15 Great Free Utilities You’ve Never Heard Of – PC World
August 24, 2008 by registry cleaners · Leave a Comment
Looking at the price of software today is enough to send you into sticker shock. Sometimes it feels as if you need to mortgage your house if you want to get a full suite of tools. Luckily, that’s not the case. There are plenty of very good free
YBS: Kenny Rogers concert – Dayton Daily News
2008 Beijing Olympics It seeps in from all angles, tainting the dark corners of your hard drive, spreading onto your desktop and oozing into your inbox. It sounds like a disease, and it might as well be. Meet e-clutter. It’s the random Word documents
The 20 (Mostly Free) Downloads You Can’t Do Without – PC World
You likely have plenty of software on your PC. But do you have the right software? Any well-equipped system needs a basic software suite, a collection of tools that can keep your machine in working order and help it take care of everyday tasks–as
Appeals Court Punts on AT&T Spying Case Appeal – Wired
More than a year after hearing oral arguments, a federal appeals court has declined to rule on whether lawsuits targeting the president’s warrantless wiretapping of Americans are too secret to be challenged in court, according to an order released
Nova Scotia Premier slams Liberal carbon tax plan – Globe and Mail
Blaque Jacque Shallaque from Canada writes: It is impossible to have any trust in politicians in general,, but the Liberal party and anything to do with ‘improving’, ‘changing’, or increasing taxes. Libs see taxes as the government’s money to spend
ON THE RECORD: DEBORAH MAJORAS – San Francisco Gate
Virtually everyone is touched in some way by the work of Deborah Platt Majoras, chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. She is the lead enforcer of laws related to product warranties, truth in advertising and privacy, to name a few. She also
Yellowstone snowcoach operators gear up for winter – Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Snowcoach operators in West Yellowstone say bookings are up and they’re looking forward to a busy winter when the gates to Yellowstone National Park open Wednesday. SEAN SPERRY/CHRONICLE Rick McAdam skate-skis above the Mammoth Terraces in
One in three US Vista business users turns to XP – TechWorld
August 19, 2008 by registry cleaners · Leave a Comment
American users are increasingly turning away from Vista and going back to XP according to figures from a US software company. When Microsoft stopped selling new licences to Windows XP on 30 June 30, it gave users and PC makers a “downgrade” loophole
Microsoft faces fair-trade inquiry in Taiwan – Seattle Post Intelligencer
Microsoft Corp. is being investigated by Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission after an activist group filed a complaint saying consumers are being forced to buy its Windows Vista operating system. “We have received the complaint and are now conducting our
Will you upgrade to Windows Server 2008? – Zd Net Asia.com
This article will help you make a decision for yourself whether migrating to Windows Server 2008 will be worth it when the operating system is released next year. There is a lot of hype in the IT industry when it comes to new releases of products
Change the default folder view in Vista – CNET News
There are many things I like about Windows Vista. The OS’s approach to folder views isn’t one of them. XP had it right: To change your default view in Windows Explorer and folder windows in Vista’s predecessor, you just open a folder, change it to
35% of Windows business PCs downgrade to XP – MacNN
More than a third of all new Windows PCs recently bought by large businesses have deliberately been setup to run an operating system other than Windows Vista, InfoWorld says in a new study of a user network. Although Microsoft officially cut off most
A third of Vista PC buyers downgrade to XP – PC Advisor
More than one in every three new PCs is downgraded from Windows Vista to the older Windows XP, either at the factory or by the buyer, according to a US performance and metrics researcher. Devil Mountain Software said nearly 35 percent of the 3,000
Microsoft Details Windows Search 4.0 Integration Issues with XP – Softpedia
Microsoft has confirmed that the upgrade it is currently pushing automatically via Windows Update for the search infrastructure in the Windows operating systems has problems integrating with some copies of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. However
A third of new PCs being downgraded to XP, says metrics researcher – Pakistan News Service
More than one in every three new PCs is downgraded from Windows Vista to the older Windows XP, either at the factory or by the buyer, a performance and metrics researcher said today. According to Devil Mountain Software Inc., which operates a
Microsoft faces Taiwan antitrust investigation – Pakistan News Service
Taiwan`s Fair Trade Commission has launched an investigation into whether Microsoft Corp. holds a monopoly position over the island`s software market and whether it abuses such a position, an official said today. The government investigation into
Patch URL Parsing Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability – Softpedia
August 16, 2008 by registry cleaners · Leave a Comment
A security researcher with Core Security Technologies is responsible for the discovery of a URL Parsing Cross-Domain Information Disclosure vulnerability in Outlook Express and Windows Mail, which directly impacts Internet Explorer. According to Core
Pixar software to get boost on Windows supercomputers – Computerworld Australia
Read up on the latest ideas and technologies from companies that sell hardware, software and services. The rendering software behind such hit animated movies as The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Monsters Inc. should become even more powerful when it
V-Agent(TM) and Pocket V-Agent(TM) By Catbird Named “Best Of Tech–Ed – Forbes
Catbird, the pioneer in comprehensive security for virtual and physical networks, today announced that its V-Agent(TM) and Pocket V-Agent (TM) were named as Winners of the “Best of Tech–Ed 2008 IT Pro Awards” in the Security category by Penton Media
Microsoft fixes 26 flaws with 11 patches; six are critical – CNET News
Microsoft today released its August 2008 security bulletin . Critical bulletins concern Microsoft Access 2003 and earlier; Microsoft Word 2002 and 2003; Microsoft Excel; and Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Office 2003. There
Siggraph: Pixar animation software to get boost on Windows – Computerworld
Total confidence is just around the corner with Symantec Solutions for Windows. Find out how this integrated platform of market-leading products and services can help you manage, secure and recover your Windows environments, minimizing IT risk and
Spam Filters – Download.com
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The Unix sysadmin salary premium – ZDNet Blogs
According to payscale.com the “typical Salary for a Sun Solaris System Administrator in United States is $56,082 – $85,226.” Payscale’s software and data don’t provide directly comparable Linux and Windows systems administration numbers for
Windows attack code made public – Silicon.com
Computer code that exploits a security vulnerability in Windows has been published on the internet, making it more urgent for users of the operating system to patch. The attack code exploits a flaw in the way Windows handles Vector Markup Language
Senior Windows Systems Engineer – Itwire.com
We are currently seeking a talented and committed System Engineer to work as part of a tight-knit team of system administrators managing our clients key Microsoft Infrastructure. You will need to be passionate about your career choice and you must
