The Internet can make you smarter.

February 22nd, 2010

Though it may not always feel like it, the Internet is actually making us smarter, at least according to a new survey of scientists, business leaders, and technology developers.

A collection of 900 experts interviewed for the Pew Internet report The Future of the Internet IV, released last Friday, were asked their views on how the Internet is affecting us–now and in another 10 years. Though most felt that the Internet can and would improve our reading, writing, and overall grasp of knowledge, some were reluctant to jump on that bandwagon.

“Three out of four experts said our use of the Internet enhances and augments human intelligence, and two-thirds said use of the Internet has improved reading, writing, and rendering of knowledge,” said Janna Anderson, study co-author and director of the Imagining the Internet Center, in a statement. “There are still many people, however, who are critics of the impact of Google, Wikipedia, and other online tools.”

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BlackBerry not receiving email?

December 23rd, 2009

Research in Motion on Tuesday night confirmed a BlackBerry outage affecting some users in North and South America – the company’s second in several days.
The problems do not appear to affect calling or text messaging, but users are not receiving e-mails. Others have reported problems with BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), an instant message program available on the devices.
“Some BlackBerry customers in the Americas are experiencing delays in message delivery,” RIM said in a statement. “Technical teams are actively working to resolve the issue for those impacted. RIM apologizes for any inconvenience experienced by customers.”
The outage is the second for RIM in that past five days. For several hours on Thursday, users were once again not able to receive or send e-mail messages.

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Microsoft Bug Fixed

December 15th, 2009

Microsoft says it has a fix for a bug that was keeping Office 2003 users from being able to access some rights-managed files.
The bug, which cropped up on Friday, meant that users of Office 2003 were unable to access files protected using Microsoft’s rights management service (RMS) technology.

Microsoft posted a software download known as a “hotfix” on Saturday that it says resolves the issue.
“The issue of the inability to open Office 2003 documents protected with RMS has now been resolved with a hotfix,” Microsoft said in a short statement on its Office sustained engineering blog.

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Antivirus Software that won’t slow you down.

November 17th, 2009

The fastest, most effective technology available to protect you from viruses and spyware without slowing you down while you work or play. ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 ThreatSense scanner is even smarter and faster, while adding removable media security, new diagnostic and recovery tools, and more advanced heuristics.

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Upgrading XP to Windows 7

October 29th, 2009
Because you can’t upgrade over XP, there are some steps you’ll want to take before you install Windows 7 to make the process easier. This game plan also works if you plan to do a clean or custom install on a Windows Vista system.
* Make an inventory of the software you’ll want to reinstall on Windows 7. This may be a good time to do some housecleaning. Identify the programs you really need and plan to keep them, and cast off those you don’t.
* Download, install and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor at www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx. This will scan your PC and point out compatibility issues with hardware and software. You may have software that won’t run on Windows 7, and you’ll need to upgrade to a newer version of that program, or obtain a patch if available.
* Download and save to a CD, DVD or external drive any software patches you’ll need. Do the same for any Windows 7 drivers that are available for your key hardware, video and audio adapters, printers, mice, keyboards, scanners, etc.
* Research and identify the security software you’ll want to install. Don’t expect the antivirus or antispyware programs you bought two years ago to work on Windows 7. Microsoft has a Web page that lists developers with compatible security titles at www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/windows-7.aspx.
* Make a backup of your documents, music, videos and photos, to an external drive. Check the help files for your e-mail program to see how to export your mail folders, then save those to the external drive as well. If you’re really cautious, make a disk image of your entire system using software such as Acronis TrueImage, Norton Ghost or Norton Save & Restore so you can recover your Windows XP setup in case something goes horribly wrong.
* Check the system requirements for Windows 7 to see if your PC is powerful enough. Although Microsoft says 1 GB of RAM will work with the 32-bit version, I’d recommend you have at least double that. Install your RAM or any hardware upgrades before you install Windows 7.
* Once you have Windows 7, you can start the installer from within XP. It will do additional compatibility checks, then reboot the system to begin the installation. I’d recommend doing the Custom install, because it does provide a secondary copy of your data files.
* When the installation is complete, install the latest Windows 7 drivers, then the antivirus software you’ve selected and let it update its malware definitions.
* Manually run Windows Update to check for any patches and fixes.
* Before you install any of your software, live with this installation for a while. Play around with Windows 7, learning its differences before you have to rely on it for real work. Give it a few days before installing your software, and copying data back to the hard drive.
Once your installation is the way you like it, consider using the Backup and Restore function in Windows 7 to make an image of your existing hard drive. You can use this later if you need to start over from scratch – and it will come in handy when Windows 8 rolls around in a few years!

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Virus Removal

October 29th, 2009

A vulnerability in Microsoft GDI+ may allow remote code execution. The vulnerability exists in the way GDI+ allocates buffer size when handling WMF image files. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted WMF image file or browses to a Web site that contains specially crafted content. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. RescueTech can make sure you have the appropriate patches and updates to protect your system.

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Windows7 is a winner!

October 19th, 2009

After conducting an analysis of actual inventory data collected from more than 450,000 corporate PCs between November 2008 and August 2009, Softchoice (via ComputerWorld) has concluded that 88 percent of them meet the minimum system requirements to run Windows 7. The sample consisted of 248 individual organizations representing a wide range of industries from across the United States and Canada, including financial, health care, manufacturing, and education. In comparison, when Windows Vista was going to be released, Softchoice found that only 50 percent of corporate PCs were able to support the minimum system requirements.

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Microsoft’s Free AntiVirus Software

October 16th, 2009

Microsoft registered more than 1.5 million downloads of its free antivirus software in the week after it shipped.

Though XP is not the most popular platform for Security Essentials, it’s where the software is doing the most work. Microsoft counted 4 million total malware detections on more than 500,000 machines during the one-week period; 52 percent of them were on XP machines. Vista was next, with 32 percent of detections, followed by Windows 7, with 16 percent. “This follows our usual observed trend of seeing less malware on newer OSes and service packs,” Microsoft said.

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