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LegalThe great part about your computer is that—unlike you—it doesn’t require any sleep. Take advantage of your PC’s insomnia by automating time- and processor-intensive tasks while you’re counting sheep. Note: We’re all for powering down your PC to save energy overnight, but you can easily schedule your computer to shut down at specific times using [...]
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All Everybody uses the Web differently, so why should your browser be exactly like the next person’s? Firefox has more than 6,000 add-ons to help you customize it to your exact needs, plus thousands of Personas to instantly change the way it looks. View all personalization features. Learn more about Firefox [...]
French government also warns Internet Explorer users – Mozilla Links
Just like the German government did last week, the French government via the National Information Systems Security Agency (Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information) has also issued an alert, recommending users to switch to another web browser regarding an Internet Explorer’s vulnerability that was exploited to hack Google servers in China. Here’s a [...]
Solid Color Backgrounds Cause 30 Second Login Delays | Windows 7 News
Well here’s something I bet you didn’t expect, apparently if you set your Windows 7 machine to have a solid color background, it will hang for 30 seconds before it actually loads. So if your into having a bleak and barren desktop with just a dull grey background, it may feel like time takes an [...]
Google threatens to hacker attack with withdrawal from China – Internet – krone.at
After repeated cyber-attacks on Gmail accounts by Chinese human rights activists, Google has announced on Tuesday evening in San Francisco to filter no longer in the future results of its search engine to meet the authorities of regulations in China. The Internet Group also threatened to cease its activities in the People’s Republic. “We have [...]
IE: Update for critical vulnerability announced – Browsers – derStandard.at> Web
Microsoft will offer an “out-of-cycle” security update – but it first had to be well balanced “Regrettably, we must note that one of our products has been used for criminal activities. Therefore we cooperate with Google, other partners in the software industry and international agencies to educate the facts, ” said Microsoft in a press [...]
German Government: Stop Using Internet Explorer
674ShareemailshareIn a statement issued today, the German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology known as BSI recommends that all Internet Explorer users switch to an alternative browser. They may resume using Explorer after a fix is issued by Microsoft for a critical vulnerability that has been implicated in the Chinese cyberattack against Google.If you [...]
Continuing the Fight Against Piracy – Genuine Windows Blog – The Windows Blog
Looking forward, Microsoft needs to continue its leadership in fighting piracy – for its own benefit and for the industry, but most importantly for customers. After closing out 2009 in December with a global Consumer Action Day, we kick off 2010 with our commitment to continue our fight against piracy, especially with Microsoft’s investment in [...]
Prevent Windows Asking for a Password on Wake Up from Sleep/Standby :: the How-To Geek
If you’ve configured Windows to automatically log you in rather than having to enter a password, you might find it annoying that you still need to enter a password when your PC comes out of sleep mode. Here’s the quick fix.Make Windows 7 Not Require a Password on WakeWindows 7 makes the whole thing a [...]
Microsoft Security Essentials Updater
Microsoft’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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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