Beware of Brittany Murphy Death Malware – It didn’t take long before cybercriminals seized the opportunity to use the death of actress Brittany Murphy to peddle malware in search engine optimization poisoning.
CNET Cheapskate Tech Deal Alert: Get a USB TV tuner for $29.99 shipped – This hybrid tuner can turn your PC into an HDTV–and even a DVR if you use the bundled software (or, better yet, Windows Media Center).
Cybercrooks Target File-Sharing Networks – This year is on its way out and seemingly cybercriminals are also planning their year ahead. Secure content management solutions developer Kaspersky Lab has outlined the threats it expects to see in 2010 as a result of cybercriminal activity.
How do I use WinDBG Debugger to troubleshoot a Blue Screen of Death? – Microsoft’s WinDBG will help you to debug and diagnose a BSOD problem and then lead you to the root cause so you can fix it.
Microsoft Windows Blog: Best of 2009 – The Top 5 posts in the TechRepublic Microsoft Windows Blog continued to show a preference for practical posts that explain how to make Windows better.
SkyGrabber Is For Porn, Not For Hacking Predator Drones – According to a sensationalized news story from late last week, Iraqi insurgents have intercepted live feeds from Predator drones. But the story’s facts seem fishy: it claims the $26 off-the-shelf software product, SkyGrabber, was used to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones. But SkyGrabber does not have this ability.
Microsoft Investigating Windows 7 SMB Crash Bug – New security advisory provides details on denial-of-service bug in Windows 7 and Server 2008.
10 email scams to watch out for – If it seems like you’re getting hit with more email scams than ever, you’re right. Deb Shinder explains what you and your users should watch out for to avoid being duped.
Attackers Buying Own Data Centers for Botnets, Spam – The malware writers and criminals who run botnets for years have been using shared hosting platforms and so-called bulletproof hosting providers as bases of operations for their online crimes. But, as law enforcement agencies and security experts have moved to take these providers offline, the criminals have taken the next step and begun setting up their own virtual data centers.
When 22 Million equals 4 Thousand Plus – ‘toon by Rob Rogers explains. (submitted by Dar)
Why can’t a man be more like a woman? – Why every business person, male and female, should embrace the message of the new book, “Half the Sky.”
Programmer’s Photographic Poetry of Abandonment – This site, started in 2002, is basically an account of the various abandonments I have explored and the photographs I have taken. (submitted by Dar)
Bulletproof your job: 4 simple strategies – Stephen Viscusi, star of the soon to be television show “Headhunter from Hell” shares his no holds barred advice for saving your job during these very tough times. Viscusi is the author of “Bulletproof Your Job”.
“There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line”.
– Oscar Levant
FreeFixer – If you suspect your PC has been invaded by malware, FreeFixer can help you find it FreeFixer can also reverse some malicious system changes put in place by some malware, such as blocking access to the Windows Task Manager or Registry editor. In knowledgeable hands it can help get rid of a malware infection.
FreePrintables – As a special thank you and holiday gift, I’m offering a free download of my just-created Paper and Pencil Games Collection. I hope you enjoy it! Also, I want to remind last-minute Santa’s helpers that it’s not too late to instantly download letters from Santa, thanks to http://www.SantaPrintables.com.
Picasa Web Albums – a free online repository for up to 1024MB in photos, from which you can easily share links to your favorite pictures with others (relax, you can always buy more storage). While you can manage and upload photos from your desktop folders, feeding the Web album from Picasa is far easier, as Picasa has the power to index every photo on your hard drive. Picasa adds a variety of tools too, including a decent photo-editing tool kit.
WizMouse – WizMouse is a tiny utility that has a single, simple, function–if you hover your mouse over an inactive window, and use the mouse scroll wheel, it will scroll that window while keeping it inactive. This can be a boon for anyone copying text manually from an inactive window to an active one, or who needs to see data in one window while reading or working in another.
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