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| Security Warning: Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro Has a Hardcoded Password Backdoor | | BetaNews | If you have a ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, or ThinkStation system, Lenovo has an important security patch for you to install. And you should install it right now. Reporting vulnerability CVE-2017-3762, the computer manufacturer says that it discovered a weak algorithm used to encode fingerprint data could be bypassed with a hardcoded password. The problem affects the Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro utility for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. | | SaaS Operations Management: BetterCloud Pioneers a New Market (451 Research Report) | | BetterCloud Monitor | Today we are thrilled to see 451 Research validate the rise of a new IT market category: SaaS Operations Management, or SOM. We've seen hundreds of cloud-forward companies create the new IT function of SaaS ops because we have reached a tipping point with SaaS. Learn more about what this new IT market category means, and where it fits into the SaaS management reference architecture. | | Fitness Tracker Data Exposes Military Operations, Shows What Damage That Can Be Done With 'Just Metadata' | | Techdirt | If you don't want to share every movement with fitness tracker Strava, you have to opt out. Most users don't. And most users are seemingly unaware of how much data (anonymized GPS points) they're leaving behind. This "metadata" can result in real-world security issues. Conflict analyst Nathan Ruser was the first to point out how Strava's data was making it easy for people to pinpoint military bases and operations. | | | | | | How to Set Up Offline Gmail on Your Chromebook | | Laptop Mag | It’s dead simple to access your Gmail even if you’re not connected to the Internet. All you need to do is download and install the Gmail Offline app and set your Gmail account to support cached emails (as well as a cached version of your address book and recent attachments). Here’s a step-by-step on how to set up Offline Gmail for your Chromebook. | | PowerPoint Tips from Duarte's Five Rules Presentation | | PCWorld | One of the coolest PowerPoint slideshows out there is one of PowerPoint’s own templates; it’s called "Duarte’s Five Rules." It uses animation, graphics, fonts, layout, design, sound, narration, and timing perfectly. These tips explain and illustrate how many of the effects in this slideshow were created. | | | | | | New Ways to Use Apps and Get More Done in Microsoft Teams | | Office Blog | New features in Microsoft Teams make it an even more powerful hub for teamwork by enabling you to use apps in new ways—including the ability to command apps and take quick actions from the command box, as well as include content from an app in a conversation. This marks the biggest single release of new functionality since Teams launched last March. | | Publish Sites to a Specific Audience in the New Google Sites | | G Suite Updates | Some sites aren’t for everyone. That’s why Google is making it possible to specify exactly who can view your content in the new Google Sites. | | Twenty-Two Third-Party Applications Added to the G Suite Pre-Integrated SAML Apps Catalog | | G Suite Updates | Google is adding SAML integration for 22 additional applications: 7geese, Accellion, Bime, Bugsnag, Canvas LMS, Honey, Humanity, Jitbit, Kintone, Knowbe4, Kudos, Looker, Meraki, Mingle, RemedyForce, Replicon, Rollbar, Signal FX, StatusPage, Weekdone, Wrike, and Zoho CRM. | | | Dell May Sell Itself to VMware, A Company It Already Owns
Dell could become a public company again... in a roundabout way. |
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