Yesterday, Microsoft released a list of 12 updates that’s supposed to patch 20 vulnerabilities. Now check bulletin MS0-010 which is supposed to patch Windows OneCare, Windows Defender and the Forefront Security and Antigen products. Here’s a quip from Microsoft (from the Computerworld article): “The underlying component [of Windows Defender] does ship with Vista,” acknowledged Mark [...]

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One of the foundations of good security routine is auditing. It’s always best to know what’s inside your computer and what’s happening to them. This way, it’d be easier to trace what happened with your computer just in case something bad happens. For older versions of Windows, I’ve written about auditing freeware in my previous [...]

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For those of you who monetize their websites through Google Adsense, here’s probably one t1ool that you could use. SysSense is a wee utility that lets you monitor your Adsense account from your system tray. Let it run on the background. It sometimes beats keeping a browser windows open just to check your stats. What’s [...]

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Ever bought a branded PC and wonder what the heck did the manufacture put in it? There are tons of unwanted software that’s usually stored there. Most of them slows down your PC since they all get loaded at startup, idling in the system tray. Here’s a quick freeware that lets you get some of [...]

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Windows Vista still doesn’t have a good set of freeware base for users to enjoy. But here’s one good freeware that let’s you get into some of Vista’s nooks and crannies and do some tweaks on your own – TweakVI. Here’s a short list of the tweaks it can do: Internet Explorer tweaks CPU cache [...]

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When it comes to getting snapshots of your Windows screen, Techsmith’s SnagIt has been at the top of screencap software. What can I say, it can ‘cap them all – windows, scollable windows, user-defined areas, video, even DirectX applications. Their new release 8.2 is now compatible with Windows Vista and Office 2007. And has some [...]

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I’ve been rally hyping on office suites for their use as free and quick (no set-up required) document manager and collaboration software. So far I’ve only really used Google Docs and Spreadsheets until I stumbled upon a few others that you might want to consider. Here they are: Google Docs and Spreadsheets Ajax 13 ThinkFree [...]

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And yet another complaint against. It’s funny. I remember back in the great transition from Windows 98 to XP, there weren’t too many problems in backward compatibility. But Vista isn’t making loving it an easy thing to do. First it was the specs. Then it was the cost. I was expecting businesses and other developers [...]

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One things that’s a bummer. Some of us keep two accounts in one e-mail provider. Like for example, some would have two or more Gmail accounts. However, more often than not, you can only open one account at a time in a browser. One quick way around this is to have two browsers open (usually [...]

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I’ve previously posted out a quick way to manage your web passwords for quick log-ins with AI Roboform. But if you’re just looking for a way to keep a catalog of your accounts and their respective passwords locally. You can do so with Access Manager. You can organize your passwords by categories. You can also [...]

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I’ve recommended Google Docs and Spreadsheets as an effective (free!) collaborative online document manager before. I personally use it for most of our collaborative work. However, the chat-style interface doesn’t quite help when you’ve got a few people working on it once. For such work, me and my buddies have had better successes with Skype [...]

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Still got those little boxes all filled with recipes written on notecards in the kitchen? Well, here’s one tool for you to use since we’re all in the days of Web 2.0 and dual-core computing. Maybe it’s grandma’s chance to get her gravy recipe digitized for use by generations to come. Here’s a digital recipe [...]

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At least Microsoft still gives users a bit of leeway in terms of customizing Vista to one’s own liking. Here’s a great article on how to give Vista (for all you Vista users out there) a personal touch. I know Vista’s tight security is making life a bit frustrating even for admins so take a [...]

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No quick tip for today, read that: emergency! Why? Mozilla Firefox will be relaunching its add-on site by Feb. 12 and part of the launch will be the removal of thousands of add-ons from its list. Mozilla is apparently doing this to streamline the list for new users. Let’s face it, add-ons have been the [...]

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I do keep a lot of accounts across the Web. And as a matter of personal security policy, I keep different passwords for each of them. So that means I have to remember each and everyone then type them in whenever I need to access an account. Quite a tedious process if you ask me. [...]

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