Technology

Google will try to tamp down blowback from linking log-ins of its services with Chrome by adding an option to disable the automatic sign-in, the company said Wednesday.

The change will debut in Chrome 70, now slated to ship the week of Oct. 14-20. "While we think sign-in consistency will help many of our users, we're adding a control that allows users to turn off linking web-based sign-in with browser-based sign-in," Zach Koch, a Chrome senior product manager, wrote in a Sept. 26 post to a company blog.

Koch cited user feedback as the trigger for the upcoming change to Chrome. "We deeply appreciate all of the passionate users who have engaged with us on this," he said.

Every organization, big or small, has a hidden asset: Old laptops and desktops that have outlived their usefulness, are too slow for todaysoftware or use less secure operating systems. Admittedly, that doesn&t sound like anything of great value. But iteasy to breathe new life into those machines by converting them into Chromebooks.

Because the Chrome OS is lighter than Windows and macOS and requires fewer resources, older systems that bog down with Windows 10 or macOS Mojave often work just fine as Chromebooks. That means that systems with slower CPUs, less RAM and smaller hard drives — the ones that no one in your organization wants to use — can get a second lease on life.

Sysadmin pilot fish is the IT Guy for several of his company's branch offices in the area -- which means everything related to IT gets dropped in his lap.

"I arrived at one office this morning to find that there was a broken Keurig coffee machine sitting on my desk," sighs fish.

"I wonder which help desk/IT-related category I should assign to this one. Would this be considered a Java issue

"I'm currently scanning it for malware and viruses. No one wants a widespread outbreak.

"I'm just about ready to send this notification to all users"

From: Helpdesk

Subject: ***NOTICE: Java Issues***

REASON FOR NOTIFICATION: