Новости за 31.08.2017

The term “improperly configured” is a real plague on the IT landscape.

The term “improperly configured” is a real plague on the IT landscape.

Old-school PCs may be déclassé, relegated by pronouncements of technology Trotskyites to the dustbin of history because smartphones and tablets and wearables and who knows what else, have or will soon take their place.

Here are the patches I can find for Windows this month, not including the previews:

The Domain Name System (DNS) is akin to the central exchange for the Internet. It lists, tracks, and matches domain names – like www.akamai.com — to machine-readable IP addresses – like 23.199.214.34 — to steer traffic to the desired site.

It seems like we've been talking about Google's Android 8.0 Oreo release for an eternity already, but the truth is, hardly anyone actually has the software.

With this smart plug from Etekcity, you can turn your appliances on/off remotely from your mobile device, or with your voice via Alexa. Or automate the on/off cycle with a schedule. The plug also monitors and helps control energy usage, and the slow drain that occurs even when devices are powered down. With this deal, a 2-pack of smart plugs is discounted 35% down to $38.74, or just under $20 per plug. See this deal now on Amazon.

Apple will introduce new iPhones and more at a special event on September 12. Rumor and speculation is flying thick and fast. These are the 23 questions most industry watchers will be looking for answers to.

Apple will introduce new iPhones and more at a special event on September 12. Rumor and speculation is flying thick and fast, these are the 23 questions most industry watchers will be looking for answers to.

When you attach your phone to a PC with a USB cable, you expect File Explorer to work the way it’s intended to work — copy, move, drag, drop and the like. As long as your PC is running Windows 7 or 8.1, that’s exactly what happens. But if you’re running Windows 10, watch out. You may end up deleting files.

Last Friday, Microsoft pushed a patch down the Automatic Update chute. Like so many patches before it, KB 4033637 was completely undocumented. Those running Win10 1607 who hadn’t taken steps to block forced patches found they had a newly revised program running on their systems — and nobody had any idea what the patch actually did.

Installing a pre-release version of your web browser promises at least two distinct thrills. The first one: You get to test new features sometimes months before mainstream users see them. How cool is that?

Pilot fish has coded a large Excel macro for one of his company's unit managers -- and it's been running without problems for years.