We have to confess–Acer’s latest all-in-one PC certainly looks a lot like another of its machines announced back in April. But we suppose there are enough differences here to warrant a slightly new model name and a marketing approach aimed at business users. The company’s Veriton Z280G is its second Veriton in the past week, [...]
If you didn’t know it, Alienware has been taken over by Dell some time ago. Fortunately, this didn’t change much, at least on the surface – the Alienware brand is still on the market, and its products are the same as before – expensive toys for gamers… only that, if I look closer, some of [...]
Samsung’s first Windows Mobile 6.5 Smartphone (Windows Phone) is here. This Messenger-class handset’s design will be familiar to those who’ve used previous Samsung smartphones like the Jack, Ace and Epix.
Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional comes onboard the Samsung Intrepid, and while it is certainly an improvement over 6.1 in terms of usability and aesthetics, it’s by [...]
Be aware if another vulnerability identified in Windows. They best way to keep your PC secure is to stay up to date with all patches and security updates. Visit Microsoft's Windows update page to check for updates.
Microsoft on Tuesday issued six security bulletins fixing 15 vulnerabilities, including a critical patch for holes in the Windows kernel and other Windows and Office components that could allow an attacker to take control of a computer.
“MS09-065, a bug in the Windows kernel, is this month's most serious issue,” said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle. “The vulnerability allows for remote code execution, and the attack code can be embedded inside MS Office files or be hosted on websites. Simply browsing an infected website will compromise unsuspecting users — not great for all the holiday shoppers looking to get a jump on their shopping. The novelty value of this bug is likely to attract many researchers. A lot of people will try to be the first to publicly post exploit code.”
If you have a kid that will do anything to get that extra little bit of in-game cash to buy items, then you might want to look at this and have a talk with them and go over what information they give out and how.
These offers, generally known in the business as lead-gen (lead generators), will give you some seed/tractor money in return for signing up for, say, a subscription to Netflix or a credit card. But less scrupulous advertisers lure players in with an offer to take a bogus survey or IQ test. Once it's completed they require a cell-phone number to send you the results. When you enter your cell number and create a password, you have unwittingly subscribed to a service you never wanted but will be billed for.
There are several apps available to monitor couriered packages and UPS has now joined the fray with an app of it's own which has features exclusive to them such as a GPS locator for finding the closest UPS location.
In a major expansion for customers who use Apple products, UPS today announced a new application for iPhone and iPod touch users that not only ships and tracks packages but also uses built-in GPS features to find the nearest UPS location.
Available at the App Store,sm the new UPS Mobile App for the iPhone enables users to track shipments, create shipments using the My UPS address book, calculate shipping rates and time-in-transit and then find the nearest UPS location.
The ongoing fued between Intel and Nvidia has now moved to the USB 3.0 support arena where Nvidia is calling out Intel for deciding that “innovation is not needed for USB any time soon”.
Nvidia has claimed that its nForce chipsets are “better” than Intel's. A company spokesperson also criticized the chip manufacturer for allegedly postponing USB 3 introduction until 2011.
“Nvidia nForce chipsets have traditionally been full of innovative features, even better than Intel's own chipsets. [For example], Nvidia Ion has redefined the netbook category,” Nvidia spokesperson Brian Burke explained in an e-mailed statement to TG Daily.
