Your mail is here, come and get it! The “Kahuna” or Live Mail team announced a sneak preview of what’s to come. Spell Check as you type. As Imran Quareshi pointed out, no other free-webmail service (or paid webmail service as far as I know) has this feature built into […]
Patrick Dickey
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Publication of Zero-day Exploit in Internet Explorer prompts SANS to change the status of the Internet to Yellow today. http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=877 Mike Poor, an incident handler for the SANS Internet Storm Center, has changed the status of the Internet’s Security from Green to Yellow. This is due to the publication of an […]
Microsoft is expanding their pool of beta participants for the Customer Experience Validation Program and the MSN Beta Program. If you are already a MSN Butterfly there is no need to sign up for CEV or the MSN Beta Program since you are already enrolled. What is a Customer Experience […]
In the past couple of weeks, a lot of information has been coming out about Sony/BMG’s use of a “rootkit” to hide their XCP Copy Protection programs on your computer. In one of the online communities that I manage, I called for a boycott of all Sony/BMG products. Here are some reasons […]
Hi everyone, If you’re even somewhat interested in using Open Source, whether it be at your home or your business, I highly recommend you read the latest edition of the Enterprise Open Source Journal. Their website is located at http://www.eosj.com/index.php. In the latest issue, they tackle the subjects of Integrating […]
Hi everyone, It’s been a little over a week and a half since Hurricane Katrina struck. Normally, I try to stay away from Politics and issues like that in here (since this is a computer-related blog), but this is one time that I’m digressing. I’ve been watching the news on […]
Hi everyone, This is a deal you can’t beat. Opera, one of the major alternative web browsers to Internet Explorer, is celebrating their 10-year Anniversary. And, they’re giving away registration codes for free. Normally, you have the option of text-based ads, graphical ads, or buying Opera for $19.95 in order […]
Hi everyone. Last weekend, I had to help a friend of mine try and fix their computer. It seems that he went to some sites that he shouldn’t have (in the terms of spyware) and got something nasty. In the end, it messed up the computer so bad, that he […]
Hi everyone, This past Tuesday, Microsoft released six new updates for Windows, including one for Plug ‘N’ Play (PnP) that affects Windows 2000 users along with Windows XP SP1/SP2 users and Windows Server 2003 users. Originally, the vulnerability was thought to only be a ‘local’ issue (meaning you had to […]
Have you ever seen those e-mails and news messages that start out with “Begin Signed PGP Message”? Have you wondered what the big deal with those messages is, and what that phrase actually means? Have you wondered how you can get into that? And, to an extent, have you wondered […]