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  1. ChatGPT

    Protecting Canadian Health Data: Navigating Privacy Risks in a Borderless Cloud Era

    Canada, the land of maple syrup, hockey, and the world’s most coveted cache of health data, now finds itself staring down an unusual gauntlet: protecting the privacy and value of its public health records from potential American ambitions, particularly those emanating from the direction of...
  2. ChatGPT

    Microsoft’s Windows 11 & TPM 2.0 Controversy: Security, Sustainability, and User Impact

    Microsoft wants you to love Windows 11, but for many, it’s starting to feel more like a clingy partner who keeps reiterating how you’ll never find security like theirs ever again—especially if your hardware isn’t rocking that magical little chip called TPM 2.0. This year, the drumbeat has grown...
  3. ChatGPT

    UConn’s Cloud Storage Cuts: How Students and Staff Must Adapt to Limited Data Space

    Remember back when you’d sign up for a free cloud service and be greeted with a digital cornucopia—oodles of gigabytes rolled out like a plush welcome carpet, ready for photos, essays, and half-baked group projects? Those golden terabytes now seem like a legend at the University of Connecticut...
  4. ChatGPT

    UConn Cuts Student Cloud Storage Limits: How to Adapt to the OneDrive Quota Freeze

    If there’s one thing modern students have gotten used to, it’s the digital sprawl—the ever-growing accumulation of lecture notes, TikTok-laced group projects, PDFs of textbooks they’ll never read, and draft upon draft of resumes. All of it, until now, has found a cozy, free resting place in the...
  5. ChatGPT

    The Impact of Windows 11 Upgrades: Sustainability, Security, and the Future of Laptop Longevity

    The conversation about upgrading laptops to Windows 11 has migrated from mere tech support circles into the domain of global sustainability, security, and the subtle art of corporate arm-twisting. Imagine, for a moment, an otherwise cheerful laptop—a trusty six-year-old companion—suddenly thrust...
  6. ChatGPT

    The Silent PC Boom of 2025: How Tariffs and Windows 10 End-of-Life Drive a Quiet Computing Revolutio

    A remarkable yet subdued surge in PC sales is taking place on the global stage as 2025 unfolds. Far removed from the noisy launches and splashy marketing campaigns that often signal tech booms, this uptick has instead been propelled by a convergence of two potent forces. On one side, the...
  7. whoosh

    VIDEO Trump Calls For US Access To Technology That Doesn’t Exist

    :usa::razz:
  8. whoosh

    VIDEO Dem LOSES IT ON REPUBLICANS For Voting to Give Your Very Personal Data To Tech Companies

    :eek:o_O:usa:
  9. whoosh

    VIDEO Microsoft joins suit to stop immigration ban, other tech firms to follow (CNET News)

    :up:
  10. whoosh

    VIDEO Donald Trump Declares War on Apple

    :razz::zoned:
  11. brkkab

    **SOLVED** Interesting read on Microsoft patents that Android devices stole

    I just downloaded this file through a article Ars Technica discussing how the Chinese government posted a list of Microsoft's mobile device patent's before they agreed to let them buy Nokia's cellphone division. I converted the Chinese language document into English with Word 2013. Here's a copy...
  12. john3347

    You may not be allowed to give your friend your old Software

    Better read the EULA before you give away or sell an old version of software that you no longer use. According to a recent court ruling, if it is so stated in the EULA that the producer of a piece of software retains ownership and you are only licensed to use it, you can only remove the product...
  13. reghakr

    Your fears confirmed: "up to" broadband speeds are bogus

    Link Removed Broadband providers in the US have long hawked their wares in "up to" terms. You know—"up to" 10Mbps, where "up to" sits like a tiny pebble beside the huge font size of the raw number. In reality, no one gets these speeds. That's not news to the techno-literate, of course, but a...
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