Attackers have seized upon a security hole in Oracle’s ubiquitous Java software to break into vulnerable systems. Within days of its discovery it appears that the new zero day flaw could soon become widespread. The original report from FireEye indicates that initial attacks exploiting this […]
Java zero-day exploit expected to spread! Read More »
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, the fourth expansion to the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft, hits shelves on September 25, 2012. But the world will change on August 28th. If you are looking for a guide to tell you about all the upcoming
The World is Changing … World of Warcraft Patch 5.04 goes live Tuesday, August 28th. Read More »
If you read one post on Daves Computer Tips this week make it this one! My favorite phrase is “You can never have too many backups!”. I’m sure you’ve seen it mentioned time and again here on DCT and my wife says I often mutter
Bad Things Happen When You Get HACKED! Read More »
Several friends and coworkers have been asking me the same question lately, “Should I wait for the new iPhone or get the iPhone 4S?” My answer is, if you definitely want an iPhone, wait. Why wait? There are a few reasons, based on some pretty
Should You Wait for the New iPhone? Read More »
(It’s been a few weeks since the last time you heard from me. I hope you didn’t miss our regular Gone Social updates too much–I know I’ve missed them. As a kind of full disclosure to this post / welcome back / explanation for my
Gone Social: of Movies and Social Media Read More »
The net is abuzz with the news that Microsoft has revamped its Hotmail service and renamed it Outlook.com, and the changes are not merely superficial either. Outlook.com follows the current trend of presenting a minimal interface, or as Microsoft labels it… “clean” and “intuitive”. Skydrive
Outlook.com: Microsoft’s challenge to Gmail? Read More »
I often get thoroughly disgusted when perusing through user comments submitted in response to items posted on certain sites. YouTube commentary, for example, is a veritable cesspit of vulgarity, obscenities, racism and flaming. I have to admit, it often makes me wonder what the world
User Comments: Should they be anonymous or not? Read More »
The great Browser War rages on, and the new versions just keep rolling out. Mozilla has just released Firefox 14, a little over 12 months after the initial version 5 in the rapid release program. My calculator tells me that equates to a new version
The Browser War continues: Now it’s all about security Read More »
Daves Computer Tips has collaborated with Digiarty to provide an exclusive giveaway for ALL our readers. No contests, no conditions, no need to submit a comment – simply go to the special MacX/DCT Giveaway page and get your free license. The software on offer is
MacX Video Converter Pro: FREE to ALL DCT Readers (Win & Mac) Read More »
[message type=”info”] Contest has ended and the winners are… Rajesh Ghadye sirpaul2 valm alex19100 Billy Wendland Robert Fielder donna_r Robert Edwards Rocker452 k19s Congratulations to the winners and a BIG Thank you to Siber Systems and GoodSync [/message] The fine folks at Siber Systems, makers
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