If you use Microsoft Security Essentials as your anti-virus tool, you may have started feeling uncomfortable after a recent update to MSE changed the background color from blue to gray. Apparently, according the unmoderated Microsoft Answers website, there is a new color scheme for Microsoft Security Essentials and the new gray color is not an [...]
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Gawker isn’t a tiny fly-by-night website. Rather, it is a big internet media conglomerate that runs several high-traffic websites. Like many websites, they make you create an account in order to comment or access certain material on their websites. Their user accounts database was hacked and then posted online. Although passwords were encrypted, they are [...]
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I’ve mentioned before that I have a habit of not reading the manual or help files that come with most software. Generally, this isn’t really much of an issue for me since I have been working with computers at a high level for years. Unless the interface is very weird or unconventional (I’m looking at [...]
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As a professional freelance writer, I work from home most of the time. My home office has what many traditional offices have, a computer, phone, printer, Internet connection, and copy machine. (I do not have a fax machine since I’ve gone without a phone land line, but it doesn’t seem to come up very often.) [...]
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As a professional freelance writer, I end up using wireless hotspots to work from coffee shops. While, I use a secured network whenever possible, many WiFi hotspots do not have any security enabled because it makes them easier to use. Although it seems like no one would bother, the reality is that wireless access points [...]
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PayPal is looking at a new security option to help safeguard its accounts from the frequent phishing attempts leveled at its users. The additional security comes in the form of a small electronic gadget that is sized to be on a keychain, like this one used by Purdue University. This electronic security key generates new [...]
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Some new events from Microsoft that impact my work showed up this morning. See if they have any baring on your day.
