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- Smart UAC Replacement 1.0 (Windows)
- Overwhelmed with Windows Vista's alerts and tired of clicking Continue ten times a day? Then Replace Vista User Account Control with Smart UAC now. Since thousands of malicious programs can disable your operating system, a defense-in-depth security feature for your computer is needed - and that is Smart UAC Replacement,...
- Tags: Malicious Program, Security Stronghold, Smart UAC, Smart UAC Replacement, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Security, Viruses And Worms, Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-31
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- EnhanceMyVista Pro 2.10 (Windows)
- An easy to use yet advanced enhancing, optimizing and tweaking tool for Windows Vista. With a clean and simple interface it brings you an all-in-one set of powerful and neatly classified tools, settings and tweaks: Process Manager, Disk and Registry Cleaners, Defragmenter, HDD SMART monitor, UAC, e-mail, and many other...
- Tags: Tool, SeriousBit, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, E-mail, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2009-11-23
- News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic" Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Web, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- Microsoft: Exploits likely for 'critical' Windows vulnerabilities
- Who cares if exploit code will be released in the futureAs long as it is patched before the exploits are out, the exploits no longer count. Or something like that.Cue the double standards...PS I wonder which one of these was labeled "Bulletin 3" in the pre-patch announcement? According to some...
- Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, exploit, patch, Microsoft Corp., LUA
- Discussion threads 2009-08-11
- Why Windows 7 should be free
- Why Windows 7 should be freeAm I the only one who had zero problems with Vista?This issue has been debated thoroughly across zdnet, so I have no desire to rehash it. But I am still not convinced that Vista's problems are systemic...and I think they are more a PR issue....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malwareMore details about severity of attack[i]On Windows machines, a user falling for the bait gets to a series of Web pages featuring pornographic content and, at the end, a prompt to update a video codec. That fake codec is...
- Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS X, malware, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Guy Kawasaki, attack, user interaction, disk image, Twitter
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millions
- Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millionsAnotherIt seems everytime I turn around now Adobe is having a critical flaw in one program or another. If it weren't for PDF files I think even acrobat would be gone.Windows Update...Microsoft should be working with Adobe to get this crap patched via Windows...
- Tags: SECURITY, Patches, Adobe Shockwave flaw, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Shockwave, Shockwave, flaw
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- Microsoft may rename 'netbooks' to longer, less catchy term
- Microsoft may rename 'netbooks' to longer, less catchy termMicrosoft may rename 'netbooks' to longer, less catchy termThe new name won't catch on. Netbooks is a lot easier to say. The only time you will see it listed as ?low cost small notebook PC" is when Microsoft describes the hardware...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, netbook, Microsoft Corp., catchy term, PC, notebook
- Discussion threads 2009-06-03
- New Mac OS X email worm discovered
- New Mac OS X email worm discoveredA bit naive Unfortunately for Linux, social engineering works pretty well unless the user is well informed.At this stage most Linux users [u]are[/u] well informed. But as any OS gains in popularity, the userbase becomes less and less so.Both OSX & Linux are...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Also-there, Linux, Unix
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- Windows 7 includes anti-idiot feature
- Windows 7 includes anti-idiot featureThis just proves one thing.With this new feature, I'd say Microsoft thinks their end users are idiots. No pun intended, but if APLE did something like this, I would definitely be looking into something different." In a world without walls & fences, Who needs windows &...
- Tags: Operating systems, Construction, anti-idiot, anti-idiot feature, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-04-01
- Microsoft: UAC security setting not changing (for now)
- Microsoft: UAC security setting not changing for nowWhy is this so confusing?I'm not understanding Microsoft's position here. Didn't they get lambasted for the default everyone NT security model? Now their efforst come down to a "well, it's mostly secure now" default method? Seriously. They must be idiots.How about a simple,...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., UAC, security
- Discussion threads 2009-02-05
- News to know: Cisco, Windows 7, SAP, Google Latitude
- Sam Diaz: Cisco's Q2 sees weaker sales, profits; no widespread layoffs planned Tom Steiner-Threlkeld: Cisco May Cut 2,000 Jobs. But That's Not A Layoff. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's worst nightmare: Windows 7 deemed less secure than Vista Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is UAC...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, SAP AG, Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Vertical Industries, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-02-05
- Microsoft neuters UAC in Windows 7
- Microsoft neuters UAC in Windows 7They'll trot out Mark Russinovich..who, under most circumstances has highly intelligent insights, but who will undoubtably say something idiotic to gloss over this shortcoming in Windows 7 UAC.Anyone else remember the infamous "it's not a security 'boundry'" comment when people were trying to understand Vista...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-30
- Little Snitch tattles on trojans
- Little Snitch tattles on trojansSo no trojans in non pirated OS X software?Good to know. I just found a screen saver with dancing elves made by a company called "l0Rd$ 0f d37TH" and it seems neato. I'm installing it now and... what the? Hello? Something odd goinRE: Little Snitch tattles...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Apple Mac OS X, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Unlike Vista, Little Snitch, trojan horse, UAC
- Discussion threads 2009-01-27
- BitLocker for dummies (...students)
- Students need security; it's a paramount element of university life. Without security, our laptops can go missing (or stolen, depending on which university you go to), and a good proportion of your life you can say goodbye to. This came in the form of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, USB Flash Drive, BitLocker, Computer, BitLocker-to-Go, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-01-03
- IE7 XML parsing zero day exploited in the wild
- IE7 XML parsing zero day exploited in the wildThank goodness for Protected ModeFlaws such as this can easily be present in any browser. Good thing that IE on Vista runs in Protected Mode so that the exploit can't do much damage.Not sure if Chrome's security model includes an equivalent...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Protected Mode, protected mode, exploit, IE7 XML parsing
- Discussion threads 2008-12-10
- EnhanceMyVista Standard 1.16.1 (Windows)
- An easy-to-use yet advanced enhancing, optimizing and tweaking tool for Windows Vista. With a clean and simple interface it brings you an all-in-one set of powerful and neatly classified tools, settings and tweaks: Process Manager, Disk and Registry Cleaners, Defragmenter, HDD Smart monitor, UAC, email, and many other system tweaks.
- Tags: Tool, SeriousBit, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-11-26
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UACSo I don't have to wait for Windows 7?The need to wait or upgrade to Windows 7 is looking more dim for Windows Vista users. Microsoft just yesterday announced their intention to improve the user experience for UAC in Windows 7. But with third...
- Tags: SECURITY, Web browsers, EXPLORER, UAC, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- News to know: IBM earnings, Blackberry Storm, WiMax arrives, Oracle+ Primavera
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: IBM reports early. Profits up 20 percent, full year estimates reaffirmed. Larry Dignan: IBM: Beats earnings target but... Times are officially...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, RIM BlackBerry, Earnings, IBM Corp., E-mail, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, WiMAX, Monitors & Displays, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Components, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Way
- Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Wayre: Winning Ugly[i]Why should Microsoft be any different? If you look at how enterprise software vendors have traditionally dealt with upgrades to their software products, the general tendency has been to put the vendor's interests well ahead of the user. Upgrades to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Yes Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
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