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Microsoft has finally released Microsoft Security Essentials anti-malware service after testing the free security suite dubbed Morro for long. In June, Microsoft revealed that the security suite would be available for public testing later. Microsoft Security Essentials is available for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 from here. This software is entirely free to download and requires no registration.
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Missed out on the early preorder discounts? Popular retailer Newegg.com has listed the OEM prices for Windows 7, which will be offered at less than half what Microsoft
will charge for a retail copy.Newegg hasn’t listed any prerequisites for buying the OEM version, such as the purchase of any additional hardware. Past OEM copies have prevented users from taking advantage of Microsoft’s support options, however, and the packaging and instructions are usually minimal.
For those willing to forgo the additional perks, however, the price may be worth it. Microsoft pursued a similar strategy with Windows Vista, charging “system builders,” or anyone building a PC, about half of what it asked retail buyers to pay. Of course, that’s nothing compared to the huge preorder discounts that Microsoft offered in September, when it offered a preordered copy for as little as $29.99.
So by now you all know about Microsoft’s painful, cringe-inducing Windows 7 party idea, and the accompanying goodie packs. What you might not have known is that Redmond also put together a ‘Hosting Your Party’ instructional video that blends all the worst parts of infomercials and cooking programs into one giant melange of awkward acting. Well, Cabel Sasser — founder of Mac software maker Panic Inc — has remixed said video, and the result is nothing short of a triumph. Journey past the break to see what we mean.
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It’s amazing what a few sheets of tinfoil can do for the strength of your wireless signal. As shown above, by carefully folding tinfoil into a parabola, you can boost your wireless strength tremendously. The fellas in the video saw gains from 82% to just under 100%, though I only saw boosts of around five percent, so your mileage may vary. This project should only take about three minutes and will hopefully leave you with impressive results. If you don’t want to attach unsightly parabolic boosters and you’re using the same basic router as the fellas in the video, you can also upgrade your firmware to DD-WRT—a free hack that will turn your $60 router into a $600 router and allow you to boost your Wi-Fi signal from your router’s control panel.
Computerworld – For years, Intel and AMD have been battling for predominance in the processor/chipset market. AMD’s latest plan seems to be to push back on economic grounds — to offer high-value budget chipsets targeted at the soon-to-be-released Windows 7 systems, and high-performance chipsets that are slightly slower, but much cheaper, than equivalent Intel products. And Intel is firing back.
AMD’s new 785G chipset, introduced last month, is designed for the mainstream and budget desktop audience. The 785G ships with drivers designed specifically to work with Windows 7, and several motherboard manufacturers, including Asus, Gigabyte, ECW and MSI, are adopting the 785G chipset to deliver the next generation of motherboards.
Retweet this postSecurity and privacy are some of the major concerns these days while choosing a web browser to use. So much so that all the major players in the “browser wars” are providing or developing a private browsing mode. Firefox with the myraid of add-ons that it has to offer is never far from action. Here are some of the top Firefox addons that you should install for better privacy and security Stealther Stealther - Stealther provides you with what can be called a private browsing mode. It allows you to browse the web without leaving any trace. The addon disables browsing history, ...
This isn't really computer related, but I thought this was very neat. See a digital hologram of Smart Grid technology come to life in your hands. How it works is you print off a document on their website and use a webcam from your computer. It displays a digital hologram on your computer screen. You can even blow into the speaker and the hologram fans spin faster. There is also one with solar panels too. http://ge.ecomagination.com/ Be sure to checkout my Go Green computer page too. www.gwhizpc.com/green.html
The Cooliris plugin transforms your browser into a cinematic way to browse pictures and videos. The 3D wall lets you fly through thousands of images and videos in an instant. It's so much easier than having to click page after page just to find one photo. You can use Cooliris on Google Images, Facebook, Deviant Art, YouTube , Flickr, and hundreds of other sites, click the Cooliris icon that appears when you mouseover media on the supported site to start browsing instantly. Once you've started browsing, you can also search from within the Cooliris browser. You can use the Cooliris plugin with ...
To help push Microsoft through the recession, expunge memories of Vista, conquer the netbook market, improve PC users' lives in general or, who knows –think positive, people – maybe all of the above, Windows 7 continues its hectic schedule toward launch. The Windows 7 Center blog reports that the Release Candidate (RC) version of Microsoft’s new OS –its dress rehearsal edition, and the last stop before a commercial build goes to PC makers – is now due in late May. The blog’s lead – a translated Russian post – seems hairy. But the W7 Center is part of a close-knit set of blogs ...
After hearing of the thousands (hell, two thousands!) of bug fixes and enhancements that Windows 7 users will be seeing as they make the journey from Beta to Release Candidate, you'd have thought that we'd heard the last of all that for a bit. But not so! It seems that Microsoft's own Engineering Windows 7 blog will be letting the improvements trickle out as they are addressed. So brace yourself for some exciting plot twists, such as improvements to the taskbar thumbnail overflow and various jump lists, the trimming of sound schemes to enhance system performance, and our personal favorite, ...
Google disclosed Saturday that it shared a very small number of online documents with users who weren’t authorized to see them. The privacy glitch, caused by a software bug, affected just a tiny fraction of documents — an estimated less than .05% — wrote Jennifer Mazzon, Google Docs product manager, on a corporate blog. Google notified users affected by the bug on Friday and reversed the mistake, she said. The bug hit users who changed their sharing settings on multiple presentations and documents at once, causing Google to share those documents with other users with whom the document owner had shared a ...
Deleting accounts you've created on Facebook, MySpace, AOL, and elsewhere on the Web isn't always easy. Here are the details on leaving 23 services behind. The words "I wish I could quit you" take on a whole new meaning when you want out of a relationship with an online service. Sure, you once thought you and Facebook or MySpace would be together forever, but eventually terms of service change, end-user license agreements mature, and, well, you're just not in the same place anymore. Sadly, not all Web sites and social networks are created equal when it comes to breaking up. With some, ...
DropBox has to be one of the easiest ways to share files on multiple computers. After you install DropBox, there is a folder called “My Dropbox” located in your documents folder. When you place a file in that folder, it will be uploaded to the web and synchronized across multiple computers, if you have DropBox setup for them too. You can also create a folder and share files with friends. We have a local community college in my area that is using DropBox to turn in classroom assignments. The great thing is that it works on Windows, Mac and Linux. As an ...
If you can fit a whole computer, keyboard and screen into a tiny, fold-up 7" box, why not squeeze one into a keyboard? And while you're there, what about adding a little touchscreen in the space normally inhabited by the number pad? What's that? Asus did it already? By jove, it did! Look at that! The Eee PC Keyboard is a netbook stuffed inside a keyboard: 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB RAM and either an 8GB or a 16GB solid state drive for storage. The touch screen is a five-incher and can be used for navigation and display. Should you feel the ...
Facebook users are at risk from malicious hackers targeting the site, online security experts warned. Account holders have been hit by several different hacking attempts in the last week, as thieves try to capitalize on the trust users place in the service. Rik Ferguson, senior security adviser at Tokyo-based Trend Micro, said that Facebook, which has more than 174 million active users worldwide, had been hit by four separate "rogue applications" and a virus targeted at users of the site.
Analysis Opinion - Marvell announced today a new type of computer. It's about the size of an AC to DC converting wall outlet plug, but is really a full SoC with a 1200 MHz CPU, built-in 512 MB Flash, 512 MB DRAM, Gigabit Ethernet and USB 2.0 support. It runs small versions of Linux, consumes about 5 watts max while allowing remote users (presumably those authorized by the owner) to access data stored on the device from remote locations including local intranets or over the Internet. The $49 device opens up a wide array of extremely low-power, low-volume, always on ...
While we were in Vegas earlier this month covering CES, we got a sneak peek at the New American Home, a posh house on town outskirts that Microsoft and a few other select tech companies were involved in designing. Built on the same block where Wayne Newton lives, the half-acre home has tons of whole-house electronics, including 10 Toshiba HDTVs, a 16-zone Nuvo distributed-audio system, and Anthem A/V processors — all controlled by Lifeware software that lets you access it from anywhere. You can start your bathtub (Kohler, of course), pick what music you want to listen to, and fire ...
