Short Bytes: Software man pages and documentation can be thick and difficult enough for any beginner without the cryptic conventions laced...
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Short Bytes: Following the launch of the Paint 3D at the Microsoft Surface Event which was a show of their 3D...
The post Microsoft Is Working To Bring A New File Format With Windows Creators Update appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Messenger is a popular instant messaging platform. It supports text messaging, voice, and video calls. People can also...
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Short Bytes: Apart from the Apple and Microsoft event buzz, this week we also read about some big updates from Linux...
The post Linux & Open Source News Of The Week — New Browser Engine In Firefox, Mint 18.1, And Linux 4.9 Update appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: The second release in the Linux Mint 18.x series, i.e., Linux Mint 18.1, will be released later this...
The post Linux Mint 18.1 Codenamed “Serena”, Releasing In November/December appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Every year after Diwali, a colorful picture of India as seen from space is circulated on social networks....
The post Truth Behind the Real and Fake Picture of India From Space on Diwali Night appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Hacktivist group Anonymous has shared a new video and highlighted the strong possibility of World War 3. The...
The post Anonymous Warns The World: “World War 3 Is Coming Soon” appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: If you’re using a laptop charger that’s didn’t come bundled with your laptop, there are few points that...
The post Is It Safe To Charge My Laptop With A Charger That Has Different Specifications? appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: A team of researchers at VUSec Lab has successfully demonstrated Drammer attack which is an implementation of the...
The post DRAMMER: Rowhammer Attack Comes To Android, Can Root Millions Of Android Devices appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: A developer named Matt Parnell has created a new utility called apt-fast. It is a shell script wrapper...
The post How To Download Packages Faster In Linux Using APT-FAST Command? appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Asus has made an impressive entry in the premium smartphone market with ZenFone 3. Thanks to the 2.5D Corning Gorilla...
The post Asus ZenFone 3 Review — A Great Looking Camera Phone For Multitasking appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: There are times when you forget your Windows password. You can reset Windows password using the password reset...
The post Hack Sticky Key Feature And Reset Windows Password Using CMD appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: At its MacBook launch event, Apple unveiled the new MacBook Pro. It’s more powerful, thinner, and more appealing....
The post Apple Launches New MacBook Pro, Adds Touch Bar And Kills All The Ports You Need appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: According to a new report, massive IoT botnets are available for sale on TOR-based underground markets. For $7,500,...
The post Willing To Bring Down The Internet? Massive Botnet Is Up For Sale On Dark Web appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: By activating Force 4x MSAA setting in Android Developer Options, you can enjoy a better gaming performance. It forces...
The post How To Boost Your Android Gaming Performance With A Simple Trick appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: The most recent version of the Internet protocol is IPv6. Launched in 2012, IPv6 has witnessed a slow...
The post Top 30 Countries With Highest IPv6 Adoption appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: The official mascot of the Linux kernel developed by Linus Torvalds is a penguin named Tux. You might...
The post Why Is The Penguin Tux Official Mascot of Linux? Because Torvalds Had Penguinitis! appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: New Jersey authorities have arrested a wannabe hitman who offered killing services on the dark web in exchange for money...
The post 18-year-old Wannabe Hitman Offered Killing Services On Dark Web, Gets Arrested appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Finding the installation date and uptime of your computer is an easy task. With the help of some...
The post How To Find Installation Date And Uptime Of Your Windows And Linux PC appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Microsoft has announced the Paint 3D app which lets you create and share 3D content on your Windows...
The post Paint 3D — Microsoft Announces The Biggest Change Ever To The Paint App appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: At its Surface Event, Microsoft announced the much-anticipated desktop PC, dubbed Surface Studio. It’s company’s first desktop PC...
The post Surface Studio — Microsoft Launches Its Ever First Desktop PC appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: At its Surface event, Microsoft announced that it’s bringing the next Windows 10 update in early 2017. This...
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Short Bytes: Wi-Fi Alliance has finally certified 802.11ad standard, also known as WiGig. Operating at high-speed 60GHz standard, WiGig-enabled devices...
The post WiGig — Wi-Fi 802.11ad Has Finally Arrived With Insane 8Gbps Download Speeds appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Microsoft used the CNTK toolkit to create a system which can understand words in a conversation just like...
The post Microsoft’s Breakthrough Open Source Cognitive Toolkit Just Got A Major Upgrade appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Google co-founder Larry Page’s secret flying car has been spotted in the wild. The working prototype was spotted...
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Short Bytes: Hector Xavier Monsegur aka Sabu is a former LulzSec member and hacktivist who was arrested by the FBI in...
The post How A Black Hat Anonymous Hacker Nabbed By FBI Turned Into A Cyber Security Expert appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Xiaomi has surprised its fans and the smartphone enthusiasts with its latest offering Mi Mix. It’s an edgeless...
The post Xiaomi Launches Edgeless “Mi Mix” — The Most Beautiful Smartphone Of 2016 appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: The government security agencies try to intercept information about people on the internet. The agency takes the help...
The post This Unknown Company Powers Massive Surveillance Around The World appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: The next Linux kernel release, i.e., Linux 4.9, could be the biggest ever Linux release in terms of...
The post Linux 4.9 Is Going To Be The “Biggest Ever” Linux Release appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: After Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s explosion spree, some reports are now highlighting the incidents of Galaxy S7 Edge...
The post After Note 7 “Bomb”, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Smartphones Are Allegedly Exploding appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: The IP address 0.0.0.0 signifies different uses at different places. Usually, it’s a non-routable meta address that’s not bound...
The post What Does The IP Address 0.0.0.0 Really Mean? What Are Its Different Uses? appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Check Point has released the list of the most dangerous malware that are most prevalent in the world. This list was...
The post Top 10 Most Dangerous Malware That Can Cripple Your Device appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Harsha Suryanarayana (humblefool) was a computer science graduate known for his programming skills, intelligence, and nature. He was...
The post Humblefool, India’s Best Coder Who Was Considered a Lord appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: The Canonical Livepatch service allows installation of security fixes for Linux kernel on Ubuntu without the need of...
The post Now Enable Linux Kernel Livepatch On Your Ubuntu PC For Free appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: According to WSJ, Facebook employees that review content on the website, tried to censor a controversial Facebook post by...
The post Facebook Employees Wanted To Block Trump’s Hate Speech, Zuckerberg Said NO appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: This week in Linux and open source news, we read about the availability of Fedora on Raspberry Pi, formation of...
The post Linux & Open Source News Of The Week — “Dirty COW” In Linux, JS Foundation, Fedora on RPi And More appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: In an interview with CNBC, Steve Ballmer told that while he was the CEO of Microsoft, he approached Mark...
The post Steve Ballmer Asked Zuckerberg, “Can I buy Facebook.” Zuckerberg Said NO appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Do you know about Microsoft’s 10 Immutable Laws Of Security? These laws might be a few years old,...
The post “10 Immutable Laws of Security” That Every Geek Must Know appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: There is a wide range of devices and platforms one needs to account for when developing a mobile app....
The post 5 Best Open Source Mobile Test Automation Tools appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: WhatsApp has started rolling out video call feature on its messaging app. At the moment, some Windows Phone...
The post WhatsApp Video Calling Feature Is Now Live appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: As a result of a massive cyberattack on Dyn DNS, many popular online services and websites went offline on...
The post Here’s How Hackers Took Down Half Of The Internet With Massive DDoS Attacks On Friday appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Dyn DNS is facing a massive DDoS attack that’s resulting in a widespread service outage. Many websites are...
The post Half Of The Internet Is Down Right Now, Here’s Why appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: An iPhone 7 kept in a car wrapped in clothes exploded causing severe damages to the owner’s car. The...
The post iPhone 7 “Bomb Blast”: Bursts Into Flames And Destroys Car On The Beach appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Facebook has announced that the Open Compute Project has accepted the Wedge 100 Specifications for their next-generation open...
The post Wedge 100: Facebook’s Latest Open Source Hardware Can Deliver 100G appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Just one day after the news surfaced that Gregory Gopman was hired by Twitter to lead its VR...
The post How Can Your ‘Deleted’ Facebook Status Get You Fired In No Time appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: You might’ve heard many stories about Bill Gates. Like, how he hacked his school system to sit with girls...
The post Bill Gates Hacked A Computer 45 Years Ago, He Got The Most “Surprising” Punishment Ever appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: A serious nine-year-old bug in Linux kernel has been recently revealed. Named Dirty COW, this flaw can help...
The post “Dirty COW” Is The Most Dangerous Linux Privilege-escalation Bug Ever, Experts Say appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Even if something isn’t actively being written on your USB drive, your computer might be caching some data...
The post Do I Really Need to Safely Eject USB Drives From PC? But What If I Don’t? appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: Hitachi Payments Services, which provides ATM and PoS services in India, has been hit by one of the biggest...
The post India’s One Of Its Largest Data Breaches Ever, 3.2 Million Debit Card Details Stolen appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: The next flagship SoC (possibly Snapdragon 830) will include the X16 LTE modem, Qualcomm announced at the 4G/5G Summit in...
The post Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 Chip Will Support Insane “1Gbps Download Speed” appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: A team of Sandia Ion Beam Laboratory and Harvard researchers has created the first ever successful quantum computer bridge....
The post Researchers Have Created The First “Quantum Computer Bridge” On A Single Chip appeared first on fossBytes.
Short Bytes: The alleged founder of KAT is fighting an indictment against the US. His legal counsel has submitted a...
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