APPLE iTUNES FOR WINDOWS

AppleInsider.com reported today that Apple will announce its iTunes software and music store for Windows on Thursday, October 16, ahead of schedule. It’s been possible to make an iPod work with Windows for a while, but this will boost iPod visibility and sales,...

ANOTHER WINDOWS CRITICAL UPDATE

Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and install Critical Updates. There is another important security update. Another vulnerability has been discovered, very similar to the hole exploited by the MSBLAST worm. Here’s a link to Microsoft’s web page...

WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 DELAYED

Microsoft announced recently that Service Pack 2 for Windows XP will be delayed until next year, possibly not arriving until summer 2004. The service pack will wrap up all the Windows XP security updates into a single package that can be delivered by CD to avoid...

WINDOWS UPDATES AND VIRUSES

SECURITY UPDATES: go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and install Critical Updates Microsoft is strongly advising everyone to install the most recent security update for Windows, and there are alarming news stories about hackers taking advantage of this new...

WINDOWS XP UPDATE BUG

It’s not clear how widespread this problem is, but there are reports that a Critical Update posted by Microsoft last week can cause Windows XP systems to slow down dramatically. Don’t fix this if it’s not a problem, but if you installed an update last week and you’ve...

WINDOWS XP STATUS BAR

The status bar is the bar at the bottom of Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer windows. It shows all kinds of interesting things – the number of files in a folder, or the progress in loading a web page, for example. In Windows XP it has a tendency not to appear at...