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Pennsylvania Counties Spending Money on Potentially Insecure New Electoral Systems

Pennsylvania's new electoral systems could be insecure, given that they're run by almost-outdated Windows 7 processing. How will other states respond?

July 18, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Pennsylvania is taking election hacking seriously, spending federal money on new electoral systems. But are those systems secure? According to a recent report on the Associated Press, many of the new systems run on outdated software which is vulnerable to hackers. The majority of the election jurisdictions nationwide use Windows 7 or older operating systems […]

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Recent Windows 7 Security-Only Update Surprise: It Wasn’t Security-Only

Recent Windows 7 security-only update includes unexpected "compatibility/telemetry" files which have some company skeptics in a tizzy.

July 17, 2019 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

A recent Windows 7 security-only update came with a telemetry surprise. Ed Bott reports on ZDNet that these updates usually stick to their name and only include security updates… But that wasn’t the case this time. The “July 9, 2019—KB4507456 (Security-only update)” supplied the Compatibility Appraiser, KB2952664 — designed to identify issues preventing a Windows 7 machine from updating to […]

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Threat Runner from HORNE Cyber Allows Testing of Network Response to Malware

HORNE Cyber has launched Threat Runner, a software that allows organizations of any size to safely test how their networks will respond to real malware like Wannacry, Satan and Cerber.

July 5, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

HORNE Cyber has launched Threat Runner, a software that allows organizations of any size to safely test how their networks will respond to real malware like Wannacry, Satan and Cerber.

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Syncfusion Bold BI is Business Intelligence With a Complete Data Integration Platform

Bold BI allows business analysts to create dashboards & comes with a complete data integration platform to handle tough data preparation challenges.

July 4, 2019 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Syncfusion announces its newest product, Bold BI, a complete cloud-based business intelligence solution. Bold BI allows business analysts and other users to create dashboards and comes with a complete data integration platform to handle the toughest data preparation challenges. From raw data sources to fully interactive dashboards, Bold BI bridges the gap between data and actionable insights […]

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Big 4 Laptop, tech tariffs

What the Big 4 Laptop Manufacturers Say about the Tech Tariffs

While the U.S. president pushes for tech tariffs to also cover laptops, Microsoft, Dell Technologies, HP, and Intel argue it would be harmful to consumers.

June 28, 2019 Adam Forziati Leave a Comment

Dell Technologies, HP, Microsoft, and Intel recently showed opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to add laptops and tablets to the list of Chinese goods targeted for tech tariffs, a Reuters report says. The companies said in a joint statement the proposed tariffs on laptops would increase U.S. customer cost and fail to address […]

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