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We’ve already briefly discussed PaX, but now it’s time to describe it in detail. PaX provides the following security enhancements: Non-executable memory: Sections that do not contain actual program code are marked as non-executable to prevent jumping to arbitrary location in memory and executing the code from there. Therefore, PaX ensures that program data is kept in a non-executable memory region from which we cannot execute code. ASLR: PaX provides support for randomizing the address space of the program to prevent sections from being loaded to the same base address upon program/system restart....

You can expect discounts of up to 55% on many of its best laptops, desktops, monitors and more. Whether you’re searching for student laptops, work laptops or even gaming laptops, you’re sure to find your perfect fit. As with all major sales, though, it’s best to know what you’re looking for ahead of time. Otherwise, you might get swept away and waste time ogling over something you don’t need. That’s why we rounded up three discounts on some of our favorite items....

AORUS Gaming Motherboards from Gigabyte offers increased performance, rich & immersive experiences and fast I/O. Gigabyte had launched three 200 series motherboards Z270X-Gaming 9, Z270X-Gaming 7, Z270X-Gaming 5. The Z270X-Gaming 9 and Z270X-Gaming 8 includes an integrated liquid cooling blocks. These water Blocks G-Chill and G-Frost from Bits Power and EK Water Blocks can support both passive and active cooling. Users will get numerous colors and combination to choose from because AORUS Gaming Motherboards from Gigabyte supports RGBW LED Light strips....

Google today announced an update for the Gmail app for Android that adds some much requested feature to the app, including a unified inbox and threaded conversations for emails from non-Gmail users. The new “All Inboxes” option will allow users to view all their emails from different email accounts at once. As for threaded conversation, emails from Yahoo, Outlook and other IMAP/POP accounts will be automatically threaded to make going through those long email threads easier....

Further information available to users will include whether the developer has qualified their security practices against a global security standard, whether the app has committed to follow Google Play’s Families Policy, and more granular details relating to an app’s security practices such as whether users can ask for data to be deleted. Google will also require developers revise their data safety section when updating the functionality or data handling practices of their apps....

The impact on you: If Drive is your go-to productivity suite, these are helpful changes. They’ll mainly be useful on large-screen phones. Like the Galaxy Note 4 or Android tablets, you can use all that space for collaboration working with various file types. Google also needs to keep pace with Drive on Android now that Office for Android phones brings new competition.

An analyst report from earlier this week suggested that Google could be paying Apple as much as $3 billion to remain the stock search engine on Safari for iPhone and iPad. Now, news report originating from Korea suggests that Google will reportedly be paying Samsung even higher licensing fees of $3.5 billion. Like Apple, Samsung has also seen its licensing revenue increase in recent years due to its strong smartphone sales....

As a report had indicated last week, Google has gone ahead and unveiled a YouTube app for kids called YouTube Kids. Its the first product that Google has built from the ground up for kids that is aimed at making it safer and easier for your little ones to browse and watch videos on topics they want. The app has been designed keeping kids in mind and comes with large images, bold icons and bigger buttons to allow for easier navigation....

On the homepage of the new, dedicated tab for the World Cup on Google News, you’ll find a clever wheel which you can be swiveled to the group your team resides in. There’s a countdown at the top to the first match which I’m assuming will disappear once the tournament begins. Anyway, once you’ve selected the group, the app will pull up its leaderboard underneath the wheel followed by the upcoming matches right next to it....

The Nexus 6 has been available for awhile now, but for anyone that’s avoided picking one up sans an agreement with their carrier of choice, the time to adopt may be now. The Google Store is currently running a promotion for the latest Nexus-branded smartphone, which knocks $150 off the normal asking price. That means a potential buyer can expect to fork over $499 for the 32GB model, and $549 for the 64GB variant....

As per research firm Wave7 Research, the Google Pixel continues to be in high demand at Verizon even after the end of the holiday season. The research firm conducted a survey by visiting 50 Verizon stores last week and noted that the Pixel accounted for 9.5 percent of the total smartphone sales on Verizon last month. However, the long delivery time of the handsets is not helping things. Right now, Verizon lists that it can ship the Pixel XL only by March, with certain variants of the smaller Pixel also being out of stock....

When we update an application, Android verifies with a process comparing the previous signature with the new one. If it matches, the new version is installed. Janus avoids this step of security and makes it possible to incorporate malicious code without us noticing. However, we can stay quite calm simply because of its limited scope. A failure with very short legs In Android, an application consists of an APK file, which we sometimes download simply to install an app manually, which is basically a compressed document with random bits at the beginning and later contains all the files and data of the application....

Sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but you better believe it, as both “Play to Cure: Genes in Space” and “Power Sleep” are up for grabs in Google Play. The former, developed by Cancer Research UK, is on the surface a fairly enjoyable arcade/action game where the purpose is to collect as much “Element Alpha” as possible in cosmos. What that mysterious element actually represents is genetic cancer data, which a gamer can basically analyze without even knowing it, thus helping reduce the time regularly required for extensive scientific studies....

If you haven’t jumped up to macOS Monterey or Windows 11, I can safely say it’s time. Before you update, take one important step and make sure you have enough space for it. Tap or click here to see how much storage is available on your computer. Updates don’t just bring new features. They protect your machine from known exploits and security issues, too. Tap or click here for five more smart ways to get your digital life in order....

The way Google does it is that any email sent with the “Confidential Mode” switched on is basically a link, not the regular mix of text and attachments. You can think of that link as a limited access license to a specific space of your account where the email is actually stored. Therefore, with Confidential Mode, the email technically never leaves your inbox. The person on the other end doesn’t, although, gets just a link in the email....

Steps To Add Bots To Your Discord Server Well, if you are a gamer, then you might be already aware of the popular gaming service known as Discord. Discord is by far the best cross-platform voice and text chat service for gamers. The service is widely popular amongst all gamers because it’s straightforward to use. The service itself is a bug-free and rich in features. But, there’s always a scope for adding more features....

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Doing a little spring cleaning this year? If so, maybe it’s time to freshen up your tech while you’re at it. Unfortunately, new iPads can run over $1,000, and that’s a lot to pay if you just need a tablet for games or communication. Luckily, you can now get a refurbished Apple iPad Pro in your choice of configurations for as much as 62% off the original MSRP. These models might have been used, but they’ve been put into total working order — and as with any iPad, they can do quite a bit....

When Google demoed the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL at its Made by Google event earlier this month, it also showed off the new Pixel launcher on these handsets in all its glory. The redesigned Pixel launcher moved the Google Search bar to the bottom of the device for easier accessibility and introduced a new calendar/clock widget at the top of the screen. While Google might have intended to keep this new Pixel launcher exclusive to the Pixel 2, the developers over at XDA felt otherwise....

With the FIFA World Cup 2014 set to kick off in a week, it’s going to be a time of intolerable impatience for football fans the world over. With so many matches being played, it can be a tough thing to keep up with what’s going on, but thanks to Google Calendar and Google Now, getting the full schedule of the World Cup can become quite the trivial task. Google creates shareable calendars for big events like the World Cup to offer automated and updated info on every single match that will be played, and you can get all this info right on Google Calendar on your phone or tablet through a few quick steps....