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- Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?
- Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?AVG Freeware Ain't So Free After All...Man, am I shocked that AVG is doing this. Of course I don't use the product but have made recommendations in the past to folks who could not afford to purchase good...
- Tags: Scanners, Web browsers, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Badware, server log, AVG, AVG LinkScanner
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?
- The Register covered a very interesting story about AVG. Apparently AVG is spamming the Internet with traffic that looks to be coming from Internet Explorer. AVG software pre-crawls search results to try to protect users, but uses a user agent that makes the software appear to be Internet Explorer. This pre-crawling is flooding websites with...
- Tags: Webmaster, Traffic, Malware, Register, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Scanners, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Peripherals, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Getaway day: How to secure your laptop for holiday travel
- Getaway day: How to secure your laptop for holiday travelNot for Vista Home Premium!Why not tell people that this does NOT WORK encryption radio button grayed out in Vista Home Premium - only suckers who paid for M$ for the Ultimate or business/enterprise editions!RE: Getaway day: How to secure your...
- Tags: Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), laptop computer, holiday travel, TrueCrypt, Getaway day, Getaway
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Firefox 2 dirty dozen: Critical vulnerabilities patched
- Firefox 2 dirty dozen: Critical vulnerabilities patchedWasn't Able to Upgrade to 3.0On my main XP Pro machine, with a dozen or so add-ons, I wasn't able to go to FF 3.0. The app does its analysis, says it's going to disable incompatible add-ons as usual, then just hangs, running in...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows XP, Desktops, Mozilla Firefox, critical vulnerability, Mozilla Firefox 2.0
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Go-OO (exe)
- Go-OO is an OpenOffice.org fork that features faster load and response times, and several features not included in the standard version of the program. Go-OO's user interface is more familiar, with lots of small pieces of polish. Go-OO has built in OpenXML import filters and it will import your Microsoft...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Go-OO.org, Go-OO, Office Suites, OpenOffice, Productivity, Word Processors, Microsoft Excel, Software, Microsoft Office
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- New Microsoft Office subscription bundle to hit in mid-July
- New Microsoft Office subscription bundle to hit in mid-JulyVery nice comboI can't wait for computer manufacturers and builders to start bundling this with systems. Seems like a good idea - like software assurance for home users.RE: New Microsoft Office subscription bundle to hit in mid-JulyI think you can have...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, OPEN SOURCE, New Microsoft Office subscription, New Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'
- There are copyright infringers -- and then there are felony copyright infringers. That's a really bad copyright infringer. That's Daniel Dove, 26, the administrator of a group of "uploaders" at EliteTorrents.org a page which shows up as merely parked at GoDaddy, reports IDG. He was convicted of...
- Tags: Administrator, U.S. Department Of Justice, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- How Linux app install leaves one PC expert befuddled
- Adrian, you dumb arse! At least that was my initial reaction when I read his "Linux's dirty little secret" column about his struggles with installing applications onto a Linux distro. It was either the Linux Geek rage originating from the knowing that he didn't Read the Fine...
- Tags: Ubuntu, PC, VMware Inc., Tool, Adrian, VMWare Tools, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Productivity, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel
- Costing Sun Ray vs WintelSo, you like Sun Ray, Yes? KiddingSeriously, interesting article--Sun Ray is looking better and better!There are so many good reasons to consider using Thin Client. Sun Ray just reinforces that.A few questionsWhy did you so much oversize the client. why use E7200 core duo ? why...
- Tags: Servers, server, VMware Inc., Sun Ray, Costing Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wintel
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?
- Could some uses of OpenID create a large privacy issue?I don't think so. Every OpenID is also a URL that means the use of OpenID naturally requires the services of VeriSign’s DNS.Just because DNS is used to resolve a part of the URL (the openid.org part for example) doesn't mean...
- Tags: Domain names, OpenID
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Is there really a market for an open source router?
- Is there really a market for an open source router?Certainly isAs someone who installed Tomato on an old Linksys router, I think there is a market for this. Myself and others like me have looked on places like Craigslist to find the particular models that the open source firmware will...
- Tags: Routers & switches, NETWORKING, Home networking, ShadeTree, Linkys Routers, open source, open source router, router, DD-WRT Firmware
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Windows Vista, meet my Mother-In-Law
- Every weekend I return home from traveling the country working at the 10,000 foot level of enterprise architecture for Fortune 500 customers, there is at least a fifty percent chance that I may be called upon to do some in the trenches desktop support work. Such drudgery...
- Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Computer, AOL Instant Messenger Problem, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Instant Messaging, Web Site Development, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Online Communications, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Windows Vista, meet my Mother-In-Law.
- Every weekend I return home from traveling the country working at the 10,000 foot level of enterprise architecture for Fortune 500 customers, there is at least a fifty percent chance that I may be called upon to do some in the trenches desktop support work. Such drudgery...
- Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, America Online Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Computer, AOL Instant Messenger Problem, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Instant Messaging, Web Site Development, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Online Communications, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Critical security alert issued for Tor
- Critical security alert issued for TorNot Only TorThis affects Linux users of OpenVPN and some other applications as well.Windows users generally need not worry, except where as in the case of Tor important keys may have been generated on a vulnerable Linux platform.More here:http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00152.htmlRE: Critical security alert issued for TorThis...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Tor, Critical security alert
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Blade.org makes energy efficiency a rallying cry
- The powers-that-be at Blade.org (now representing close to 200 companies) have made advanced energy efficiency the focus of some of the organization's collaborative working groups. The consortium actually has latched onto what it's calling three megatrends that it highlighted at its recent conference in New York:...
- Tags: Energy Efficiency, American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, Collaboration, Kell Systems, Data Centers, Groupware, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-06-29
- Top domains by time spent browsing per month in United States in March 2008
- Domain Company Total Total Total 4:37:48 craigslist.org Craigslist 1:38:51 ebay.com eBay Inc. 1:25:41 myspace.com News Corporation 1:25:13 facebook.com TheFacebook 1:24:09 go.com The Walt Disney Company 1:07:04 Source: mMetrics by NB
- Tags: Craigslist, Domain, NB
- Blog posts 2008-06-28
- Lasers detecting explosives from 20 meters away
- Lasers detecting explosives from 20 meters awayBajeebersIt's amazing what people can do when they have a good enough reason.RE: Lasers detecting explosives from 20 meters awayAlso see the article on the SPIE Newsroom website "Novel method for remotely detecting explosives" using a pulsed UV laser, from MIT Lincoln Lab. http://spie.org/x24953.xml
- Tags: laser
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to Microsoft
- Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to MicrosoftHe didn't dieYou guys make it sound like he died. As much as I bash MS, I do admire what Bill did by founding this company and guiding it to do what it's done for the world. I hope the company well in...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, UNIX, Strategy, Bill Gates, teary farewell, farewell, Billg, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Thoughts on Bill Gates
- Thoughts on Bill GatesGood lawyeringOne thing that is often forgotten is the fact that, when Gates purchased and licensed dos to IBM, the contract was the "killer app".It required IBM to pay for DOS on every machine whether they used it or not, while allowing MS to license DOS...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Bill Gates
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
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