Well… it won’t be a 1:1, but if you bought a Surface RT, MS stores will be giving trade in credit for it towards a Surface Pro. The stores aren’t offering any details of the deal over the phone (per Neowin ). Your RT had best be in tip top shape though, if you want top dollar. I wonder if this is part of a business plan to market the RT abroad: Refurbished RT’s will cost less than the original, and there are places where that would be a distinct advantage. ...
Was reading Neowin this morning (instead of clearing snow… it’s really coming down) and saw this. I’m not sure how many of you have a Twitter account, so I thought I’d let folks know about it. The bad news: Twitter was hacked and 250,000 accounts were compromised. This was no amateurish attempt, either. What’s the good news here? Not much except they weren’t asleep at the switch. They caught it and stopped it while it was happening. I haven’t read that about many, in fact ...
Granted, PhotoDirector 4 is out (and you can update through PD 3 for $40). This deal is worth $149 (US) deal, good through February 1st 11:59 pm. For this excellent software you pay exactly zero. You do have to be a member of C|net, but that’s free. I installed it and used it and it really does have a lot of features Photoshop has... You can read about the deal here: http://download.cnet.com/8301-32471_4-57566732-10391713/exclusive-free-giveaway-of-cy...
Currently, IE10 is only available for Windows 8. A preview version is available for Windows 7 which was problematic for many. Since then, MS has done quite a bit of work on IE10 and it is a fine browser with many good security features. As for its appearance… meh. I’m neither saying “get it” nor “don’t get it” about IE10 or the toolkit. I’m just telling you of your choices. Some prefer to wait, others not. Both are fine. I tend to be more wait in this area because of IE’s ...
Peter Klein (MS CFO) discussed MS’s improved earnings with investors, and during that meeting revealed: “…we think of Surface as one part of the overall Windows 8 story. Certainly this quarter it was a contributing factor to the revenue growth in Windows Business. What it does is it highlights some interesting innovation that can happen to demonstrate the power of Windows 8 when tightly integrated hardware and software and new categories of devices, and where, obviously we h...
Every three years, the Copyright Office reviews the rules for unlocking and jailbreaking your phone as part of the review of rules that the DMCA mandates. This time they determined that there were enough unlocked phones for sale, and therefore unlocking your own without the permission of your carrier would be illegal. Proponents of unlocking argued that “some devices sold by carriers are permanently locked and because unlocking policies contain restrictions and ...
I admit it. I’m fascinated by these incredibly wide reaching criminal enterprises. From everything I’d read in the past about the location of botnet servers I’d thought most were outside the USA, and mainly in Asia: “In recent repot on Monsters and Critics, Symantec and their Security Threat Report, gained a lot of attention because of trends in botnets and their location. Those numbers showed that Asia had overtaken Britain as the leader in the volume of zombie computers.” ...
This is a totally free online service for file scanning. It utilizes 40 different antivirus engines to examine uploaded files. There are some very significant limitation on the scanning: The files you upload must be less than 32 Megabytes. If it is a zipped file, then its unzipped size must be less than 32 Mb. This can be overcome by using a file slitter. Also, the files to be scanned must be uploaded one at a time. This is understandable as there are resource limita...
Stan Musial. Humble. A true gentleman and all around good guy has gone to his reward. Hall of Famer from the St. Louis Cardinals…. Rest In Peace, hero of my childhood. Rest In Peace.
You know the drill… Oracle doesn’t email anyone about Java updates, nor are “Reminders/Ads” about such an update on any webpage. If you see one, it is NOT from Oracle. So… don’t download Java updates from anywhere but the Oracle website, and don’t use it unless you have vital software which needs it to work correctly. If you wish to see which of your programs are using it (look which are using say Jar2), download Process Explorer (Mark Russinovich) here...
It probably isn’t the best of the alternatives, but it’s a $30 value free today only. You can read about it and get it here: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/xyplorer-11-90/ One big minus with XYPlorer is the inability to get 2 panes for dragging and dropping. Remember: Make a restore point, don’t install it if you don’t need it, do some research and choose “Advanced” set up to avoid any tool bars, etc. Other alternatives are Xpl...
In just three days, creativeLive is presenting Adobe Lightroom Mastery with Ben Willmore. You can enroll here: http://www.creativelive.com/courses/lightroom-mastery-ben-willmore All you need to do is create a free account. It’s a tremendous resource to artists and photographers since their courses touch on all aspects of creating a business, mastering software (including CS5 and CS6), photoshoots, etc. Better yet? They’re free.
Whether or not you like it, Intel’s going to do it… especially with Windows 8. Don’t bother fighting it: “Resistance is futile.” Your choices will revolve around: Convertible: Like the Lenovo Yoga or the HP EliteBook Revolve have the swivel screens which don’t detatch and have the guts under the keyboard so these will be higher performance systems due to cooling. Detatchable: There are a host of these like HP’s Envy x2, and the Samsung ATIV Smart PC. If you want a ...
It’s a pretty rare event when DHS warns to disable the Java in your browser, but they have because of a Zero Day security flaw which allows infected applets to infect your computer via your browser and allow elevation of privileges to occur. Once this occurs, your computer will no longer keep your sensitive data private. The apps and code to do this are out in the wild, so this is not theoretical . So… do the recommended. How to do it: https://www.java.com/...
Don’t hasten to answer until you’ve read this: http://www.infopackets.com/news/business/microsoft/2013/20130111_hacker_finds_major_loophole_in_windows_8_rt.htm Turns out a clever hacker (Clrokr) has been running W8 software on A Surface and an RT OS. MS has described RT as “Similar to W8”. As it turns out, the hacker states they are the same OS only that MS has made RT unable to run W8 software apps. Clrokr has “undisabled” that. Why do I think MS is trying to ...