Sep - 1st
Shocking: Facebook Education! OMG!
Posted at 12:18 am | Filed Under General, Windows World
I just cringe when I log into my facebook account and see my Wall full of stuff people Liked. Â It didn’t take long for people to discover that facebook users will click the Like button on a page if you post something that strikes their curiosity. Â All they have to do is setup the malicous [...]
Jan - 22nd
Firefox goes Bing, ewwww
Posted at 12:40 pm | Filed Under Windows World
Instead of Mozilla forcing upon the people Bing, they could of at least warned or gave an option during the install to change or keep your current search engine, good grief. So how do you get back google as your default?   Well, luckily it’s easy with only a few steps. 1. Open up Firefox and [...]
Mar - 8th
It’s Windows vs. Windows as Microsoft battles piracy
Posted at 6:41 am | Filed Under Windows World
In an effort to boost sales of Windows, Microsoft has its sights set on its nearest competitor. But it’s not Linux. And sorry, Apple Computer fans, it’s not the Mac. The biggest rival to Windows sales is Windows itself–or rather pirated copies of the OS. And Microsoft is starting to put its foot down. In [...]
Mar - 2nd
Microsoft says 64-bit Windows due in April
Posted at 2:14 am | Filed Under Windows World
Microsoft said it plans next month to offer long-awaited 64-bit versions of its Windows operating system. Speaking at the Intel Developer Forum, Windows chief Jim Allchin said the desktop version of the souped-up Windows would come at the beginning of April, while the server version would come at the end of the month. “We’re locked [...]
Feb - 23rd
Mozilla Adblock and Opera 8 beta Tested
Posted at 5:14 am | Filed Under Linux, Windows World
I have been running the adblock plugin and at first saw nothing impressive about it, till I learned you had to add filters to it. So I threw in the filters and it’s been a whole new experience surfing the web and I am really loving it. It really does a great job and you [...]
Feb - 15th
AMD cuts chip prices
Posted at 2:56 am | Filed Under Windows World
Advanced Micro Devices adjusted the prices on a number of its PC and server processors on Monday. The chipmaker, in a regularly scheduled price adjustment, followed the introduction of higher-performance Opteron server chips with cuts of up to 35 percent on existing Opterons. AMD also lowered the prices of its Athlon 64 chips for desktop [...]
Feb - 11th
Windows XP Tweaking Companion
Posted at 2:51 am | Filed Under Windows World
The Windows XP Tweaking Companion (XPTC) is the complete Windows XP and system optimization guide. No longer do you have to put up with so-called XP Tweak Guides which have a handful of Registry tweaks and some vague optimization advice – the XPTC brings an enormous range of detailed descriptions and resources together in one [...]
Feb - 9th
eXeem Drops Cydoor
Posted at 6:12 am | Filed Under Windows World
Wow here is something interesting: When SuprNova closed its doors on December 19, 2004, many believed this event spelled the end of BitTorrent. Quickly capitalizing on this panic, news began to spread regarding the advent of a new decentralized BitTorrent effort named “eXeem.” Curiosity and anticipation over this purportedly revised BitTorrent protocol began sweeping P2P [...]
Feb - 9th
Microsoft Releases Bumper Updates
Posted at 6:09 am | Filed Under Windows World
Microsoft has posted their Feb ’05 security updates as promised. A grand total of 11 patches, all but 2 don’t affect Windows XP and 3 if you don’t have .NET Framework installed. Also we see the first signs that SP2 is already feeling its age, because even if you have SP2 installed you still need [...]
Feb - 3rd
Windows glitches to get fixes
Posted at 6:29 pm | Filed Under Windows World
A bumper crop of Microsoft patches will be released next week, including nine fixes for Windows flaws. At least one of the updates for the Windows operating system is rated “critical,” its highest rating, Microsoft said Thursday in a posting to its TechNet site. The forewarning is part of the company’s program to give regular [...]
Jan - 31st
Windows XP SP2 Still Vulnerable To Memory Attacks
Posted at 2:09 am | Filed Under Windows World
Russian security outfit, Maxpatrol, have discovered a way to defeat Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 Heap protection and Data Execution Prevention mechanism. Data execution prevention (DEP) is a set of hardware and software technologies that perform additional checks on memory to help protect against malicious code exploits. By default, software-enforced DEP only protects limited system binaries. [...]
Jan - 26th
Microsoft: Legit Windows or no updates
Posted at 5:40 am | Filed Under Windows World
Aiming to crack down on counterfeit software, Microsoft plans later this year to require customers to verify that their copy of Windows is genuine before downloading security patches and other add-ons to the operating system. Since last fall the company has been testing a tool that can check whether a particular version of Windows is [...]
Jan - 18th
Worm exploits tsunami to spread virus
Posted at 6:15 am | Filed Under Windows World
A mass e-mail posing as a plea for aid to help the victims of last month’s Asian tsunami disaster is actually a vehicle for spreading a computer virus, Web security firm Sophos said Monday. The worm appears with the subject line: “Tsunami donation! Please help!” and invites recipients to open an attachment called “tsunami.exe”–which, if [...]
Jan - 12th
Hackers Use DRM To Plant Massive Amounts Of Spyware
Posted at 5:36 pm | Filed Under Windows World
Hackers are turning digital rights management features of Microsoft’s Windows Media Player against users by fooling them into downloading massive amounts of spyware, adware, and viruses. Hackers are turning digital rights management features of Microsoft’s Windows Media Player against users by fooling them into downloading massive amounts of spyware, adware, and viruses, security firms said [...]
Jan - 10th
Three New Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities
Posted at 8:33 pm | Filed Under Windows World
Security outfit Secunia has news of further exploits for Microsoft’s browser, Internet Explorer. Three new problems have come to light, all of them critical, and all of them having potential to do serious damage to Internet Explorer users. The first problem relates to IE not checking items that are dragged and dropped from the Internet [...]
Jan - 6th
Windows XP Unattend Install
Posted at 5:32 am | Filed Under Windows World
Have you ever wanted a Windows XP CD that would install Windows XP by automatically putting in your name, product key, timezone and regional settings? Followed by silently installing all your favourite applications along with the latest DirectX, .Net Framework and then all the Windows Critical Updates, registry tweaks, updated drivers, and a readily patched [...]
Dec - 28th
Paint.NET v2.0
Posted at 3:35 am | Filed Under Windows World
Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows XP. Paint.NET is jointly developed at Washington State University with additional help from Microsoft, and is meant to be a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with all Windows operating systems. The programming language used to [...]
Dec - 22nd
Worst Spyware Queues Up
Posted at 2:33 am | Filed Under Windows World
Beware of CoolWebSearch, a program that can change Microsoft Internet Explorer’s security settings and wreak havoc on computers. Anti-spyware company Webroot Software said Tuesday that CoolWebSearch self-installs malicious HTML applications and exploits security flaws in IE. “This has vexed all of us,” said Nick Lewis, managing director of Boulder, Colo.-based Webroot. “For consumers, CoolWebSearch is [...]
Dec - 21st
Microsoft Anti-Spyware Preview
Posted at 12:34 am | Filed Under Windows World
On December 17, 2004, Microsoft announced the acquisition of an anti-spyware company, surprising many in the industry. The acquisition is notable for two reasons. First, Microsoft had already revealed its intention to get into the anti-spyware market. Second, the company it purchased, Giant Software Company, was largely an unknown in the industry. Largely, that is, [...]
Dec - 19th
Update for Windows XP SP2 (KB885222)
Posted at 2:39 am | Filed Under Windows World
Update for Windows XP SP2 (KB885222) Overview: After you install Windows XP Service Pack 2, some 1394 devices (such as digital cameras that use S400 speed) may not perform as expected. Install this update to help prevent this issue. After you install this update, you will have to restart your computer. Download Page at MS
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