Mar 29, 2009 | IE, security
Here’s a tip in case you find yourself staring at a suspicious window. Most malware is installed on a computer these days by luring you to a poisoned web site that brings up a window in front of your browser, suggesting that you agree to let something be installed....
Mar 26, 2009 | computers, IE, Internet, security, Vista, WinXP
When our first child was a year old, we had a childproofing company come to our house and give us a presentation about the threats that might endanger our baby. By the time it was finished, we had closed the college savings account because it seemed so unlikely that...
Mar 18, 2009 | IE, Internet, Microsoft
At 9am PDT on Thursday, March 19, Microsoft is scheduled to release Internet Explorer 8, with a number of new features and under-the-hood security improvements. I’ll let you know if I find anything exciting in the next week or so, after I’ve had a chance to check it...
Mar 2, 2009 | IE, software
If you click the wheel of your mouse on a link in IE7, the link will open in a new tab. (Click down like it’s a middle button, don’t just rotate the wheel.) Did you know that? I didn’t know that. I thought I knew a lot of cool IE7 tab tricks, but I had to learn that...
Feb 26, 2009 | IE, software
Here’s a couple of tricks that might be worth learning! When you click on a link in Internet Explorer, it’s not always easy to know what to expect – you might leave the page you’re on and go to the new page, but you might also open another copy of Internet Explorer in...
Feb 23, 2009 | IE, Microsoft, software
When I got back from vacation, I got a quick lesson from Microsoft about how we get unwanted programs that slow down our computers, and how our computers are changed behind our back. It’s nothing underhanded or evil, just a reminder that we have to read every screen...
