How many time have you seen your IT guy use the IPConfig /flushdns command to magically make the internet problems disappear? That’s not a coincidence because Microsoft ships Windows with IPConfig, a TCP/IP utility for viewing and managing your computer’s network problems through the command line. It can show you the network information at a glance along with a detailed report if required. You can get a new IP assigned, view and flush DNS amongst other things....

The vulnerability, CVE-2016-3714 was discovered by “Stewie” and security researcher Nikolay Ermishkin from the Russian internet services company Mail.Ru Group. Dubbed as ImageTragick, a website, that has been created for website admins and developers, which has comprehensive information about the multiple vulnerabilities. It also includes mitigation advice until a patch is rolled out by the company. ImageMagick is a free, popular open-source, image-processing library used to create, edit and convert images in a variety of formats that is supported by PHP, Ruby, Python and other languages....

CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheet. CSS can format the document content (written in HTML or other mark-up language): layout, colours, fonts, etc. CSS is designed primarily to enable the separation of the document content and document format. As a result, we can improve content accessibility, and can similarly format two or more documents. However, in order to go through the frequently confusing and contrary technology used to style and exemplify webpages, it is always a good idea to have a helping hand guide....

For those unaware, Cyberpunk 2077 is a first-person action game set in the dystopian Night City, an open world with six distinct regions. The cast is star-studded, with Keanu Reeves playing one of the game’s main characters. The video game developer shared the news via Twitter stating the main reason behind the delay as the challenges juggling between current and next-gen systems from PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series hitting the markets next month all at once....

Dairy Queen was investigating a Data breach after security researcher Brian Krebs reported that it may have been hit by a data breach. In the last week of August Dairy Queen had confirmed the Data breach however it did reveal details about the number of customers or stores effected by the breach. After almost a month a half, Dairy Queen, after completion of its investigation into the breach confirmed the number at 395 outlets....

Hacking attack blocks Dutch government websitesMPs irate Websites went down around 0900 GMT and the disruption lasted well into Tuesday evening, the statement added, noting other communications like phone lines were not affected. Initially Hosting provider Prolocation and advertising network Platform IQ said that the outage was caused by a failed fibre optic cable . This was before evidence was found of the DDoS attack.Rijksoverheijd.nl and Government.nl, the government’s Dutch and English websites crashed in the morning around 10 am and stayed that way till the evening....

One of the domains that points to KickassTorrents, Kickass.cr is up for sale with a minimum bid of $230, TorrentFreak reported. According to the report, the domain is available through the SEDO marketplace. 2015-16 has been a bad year for Torrent lovers. First we had news of the death of YTS/YIFY last November. Now KickassTorrents bites the dust after the alleged Ukrainian founder of KickassTorrents, Artem Vaulin, was arrested in Poland and faces extradition to the United States....

Although PC gamers have access to some of the greatest fighting games ever made like Mortal Kombat X, Tekken 7, Injustice 2, there’s nothing that comes close to adventurous fighting titles available on Nintendo. Due to the courtesy of Yuzu emulator, Super Smash Bros Ultimate is now playable on PC. It is worth noting that there are major graphical and audio glitches, but the developers of the Yuzu emulator are working to fix these issues in the near future....

Once you have updated you Dropbox for Chrome extension it will let you : Easily send large files. Just click the Dropbox icon in the compose window, select files or folders, and click Insert Link(s). No waiting for uploads to complete, no file size limit, and no eating up space in your inbox. Say goodbye to zip files. Attach folders and multiple files instantly, without having to zip files up....

Meet Portal and Portal+, Facebook’s smart video calling devices for MessengerSpecifications and Features: Specifications and Features: Display Facebook Portal features a 10-inch touch-sensitive display at a 1280 x 800 resolution, while the Portal+ has a larger high-definition 15-inch screen with a 1920 x 1080 resolution. Portal’s display is fixed in landscape mode, but Portal+’s screen can pivot between portrait and landscape modes. Camera Smart Camera and Smart Sound use AI (artificial intelligence) technology for added security and runs locally on Portal, not on Facebook servers....

A state judge in San Jose, California, denied 31-year-old Zuckerberg’s request to dismiss the claims that he did not keep his word in a $1.7 million deal that ended plans for a mansion construction and business referrals by the founder. In the meantime, in yet another twist, Voskerician’s attorney David Draper also appealed the court to withdraw from the case, without disclosing the reason, just week before the trial. The case grew out of a deal gone wrong in 2012....

While there has been opposition to the real name policy since Facebook first started it, the opposition has grown more in recent years. The trans and Native American communities have repeatedly protested the policy, citing its use by trolls as a weapon of harassment. Today’s announcement comes in response to an open letter penned by advocacy groups including the EFF and ACLU. Facebook has now bowed down to popular demand and made changes to its real name policy, with riders though....

Currently, Facebook Messenger allows users to reply to messages from notifications and answer calls even if the app is locked. However, the new feature (if enabled) will require the users to re-authenticate the app either by using Face ID, Touch ID, or Passcode to access their Messenger inbox, even if their phone is already unlocked, reports Engadget. Further, there are some options that allow the users to set when the app requires re-authentication....

KB3126446 update was issued by Microsoft to fix security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, as part of bulletin MS16-017 and is available for Windows 7/8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. However, when users of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 apply the patch, their PC/laptop goes on a reboot loop. “This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an authenticated attacker uses Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to log on to the target system and sends specially crafted data over the connection....

Apple fanboys wont like what a new research has to say but it seems that only those who are committed to work use Google’s Chrome or Mozilla’s Firefox. The idle people of the world use Apple’s Safari or Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. According to a new book called Originals: How Non Confirmists Move the World by Adam Grant, Firefox and Google Chrome users are more dedicated to their jobs than those who select Microsoft Internet Explorer or Apple’s Safari....

STAR is the creation of a team of medical researchers and computer scientists led by Dr. Peter C. Kim, Vice President and Associate Surgeon-in-Chief, Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Health System in Washington D.C. The inventors of STAR don’t claim that robots can replace humans in the operating room or clinic trial anytime soon. In fact, they see the accomplishment as a proof of concept—both for the specific technologies used and for the general concept of “supervised autonomy” in the OR....

Reason #1: Freelancers are Flexible Driven by rapid advances in technology, the world economy is evolving at a dizzying rate. Faced with constant changes, the only way to truly have a sense of stability is to be flexible in your career. Freelancer, by nature, are masters of flexibility. Part of this goes along with striking out on their own into a field that has likely been around fewer years than they’ve been alive, but another part of it is learned as freelancers must develop the ability to wear many hats and excel in several areas in order to succeed....

Blair C. Armstrong, postdoctoral researcher and his colleagues from the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language noticed that the brain signals of 45 people as those subjects read a list of 45 acronyms such as DVD and FBI, according to the reports by Engadget. The difference between the volunteers’ brain reactions was enough for the system to find their identities with accuracy of up to 94%. New Scientist explained that these results suggest that brainwaves could finally be a way for security systems to verify a person’s identity....

Marc Dugain is the former boss of Proteus Airlines and he claims he has spoken to the residents of the island nation of Maldives and they in turn claimed to have seen “red and blue stripes with a white background” on a plane heading towards Diego Garcia on the day of MH370’s disappearance. Dugain’s claims are going to raise new hassles for US. The Malaysian flight MH370 disappeared from the radars after taking off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport....

— Antoine Bayet (@fcinq) November 11, 2015 The report was confirmed by an article published on Wednesday by French weekly Le Canard Enchaîné said the computer failure had affected a system known as DECOR, which is used by air traffic controllers to communicate weather information to pilots. Pilots rely on the system when weather conditions are poor. The problem is that DECOR, which is used in takeoff and landings, runs on Microsoft’s Windows 3....