5 deal-breaking flaws in Windows 8 – You knew it wouldn’t be long before folks started picking apart Microsoft’s upcoming Operating System. ExtremeTech’s Sebastian Anthony found five of the OS’s worst flaws.
Five Sysinternals tools no admin should be without – These Sysinternals utilities offer a powerful, convenient way to knock out all kinds of Windows admin tasks.
5 Best Online Backup Services for Small Businesses – We’ve got the lowdown on the best online data backup services for small business. Take a look and start your offsite backup today. You’ll sleep a lot better tonight.
Windows 8 on ARM Won’t Run Legacy Windows Apps – Microsoft executives said this week that Windows 8 tablets using an ARM chip will not be able to run legacy Windows 7 applications, with the possible exception of Office. At that conference, however, Microsoft executives said they had made it “very clear” that Windows 7 legacy applications would not run on Windows 8-based ARM tablets – a fact that arguably hasn’t been made clear at all.
10 Windows 7 commands every administrator should know - The command line is often the best place to resolve Windows 7 desktop problems. These basic commands will help speed your troubleshooting tasks.
Spammers exploit confusion over revoked SSL certificates - The latest spam campaign spotted by Barracuda targets the customers of the Royal Bank of Canada, and the email sent to them contain “Your digital certificate has expired!” in the subject line and a spoofed From field (click on the screenshot to enlarge it): The second link in the message takes the victims to a website hosting the Blackhole exploit kit, which immediately starts doing its thing.
Missile maker sees network hacked – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries factories that build guided missiles and rocket engines; submarines; and nuclear-power equipment have had their computer networks hacked, according to a report.
Company News:
AMD Chips Top 8.4 GHz, a New Speed Record – AMD said in a blog post that the eight FX processors had been overclocked at speeds up to 8.429 GHz, beating the prior record of 8.309 GHz, using a third-party team of overclocking enthusiasts.
Use Sony’s PlayStation Network, Waive Rights to Class-Action Suit? – Sony updated its PlayStation Network terms of service on September 15 to ban class-action lawsuits against the company.
Netflix CEO’s apology brings new backlash – A new torrent of complaints arrives when Reed Hastings tells customers just how deeply Netflix is splitting its DVD rental and streaming video services.
Short Story of the Week:
Paul Andrew Russell’s – New You
Norman Frost flinched as he saw the young girl look and then point at him. She screamed. He tried turning around but there were people everywhere. They all began pointing at him. Some screamed along with the little girl, who now had tears streaming down her cheeks.
Off Topic (Sort of):
6 Brazen Security Breaches, Courtesy of IT - If there’s anyone who’d know how to exploit your technological weaknesses, it’s your own IT staff. It doesn’t happen often, but when your IT turns rogue, their attacks can be devastating. Their sabotage can come in the form of databases mined, networks hacked, sites taken down, or virtual servers that run vital operations, deleted into oblivion.
10 Really Dumb Tech Debacles – Where does HP’ s mothballing of the smartphone and tablet tech it acquired barely more than a year for $1.2 billion rank on the list of disastrous corporate decisions?
Windows’ Blue Screen of Death: A History – Sadly, we’ve all probably seen it at least once in our computing lives–that horrifying blue screen telling us that something has gone terribly wrong. The Windows 8 blue screen has a friendlier look, but does it really make a difference? Take a look.
Save Money and Get a Second Line by Making Calls Over Wi-Fi - If you frequently use a mobile phone for business calls and text messages, you know that the fees from your carrier can add up quickly. But with suitable apps and programs, you can add an office line that lets you use Wi-Fi to make voice calls and send texts from your mobile device or desktop at no extra charge, using the Internet service you already pay for. Having a second phone line for business also can help you separate your work from your personal life.
Today’s Quote:
“What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t invent with your mouth.”
- Jewish Proverb
Today’s Free Downloads:
Revo Uninstaller – Revo Uninstaller does more than just uninstall software. It includes other cleaning tools, including an Autorun manager, that will show you all the programs that start on system startup–and lets you kill or remove any that you don’t want to run.
Paint.NET Beta 3.59 – Paint.NET is free image editing and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. This release fixes a few minor bugs and adds a new, much-needed Reduce Noise effect.
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Windows’ Blue Screen of Death: A History, it reminds me of the old dos and msdos screen, but with maybe more info. but it still means DEATH (smile)
Hi Kenneth,
You have that right – it still means DEATH.
I’ve had a few already in Windows 8.
Bill