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| | | Yale Data Breach Discovered 10 Years Too Late | | TechTarget | Yale University discovered it suffered a data breach — 10 years ago. The breach occurred at some point between April 2008 and January 2009, but officials are unsure exactly when. It included sensitive data such as names, social security numbers, and birth dates for an unknown number of people, as well as some email addresses and physical addresses. Zach Seward, CPO and executive editor at Quartz, was one victim in the Yale data breach. "Data have nine lives," he tweeted. | | Windows PCs, Macs Are Slow and Crash Constantly, Mocks Google | | ZDNet | Google's latest Chromebook ad pokes fun at slow installs on macOS and stalled applications — hate seeing Apple's beach ball delay graphic? — along with the barrage of upgrade alerts and system errors on Windows machines, and nightmarish warning dialog boxes from OS vendors and third-party antivirus. | | How Pervasive Is the Insider Threat in Your Company? | | CSO | The Dtex 2018 Threat Report finds that 100 percent of companies have blind spots when it comes to insider threats. Education, DLP implementation, timely system updates, and re-validation of employees’ privileged access (within the scope of least privileged access) are all worthy recommendations. | | The Best Accessories To Turn Your Chromebook Into A Powerhouse Workstation | | Review Geek | So you have a shiny new Chromebook and want to give it a little oomph. There are definitely some neat accessories out there to supercharge your Chromebook experience — here are some of the must haves. |
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| | | How to Propose a New Meeting Time in Google Calendar | | TechRepublic | Google just announced a new feature for Calendar that allows attendees to suggest new meeting times. Here's how to do it. | | 16 Simple, Yet Powerful Excel Functions You Need to Know | | PCWorld | Power users love to talk about how powerful and awesome Excel is, what with its Pivot Tables, nested formulas, and Boolean logic. But many of us barely know how to find the Autosum feature, let alone use Excel’s functions to create powerful formulas. If you're part of the Excel 99 percent, here are 16 handy Excel functions that will get you well on your way to spreadsheet mastery. |
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| | | 5 Secrets of Master Storytellers | | The Enterprisers Project | "The best IT leaders understand the value of narratives and make storytelling a core skill," writes Stephanie Overby. "Good storytelling is certainly an art form, but there is a science to it. And while some individuals may be born storytellers, IT leaders can use several common principles of good storytelling to improve narrative efforts." |
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| | | How to Get Infected With Malware | | PCMag via Medium | "Computers these days work so smoothly that using them can be plain boring. Want some excitement? Throw off the shackles of your security software and get your system infected with malware! Our tongue-in-cheek guide can show you how," writes PCMag. |
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