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  • 2009
    • May
      • Microsoft search to be powered by open source
        05/14/09
        Microsoft for years has been warning the world not to use open-source software. Apparently, its Kumo search team didn't get the memo.

        Kumo will weigh heavily on open source.
        (Credit: Screenshot by Ina Fried/CNET)

        As The Register reports, Microsoft's new Kumo sear

      • Blue Screen of Death Survival Guide: Every Error Explained
        05/13/09
        Picture this: It’s late at night, you’re sitting at your computer playing a game or working on a project when, suddenly, Windows freezes completely. All your work is gone, and you find a blue screen full of gibberish staring back at you. Windows is dead, Jim, at least until you reboot it. You have n

    • April
      • Conficker Worm: Not Finished Yet
        04/04/09
        Conficker Worm: Not Finished Yet

        Ian Paul

        April 1 has come and gone, and the Internet has not disintegrated and no major cyber-attacks were reported. But Conficker still remains a threat. Now don't panic, this doesn't mean cyber-Armageddon could strike at any minute,

    • March
      • Passwords of 8,000 Comcast Customers Exposed
        03/16/09
        A list of more than 8,000 user names and passwords for customers of Comcast, one of the nation’s largest Internet service providers, sat unprotected on the Web for the last two months.

        Kevin Andreyo, an educational technology specialist in Reading, Pa., and a professor at Wilkes Universit

    • January
      • Researcher: Worm infects 1.1M Windows PCs in 24 hours
        01/15/09
        It would make 'one big badass botnet,' says Finnish security companyThe computer worm that exploits a months-old Windows bug has infected more than a million PCs in the past 24 hours, a security company said today.

        Early Wednesday, Helsinki, Finland-based security firm F-Secure

      • So what does Comcast's quota mean?
        01/05/09
        By now, it's common knowledge that the ISP megalomaniac, Comcast, has finally disclosed exactly where its bandwidth cap is. While I had often thought that Comcast's cap was low enough to trap anybody that's ever used YouTube, it turns out that the cap has actually been placed at 250GB

      • How to run Linux from a USB drive
        01/04/09
        Nothing can beat having a great Linux distro installed on a super-fast hard drive, with all your favourite apps configured just how you like them and all your files at your fingertips.

        But this has one major drawback: perfect as your setup is, it's also just one machine, and sooner o

  • 2008
    • December
      • Internet Explorer security alert: Microsoft says all users at risk
        12/16/08
        Users of Internet Explorer, the world's most popular web browser, are at risk of having their computers hijacked because of a security flaw.


        By Matthew Moore
        Last Updated: 2:22PM GMT 16 Dec 2008

        The flaw allows criminal gangs to take control of people's com

      • Facebook Is Infected With 'Koobface' Virus
        12/06/08
        A virus dubbed as "Koobface" is infiltrating Facebook's 120 million users by using the social network's messaging system to infect PCs, and get credit card numbers.

        This is the most recent attempt of hackers looking to take advantage of users on social network sites.
    • November
      • What the data miners are digging up about you
        11/30/08
        In today's technological world we leave electronic traces wherever we go, whether shopping online or on the high street, at work or at play. That data is the raw material for a new industry of number crunchers trying to explain and influence human behaviour, as Stephen Baker explains in his new

      • Test Driving PCLinuxOS
        11/28/08
        PCLinuxOS (also known as PCLOS) is an installable Live CD distribution based on the Mandriva Linux operating system. While PCLinuxOS tries to be a very elegant Linux desktop, on the other hand its main aim is to be easy to use by everyone who dares to try a Linux distribution. Looking back in time (

      • Internet worm exploits Windows vulnerability
        11/28/08
        Internet worm exploits Windows vulnerability
        Posted by Elinor Mills

        A worm dubbed Win32/Conficker.A is making the rounds on Windows machines, exploiting a security hole that Microsoft released a patch for in October, Microsoft said on Wednesday.

        The number of attacks have

      • New Visa Card Features Keypad, Generates Random Security Codes
        11/20/08
        n response to popular concerns with online credit card fraud, Visa Europe has announced a newly designed credit card, complete with a keypad and digital number display, according to the Daily Mail.

        While the credit card is of the usual size and features a credit card number and magnetic s

      • Intel’s Wireless Power Technology Demonstrated
        11/16/08
        Intel claims it has improved the efficiency of a method for powering devices wirelessly. Intel's "Wireless Energy Resonant Link" (WREL), technology was demonstrated by transmitting electricity wirelessly to a lamp on stage and lighting a 60 watt bulb, which consumes more power than an

      • The White House has gone YouTube.
        11/14/08
        The YouTube Presidency

        By Jose Antonio Vargas
        The White House has gone YouTube.

        Today, President-elect Obama will record the weekly Democratic address not just on radio but also on video -- a first. The address, typically four minutes long, will be turned into a YouTube vi

      • Taiwanese Researchers Introduce Blink of the Eye Transmission Speed System On A Chip
        11/12/08
        (PhysOrg.com) -- A world-wide expert on wireless communications, Professor Jri Lee of the National Taiwan University (NTU) and UCLA PhD conferred has created a system on a chip (SOC) with transmission speeds 100 times faster than WiFi and 350 times faster than 3.5G cell phones. Professor Jri Lee

      • Twitter, Digg, YouTube, Times smash records on election day
        11/06/08
        It was a high-voltage day for the Internet. I only have stats for a few sites, but rest assured that records were broken all over the place. Personally, I can't remember more than a few minutes (when I went to vote, e.g.) when I didn't have my laptop open, the better to surf around furious

      • Google turns on OCR for scanned PDFs
        11/02/08
        By David Chartier | Published: October 31, 2008 - 01:50PM CT

        Google has covered quite a lot of turf during the march toward its goal of making every last bit of the world's information searchable. But considering all the ground that has yet to be covered—especially in the realms of o

      • Are design issues to blame for vote 'flipping' in touch-screen machines?
        11/01/08
        Vendors say no, but critics say e-voting devices aren't designed for most voters
        October 30, 2008 (Computerworld) Are some touch-screen voting machines really "flipping" votes from one candidate to another, or are the voters who claim their votes are being changed just wrong?
      • 1988 TV News report on the Morris Worm
        11/01/08


        The What, Why, and How of the 1988 Internet Worm

        There may be a virus loose on the internet.
        Andy Sudduth of Harvard, 34 minutes after midnight, Nov. 3, 1988

        The above may be the computer understatement of the year. As of the time that Sudduth posted his messag

    • October
      • OpenOffice.org 3.0 scores strong first week
        10/30/08
        Three million copies of open-source office suite downloaded, group says
        OpenOffice.org 3.0 was downloaded 3 million times in its first week, with about 80% of the downloads by Windows users, an official with the group said in a blog post on Monday.

        The successful introduction of th

      • Think Firefox 3 is fast? Try Firefox Minefield
        10/30/08
        A colleague today showed me a cool, new browser that he's been using to browse the web at blisteringly fast speeds. The browser? Minefield. The author of the code?

        Mozilla.

        Yes, that same Mozilla that makes the Firefox browser. Minefield is, in fact, a way to glimpse into

      • 9 Must-Have OpenOffice Extensions
        10/24/08
        Like Firefox, OpenOffice also comes with extensions that you can use to improve its functionality. Here, we have tested all the extensions and sorted out those that are useful for everyday use. Some of them are for general use while some are only meant for Writer, Calc or Impress. (For those who hav

      • Comcast broadens reach of DOCSIS 3.0, 50Mbps connections
        10/24/08
        Broadband junkies in the northeastern US got some good news Wednesday in the form of an announcement from Comcast that it is extending its DOCSIS 3.0 rollout to that part of the country. The company's 50Mbps "Extreme" (can we please retire the Extreme branding already?) speed tier wil

      • Windows XP Gets Reprieve, Yet Again
        10/08/08
        With Vista struggling, Microsoft has extended the period in which it will make XP available for PC makers' downgrade programs.

        By Paul McDougall
        InformationWeek
        October 8, 2008 12:29 PM

        Windows XP is proving harder to kill than a Halloween vampire. With businesse

      • NCSAM: Anti-Virus and other layers of protection
        10/08/08
        Anti-Virus (AV) comes in all shapes and sizes. AV protection is one of the key layers of security you simply must have on your computer. Part one of this article, moving into the second week of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, will discuss Anti-Virus solutions, focusing on what they do and

    • August
      • Firefox 3.1 Alpha Preview Delivers Slick New Features
        08/04/08
        Firefox 3.0 is barely out of the gate, but already Mozilla is moving toward the future with the first alpha release of Firefox 3.1. The final release of 3.1 is scheduled for the end of 2008 with the usual series of alpha and beta releases in the coming months.

        MORE

      • Take Internet Explorer 8 for a test drive
        08/04/08
        In it’s own words Microsoft promotes IE8 for “professionals as well as those trying CSS and scripting for the first time.“, because of it’s built in tools for debugging purpose. ReadWriteWeb has done a great job promoting IE8, this is what they had to say regarding it’s standard compliance:
      • Breaking Free of Outlook
        08/01/08

        Written by Bernard Lunn / August 1, 2008 12:32 AM /

        I recently moved to a new office and found that I couldn't send mail via Microsoft Outlook. I've had this same problem in different locations. I've been told that it depends on the ISP settings and it is easy to fix

    • July
      • Fortify Your Internet Security Settings Now
        07/28/08
        The Web became a substantially more dangerous place this week, thanks largely to the publication of instructions that show cyber criminals how to exploit a pervasive, critical flaw in the Internet infrastructure.

        While Internet service providers and corporations can mitigate the danger by

    • May
      • No Hurry For Windows Vista And XP Service Packs
        05/10/08

        After finding a few last-minute problems with Vista Service Pack 1 and XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft delayed deployment on both of them. Now they're both back and ready for download, either manually or through Windows Update.

        Hold on there, pilgrim! There's no hurry. Urgent

    • April
      • Yahoo! pimping malware from banner ads
        04/29/08
        Over the past three days, Yahoo has been exposing visitors to banner ads that try to trick them into installing malware, and there's no indication anyone at the company is even aware of the problem.

        According to Microsoft MVP Sandi Hardmeier's "Spyware Sucks" blog, the

      • Malware now comes with copyright protection
        04/29/08
        Russian malware developers have been adding copyright rules to the programs they sell illegally on the Internet


        April 29, 2008

        Some malware developers have taken to copyrighting their work, according to Symantec. The security company highlighted in its blog that Russian m

      • What Edubuntu can teach your kids
        04/29/08
        What Edubuntu can teach your kids

        Edubuntu is a customized version of Ubuntu aimed at children in educational environments. According to the distributions homepage, Edubuntu is "Linux for Young Human Beings." That works out well for me, since I have three of those in my house. I

      • Linux and Formula One
        04/29/08

        Formula One motor racing is no longer about famous car marques, its about precise science and using technology to shave another fraction of a second off a lap time, and Linux is playing a pivotal role in helping the race teams achieve this.

        As a technical sport motor racing demands

      • OS Rocket
        04/02/08
        gOS Rocket-beta was based on the Ubuntu 7.10 distribution. It uses the Enlightenment 17 window manager instead of the usual GNOME or KDE desktops, to create a desktop that has similar usability to Mac OS X. This is possible because of the flexibility of Enlightenment. Enlightenment acts both as an X

      • Damn Small Linux (DSL) - business card size (50MB) Live CD Linux distribution
        04/02/08
        Damn Small Linux is a business card size (50MB) Live CD Linux distribution. Despite its minuscule size it strives to have a functional and easy to use desktop. Damn Small Linux has a nearly complete desktop, including XMMS (MP3, and MPEG), FTP client, links-hacked web browser, spreadsheet, email, sp

    • March
      • Email Tools
        03/11/08
        Have you ever come across a situation where you don’t have access to the Internet but can send or receive email messages? With email and no Internet, how do you read websites and blogs or check the current stock prices, or find what’s the top story on CNN homepage.

        Well, you can do a lot

      • Nice sites to check out
        03/11/08

        thindownload
        Thindownload offers a huge amount of free software in a portable, Thinstalled version. Every Thinstalled application consists of only one executable EXE file and there is no more need for an installation


        untangle
        Untangle delivers an integrated family of

  • 2007
    • December
      • 'Bricking' bug threatens most HP, Compaq laptops
        12/24/07


        Second bundled bug in nine days can leave laptops unbootable

        (Computerworld) -- The hacker who posted an exploit last week that threatened a large swath of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s laptop lineup followed up yesterday with new attack code that can "brick" nearly eve

      • Why all Vista users should upgrade to Windows XP
        12/22/07
        Now that Microsoft has announced the availability of the RC version of Service Pack 3 for our old friend, XP, I'm delighted to tell you all that not only is this upgrade substantial and extremely helpful. Believe it or not, this upgrade creates the best Windows experience I have ever used.
      • Storm Worm Botnet Lobotomizing Anti-Virus Programs
        12/08/07
        By Lisa Vaas
        October 24, 2007

        A new technique leaves anti-virus products running but brain-dead; an expert says we haven't come close to witnessing Storm's true power.



        NEW YORK—The ever-mutating, ever-stealthy Storm worm botnet is adding yet another

      • As the Storm Worm Turns, Beware of Hijacked PCs and More Spam
        12/08/07
        Symantec's Security Response blog is reporting that subtle changes in the "Storm worm," the trojan that brought us the "halloween.exe" attacks this week, is showing signs of subtle changes that, at first, make it look like it's becoming more benign. Until the experts lo

      • How to Pronounce Various Tech words?
        12/08/07
        Abstract - Have you ever wondered what is the correct pronunciation of some of the tech words? Well, I compiled a list of some of these words with their correct pronunciation.


        GNOME - GNOME stands for "GNU Network Object Model Environment". GNU stands for "GNU'

      • An Admin's Night Before Christmas
        12/08/07
        An Admin's Night Before Christmas
        By Paul Bauer
        (AKA: El Di Pablo)

        'Twas the night before Christmas
        and all through the LAN.
        Not a problem apparent.
        All is right with the SAN.

        [more]

        I in my P.J.'s
        and XBox in front of me<

    • October
    • September
    • August
      • Absolute Computer Solutions Overview
        08/18/07

        Absolute Computer Solutions performs installations, upgrades and repair services for all major consumer computer systems, including Dell, Gateway, Compaq and HP.

        We offer new computer systems, perform network installations and maintenance (both wired and wireless) and provide PC rep

    • April
      • The Value Of Efficient IT Support Services
        04/10/07
        The Value Of Efficient IT Support Services

        It is always the way when you buy a piece of software, you try to install it all seems to be going well when suddenly; the computer dies. Everything locks up the computer shouts warning messages at you and put simply, it just does not work. This

      • Does your laptop have a broken power jack?
        04/06/07
        Laptop Power Jack Repair:
        Does your laptop have a broken power jack? This page is here to inform you about this problem and how to get it fixed.

        Below you will find:
        Symptoms of a broken power jack.
        The wrong information most repair centers give.
        How laptop power jack