Archive for February, 2009

 

Microsoft: “Sayonara Vista…Hello 7!”
Popular Science – New York,NY,USA
By Tom Conlon Posted 02.09.2009 at 1:11 pm 0 Comments Is Microsoft finally admitting that Windows Vista is a lost cause? Well, that’s certainly not the
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Computer virus shuts down Houston municipal courts
Houston Chronicle – United States
Microsoft issued an emergency patch back in October, and PCs that have the patch are protected from the worm. Once on a computer, Conficker disables some of
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Week in Microsoft: the official Windows 7 SKUs
Ars Technica – Boston,MA,USA
There will be six editions this time around as Microsoft has made some improvements to the scheme used in Vista. Windows 7—what’s the rush?
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Windows upgrade a hit in Hamilton
Stuff.co.nz – New Zealand
The commercial version of Windows 7 is described by Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer as "Windows Vista with clean-up in user interface [and]
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MAXA Text-2-EXE allows you to save text encrypted as executable file. It looks like a normal text editor but can save your text encrypted in the executable itself. If you want to secretly distribute the text, you only have to send the file and the recipient will be able to decrypt the text only with the password. With MAXA Text-2-EXE you can hide your serial numbers, passwords, phone numbers and everyday notes in a safe place. Your information will be protected using MAXA Crypt SE with a 256 Bit AES encryption algorithm. MAXA Text-2-EXE is completely free to use. A more advanced version, MAXA SecurEdit is available as a module of MAXA Security Tools. SecureEdit allows to store and share formatted RTF-Text and images as executable encrypted data container. Version 3.3 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

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Skype's free desktop VoIP communicator brings some key enhancements with video and audio bandwidth, though it leaves behind some of the extra adornments of version 3.8. Read CNET's review. Skype 4.0 became available for free on Tuesday to Windows users. The free desktop VoIP communicator is a worthy final.....

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