Thanks for waiting while I enjoyed my great little vacation in Chicago. I had a fabulous time, even better than I hoped, but I am back now ready to keep you informed of the latest happenings in the tech world. Let’s get started! JRC
Why it's time to move away from McAfee
Last week, McAfee pushed out a virus definition file update the company now admits did not meet an acceptable level of quality assurance. Users found this out the hard way when the update crippled their computers. While the damage to individual computer systems has been repairable, I recommend that you look elsewhere for your computer's security.
Steve Jobs: Adobe's Flash "has major technical drawbacks"
In an open letter to, well, everyone, Apple tells the world what it thinks of the Flash platform. And it’s not pleasant reading for Adobe.
No surprise: no support for XP in Windows Live Wave 4
More bad news for Windows XP users: Microsoft has announced that the next version of Windows Live, which is called Wave 4, won't include XP in client application support. The problem is that graphics support in XP won't handle the new client, which requires the more sophisticated graphics platform in Vista and Windows 7. The good news is that the web based services will still work in XP. This didn't come as a big surprise, but many XP holdouts are annoyed by Microsoft's declining support for the ten year old OS.
Google kills 'http' URLs; about time to follow suit?
Google’s Chrome browser will no longer include http:// as part of the URL field. It was only six months ago that Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, admitted that the double slash punctuation in the URL was “a mistake”, and Google have seem to have acknowledged this revelation.
Seven utilities for Windows 7
This collection of free utilities great and small will give you tools to change a significant amount of Windows 7's behavior, from the look of the Start button to hulking out Windows Explorer with FTP powers.
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