The end is in sight for erstwhile entry level email software Outlook Express as Microsoft Corp. announced last week that it will turn off access to its Web-based Hotmail service from the desktop e-mail software by the end of June this year. Outlook Express users who want to continue to access their Hotmail accounts offline […]
Microsoft has confirmed it is planning to release a subscription-based “value box” of low-end productivity software code-named Albany, and has sent an early version of the product to thousands of beta participants for private testing. I dont know how cheap this new product will be but FREE Office suites such Open Office will be hard […]
The world’s largest security conference will kick off next week in San Francisco with the public unveiling of Microsoft’s new next-generation of security software, codenamed: Stirling.
Over the past few months, Microsoft has quietly shown the software to a select group of users, but sources familiar with the company’s plans said that it will release a […]
Be extra careful when opening documents in Windows, especially if they are Microsoft Word files. Microsoft on Friday warned that cyber criminals may be taking advantage of an unpatched flaw in the Windows operating system to install malicious software on a victim’s PC. The reported attack, now under investigation by Microsoft, involves a malicious Word […]
Vista is just barely a couple of months old and here we have news about Microsoft’s next OS:
According to a PowerPoint presentation (download PDF) created by a technical staffer at Microsoft Denmark, the software vendor plans to invest in four major areas in the next client version of Windows after Vista. Microsoft has already begun […]
Lance Ulanoff of PC Magazine asks: Could Microsoft’s Immortal Data plan reconnect the future with our past?
Pondering all this, it occurs to me that digital data preservation is a unique and incredibly new phenomenon of our times. For two millennia, data was stored on physical objects: stones, walls, papyrus, nonacidic paper, black-and-white film and […]
To start off your new year, Shellcity’s best of 2006 list includes boatloads of quality software and the ultimate list of free windows software, all from Microsoft’s treasure trove: Windows XP goodies, utilities, diagnostic software. [found via Daily Rotation]
Don’t open any email with attachments in emails that say “Happy New Year!” They just may contain […]
Year in review: Privacy and surveillance | CNET
Who’s listening in on your cell phone, your VoIP and your land line phone? Gee, I’m not going to use VoIP unless it’s encrypted. [try Zfone]
Firefox 2.0.1 updates to fix critical flaws
updates for cross-scripting vulnerability Firefox 2.0.1, Thunderbird, Firefox 1.5.0.9 Secunia rated these flaws highly critical.
Hackers call on […]
A new Windows computer usually means lots of work, removing all that unwanted trial software, updating Windows, installing tweaks, etc. etc.
Wouldn’t it be nice to just install an up-to-date Windows XP computer from scratch, with all the service packs, drivers and utilities you need, at the same time?
Ryan VanderMeulen’s VM Windows XP Post-SP2 Update Pack […]
Oops, hackers released yet another exploit for Microsoft’s Word program. Your best defense may be to NOT open untrusted Word documents, to update your antivirus program, firewall and until you’ve applied Microsoft’s patches:
Do not open untrusted Word documents or attachments from unsolicited email messages.
Disable automatic opening of Microsoft Office documents.
Do not rely on file name […]
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