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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Download The Windows 8 Consumer Preview
A reimagined Windows With Windows 8, the whole experience of Windows has been reimagined. It’s designed to work on a wide range of devices, from touch-enabled tablets, to laptops, to desktops and all-in-ones.
Posted in Microsoft Windows, Technology Trends
Tagged Microsoft, windows 8, Windows 8 Consumer Preview
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How to Remove Your Google Search History Before Google’s New Privacy Policy Takes Effect
On March 1st, Google will implement its new, unified privacy policy, which will affect data Google has collected on you prior to March 1st as well as data it collects on you in the future. Until now, your Google searches and sites visited have been…
Posted in Social Networks, Technology Trends
Tagged clear history, Google, Google Privacy, privacy policy, remove history, Search History, YouTube
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Microsoft Your Account
In an attempt to unify of all its various accounts and IDs, Microsoft is rolling out a new platform called Microsoft Your Account. This new platform is a replacement of the old, cumbersome Billing Account Management portal. However, the total migration from old to new has yet to…
Posted in Microsoft Windows, Technology Trends
Tagged Microsoft, Microsoft Your Account, MSN, Windows Live, Windows Phone, Xbox, Zune
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Leaked Screen Shots of Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Based on these shots, there appears to be some important differences between the current build, the Developer Preview, and the coming Consumer Preview. Start screen:
Posted in Microsoft Windows, Technology Trends
Tagged windows 8, Windows 8 Consumer Preview
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The Evolution Of The Geek
The minds over at Flowtown explore evolution of geekdom with this comical infographic. (Click on the image to see the full-sized version.)
5 Common Outlook Errors and How to Fix Them
Email is one of the most important communications tools for businesses. When it stops working, people start to get nervous. While there are many things that a user can do to mess up their email, many of these problems can be resolved with a restart…
Posted in Microsoft Office
Tagged Email, Exchange Server, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Errors
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History of the Windows Logo
Microsoft recently confirmed that a rumored change to the Windows logo for Windows 8 is real. The new logo, in many ways, is a throwback of sorts to the original Windows logo, Microsoft claims. Here’s how the Windows logo has evolved over the years:
Posted in Microsoft Windows, Technology Trends
Tagged logo design, Microsoft Windows, Vista, Window ME, Windows 7, windows 8, Windows 95, Windows Logo, XP
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Patch or Be Attacked
Office is one big hunk of software, and by hunk I don’t mean Arnold Schwarzenegger. After decades of adding more and more features, this thing is bigger than Donald Trump’s ego. And anything that big is hard to protect. So, Microsoft constantly patches/updates its #1…
Microsoft AV Flags Google as ‘Blacole’ Malware
Microsoft just released new patches to fix four critical vulnerabilities. The four critical bugs are as follows: MS12-008 Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2660465) MS12-010 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2647516) MS12-013 Vulnerability in C Run-Time Library Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2654428)…
A 14-month-old patched Microsoft vulnerability is still being exploited?
Why would malware authors bother to target a vulnerability for which a patch is already available for download? You’d think it would be a lost cause. But, sadly, many people – and companies – don’t get around to patching. If I cut myself, I put…
Posted in Exploits, Microsoft Windows, Vulnerabilities, Web Security
Tagged CVE-2010-333, Microsoft Vulnerability, Paul Baccas, Sophos Labs
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