You’d best be doing the ones tied to IE and RCE, EoP (elevation of privileges), info disclosure and DoS. They’re “Critical”. Bulletin 3 will require a reboot. For further details: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-aug

  At Photoshop World, Adobe has announced a new offer for photographers and graphic artists. Used to be that if you wanted Photoshop CC, it would cost you $19.99 per month. Now, until December 31st, if you own a copy of Photoshop from CS3 or more recent, you are eligible for this offer: "Since introducing Photoshop CC, we’ve listened to feedback from a spectrum of our customers, from advanced professionals to casual enthusiasts. One common request was a solution spec...

  Comes to you from flagyl (you really have to change that nickname!). Per Paragon: “Paragon Drive Copy 12 Compact migrates your data to new hard drives, SSDs, hardware, and virtual machines. With Paragon Drive Copy 12 Compact , you’ll have access to a plethora of migration options (P2P, P2V, V2P, and V2V), plus enjoy support for drives with over 2 terabytes of capacity. A handy wizard walks you through each step of migrating your OS to an SSD, opening the door to ...

  But only one year.’Still, it’s a good deal more than the 7 GB MS gives you with Skydrive and all the others as well. Box and SugarSync offer 5 GB and Dropbox a pitiful 2 GB. Google Drive gives 15 GB free. Well…if you need more than 15 GB at least there’s an option if only for a year, and yeah, it’s obviously to get people there and then to charge after they’ve gotten comfy. If you decide to get the free storage, let them know I sent you....

  It’s been 5 years since GIMP’s last overhaul so this one’s been overdue. It now has a single window editing mode, although the multi window mode is the default. It can be changed in the “Windows” menu, and the preference will be remembered. Ars Technica has a ‘hands on’ review which might be more informative to read, as I’d only be quoting and I’ve never used GIMP. GIMP also gained a number of other design and usability improvements. The title bar on the floating palette...

  Even using the best practices, you can get hit with adware and toolbars (wait one while I duck out to Listerine my fingers). The usual source? Deceptive installers and deceptive download portals. They’ll get you every time. They’ll switch home pages and search engines. They really come pretty close to malware, imo. Anyway, you might get asked to help someone with multiple toolbars and adware crap on his box. There are good programs for that: Adware Cleaner, PC Decrapi...

  WaveShop is a free, portable easy audio editor for Windows. It’s open sourced, and can be used to edit part of the file without touching any other part. It’s also fast and lightweight (all of 3.2 Mb) and makes editing easy. You can see some screenies here: http://waveshop.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html Features: It is very fast in its operation because all processing is done inside the memory. Bit-perfect: sample aren’t going to change...

  For photographers, bloggers and graphics folks good news. This is a great way to compress images up to 90% and reclaim some space on your disk. When you compress images you change the quality. Sad fact of life. You even use types of storage which keep quality yet use large file types to prevent loss. This costs you space and therefore, as you produce more, you have to buy more storage and maintain it. It’s available for Windows OS only, and has a user friendly interface. ...

  Despite that, I ended up with 11 and a reboot. If you’d like to see what’s in the offing, it’s here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ie/security/bulletin/ms13-aug  

    Now I’ve seen crazy stuff before, but this takes the the cake. We have a “Chutzy” winner, folks. For those who don’t remember, the “Chutzy” is the award given for the most incredible achievement in the field of chutzpah (definition by example here ) for any given calendar year. The purpose of this “browser”? “PirateBrowser is a bundle package of the Tor client (Vidalia), FireFox Portable browser (with foxyproxy addon) and some custom configs ...

  I don’t know about you, but when I have to upload personal info, I get really nervous. You can get hacked during the time it takes to load the data, you can get jacked, the site can get hacked, Do they hash and salt? Is that code secure, etc. ad paranoia…? Well, you get it. Abine’s MaskMe isn’t new (they’re the ones who also make DNTme, btw). What IS cool is that the extension bundles a whole bunch of security tools into that extension. There’s a ‘free’ and a ‘paid’ versi...

  I couldn’t believe it when I first read it. Then, the disbelief faded. HR people today have a tough job. No question. They have a mission to find the best peg to fill the currently empty hole, and fit the peg with the team and the work. So, eHarmony saw an opportunity and jumped. Their premise? Finding a life partner and finding the right candidate should be very similar. Both should rely on personality testing, and past experience. I’m not at all sure of that test...

  Turns out our allies across the pond aren’t terribly thrilled with the idea of people driving while wearing Google Glass. Can’t say I blame them. Distracted driving kills and maims. There’s no evidence to support the claim that this wouldn’t distract less. “According to U.K.-based Stuff, the Department of Transport (DfT) has moved to outlaw the use of Google Glass while operating a motor vehicle, even before the spectacles become available to the ge...

    flagyl sent in a nice tip for some free tools, and good ones. Here’s the link: http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/other_tools/ . Certainly, Chameleon is one to get. It will make Malwarebytes going even if a virus/Trojan blocks it. There are five tools. Take a look. Thanks, flagyl.

  You know my spiel. It’s great, it’s free. You’re guaranteed to learn tons. Just register (I get nothing if you do or don’t). If you miss the first show there’s a rerun in the evening. Here’s August’s schedule. The color coding is mine. Red, I’m there for sure. Green, the full scheduling isn’t out, but it’s dedicated to the Creative Cloud Design course.