Norton Identity Safe Remembers Your Passwords

Tomorrow is the unofficial "change your passwords" day. To help you manage your passwords Symantec has released a public beta of Norton Identity Safe.

Posted on: January 31, 2012 9:00 am

13 Windows 8 features worth knowing about

Besides the new Metro interface, Win8 will offer a faster boot sequence, native ISO image support, and more. This article describes some of the new features.

Posted on: January 31, 2012 9:00 am

MIDI file vulnerability in Windows Media Player

Researchers at Trend Micro say they have discovered a critical vulnerability in Windows Media Player. Opening a specially crafted MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) file could allow an attacker to gain control of your PC.

Posted on: January 30, 2012 9:00 am

Office 365 App Dev Model to Change

As part of the next upgrade to Office 365, Microsoft is expected to include some tools to make it easier for developers to build new applications.

Posted on: January 30, 2012 9:00 am

Microsoft builds Kinect into Asus laptops

Kinect motion-sensors have been put into a couple of notebook PCs as a test. Whether anyone really wants to use motion control on their mobile devices is uncertain.

Posted on: January 30, 2012 9:00 am

How to Prevent Thumb Drive Security Disasters

Thumb drives fit in pockets, even those that can hold several gigabytes of data, making them easy to lose. This article explains the policies used by four companies to limit their vulnerability from such devices.

Posted on: January 30, 2012 9:00 am

Word Document Repair Tool for Windows

Remo Software has released their Remo Repair Word utility for repairing corrupt or damaged DOC and DOCX documents created using Microsoft Word. Remo Repair Word supports Windows XP, Vista, 2003, 2008 and Windows 7.

Posted on: January 27, 2012 9:00 am

Did Nokia Just Hint at a Windows Tablet?

Nokia’s handsets aren’t selling very well but, they’re once again hinting about building a Windows 8 tablet.

Posted on: January 27, 2012 9:00 am

Will Silverlight live or die?

Yes, Microsoft released Silverlight 5. No, they haven’t said if there will be a version 6 as the company continues to push forward with HTML5.

Posted on: January 27, 2012 9:00 am

Symantec: We Didn’t Know

Symantec announced the source code for pcAnywhere was stolen back in 2006, but they only discovered this last month. While the company is working on patches, the hackers are distributing the code.

Posted on: January 27, 2012 9:00 am