HP Patches Hundreds of Laptops to Remove Hidden Keylogger

PCWorld | If you bought an HP laptop anytime in the last five years, it could be tracking your every keystroke. HP revealed that nearly 500 of its notebooks dating as far back as 2012 shipped with a secret keylogger installed. Alongside the announcement, HP released driver updates to eradicate the software on affected laptops.

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Cortana Now Supports Google Calendar

The Verge | Microsoft is now allowing its Cortana digital assistant to access Google Calendar data. The software giant has added a new Gmail connection to Cortana, which will enable the digital assistant to access Google Calendar data. If you’re a Windows 10 user that primarily uses a Gmail account, this new feature will make it easier for the assistant to access calendar appointments and trigger reminders across multiple calendars.

This Google Keep Trick Will Make You a Better Reader

MakeUseOf | If you love to curate wisdom and remember what you read in an ebook, then annotations and highlighters are God-sent. But how can you collect wisdom from a physical book? Yes, you can type the ideas or quotes from a book, but it’s far easier (and quicker) to use Google Keep.

The Ultimate Guide To VLOOKUP

How to Excel | The VLOOKUP function allows you to search a value in the left most column of a range and return the corresponding value in a column to the right. The search is vertical from top to bottom and in fact, the “V” in VLOOKUP stands for vertical.