Rather than attacking operating systems, cybercrooks are increasingly going after vulnerabilities in Web applications. Gartner Blog Network member, Neil MacDonald said that Microsoft and the other OS vendors are getting better as producing more secure code and they are getting better at patching. But the applications and databases on the Internet, visited by millions who [...]
04.17.09 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
Mozilla has announced the first official release of its mobile Firefox web browser, codenamed Fennec. The release includes significant performance improvements that speed up rendering and increase the responsiveness of the user interface. Fennec’s user interface is designed to be finger-friendly and easy to use on touchscreen devices. It’s built with XUL, an XML-based user [...]
04.17.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
HP is set to announce on Monday a free tool that developers can use to check for holes in the Flash applications they write, which can lead to data leaks and other security problems on Web sites. HP SWFScan decompiles Flash applications and searches the code for vulnerabilities and violations of Adobe’s best security practices [...]
04.16.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
Windows 7: The Ups It’s one of the more maligned features of Windows 7: The new Taskbar. There is no longer the uncomfortable mental leap from where you clicked when you wanted to start a program to where you clicked when wanting to access a running instance. With Windows 7, these are one in the [...]
04.16.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
MIX09 announced a new lease from the Microsoft Translator team, the same group that is responsible for Live Search Translator as well as the Translate with Windows Live accelerator in IE8. The Microsoft Translator webpage widget is available as a technology preview to MIX09 attendees as well as anyone else who can get their hands [...]
04.16.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
After IE8 was released at MIX09, Microsoft sent out an e-mail its testers announcing the RTW build and thanked them for their hard work. Microsoft said that all “Postponed bugs are now active for consideration in the next version of Internet Explorer,” the software giant also told testers that bugs could still be filed, but [...]
04.15.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
New computers don’t necessarily mean better, faster and stronger anymore. Netbooks mean smaller, cheaper, lighter, and many consumers are quite happy to use XP, the operating system they had gotten used to during Vista’s unusually long development. Microsoft simply did not foresee this new trend occurring when it was working on Vista; the demand for [...]
04.15.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
Microsoft has given a list of seven ways it recommends users should check whether an e-mail is a scam. Now-a-days, e-mail scamming is a serious problem and it’s often responsible for various phishing scams as well as the spread of malware. Here is the check list Microsoft offers: 1. It sounds too good (or bad) [...]
04.15.09 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
Getting Started: Below are some basic maintenance task you can do to start improving your computer’s security. Sign up for software update e-mail notices. Register your software. New software must be registered. This is
04.14.09 | Computer Tips And Tricks | Computerexpert
The Windows 7 public RC will apparently be coming in May 2009, and not in April as previously alleged. The RC testing program will be available at least through June 2009, and the actual build will expire June 1, 2010. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions will be available in English, German, Japanese, French, and Spanish. [...]
04.14.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
