Category: TechBlog

After months of using the codename of Windows 7 for the “after Vista OS”, Microsoft officially announced that the name of the new version of Windows Operating system will be called - Windows 7.
Kind of an anti-climatic announcement, I suppose, but at least they are keeping things simple for users. Hopefully, you were not […]

Today Microsoft is making an effort to bring attention to the steps it has taken to reduce piracy of its software by announcing “anti-piracy day”.
Microsoft has created an interactive map that highlights the anti-piracy efforts of 49 different countries using interactive red dots and uses blue dots for comments made by end users duped into […]

The recently reported clickjacking vulnerability affecting Adobe Flash Player could also allow a hacker to remotely activate a computer’s microphone and webcam (meaning they could see and hear what you were doing).
The Adobe Security Blog is reporting that a Flash Player patch should be available by the end of October and until it is released, […]

My wife and I wanted to rent a movie and do the “home body” thing this past weekend, so Friday I went to our local video store to see what caught my eye.  We take turns selecting the movies and it was my turn.  The pressure was on.  My mouth was dry.
After wading through the […]

Here are couple of tech news tidbits that I ran across recently (translation: I am too lazy to do a real blog post):

According to Nielsen, by the end of the 2008, an estimated 20% of U.S. households will have ditched the phone company and will only have mobile phones (they will be years behind us […]

Secunia is reporting a vulnerability with Autodesk’s Design Review DWF Viewer which can lead to a compromised PC.
The vulnerability stems from a flaw in the ActiveX control including the insecure “SaveAs()” method. If exploited, arbitrary files on the compromised computer can be overwritten.
This vulnerability was originally discovered by “bruiser” from Nine Situations Group and outlined […]

For all you travelers out there with a bazillion pictures from the hundreds of trips you have taken, here is a pretty cool piece of software that will allow you to Geotag your photos with ease.
Microsoft Pro Photo Tools allows photographers to easily geotag photos, assign GPS coordinates, edit a picture’s meta data and lots […]

Well, it has been a while since there was a significant laptop recall, but you knew it would happen again.
Sony has issued a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio laptop computer due to the possibility of overheating that could potentially burn the user.
According to the statement by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Sony gotten 15 […]

Last month, the VP of Windows Vista marketing Brad Brooks openly acknowledged that Microsoft has felt the pressure from the negative publicity surrounding Windows Vista.
“We broke a lot of things. We know that, and we know it caused you a lot of pain.”
At the center of the negative publicity stood Apple with the “I’m a […]

Most new computers these days come preloaded with some form of Internet Security, usually McAfee or, *gasp*, Norton.  These are usually in the form of a trial version for up to 15 months with the hopes that, when the trial period is expired you will be so intimidated by the thought of installing a different […]