May 24, 2011 | Apple, Microsoft, security
For years, Windows users have felt persecuted by malware authors. Why weren’t Macs getting hit with viruses and poisoned web sites? The standard wisdom was that Macs didn’t have a big enough market share to hold the interest of the bad guys. To be honest, PC users...
May 23, 2011 | Microsoft, security, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
Previously: Say Goodbye To Six Year Old Computers Windows XP computers are falling over left and right. Many of them are simply insufferably slow for all the reasons I wrote about last fall. Windows XP is a much heavier, slower OS than when it was first released, and...
May 10, 2011 | IE, Internet, Microsoft, security, updates, Vista, Windows7
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Firefox 4 And Chrome 10 Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Internet Explorer 9 Windows 7 and Vista users are also likely to be seeing prompts to...
May 9, 2011 | security, updates, Windows7
If you have a computer running Windows 7, then you probably have seen a balloon popping up from the lower right corner alerting you that there are Important Updates waiting to be installed. One of them is Windows 7 Service Pack 1. Things to know: Windows 7 Service...
May 5, 2011 | security, software, web_services
If you are a LastPass user, you may be required to change your master password. You will be prompted by the program if that’s necessary – for example, you may see the red browser toolbar pictured below. When you log in again, you’ll be led through a short...
