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AV-Test calls Microsoft Security Essentials "very good"

AV-Test calls Microsoft Security Essentials "very good"Wow...Not bad: 3200 and all detected with 0 false positives. Can't complain about that.I seriously think that MS should be allowed to ship MSE with every copy of Windows. We can argue about monopoly related issues when it comes to other non-essential functionality...

Tags: Blogging, Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, AV-Test, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Corp., front page

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere info starting to trickle out

Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere info starting to trickle outCouple of thins for sure.1. Front Page is history. yay2. The expression suite simply rocks!RE: Couple of thins for sure.1. Yes2. YesThank goodness my children won't know the pain of Front Page ;)

Tags: Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, Front Page, Windows Presentation, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-12-02

Additional Resources

Saft 12.0.1 (Mac)

Saft for Safari is a plugin to extend Safari's features with sidebar, searchable history and bookmarks, full-screen browsing, type-ahead searching, customized Google Search field, URL shortcuts and kiosk mode. Features include: Ad/banner blocking with simple URL pattern matching Add bookmark folder here and add bookmark here in every bookmark...

Tags: Menu, Apple Macintosh, Browser Window, Web Browser, Hao Li, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Remember when FrontPage seemed pretty slick?

My school teaches...... web design in the conventional way. Intro classes cover HTML, CSS, using JQuery modules or writing basic js. Advances classes teach PHP and such. None of the classes I know of cover CMS.I had a summer internship where I used Drupal. I didn't do any of the...

Tags: Content management, CSS, Enterprise software, KompoZer, content management system, Microsoft FrontPage, CMS system

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever

Worst OS ever! You should read what Dana Blankhorn had to say about your beloved linux! I'll give you a hint, its not good. I can't believe they would release a distro with known harddrive bugs. I'm going to laugh at you when you lose all your data due...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Ubuntu Karmic Koala launches to mixed reviews

Not released yetKarmic koala hasn't been officially released yet and the bug that this article was talking about has been fixed for the official releaseMultiple hard drives issue already fixedThe problem only affected the 64-bit version of the release candidate, and it has apparently been fixed for the final release.wowwow,...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Karmic Koala, Dana

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Motorola Droid (Verizon Wireless)

Editors' note: Over the next few days we will continue to test the Droid and add the results to this review.You have to hand it to Verizon Wireless: though the Google Android operating system now extends to a handful of devices, the carrier was able to get the tech world...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, display, Color Support, Verizon Wireless, Motorola Inc., Motorola Droid

Product reviews 2009-10-29

Apple Airport Extreme Base Station (Winter 2009)

Great Performance With Some AnnoyancesI got this wireless router because my D-Link one had become unreliable. I opened the box and this router is beautiful, packaged in typical Apple style, although it didn't setup in typical style, and in fact it was a nightmare to setup.This router doesn't use...

Tags: Routers & switches, Desktops, Network technology, NETWORKING, Apple Airport, router, Apple Macintosh, PC, MAC address, MAC, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

TP-Link TL-WR741ND Wireless Lite N Router

At less than $40, the TP-Link TL-WR741ND Wireless Lite N Router is among the cheapest 802.11n routers, if not the cheapest, you can find on the market. It's also the first we've reviewed that supports the single-stream standard and therefore caps at only 150Mbps hence the Lite designation. Other Wireless-N...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, router, network, TP-LINK

Product reviews 2009-10-26

Facebook settlement: Kill Beacon, pay $9.5 million into fund to promote online privacy

So "paranoia" is not so abnormal .....even if you've done NOTHING wrong! (IE: The wrong could be "being done" to you without your knowledge)!Free service ... you get what you pay for.I find it hilarious that people can sue a company that is giving them a free service.I'm...

Tags: online privacy, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Cacidi LiveMerge CS4 (Mac)

With Cacidi LiveMerge for Adobe InDesign CS4 you have the tool for any graphic design workgroups to efficiently produce any kind of brochure, pricelist, catalogue etc. that uses variable design content with a simple drag and drop technique where you select the product, the design and place it on any...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Graphic Design, Live, Cacidi Systems, Desktop Publishing, Productivity, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-22

How did IT fall so far behind the tech curve?

Okay, butThey also go out and buy their own servers with some hidden budget line, then try to foist maintenance off on the CIO. And then we try to integrate the data - and the data isn't theirs, it's critical to the health, even survival, of the enterprise.Yes, we...

Tags: Strategy, Virtualization, cloud computing, Regulatory compliance, Marketing Guy, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

JIRA Client 2.0.1 (Mac)

JIRA Client is a desktop front-end for Atlassian JIRA issue tracker. JIRA Client integrates seamlessly with existing JIRA installations and allows frequent JIRA users to save time, manage issues effectively, concentrate on execution and work offline. Key features: Offline mode with later synchronization; Three-pane main window, which shows filters...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Issue, ALM Works, JIRA Client, Construction, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-16

LG Bliss - white (US Cellular)

LG is one of the top makers of touch-screen feature phones, and though many of them go to big national carriers like Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless like the LG enV Touch and the LG Xenon for example, quite a number of them make it to regional carrier U.S. Cellular...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, U.S. Cellular, LG Electronics Inc., home screen, LG Bliss, phone, Bliss

Product reviews 2009-10-14

Scott McNealy names Sun's top 10 tech innovations

E10K? Open SourceWow, an all this time I thought that the E10K came from Cray after the merger with SGI. The spin that Sun completed it is true, but it wasn't SUN culture of DNA.http://www.cray-cyber.org/systems/E10kborn.phpAnd who knew that Sun created open source, rather than struggling against it until they lost.The...

Tags: Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., E10K

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Yahoo plots app mall, app portability through its properties

Yahoo has been busy rolling out new features---new home page, revamped My Yahoo, Mail and Messenger overhauls---that come courtesy of its infrastructure revamp a few years in the making. Among the most promising efforts by Yahoo are its homepage applications. Open to all third parties and self...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., App, Mint, E-mail Providers, Strategy, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Internet, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-12

The single biggest reason why Windows 7 won't be another Vista

100% of Vista drivers have worked so farWhen something didn't have a Windows 7 driver, I used the Vista driver and it worked just fine.I agree 100% with your blog Ed, Windows 7 is being released into a totally different environment than Vista was released into.That, and I think people...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Life In The Vast Plane...

At least you'd get some peace and quiet.At least you'd get some peace and quiet. Personally, I enjoy having some time off work, and don't want to be on the clock 24/7, thanks.RE: Life In The Vast Plane...That is an extremely valid point: 'always on' = burn out. Modern work...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

It's time to bring the EULA madness to an end!

My gripe with EULA is when I'm patching software.Why do I need to read an EULA when I'm patching a piece of software (I'm looking at you iTunes)? Shouldn't the patch be covered under the same EULA agreed to when initially installing the software?As for understanding them I do. They...

Tags: EULA, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-08