longer

Renault Captur E-Tech hybrid review: Cleaner crossover with practical charm

(Pocket-lint) – The Renault Captur was one of the first true crossovers to grace the roads. Sure, it followed the Nissan Juke – which created this segment – but the Captur has seen success. It’s Renault’s best-selling SUV in Europe and the best-selling UK model for Renault too. That’s no surprise, with a fusion of… Read more

Federal government: More than 60,000 Windows 7 PCs in use

As Hardwareluxx reported on Monday, Windows 7 itself is enjoying great popularity over a year after the end of support. However, this does not only apply to private users. The federal government and the federal ministries also currently have a total of 63. 922 Computers are used on which the operating system, which is now… Read more

Windows 7, at least 100 million users still use it today

Analyzing data from different sources you can get an estimate of how many users are still using Microsoft’s operating system, which hasn’t received security updates for about a year di Nino Grasso published on 08 January 2021 , at 08: 01 in the Operating Systems channel Microsoft Windows The story that happened with Windows XP… Read more

Already broken shortly after purchase: demand for a longer warranty

The washing machine breaks – and a glance at the receipt shows: Warranty has just expired. Consumers should experience such annoying situations less often in the future. Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht advocates longer warranty periods. “Consumers can rightly expect high-quality products to be usable in the long term,” said the SPD politician of the German… Read more

Everyday home office – is there more in the fight against Corona?

It is the new normal for millions of employees: working from home. Before the start of the corona pandemic, working from home was the exception, now working in the living room or at the kitchen table has become part of everyday life for many. But is there more and should there be guidelines for companies… Read more

Clearly White unlocked Google Pixel 4a 5G variant arriving to the US soon

Google surprised us when it launched three Pixel devices this year, but it also surprised some when it only released the Pixel 4a and 4a 5G in black models while the more expensive Pixel 5 got the Sage Green option. Eventually, a Clearly White variant would arrive as a Verizon-exclusive, and more recently a Barely… Read more

The federal government wants to modernize 130,000 computer workstations in eight years

The 2015 launched billion dollar “IT Consolidation Bund” initiative is now set to slowly take off this year after many setbacks take up. The federal government has decided on a “sequence plan”, according to which from April 69 projects for an upgrade of the IT -Infrastructures in 69 ministries and authorities in four waves up… Read more

Release denied: Julian Assange remains in custody

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange remains in custody in Great Britain for the time being. A court in London on Wednesday denied the defense’s motion to release the 49 -year-old on bail after his extradition to the United States was prevented on Monday. Better treatment in Great Britain The verdict against a release was now included… Read more

Sony squeezes OLED panels to the max for its 2021 TV range. What's new at CES 2021

Interesting news for Sony at CES 2021: the OLED panels are squeezed to the maximum and gain luminance and color volume, while the intelligence artificial optimizes images using technologies such as Face Detection by Roberto Colombo published 07 January 2021 , at 19: 01 in the Audio Video channel Sony 8K 4K No revolution at… Read more

WindTre blocks all portability from ho.mobile after user data is stolen

WindTre blocks all offers with portability to current ho.mobile users with the aim of “countering possible fraudulent use by unauthorized persons”. by Nino Grasso published 07 January 2021 , at 15: 51 in the Telephony channel WindTre ho.mobile After confirmation of the data theft suffered by ho.mobile, the competing telephone operators are also working to… Read more

Windows 7: Federal government had extra support in 2020 cost almost 2 million euros

The number of computers in the federal ministries and subordinate authorities that are still operated with Windows 7 is significantly higher than previously assumed. In second gear, the federal government is now going from “at least 51. 479 Clients “on which the operating system is still running that Microsoft has been using since 14. January… Read more

“Magic Future Money”: Writing competition on the future of money

Stories about the future of money are in demand in the Magic Future Money writing competition. Hopeful authors can participate with a story written in German – 30 selected stories should then be published in a book, with a prize money of 0, 01 Bitcoin wave. At the current rate, which has recently risen sharply,… Read more

Lower Saxony: Digital traffic control center should prevent traffic jams

Digital traffic management should mean that motorists in Lower Saxony are less likely to be stuck in traffic jams in the future. For this purpose, the state relies on the NUNAV navigation technology, which networks and evaluates countless data from the streets in real time. Transport Minister Bernd Althusmann said on Thursday in Hanover in… Read more

iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max: Apple omits the practical magnetic locking function

Apple offers for iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max no longer offers any of the popular leather folio cases that the group first introduced with the iPhone X in the year 2017 would have. The cases were recently at – quite juicy – prices of 30 for the iPhone XS or 150 Euro… Read more

heise offer: photography in winter

Creating special photos under cold and sometimes gloomy conditions is a huge challenge with addictive potential. The passionate landscape photographer Nicolas Alexander Otto knows that too. In his article in c’t photography 10 / 2020 he shares his most important tips: of equipment and safety instructions, about the planning of certain weather conditions, up to… Read more