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  • 22 July 2010

  • News: Mozilla patches flaws in Firefox 3.6 and 3.5

    Mozilla has patched 16 vulnerabilities, nine of them critical, in its Firefox 3.6 web browser, making it the largest update for the open-source browser since March.

  • News: Microsoft issues tool to stop Windows Shortcut attacks

    Microsoft has released an automated tool to stop exploits of a critical unpatched Windows vulnerability that experts fear will soon be exploited by hackers.

  • News: RIM shows off BlackBerry 6 OS - details

    Research In Motion has been slowly releasing details of its forthcoming BlackBerry 6 operating system and this week outlined some of the multimedia features.

  • News: 'Chinese Google' enjoys record profits

    Internet searches surged during the World Cup, helping Baidu.com score its best quarter ever in terms of revenue and net profit.

  • News: Terabyte-sized Java apps now possible

    The new version of the Terracotta distributed Java caching software is able, for the first time, to aggregate more than a terabyte of pooled memory for a single application and its data, the company announced this week.

  • 21 July 2010

  • News: Adobe brings 'Sandboxing' to Reader

    Adobe will harden the next version of its popular Reader PDF viewer, a frequent target of attacks, by adding 'sandboxing' technology to the software.

  • News: Eight products Microsoft has killed in 2010

    Microsoft recently withdrew support and patches for Windows XP SP2, marking the latest in a series of moves by the company to kill off products and technologies that either outlived their uselessness or never became useful in the first place

  • 20 July 2010

  • How-Tos: How to fix a Windows startup error

    When I power on my Windows XP Pro Lenovo laptop I get the error message: ‘Windows did not start successfully. This could be due to software or hardware change’. It then gives options to start in Safe mode or Recovery, or to Start normally after 10 seconds. Whichever option I choose, the screen goes black and the power switches off by itself. I've tried restoring the machine to its factory settings, but the same problem occurs repeatedly.

  • How-Tos: How to replace a corrupt Windows system file

    My Windows XP-based AMD PC has a corrupt usbehci.sys file and I can’t get the USB port to work. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver and rebooting the PC. The driver installs but the port still refuses to work. Windows reports that it can’t find a better match for the hardware. Aside from a message that the driver isn’t Windows XP logo-certified, I can find no obvious cause.

  • How-Tos: How to set the correct time and date on Outlook emails

    Sent messages from my Outlook Express account are being dated four days prior to their actual date of sending and filed in the Sent Items with the faulty date on them. The recipients then overlook the messages as they don’t appear at the top of their email pile.

  • News: 60% of firms don't use cloud services

    Six in ten businesses don't use any form of cloud-based services, says Fasthosts Internet.

  • News: Skobbler satnav app hits Google Android phones

    Skobbler, a satnav app that gives iPhone users free access to turn-by turn visual and audio navigation, has been made available for handsets running Google's Android OS.

  • News: Qualys unveils Browser plug-in checker

    Qualys has launched a new tool that checks web browsers for security issues and helps users fix any problems.

  • News: Dell launches super secure version of Firefox

    Dell has launched a virtualised version of Mozilla's Firefox web browser, which is designed to keep PC users safe when surfing the web.

  • 19 July 2010

  • How-Tos: How to use a 64-bit web browser

    My Windows 7 laptop has icons for both 32bit and 64bit Internet Explorer. I have no problems using the 32bit version, but the 64bit software wants to install Adobe Flash Player every time I visit a news site. If I click on the yellow bar at the top of the window and accept the installation, nothing happens. I’m confused about 64bit and its benefits if it won’t work with some websites.

  • How-Tos: How to change your web browser's home page

    I have a shortcut on my desktop that’s supposed to launch my web browser and navigate to my ISP’s home page, sky.com. When I click on it, an error message reports: ‘could not locate internet’. My PC launches Internet Explorer, but I have to manually browse to the ISP’s website. I haven’t knowingly changed any settings.

  • How-Tos: How to fix folder view in Windows Vista 64-bit

    I can’t view folders properly on my Windows Vista 64bit PC. I set the folders to show the view and icon size I wanted, then clicked 'Apply to Folders', ticked the 'Remember each folder's view settings' option and checked that 'Restore previous folder windows at logon' wasn’t selected. But Windows is unable to remember my settings. I don’t have this problem with my Vista 32bit PC.

  • News: Poll: One in six XP users plan Windows 7 upgrade

    A PCA poll has found that just under one in six (15.4 percent) of Windows XP users planned to upgrade to Windows 7 immediately after Microsoft pulled support for XP's second service pack.

  • Video: Microsoft holds Imagine Cup finals

    Students recognised for software innovation

  • Video: Google unveils App Inventor for Android

    Google program allows users to create apps

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