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Microsoft has recently made the developer preview of the all-new Internet Explorer 9 available at http://www.ietestdrive.com/. Internet Explorer 9 will be supporting HTML5 video, and it sports a multi-core capable JavaScript engine codenamed “Chakra” (hear that engine roar!), and supporting new web technologies that gives it the edge like CSS3… Continue Reading »

Microsoft is warning XP users not to press the F1 key if a website prompts them to. The company urges them to ignore the warning saying it could be an exploit using a newly discovered vulnerability in VBScript. A security advisory provided more info: “The vulnerability exists in the way… Continue Reading »

Microsoft’s latest security patch has left XP users with BSOD’s and unusable systems. The company’s support forums have been flooded with complaints from angry users since the release of MS10-015. “I updated 11 Windows XP updates today and restarted my PC like it asked me to,” said a user identified… Continue Reading »

Perhaps in an effort to make it easier for users to upgrade to Windows 7 from XP or Vista, Microsoft has released an official upgrade chart—and to put it simply, the chart seems a little overwhelming at first glance. Diving in, to try and make some sense so you can… Continue Reading »

When Microsoft released Windows Vista, despite all the hype a lot of people decided to wait out the release to decide whether they should upgrade.  We all know that after reports started coming in on how much Vista changed from XP along with some of the unspecified flaws that many… Continue Reading »

If you’ve decided to take the netbook plunge, you’re probably going to want to streamline the programs you use and get rid of any “crapware.”  The real question is what applications do you really need for a netbook?  Netbooks are meant to browse the web and take advantage of web… Continue Reading »

If you didn’t know, I was running an experiment for the month of May where I would run two Windows XP machines.  Neither one would have anti-virus or anti-spyware running.  One machine was dubbed “Win Idiot” and was used in a way an idiot would use their computer.  The other… Continue Reading »

If you didn’t know, I am running an experiment using two Windows machines.  Both are not running any antivirus or anti-spyware.  One machine will be used in a limited fashion—going only to “safe” sites and being very cautious.  The other machine is being used as if the user was an… Continue Reading »

As soon as the Windows 7 RC 1 was made available just about a week ago, many people took this opportunity to jump on it and see how it compared to Microsoft’s last OS, Vista.  If you have been following tech in recent months, then you probably have noticed Microsoft… Continue Reading »

If you didn’t know, I am running an experiment using two Windows machines.  Both are not running any antivirus or anti-spyware.  One machine will be used in a limited fashion—going only to “safe” sites and being very cautious.  The other machine is being used as if the user was an… Continue Reading »