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Colonial Pipeline And The Business Of Ransomware
Ransomware is big business. I mean that in the most boring way possible. Have you been following the news about the Colonial Pipeline hack? There is a nuance that sheds much light on the modern world, but to get to it I need to be sure you have the basic facts of...
BE PREPARED FOR PATCH TUESDAY
Your computer will restart tonight. It's Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month, when Microsoft releases security updates that will be automatically installed overnight....
COMCAST OUTAGES
I have a bit of downtime while I wait for my Comcast connection to come back to life. It was out Sunday for an hour or so, which might (or might not) have been a side effect of...
THE FUTURE OF GRAPHICS CARDS
Wrestling with a black screen drew my attention to the world of video cards and computer graphics. Vista's pretty visual effects - translucent borders, 3D flipping through...
NET NEUTRALITY EXPLAINED
At its heart, "net neutrality" involves a simple question: Should your Internet provider have any control over how you use your Internet connection? You're accustomed to being...
BLACK SCREEN (WITH CURSOR)
Spent a few hours chasing down a problem with my office computer last night. It's just remarkable how many ways our computers can go wrong, isn't it? Honest, I would gladly give...
FONT MYSTERIES
Sharp-eyed Microsoft Office users might have noticed that the default fonts are changed in Office 2007. The old familiar names are still there - Arial, Times New Roman, Verdana,...
RANDOM OUTLOOK 2007 NOTES
When I set up a new computer these days, I spend almost no time describing new features in Windows Vista - people are generally able to start using it right away with a minimum...
GOOGLE LAUNCHES FUTURE SEARCH
Google Australia launched Gday today, a new search engine that allows users to search content on the internet before it is created. "Google spiders crawl publicly available web...
WINDOWS SEARCH 4
Microsoft released a preview of Windows Search 4 today, an update to the Windows Desktop Search program that is built into Windows Vista and can be installed separately on...
THE END OF WINDOWS XP
Windows XP will stop being sold by computer manufacturers (Dell, HP, and the rest) on June 30, 2008. Too many people have been writing too much nonsense about Windows Vista,...
THE ART OF THIN
An effective ad from Lenovo to demonstrate that the Thinkpad X300 compares favorably to the MacBook Air.
ONENOTE FOR LAWYERS
Here's a short article from the ABA's Law Practice magazine noting the many ways that Microsoft OneNote 2007 can be used by lawyers for everything from trial notebooks to...
VISTA SP1 SUPPORT
If you have any difficulty installing Vista Service Pack 1 or dealing with problems after installation, Microsoft is offering unlimited installation and compatibility support...
VISTA SP1 & SEARCH
Searching in Vista quickly becomes second nature. Clicking the Start button and typing the name of a program brings it up immediately - no need to hunt through the long list of...
APPLE UPDATES: SAFARI INVASION
A client asked me about an update window that had popped up so I sat down in front of "Apple Updates" and stared at the three programs listed - "updates" to iTunes, QuickTime,...