by Joseph Forbes | Feb 23, 2013 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, Technicals
from the say-what-you-mean dept. “Google on Thursday released Chrome version 25 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. While Chrome 24 was largely a stability release, Chrome 25 is all about features, including voice recognition support via the newly added Web Speech API...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 23, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, SECURITY, Technicals
Dell can trump Cisco in the information-technology security market, say Dell’s executives in describing how the company with its multifaceted approach will hold an edge against some powerful rivals that also include HP and IBM. Cisco is a great competitor, but...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 20, 2013 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, MONEY, Technicals
I have a good pile of old computer equipment too, some of which is probably only valuable to people who really really want them at this point. IDE hard drives? Sure, I have those. AGP graphics cards? Maybe one or two left lying around in case an old system fails. The...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 19, 2013 | NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
Security pros warn about believing everything you hear about malware, zero-day attacks, compliance and more They’re security myths, oft-repeated and generally accepted notions about IT security that…simply aren’t true. Security Myth #1:...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 17, 2013 | NERD NEWS, Technical Support, Technicals
from the is-7-prime? dept. Windows 7 users will have to install Service Pack 1 if they want to continue to receive security fixes and other support beyond April 9th. With the release of a Service Pack, Microsoft’s policy is to support the old version for two...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 16, 2013 | Blog Entry, Technical Support, Technicals
Sometimes, you just need to do a clean install. Unfortunately, the Windows 8 Upgrade doesn’t always allow for that, throwing you an error when you try to activate after a clean install. If you do a clean install using the Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant, you...
