2004 March

“I just rebuilt my laptop last night, and after 10hrs of installs, I’m finally back to a ‘usable’ state. One of the things I had forgotten about, that I take for granted was all of the registry hacks that I was used too. Basically, these hacks were ones I made so that additional options […]

“GoogleGet is a small Windows program designed to download the latest news from news.google.com (or a local variation) to your iPod in the quickest and simplest way possible.”

Jeff Partridge writes in: “This item in from the north of the border is sure to cause a LOT of sparks!”

CNET News
Judge: File Sharing Legal In Canada
A judge rules that making copyrighted music available for
sharing on a computer network is not illegal in Canada… [more]

“SYMPTOMS
Programs that run on Microsoft Windows XP-based computers may experience problems when the programs rely on the following values that are contained in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Volatile Environment registry key:
HOMEDRIVE
HOMEPATH
HOMESHARE
CAUSE
This problem occurs when you apply the hotfix for Microsoft KB article Q818078 on a Windows XP-based computer. After you apply the hotfix, the following registry values are […]

“SYMPTOMS
On your Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based computer, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms:
When you try to connect to an Internet connection or create a new network connection, you may receive the following error message…
When you right-click My Computer, and then click Properties, you may receive the […]

“Microsoft has released an update to Microsoft Access 2002. This update provides the latest updates to Access 2002 Runtime. This update contains security enhancements, in addition to stability and performance improvements.
This article describes how to download and install the Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Access 2002 Runtime. Additionally, this article describes what […]

Freeware. “The Tweaking Experience Registry Guide provides an extensive range of registry tweaks, tricks & hacks for optimizing, enhancing and securing the Windows XP, 2000 and 2003 Server.
Make your Windows computer faster, more efficient and more your own using the hundreds of powerful tweaks (included with various hidden settings), tips and tricks. Easily customize […]

“SpywareBlaster 3.0 released! (March 29th, 2004) SpywareBlaster is freeware….
Spyware, adware, browser hijackers, and dialers are some of the fastest-growing threats on the Internet today.
By simply browsing to a web page, you could find your computer to be the brand-new host of one of these unwanted fiends!
The most important step you can take is to secure […]

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Rich Kavanagh of IT Vibe writes: “Jumbo jet makers Boeing have announced their plans to provide Wi-Fi Internet access in-flight. The service will allow users of laptop and PDA computers to send e-mail, surf the Internet or even connect to their company network using a VPN while flying at around thirty thousand feet…” [more]

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From Heinz Tschabitscher:
“NewsMac, the Mac news organizer, is updated with Safari-rendering of item descriptions, a Feed Finder that helps you add new feeds easily, collections that aggregate your most popular, often used and best rated channels, OPML importing, and some more.
NewsMac is a well-organized and easy to use news reader.”

Jeff Partridge writes: “This item will disappoint the Intel fans who were looking for some solid technology to oppose the AMD lock on the 64-bit consumer desktop arena. It leaves the door open for Intel to offer a “64-bit P4.” Personally, if I was a true-blue Intel fan reading that article, I’d be… well… mildly […]

From Sue Chastain:
Darian Muresan of DMMD Company is looking for feedback on the digital photo software he is developing. Currently, both products are free. Pictura (in alpha testing stage) is “an image manipulation program that includes novel image processing techniques for interpolation…” [more]

“AT&&T has begun selling unlimited local and long distance Internet phone service for $40 a month, a move that’s expected to roil the telephone industry. The former Bell operating company is making CallVantage available to any broadband subscriber, regardless of where they are located. But its only giving out New Jersey and Texas telephone numbers […]

“…[Netsky.Q] uses its own Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) engine to propagate via email with varying subjects, message bodies, and attachment file names. It gathers email addresses from files with certain extension names in drives C to Z (except for CD-ROM drives).
It also exploits a known vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer involving incorrect MIME Header […]

“The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 radically changes corporate governance and reporting obligations of publicly traded companies, and significantly increases personal accountability for organizations’ officers, auditors, securities analysts and legal counsel.
The Office Solution Accelerator for Sarbanes-Oxley can help organizations facilitate compliance initiatives related to sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The accelerator combines […]

“Microsoft Corp. chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates on Monday pointed to 2006 as the release year for the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn.
Speaking at Gartner Inc.’s Symposium/ITexpo event in San Diego, Gates stopped short of setting 2006 as the year for Longhorn, but said that industry speculation that the operating system will […]

“vbrun60sp6.exe is a self-extracting executable file that installs versions of the Microsoft Visual Basic run-time files required by all applications created with Visual Basic 6.0. The files include the fixes shipped with Service Pack 6 for Visual Basic 6.0.”

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