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  • Zeus botnet malware is improving for hackers

    To hack Windows 7 or Vista computers, criminals will have to ante up an extra $2,000 or be limited to Windows XP systems.A "Firefox form grabber," costing another $2,000, lets a criminal grab data out of fields that are submitted using the Firefox…
    12 March 2010
    Tags: Windowsbased • Transactions • Criminal • Botnet • Attackers • Attacker

  • Microsoft may move up Windows 7 service pack release

    Even though Microsoft has dropped a plan to wait nearly two years after Windows 7's launch to issue a first service pack, it won't deliver the update before the fourth quarter of this year, a site that has accurately predicted past Windows…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Windows Xp • Service Pack • Schedule • Predicted • Argued

  • Microsoft plans 8 Windows, Office fixes next week

    That state, he continued, could be a default setting that protects users, or the fact that the vulnerability is contained in a component that's not loaded by default.The first bulletin will address one or more vulnerabilities in Windows XP, Vista…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Network Security • Excel • Editions • Bugs • Bug • Attackers

  • Microsoft plans 8 Windows & Office fixes next week

    That state, he continued, could be a default setting that protects users, or the fact that the vulnerability is contained in a component that's not loaded by default.The first bulletin will address one or more vulnerabilities in Windows XP, Vista…
    05 March 2010

  • Google engineer reveals Windows exploit

    ASLR, meanwhile, randomly shuffles the positions of key memory areas, making it much more difficult for hackers to predict whether their exploit code will actually run.Microsoft introduced DEP in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the…
    04 March 2010

  • North Korea develops own operating system

    A more serious quirk: The clock on the bottom right shows the year in both the standard international Gregorian calendar, and the North Korean "Juche Idea," in which 2010 is the year 99.Local North Koreans told Mikhail that Red Star is not stable…
    04 March 2010

Latest Features

  • Fifteen free security and backup programs

    Just choose a "left" and "right" folder and specify a few sync settings; this little known utility does the rest.Compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and 7, the Todo Backup download creates an image of your entire hard drive or an individual…
    03 March 2010

  • Cloud, virtualisation: Wasting IT resources

    With this [Cloudshare] you call up the interface, yank down a menu to load Windows 2000 or XP, yank down this app, that app, and sign up your user. Once created, it provides a portal through which specific users get access to up to six Linux or…
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machines • Gigabit Ethernet • Cloud Computing • Bus • Amazon • Adopting

  • 2010 may be the year of the Apple Mac

    Kennedy's Windows Pulse service shows that XP users are rapidly making the Windows 7 switch in significant numbers. If desktop virtualisation technology finally takes root, separating the client PC from the data centre would be that much easier…
    10 February 2010
    Tags: Niche • Microsoft Office • Mac Os • Macs • Commitment • Balance

  • The best security features in Windows 7

    Windows 7 has received mostly positive reviews for how it protects users from viruses and other security threats better than Windows XP or Vista.In addition to "under the hood" code protection in Windows 7 (like a more fortified kernel), Microsoft…
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Security Features • Schedule • Rights • Restore • Hard Drive • Clicking

  • Apple Tablet is all about content

    People loved these mini-laptops because they were cheap, small, and able to run Windows XP.Just before netbooks became popular, analysts and reporters started asking Apple CEO Steve Jobs whether his company would produce a netbook as other tech…
    27 January 2010
    Tags: Jobs • Ipod • App • Theory • Talking • Netbooks

  • Windows 7, migration and business continuity

    Over the semester break between Christmas and the middle of January, I began the move from Windows XP Pro to Windows 7 on my main system in my home office. At the end of every month, all the incrementals are also copied to a 1TB external drive for…
    19 January 2010
    Tags: Failed • Windows Xp • Installation • Continuity • Drivers • Encrypted

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How-Tos

  • How to break your bad tech habits

    Still running XP? Here's a little known but much faster alternative: In Windows 7 (and Vista, if you enable the Quick Launch toolbar), you can launch any program to the right of the Start button by using the Windows key and a number.For example…
    12 March 2010
    Tags: Sync • Locked • Icons • Handy • Care • Calendar

  • How to migrate to Windows 7 with Easy Transfer

    For this reason, Easy Transfer is best suited to home and small business uses, where the tradeoff of time spent reinstalling applications versus the expense of more robust user migration tools makes sense.While migrating your users from XP to…
    24 February 2010
    Tags: Prompted • Profile • Migrating • Medium • Cable • Automate

  • How to backup an open file

    Introduced with Windows XP, VSS takes a snapshot of open files, creating what are basically temporary read-only copies that can be backed up by any VSS-capable program. I'll give you a more general answer, applicable to anyone who uses backup…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Vault • Programs • Mozy • Lincoln Spector • Handle • Backs

  • How to update your BIOS

    Here's how to make sure your BIOS update goes without a hitch.Step 1: Identify your current BIOS versionThe easiest way to find your BIOS version is to open up the System Information app in Windows--just type msinfo32 into the search bar (for…
    22 January 2010
    Tags: Compatibility • Boot • App • Manufacturer • Motherboard • Exe

  • How to partition your hard drive

    Generally, two operating systems can't coexist on the same volume without stepping on one another's toes, so you won't be able to dual-boot Linux or ease into Windows 7 if you're on a single volume system.How to partition your hard driveNote…
    07 January 2010
    Tags: Volumes • Boot • Task • Compression • Window • Sorts

  • How to set up a home network with Windows 7

    With different combinations of 32- and 64-bit Vista, Windows 7, and XP PCs, it's more hassle than it's worth to try to plan ahead here. Pick the user accounts for people who should have access from the drop-down menu, and click Share.To retrieve…
    05 January 2010
    Tags: Smb • Folders • Accounts • Folder • Selection • Sharing

Reviews

  • Asus Home Server TS mini review

    The console's interface also makes it easy to configure monitored media folders as well as the TwonkyMedia server, without accessing the rather unkempt web user interface.The Asus Home Server TS mini is tightly integrated with Windows XP, Vista…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Hard Drives • Hard Drive • Gigabit • Configure • Backups • Asus

  • Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 review

    Unfortunately, Whale supports XP and Vista, while SSTP is supported on Vista and Windows 7. The bigger issue is user training, where Windows 7 users must use a different client and different procedure than Windows XP users.
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Portal • Microsoft Windows • Endpoint • Credentials • Checking • Active Directory

  • Asus Eee PC 1201HA review

    Unlike the Eee PC 1101HA, which ran on Windows XP SP3 Home edition, the Eee PC 1201HA comes with Windows 7 Starter edition. But if you desire greater RAM and storage space and the latest Windows 7 operating system on your netbook, go for the Asus…
    19 February 2010
    Tags: Typing • Ram • Keyboard • Hard Drive • Battery • Asus

  • NuSphere PhpED

    We tested the most recent version, 5.9, on a Windows XP system. PhpED, available from NuSphere, runs only on Windows, though NuSphere claims that you can execute the IDE on Mac or Linux using the Wine emulator.
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Source Code • Root • Reference • Directory • Boxes • Apache

  • Verbatim SureFire FireWire 800/USB review

    It's also compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7.While the Verbatim SureFire FireWire 800/USB lacks any additional prepackaged software, the unit comes with a three year limited warranty and a protective carrying case.
    12 February 2010
    Tags: Portable • Hard Drives • Hard Drive • Firewire • Carrying • Activity

  • PGP Whole Disk Encryption review

    However, that price tag delivers some capabilities not found in other products.For example, unlike BitLocker, PGP Whole Disk Encryption works with a number of platforms, including 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 2003, XP, Vista and Mac OS X.
    10 February 2010
    Tags: Scale • Password • Networked • Encrypted • Encrypt • Console

White Papers

  • HP Integrity Essentials

    The last thing they need to do is waste time repeatedly mastering the intricacies of various new management tools.To meet this challenge, HP offers HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)-a single, unified platform to manage HP Integrity, HP ProLiant…
    06 August 2007
    Tags: Integrity • Management Tools • Sim • Proliant • Hp Ux

  • Windows Vista: Is it secure enough for business?

    However, it is the new security-related technologies which were given top priority by Microsoft in response to the many criticisms of the vulnerabilities in Vista's forerunner, Windows XP.Developments include improved monitoring and reporting on…
    16 May 2007
    Tags: Insight • Business Users • Heart • Kernel • Windows Vista • Malicious

  • ClusterReplica Enterprise For Windows 2003/XP/2000

    ClusterReplica Enterprise For Windows 2003/XP/2000 XLink A Speculative Solution: server clustering software for large companies whitepaper This white paper introduces XLink Technologys ClusterReplica ENT software which provides solutions on data…
    09 March 2007
    Tags: Medium • Clustered • High Availability • Server Clustering

  • The Administrator Accounts Security Planning Guide

    This guide will be an indispensable resource when you plan strategies to secure administrator-level accounts in Microsoft Windows NTbased operating systems such as Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. Because of their inherent permissions and power…
    22 January 2007
    Tags: Accounts • Microsoft Windows • Guide • Windows Server • Strategies • Administrator

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