Windows Vista: Are You Ready?

June 9, 2006

After reading 20 Things You Won’t Like About Windows Vista today , I ran Microsoft’s Windows Vista Advisor to see if my nearly-three-year-old PC would be ready for the forthcoming upgrade to Microsoft’s much ballyhooed—and belated—successor to its current operating system. While the results are preliminary, since Vista’s features aren’t set in stone yet (PC-to-PC [...]

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Free, One-Year Anti-Virus Trial

May 3, 2006

Don’t know how long this will be available, but Computer Associates is offering a free, one-year trial of its anti-virus software, eTrust EZ Antivirus. Although I usually recommend the always free AVG Anti-Virus, I have used EZ Antivirus and heartily recommend for those who don’t qualify for AVG Free Edition.

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You’re Not Where You Think You Are

April 20, 2006

Imagine that you’ve clicked on a link purporting to be that of your bank and the page you see says you’re on your bank’s site and it looks like your bank’s site. However, you’re really on a website cleverly crafted to make you believe it’s safe to give up your private information: passwords, credit card [...]

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Music CDs Install Security Threat, Spyware

December 2, 2005

Sony BMG Music Entertainment has released a list of 52 “enhanced content” CDs issued since April of 2005 that contain controversial content/copy-protection software. The software actively hides from customers, is not uninstallable, and sends information to Sony servers without disclosure or consent. When inserted in a computer running the Windows operating system, an installer automatically [...]

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