The essence of the ApturiCovid app is that it uses the phone's built-in Bluetooth to "greet" other nearby ApturiCovid apps. If a user whose app has greeted yours in the past 14 days tests positive for Covid, that user's app will send you a warning that such a contact occurred.
On Tuesday, 9 August 2016, the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) hosted a seminar titled "Hackers, Digital Economy Risks and Opportunities". Although the use of the word "hacker" in the seminar title proved somewhat misleading, the speakers' presentations were pervaded by the idea that as technology enters our daily lives, the risks of who uses the data collected and how - as well as the natural desire of bad actors to access it - are growing.
Although the vast majority of MS Windows users have already upgraded to MS Windows 10, thanks to Microsoft's aggressive campaign and the fact that MS offered the upgrade for free and in a semi-automatic manner (available until 29 July 2016), this time the story covers two cases I wanted to share - my observations and discoveries when it was necessary to transfer and reinstall MS Windows 10.
It has come to light that the Lotteries and Gambling Supervisory Inspection, subordinate to the Ministry of Finance, has - either by mistake or deliberately - blocked access to the VMware knowledge base using administrative resources at its disposal.
The article describes how WAMP and Vagrant work, the technological advantages and drawbacks of each, reasons why you may or may not want to migrate from one development environment to the other. The installation process and the problems encountered along the way are described.
Although programmers know considerably more about computers and code than the average user, most programs are built in a way that, by analogy with an aircraft, would look something like this: fuel supply pipes are hung with coat hangers, and the landing gear is stuck on with tape.
Unlike printed text, on the internet information is mostly scanned, searching for what is of interest or the answer to a question. The time available to decide whether to click a link is extremely short. Even when an article is opened, the visitor first visually scans it and only then decides - is it worth reading or not. There are a few tricks to presenting text on a website so that visitors notice it.
A BSA study found that 53% of software installed on computers in Latvia is not properly licensed. This increases the risks of hacker attacks and data loss. About illegal and improperly licensed software, its causes and consequences.
Quite recently a mobile phone from a rather unusual manufacturer - Gigabyte - came to my attention at a very attractive promotional price of 99 Ls. Judging by the rather sparse information available on the web, the model only came to market in July 2013.
With spring cleaning under way, it's time to clean the computer keyboard too. The main causes of keyboard dirt are dust (which is mostly dead skin), stuck-on grime and spilled liquids of various types (and sweetness levels).