How to Turn Your Laptop Into a Desktop
Laptops are fantastic for portable computing on the go, letting you move from the home to the office, or from the study to the bedroom, or from planes to trains with ease. They’ve got a lot of advantages, but if you’re going to be stuck in one place for an extended period of time (sound familiar?), the disadvantages of laptops compared to desktop computers start to become a lot more obvious.
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Laptops usually don’t give you as much screen space as desktops; they cost more money for the same level of performance very often; you don’t get as many ports and connection options; and you’ll typically have to put up with a smaller keyboard, too. Perhaps most importantly, they can be bad for your posture, because if you actually use one in your lap, you’ll be staring downward rather than sitting back and looking straight ahead.
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Samsung was honoured with the Telecoms Innovation Award for the Galaxy Z Fold2 5G, its folding phone with a tablet-like 7.6-inch screen that improved upon its predecessor.
Uswitch says its awards were voted for by more than 17,000 consumers as well as a judging panel of experts in the fields of technology, consumer affairs and personal finance.
Here are all the winners:
Network of the Year • giffgaff
Best Network Coverage • O2
Best Network for Data • Three
Best Network for Roaming • Three
Fastest Mobile Network • EE
Best PAYG Network • Smarty
Best SIM Only Network • Three
Best Value Pay Monthly • Sky Mobile
Read more about Microsoft teaming up with EU publishers to make Big Tech pay for news on Business Standard. The US tech giant and four big European Union news industry lobbying groups unveiled their plan Monday to work together to come up with a solution to mandate payments
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Avast said the uptick in people using web conferencing services such as Zoom during the Covid-19 pandemic is one reason hackers might be name-dropping such a popular app.
The security experts began to see more of these scams during December, when people socially distancing may have been using Zoom or other such services more often to connect with family and friends over the Christmas and holiday period.
One scam email sent during this period that Avast spotted mentioned that attackers had recorded a sexual act involving the victim that could lead to terrible reputation damage . The email, which appears to have been sent from the victim s own email address, also says attackers have access to sensitive information .