Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Patch Tuesday and Skype

Patch Tuesday heads-up: 8 bulletins, 5 critical

Microsoft plans to ship 8 security bulletins next Tuesday (April 14, 2009) to fix remote code execution and denial of service vulnerabilities affecting Windows, Office and Internet Explorer. According to the company’s Patch Tuesday advance notice, five of the bulletins will be rated “critical,” meaning they can be exploited by hackers to take complete control of Windows machines.

Overcoming My Fear of Skype

Hard to believe, but up until recently I had never effectively used the Skype free voice and video over IP service. Then in the space of just a few days I got a crash course, and found myself wondering how I'd ever lived without it. Follow my little tale to learn why you may want to start using Skype today.

Skype Call Recorder 0.5.2.1 (Windows), from VOIP Call recording

Free Skype Call Recorder is irreplaceable program for everybody who is using Skype to make voice calls. Conversations are stored in space efficient, widely used, convenient mp3 format. It is easy to store, easy to share and cast you nothing to record. Skype Call Recorder seats in system tray and starts recording automatically.

CompUSA 2.0

Though presumed to be dead since it went bankrupt more than a year ago, CompUSA is showing signs of life. There are 30 new retail outlets bearing the CompUSA name in the U.S. that are trying a new retail strategy that includes computers available for customers to do price matching on the Web sites of CompUSA's competitors. Is this a preview of retail stores future?

Battle of the multicolumn Twitter clients

There was a time, not long ago, when the power Twitter users were gaga for Twhirl. This Air app gave (and still gives) you quick access to different views of your Twitter network, as well as your FriendFeed stream. But Twhirl didn't last as the go-to client once the Twitterati discovered TweetDeck.

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