What happens when you start your computer It is a miracle that your computer starts at all. The term “booting” stems from the idea of “picking one’s self up by the bootstraps”. Try it sometime and you will immediately begin to get a message. This is a basic […]
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Microsoft NOT Selling off Xbox or Bing Rumors of the proposed sell off have been doing the rounds but Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said recently that he doesn’t want to sell off either Xbox or Bing. Mr. Nadella was speaking at the Code Conference a
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E-mail Encryption for Private People Millions of people every day send messages to friends, colleagues, and business contacts, written on postcards. Electronic postcards, but still readable by anyone who cares to pick them up. Would you send a letter without an envelope? Every time you
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Microsoft has issued a Security Advisory warning Internet Explorer users of a targeted attack which exploits a previously unknown flaw to allow remote code execution. According to FireEye, the security firm credited with discovering the attack, all versions of Internet Explorer (v6 – v11) are
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I’ve recently installed three new add-ons (new to me anyway) in my Firefox browser which are specifically designed to help with security and or privacy. I haven’t been using these add-ons long enough to form a definitive opinion yet, but I thought many of you
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Do you utilize ad blocking software? What follows is my take on the possible consequences of this expanding practice and how it might all eventually impact on the web’s fundamental infrastructure. Agree or disagree? Either way, have your say via the comments. The internet is
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The Windows Registry Today we’re going to be talking about the very complex and necessary Windows Registry, and whether you should Clean, Defragment or otherwise manipulate it. The first thing I want to make very clear at the outset of this discussion is that I
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Ease of Access in Windows 7 Most of us are fortunate. Most of us don’t have debilitating physical conditions that may require huge adjustments in the way we interact with our environments. Others among us are not so lucky. There are an estimated 21 million blind adults in
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Below is a list of file extensions automatically blocked by Outlook. Why are they blocked? Well attachments with the file extensions listed below are known to potentially contain a virus. Now, not every attachment sent to you with or without one of the extensions on
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I currently have four email clients installed, why? Well, each has its own merits. Thunderbird – because I love to customize and Tbird has lots of add-ons, extensions and themes Postbox – because its slim and eager to go and I got the license for
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