Friday, August 06, 2010

Friday Follies for Nerds

MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 14 bulletins, 34 vulnerabilitie

Microsoft is planning a very busy Patch Tuesday this month: 14 bulletins with patches for 34 vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, SQL and Silverlight.

Report: In IE8, Web ads won out over privacy

Efforts to build Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 with more robust privacy settings were reportedly stifled by the needs of online advertisers to track user activity, according to a story in Monday's Wall Street Journal.

How to Buy a Laptop

Shopping for a laptop, but completely baffled by the myriad options available on the market? We clear through the clutter to guide you to your perfect laptop.

ClickTV - Ditch Cable TV and Watch Shows When you Want

Let's face it, cable TV service is not exactly cheap and if you want to time-shift your TV shows you have to either rent a special box from your cable provider or pay for another service with a box like TIVO. Thankfully, there are other ways to watch TV without having to pay for cable TV. As long as you have an Internet connection you can go to network sites like ABC.com and NBC.com to see some of your favorite shows. And now, we've released a new utility called ClickTV that lets you watch your favorite shows whenever you want.

Free Audio Books Online

This is a listing of 64 sites that legally offer free audio books, either for online listening or for download.

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