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When COVID-19 began ravaging New York City in March, several residents of the city's Astoria neighborhood launched a group to help vulnerable residents with things like grocery shopping or picking up prescriptions.

This month's Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft attempts to address 123 unique security vulnerabilities including an urgent issue with Microsoft Outlook (CVE-2020-1349) and a very serious vulnerability in Windows (CVE-2020-1350). The big difference this month is that a “Patch Now” (as in right now-now) effort may not be enough. With average update cycles measured in weeks for most organizations, rapid mitigation strategies are required. Microsoft has offered registry-based fixes, some suggested code-based fixes... Читать дальше...

I get it. Really, I do. Microsoft has to deal with tens of thousands of different hardware configurations and not every application or operating system update will work smoothly with every possible setup. But, seriously, Microsoft, two – count 'em two – show-stopping Outlook update bugs in as many months!?

If you’re following the science of COVID-19 you’re likely still working at home. So how can Apple’s Siri help you get that work done?

Productivity software company Atlassian has launched several new features for its Confluence and Trello platforms in a bid to boost efficiency for workers stuck at home by the pandemic.

Company offers a graphics drawing program free for clients to use. It handles simple and slightly complex x/y data, multiple lines, the usual stuff, according to fish.

Disclosure:  Lenovo is a client of the author.

One of the reasons vendors do surveys is to get a sense of what is going on in the minds of buyers and users of their products.  Given the recent changes the market has recently undergone, it should be no surprise that users and buyers are in vastly different places than they were at the beginning of the year. 

Lenovo’s recent study looks at how work styles and tools are rapidly evolving and explores the advantages – and challenges ­– tech is providing. Читать дальше...