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Yesterday, as part of Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to protect its customers with security updates and the latest guidance on the threat landscape, the company released MS10-070 as an out-of-band security update. The update addresses a vulnerability in ASP.NET, as described in Security Advisory 2416728, and carries a maximum severity rating of Important and an Exploitability [...]

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A new threat to computer security has been discovered in which tab browsing vulnerabilities are exploited to fool users into divulging passwords and other sensitive information.
Dubbed as “tabnabbing”, the vulnerability was discovered by Aza Raskin, the creative lead for the Mozilla’s Firefox browser and co-founder of Songza, a music search engine and jukebox. Tabnabbing fools [...]

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The mouse is a primary way of interacting with the computer, so smooth and responsive functioning is a must. Here are some tips for trouble-free mousing.
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Campaign to trick users into installing fake antivirus software gaining ground.
Beware: a massive email campaign is underway to trick users into opening an HTML file attachment that redirects users to a hacked website containing links that further lure victims into launching a fake antivirus software package. According to security firm Sophos, the email messages [...]

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Data is important to any business, and losing it can spell disaster, which is why it is important to always have backups of your files and information.
Let’s begin with a simple question: How important is your data to you?  Think of all the information you have in your computers – all your databases, spreadsheets, documents, [...]

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Jump Lists are lists of recently opened items, such as files, folders, or websites, organized by the program that you used to open them. You can also pin favorites to a Jump List, so you can quickly get to the items that you use every day.
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A UPS, or uninterruptible power supply, is one of the essential components your IT system should have so you can continue working even during power interruptions.
Keeping productivity going is important.  The more productive your people are, the more work gets done and the more profit you make.  Every hour, and even every minute, of lost [...]

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Two new viruses have been discovered to infiltrate systems through removable drives.
USB flash drives have become indispensable to almost everyone who uses a computer.  It’s a quick and easy way to immediately transfer and share information and other data, especially files that are too large to send through email.  Unfortunately, some malware take advantage of [...]

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When saving a file in Windows 7 you can select a library to save it in – but because libraries aren’t real locations, the file is stored to the defined save folder such as My Documents or Public Documents. However, you can reset the properties of the folder to suit your needs.
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Growth of mobile fueling increased interest in mobile sites.
A new survey conducted by Adobe, a leader in software for the design and publishing industry, reveals great interest in emerging mobile channels among many businesses. Survey respondents from a wide variety of industries revealed an overwhelming preference for developing websites as their mobile commerce presence, compared [...]

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