Archive for June, 2006
I’ve installed eTrust EZ Antivirus on my Windows Vista box
Friday, June 30th, 2006
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Computer Associates are making available a free beta version of eTrust EZ Antivirus for Vista available for all beta testers of Windows Vista - and if that's not enough, it comes complete with a free 12 month's worth of updates.
I've installed it and so far, so good!
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The Internet - It’s made of tubes, you know!
Friday, June 30th, 2006
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Alaska’s Senator Ted Stevens has a killer understanding on the Internet:
There's one company now you can sign up and you can get a movie delivered to your house daily by delivery service. Okay. And currently it comes to your house, it gets put in the mail box when you get home and you change your [...]
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GreenBorder Pro
Friday, June 30th, 2006
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A couple of days ago I downloaded and installed GreenBorder Pro , a security software package that's designed to keep your PC safe as you surf the web. GreenBorder Pro works by combining virtualization technology (where you can run a virtual PC within a real PC) and high security to create a barrier between the web browser and [...]
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YAITV - Yet Another iTunes Vulnerability
Friday, June 30th, 2006
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I'm not sure what aspect of iTunes is the one that makes it so partial to containing exploits that are serious, but Apple has once again been forced to come out with an update to the iTunes software. This time it is in response to yet another highly critical vulnerability that could allow a malicious hacker [...]
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Time to install XP SP2
Friday, June 30th, 2006
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If you're not already running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed, then it's time to get in installed. SP2 was released on 17 Sept, 2004 and not only will it offer you an increased level of protection, but also, after October 10, 2006, machines running Windows XP without SP2 won't be eligible for support [...]
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GreenBorder is working!
Thursday, June 29th, 2006
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Yesterday I wrote about some troubles I was having with the new GreenBorder security sandbox for Internet Explorer. Well, this is just a quick note to say that I've now got it working thanks to the nice people at GreenBorder. It seemed that the issue was a temporary glitch with the download which has now been [...]
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