind the pop up advert, probably the most annoying thing you might come across during browsing the web. Not only are pop ads a nuisance, but of late they have been used to deliver viruses as well as adverts. SEE ALSO: Google Undersea Cables Attacked by […]