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Claude Mythos & Cyber Apocalypse
Last week Google said a criminal hacking group launched a zero day cyberattack created by AI. It’s the first known example of a zero day bug being put to malicious use by hackers enabled chiefly by AI, according to Google and researchers contacted by The New York…
GOVERNMENT GOODIES
BROADBAND While high-visibility battles are fought over health care and regulation of financial institutions, there are equally important things happening at a lower level, as…
QUICKBOOKS 2010 PDF 64-BIT PROBLEMS
Last September I ran into the only serious issue I’ve had with the 64-bit version of Windows 7 – an error in Quickbooks 2008 using its PDF converter to create email messages with…
APRIL FOOLS 2010
If you want to kill some time today, TechCrunch has a list of this year’s April Fools jokes. You’ll be able to quickly discover why Google’s main search page has been renamed…
Powered By Pure Sine Waves!
I’ve got Pure Sine Waves! Woo hoo! If you had asked me last month, I would have bet heavily that I would never use the words “pure sine wave” in a sentence. And yet here I am,…
Right-Click Your Way To Happiness
I had to grin when I learned that a cool keyboard shortcut was literally right under my nose. Clicking on the right mouse button brings up context menus everywhere in Windows….
ONECARE REMINDER
This is for anyone who might have been procrastinating. Look down in the lower right corner for the icon for your security program. If you see the Windows Live OneCare icon…
PHOTO SHARING ON SKYDRIVE
For many people, Windows Live Photo Gallery is the best program for displaying, tagging, and doing light editing of photos. It’s free, attractive, and helps you do simple photo…
TIDAL WAVE OF MALWARE
I cleaned up two malware-infested computers yesterday. Both of them had up-to-date antivirus software and responsible owners who had installed all critical Windows updates. The…
MORE READING ABOUT LOCATION
Article in today’s New York Times, “Digitally, Location Is Where It’s At”: To someone not in their 20s whose location generally isn’t that interesting to others — that would be…
Location, Location, Location
The new little device in your pocket knows where you are – and that’s the next thing that’s going to change the world. Location will be the most important thing that happens in…
MIDDLE MOUSE BUTTON TRICKS
By this time you’ve probably learned all the cool keyboard and mouse tricks for your new Windows 7 computer, right? You’ve been using Ctrl-X (Cut), Ctrl-C (Copy), and Ctrl-V…
KEEPING UP WITH SMARTPHONES
Back in the old days – say, six months ago – buying a smartphone meant signing up with AT&T for an iPhone (and sighing at AT&T’s shortcomings), or settling for something…
More Dell Computers For Small Business
I’m not going to mention every product announcement that comes along, but Dell has introduced some small business laptops and desktops that look particularly appealing. The Dell…
SECURITY POSTSCRIPT
Take a minute to make sure your security software is running. If you’ve switched to Microsoft Security Essentials, look for the reassuring checkmark down by the clock. Two people…
MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS UPGRADE
Microsoft has rolled out a minor upgrade to its free security program, Microsoft Security Essentials. A few days ago I began running into computers with an MSE icon by the clock…