Posted on April 16th, 2008 by ElectroGeek
Symantec is warning Windows users to install a critical patch or risk losing control of their computers.
The firm has seen attempts to exploit a GDI (graphics device interface) vulnerability in Windows that Microsoft patched last week, says Alfred Huger, vice president of development for Symantec Security Response.
“It’s our belief that the vulnerability is being successfully [...]
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Posted on April 14th, 2008 by ElectroGeek
Let’s face it. Windows Vista is not going as planned for Microsoft. If Microsoft doesn’t make significant changes to Windows, it very well may be doomed.
Windows Vista was supposed to be a blockbuster sales machine for Microsoft but instead you have OEM’s that extended the sales of Windows XP on new PC’s. Why? Because Windows [...]
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Posted on April 10th, 2008 by ElectroGeek
Opera Software today announced that the globally acclaimed Opera Mini(tm) browser for mobile phones is available for the Android platform.
Today’s technical preview release is available at labs.opera.com, inviting the Android development community to test the fresh build and share feedback with Opera for the forthcoming beta. Opera Mini for Android makes the company’s fast-performing [...]
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Posted on April 4th, 2008 by ElectroGeek
According to a recent poll at the electrogeek.com blog the number users running the Linux operating system exceeded the number of users running Windows Vista.
Currently 22 percent of users polled are running Linux as opposed to 21 percent who are running Windows Vista as their primary operating system. It would be interesting to [...]
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Posted on March 30th, 2008 by ElectroGeek
It appears that Wordpress has done away with the drag and drop sidebar widget functionality and ease of use from it’s previous releases. Not a change for the better.
I just installed Wordpress version 2.5 after logging into my admin panel of Wordpress 2.3.3 stated, “Your WordPress 2.3.3 is out of date. Please update. ” [...]
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Posted on March 28th, 2008 by ElectroGeek
A recent poll at the ElectroGeek.com blog shows some startling percentages when it comes to which operating system our visitors our running. Microsoft would not be pleased.
I would like to prove a point that users are not upgrading to Windows Vista for a variety of reasons and Windows XP is still the O.S. [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2008 by ElectroGeek
Windows XP SP3 Twice as Fast as Vista SP1.
According to published reports, Windows XP SP3 delivered a 10% speed increase over XP SP2 and was considerably faster than Windows Vista SP1. How much faster was XP SP3 than Vista SP1? Glad you asked. Twice as fast.
That poses as question. Why the hell would you want [...]
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Posted on March 20th, 2008 by ElectroGeek
If you just applied Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 on your PC with an Intel 945G Express chipset, you have a problem.
That’s right Windows Vista Fans, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 apparently has been reported to have serious compatibility issues with PC’s running the Intel 945G Express chipset. The Intel 945G Express chipset driver versions between numbers [...]
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Posted on March 18th, 2008 by ElectroGeek
If you haven’t already figured out how to remove the DRM protection from your iTunes music, this post is for you.
About a year and a half ago I wrote a post about how to remove DRM from your iTunes music. After reviewing my blog referral reports it seems many people are still looking for my [...]
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