Microsoft sure has gone all out and geared itself up, to address the security concerns of netizens, while creating the new age browser – Internet Explorer 9. Not only is it safe and secure, it also gives you a beautiful and speedy browsing experience. Earlier (at the holidays) I posted about scams to protect yourself from, and it turns out that ie9 helps a good deal in doing just that, especially for malware coming via the social networking site...
I bring this news item to you because of all we’ve been discussing lately in my posts regarding passwords, safety on facebook (and other social networking sites) and online security. Even if I could I would not remove the less pleasant aspects of this incident as censorship is as distasteful as the details. I am reporting them to you because they clearly emphasize what we all have posted and the replies to the posts. A recently-arrested hacker reportedly used pers...
The PDF converter software, PDZFilla, is now completely free for a limited period. This isn’t like any other PDF conversion software though as PDFZilla doesn’t convert your documents into Adobe’s portable document format, instead it can convert PDFs back into editable files. It’s main features include… Convert PDF to Word Convert PDF to Word with all text and Graphical data. Convert PDF to RTF Convert PDF to Rich Text F...
These guys just don’t get it. Privacy concerns voiced by users prompt the company to revise its plan to let Facebook apps access users' home addresses and mobile phone numbers. Demonstrating yet again that it doesn't really understand privacy concerns, Facebook on Friday told developers that their Facebook apps could now ask permission for access to users' home addresses and mobile phone numbers. Folks, please REFUSE any such access! The comp...
Two hackers who made a mockery of AT&T and Apple's iPad security are getting the book thrown at them in a US court. Daniel Spitler and Andrew Auernheimer took just five days to nick the data of 120,000 iPad users and pass it on to the Gawker website. They shared the code they used to do it with their mates. The code mimicked an iPad so that AT&T 's servers were fooled into believing that they were communicating with an Apple customer who would never dream of turning over its ...
The Kama Sutra virus which raised its head in 2006 is back again. This time with a PowerPoint presentation promising to share with you the various Kama Sutra positions. The slides, which would probably raise an eyebrow if viewed in your office shows thirteen different positions, some with fanciful names such as “The Frog”, “Wheelbarrow” and “Lyons Stagecoach”. The malware comes as a file called Real kamasutra.pp...
At times you may have only a single website open and yet you may find your Modem’s light flickering actively, indicating steady a data transfer. Apart from your browser, silently, there are several programs which may be accessing the internet from your Windows PC without your knowledge. Might be a good thing to find out which are! To find out which programs are accessing the internet, download and use TCPEye , a freeware ! TCPEye is network monitoring software t...
A Russian Microsoft blog has revealed that the first Service Pack for Windows 7 may be on its way soon. Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will bundle all of the updates and improvements made to the operating system (OS) since its October 2009 release into a single download. Late last week, the headline "Released Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2" was found on the Microsoft TechNet blog "Russian Windows Virtualization Discussion". The blog promised more discussion ...
Dedicated to Giz who is being dragged bodily into Windows 7 and likes not one minute of it. Microsoft's support for Windows XP may be fading, but a loyal horde of XP users plans to stick with this venerable OS for as long as possible. If that's your long-term goal, there are a number of steps you can take now to ensure a finely tuned XP system for months — possibly years — to come. Windows XP is almost a decade old, which in both computing and dog years m...
Even the best free software is useless without hardware, yet how many of us actually know how their computer works? You’ve already read part 1 , so why not pick up on where author Lachlan Roy left off? Part two highlights everything you need to know about CPUs, storage devices, memory, graphics cards and other computer components. DOWNLOAD Your PC: Inside and Out Part 2 or Read online on Scribd This amazing guide, part 2 of a two-part...
At the end of December 2010, somebody broke into Gawker.com and stole 1.3 million account names, e-mail addresses, and passwords — and then posted all the booty on the Internet. Think you're immune because you've never used Gawker? Not necessarily so. If you've spent any time at all on Lifehacker.com or Gizmodo.com — and I bet you have — your passwords may be running around with a giant "kick me" sign on their backs. A group calling i...
From the Microsoft MVP who gave you The Complete Windows 7 Shortcuts eBook , comes another fantastic guide: The Ultimate Guide to Speech Recognition in Windows 7 ! for free! Speech recognition The Ultimate Guide to Speech Recognition in Windows 7 released Speech Recognition is a technology which is used for controlling computers using some voice commands and that is too accurate. Imagine you are using your computer without touching keyboard or mouse instead by ...
MinBin is a small app that lets you open, empty, access the Recycle Bin from your Windows taskbar notification area or system tray. Simply download an run this freeware portable app and it will sit in the notification area. Right-click on its icon to show the options. To empty the recycle bin, you can either double-click on its icon or select the Empty Recycle Bin option. You can add it to the startup folder so that it runs every tim...
WinX DVD Author for a limited period of time! WinX DVD Author is an all-round DVD authoring and burning software which could convert and burn AVI to DVD, MP4 to DVD, MKV to DVD, M2TS to DVD, WMV, DivX, Xvid, ASF, MPEG, MOV, FLV, H264, RM, RMVB, M4V, etc. Furthermore, users can also create DVD from video files and online video, like, Camcorder, Webcam, Youtube, etc. It is fully compatible with DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW, DVD DL+R, DVD DL+/-RW that perfectly helps you ...
Note Anywhere extension for Chrome Browser: Folks using Sticky notes usually have them plastered around the monitor and computer desk but Note Anywhere for Chrome takes them to individual browser pages. You visit the website like you always do. The extension adds a small sticky notes icon to the Chrome address bar and a click on that icon adds a new sticky note to the web page just right click it and change color, font size, etc. You can also see all your notes...