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LegalMicrosoft’s new and free security software Microsoft Security Essentials received some raving reviews since its first release as a beta version. The final version of the antivirus software program was released alongside Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 7. Microsoft Security Essentials is using Windows Update to update the virus definition files which can be problematic [...]
Archive for November, 2009
How to Run a Power Efficiency Report in Windows 7
Windows 7 has some pretty cool new features and one of those is the energy efficiency report. What’s that you ask? It basically lets you find out what is eating up all your battery power and analyze the efficiency of your computer.
So how can you run this report? Well, first you need to make sure [...]
Autocomplete Me is a gallery of Google users’ bizarre searches
Google’s autocomplete feature for searches can be pretty useful when you’re looking for a common search term. Hey, neat! You don’t have to type the whole thing! Sometimes, though, Google’s suggestions take a turn for the hilarious or just plain weird. A site called Autocomplete Me collects some of the strangest ones for your amusement. [...]
Canonical working on an iTunes-like music store for Ubuntu?
One program people I know miss when they’ve tried to switch to Linux is iTunes. Like it or not, Apple’s desktop app has gained the reputation of being the place to buy music and video downloads. But iTunes on Linux? Fuhgettaboutit.
That leaves an opportunity for someone in the Linux community to step up and deliver [...]
Looking forward to Windows 8, what Microsoft missed in Windows 7, Part 5 | Windows 7 News
The problem with Windows 7 is that, in many areas, it was rushed. Microsoft did not take a holistic approach to developing the operating system, it’s features and it’s interface.
I’ve spoken before about Libraries being an excellent example of this. You can add folders to libraries, even on Homegroup connected PCs, but why [...]
Feds Crack Down On Gift Card Trickery – But your ISP cash back rebate card won’t be included… – dslreports.com
For many years now companies (including some of the biggest broadband ISPs) have been issuing gift cards instead of cash as rebates. Why? Companies can impose a number of restrictions on the cards that statistically reduce the amount of actual cash companies have to pay out. Many companies make it so the cards aren’t redeemable [...]
StopBadware.org – ISPs and the fight against bots
For the last several months, some of the folks at Comcast have been working on a draft IETF document to inform ISPs about the role they can play in remediating bots on their customers’ computers. This is a tricky challenge: on one hand, ISPs are in a great position to detect bot activity, notify their [...]
Advertising to appear in Windows 7 | Latest technology and web news | Web User
* Mon, 16 Nov 2009
Microsoft is to allow advertisers to reach out to Windows 7 users by utilising the Desktop of its latest operating system.
Microsoft is to allow advertisers to push their products to users of Windows 7.
A pilot scheme will run until 2010 and advertisers such as 20th Century Fox, Porsche and Pepsi have [...]
Social networks commit themselves to more privacy – Internet – krone.at
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5 years of Firefox at hacks.mozilla.org
Firefox is five years old. We thought that we would celebrate that by talking about how the web has changed over the last five years and Firefox’s role in those changes.
Where We’re At2009 has been an interesting year. We’re at a crossroads for the Internet. In the next 12 months or so we’re likely to [...]
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