The Recycle Bin feature in Active Directory, allowing admins to recover deleted items, may be better on paper than in practice. This site requires registration to read the full article.

Microsoft is releasing a patch for the security hole in Internet Explorer on Thursday, three weeks before the next scheduled Patch Tuesday.

Mainsoft Corporation announced a preview of Mainsoft SharePoint Integrator for Lotus Notes version 2.5. The new version is expected to be available in the first half of 2010 to deliver the same document collaboration experience for Lotus Notes and Outlook users.

Reading the documentation is useful. Retaining what you’ve read can be a life-saver. The author of this article forgot a couple of points when he purchased an upgrade copy of Win7 to use on his WinXP machine.

People in France, China, and Germany are being urged to stop using Internet Explorer after the hacks against Google and other companies. Of particular concern is the continued use of IE 6.

While upgrading to IE 8 and Win7 won’t necessarily protect you from the security hole in IE 6, because it also exists in IE 7 and 8, Microsoft would still like you to pay them more money and upgrade.

If you aren’t upgrading your Windows servers to support the latest version of Microsoft Exchange, you might consider Mercury/32 for basic SMTP and POP3 mail services. Site requires registration/login to access full article.

Two new fake spyware blockers have been identified as "Malware Defense" and "Rapidantivirius". These "spyware blockers" are charging unsuspecting users for false scans.

HDD Mechanic, a hard drive recovery tool for Windows, can recover lost and deleted files, repair damaged file systems, unformat disks, and restore re-partitioned hard drives.

Even though Internet Explorer 8 is vulnerable to the same attack used against Google, Microsoft is urging customers to upgrade to it while they consider releasing a fix for the bug outside of the regular patch cycle.