Friday, April 08, 2011

Government Shutdown and the Web

Well, the morons that run this country are at it again…getting ready to shut down the US Government for their own political agendas. Hundreds of thousands of people will be out of work, just adding to the misery of our current recession/depression. They seem like they just don’t give a damn about us…but why should they? We just keep electing the same old clowns over and over again.

OK, I am off my soap box. The first article here talks about government Web sites that may shut down tonight or tomorrow. But sorry kids, even if the IRS goes dark, you still have to file your taxes on time. And if you are worried about gas prices (and all prices for that matter) going up, don’t worry they will. But, what can you expect from a government that worries more about protecting the entertainment industry from piracy and preventing abortions than they do about the lives of the common man.

Oops…got back on my soap box again…sorry. - JRC

Federal Web sites may go dark in shutdown

Many federal Web sites will go dark if the government shuts down tonight, the White House indicated this afternoon. A 16-page memo (PDF) to federal agencies says their Web sites may stay online only in a small number of situations, including tax collection and handling "exempted" activities such as payments and other functions that are paid for by previous annual budgets.

Microsoft releases 64 fixes on April's bumper Patch Tuesday

Microsoft's patching is going from one extreme to the other. While March had just three bulletins fixing four vulnerabilities, next week 17 bulletins are being issued, fixing 64 different vulnerabilties. This ties with December 2010 as the most bulletins, and takes the clear lead for number of flaws fixed.

Chrome tips users to dangerous Windows downloads

Google on Tuesday said it will add malware download warnings to its Chrome browser. The move has Google following the lead of rival Microsoft, whose Internet Explorer 9 also alerts users about questionable software downloads.

Technology News: Malware: Online Security: Very Bad and Getting Worse

For many businesses and consumers, Symantec's news that cyberattacks are occurring with far greater frequency these days cannot be greeted with detachment, because they're striking so close to home. "At one point in time, hack attacks may have seemed theoretical to many people -- something that happened to someone else," observed SystemExperts consultant Philip Cox. The situation will only get worse -- the mobile onslaught hasn't even begun.

Free PDF to Word Doc Converter

Free PDF to Word Doc Converter enables you to convert PDF documents to Windows Word format (.doc). You can choose to convert the entire document or only selected pages, retain shapes and images from the original and also set a default font to use.

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