2009 August

Intel and Microsoft probably don’t want to hear that Netbooks are continuing to gain in popularity. The mini laptops are cheap, very portable and are great for those who only wish to surf the Internet or send/receive email. But these inexpensive computers are putting a dent into the profits of the WinTel alliance, since the [...]

Local and state tax collectors have added a new tool to their arsenal to locate tax cheats. The agencies have gone to Facebook and MySpace looking for those who have failed in paying their share of taxes. According to one report the tax collecting agencies are finding it a great tool in locating those who [...]

You have to love technology, especially when it is used to track down the bad guys. In what is being reported as a robbery by three men, the victim was held up at gunpoint and forced to give up his wallet and iPhone to the suspects. After the man reported the robbery to police, he [...]

Trend Micro is reporting that a rogue extension is attacking Firefox and is intercepting search information. The rogue extension triggers a server to also send back advertisements to the browser. The articles goes on to state the following:
We have seen a lot of malware target Internet Explorer in the past. This is probably one of [...]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 08/30/09
Avast: 08/29/09
Norton anti-virus: 08/26/09
McAfee anti-virus: 08/26/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 08/28/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 08/26/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 08/26/09
Nod32: 08/28/09

Updates as of August 30, 2009 6:00am CDT.

When Microsoft announced that their new Windows 7 operating system would support virtualization on what they call XP Mode, that one of the common complaints about Vista would of have been solved. For those who purchase Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate, or who buy a new computer with  Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate [...]

According to a recent article, Apple has included malware protection in their new Snow Leopard operating system. The protections can scan for two specific malware variants and protect the system from these two trojans.
According to a recent article at ZD Net it also states the following information:

Apple’s anti-malware function only scans files downloaded with a [...]

Apple is assuring their iPhone clients that the rash of explosions and cracked screens which are happening in Europe, is being caused by outside pressure on the units. The hardware is safe for use according to an Apple representative which confirmed the problems being reported in France and other areas of Europe.
According to an article [...]

Surfing around the internet looking for reviews about Apple’s new operating system Snow Leopard has been a real eye opener. Apple seems to have taken a page from the Microsoft manual for pissing off folks by providing an upgrade that is full of bugs and incompatibilities. Even people who generally are Apple fanboys and who [...]

Hillary Clinton was asked by a State Department employee why the agency couldn’t use the browser Firefox, which is used by other government agencies. The employee stated that Firefox was a safer browser and that employees at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency enjoyed using the alternative browser.
The article also stated the following:
You don’t have to [...]

In what turned out to be an unusual reason not to upgrade Firefox to the latest version, it is being reported that privacy was an issue. It seems that users had buried their bookmarks deep down into secret files in order to keep their secret lurking private. For those who had hidden their porn sites [...]

Not being an Apple person, I like reading about the new Snow Leopard operating system.  I enjoyed reading this from the AP:
Snow Leopard is a relatively cheap upgrade, costing $29 for an individual user who has Leopard, the previous operating system. A “family pack” for five users costs $49.
For Mac owners using the older Tiger [...]

When Microsoft comes out with a new operating system, it has almost become a tradition for some group to create an anti-Windows Web site. The last time I saw an anti-Windows site was just before Vista was being released. After looking at the anti-Windows 7 site it seems that little has changed in the attack [...]

MSI is confirming that their new laptops, which will begin to hit the streets in October, will have two significant changes. Intel’s next generation dual core i7 cpu code named Calpella with improved performance and extended battery life, will be part of their new laptop and notebook line up. The new computers will also be [...]

For those of us who have had the joy of sitting in the fast lane of a freeway going 0 mph, the thought of finding an alternate route sounds intriguing. The people over at Google have added live traffic updates which will include a listing of alternate routes. According to the Google  LatLong web site [...]

In what is now being called a lame attempt at changing an advertisement for Poland, the software giant [Microsoft]  has issued an apology for changing a persons race. It seems that the ad originally contained a black person in the U.S. version, but a head transplant for the Polish ad was changed to a white [...]

When I first read the article over at Wired about the mess that Craigslist was in, I thought it must of been some kind of a joke since the company may make $100m this year. It is also the same company that some suggest may be worth over a billion bucks if it is ever [...]

Every once in a while a new product hits the street that makes some heads turn. A product from Duo by KCI Communications is just such a product. According to the company, its Duo hardware can turn just about any laptop into a tablet PC. So how does it work?
According to the company, the [...]

You may recall that the folks over at Game Informer had surveyed some 5,000 Xbox 360 users, and they stated that 54.2% of respondents said their systems failed. But what is really strange is that Microsoft didn’t even try to refute the allegations, which is not their traditional M.O.
A Microsoft rep. did state that:
Microsoft stands [...]

I personally like to see that Apple is going to start their attack once again against the PC and Microsoft along their new operating system Windows 7. According to an article over at CNN Money the new ads started Monday night and use the old tactic that Apple’s are just better than any PC, especially [...]