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Microsoft 'Fix it' automates fixing Windows problems

Microsoft 'Fix it' automates fixing Windows problemsReckon it'll work?Nah, course not.Yet another way to let Microsoft into your computer.Fix it....after grabbing info to help fund Microsoft be it billing you or using your IP.Does that mean m$ will be adding a self-destruct feature to windoze?Anything other than that will simply...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Fix-It, Microsoft Corp., Windows Problem, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-02-26

Microsoft offers to just 'Fix it'

Microsoft offers to just 'Fix it'Message from the future... "HELP! My Fix It button is BROKEN!"I guess I really am an Oracle. :)the mother of all fixes1.Download and burn a Linux distro on a cd.2.Format your drive and install Linux.How about just fixing the Talkbacks?At least 2 articles have broken...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Fix-It, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-05

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Firefox, Chrome get quick fixes

Mozilla and Google have released new Firefox and Chrome browsers to fix bugs. The new Firefox patches one critical bug across Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. For Windows, Mac, and Linux, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 fixes three bugs: one critical bug across all platforms, and then one lower priority one...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Firefox, Bug, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, security, Chrome, Firefox, Seth Rosenblatt CNET News

News items 2009-11-06

Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical MS Office patches coming

Microsoft plans to release six security bulletins next week to fix at least 15 serious vulnerabilities that could expose Windows users to malicious hacker attacks. by Ryan Naraine

Tags: Microsoft Office, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Hacking, Patches, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Zogis GeForce 8600 GT (PCI-e, 512MB, HDCP Ready)

Card Not Compatible with XPProblems with this card are extremely hard to fix, first of the driver available on Nvidia will create havoc on your LCD screen. The best driver (2007 version) is no longer available.

Tags: Monitors & displays, PCI Express, Nvidia GeForce

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Adobe Shockwave haunted by critical security holes

Adobe today released a patch to fix several serious security flaws in its Shockwave Player software. The most serious flaw could allow remote code execution attacks against Windows and Mac users. by Ryan Naraine

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Security, Patches, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-11-03

Picasa 3.5.2.90 (Mac)

Picasa is an easy way to find, edit, and share your photos. Manage your photos in one place, and find photos you forgot you had. Eliminate scratches and blemishes, fix red-eye, crop and more. Turn photos into movies, collages, slideshows, and other creations. Upload seamlessly to Picasa Web Albums to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Photograph, Google Picasa

Software downloads 2009-11-03

BeaTunes 2.0.18 (Mac)

How well organized is your iTunes Library? Are your artists always spelled the same way? Any R.E.M. vs REM? beaTunes can easily fix this and other problems with its unique inspection feature (license required to apply one-click solutions). Could your last mix CD's song order use some improvement? Let beaTunes...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Song, BPM, Apple iTunes, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Digital Music, Strategy, Digital Media, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Personal Technology, Management, Consumer Electronics, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-03

VirIT eXplorer Lite 6.5.12 (Windows)

VirIT eXplorer Lite is an anti-virus/anti-spyware for Windows. Clean your computer from viruses, root kit, spyware, worms, trojans, backdoor, dialers, BHO Browser Helper Object, adware, hijacker, fraud tool and malware software. The features of VirIT eXplorer Lite are: real time intrusion detection system, sort startup programs by date, scan and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Virus, TG Soft, VirIT eXplorer Lite, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Making Apple's Magic Mouse and Wireless Keyboard work in Windows

A recent Apple Support Note says that "certain features" on the new Magic Mouse and the Apple Wireless keyboard are having trouble in Windows on Boot Camp. A fix was posted for downloading late last week. by David Morgenstern

Tags: Mouse, Wireless Keyboard, Apple Inc., Wireless, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Kobo Deluxe 0.5.1 (Mac)

Kobo Deluxe is a retro arcade shooter, where you fly through enemy formation destroying their tangled star fortresses. The game was created by Akira Higuchi and updated by David Olofson. Since the game is open source (GPL, LGPL), we decided to fix some bugs and bring the latest version to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Howling Moon Software, Kobo Deluxe, Games, Desktops, Open Source, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Surgical Equipment Troubleshooting for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Surgical Equipment Troubleshooting for iPhone software is for anyone who works in an operating room. The information inside allows you to set up and fix most equipment found in common surgical suites like bovies, bipolars, nerve monitors, microscopes, and stretchers. This program is perfectly suited to both experience and new...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Equipment, Phantom Particle, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-30

scanEZ 9.0 (Windows)

scanEZ makes the whole structure of a Notes database (designs, documents, profiles, deletion stubs, and conflicts) a lot easier to understand. Here are just a few of its more than one hundred tools: instantly find, mass edit documents, resolve conflicts, understand replications, change and fix anything you want in any...

Tags: Database, IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft Windows, Ytria, scanEZ, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Storage, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Opera browser dinged by code execution flaw

Opera releases version 10.01 to fix three documented flaws, including a memory corruption issue that exposes users to code execution attacks. by Ryan Naraine

Tags: Opera Browser, Flaw, Opera Software ASA, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-10-28

A word of warning on hard disk recovery by swapping logic boards

I've noticed that over in the TalkBack section of Zack Whittaker's post on his hard drive going belly up that a few readers have suggested a possible fix involving swapping the logic board of the dead drive with one from a working drive. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Hard Drive, Recovery, Board, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-21

System Mechanic Professional 9.0.4 (Windows)

Use System Mechanic Professional to protect against Internet threats, fix PC problems, boost performance, clean out clutter, eliminate spyware, and much more. This award-winning suite incorporates 5 products into one integrated package that will keep your PC safe and running at its peak. In addition to numerous repair and optimization...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, System Mechanic, Iolo Technologies, Internet, Desktops, Spyware, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware

Software downloads 2009-10-21

Security Shield 2010 13.0.16 (Windows)

Security Shield 2010 provides essential virus protection from viruses, hackers, and privacy threats. Powerful yet easy to use, protect yourself, your family, and your PC online with Security Shield 2010. When a virus breaks out, Security Shield 2009 will provide a patch within 2-3 hours and a fix for the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Virus, PCSecurityShield, Security Shield 2010, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-10-20

Passwords by Mask 1.71 (Windows)

Passwords by Mask is an application designed to generate passwords containing any character. Passwords by Mask allows you to choose your password symbols. You can fix random or specified alphabetic; random or specified numeric; random or specified alphanumeric; random or specified special; or random or specified for all keyboard characters....

Tags: Password, Microsoft Windows, Segobit Software

Software downloads 2009-10-19

Oracle to fix 38 database, product vulnerabilities

Oracle has announced plans to ship a Critical Patch Update with fixes for at least 38 security vulnerabilities in a wide range of database and server products. by Ryan Naraine

Tags: Oracle Corp., Vulnerability, Storage, Databases, Security, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-10-16

First look: BlackBerry Storm 2 review

CNet's Bonnie Cha does the walkthrough of Research in Motion's BlackBerry Storm 2, which aims to fix the flaws of the first version. by Larry Dignan

Tags: RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Storm, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-15