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The digital arms race – and what is being done to fight it
The Guardian Gamma's pricey FinFisher tools, costing as much as €255,000 (£215,000) for use of the FinSpy tool with support, were previously found by Citizen Lab in use in a wide range of countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Pakistan … |
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I started my career as a .NET developer 3 months ago and after a long training plan on diverse technologies, patterns, and concepts, the developers who were supervising me have decided that I am ready to join one of the many projects the company handles.
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Late last month, Microsoft announced a raft of interface changes that Windows 8.1 would introduce. We’ve been giving them a spin.
As you might guess from the name, Windows 8.1 is an update to, and improvement on, Windows 8. The new user interface introduced in that operating system—the Start screen, touch-friendly “Modern” apps, the charms bar—is retained in Windows 8.1. What we see is a refinement and streamlining of these concepts.
The differences are visible as soon as you log in. In 8.1, the Start screen offers a lot more flexibility over layout and tile sizing. By default, the Weather tile takes advantage of this, using a new double-height tile size to show the forecasts for both today and tomorrow, in addition to the current conditions.
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I got Panda with my new laptop and from what I can gather it is pretty poor. I’ve been trying to figure out what other options are best and to be honest my head is a bit fried from reading about all the internet security packages. I download alot of stuff so I want something thet can make this as safe as possible.
