Sep 24, 2008 | computers, security, Vista
Make a firm commitment not to be fooled into installing malware on your computer!In this study, researchers created fake popup windows that should have been alarming, and put them in front of people at unexpected times. Most of the people clicked the OK button so...
Sep 22, 2008 | audio, computers, hardware, photos, video, Vista
Running a Vista Media Center Extender in the living room requires a computer in the house running Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate. Your home computer can send your photos and music to the living room without working very hard, so it’s quite possible to use...
Sep 18, 2008 | audio, hardware, HP, network, photos, software, video, Vista
HP has been creating devices for years to bring Windows Media Center to the living room. There are two new Vista Media Center Extenders being marketed under the “MediaSmart” name that have some very interesting features. The HP MediaSmart Connect is...
Sep 17, 2008 | Apple, audio, hardware, Microsoft, network, photos, software, video, Vista, WinXP
Since the market for living room computers never developed, Microsoft decided to focus on “extenders,” a different way to deliver media to your television. Huge numbers of people already have a computer in the house running Windows Vista Home Premium,...
Sep 17, 2008 | audio, computers, Microsoft, photos, video, Vista, WinXP
Your photos are on your computer. Your music is on your computer. It makes sense that computers should be able to record TV shows – it’s kind of a computery thing to do, right? It’s probably occurred to you that it makes sense to store movies on a...
Sep 12, 2008 | Apple, audio, mobile, phone, software, Vista, WinXP
Apple reacted quickly to the reports that the latest iTunes update has caused some Windows systems to crash badly. Last night Apple posted another version of iTunes that rolls back the offending hardware driver to an older version. If your system is blue screening,...
