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Learn how implementing SDL helps write more secure code by reducing the number and severity of vulnerabilities in your code.
This program is designed to prevent employees from wasting company time. You can increase employee productivity by disallowing activity that is not work related like Facebook, Myspace, online games, instant messengers, and so on.
I must say, it’s not something I’ve heard other software companies do in the past, but then again Microsoft is always up for trying out new and unusual methods for promoting itself (remember those Windows 7 Parties?). So this time they’ve decided to pack their packs and hit the road to promote their latest OS, [...]
Both ASUS and MSI have now announced that they will be unveiling tablet devices based on Google’s Android operating system and Windows 7 at the Computex show in June. The question that has to be asked though is why would anybody buy one? The simple fact is that neither Android nor Windows 7 are finger-friendly tablet-oriented [...]
Alan Norton explains two-plus methods for transferring files via FTP using tools already provided by Microsoft Windows 7 that you may not know about.
Being predominantly a Windows user, I have always loved the functionality of the Microsoft OS and the “style” of the Mac. There is no question, in my mind, that Mac’s are usually beautiful pieces of hardware with adequate software. It had become clear that Microsoft had a mature OS on their hands, but they lacked in the [...]
What are the benefits of using cloud services? Consume computing resources only when the needs arise. Scale IT resources, up and down, based on company needs. Remove the need to manage hardware.
It’s been only six months since Windows 7 was launched, I know seems like much longer doesn’t it, and this just indicates how comfortable people have become with Microsoft’s latest desktop OS. Yesterday Microsoft reported that they’ve sold a magic 100 Million licences for the OS. This makes it the fastest selling operating system in History, according [...]
The embedded technologies market exists to fill the gap between phone technologies, which have carved out their own niche, and PCs. This market is expected to reach more than 16 billion embedded devices this year and exceed 40 billion by 2020.
Greg Shultz presents a little refresher course on the Microsoft Windows Send To command and the Copy To Folder and Move To Folder commands.
We all know how successful Windows 7 has been among consumers, and while small and medium sized businesses are willing to adopt it, they are still held back by Windows XP. Custom made programs and software for Windows XP aren’t necessarily compatible with Windows 7, so Microsoft implemented the XP mode in the professional and ultimate editions of Windows 7, but [...]
Volume 8 of Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report (SIR) was released recently, and it unsurprisingly concludes that Windows 7 and Windows Vista SP2 are more secure and resistant to infection than is Windows XP SP3.
How did your peers answer this question: Is your company hiring or planning to hire IT personnel?
I was recently watching/listening to an Apple podcast where about four “Mac enthusiast“ were waxing eloquent about how great Apple was and how they can do no wrong and about how the iPad is going to change the world and the way we do things. I’ll not get into any of those things because they are [...]
With GetFileSize you can scan file and folder paths with an overall length of up to 32,000 characters in file and folder names containing Unicode characters. You can display the file size in Bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes and Gigabytes. It is a convenient tool to have for enhancing the Windows Explorer.
Windows 7 users may prefer to install device drivers manually and would prefer that the operating system not interact automatically with the new devices. As a matter of fact there are some options you can use to prevent Windows 7 from dowing this.
If you are a SLQ database administrator or developer, Microsoft Azure will give you with multiple database features normally found on your server. Cloud based computing has received a lot of publicity. Microsoft is presenting a SQL Database called Azure that is a cloud-based relational database service built on the back of existing SQL Server technologies like Sql Server 2005, or [...]
This isn’t exactly new news to us all, we’ve already reported on the fact that Windows 7 holds more than 10% of the current market share and broke this barrier more than a month ago. However these stats and figures only came from Net Applications, and why they are just about as an accurate a result [...]
For the vast number of business organisations Windows 7 is the first serious OS migration in over five years. Many enterprises were unwilling to move from XP to Vista, but with the good reviews of Windows7, that hesitancy is gone.
Only the other day Apple yet again announced some fairly impressive profits for Q2 but today it’s been Microsoft’s turn to hit us with some numbers, and to be honest they don’t disappoint. Another healthy Quarter for Microsoft has left them with an extra $4.01 billion in the bank account, after revenue figures of $14.5 billion for [...]
It really is nearly exhausting trying to stay up-to-date with all of the updates and new products coming from the tech industry right now, this is especially the case with Microsoft and Apple churning out very good products and ditching support for older ones. We recently heard about Microsoft dropping support for Windows 2000. The next on the [...]
Greg Shultz describes his HTML applications, which allow you to tweak the Bubbles, Ribbons, and Mystify screen savers.
Some of the results of using pirated software are that the impact of harmful counterfeit software can be intense. By using pirated software companies have a 73 percent chance to experience a loss of data and another 43 percent to have computer failures that will last more than 24 hours.
Most users who have followed the development and release of Windows 7 know that the operating system supports multitouch devices. Microsoft back then provided OEMs with the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 to put on multitouch capable systems. End users on the other hand could not get their hands on the touch pack as [...]
Hohm allows consumers to answer three basic questions about their energy use. The first is that it will let you know where your energy consumption is used. Second, you can compare your own energy usage with the averages in your surrounding area. Finally, it will provide information that you can use on ways to reduce your energy consumption.
When it comes to refreshing your businesses IT side of things, it’s never a straight forward process. I don’t think there has ever been an OS which businesses and corporations alike were able to upgrade to without having a single hiccup, further more I don’t think there ever will be an OS that will just be [...]
The Hibernate feature in Microsoft Windows creates a hiberfil.sys file. Here is how you delete that file and reclaim the hard disk memory.
Securely backup your disks with Acronis True Image 2010 - Tutorial 1 - Install Acronis True Image.
Security company Trusteer has today warned that the Zeus virus, a trojan that steals online banking details from infected machines, is back and apparently stronger than before. The company said it had spotted the virus in the wild on 3,000 out of the 5½ million computers it monitors in the UK and the USA. Zeus, which can [...]
A TechRepublic member offers his tip for making the installation of software across many workstations easier with a Windows Registry edit.
Given the tensions associated with the North, the Shinhan Bank of South Korea has had to deal with an ever-increasing number of security requirements. There were also complicated maintenance featues of its client operating system which were hampering IT and worker operations. The goal that Shinhan Bank sought to achieve by moving to Windows 7 was not only to improve their employees’ efficiency and ability to help customers, but also to further enhance the security of customer data.
One of the complaints against the most recent version of Mac OSX is the fact that Snow Leopard was mostly seen as a Service Pack to its ancestor Leopard. There is nothing wrong with this model. The service pack is supposed to refine the base OS into a smoother, more seamless user experience. Sometimes adding features and [...]
Symantec have done research that indicates that malware and virus attacks by criminals have risen to record highs. Their survey suggests that they are racking up an incredible 100 attacks every second on computers worldwide. On PCs there’s one attack every 4½ seconds and the overall levels of malware are 71% higher than in 2008. Symantec say [...]
Microsoft recently announced that its anticipated Office 2010 productivity suite had released to manufacturing on April 15th, meaning that final, shipping code may be burning to discs even as we speak.
Computer systems sometimes are called an embedded system when their performance role is restricted. Typically it is a computer system that is designed to perform one or only a few dedicated operations. They frequently have real-time computing constraints. A modem would be an example of an embedded system.
How did your peers answer this question: Does your company understand the benefits of remote work programs?
PlayReady is designed as a method to access content and provide protection to different technologies. It was originally released in February 2007. By moving to Playready, Samsung indicated that it would stop using Windows Media Digital Rights Management, as soon as its products were migrated to PlayReady.
Cnet conducted a great interview recently with recently acclaimed professional hacker Marc Maiffret. For years Maiffret was a constant pain for Microsoft and software companies alike, hacking into their programs and software causing havoc. A runaway and high school dropout, he had just returned home and landed his first professional job using his computer skills for the [...]
Silverlight 4 provides media and enterprise application and media capabilities, out-of-browser flexibility, and tools support using Visual Studio and Expression Blend with Sketchflow to enable application development and interactive browser experiences.
The TechRepublic Microsoft Windows Blog polls members on this question: Has Microsoft become a serious contender in video editing tools?
Microsoft have confirmed that machines running Windows XP that have also been affected by the Alureon rootkit virus won’t be able to get the latest patches and updates from Windows Update that were released this week. The new updates can apparently detect the virus and halt installation if it is found. Microsoft said in a statement… "These [...]
Jumplists are very good at helping to improve your work flow, but if you want combine multiple programs in one icon...well it can't be done. With Jumplist-Jumper you add up to 60 programs or files within self-defined groups inside a jumplist.
You may have recently purchased a netbook that is running the cheapest version of Windows 7. Windows 7 Starter, this version has several limitations, for one it doesn’t support 64 bit, not that you would have a 64 bit netbook but it also lacks support for the Aero Features and other personalisation features, as well as many [...]
Apr 15th , 2010 Paige Finkelman 4 More Days to Submit for Launch Pad Calling all E2.0 vendors You have 4 more days to get your Launch Pad Tweets in we’ll close submissions end of day on Monday , April . 19th You’ve probably been working hard and polishing those 140 characters to get them just right . To enter simply Tweet to e2conf-lp After the 19th , our Jury will chose their 8 favorite Tweets and if selected , you’ll move on to the next video . round What’s in it for you Opportunity to demo live on the E2.0 Boston keynote stage on June 16. 2010 A Publicity Package that includes lots of PR love Final Four branding around the Launch Pad program The fame glory of being crowned the E2.0 Boston 2010 Launch Pad Winner More information on key dates can be found on the official Launch Pad
Starting in Office 2007, Microsoft introduced the new ribbon interface. Like it or hate it, it seems to be the direction that Microsoft is taking with not only the operating system and Office, but also its bundled programs like Wordpad and Paint. I was skeptical when I first saw the UI change in Office 2007, but since [...]
Network Bots also play a role in the piracy of the activation process by accessing the system without the users knowledge and gaining access to proprietary information.
Windows 7 has now been available for six months and we’re coming up to the release of the first service pack for Windows 7 in the next few months. During this time the news had been good, with nothing major reported in the press. On the other hand there have still been some problems and issues [...]
In all fairness to Microsoft, they seem to be working on new themes for Windows 7 all the time and are producing some fairly decent themes. There is quite a range of themes available now for Windows 7, if you still haven’t found one that’s for you why not have a look at our gallery, [...]
Using the free HD Tune to perform a hard drive test - Tutorial 1 - Installing HD Tune
Using the free HD Tune to perform a hard drive test - Tutorial 2 - Hard drive diagnostics and spotting faulty drives
Microsoft announced KIN, a new Windows® Phone. Through associations with Verizon Wireless, Vodafone and Sharp Corporation, KIN will blend online services, phone, and the PC with new operations called the Loop, Spot and Studio. KIN will be available from Verizon Wireless in May in the US and from Vodafone in Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom [...]
I realize that I am a little late to the party with respects to reviewing Firefox 3.6, but there is a reason for this; I wanted to give the new version some real time to impress me, especially since I have always been a fan of IE8 (I know, I know). After a couple weeks of solid [...]
The summit will focus on Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8, and not on their successors, Windows 8 and IE9. Still, while Window8 is still off in the distance, the same is not the case for the IE9. The Platform Preview is already here and attendees will be able to gain additional insight on the next major release of IE.
While businesses had a backup plans for decades, for home use, that has not been the case, unless one purposely sought out such operations. So if you have multiple PCs and a growing population of digital photography, music, video, and documents, then it become imperative to protect and organize this digital media. Moreover, it can be a challenging task. So help with managing this digital dilemma has arrived with Windows Home Server.
What you get in Volume 7 is an in-depth perspective on malicious and potentially unwanted software. They also cover software exploits, security breaches and software vulnerabilities. These can be found in Microsoft software and also in third-party software. The perspectives come from a detailed analysis steming from the past several years. The current focus is on the first half of 2009.
I was spring cleaning through my music collection the other day and updating all of my current music and ripped CD’s with the appropriate album artwork when it occurred to me that the majority of my video media did not have its own artwork. I use a 32GB Zune HD and like many other PMP’s, it shows a [...]
According to Microsoft "Although browser add-ons can add great new features to your browser, they can also introduce performance issues if written poorly. Add-ons cause most browser crashes, accounting for over 70 percent of Internet Explorer 8's crashes. Slowdowns in Internet Explorer 8 are very often caused by add-ons...especially when you open a new browser window or tab."
Microsoft’s search engine Bing, is known for having distinct and attractive backgrounds on its search page. When Windows 7 was officially released, Microsoft also brought out at theme called ” Bing’s Best” which showcased a variety of images from Bing’s search page. Now Microsoft have put together another package known as ” Bing’s Best 2 ” which includes [...]
Apr 5th , 2010 Paige Finkelman E2 Boston Launch Pad Submissions Now Open There’s a lot of vendors and noise in the Enterprise 2.0 market in an effort to pay tribute to the folks that are making strides , innovating and solving business problems creatively , the Launch Pad program provides an opportunity and platform for companies to toot their E2.0 horns and get some well deserved . recognition The competition invites all companies and developers , large and small , to enter their application . There is no fee for entry , nor do do you need to be an exhibitor at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference although if you are , that’s cool too The bar for entry is set very low simply Tweet to e2conf-lp and tell us in 140 characters or less why you are Launch Pad . worthy What makes a candidate Launch Pad