On Wednesday evening, New Mexico’s Bernalillo County – which covers the state’s most populous cities of Albuquerque, Los Ranchos and Tijeras – officially reported that it was hit with a ransomware attack that began between midnight and 5:30 a.m. on January 5. County officials have taken the affected systems offline and cut network connections but most county building are now closed to the public. Emergency services are still available and 911 is still operating, but a Sheriff’s Office customer service window was closed....

Creepshow season 1 will be airing on AMC later this year. The first Creepshow movie came out in 1982 and combined two horror legends, with Stephen King writing the screenplay and George A. Romero directing the feature. The film got two sequels, and in 2018 it was announced that a Creepshow TV series was being developed with Greg Nicotero as a producer. Creepshow came exclusively to Shudder and ran for a total of seven episodes last year....

There have long been rumors that Apple plans to eventually converge Macs and iOS devices into a single product line running the same operating system. I expressed my own concerns about this way back in 2013, though also listed some things from which we could draw reassurance. Apple has consistently denied the rumors, Tim Cook doing so with a particularly striking phrase back in 2012. But yesterday’s news that Apple plans to support cross-platform apps that run on iPhone, iPad and Mac does raise a variation on this concern …...

Everyone is possessive when it comes to caring the smartphone one owns. This is because a smartphone is a special device for most of the people. To make life run smoothly, it is actually a need that a smartphone one owns should be completely free from all the problems. However, despite making a ton of effort, a user cannot simply eliminate all the issues. Making a smartphone free from all the problems is something that seems difficult....

Watch bands tend to be a major new release every spring for Apple. Even when there isn’t a major hardware announcement, we’ve always been able to count on bands being refreshed. So far this year, we’ve gotten one new watch band in the form of the Unity band to celebrate Black History Month. It’s a beautiful watch band and it uses the same fluoroelastomer compression molding process to form a unique multi-color design as last year’s pride band....

We reported several times about Italian anti-trust authorities fining Apple $1.2 million for “misleading consumers” in relation to AppleCare warranties. The decision made by the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato stated Apple’s 1-year AppleCare warranties were failing to inform consumers of a mandatory warranty of two years imposed by European Union law. Today we heard confirmation from Bloomberg that not just Italy, but consumer groups from 11 countries, requested that Apple make changes to its AppleCare policies and immediately halt its current “practices on the guarantees....

Looking up for information and files stored in our computers can get tedious at times, and with Microsoft releasing Cortana digital assistant to desktop and Lenovo’s REACHit software, the two companies are trying to improve the search experience for once and all for the users. The software in question from the Chinese computer manufacturer allows users to search for content across any connected Lenovo PC or tablet device. Furthermore, it also supports many major cloud services....

Life is filled with challenges and one cannot perfect say when a person has to face them. Such situations are daunting and can give us several reasons to worry. The worst thing is they can have a solid impact on how and what we think generally. It isn’t always possible to overcome challenges but they can be diluted upto a good extent. Yes, this is possible and technology in the form of smartphones is helping several people in the present scenario to simply keep the pace up in this matter....

Living without a smartphone in the present time is almost impossible. We have associated our life with these gadgets in different ways and the fact couldn’t be neglected that the smartphone industry brought a revolution of gadgets that are simply the best. In the present time, there is hardly any task when we humans don’t make use of our smartphone. For this reason, owning something useful is very important. However, people often fail to keep the pace up in this matter and they often have to look here and there to own something that is best to be trusted for the long run....

Ben Chang, also known as Señor Chang, El Tigre Chino, Sgt. Chang, General Chang, and Kevin is by far the most puzzling, weird, and downright insane character on Community. As described by Jeff, Chang is nuts, dangerous, selfish and prone to using his name to make bad puns, which don’t make any sense most of the time. It is no secret that Chang exhibits symptoms of at least half a dozen disorders and it comes as no surprise that Chang has done some pretty insane things over the years....

While Samsung’s Galaxy Fold wasn’t quite ready for market, it’s certainly created a lot of interest in the form factor for not only smartphones, but larger devices as well. Today, Luna Display has offered up an interesting concept for a Mac/iPad hybrid foldable with some flexible use cases. While Apple is likely years away from a foldable iPhone, and even further from a foldable tablet/Mac, Luna Display had fun dreaming about what a larger foldable might be like and shared its Mac/iPad hybrid concept on its blog today:...

Smartphones these days are widely based on a law that is related to unification. Unification is simply explaining the phenomenon with similar laws. In the very same manner, the manufacturers are trying to make their phones capable to perform a maximum number of tasks with similar specifications, Operating systems, and hardware. This is one of the finest reasons why smartphones are becoming more and more useful. Presently, many smartphones are available to purchase....

You can find your smartphone pretty useful until and unless you find common problems in it. Yes, it’s true and it doesn’t matter how much you have invested and which brand you own, these problems often declare their presence. Many users think they are hardware faults. However, this is not the case in real sense. These issues are something different. Many users complain about the slow performance of their device after experiencing them....

One needs to be very strong in life if want to survive in this century. There are always problems around us that can make us weak or stronger. One of the solid truths is it always takes time to understand and fix problems and the ability of a person to deal with them is exactly what we call experience. When it comes to problems that are related to the smartphone, they are as important as to fix as if they are related to our life....

Why do you need a Cookie? The communication between a web browser and server happens using a stateless protocol named HTTP. Stateless protocol treats each request independent. So, the server does not keep the data after sending it to the browser. But in many situations, the data will be required again. Here come cookies into a picture. With cookies, the web browser will not have to communicate with the server each time the data is required....

First released in 2010, Costume Quest was a digital-only game on PSN and Xbox Live. It starred fraternal twins Wren and Reynold in a universe where people can become the costumes they wear. The concept was originally created by Double Fine Productions who are best known for other cult classics like Brutal Legend, as well as the upcoming Psychonauts 2. Animation for the show was handled by Frederator Studios, the artists behind Adventure Time, The Fairly Oddparents, and Castlevania....

Reuters relays this. Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus and HTC’s upcoming HTC One both have 4.6-7 inch 720P displays. The Galaxy Nexus has a 316 PPI which is in Apple’s “Retina Threshold” but is a whole other 16:9 ratio. . Galaxy Nexus left vs. iPhone, right via 9to5Google Review. But Reuters misses, saying: Galaxy IIs have displays ranging from 4.3 to 4.5 inches. We’re not putting a lot of faith in this report, even though we’ve heard that Apple has been considering a bigger display in its next iPhone....

There’s a lot that we don’t know about Deadpool 2, but what we do know is exciting. Not only will the film follow through on the original movie’s post-credits promise to bring Cable to the big screen, but it’s bringing Domino along for the ride as well. Zazie Beetz has been cast as Domino, Cable’s actor should be announced soon, and it’s only a matter of time before filming is underway....

Create a Desktop Shortcut for System Restore The first thing you need to do is make sure the System Restore feature is turned on in System Properties. If you haven’t turned it on yet, read our full article on how to enable and create a System Restore point on Windows 10. Right-click on the desktop and choose New > Shortcut to kick off the shortcut wizard. For the location of the item, type in the following path:...

Though T-Mobile probably has more name recognition than no-contract carrier Cricket, the latter carrier is speaking up about its competitive iPhone plans. Cricket is making its iPhone plans more affordable starting today, lowing its unlimited calling, messaging, and 1 GB data plan to $50, which has been standard for other devices. Customers can opt for 2.5 GB or 5 GB of data at $60 and $70, respectively. Customers with two smartphones on a family plan can save $10 for each line at $40 per line for the standard plan....