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How to Make Backup of Windows Computer | TechDrive Support

01.27.2023 · Posted in Writing and Speaking

Backing up your computer is a critical step in any computer system. A backup can help you restore your data if an electrical fire, virus attack, or natural disaster destroys your mainframe or laptop. you can restore it to its previous state by organising and copying important files to a new hard drive or USB ...

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Hackers attack Microsoft customer service system, run off with data

06.26.2021 · Posted in Other Tech Articles, Technology Articles

Microsoft said Friday that hackers hacked a computer used by one of its customer service agents and stole account data which they then used to launch “highly targeted” attacks against customers. The company identified the hacking group as Nobelium, the same one behind last year’s massive SolarWinds breach. Microsoft has secured computers, which were infected ...

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Microsoft employs a giant plush Clippy whose performer has a large Clippy tattoo

@radmint tweeted a photo from her Microsoft New Employee orientation in which she is posed with a "celebrity Clippy"; the eagle-eyed Kristen Seversky noted that the forearm of the actor in the Clippy suit is adorned with a seemingly permanent, very prominent Clippy tattoo.

From the Wikipedia entry for "Office Assistant", AKA ...

The sordid tale of Microsoft’s epic tax evasion and the war they waged against the IRS

Microsoft maintains the fiction that it has sold its most valuable copyrights and other intangible assets to a tiny factory in Puerto Rico, where, thanks to promising to hire a mere 85 workers, it pays effective zero tax; the company transfers almost all its profits to this factory to "license" its own crown jewels, making ...

2019 was the year of voice assistant privacy dumpster fires

2019 was the "I Told You So" year for privacy advocates and voice assistants: the year in which every company that wanted you to trust them to put an always-on mic in the most intimate places in your home was revealed to have allowed thousands of low-waged contractors to listen in on millions of clips, ...