Encryption 2.0 features a new set of encryption capabilities for EFSS security, making it possible for organizations tasked with protecting sensitive information to collaborate and share files.

The platform allows users to adopt their desired encryption standard, and even write a server app to meet their unique encryption requirements; plus, it can be delivered as an app for integration into customers' existing infrastructure.

There's one fundamental problem with Apple Music that's crippling its potential for me and keeping it from becoming my one and only music destination — exactly the thing Apple wants it to be.

iTunes Match has been one of Apple's more flawed cloud services for a few years now. Ever since it rolled out, users have complained about several key things.

A troubling report today from Kirk McElhearn claims that Apple is applying DRM to every track contained in iCloud Music Library — even your own songs. So if you upload regular old MP3s to iCloud, delete them from your PC or Mac and then redownload, they'll be DRMed files.

One of the most notable upgrades, at least for Excel users, is the addition of a handful of new chart types. Available in the latest preview build of Office 2016, the six new Excel charts are Waterfall, Histogram, Pareto, Box & Whisker, Treemap and Sunburst.

If you pirated Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, purchased a counterfeit version of the software, or are having problems with your key in general, the company is offering a free replacement key.

Malwarebytes wants to revamp its licensing system because the current one is outdated and doesn’t properly keep track of legitimate customers. In the process, the company is hoping to convince those who paid for an existing key or who didn’t pay at all to go legit by giving away a one-year subscription.

Glantz explained that Ikea has more than 3,500 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers deployed in Sweden and around the world. With Shellshock, every single one of those servers needed to be patched and updated to limit the risk of exploitation.

Glantz visually displayed the system-management approach with a graphic instruction manual that showed the parts in a manner similar to how a typical Ikea furniture assembly pamphlet looks.

It's critical to enforce a system-management process that keeps servers and application software on the latest versions, Glantz said. He warned that if an enterprise doesn't enforce that mandate, inevitably, the majority of systems will be running older versions and it will be more difficult to scale, manage and patch.

I recently reinstalled Windows 7 Home on a laptop. A factory restore (minus the shovelware), all the Windows updates, and it was reasonably snappy. Four weeks later it's running like a slug, and now 34 more updates to install.

It appears that Windows slows down Windows!

Skype users have discovered a rather nasty bug in the app. Sending the characters “http://:” (without the quotes) crashes Skype, and receiving a message with those characters makes it crash any time you try to sign in again.

We learned of the issue when Skype user “Giperion” posted on it in the community forums. He noted that “clearing chat history not helps, because when skype download chat history from server, it will crash again.”

This not only crashed the Windows app but it also killed it for good. Now every time I open Skype (which is set to automatically sign me in), it launches and then quickly crashes.

Despite promises to avoid deceptive advertisements that trick site visitors into downloading unwanted software and malware onto their computers, these malicious ads are legion on projects that have been taken over by SourceForge's anonymous editorial staff.

GIMP never enrolled in DevShare—SourceForge foisted the adware on the project's Windows installer after taking over the project's page. On Sunday, the GIMP team issued an official statement through Michael Schumacher, a maintainer of the GIMP website. It said that the GIMP team was never informed of what SourceForge was going to do.

The idea behind the campaign is simple. If you don't let Cortana remind you of the things you need to do, you might just make a mess.

Not for a second am I suggesting that these are the greatest ads ever made. But here's Microsoft embracing a touch of wit and humanity, as well as a refreshing simplicity.

Bleep can now be had for iThings, Android, Windows and Mac OS. The app promises server-less, peer-to-peer, text or voice communications. The outfit says “we keep messages and the encryption keys for images stored on your local device, not the cloud”. The apps are said to leave no metadata trail, either.