Just noted this on Slashdot.com: I don’t know if you are participating in Google+ or not, but if you use Gmail for your personal/business correspondence, this could be catastrophic. Since errors can happen, and since an appeal mechanism doesn’t appear to be evident, I recommend: 1. Read Google+ ‘s ToS and make a copy of it. 2. Make a backup of your important correspondence, receipts, etc. 3. Try to find an appeal link, and if you find it PLEASE ...
In my web wanderings, I came across some great walls for 2of3’s beautifully done “Ubuntu”, and thought about a great way to create some beauty and support our Norwegian Master Skinner, especially now. Tim, hopefully you know the Community’s feelings about what has happened in beautiful, peaceful Norway, and our concern for you and your extended family as well as all Norwegians. So here is some beauty to accompany the great skin you did for all of u...
The best voice dictation software, hands down is Dragon NaturallySpeaking, and it is available for $46.99 – that’s a 53% discount, shipping as above. This is a great deal, folks. It comes on a DVD and supports XP, Vista and 7. I’ve used it for years. Very easy, greater than 95% accurate out-of-the-box. Teaching it is easy and requires very little time, only a quiet place. Were I you, I’d jump on this. Link: http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Na...
“Google's search engine has started warning users that they've installed certain malware. "Your computer appears to be infected," a banner will proclaim across the top of every Google search whenever the malware is detected. Clicking a link in the banner leads to instructions on how to find an appropriate anti-virus program to remove the software.” – arstechnica This is the warning (image from Neowin.net): Actually, the link leads to a Google search...
Richard O’Dwyer just might get extradited. Ho hum, Doc. Who cares? Turns out many folks besides his mum and dad. You see, Mr. O’Dwyer is a subject of The Queen. He “provides”, or helps to provide (through an online ‘link site’ – this is hardly parenthetical) movies and TV shows to which he owns no “rights” by providing these links. Ironically, he’s a student working towards his B.S. degree in “Interactive Med...
Unbelievable. The hacker group Anon has been turned down by “facebook” (well, if you’re Anonymous, what will you put as your face?) as well as Google+ . Nonplussed, our feckless lads and lassies have organized their own “Social Site”: “AnonPlus”. But do they deserve Doc’s coveted Chtzpah Award? So what’s Chutzpah? Is it not incredible, monumental and stupendous Chutzpah to expect folks to give you their emai...
Martin Brinkman over at gHacks.net has published a very good article about a valuable little app called “Re-Enable”. Often, folks don’t know their computers have been infected until something fails to work correctly or fails to open due to the virus’s “self protection” programming. Then the folks go to the various sites we’ve all talked about and succeed in removing the virus/Trojan, but the damage the “self protection” did remains: MsConfig, Regedit, the Control Panel, Wi...
Internet Explorer beat all other browsers hands down when it cames to preventing socially engineered malware, according to NSS Labs latest report. Socially engineered malware is a form of malware that tricks users into installing it from the social sites. Thanks to Internet Explorer 9’s SmartScreen URL filtering the browser prevents 92% of it; and up to 100% when you include “Application Reputation” to filter untrustworthy exe’s. IE 8 also does well blocking 80% of ...
Apple updated their iOS from 4.3.3 yesterday. That’s because last week, the German government discovered some security holes in Mobile Safari related to PDFs. Today, Apple issued a few updates to fix the problem (one for most iOS devices, and one for the Verizon iPhone). Just head into iTunes, plug in your device, and hit "Check for Updates" to grab them. “the patch comes in two versions, thanks to the different flavors of the iPhone 4. iOS 4.3.4 applies to the iPad and iPad 2...
At Addictivetips.com , there’s an article you really should read, and a collection of 22 apps (all free) which might make life with Windows7 even easier and customizable to the way you want it. Author Aatif put all this together back in March of 2010 (thank you, Aatif!). So head on over to the url below and read about these apps and bookmark the page as I did. 1. Google Quick Search Box In Windows 7 Taskbar 2. Windows 7 Setup Customization With Win Integr...
Emsisoft is offering Mamutu 3.0 on Giveaway of the Day for free for about 20 hours more. It should work well with ant AV’s, etc. you already have. It reports any suspicious behavior going on. It also blocks: Backdoor related behavior Spyware related behavior HiJacker related behavior Worm related behavior Dialer related behavior Keylogger related behavior Trojan Downloader related behavior Injection of code into other programs Manipulation of programs (p...
Many of us got bad news from Netflix yesterday: “The company's new $7.99-per-month plan, offered at a new page on the Netflix site, allows users to have one DVD out a time on an unlimited basis. According to a Netflix salesperson who spoke to CNET today, those who want to include Blu-ray discs in the new plan will need to pay $9.99 per month. Internet streaming of video content is not included. If customers want two DVDs out at a time, they will need to pay $11.99 per month....
For the Harry Potter fans among us, Howtogeek.com has provided a rather neat customization set to commemorate the last film of the series. There are many great walls, icons and fonts to be had… so hustle over and pick up some goodies… free! Here’s just a small sample of what’s available… Enjoy! And take a look around this great site while you’re there! Link: http://www.howtogeek.com/68020/desktop-fun-h...
Tomorrow is “Microsoft Patch Tuesday”. Most of the fixes will deal with Windows. Twenty two software vulnerabilities will be addressed, one for Visio and one “Critical” security update. Without the update, your pc will be vulnerable to attack. Security expert Andrew Storms believes this will mean Microsoft's release of a 'superpatch' to address a lot of issues all at once. "I think we'll see one bulletin with a very high number of vulnerabilities," said Storms, nC...
Microsoft’s newest mouse “Explorer Touch” was debuted in London in early July. According to the story the The Explorer Touch Mouse has five buttons and also has a scroll pad that uses haptic touch technology. That means that the mouse's users will feel a slight vibration when using the pad to scroll through documents on a desktop. The new mouse also reportedly uses Microsoft's BlueTrack sensor technology that will allow the mouse to work...