Microsoft
Microsoft Releases Windows Home Server Power Pack 1
July 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Am I hearing some of you say, “finally!” Power Pack 1 includes several new features and fixes, x64 support for home computers running Windows Vista Home Server Shared Folder backup Improved remote access experience Improvements to power consumption and performance Localised products for Japan and China Windows Home Server Release Documentation Power Pack 1 also delivers a fix for the data corruption bug. We Got Served Windows Home Server Team Blog Tags: Microsoft-Windows-Home-Server Read More →
Program
Spybot-S&D 1.6 Released
July 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment
From Patrick Kolla, developer of Spybot Search and Destroy. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html Time for an update! To keep up with the latest threats, and solve some issues and feature requests users had, we’re proud to announce Spybot-S&D version 1.6. Some of the features include: Improved Scan Speed Reported a few weeks ago as one of the big issues users face, Spybot-S&D 1.6 integrates parts of the future 2.0 file scanning engine to speed up the on-demand scan. Up-to-date browser support Both... [Read the full story]
Technology
Doubling Laptop Battery Life
June 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Now researchers at Intel believe that they can double a laptop’s battery life without changing the battery itself. Instead, they would optimize power management–system wide–of the operating system, screen, mouse, chips inside the motherboard, and devices attached to USB ports. http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20901/?a=f Tags: Technology Read More →
Rogue
AntiSpyCheck Rogue Security Program
June 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The latest rogue installed through the Zlob Trojan. How to remove AntiSpyCheck If you have an infected computer and would feel more comfortable being assisted by a trained malware remover helper, please start a topic at one of the forums. Short but trusted list in the right hand column. Certifiedbug: Fake Security Programs Tags: Malware-Rogue-Security-Zlob Read More →
Vista
Creative Sound Cards and Vista SP1
May 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Knowing of my own experience with Creative’s drivers, friend Corrine at the Security Garden linked me to an article at www.vista4beginners.com. Download Windows Vista SP1 Drivers for Creative sound cards The bad news is that even after two months since SP1 is available, Creative has not yet launched updated drivers. The good news is that a passionate modder - Daniel Kawakami (Daniel_K) from Brazil - has released his own version of drivers which work on Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit). In this article you will... [Read the full story]
Browser
Firefox 3.0.1 Released
July 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Release Notes Upgrading Firefox Automatic updates By default, Firefox is configured to automatically check for updates for itself. 1. When an update is available, the Software Update dialog is automatically displayed. It contains a list of updates for Firefox components that are installed on your system. To begin updating your software, click OK. The new versions of any selected updates are downloaded and installed. 2. When the install process is complete, you must restart Firefox. To close Firefox and re-open it, click... [Read the full story]
Security
200,000 websites found to engage in badware behavior
June 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Stopbadware.org released its May, 2008 report which ranked Google as 5th in hosting badware or infected sites, and China with an infection rate over three times that of the world average. Stopbadware.org drew its data from Google’s “Safe Browsing” initiative, note: Google, a sponsor of StopBadware.org, tells StopBadware.org that when a Blogger site is identified as badware by their Safe Browsing initiative, the site is immediately reported to Google’s Blogger group and the site is disabled. However,... [Read the full story]
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Justice for Julie
Hard to believe that a year after her conviction was overturned, according to the petition here Connecticut’s State Attorney won’t schedule a new trial, or drop the... [Read more]
This and That
MGX: Ballmer, Ozzie rock
And I thought the MVP Global Summit was huge. Annual Microsoft Global Exchange (MGX) This year it was in Atlanta, where 13,000 Microsoft employees, sales and marketing types, and... [Read more]