By eric on June 29, 2010
Make no mistake about it: If you were to parse through my email and try and figure out what the single most frequently asked question is these days, it’s pretty obvious. “What can you tell me about Windows 8?” And to date, there hasn’t been much to say. As a dedicated Windows watcher, I am of course deeply interested in what Microsoft is doing, and if you’ve been following along with my various other writings, you already know what the Windows 8 release schedule looks like. But ask about the features and technologies that Microsoft planned to include in Windows 8? For the most part, I didn’t have a clue.
Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Windows 8: A First Peek
Posted in Computers, Operating Systems Tagged Windows 8
By eric on June 29, 2010
Make full images of your hard drive, along with incrimental backups and also consolidates backups. I have not seen the price for the upgrade this low in a long time. This is the Full Version.
We would like to offer you 60% off one day buy-link for Acronis True Image Home 2010.
The link above is valid till 1:00 am CST, 6/30/10
Posted in Computers Tagged deals
By eric on June 14, 2010
By Marc Perton on June 14, 2010 2:29 PM
Goatse Security, the white-hat hackers that exposed the iPad’s problems keeping email addresses under wraps, is back with a warning about additional risks to owners of the tablet. And they’re also more than a little peeved that AT&T called them “malicious” in yesterday’s apology to customers. “When we disclosed this, we did it as a service to our nation. We love America and the idea of the Russians or Chinese being able to subvert American infrastructure is a nightmare,” Goatse’s Escher Auernheimer said.
Security Experts Claim iPad Vulnerable To New Attacks – The Consumerist
Posted in Apple, Computers, Security
By eric on June 10, 2010
Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. They—and every other buyer of the cellular-enabled tablet—could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking.
http://gawker.com/5559346/apples-worst-security-breach-114000-ipad-owners-exposed
Posted in Apple, Computers, Security Tagged ipad
By eric on May 14, 2010
Google: Oops…our Street View cars also saw websites you were visiting
By Tim Conneally | Published May 14, 2010, 5:26 PM
Google today said it will stop collecting Wi-Fi network data from its Street View cars, after an investigation from the German Data Protection Authority (DPA) found the search company was also collecting data about websites people were visiting on public hotspots.
Google: Oops…our Street View cars also saw websites you were visiting | Tech Policy & Law News – Betanews
Posted in Computers, Internet, Privacy, Security Tagged google, street view
By eric on May 6, 2010
As you may know, I had blogged about EcoFont. Well, there is a even better eco font and it comes with Windows.
http://consumerist.com/2010/05/save-money-by-switching-to-century-gothic.html
Posted in Computers, Green Tagged century gothic, ecofont, font, Windows
By eric on May 4, 2010
Posted in Computers, Privacy, Security Tagged facebook, Privacy
By eric on April 8, 2010
You could be among them, but don’t delay.
Months of hype built up your expectations — like one of those Internet romances. There’s what you imagined the iPad to be, and now there is the reality. Can you annul this sorry relationship? Yes, within 14 days of purchase and by coughing up a 10-percent restocking fee.
www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/7-people-who-are-returning-their-iPads/1270688736
Posted in Apple, Computers
By eric on March 8, 2010
Posted in Computers, Security, Web Browsers
By eric on February 28, 2010
Posted in Computers, Privacy, Security