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iPhone 9 release and high end vs. low end smartphones

Apple is rumored to announce its new, lower end iPhone at the end of March. Modeled after the iPhone 8, the iPhone 9 (or maybe it'll be called the iPhone SE 2) will offer consumers a cheaper alternative to the higher-end iPhone 11 or...

Ken Mingis, Juliet Beauchamp and Michael Simon

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Firefox starts switching on DNS-over-HTTPS to encrypt lookups, stymie tracking

Mozilla hopes the change will stop criminals from intercepting traffic between its browser and a DNS server and then inserting bogus addresses pointing to a malicious site.

Gregg Keizer

Woody on Windows

Microsoft Patch Alert: February 2020 patches bring fire and ice but seem to have settled – finally.

If you let Windows update itself with this month’s Patch Tuesday crop, you got a buggy UEFI patch that’s subsequently been pulled and a Win10 1903/1909 patch that jiggered profiles – think missing icons, desktops, files – on many...

Woody Leonhard

10 steps to smarter Google account security

Give yourself some added peace of mind by giving your Google account a thorough set of security reinforcements.

JR Raphael

Shark Tank

Wayback Wednesday: The joy of do-it-yourself IT

You have no one to blame except …

Sharky

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Vodafone ramps up 5G initiatives

Vodafone has opened a 5G Innovation Lab in Ōtautahi, Christchurch designed to help organisations in New Zealand understand how they can benefit from the features of 5G.

Stuart Corner

TECH(talk) > Answering Your Windows 10 Questions

IDG TECHtalk

Answering your Windows questions: February 2020

Computerworld contributor Preston Gralla and Executive Editor Ken Mingis answer viewers' questions about the latest Windows 10 release.

Ken Mingis and Preston Gralla

Android Intelligence

Attention, phone-makers: Our devices aren't your billboards

Manufacturers are testing our limits more than ever right now — and it's up to us to decide if we want to accept or reject what they're doing.

JR Raphael

Apple Holic

Apple may introduce an ARM-powered Mac in 2021

But Apple will need to convince customers and clients that there are real benefits to any such transition to a new processor.

Jonny Evans

7 things Microsoft didn't tell us about the new Office app

The new Office mobile app for iOS and Android is designed to help users complete 'microtasks' while on the go and combines Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Gregg Keizer

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Top secret

When you said, ‘Door,’ you could have been more specific.

Sharky

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NZ cyber security companies seek US investment

New Zealand cyber security companies RedShield Security and Endace have had the chance to pitch to a US audience that included representatives from investors ForgePoint Capital, Rain Capital, Telstra Ventures and Paladin at an event...

Stuart Corner

Apple Holic

Why every user needs a smart speaker security policy

HomePods and other devices may listen to what you say up to 19 times each day, report claims.

Jonny Evans

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Only AI can save us from a world of fakes (a world AI is also creating)

Deepfake video and audio. AI-generated texts, poetry and lyrics. Fake sites. Fake influencers. Fake news. Will life ever be real again?

Mike Elgan

Next up on Microsoft's dust heap: Office 2010

The end of support for Office 2010 is coming up in less than 10 months. What does that mean for companies still running the aging Office suite? We've got answers.

Gregg Keizer

computerworld

Chorus debuts 2Gbps and 4Gbps fibre services

Digital transformation technology passé in NZ, says IDC

NZ government forges digital trade agreement with Chile and Singapore

iPhone 9 release and high end vs. low end smartphones

Apple is rumored to announce its new, lower end iPhone at the end of March. Modeled after the iPhone 8, the iPhone 9 (or maybe it'll be called the iPhone SE 2) will offer consumers a cheaper alternative to the higher-end iPhone 11 or...

Firefox starts switching on DNS-over-HTTPS to encrypt lookups, stymie tracking

Mozilla hopes the change will stop criminals from intercepting traffic between its browser and a DNS server and then inserting bogus addresses pointing to a malicious site.

Microsoft Patch Alert: February 2020 patches bring fire and ice but seem to have settled – finally.

If you let Windows update itself with this month’s Patch Tuesday crop, you got a buggy UEFI patch that’s subsequently been pulled and a Win10 1903/1909 patch that jiggered profiles – think missing icons, desktops, files – on many...

10 steps to smarter Google account security

Give yourself some added peace of mind by giving your Google account a thorough set of security reinforcements.

Wayback Wednesday: The joy of do-it-yourself IT

You have no one to blame except …

Vodafone ramps up 5G initiatives

Vodafone has opened a 5G Innovation Lab in Ōtautahi, Christchurch designed to help organisations in New Zealand understand how they can benefit from the features of 5G.

Answering your Windows questions: February 2020

Computerworld contributor Preston Gralla and Executive Editor Ken Mingis answer viewers' questions about the latest Windows 10 release.

Attention, phone-makers: Our devices aren't your billboards

Manufacturers are testing our limits more than ever right now — and it's up to us to decide if we want to accept or reject what they're doing.

Apple may introduce an ARM-powered Mac in 2021

But Apple will need to convince customers and clients that there are real benefits to any such transition to a new processor.

7 things Microsoft didn't tell us about the new Office app

The new Office mobile app for iOS and Android is designed to help users complete 'microtasks' while on the go and combines Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Top secret

When you said, ‘Door,’ you could have been more specific.

NZ cyber security companies seek US investment

New Zealand cyber security companies RedShield Security and Endace have had the chance to pitch to a US audience that included representatives from investors ForgePoint Capital, Rain Capital, Telstra Ventures and Paladin at an event...

Why every user needs a smart speaker security policy

HomePods and other devices may listen to what you say up to 19 times each day, report claims.

Only AI can save us from a world of fakes (a world AI is also creating)

Deepfake video and audio. AI-generated texts, poetry and lyrics. Fake sites. Fake influencers. Fake news. Will life ever be real again?

Next up on Microsoft's dust heap: Office 2010

The end of support for Office 2010 is coming up in less than 10 months. What does that mean for companies still running the aging Office suite? We've got answers.