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| | [Editor's Note: We'll be off the rest of the week for the Christmas holiday. The Monitor newsletter will be back in your inbox next week!] | | | FBI Warns Against Using Free WiFi Networks While Traveling | | ZDNet | In its weekly tech advice column, the FBI warned holiday travelers about the danger of using free WiFi networks while traveling—such as those found in hotels or airports. The advice is an old one, given by many others in the past, but one that needs repeating. | | Why Embracing SaaSOps Is Critical to Future of Enterprise SaaS | | eWeek | The explosive growth of software as a service (SaaS) adoption across the enterprise has driven demand for specialized platforms to help manage migrations, operations, and investments in these applications. Gartner Research has come to recognize these technologies as SaaS Management Platform (SMPs). But effectively managing and securing a company’s SaaS stack requires more than just technology—it requires a movement. That’s why specialized IT experts are embracing something called SaaSOps as a way to keep pace. | | Microsoft Offers Tools to Block Chromium-edge from Silently Downloading to Windows 10 PCs | | Computerworld | Microsoft has revived a practice from the heydays of Internet Explorer (IE), releasing tools to block the new all-Chromium Edge from automatically reaching Windows 10 PCs starting next month. | | Over 1,500 Ring Passwords Have Been Found on the Dark Web | | TechCrunch | A security researcher has found on the dark web 1,562 unique email addresses and passwords associated with Ring doorbell passwords. |
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| | | These 5 Email Alternatives Do What Gmail Can’t | | Fast Company | When it comes to the...ahem...exciting world of electronic mail, you’d be forgiven for taking it for granted and sticking with the app you’ve used forever. And there’s a pretty good chance that app is Gmail. But with so many messages and so little time to deal with them all, sometimes a little ingenuity goes a long way—and not all of it comes from Google. In that spirit, here are some handy email apps that each offer up a unique take on modern-day communication. | | Google Drive Vs. Microsoft OneDrive: A Point-by-Point Comparison | | PCWorld | Google and Microsoft's rivalry covers all manner of online services and software. Here's how the battle shakes out for online cloud storage. |
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