Month: August 2024
Overcoming spreadsheet limitations in business planning
Spreadsheets, once praised as essential business planning tools are playing an increasingly important role, but face growing scrutiny for their shortcomings and possible risks. While 55% of organizations worldwide still use spreadsheets, such as Excel, for at least half of their business planning, a recent Board International poll found that…
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Megaupload’s legal battle with labels and the DOJ: the full story
The US Department of Justice unsealed a summary of the evidence it has collected against Kim Dotcom, Megaupload, and other alleged conspirators on Friday. The 191-page document lays out details on how Megaupload and its associated sites, employees, and operations — termed the “Mega Conspiracy” — operated and, according to…
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This new phishing attack uses a sneaky infostealer to cause maximum damage
Security researchers have observed a new infostealing malware campaign that grabs an unusually large and diverse set of files. In its report, Barracuda noted the infostealer is rather unusual since it grabs more files than other infostealers go for. Besides the regular browser information, cookies, saved passwords, credit card information,…
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HP OmniBook X 14 review: a barely disguised business laptop with excellent battery life
The freshman class of Windows Copilot Plus PCs has its battery champ, and it’s even a few hundred dollars cheaper than Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop. But it’s also business-class boring, with a middling screen and subpar trackpad. HP’s new OmniBook X 14 is one of the first laptops with Qualcomm’s…
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Your Photos Aren’t Real
This week: Google’s new photo manipulation tools produce some convincing results, but how much of this unreality are we supposed to stomach? Source
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Zeekr’s upcoming 007 EV will be able to charge in just 10 minutes… but there’s a catch
Chinese EV manufacturer Zeekr has just lifted the lid on its latest 5.5C lithium iron phosphate battery packs, which the company says are capable of being topped up from 10%-80% in just over 10 minutes. The official figure is 10 minutes 30 seconds, with Zeekr going on to say that…
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