Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) A couple of years ago, Microsoft reformulated its Edge web browser with a backend based on Google’s Chromium codebase. Since then, the company} has tried to make Advantage stand out primarily by adding on extra features, mostly related to privacy, security, and online shopping. One interesting new experimental feature that could be […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Vertigo3d) VPN operator TorGuard has agreed to block BitTorrent traffic on its US-based servers to settle a piracy lawsuit filed by a variety of companies that own movie copyrights. “Pursuant to a confidential settlement agreement, Plaintiffs have requested, and Defendant has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to block BitTorrent […]
Enlarge / Your at-home entertainment studio. (credit: Ella Don ) Dozens of movie production companies sued LiquidVPN this year over the VPN provider’s marketing efforts that could be perceived as promoting piracy. These companies, which are now seeking $10 million in damages, claim that the “no log” policy associated with LiquidVPN is not a valid […]
Enlarge / The privacy and access wars waged between consumers and content providers don’t seem likely to abate any time soon. (credit: metamorworks via Getty Images ) Netflix blocks known commercial VPNs and proxies from accessing its services in order to preserve its geofencing —partitioning access to content based on a user’s real-world location. Users […]
Enlarge / Forget bendable mobile phones, we’re holding out for working mobile phone plushies. (credit: Carol Yepes via Getty Images ) The WireGuard VPN project announced a major milestone for its Windows users today—an all-new, kernel-mode implementation of the VPN protocol called WireGuardNT. The new implementation allows for massively improved throughput upon 10Gbps LAN connections—and […]
Expand / / that I heroically resisted the desire to make a”WireGuard for Workgroups 0.3.1″ picture with this particular piece. This Monday, WireGuard creator and lead programmer Jason Donefeld declared a fresh WireGuard launch for the Windows platform. The launch is still something of a godsend for mates expecting to employ WireGuard as a substitute […]
Expand / / Multitudes are all working at home. This affects how business’ systems do the job. (charge: zf L / Getty Images) We are 10 months to 2020, and companies continue making adjustments to the new truths of large scale telework (that, if you are not at the IT biz, is only a fancy […]