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Firefox 3.5 - 5 Million Downloads

Over 5 million downloads occured for the latest version of Mozilla’s Firefox web browser. It is short of 3 million downloads compared to Firefox 3.0 when it was released for the first 24 hours. However, there is no “Download Day Event” that the company promoted for this version, unlike verison 3.0. The event promoted supporters to [...]

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Firefox 3.5 - 5 Million Downloads

Windows XP User Story

An article is posted at PC World about a user who had bought Windows XP Pro operating system (OS) from an online company. He checked it with Microsoft Genuine Advantage Tools and it was pronounced as legitimate. However, over a year later, he got a message that his OS is no longer legal. “If Microsoft declared [...]

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Windows XP User Story

Michael Jackson Mass-Mailing Worm

A worm about Michael Jackson has been detected. It comes from a spam that has a typical subject of “Remembering Michael Jackson” according to Symantec. The email claims to offer secret songs and photos of the singer when users check out the attached zip file. The malware can spread via USB sticks. It is detected as Ackantta-F [...]

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Michael Jackson Mass-Mailing Worm

USB 3.0 By 2010

Next year, a mass rollout of USB 3.0 devices will begin. These devices are ten times as fast as USB 2.0 devices which have speeds of 480Mb/s to 5Gb/s. It is also referred to as SuperSpeed USB. It is faster than an external SATA drive. NEC Electronics of Japan is expected to produce a million chips a [...]

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USB 3.0 By 2010

Adobe Flash Uninstaller - Repair Tool of the Week

Adobe Flash Uninstaller is a small, portable application designed to forcefully remove all versions Adobe Flash. While this tool isn’t particularly exciting, it has come in handy a few times on computer repair jobs. The last time I had to use it I had a client who couldn’t play Youtube videos because they got the [...]

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Adobe Flash Uninstaller - Repair Tool of the Week

Green Dam Youth Escort Delay

PC makers would not have to meet the deadline of installing or packaging the software called Green Dam Youth Escort before July 1 according to various tech sites. “We’re pleased with the delay on this issue that is part of a broader, historic struggle between openness and repression—not just in China but Iran and North Korea. [...]

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Green Dam Youth Escort Delay

Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade Discs to be Sold at Retail Stores

Guest Post by Brian V. Brian is 18 and owns a southern California based PC repair business. Microsoft has just announced that Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade discs are going to be sold at major retail stores around the globe. Like other Windows 7 discs, all versions of Windows 7 will be available to users on one single [...]

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Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade Discs to be Sold at Retail Stores

Making the Jump to Self Employment

There has recently been an increase in the amount of technicians joining our forum and talking about making the jump from a 9 to 5 job to becoming self employed. Perhaps the company they were working for is downsizing and they preparing for the worst or they have already been laid off. Whatever the cause I [...]

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Making the Jump to Self Employment

ATO Spam

An ATO spam has been intercepted by Sophos. ATO stands for Australian Tax Office. The subject is “2008 - 2009 Recalculation of you tax refund”. Two screen shots are included in the blog entry. The first shows the message. It is very short and it notifies the user that he or she has a tax refund. [...]

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ATO Spam

Lenovo’s Windows 7 Promotion

Lenovo has announced their Windows 7 upgrade plan promotion. Those who bought a computer with Windows Vista from June 26, 20009 to January 31, 2010 are entitled for a free Windows 7 upgrade. Home Premium PCs can be upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium. Business edition computers can get the Windows 7 Professional upgrade while the Vista [...]

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Lenovo’s Windows 7 Promotion