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Telegram will now let users sign in with their Telegram ID on supported websites.Consumers are used to signing in to websites with Google, Microsoft and Facebook, and now Telegram is getting in on the action.As part of the Telegram ID project, the firm will let users with registered telegram accounts validate their accounts on exteal websites with just two taps (assuming Telegram is installed and set up.)While the use cases for this are bountiful in theory, they are limited in practice as only a handful of websites will support the Telegram widget at launch.Telegram is touting this as a way to promote a completely frictionlesstransition from websites, to bots for sites who rely on them for c...

There is, of course, a flood of Windows Phone apps leaving the Windows Store, but some of them are more high profile than others. One such as is the New York Times app for Windows Phone, more because of the profile of the augustinstitution than the popularity of the app itself.In a post on their website, the newspaper aounced that it is ending support for their app this month, suggesting Windows Phone users use the website instead.They write:Begiing in December 2017, The New York Times will no longer support the NYTimes app for Windows Phone. You can access a more complete New York Times experience through our mobile site (mobile.nytimes.com) from your phone’s browser.The mobile website incl...

Despite repeated vigorous denials, it seems anti-virus company Kaspersky is unable to convince anyone that matters that they are not in league with the Russian govement.Reuters report s that UK’s National Cyber Security Centre chief Ciaran Martin sent a memo to other govement departments waing them that as Russia is“a highly capable cyber threat actor which uses cyber as a tool of statecraft,” that has the intent to target the UK and its critical infrastructure, computers with info that could harm national security shouldn’t use an anti-virus software developed by a Russian company.In JulyKaspersky was similarly been removed from the US govements approved vendors list after concer...

Germany has been a leader in pushing for more privacy and control of user data in Windows 10, but despite concessions by Microsoft the operating system has not been felt to be secure enough for govement deployment.Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA) has, for example, determined that it was not possible to completely control the data stream between the OS and Microsoft’s servers via Windows Group Policy.Fortunately for Microsoft Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior is ready to work with Microsoft for a solution, and is in the process of creating a standard and secured “Federal Client” version of the OS which could be rolled out to all govement computers...

Star Wars Battlefront II’s loot box controversy gathered mainstream attention around the world, and it looks like the situation isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Now, govement officials from the United States, Australia, and Belgium have weighed in ...

Microsoft is today launching a redesigned website for the Windows Insider program today. The newly designed website for the Windows Insider program doesn’t look a whole lot different from the previous design, but it includes a lot more information for users — especially for those who are just getti...

Long time foe of Microsoft’s Windows Defender anti-virus, Kaspersky, has been removed from the US govements approved vendors list after conces were raised that the software provided by the vendor could allow the Kremlin access to the US govement’s secure computer systems. The vendor list rela...