Apr 3, 2006 | audio, business, DRM, security, video
Sony is gearing up its marketing department behind Blu-Ray DVDs, its next-generation disc for high definition movies. Toshiba and its partners are lined up behind HD DVD, a different, incompatible format. Sony hopes that you’ll buy its Blu-Ray players and movies...
Apr 2, 2006 | law, Office, security
There have been several embarrassing incidents recently in which information was learned from electronic documents because they were not adequately secured. In some cases, the editing history of a Word document was revealing; in others, text was still readable despite...
Mar 20, 2006 | OneCare, security
If you’re using Windows Live OneCare, it was recently updated to include protection against spyware as well as viruses. Here’s info from the Windows Live OneCare team about the update.If you open Windows Live OneCare and click on View Settings, you should...
Feb 28, 2006 | Internet, parents, security
MySpace.com is the largest community of teens and twenty-somethings in history. There’s roughly sixty million registered users. Its growth rate is mind boggling. It’s one of the most popular destinations on the Internet and it’s far and away the most...
Feb 20, 2006 | security, software, WinXP
Microsoft has released an updated version of its antispyware program, with a new name – Windows Defender. Here’s the Windows Defender web site and here’s an extensive review.You should be running Windows Defender in addition to an antivirus...
Feb 7, 2006 | OneCare, security
Here’s an article about the official Microsoft announcement of Windows OneCare, which will be available in final form in June.The $49.99 license will permit the program to be installed on up to three computers. That’s a much better deal than I expected and...
