After many years, Microsoft finally released a new web browser. They’ll push this out as a high-priority update soon. Some improvements over IE6 includes: New Interface, RSS Feeds, Phishing Filter, Protected Mode, Tabbed Browsing, and PNG support among many others.
Download Internet Explorer 7 from Microsoft
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If you’re tired of waiting for Adobe PDF Reader to load up for 5 minutes and freezing your web browser or simply want a better solution, try Foxit Reader. You’ll be glad you did!
Foxit Reader
Oli from thepcspy.com spent hours benchmarking and testing, to compile a very interesting article, complete with comparisons. Norton Internet Security 2006 ranked the worst with a 57.78% delay!
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Microsoft has released a new version of their AntiSpyware software called “Defender”. It’s available as a free download.
Microsoft has released Public Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 7. I’m definitely going to test it out. Apparently, it replaces IE 6, but there is an uninstall.
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Microsoft has rushed out an update for the WMF vulnerability. Everyone should patch their computers right away.
Security Update for Windows XP (KB912919)
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-001
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This is must-have software!
Hamachi is a zero-configuration virtual private networking application with an open security architecture and NAT-to-NAT traversal capabilities.
What does this mean? Hamachi allows you to establish secure direct connections to computers that are not accessible otherwise due to the restrictions of firewalls and NAT routers. You essentially create your own [...]
I just found a great piece of software called AmoK Playlist CoPy. It allows you to open any playlist (.m3u, .wpl, .xml). From there, you can export all the songs in that playlist to a directory of your choosing, or convert the playlist to .m3u or .wpl file.
This works great for me since [...]
Mozilla has officially launched Firefox 1.5 at mozilla.com. Get it while it’s hot!
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From Slashdot
Lawyers in California have filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony and a second one may be filed today in New York. The lawsuit was filed Nov. 1 in Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles by Vernon, CA. It asks the court to prevent Sony from selling additional CDs protected by the anti-piracy [...]