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What Is a POS System? Discover Its Benefits and Functions
Key takeaways: A POS system streamlines the transaction process and provides accurate, real-time data to improve business operations. The features of a modern POS system allow businesses to provide faster checkout and a variety of payment options for customers. The right POS system depends on the POS hardware, software, and payment processing tools that match your business requirements. The initial…
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Windows 11 system requirements in 2025
UPDATED 2/17/2025: Windows 11 has introduced stricter system requirements compared to its predecessors. To upgrade or perform a clean installation, your device must have a 64-bit dual-core processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and support for Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0 and Secure Boot. Without these specifications, upgrading from Windows 10 is (technically) not possible. Unless, of course,…
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How to Use QEMU to Boot Another Operating System
Quick Links The Parts of a QEMU Command That old legacy system is gone, never to be heard from again. Right? But what do you do on the fateful day that someone needs to access data that’s trapped in an old legacy application? If modern applications can’t read the data, you need to run the legacy system. And that’s where…
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Ransomware gang alleges theft of patient data from Michigan health system
Overnight, ransomware gang BianLian added Aspire Rural Health System to its data leak site, alleging to have stolen a variety of data. This includes patient records, financial information, and email correspondence. Aspire Rural Health System hasn’t confirmed a cyber attack but did note technical disruptions in early January which led to phones and systems being shut down for over 24…
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Musk furious as judge shuts down DOGE access to Treasury payment system – Computerworld
Engelmayer’s answer, for now at least, is not far at all: only staff within the Treasury with the correct security clearance should be granted access to servers containing sensitive citizen and personal data. Not surprisingly, as it continues its campaign to refashion and downsize the federal workforce, the White House was derisive of the ruling and the legal suit that…
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Cyber Attack Severity Rating System Established in U.K.
A new rating system in the U.K. will classify the severity of cyberattacks on a scale from one to five, aiming to provide businesses and policymakers with more precise insights into the impact of cyber threats. The Cyber Monitoring Centre, an independent nonprofit organisation of industry experts, will assess incidents in real time and publish results for free. The system…
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US health system notifies 882,000 patients of August 2023 breach
Hospital Sisters Health System notified over 882,000 patients that an August 2023 cyberattack led to a data breach that exposed their personal and health information. Established in 1875, HSHS works with over 2,200 physicians and has around 12,000 employees. It also operates a network of physician practices and 15 local hospitals across Illinois and Wisconsin, including two children’s hospitals. The…
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How to create System Restore Point on Windows 11
To create a System Restore Point on Windows 11, open the “System Protection” settings, select the drive, click on “Confiture,” and select the “Turn on system protection” option. Then, on “System Protection,” select the drive to protect and click on “Create.” To recover Windows 11 with a restore point, open the “System Protection” settings, click on “System Restore,” select the…
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Windows 11 build 27788 brings new MIDI system in Canary Channel
Microsoft is now rolling out Windows 11 build 27788 in the Canary Channel for the Windows Insider Program. This build includes a complete overhaul of the Windows MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) Services, introduces the Resume feature in the channel, and rolls out improvements to File Explorer and the Settings app. This release also rolls out several fixes for crashes…
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PyPI adds project archiving system to stop malicious updates
The Python Package Index (PyPI) has announced the introduction of ‘Project Archival,’ a new system that allows publishers to archive their projects, indicating to the users that no updates are to be expected. The projects will still be hosted on PyPI, and users will still be able to download them but they will see a warning about the maintenance status, to…
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