Demand for professionals who have skills to build and maintain computer systems and networks continues to increase. Popular open source projects, big tech companies, large corporations and public administration have systems are constantly developing new applications while maintaining existing programs. … Read the story...
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Here is why cyber criminals favor phishing: it can catch up to 30% of people
When a clever phishing message or phone call happens to be delivered to a person at the right moment, it is possible that the target follows the instructions given by cyber criminals. A recent research discovered that up to 30 … Read the story...
Popular passwords stay the same, but there are surprising differences between countries
In 2021, the most common password in the world still is 123456. The fourth most used password is qwerty and the fifth – what else – password. Not much has changed with the most used passwords during years, … Read the story...
What is the difference between metaverse and fediverse?
The universe is an extremely large and extremely complex entity, but new technology concepts metaverse and fediverse are rather complex as well. Metaverse and fediverse are so different concepts that it may not even be reasonable to compare them, but … Read the story...
Only 11 percent of internet users in Europe are fine with personalised ads
As long as enterprises have tracked internet users’ behavior and life, marketeers have explained that data is needed for personalised advertisements. They claim personal ads, rather than broadcasting the same ads to all people … Read the story...
How to set up a self-hosted file storage with Filerun
More and more privacy and cybersecurity-aware people are looking for alternative solutions to popular cloud file storage services like Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft Onedrive. These services have plenty of functionality, but they don’t respect your privacy, and they are … Read the story...
A review of Collectives: New feature with the most potential in Nextcloud 22
New major versions of open source cloud service software Nextcloud have been frequently released during the last two years. In July 2021, Nextcloud 22 was introduced with a number of improvements and new features. One of the new features, Collectives, … Read the story...
New key features in Debian 11 (Bullseye), and why they matter to most Linux users
Debian is a Linux operating system software distribution that is widely used by organizations not only running Debian, but who are running other flavors of Linux as well. Many other Linux distribution packages, for instance, Ubuntu use Debian as their … Read the story...
What kind of computer I need for installing Nextcloud software, and having a self-hosted system
Nextcloud is a powerful open source software product that individuals, small businesses and large public organizations use, for instance, for sharing data and documents, for collaborating on projects, and for attending online meetings. If you have never used anything like … Read the story...
Drupal is faster than WordPress and other popular CMS software
The world’s most popular content management system (CMS) has been WordPress for years. In early 2021, it powered about 40% of web sites on the internet. Usually speed – how quickly pages load on user’s screen – is a key … Read the story...