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China Has Not Hacked Your Office 365 Mailbox
Hackers have infiltrated tens of thousands of servers running Exchange mailboxes. It’s a huge cybersecurity event, rivaling the severity of the Solarwinds Russia hack. Before we get to the details, let’s put some of you at ease. Microsoft’s online Office 365 mailboxes...
COLOR LASERS FOR SMALL OFFICES
HP's entry level color laser printer is down to three hundred dollars. The cost of printing a monochrome page on a color laser is the same as printing the same page on a...
ERGONOMICS
As we use our computers more every day, I'm seeing more people looking into ergonomic devices, either because they're already suffering from repetitive stress injury or they want...
MCAFEE SUBSCRIPTION SECURITY SERVICE
Windows Live OneCare continues to be one of the most satisfying products in years - the design is elegant and glitches have been few and far between.For that reason, I don't...
WINDOWS DEFENDER UPDATE
Windows Defender is Microsoft's antispyware program - highly recommended for all computers running Windows XP.Windows Live OneCare is supposed to take over operation of Windows...
NET NEUTRALITY
The telcos and cable companies are close to completing their attempt to take over the Internet. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) almost pushed through legislation that would allow...
ELECTRIC SHEEP
Remember when screensavers were cool? If you're an old-timer, you just thought of flying toasters.This article describes an intriguing screensaver project. The "Electric Sheep"...
AT&T TEAMS WITH WILDBLUE FOR SATELLITE BROADBAND
Broadband Internet access by satellite has been available for years, but it's never been very appealing. Only the truly desperate signed up with Hughes - horrible speeds,...
WINDOWS MOBILE TAKING OVER HANDHELD MARKET
This article highlights a startling statistic - sales of Windows Mobile-equipped handheld devices grew by 90% last year. Not that long ago, the Palm-based Treo 650 was the only...
MICROSOFT PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER
The tech press is all atwitter over the announcement that Microsoft plans to release a handheld music player to compete with the iPod. Microsoft will be competing with Creative...
DRM HISTORY AND HACKING
Content creators and publishers are engaged in nonstop efforts to lock down the products you purchase from them. This is a fascinating article about the history of digital rights...
UNEXPECTED RESTART
Anybody else get a notice at a random moment in the last couple of days that Windows had installed an update and intended to restart in ten minutes? It was clearly a legitimate...
NETGEAR SPEEDS UP POWERLINE NETWORKING
I love 802.11x wireless networking, but it makes me crazy too. It's solid technology that keeps calling attention to itself - routers stop working or signals aren't strong enough...
INTEL’S CORE 2 DUO PROCESSORS
Here's 10 Things You Need to Know About Intel's Core 2 Duo processors, which will begin shipping next month.The Core processors will be the fastest processors available (but...
WINDOWS LIVE ID AND PASSPORT
Microsoft is attempting to streamline its centralized authentication system - a combination of e-mail address and password that controls signon to Windows Live Messenger, Windows...
MICROSOFT & YAHOO TO LINK INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICES
On Thursday, Microsoft and Yahoo will begin testing a link between their instant messaging programs, fulfilling a promise made nine months ago.Windows Live Messenger is a nice...