Friday, May 14, 2010

Everything You Need to Know About Tech – for Today Anyway

New findings update WS Security Baseline

Our monthly update of the Windows Secrets Security Baseline focuses on malware suites — all-in-one commercial packages that fight viruses, spam, spyware, and malware that's still unknown — plus suites you assemble yourself. If you want to know which might be the best malware package to use, here is a roundup of reviews of the best known ones. Decide for yourself.

How secure is Flash? Here's what Adobe won't tell you

One of the key issues in this discussion is security. Yesterday, I rattled off some disturbing statistics about vulnerabilities in Flash Player and asked Adobe, “So, how are you planning to convince us that you’ve gotten serious about security? No one from Adobe has gotten back to me on that one.

Office Live Workspace Accounts to Be Upgraded

Microsoft notified customers Friday  (including me) that it will soon be upgrading Microsoft Office Live Workspace accounts to its SkyDrive service (25Gb of free on-line backup).

Size of the data universe: 1.2 zettabytes and growing fast

IDC has just released estimates that this year, the Digital Universe — meaning every electronically stored piece of data or file out there — will reach 1.2 million petabytes, or 1.2 zettabytes, this year. That’s up from a measly 800,000 petabytes in 2009.

The Power User's Guide to the Windows 7 Taskbar

It seems like every week we learn about a new tip to enhance the Windows 7 taskbar, and it's hard to keep them all straight. Here's the complete power user's guide to tweaking and using your taskbar like a pro.

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