I had created a podcast on buying a new computer, but haven’t placed it up yet. One of the things that I mentioned in the podcast was choosing the security software that would come installed on your computer. I mentioned how you can easily be fooled into thinking that you’re […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
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April 1. The day of jokes, pranks, and playing around with your friends, family, and coworkers. This April Fools Day proves to take the idea to a new level. Thanks to the Conficker (or Downup) worm. There have been worms and viruses in the past, that have set up specific […]
Just wanted to make a quick post to point out some things that are changed and some that are missing from the site. You’ve probably noticed that the text ads are gone (along with the sidebar ads). The service that I was using (Scribefire) is updating their ad system, so […]
Bits from Bill: Automatic Updates and New Computers FAIL “Bill Pytlovany” discusses the problems with Automatic Updates and connecting a new computer (Windows) to the Internet. While I think that you should have your updates set to Automatically Download and Install, Bill has some good points and a very good […]
The ad service that I use is updating their system. So, until they bring it back online, I’ll have the white boxes in the sidebar—mainly because I don’t want to take the information out. With some luck, they’ll start working again soon. Otherwise, I’ll have to replace the code. The […]
In the past few weeks, we’ve seen security issues from Adobe in their Flash Player and their Acrobat and Acrobat Readers. Acrobat (all versions from 7 through 9 for sure) are affected by a vulnerability that can be exploited regardless of whether JavaScript is enabled or not. Originally it was […]
As you can see by the sidebar, I’m playing around with Twitter and various API’s for it. Right now, I’m using TweetDeck for the most part. On Kubuntu, I’m using Twhirl, as TweetDeck doesn’t work properly with KDE 4.x. If you haven’t tried Twitter, then I suggest giving it a […]
Geek Squad Blog – Geek Squad. Use Us For a lot of techie types, they’ll get some humor out of where I’m blogging about this time…. But, this is one post that the “Geek Squad” put up that I think you should read. This is going along with my […]
Malware Gravitates to Social Networks This isn’t something new, as anyone who’s been on Myspace or Facebook knows. But malware is definitely finding a home on social networking sites (digg, facebook, myspace, twitter, etc.) and causing problems. The basic rule is that malware will go where the largest target-base […]
This is a short episode on Windows 7 Libraries and also on backing up your computer. The importance of doing so, and the importance of checking your backups is discussed. Also methods of storing the backups are touched on. For those not using a Feed burner or other synchronization tool, […]