Yes, says michael at terminal23: I recently got back on sat radio with Sirius/XM. Now I see they’re floundering? I can’t say I’m totally surprised. While the idea of "commercial-less" music and radio is brilliant and necessary, as well as the beauty of being able to listen to what I want as opposed to what [...]
New vulnerability in Flash player: Patch your Flash: There’s a vulnerability in multiple versions of Adobe Flash. See our report: • Adobe Flash Player remote code execution vulnerability Version 10.0.22.87 is the updated version. You can download the update from Adobe and our Health Check service is also of assistance. On 25/02/09 At 12:45 [...]
Instead they’ll have to do a clean install, backing up programs and applications and then reinstalling them after Windows 7 is installed on a clean hard drive. When Windows 7 is released later this year or in early 2010, many PC users who upgrade will be coming from Windows XP. Unlike Vista users, they can’t [...]
The Internet Safety Act was proposed by Republican in Congress in the name of “protecting the children”. It would require ISP’s and home users to keep records about users on their networks. Republican politicians on Thursday called for a sweeping new federal law that would require all Internet providers and operators of millions of Wi-Fi [...]
The ubiquitous free software used to read the popular PDF file format is under attack. A new critical vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 9 (and earlier versions, too), which could allow attackers to cause a vulnerable application to crash or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially [...]
Looks like LTE (Long Term Evolution) will be for data only as Verizon plans on keeping voice on 3G for some time to come yet. At the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona today, the next-generation 4G wireless service finally got some respect, with AT&T saying it will likely deploy the Long Term Evolution [...]
I’ve been using Verizon Mobile Broadband at home (we live in a rural area with no access to traditional broadband technologies) and it works well. Unfortunately, the downside is the 5GB/month data cap; the more so since I’m sharing our connection across two households with a Cradlepoint CTR-350 Mobile Broadband Router. As the PC and [...]
I’d hoped Microsoft would learn from the confusion surrounding Windows Vista’s multiple incarnations. Microsoft provided us documents that describe six different versions of Windows 7 in unprecedented detail. Find out which one is best for you. All Windows 7 Versions–What You Need to Know
This is the new service from Google that allows tracking you through Google maps on your GPS enabled phone. At first glance, the Google Latitude application seems like a great service – but there are, of course, obvious privacy concerns. Let’s leave those aside for a minute and talk about the fun and interesting things [...]
Google Earth 5 was released today to much fanfare. Ars Technica has the full review: Google has unveiled a major upgrade to Google Earth, its 3D earth visualization and education product. New features allow users to explore under the surface of the ocean, look back through time, and even visit Mars, so we had to [...]
Looks like Vista’s days are numbered this year. An anonymous reader writes "Following on the news that Microsoft was going straight to a RC for Windows 7, the One Microsoft Way blog has put together some dates on the upcoming roadmap for Vista’s successor. Microsoft has always said ‘three years after the general availability of [...]
Google went a little nuts yesterday! Google’s search service has been hit by technical problems, with users unable to access search results. For a period on Saturday, all search results were flagged as potentially harmful, with users warned that the site "may harm your computer". Users who clicked on their preferred search result were advised [...]
This sounds like a great reference for those looking to try out Ubuntu! […] If you’re new to using Ubuntu, you could check out this pocket guide and reference. You could download it for free or buy it from Amazon.com. You will get a better idea of what Ubuntu is all about as well as [...]
