Monthly Archives: February 2011
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – February 28, 2011
LastPass XSS vulnerability found, website and browser add-ons affected – The cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability not only allows nefarious types to see which sites you’ve recently logged in to, but it also provides access your email address and password reminder. … Continue reading
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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – February 27, 2011
The Back-Up Plan: We Examine 5 Cloud-Based Services – From Google’s Gmail and GoogleDocs to Microsoft’s Windows Live and Adobe’s Acrobat.com, more and more personal computing is taking place in “the cloud.” PC users are increasingly growing accustomed to mobile … Continue reading
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Ninite – Use It To Automatically Install Selected Freeware On Family And Friends Computers
Time flies, for sure – it’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I last looked at Ninite, a bulk downloaders services/application that downloads and installs multiple user selected applications, in one pass. Just a small sampling … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – February 26, 2011
My favorite Linux desktop: Mint 10 – I go through Linux distributions like an elephant does peanuts, but a few of the best stick around. Right now, my favorite Linux desktop is Mint. Cheat Sheet: 10 Tips and Tricks for … Continue reading
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A Computer Recovery Walkthrough With Free Trinity Rescue Kit
Popular guest writer Mark Schneider, walks you through a computer recovery operation using the Trinity Rescue Kit, which, as he puts it, “saved my bacon”. Today, I was doing a little maintenance on my daughters Gateway laptop, uninstalling one anti-spyware … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – February 25, 2011
DIY: Free tools for removing malicious software – Fighting the malware battle really hurts when you’re spending a good deal of your IT budget (if you even have an IT budget) on software to protect machines from attacks. Here’s how … Continue reading
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Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – February 24, 2011
Avast wants you playing in its sandbox – Avast takes the worry out of blocking suspicious programs from harming your system with a new AutoSandboxing feature in its latest major-point upgrade, exclusive to Download.com today. 50 Free Apps for Your … Continue reading
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A Lesson In Malware Removal Using Kaspersky Rescue Disk
This past Sunday, I posted an article on the benefits of regular scanning with a “live CD” – Stay Malware Free (Hopefully!) – Scan With A “Live CD” Regularly. Which, reminded me of an excellent article (previously posted here), by … Continue reading
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – February 23, 2011
20 Tech Habits to Improve Your Life – Technology is supposed to make life easier, but it doesn’t seem that way when you’re struggling to wrangle 289 new e-mail messages, dealing with a hard-drive crash, or suddenly realizing that you … Continue reading
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