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- Five reasons to love--and hate--Windows Vista
- Five reasons to love--and hate--Windows VistaBetter yet........the $300 price tag for Ultimate. It's like $300 is the magic number for any of Microsoft's major products.But only if it doesn't work as advertized.I haven't had this problem with Vista and don't expect to.The number one reason to hate vistaWindows Genuine...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, User Account Protection, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2006-12-01
- A fresh look at Vista's User Account Control
- A fresh look at Vista's User Account ControlVista UAC= *nix sudo?Ed, as I was reading this blog, that thought kept coming up in my mind. The underlying principles and use are the same, so can I say UAC was "inspired" by sudo? Don't get me wrong, I like UAC since...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, User Account Protection, Microsoft Windows Vista, User Account Control, UAC, Paul Thurrott, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-01
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- Mailplane 2.1 (Mac)
- Acting as a site specific web browser for Google's Gmail, Mailplane is a full fledged Mail client for the Desktop. It fully integrates the Gmail web interface into the Mac experience, offering you the best of both worlds. And since Mailplane doesn't change the way Gmail works, its unique features...
- Tags: Google Gmail, Apple Macintosh, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet
- Software downloads 2009-11-18
- Beware: Spam on Facebook and Twitter has reached epidemic
- another spammer paradise...tell me something I don't know.Duh reallyDuh really,you got payed to tell us were getting spammed?? Well actually you get spammed i don't subscribe to twitter or face book. I just simply email friends and family and guess what,i don't get spammed doing it that way,who woulda known!How...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Twitter Inc., social site, moral code, spam, Facebook
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Easy Disk Drive Safeguard 3.3 (Windows)
- Easy Disk Drive Safeguard is a password-protected security utility that you can use to hide and lock your local, network, Floppy and USB drives as well as disable the AutoRun feature for them. When you hide or lock your drives, they become hidden or unavailable in all Windows software such...
- Tags: Security, Disk, Disk Drive, USB Flash Drive, Help System, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-15
- Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples
- RE: Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samplesyawnWho can I trust *now*....Even Ed Bott said '7' was more secure!The Windows Infect Season is not over yet.. Nothing's changed.... That people even USE Windows these days is quite remarkable.... It must be the power of habit...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, malware, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded
- Yesterday, a "Your iPhone's been hacked because it's really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your phone right now!" message popped up on the screens of a large number of automatically exploited Dutch iPhone users, demanding $4.95 for instructions on how to secure their iPhones and remove the message from...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, SSH, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption
- You forgot to mention....which OSs it affects! Or is it based on something multi-platform like Java?Look at the bigger size version of the screenshot, it's all in thereA lot of russian characters and...YES, you guessed it right, the word "windows" prominently displayed in red in the title.Who would ever thought...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, LoroBot, decryption, malware
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- FF Inventory Pro Deluxe 5.5 (Windows)
- Includes e-mail and bar code support, user-defined aging categories, importing/exporting. Unlimited vendors, purchase orders, receivers, invoices, quotes, estimates, payments, customers and products. Limited only by hard-disk space. Fast, compact 32-bit program execution. Requires less than 5 megabytes of hard disk space. No runtime's or DLL's. All files stored in same...
- Tags: Hard-disk Space, Stock, Invoice, Microsoft Windows, M & R Technologies, Investment, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-10-16
- Identity Cloaker 1.1.5 (Windows)
- Identity Cloaker is a technologically advanced "Internet Privacy and Anonymity Protection Service", designed to be easy to use even for a complete computer newbie, yet offering a very high level of protection and versatility demanded by power-users. Identity Cloaker protects the user's privacy and anonymity on the Internet by encrypting...
- Tags: IdentityCloaker, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Flash Memory, Networking, Network Security, Security, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-10-12
- Zone Alarm Extreme Security 2010
- Best known for its ZoneAlarm firewall, Check Point Software also publishes two full-featured security suites. ZoneAlarm Internet Security 2010 gives users a robust firewall, antivirus and antispyware, and parental control package for $49.95, while ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010 adds Web browsing protection, system tune-up tools, backup options, and anti-phishing technology...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, Firewalls, Microsoft Windows 7, SECURITY, ZoneAlarm, firewall
- Product reviews 2009-10-08
- The case of the fake money-mules: Inside the URLZone Trojan network
- Security EvangelistHi, boy I sure wish people would stop using the word Evangelist in the wrong way. An Evangelist is someone you preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not a secular title at all. Wikipedia recently removed the secular definition and Webster is researching it. Evangelist is from the Greek...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Banking, E-business/E-commerce, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Personal finance, SECURITY, network, trojan horse, online banking, bank, virus
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Macs and PCs found shacking up
- A very interesting study. This confirms what we have known for a long time.Mac users are much cooler that PC users.Confirms Apple numbers continue to grow:PI can't argue with that...Pagan jimRE: Macs and PCs found shacking upIt's a widely accepted fact that Mac users are much cooler than PC users.Much...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Windows only user, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., MAC USERS, Microsoft Windows, gen, Microsoft Corp., PC
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- HP Envy 13
- Symantec Norton Antivirus 2010 Review[pre]It's still 2009, but Norton couldn't wait for the New Year to release Norton Antivirus 2010. Is this really a security application ahead of its time, or is Norton 2010 just an average A/V suite released a few months too soon? Read our full review for...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Hewlett-Packard Co., Norton Co., Symantec Norton AntiVirus, virus, security
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Kontakter 0.2 (Mac)
- Kontakter is easy-to-use yet powerful address book with advance search functionality and a very intuitive user interface. The powerful search bar can find everything, just by writing partial strings contained in any field of your contacts. With Kontakter you can store your contacts in a local database or synchronize them...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Contact, Kontakter, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-09-28
- Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes
- So basically all of them......affecting Vista or 7 require user intervention just like all other modern operating systems these days?OK.RE: Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holesAll of the bulletins specifically say that Win7 is not affected.Two require no user interaction whatsoever.The first two listed require user interaction only in that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), INTERNET, Patches, UAC, user interaction, OS X., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, patch management
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Word saved? Microsoft gets stay of injunction in i4i patent battle
- M$ bribed againIts dirty cash is destroying the fabric of justice and America.This kind of misscarige of justice would not have been possible if the gouverment was run by conservatives.Uh......... NoI think you need to go back and re-read the history of the case.MS clinging to hold on...You can only...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., I4i, Microsoft Windows NT, software patent, software
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- Daddy's Eye (Mobile)
- Daddy''''s Eye is a powerful logger incoming/outgoing SMS and voice calls for Symbian Series 603rd and 5th Edition devices. Recorded activities are uploaded to your E-mail. Registered application can upload activities to their Daddy''''s Eye account with showing location on a map. To view the logs you can login to...
- Tags: Voice Call, Mobile, SMS, IT Systems, Daddy''', Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-09-02
- How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)
- In one fell swoop, John Whaley might end IT client hardware maintenance. And he might kill off the Geek Squad, too. Whaley, the chief technical officer of desktop virtualization company MokaFive, says desktop virtualization is becoming more widely adopted in...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Information Technology, Environment, Server, MokaFive, JW, Management Cost, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- MyGreenPC 1.0 (Windows)
- MyGreenPC is a revolutionary new remote access service because it even allows you to remotely power-on/off your computer from anywhere in the world. This feature requires no additional hardware and saves you money on your energy bill every single month. Don't worry, we haven't just focused on lowering your energy...
- Tags: Password, Microsoft Windows, MyGreenPC, Remote Access, Telecommunications
- Software downloads 2009-08-14
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