Editor: This post is sponsored by PolymathNetwork, a crypto startup in the fintech space. Initial coin offerings have become a big liability in the world of finance. That’s not only because a fair few of them are outright scams, but also because most of the tokens are securities. As a result, we will see a growing list of projects which violate ...
Introduction: Having a reliable backup of your files is an essential part of your computing life - at least it should be. While your Linux system has a backup tool in its System Settings, there are several backup tools that are not open source but offer a point-and-click interface for performing backups. One such tool is CloudBerry Backup from ...
Editor: The following is a guest post from one of our supporters. Organizations are increasingly starting to recognize the importance of choosing a top collocation provider when faced with the need to optimize hosting resources. While colocation services may seem nothing more than just a commodity, it is good to remember that minor differences b ...
GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 of the European Union, will go into effect on May 25, 2018. It is a piece of legislation that will affect all EU member states and it is designed to address issues regarding the safe storage and responsible use of EU citizenry’s personal data. In fact, it will affect any business or individual h ...
Signal is an open source messaging application developed by Open Whisper Systems. It made it debut and mark as a mobile application, and a desktop application that requires your browser to work. With the release of standalone Signal Desktop today, it is now possible to run the application on your desktop without needing Firefox or Chrome Web browse ...
Foundational blockchain, envisioned as a decentralized online marketplace network, announces advisory board for the new technology. DALLAS (Oct. 24, 2017) — CyberMiles, a new blockchain network designed and optimized for commercial applications, has concluded the private stage investment opportunity leading up to its initial coin offering, slate ...
Linux is an incredibly flexible platform. We tend to forget that it controls 65% of the mobile phone market through its Android OS derivative, and is currently growing in popularity due to the surging interest in Chromebooks and open source programming. But as a general PC user, what are the advantages of using Linux on the desktop? Should you inst ...
Editor: This article was originally published at the Electronic Frontier Foundation At EFF, we've become all too accustomed to bad news on copyright coming out of Europe, so it's refreshing to hear that Portugal has recently passed a law on copyright that helps to strike a fairer balance between users and copyright holders on DRM. The law doesn' ...
To say it really only existed as we know it now from the 1990s onwards, online gaming has come a very long way from its simple roots. The technology we take for granted today would have seen astronomical in terms of the simplicity employed by developers back then, and we are still seeing massive improvement year on year. The software used in on ...
In 2014, ProtonMail became the world’s first email service to protect data with end-to-end encryption, and today is the world’s most popular secure email service with millions of users worldwide. ProtonMail’s technology is often misunderstood by tech writers (and sometimes incorrectly represented in the press), so this article aims to provide a cle ...
